Before I Forget...

I created this blog to journal about our family but it has been 6 months and I have hardly any posts on Crew!  So this post is so that I can remember the milestones and things that I am sure one day I will forget...and to put his 3 month photos up (even though we are taking his 6 month photos this Saturday:)).

Milestones:
1. Rolling over - the night before he turned 4 months (February 22, 2012).  He had been doing the half roll since we brough him home from the hospital but it wasnt until I picked him up from school that on the 22nd that he did a full back to front roll (I know, they are supposed to go front to back first).  I walked in as his teacher was picking him and putting him back on his back... I missed it by merely seconds!  But when we got home he started rolling all over the place:)

2. Sitting up - 4 1/2 months.  He started sitting without support 2 weeks after he turned 4 months.  By the time he was 5 months he was pulling things to him and we didnt need to put pillows behind him "just in case" (but we still do:))

3. Eating - we have started food!  We started cereal at 4 months and now that he is 6 months he has had avocados and carrots... he enjoyed both.  He also loves to suck water out of a straw.

4. Teething - we are drooling, gnawing on everything, and running low grade fevers but have yet to breath a pearly white through... any day now I am sure!

Likes:
1. Jumping - whether you are holding him or he is in his jump-jump, Crew jumps ALL OF THE TIME and loves it.
2. Briggs - Crew cannot get enough of our dog!  He thinks that little fuzzy thing is the funniest thing he has ever seen.  Briggs is a little more aprehensive about Crew.
3. Being tickled - Crew is so ticklish and just laughs and laughs whenever we pull out tickle fingers.
4. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - when I get ready in the mornings I turn on MMC to keep Crew occupied and it keeps his attention the entire time
5. The guy from Blues Clues - I think Crew sees a resemblence to his dad... he finds the Blues Clues guy wildly funny and has lengthy conversations with him in the car in the mornings
6. Other children - Tanley, the kids in lifegroup, and kids at school... Crew loves watching other kids.  He watches them run, he talks to them, and occasionally he will try and eat their arms:)
7. My iphone - I dont know what it is about my phone but Crew LOVES it.  I show him pictures, Buddy will let him watch as he plays game, and I will even play music on it... Crew loves looking at it and putting it in his mouth.  I will be going to buy an Otterbox soon:)

3 Month Photos (well some of my favs)...

A New Year, A New Ladd!

2011 was an emotional ride for sure! 

My sweet Papa went to be with God,

I found out I was pregnant!

I threw up every day for 20 weeks,

our friends had miscarriages, some friends got pregnant and others were not able to,

some friendships ended, new friendships were started,

my beautiful Crewbie was born,

there were promotions, bad medical diagnoses,

tears, giggles,

and never a dull moment! 

2011 will always be a special year to me

because it is the year that my brought me my

 sweet baby boy

and I cannot believe he is 10 weeks old today!!! 

Time does fly by!  

I realized that I never posted his newborn pictures 

so I am starting off this year showing off the New Ladd! 

These are a few of the photos that were taken

by a new dear friend, Emily Lavender...

Emily is so very talented and captured my sweet baby so perfectly!!! 

We were pretty surprised considering that this was

back in the early days before we found out

that he was not getting enough to eat so he was

very fussy:( 

Crew was just 13 days old

when we took these photos...

it is truly amazing how much he has changed in such a short time!