Our little cutie at 6 months old. Our friend Angela took some Christmas pictures for us. Her boys were in the back trying to make him smile and he was just wondering what all the commotion was about. We have had a busy couple of months. I admit that blogging isn't a priority for me. If I have spare time then my favorite thing to do is get into my warm bed and read a book. It is such a luxury now days to be able to read. Plus there are always so many other things to do as you all know. I even made some new years resolutions but haven't really been motivated to do them. I guess you have to want to make the changes right :) But I am sure I will do a little at a time.
So I am still working and enjoying my time as a mom more and more. It has been so fun to watch marcus grow and learn new things. He rolls all around the room and is starting to scoot around on his tummy. He hasn't quite figured out the crawling motion yet. He still manages to find everything in the room that I don't want him to so we have been more careful with babyproofing. He is becoming a stubborn little guy and lets me know when he doesn't want something. He threw a little fit when i took him out of the bathtub tonight and he really knows how to protest. But he just has the biggest smiles whenever he sees me and we just love him. It is fun to see him become this little person. He really enjoyed spending time with his grandparents and aunts and uncle over christmas. We went down to san diego with my family for a vacation. We stayed in a rental condo next to the beach. Marcus loved the ocean. It was pretty cold when we were there but he still wanted to play in the water. The cold didn't seem to bother him at all. So now I know what we will be doing this summer- lots of swimming. I posted some pictures of Marcus' first time playing in the Pacific Ocean. He still is not sleeping through the night and I am really looking forward to that day but Ross has been so good at getting up and feeding him so I can get more sleep.
While we were in San Diego, my mom watched Marcus and the rest of us spent a day at Disneyland. We had a fun time. I love it there at Christmas time. We also saw some pretty coastal scenery, went shopping and had lots of family game time while we were there. I miss my siblings already.
Ross is enjoying his christmas break from school. Soon he will be really busy. He is starting his last semester of nursing school. The job market is really tight right now so we are hoping he will find a job once he graduates.
I was having lots of back/flank pain last week and was worried that I hurt my back really bad or something- but it turns out that I have shingles. Don't know why that decided to flare up but at least the pain is better now. I have to be off work for a week to let the rashes heal. It has been nice to be at home everyday with Marcus but it does stress me out a little to use up my precious time off hours.
Here are a bunch of pictures of the past month or so.
We let him just get wet and dirty- it was hard to prevent him since he was so eager to play in the water. He didn't like the sand on his thumb so much though
He was just so happy. The rest of us were freezing but he thought this was the greatest thing ever. Maybe he will be a future beach bum. He really loves water.
Marcus and daddy playing in the ocean at sunset. San Diego had the most beautiful sunsets.
Oops, we didn't realize that the tide was coming in while we were posing for the picture. My tennis shoes were soaked!
Aren't they so cute :)
Marcus loves paper. He eats anything in site. We are touring the USS Midway- an aircraft carrier ship. It was pretty cool
Look where Ross put him. I am right below him so don't get worried that we just stuck him there
Checking out the cool planes on the USS Midway
We hiked along the coast and checked out some tide pools. Marcus sure has big feet huh :)
Marcus and the great Pacific Ocean
He loves to explore anything. Checking out the beach/ice plants
My family
Tide pools
Marcus playing in the tide pools. Like I said, he is so happy to play in any sort of water
Amanda and Marcus
Our tired little boy. He was a good sport to be hauled all around san diego
Marcus and me. Not so cute of me but I guess Ross likes this one cause Amanda is posing in the back like a crazy lady
San Diego coast- view from Point Loma
Marcus is trying to eat the sign
Our future junior ranger.
Marcus is so happy to be surrounded by so much paper! He received many great gifts for christmas
He loves to sit crosslegged. It is so cute. He likes to just sit in his chair and watch me do stuff in the kitchen
Our happy boy right before Christmas
Visiting with Ross' relatives on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving with Great Grandma and grandpa Hawkes and Grandma and Grandpa Hawkes
He loves bath time and his favorite toy is one of my measuring cups. Don't try to take that away from him!
Dinnertime!
6 comments:
cute, cute cute!!! love the gorgeous sunsets in san diego! so so pretty!
how did you guys get the request form for the letter? i want to do that, too!
Marcus is so cute! It looks like you guys had a great time. I'm sure it was wonderful to be able to spend some time with Liz also before she headed back to Italy. We miss seeing you guys and especially seeing Marcus grow up and change.
He is so cute. Glad you are doing well and had some fun. Sorry to hear about the shingles. I know all about not wanting to use your time off. I replied to one of your emails but not sure you got it cause it was from a blogger address. I would love the list of things you can eat without milk as I am getting bored with the few things I am eating. Also thanks for all the great tips you have given me. I really appreciate it.
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