While you were (not) sleeping

I think our little turkey is starting to teethe!!  I'm not entirely sure as this is obviously our first go-round with this but I'm thinking he is.  I can't really feel any nubbins in his mouth but he's been a little fussy lately which is not usually like him.  He's also got a little rash on the side of his cheek and I'm thinking it's raw from drool.  Poor little sweetie! 

Anyway, we've been transitioning into him only taking two naps instead of three a day and it's messing with his feeding schedule.  So to make sure he's getting enough feedings and calorie intake, I've been feeding him before I put him down for his afternoon nap.  Since we never do that, I think he thought that after he ate today, that meant he should play for another hour and a half!! 

I couldn't see him very well on the video monitor so I go in there and here's what I find, him just laid back with his hands behind his head just relaxin'!  Foot up on the opposite end of the bed, turned sideways! 

And of course, it would be a day that I was really, really wanting to take a nap myself!!!!  He just smiled at me all sneaky like!

Oh Maguire, you are a mess!!  What am I going to do with you??!!!!!!

Family Favorite

A little impromptu photo sesh with my favorite little guy this morning!!

Yes, he is the favorite!!!  Ha ha!!!

Look how much this turkey has grown!!!  I'll post more 6 month pics later but I just can't get over how much he has grown!  He now weighs 14 pounds, 6 ounces!  Up 3 pounds in 2 months!!!

Such a happy, good-natured little fellow.

I could just eat him up all day....

Don't worry, I do!!  Have a Happy Tuesday!!!

A photo collage tutorial and some randomness!

So I had a little time today so I took advantage and did some much needed picture sorting!  I swear, I could spend a week going through photos on the computer!  I have THOUSANDS of pics and am trying to figure out a really good system that is quick and efficient.  Like most other moms I'm sure, I have put so much pressure on myself to document every single thing about my little sweetie.  It's crazy that he's almost 6 months and I already feel so behind!!  I'm not going to let myself get too upset by this though!  My new mantra is "I cannot do it all!!!"  I'm sticking to it!  Anyway, I've been wanting to figure out how to put picture collages on my blog, because as it is right now, it is just too time consuming to post a bunch of pictures and therefore I'm not posting as often as I would like. 

One of the very first blogs I ever started to read on a consistent basis is written by a beautiful girl named Emily Jones.  She has a wonderful heart and always posts fantastic tutorials!!  I started reading her blog before she even had her last baby so to watch her littlest one grow has been pretty neat!!  Anyway, the other day, she posted how to create collages and I decided I had a little time, I was going to try it out!!  I did and it was super easy!  You can find out how to do it here! 

If I haven't talked about it already, I figured now would be a great time to do so!  Maguire has been rolling all over the place over the past couple of weeks!  It is so fun to watch him reach this milestone but with all this growth and change of course I get a little sad thinking how quickly he is growing up!  His little personality is just developing like crazy and I feel like I am falling more and more in love (or obsessed???) with him each and every day!!!  I don't even know how that could be possible but it's totally happening to me! 

We also recently had some visitors to Kansas City (that's what my nieces and nephews always say, is Aunt Kinzie lives in Kansas City)!!!  My sisters and their kids came to visit and we had an awesome time just hanging out and relaxing!  Too bad I had to go to work 2 out of the 3 days they were here, but hey, we did get some good quality time out of it!  I'm just ready for them to come back again now!!!

 
We also got to help my best friend, Taran, celebrate her birthday recently!  Happy birthday, Straight Beauty!!!

So there you have it, a quick recap and some fun photos!  I hope you enjoy my mad new photo collage skillz!!

Fun on the Fourth!!!

What a difference a year or two makes!  Seriously, life has changed for us dramatically with the addition of our precious one in the family!  It's all good of course but just kind of funny to think about!  The 4th of July has always been a big deal around our house!!  Here's a prime example of how we used to spend our 4th's!!!

Hey, I'm just trying to keep it real here!

And then here we are now....our sweet little family!

Just a little recap of our awesome weekend...We started the festivities by travelling down to SEK to attend Michael's "Adams Family Reunion!"  I am so truly blessed to have married into such a large wonderful family!  I have never met such sweet, generous, genuine people in my life!  We even dressed up Maguire & Max in matching red, white and blue outfits for the day!  Unfortunately, I don't even have any pictures of the two of them together because when one was sleeping, the other would be eating, or cranking, or whatever....as you can imagine with a 2 and 5 month old!!!  When we did catch a few quick pics I didn't even want to waste the precious few moments by having Michael grab my camera!  So I'll have to hit Rebecca up for those!  As it was, I think Max might have been a little fussy at the moment and about a minute after I took Maguire's bib off of him for the pic, he massively puked down the side of himself, down the side of my shorts and puddled onto their leather (thank God!) couch!  Beautiful, just beautiful.  But other than being a little pukey (which I was totally expecting considering I knew he would be passed around) Maguire was a peach all day!!!
 

Michael, Rebecca, and Little Jimmy (Max)

On Sunday, Michael smoked some meat with the boys during the day, while I did a little shopping and relaxing!  Later that evening we went to our good friends, the Bradstreet's, house to celebrate with tons of food and drink!  It was really the first time we were all back together again since having our wee ones.  And let me tell you about controlled chaos!  Bedtime was interesting!  There were at least 4, maybe 5, pack and plays upstairs!  All the babies were great though and it was so nice to be with all of our friends again!

My man all decked out in his red/white and blue!  And darn it, his Sperry's were still a little big on him!  I didn't care, he was going to wear them regardless!!!

Hi there, Bright Eyes!  (I HATE BIBS!!)

This picture is darling but even better would have been about 15 seconds later when Maguire puked on Michael's mouth and down his entire front and onto his lap!!!!

Sweet friends...Abby, Cassie, & Erin

Michael had to work on the 4th so Maguire and I went to Mom's to hang out and swim at the pool.  Maguire is slowly getting better in the pool.  I really think he just doesn't like the cold water at all so now that it's warmed up a bit, he seems to like it more!  Grandpa even got a matching Arabian hat!!  Bahahaha!!!  We finished off the night with a great view of the Olathe fireworks and homemade ice cream!  Yum!  It was the perfect ending to an awesome weekend!

Even though we might not be partying it up like we used to on the 4th anymore, I'd take this kind of celebrating any day!!  Great family, friends, food, relaxing, spending time with my hubby and little doodles...and best of all, no hangover!!!  Yes, please!!!  Sounds like my kind of 4th of July!