Happy Fathers Day!!

Today was your daddy's first fathers day! You had a very special book made from Shutterfly full of pictures of you and him and cute little quotes and poems about how much you love him! Also... You got him a HUGE grill! Half charcoal, half gas, with a smoker on the side. Great job little man! He was very very surprised... Poppy had to go pick it up for me because it was too big for mama's Escape!

Today we took you swimming for the first time! At first you did not know what to think of the great big "bathtub" but after a few minutes you were splashing and kicking away! I think you will be quite the waterbug! :) We had bought you swim shorts and a water shirt but you're quite the big old' boy bc the 6 month swim shirt was a complete belly shirt. Haha. Such a long little chunk! :)

Yesterday was Ma's 50th birthday! We had a cook out at Rebecca and Ezra's house with our whole family. It was a beautiful beautiful day! We had a surprise card shower... We told all her extended family and friends to send her a birthday card to Rebecca's house and then we gave them all to her at once. 169 CARDS! She was so surprised... She cried, I cried, we all cried! We have a lot to be thankful for baby boy... A few months a go I honestly feared I wouldn't get to spend her birthday with her. Her cancer was so aggressive... But I believe her chemo is helping her! She has more strength and her blood levels are staying up. Your Ma is doing a lot better! We are so blessed to spend that special milestone together!

You, my young one, have been quite the fuss bucket lately! We are trying to transition you to your crib in your own bedroom and it isn't easy. I am sad to move you out of our room and I do not think you want to be in your room either. You were hysterical last night when you woke up in your crib! Soooo... You ended up in our bed! Whoops! :) In our defense, you were screaming so loud and tugging at your ears... We thought you were sick and we just wanted to comfort you! We took you to the doctor today (Happy Fathers Day, huh?:) ) And the doctor said there's nothing wrong with you at all. It could be your teeth...but the doctor thinks its more than likely you're just going through a phase and also dealing with separation anxiety by being in your own room. I pray you let us get some sleep tonight... It's been two weeks of this nonsense!

You were seventeen pounds today! Little chunk! :)