March

Haven't had much time to update our blog recently.  Been super busy recently.  Dave's sister came into town to visit us for about a week.  We had a good time with her while she was here.  Jimmy was kind of cranky during her visit though, which kind of sucked. 

Dave and Sarah flew in the same day.  Since Sarah's flight came in first, I picked her up and we went out to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory while we waited for Dave's plane to land.  Jimmy sat in a highchair for his first time during our lunch!  He was kind of slouching to one side, as you can see in this picture, but overall he did VERY well.  I think it's funny when we take him out to dinner and the hostess gives Jimmy a chlidren's menu...hahaha!

While Sarah visited, we all went to Triumph Tattoo to get tattooes together.  Our appointment started at noon, and we were there until about 8 pm.  Jimmy was with us, and I was so worried that he would get super cranky from being there for such a long time, but he did OUTSTANDING!  He hardly fussed at all.  I'm so glad he is a very chill guy. 

Here is a picture of Jimmy sleeping with his daddy while our tattoo artist was drawing up my tattoo.

Here's our tattooes we got.  Dave got the airframer insignia with a quote from a poem about a jet mechanic.  I got Jimmy's full name with a sapphire colored aster, and morning glories.  (Jimmy was born in September, and September's birthstone is a sapphire and the flowers are morning glories and asters)  And Sarah got a really cool sun with the Egyptian eye in the middle.  Our tattoo artist (Jim) did a wonderful job!

Right after Sarah went back home to Maryland, our really good friend Justin got back from his deployment.  We've been having a lot of fun with him since he's been home.  He brought back some really cool things for Dave and I that he got on cruise.  He bought Dave a really cool pipe and then he got me a hot pink trucker hat and 24 different rubber duckies.  I LOVE rubber duckies!

(Justin and I)

Our good friend Kevin also stopped by for a visit recently as well.  He is stationed on the Lincoln right now.  He only stayed with us for 2 days, but we still had a good time.  Kevin and Justin used to play video games alot together, so that is pretty much what Kevin's visit consisted of.  I made him some homemade food while he was here since he lives on a carrier.  Kevin used to live in Japan and absolutely loves everything about Japan.  We're hoping he will come visit us when we are stationed there.

Jimmy is now 6 months old.  He is 17 pounds and 28 inches.  To me, that sounds HUGE, but he isn't gaining weight as fast as the doctors would like to see.  We've been working really hard at trying to beef him up and boost my milk supply.  They are starting to talk about supplementing with formula, which I DON'T want to do at all.  The doctors here are so unsupportive of BF'ing famillies.  It's been a struggle.

Here are some recent pictures of Jimmy to sum up this entry.

Jimmy in his highchair

He LOVES his books...even though he tries to eat them.

Sleeping in the car

He fell asleep midbounce in his jumperoo! SO CUTE!

Getting ready for bathtime!

LOTS of smiles

Some Videos

Haven't posted anything in awhile.  I've been pretty sick lately, which totally sucks.  Dave comes home this weekend and so does my "sister-in-love" Sarah.  Really hoping I will feel better by their arrival.  It's really hard being at home along with an infant while you're sick.  All I want to do is sleep, but that isn't an option...especially with an energetic baby.  :)

We are really looking forward to daddy coming home and Auntie Sarah's visit.  I'm not exaclty sure what we are going to do while Auntie Sarah is here, but I know we are going to have a blast.

Jimmy has been doing awesome lately.  He can ALMOST sit up on his own unsupported.  He will pull himself up to a sitting position and stay there for a few seconds before he topples over.  And recently, he has been trying to crawl.  I tried capturing it on video, but everytime I brought the camera out, he would stop.  I got a small clip of him trying, but it is nothing in comparison to how hard he really trys.  It won't be long before I am chasing this little boy around!

Jimmy making some silly noises.  He will sit for about an hour sometimes just making these noises to himself and anyone that will listen to him.

This is Jimmy trying to crawl.  It isn't a good attempt, but it was the best that I could get on camera.  He trys SO MUCH harder than this sometimes.