Nap Time

This precious little face is what I saw when I went to get Keegan up from his nap this morning. He can now roll over back and forth and we often find him on his tummy, bunched up in his covers in his crib. When I came around the corner into his room today, I saw these cute little eyes starring back at me. He thought he was soooo funny!

Can you tell which side of my face I slept on, Mom? Now let's go play!!!

Pumpkin Patching

Let me start by saying, "NO", this is not Keegan's Halloween costume. I found it at the local children's consignment store for $2 and I knew I could find SOME embarassing moment for him to be in it. Two weekends ago, we had just the right excuse.

We went to the Botanical Gardens for their annual Fall Harvest event. They had vendors selling hand made, home baked items; a small corn maze; tractor rides; food; a pumpkin patch and all their scarecrows up for viewing. I couldn't help but think that this would be the perfect day for our new outfit.


We had Keegan in our backpack carrier the majority of the day, so no one could see the face on his outfit, therefore assuming that he had to be a Halloween Carrot...I don't know about that!

I would pay MUCH more for this little prize punkin'!

We had a wonderful time at the gardens and got some great treats and some great pictures to bring home. Now, we just have to wait another two weeks before Keegan can show off his REAL Halloween costume... much cuter than this cutest pumpkin!!!

No Sew Home Decor

I got a great pattern from a friend who made a banner for her son's first birthday. It was so simple that I had to try it. All I used was:

5- 18'x21' fat quarters of corresponding fabrics

spray adhesive

grosgrain ribbon (3 yards long, folded then pressed in half)

liquid stitch (coolest stuff ever)

pinking shears

I sprayed the wrong sides of the fabric together so that both sides showing was the right side. Then I traced a triangle about seven times onto each of the five fabrics and used my pinking shears to cut them out. I then used the liquid stitch to adhere the sheared triangles to the ribbon which I had already pressed in half. With the fabric and ribbon I had, I was able to make 2-9 foot banners, which was one more than I thought I would get. My next plan is to make a smaller one so that I can use it as a Christmas tree garland- perhaps after that will be a blue and orange something to hang from our blue and orange pop-up tent...hmmm, I like projects!!

Changing of the Guard

Over the past two weeks I've made two decisions in regards to Keegan's diet.

1) My ability to nurse him is not keeping up with the amount of food he is trying to consume. He wants to eat 6 or 7 ounces at a time, and with all the water I drink and food I eat, I can't seem to have enough to keep him happy.

2) I'm ready to be done nursing and have my body back. I've been sharing my lunch hour, my waking hours, my soreness, my aching back, all with my little boy in hopes that he would get from me what he needed. At six months of age, the doctors say he has indeed gotten what he needs. I'me ready to wear blouses to work that I don't have to worry about nursing in. I want to get our of nursing bras. I want to eat onions and peppers and not be worried about whether they'll affect him.

With these two points being made, Drew and I have decided to move away from nursing and start Keegan on a formula only diet. He's been responding to it very well and he's been sleeping longer at night and doesn't fuss as much during the day. I was worried that he would reject the formula, but he's being a tropper. Now, I just have to put in the work to get my body back to where it was before Mr. Man showed up so that I can give him the next best thing: a healthy, happy Mama!!

6 Month Stats

We had Keegan's six month doctors appointment this week and boy has he grown!! He weighs 17 pounds, 2 ounces, which is in the 50%. He is 26 incehs long, the 25th% and his head is 44 centimeters, the 60%. He responds well to the doctor poking and proding and she said she wouldn't be surprised if he started crawling in the next month!!!

There are several new things going on in our house these days in regards to our little man. He was having a hard time rolling from his back to his stomach and it seemed that overnight he had figured it out. This weekend we were hanging out in the family room and at one point Keegan was here, and not a few seconds later......


He was over here!! Yes, he is UNDER the coffee table. I was laughing so hard, he thought he was pretty funny. Now he rolls everywhere!! I can't put him down on his back for more than two seconds and he's rolling to his back. Drew went to go get him up from his nap this morning and he was chilling on his tummy in his crib, playing with his bedding. Funny little boy.


Now that he can also SIT UP on his own, I decided I wanted to change up our bath routine. I was familiar with these bathtub seats but was having the most difficult time finding one. Finally, while looking for something else at Walmart this last week, I found one. So after getting that and a collection of really cute bathtub animal toys, we were set.


Needless to say, he loves it. He loves sitting up and really being able to splash all he wants, and he loves the new toys. Of course, he picks them up and they go right in his mouth, but that's what makes them fun! I knew he would start growing up and learning all these new things, but I didn't know it would happen this fast. Slow down just a bit buddy, Mama has to keep up!!

Out & About

Now that Keegan can sit up in his stroller we wanted to get him out so that he could really see what our neighborhood looks like. It had cooled down a bit last week so we grabbed the dog and the stroller and we were off.

Come on Kyrie, let's go!!!

Keegan Case, Baby Explorer

The Greats

While driving home from our holiday weekend, we stopped in Burley to visit Drew's Grandma Lennox and Uncle Reid ( his Dad's mom and brother). Keegan had met them once before when he was two months old, but he was much more animated this time so everyone had a great time.