Bit of Advice

You know its time to move your crib matress down when your kid can do this....

Chip & Dale's Anyone?

Look at my studly little man!! This was our attempt to get Curtis into a three piece suit...do they make a size 16 neck for infants??? We were all three dying laughing when the top TWO buttons on this size 9 months suit were inches from closing. I believe that is called the Schwartz chin(s). Where is the big and tall section at Babies 'R Us?

All I Want For Christmas...

Is my two front teeth...or at least one of them. Curtis' little toother finally decided to peek its head out last night. I have a feeling the next one is not far behind. Now the newest drama of mommyhood is trying to teach him not to bite! I am pretty impressed by the little fellow though he hardly made a peep throughout the teething process. This weekend we are taking a little family vacation up to the woodlands for a wedding. One of my fellow BU water polo players is finally marrying her high school sweetheart. I will have to post pictures on Monday as I am sure this will be the cutest bride and groom you have ever seen. Jen is under five foot tall and probably weighs ninety pounds soaking wet. Kale is six foot five and has the stature of an offensive lineman. I am trying my best to convince him to carry her down the aisle. The wedding is at the Marriot on the river walk in the Woodlands so we are all going to be glamed up and ready to party. Curtis even has a three piece suit for the event. Its gonna be precious!

Renovations

Jacob and I have officially gone crazy. Last Thursday night we sold our pool table (finally)!!! It sat in our Baylor room totally unused for the entire length of our home ownership. The room was a total disaster and in no way practical for our lives. Friday we got the idea to turn the room into a play room (for Curtis and mommy) Jacob set up a desk for me in the Baylor room so that I can scrapbook during Curtis' minuscule naps. Saturday we decided to put a fan in the Baylor room and somehow that lead to us painting the celling, installing the fan, installing new sconces, painting all the walls, painting the trim, and totally redoing the room as a play/scrapbooking/computer room. It is fantastic!!! I will post pictures as soon as Jacob gets the last three sconces up (hopefully today). I can not tell you how liberating it has been to be able to scrapbook at will again. The best thing is I can leave all my junk out and just close the doors when guests come over. Curtis has a great room to play in as well where we can leave all of his toys sprawled out on the floor. Why did it take us so long to do all of this????

Huge Baby

Curtis had his 6 month appointment last Friday and is he HUGE! He weighs in at a whopping 18 pounds and is 27 inches long. He measured in the 70th percentile for weight and the 75th for height! To our surprise his head is on the small side and measured in the 30th percentile, we all can breath a sigh of relief that he officially did not inherit Jacob's head :) Curtis' latest trick is pulling up on things and then tumbling backwards when his legs collapse. He is working on getting up on his knees but he is much more interested in standing than crawling. Who knows, maybe he will skip crawling all together! Since he has reached the 6 month mark it was time to introduce some solid foods into his diet. He wasn't too impressed with rice cereal but in true Counts fashion he will eat anything and ate it with a grimace on his face like a good boy! Last night we started squash and he couldn't get enough of that stuff! I can hardly be live he is old enough to be eating real food! Makes a mother want to cry! The picture is of Curtis in his element outside. He can not get enough of the outdoors...I wonder what side of the family he got that from??!

Naked Baby & Our Anniversary

Jacob and I celebrated our two year anniversary this week. I can hardly believe the amazing blessings we have received in just two years! Thank you to all of our friends and family that called or sent cards, you are amazing. So what did we do on our anniversary? We planned to re-enact our first date and go bowling and out for dinner. Curtis however wasn't feeling well so instead we stayed in and had pizza, margaritas, and brownies. It turned out to be a great family night once Curtis' medicine had kicked in! We do have plans to go out just the two of us as soon as my parents return from their travels for a more romantic evening. More than anything our night in made us realize how beautiful our marriage really is. Spending an evening watching each other nurturing Curtis makes us realize what marriage is really all about. We are so blessed! Our naked baby has nothing to do with this post but I thought our anniversary blog should involve at least some nudity :)