All right sorry no pics today.
It seems I have not been as camera happy as of late. I need to get on that. I have however been in a total scrapbook mania and completed lots of projects that have been sitting and waiting for me. Usually with scrapping I go through phases where I am totally into it for a while and then I don't do it for months. But ever since I went to AZ in May I have been all about it. I don't think any of my kicks have lasted this long but I love it. Since my trip I have completed our wedding album, a backpacking album, Erik's adoption story book, An album about Lindsay and I and our courtship, and am about finished with an album about myself. I have also completed just random pages for a general family scrapbook. I told my mom last year that I would create scrapbooks with all of her family pictures if she would send me her photos and her scrap supplies that she had collected. It's a big thing, especially now that we take way more pictures with Erik here, but I love it. It's such an outlet for me. Plus with Lindsay having been gone more it gives me something to do while he is away at night.
Since falling into the grooveof motherhood I have also been able to find time for books and have been reading like I can't get enough, well that actually is true. I love love love reading and it was hard for me to read when Erik was a newborn but now I have found time here and there. I think it's interesting how when I am more busy I am actually more productive and have better time management than when I have less boundaries placed on me. Interesting!
Erik had his 6 month appointment this last week and he is doing well. He is 17 pounds 7 ounces (average), 27 1/4 inches (66th percentile), and has an average head size although his head is pretty flat on the back. I am hoping that will round out a bit as he grows, but we will see. He is a bit behind on gross motor skills, so I am up for any suggestions on how to help him learn to sit up on his own and roll from his back to front. Those are the two major ones. Also any tips or suggestions for age appropriate toys and activities I can do with him. I am in a creative rut as to how to entertain him lately. And I don't have an exersaucer or walker or anything. So good ol mom and baby activities would be great!
I will take some pics soon so you can see us! Also finalization stuff is coming along well and we are still on track to have the little man sealed and blessed at the end of the month! We can't wait!!!
3 comments:
That's so exciting that you're going to have Erik sealed and blessed at the end of the month! How wonderful! We're so happy for your little family! On another note, I have a walker you can borrow if you need one:).
So exciting going to be sealed!! You know...all my kids did things "later" than other children. But they would start late and catch up quick and sometimes surpass them, so I don't know, with rolling over, I placed them on one of those mats that they lay on their back with and can play with toys hanging and can turn over and have things to look at, but mine wouldn't roll over until I started putting them on their tummies...they hated it so they learned to roll over so they didn't have to be there! With sitting up...I would prop them up with pillows all around them and set them in the middle of the boppy pillow so they could learn to sit up without falling and bumping their heads(mind you we had to keep putting him up and so on! The only thing is what helps with one kid, might not help with another so trial and error I guess! :) Good luck though !!!
That is so great you guys will be sealed soon! And even though my kids are biological, occasionally I'll have a doctor say something that makes me feel like they really think I was born yesterday. I hate it when doctors act like they know EVERYTHING! really bugs. And with the motor skills - I really wouldn't worry too much. Our world is constantly comparing ourselves to others around us. It gets even worse when kids get into school. I just have to try not to think about it too much or it drives me nuts. I mean, I always hope my kids are kind of in the ball park, but I think doctors can be too rigid on where the ball park is. Our kids were always really late rollers. Kind of early sitters like 5 mo. or so, but rolling not til like 8 months old. And not crawling til 9 or 10. They all walked around a year, but I've heard of some who don't walk til 18 mo. and they are fine. My nephew who was born 2 weeks before your Eric, can already roll like crazy, crawl, and pull up on furniture. Go figure. I would just keep helping him sit and helping him roll til he starts doing it on his own. You can have him reach for toys while you are helping him roll. And don't worry about his head. Ethan's head was really flat as a baby and he's fine now.
We sat in the primary room for sacrament meeting last sunday and I sneaked a peek at your wedding album. It's so beautiful!!
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