You're scooting everywhere! You get up on your hands and knees, then rock forward, lay down and inch...then repeat! You move from one side of the room to the other doing that! Such a little inch worm! I wonder if you're ever going to crawl...you do pretty darn good inching and bear crawling!

You still love the dogs! Each morning you look and look until Rocky peeks his head up at you from the floor...then you get the biggest smile! He gives you lots of kisses...you do not know what to think about those though. You flinch and turn your little nose up...but you just keep going back for more!

You recently started taking a pacifier to help fall asleep... You look pretty cute with it! You still wake up several times a night...sometimes to eat, sometimes because you peed out your diaper, but most of the time you just want to be in bed with us! We have broken the rule we always said we wouldn't...you have ended up in bed with us A LOT! It is so hard not to...we know that's what you want, we are so tired, and honestly - I love cuddling with you! You only like to cuddle with me...you cry on Lance's pillow. It makes him sad...but me HAPPY! :) So you lay on my pillow with me and your face is pressed up against mine. It's really hard to try and keep you in your crib when you look like such a little angel in ours. You do not want to stay in your crib either...you are really struggling with separation anxiety at night time. You do not want to be alone at all!

You are such a little messer! You are into EVERYTHING! Your little head just goes back and forth trying to find something to get into! Goofy kid! You love playing with my cell phone and the remote... You change channels, turn it off, change the volume. You're so funny. You like to help turn off the lights and close the garage door. You definitely let us know when you want something!! You have mastered the temper tantrum!

You are doing a lot of interactive play- Kass coughs, you cough. I laugh, you laugh. Poppy claps, you clap. It's soooo cute!!!!! You mimic us a lot; it's amazing to see each new thing you learn each day!

Still no crawling!!! You will move your knees...but no hands. Then you get lazy and end up rolling! Ha. You think that you can walk though; you try to wiggle and squirm to get off our laps...not sure what you plan on doing if we let you. :)

Seven teeth!!! Four on top, three on bottom. They are REALLY hurting you too... I can not remember the last time we slept more than just a few hours. You just wake up screaming!!! You always end up in bed with us, but even then you cry and cry and cry. It breaks mama's heart!

Still wild as ever. You want to jump and bounce, you want to "bam bam" everything, want to wiggle and dance... Basically anything that involves you moving everywhere! :) Just a wild little guy!

You are still loving baby food! You have had squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, apples, pears, and bananas! You love them all! You still make a nasty face sometimes when you first take a bite, but that does not last long. Also, for some reason you think it is funny to breathe it up your nose...so you have sneezed out peas a time or two. The other day, Ma tried to let you lick a Popsicle and you couldn't spit it out fast enough...haha. It must have been too cold for you!

Today, you were rolling at Ma and Poppy's and you rolled to their couch and pulled the bottom flap over your face. We heard you laughing and giggling... Ma would say "Where is Lathan?" and you would laugh and laugh! You were so cute!!!

Now...let's be cute tonight... And SLEEP!!!! :)

Kissy Kissy!

You are such a little kisser these days! You give me the best hugs and kisses and each one completely melts my heart!!!! You have given Ma and your Aunt Rebecca a kiss before, but you usually do not kiss your daddy. We think it's because of his beard...you will hug him, but usually no kisses! He tries so hard to get one though! No luck! You have not been sleeping very well lately; we take turns going to rock you or soothe you back to sleep. The other night, you gave me the biggest hug and several kisses when I went in there! I came back to bed and told Lance how cute it was...he said "That's nice...he slapped me in the face when I went in there!" I laughed the whole next day when I thought about it!!!

You are so intrigued with Kendalyn and Kassidy...you just stare at them and get super excited when they come over to talk and play with you! They absolutely adore you...and Mama absolutely adores watching the three if you together! You also really love the dogs! God help them when you start walking!! :)

You love screaming back and forth. You'll make a noise, I'll mimic you. You laugh and make another...I do the same. It's a little game you think is so funny!

We went back to the zoo today...you liked it more than last time...but you were tired and fussy so we didn't get to stay too super long! Tomorrow, we are going to the park and possibly to feed the ducks!

Love you!!!

Since your six month appointment, you have had sweet potatoes, carrots, and squash. You absolutely love baby food! In fact, you cry if we can not feed you the spoonful's fast enough. I knew you would love the food though...you are such a big water I knew there was no way you would not absolutely love it!!

You are SO incredibly close to crawling. I bet it is only a matter of days until you have mastered it! You still absolutely love to cuddle, jump, roll around, and just laugh and yell. You're so full of energy and just go NUTS while you are playing...but you're still mama's little baby who cuddles when he's tired. You give the best kisses!!!

Uncle David had his white coat induction ceremony to KU Medical School. I could not be more proud of that guy! We were there supporting him in the audience on what probably was the most prideful day of his life thus far. I had a special outfit made for you; it looked like you were wearing a stethoscope around your neck, the pocket said "Dr. Collins," and it looked like it was full of medical equipment as well. Everyone really got a kick out of it!

The white coat ceremony was extra special because Dr. Khan, Ma's oncologist, was actually the one to place the coat on Uncle Dave. He has worked with her since 2008 and without him...she would not still be here. His latest chemo treatments have truly helped her... I hope and pray things continue to remain positive for her. I know she will have her days...like today...she's having a very rough day... But she is here to hold you, kiss you, tell you she loves you...and for that, I praise the Lord.

Six Months!

Wow! It's exciting and sad at the same time. I have always heard people say "They grow up too fast..." but I had no idea how accurate those statements were. It truly seems like just yesterday.

We had your six month appointment yesterday which meant big bad shots. They just broke your little heart; you were so happy, kicking your little feet and laughing away until they gave you the three pokes- it was the saddest little cry. Daddy handed you to me immediately and I was able to love on you and make you stop crying. It's so sad seeing you hurt. You'll understand when you have kids. The shots were really hard on you this time... That evening you fussed and cried so much. You didn't want me to put you down at all and your daddy had softball - I ended up putting you in your bathtub and you cheered up pretty fast. You splashed and kicked water everywhere... Then it was milk and night night time! A few hours later you woke up screaming- Lance tried to rock you back to sleep but that was not what you wanted! Soooo...I fed you again and put you back to sleep. Half an hour later... You woke up crying again. We ended up putting you in bed with us and it's amazing! You slept perfect! You spoiled thing! :)

You are 27 inches long and over 18 lbs. Such a big boy!!!! You're considered skinny for your height. You are very advanced in all of your milestones and the doctor said almost all of your front teeth are coming in...that explains the constant drooling and chewing. Your two bottoms are all the way in, the two beside them are about to poke through, and the four on top are poking through.

You had baby food for the first time! Sweet potatoes! You made the funniest "yuck face.". You made quite the mess but you successfully ate 3 or 4 spoonfuls! Haha. We talked to the doctor about cereal making you fussier so she told us to stop doing that for a few weeks and see how baby food treats your little belly.

We did your six month pictures; I could not be any more in love with them! You are absolutely freaking adorable!! One of my close friends, Danielle, did them for us...she did AMAZING!!!!

Almost six months!!!!!

Your Ma's scans came back showing drastic improvement!!!! Thank God! I knew that they probably would be good with how much better she has been looking and feeling lately... She holds and cuddles you all the time! You even "jump jumped" on her lap the other day! Sometimes you are too rough for her but for the most part she has been able to love up on you rather than just watch and talk to you while someone else holds you. You have no idea how happy this makes me!

Your current favorite thing to do is to give "High Five's!" You grab our hands and hold it so you can high five it over and over and over. You are so funny! Your teeth are still hurting you but I think they are slowly getting better. Kendalyn has lost a lot of hers and so she's this little toothless thing and you're working so hard to get yours in'

Mama and daddy are going to open you a savings account this week. We do not have a lot of extra money but we will do our absolute best to deposit some each week so you can use that for college in the future. My parents always put our education above anything else and I want to do the same for you; I just know you will make us so very proud someday. Who am I kidding? You make me so proud everyday!!!

You have your six month appointment next week... That means shots :( God, it just breaks my heart hearing you cry with them. Your daddy will be there to support me... Haha. It's sad that I need support when YOU get shots! We just love you so much.

Well baby boy! You continue to grow and amaze us! You can finally do the tripod... You can sit on your own! I think you've been capable of doing it for a while but you're a lazy little stinker so you usually just try to lay back down or roll over once you're sitting up. The other day though, you sat up and just stared at Rocky for the longest time! Adorable!!

You are still such a wild little man! You love to wrestle and the rougher the better. You scream, holler, and laugh so loud when we scare you, tickle you, or just say "I'm gonna get you..." Sometimes, you "get us" and you bury your head in our necks and growl and wrestle back. We have so much fun with you!

Those two top teeth are still giving you trouble. The bottom two came in with little fuss but the new two are really rough. You are always chewing on your hands, drooling, and you want everything to go in your mouth! Those bad teeth!

It was pretty cute... Today your daddy was holding you and showing you yourself in the mirror and you kept reaching for your daddy in the mirror for him to hold you... Haha. You did not understand that he actually was holding you! You're so cute and funny!

Your Auntie Rebecca found out the other day that she is pregnant again!!! You're going to be a big cousin! I am very excited to be an aunt again because I just love Kendalyn and Kassidy so incredibly much! I bet she has another little girl. :)

I have had a couple friends lately that have had babies and unfortunately they are pretty sick. One had a stroke in the womb and the other has a brain bleed...I know this is a serious topic for your happy book but it just made me realize even more how thankful and blessed we are for you. My heart aches for those parents who are hurting right now with their innocent babies being so sick; it makes me realize how lucky we are to have a healthy little man like you. So much could go wrong and so much almost did go wrong - you swallowing the meconium, the cord being wrapped around your neck, your blood sugar being so low, etc. I was so naive and did not understand the severity and the seriousness of all of those things... I am so blessed and so thankful we have a happy and healthy little boy who loves us just like we love him! I pray for all of those families that have sick babies and I pray for your future little cousin to be healthy as well.

Your Ma has her scans on Tuesday... Thousands of prayers for good results. She means the world to our family so we need good news!

Love you my little stinker!