8 Months of Dayton

This little sweetie pie is already 3/4 of his way to being a year old! I say it every month, but I really can't believe it. :)

This month he learned to…

get up on all fours and rock back and forth

sometimes there's even 1 little crawl in there. He's so close!

Firsts:

1st tooth starting to pop through - can't see it, but you can feel it with your finger!!

time to stay with Mathis & Ginni for the day!

time to stay at Natalie's for the day

His favorite things this month:

Momma :)

paci

sister

Daddy

jumperoo/exersaucer

baby food

bottles!

Things he hates this month:

when he first gets buckled in the car seat

diaper rashes…seriously.

teething

His sizes this month:

6-9 months

9 month pjs

size 3 diapers (same as sister, haha)

New places he has been this month:

Mathis' house

Natalie's house

El Fenix

Important events this month:

Mathis' 1st birthday and party! We had fun!

Pappa Ronnie's birthday

Pappa Donnie's birthday

7 Months of Dayton

Dayton is an easy, laid-back baby boy at 7 months old. He is very happy and laughs a ton! He loves to roll around and grab toys and is super content to do this for a solid hour while I fold clothes or do another chore with him in the room. He is always well-behaved in the nursery at church and with Ashlee, our babysitter, which makes me feel much more at ease thinking of putting him in Mother's Day Out two days a week starting August 27th! He'll be 8 months at that point!

This month he learned to…

sit up great unsupported! *my favorite accomplishment so far

Firsts:

4th of July!

Fireworks!

First time to meet Memaw Horton - his 93-year-old great, great grandmother!

Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A!

His favorite things this month:

momma, no doubt ;)

exersaucer

toys!

Soothie paci

Sawyer

Things he hates this month:

Ear infections! Poor kid can't catch a break from those darn things!

sometimes he hates when we first put him in the car seat

His sizes this month:

6-9 months

Size 3 diapers - he & Sawyer wear the same size - how funny is that!?

New places he has been this month:

Cotton Patch Cafe

ASI to watch Sawyer's gymnastics

Important events this month:

For his first 4th of July we went to my Momma Sheila's and swam, fished, pet the horses, and had homemade ice-cream! That night we went to Harry Meyers Park in Rockwall to watch the fireworks! It was a great day!

Favorite pictures this month:

6 Months of Dayton

My poor neglected blog. I have had zero time. I really shouldn't even be blogging now because there's ALWAYS homework to be done, but both kids are napping and I am already 2 monthly posts behind…

Dayton's Measurements:

Birth: 7 lbs. 6.2 oz., 20" long, 13" head, 13" chest

6 days old: 7 lbs. 2.5 oz., 20 1/2" long

2 weeks old: 7 lbs. 14.5 oz., 20 1/2" long, 14" head

1 month old: 9 lbs. 6 oz., 21 1/2" long, 15 1/2" head

2 months old: 12 lbs. 1.5 oz., 23 1/4" long, 15 3/4" head

4 months old: 14 lbs. 5.5 oz., 24 3/4" long, 16 1/2" head 

6 months old: 16 lbs. 7.5 oz., 26 1/4" long, 17 1/4" head

Dayton is middle of the road regarding measurements…his weight was 30th percentile, height was 50th percentile, and his head was 60th percentile! So we have a tall, thin, big-headed boy, just like his daddy! ;) 

6 month old cutie!

This month he learned to…

rolled onto tummy in his crib
his 1st unswaddled night was May 22nd - he did well!
1st formula - June 18th (2 days from turning 6 months old)

Firsts:

time to swim! (Memorial Day)

Father's Day

being babysat by Ashlee

His favorite things this month:

Momma, no doubt

paci still

exersaucer

ice cube pops

playing with toys while he sits up!

his babysitter Ashlee :)

Things he hates this month:

sometimes the car seat - he's actually really happy most of the time!

His sizes this month:

6 months

size 2 diapers

New places he has been this month:

story time at the Library!
The Galleria

Important events this month:

We celebrated Father's Day - Casey's 3rd Father's Day as a Father but the 1st one with Dayton!

we made him a few gifts and also bought him a few gifts :)

Favorite pictures from this month!

Memorial Day Cuteness

1st swim

Dayton & Ally ;)

1st time in exersaucer!

Fell asleep like this…so funny.

pretty as a little girl :)

Daddy's little Longhorn

What a fun half year it has been!!

Scare Me Silly…

Last night around 4am Sawyer scared me to death…

I went to check on Dayton because he was crying, and I noticed Sawyer's door was wide open (she sleeps with it closed), so I went in to check on her and she wasn't anywhere in her room. Then I walked around the house saying "Sawyer! Sawyer!" using the light from my phone. She didn't respond, and I didn't see her anywhere, so I went and told Casey that she wasn't in her bed and that I couldn't find her! I thought that someone must have come in and taken her! (My mind goes to the worse place, I know). I also thought that maybe she had somehow gotten out of the house (she recently learned how to open the gate to the fence in the backyard and gotten out while she was playing, so I thought maybe she had learned to open one of the doors to outside). 

We started turning on lights and there she was laying on the couch completely asleep. She never woke up even when Casey picked her up and put her in her bed! So funny. Wish I could know how long she had been asleep on the couch…There were some toys around her like she'd been playing with them in the pitch black and then fallen asleep. We should have taken a picture.

Two-year-olds.

27. Really?!?!

My birthday has come and gone, but I want to put the pictures up, so I might as well blog about it. I turned 27 on April 2nd. I am married, have 2 kids, and am almost done with graduate school, so I felt pretty old this birthday. Not too old, but still old, haha. (It always helps that Casey is 3 years old than me though…so while I turned 27, he was already 30…that makes me feel a bit better;).

As always, we went to my Momma Sheila's & Pappa Donnie's in Mabank for my birthday party. I always get a neat cake that has to do with something big that happened that year (for example, the year I graduated from A&M it was all maroon and Aggied out…my first year teaching the cake looked like a classroom had exploded on it, with rulers and apples and abc's all over it. You get the point). So, anyway, this year my cake had my babies on it! It said "Happy 27th birthday Momma   From, Sawyer & Dayton" My own name was not on my birthday cake. Instead it was replaced with "Momma" and my children's names made it onto the cake. Haha. So typical of having kids - do other mothers agree with me?! Oh, and we celebrated the day before Easter so it was fitting to have bunny rabbits and Easter eggs. :)

We always take a picture of the 3 of us on my birthday!

4 generations of Tapp, Rowan, Horton, Coats women :)

Uncle Russell & Dayton :)

my Mom got a tripod and was a little obsessed with capturing a group picture :) It turned out well!!

All of those presents really for me?! Can we say only child & only grandchild? ;)

On my actual birthday I had 2 birthday meals! The first one was lunch with my mom & Casey & the kiddos. I didn't get a picture with my momma. :(

The second was dinner with the Rickersons at Zanata's! YUM. We Coats & Rickersons always celebrate each other's birthdays with dinner with the 4 of us. :) It's always a fun time!

Casey also took me out to a fancy date at Sissy's!! I had been wanting to try it for sometime and he surprised me! I loved it!!! The food was so good and the decor was super cute. Thank you, babe!

I also had a celebration with Casey's family! We go out to eat for everyone's birthday and it's always a lot of fun. This year for my birthday we went to Campisi's at the Harbor in Rockwall. We had yummy cookie cake afterward! Everyone came back to our house and the kids had a blast hanging out in the backyard playing.

Me & my girl!

No smiling from her, but still pretty :)

cute nephew Caleb!! 

 Steph & the twins, Luke & Sadie!

 I think these pictures are cute because Sawyer is being shy, but loves her cousins! It's written all over her face :)

Sawyer may be Caleb's biggest fan!! 

Aunt Stephanie & Dayton!

cutie after his bath:)

After posting all of the pictures and writing about it, I've decided that 27 was a pretty great birthday! Geeze, am I spoiled! Did I really have FIVE birthday parties/lunches/dinners?! Lots of family, lots of celebration, and 2 super sweet kiddos this year. Bring on 27!! :)