Gordon - 6 months

Happy 6 months Gordon!!! Today is Gordon's 1st half birthday as my best friend Liz would say. In some ways it's been a really loonnnggg 6 months. lol! I love my youngest son very much, but he has not been what I expected at all.  Yes, yes - I know that every person is an individual, but considering who his dad and Cyril are, I was expecting him to be exactly like them...not that's not fair - I was expecting him to be more like them in personality. Go with the flow, laid back, easy going fellows. Gordon is NOTHING like that. lol.  He's a higher needs, sensitive, fussy baby.  Things have to be just so for Gordon, and I can already tell that he isn't going to transition well, just like Dawn and Spencer.  He LOVES commotion.  Unlike Cyril who, if he's tired enough will fall asleep, loves to sleep in the car, and etc. Gordon is not like that, if I want him to nurse decent, I need to stop talking (which as everyone knows is hard for me), be content with him flashing my breast in the room(if I don't have a cover on), so that he can look around, or go into another room (even that isn't a guarantee that he'll nurse), for the most part he has stopped really nursing well during the day, and will nurse all night, because he doesn't want to miss anything going on during the day.  He loves to be rocked and watch everything going on. He's just fascinated with all of the comings, and goings of the older children.

As far as weight stats, we'll find out on Monday how he's doing, but I can tell you as far as weight goes, he won't be going off the charts for it that's for sure.  But as far as developmental milestones he's doing very well...it's been a very busy month for this little guy. At the end of October, he realized the advantages of rolling around the room, and became fast at that quite quickly.  Since the end of September, he's been pushing him self backwards, almost army crawl like.  Also at the end of October he also started getting on all 4, and rocking it's only been recently that he started pushing himself backwards on all 4's so it won't be long that he's actually on all 4's crawling.  This past month, we've seen him go from rolling around the room for a few weeks, to realizing that if he army crawls it's faster. So depending on how quickly he wanted something he'd do one of each. The living room is no longer safe from him, nor are the kids toys if left downstairs.  He's getting really close to crawling forwards on all 4's.  He hasn't quite put together yet, that as you move a knee a hand needs to move forward too, so he face plants and gets all mad.  He has gotten really good at sitting up by himself in the last 2 weeks. Boy, doesn't he babble...it's been so adorable.  He loves to "talk" to you.

He also started this month on rice cereal & fruits/veggies, he loves it, we started this month, since he's been trying to swipe at people's food. Guess he really wants the food huh? lol.  With his sensitive tummy, we've been talking it nice and slow. Even though he wants more and more, his tummy shows us, that he's not ready for all that he wants to eat.  So as for now, he's getting rice cereal with a fruit/veggie at night and breastmilk the rest of the time.  He still doesn't take a bottle, but if wanting to drink out of people's cups more and more. So I've been thinking of trying a sippy cup, and bypassing the bottle stage all together. :) So as you can see it's been a very busy month for this little guy, even on top of battling a cold.

God Bless

Voting Day and....

Ironically enough on this very day 11years ago, I missed voting day for a VERY important reason.  Spencer was born.  I had complications from about 32 weeks on in that pregnancy, and he was determined to arrive early.  He was due November 25th of that year, but came 3.5 weeks early, all 7lb 13 oz.  My best friend Liz who was supposed to be my labor coach didn't make it in time, he came so quickly. 

It's hard to believe the bumpy journey that we've had these last 11years.  I know that the Lord is holding our hands as we travel on this journey, but there are many times, especially when it comes to Spencer, that I would LOVE if the Lord would give me just a sneak peak as to what's coming down the road for him, are we making the right decisions for him, and if his life will get any easier.  No mother wants her child's life to be filled with obstacles and difficulties, but alas I worry that's what it will be for him.  He has hit a big road block as far as schooling goes, and we are starting to look at homeschooling more as an option for  both him and his sister Dawn.  Lord has been giving me a lot of great feed back in regards to that, providing resources for me, and giving me the not so quiet shove into that direction. I honestly am starting to feel that would be the best option for the two of them...but we shall see.

Spencer will have a small party to celebrate turning a 11 years old. They will go to the movies and have the party there...this will be interesting.

Happy Birthday Spencer!!!  The two of us will be going to breakfast soon, to celebrate his birthday, just like I did with Dawn when it was her birthday earlier this year.