sorry for my absence around these parts lately, i feel like december and january went by in a blur this year and i am just starting to get back to "normal" in our house. but let me catch you up!
we went to california for over a week right after christmas (which was wonderful! and my posts about christmas pretty much sum it up) and then a few days after we got home we had some friends come with their two kids and stay the night. it was great! we had such a blast with them. they came up sunday night and spent the night and then we all drove down to cincinnati on monday and just hung out there. they currently live in Seattle, WA but were in Louisville visiting family, so it was so special that they drove the 3.5 hours to see us :)
then about a week after that we left town AGAIN! this time we went back to Louisville for just over a week. jeff took a week long class at Southern Seminary and i got to relax and visit people all week. it was wonderful! we got to be back at our old church, Baxter Ave. Church on wednesday night and sunday. we got to see lots of friends and eat at lots of places we don't have in ohio.
so you can see why january feels like a blur! i had just gotten all the laundry done and stuff put away from our cali. trip and i was packing up and heading out again! then it took a few days to get all the laundry done and stuff put away from our louisville trip. and then it was february! ha! life is funny sometimes..... but don't let me fool you. all of those trips were wonderful and even the work involved in them is wonderful because it reminds me that we were there. so thats pretty much january in our home. now onto the good stuff - malachi!
mr. man is going to be 8 months tomorrow! i can hardly believe it! here's a little recap of what he is up to now -
i have no idea about height and weight at this point. we haven't been to the doctor for a well-baby visit since before christmas, so things could have changed a lot. at that point he was still measuring small on weight but with the way he eats i wouldn't be surprised if he has gained a few pounds since then!
on that note, his eating has certainly increased since the last time i did one of these updates! he is now eating three solid meals a day - breakfast, lunch and dinner - and still nurses 4 times a day. he's a hungry little guy and i pretty much give him as much as he wants as we are trying to increase his weight anyway.
his schedule and menu pretty much look like this everyday -
he wakes up around 8am and nurses. then he has breakfast, an egg yolk and plain yogurt mixed with a mashed banana.
then he is awake until 10am usually. then naps from 10am-noon.
around noon he will wake up and nurse, then have lunch. lunch is usually some sort of meat and veggie combination with some cheese or fruit afterward. whatever i have on hand i just grind up in our baby food grinder (seriously, this thing is amazing!) and that's what he eats.
then he will usually go back down for a nap around 2pm, unless i have errands to run and then he will go with me. he will sleep till 4pm if he goes down at 2pm.
then around 4pm he wakes and nurses. but he waits and eats dinner with us around 6pm. we just grind up what we are having (for the most part, not everything though) and that's what he eats.
then around 7:30/8pm he nurses one last time and goes to bed.
his latest change to his schedule is that he is dropping his evening nap. he's been doing pretty well but some days he is fussy close to bedtime. that will usually determine if he goes down at 7:30 or 8 - how fussy he is.
overall, he is healthy and happy! but man, we better get ready when he is older! because if his eating habits now are any indication then he will have an appetite like his daddy and i am in BIG trouble!
some of his favorite foods right now are - chicken, cheddar cheese, banana, egg yolk, green beans, and beef stew.
he is finally in 6-9 month clothes! he was in 3-6 month clothes for a really long time, not that its a bad thing, just unexpected and a little frustrating when all of his 3-6 month clothes were for warmer weather. i just hated going out and buying cold weather clothes in 3-6 month size because i figured it wouldn't even make us through the winter. thankfully i didn't buy too much since i was right about that. so now he is wearing all of his wonderful gifts from christmas! :)
jeff and i think he is going to be walking before too long. he is SOOO busy and will hardly keep still ever. and he wants to stand up constantly, i have to bend his waist to make him sit down. i have a feeling that walking may come before crawling for this little guy. we'll see - he may totally shock us all but at this point he is making more advances toward walking than crawling. either way, it will be fun to watch over the next month or so!
that's about all i can think of right now. but what would a post about the little guy be without pictures of the little guy?!?! so, enjoy!
until next time,
love from the mixon house
he has upgraded from the bumbo seat to a real booster seat! what a big guy!
our sweet friend Jess, who we saw while in louisville. she took some pics of our family while there and as soon as i get them i will share! her work is wonderful and i am so excited to see what she got!
jeff teaching malachi how to "play swords" - this was entertaining! ha! :)
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