JT's 6th Month

I've started venturing out with John Thomas some more...hitting up Wal-Mart and the like. We have a lot of fun, but apparently a shopping trip to Wal-Mart is exhausting for everyone!

He made it all the way to the check out lane
before he passed out!

JT loves wearing fun t-shirts now...as you saw the "My Dad Rocks" (yes he does!) t-shirt in an earlier post, and he got an "iPood" t-shirt to match his girlfriend, Ruby!

JT is having so much fun in Discovery Zone...Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights in the church nursery are full of Kodak moments, and I am so glad our sweet friend, Jennifer, snapped this one!

Playing footsies (already) with his girlfriend, Ruby!

I love this smiley boy of ours...and I love that he loves to eat. I can always manage to get a good shot at feeding time. Look at him striking a pose for the camera! Hahaha!!!

Cheese! (Look at that bicep ;-)

We are trying to introduce Little Puffs to JT, but he can't quite figure them out yet. He doesn't realize they go IN his mouth...not ON his chin! :-)

Since JT has learned to roll over, he has been sleeping on his belly a lot. However, he has yet to learn how to turn himself back over in the middle of the night and wakes us up crying and screaming to roll him back over. I'll be very proud of him when he accomplishes that next step!

Sweet sweet boy...LOVE him!

Teething...UGH!

John Thomas still has two teeth...

See my two teeth?!?!?

...and continues on with this horrible thing called TEETHING! Ugh! I feel like we're back to the newborn phase of his life...crying, fussing, drooling, waking up 2 to 5 times each night...and now he's biting. Yes...OUCH! But every time I get frustrated dealing with his teething, I stop and remind myself that he is hurting...my baby is in pain, and there's nothing we can do to stop it. So, in an effort to help him through this horrible horrible teething phase, we have been alternating Ibuprofen and Tylenol every 2 - 4 hours, giving him teething toys, using Spiffies wipes to rub his teeth and gums, and brushing his teeth and gums every morning and night. Nothing is working. Again...UGH! But "Super Nana" came to the rescue and got him a Sophie the Giraffe teething toy, and he loves it! I think we'll make it through teething now. Thanks Nana!

My 1st Mother's Day!!!

Wow...what a blessed day and occasion. My first "official" Mother's Day was wonderful, and I was showered with love. I received sweet cards in the mail from several precious friends and family members, and my amazing husband got me a beautiful necklace with John Thomas' birth stone (opal). 

Shawn took me to my favorite restaurant in Starkville, City Bagel, and we took our yummy food and had a picnic on the MSU campus...it was perfect! JT had a lot of fun, too! Then Shawn made me a steak dinner that night...I was spoiled, and I loved it! ;-)


I hope every mother had a very Happy Mother's Day!!! And by the way...I LOVE being John Thomas' mommy!