November in our Home & Malachi - 6th Month

ok, in an effort to simplify i am going to combine our monthly update with malachi's updates. he turns the next month on the 9th, so really it's one in the same.

so November has been a big month for the Mixon's! we have had lots of fun and i feel like malachi has just grown in leaps and bounds! hard to believe he will be 6 months old in just a week!

 - his schedule has stayed the same since last month. he still nurses only 4 times a day and i am loving it! i feel like i have so much more freedom in it and it is so much easier to work it around the things we do so i don't have to nurse when we're out very much anymore.  it's so nice :)
 - he sat up all by himself for the first time last night! i sat him on the floor and normally if i don't have atleast a hand on him he just topples over but last night he stayed! so fun! i mean, he didn't stay that way for long but still, it's progress.  he would even lift his chest up and stick his arms out to really sit up without any support and he could hold that for several seconds. but not long enough for me to get a picture.  so maybe soon!

 - he's still enjoying his new "food" - baby food! he has quite the appetite and some days still wants more after eating 3 cubes of babyfood (which amounts to about 3 ounces).  so i'm still learning how much he will eat so that i fix enough but not too much that its wasted.  so far he's had - butternut squash, avocado, peas, carrots, and pumpkin. next up is green beans, sweet potatoes and maybe some apple sauce.
 - he is getting way more active in his crib during nap times and bed time. pretty much every time i have to go in an check on him it's because he has rolled himself from his belly to back and can't get back.  so i turn him back over and tuck him back in and he's usually fine.  it's quite humorous to me.  especially because i STILL cannot get him to roll over when i am watching him! he won't do it! but he will roll over all the time in his crib when no one is there.  i can't quite figure it out but it makes me laugh.
in this picture he didn't roll himself over but he was turned 90degrees and completely outside of his covers and the look on his face makes me wonder if he's thinking "uh oh... busted!" haha! :)

 - he and jeff are still bff's! they are so funny together and malachi absolutely adores his daddy.  jeff can make him full on belly laugh like no one else and its the funniest thing!
malachi has been laughing a ton more this month and his little personality is coming out a lot more.  i think he's going to be a clown for sure! the other day malachi was babbling a ton and getting really loud while jeff was playing with him and jeff turned to me and said "oh no, i think i have created a monster. maybe i should have whispered around him for the first few months." hahahahahaha.....  it is quite funny though because when other people see jeff and malachi interact they are just amazed at how little malachi is phased by jeffs antics! he will get right up in malachi's face and make funny faces and noises and get loud and malachi will hardly blink.  he's just going to think jeff's behavior is completely normal (atleast until i tell him otherwise! ha!).

November was such a fun month! Fall was in full swing here in Ohio and we really enjoyed the cooler weather and pretty leaves. my bible study i have been in since september finished up this month.  what a blessing it was to me and a sweet time of learning and growing! i can't wait for the next one to start up! we had a service project with the youth group raking leaves around the neighborhood and then touch football in the church yard afterward.  thanksgiving was such a blessing with our visitors from Louisville - one to remember for sure! jeff is finishing up with his semester of seminary classes - yay! a full full month! :)

we are looking forward with anticipation to December and all that the christmas season brings! lots of parties and goodies and fellowship with friends, and eventually visiting with family in california - yay!  but most of all, reflecting on the time when our Saviour came to earth in human flesh to die on a cross and take away the sins of those who trust in Him. what an exciting time!