Weekly Update

Didn't take a ton of pics this week but here are brothers taking a bath together (Amari felt so big and cool being able to graduate from his baby tub to the big tub)

Big boy Amari takes his first BIG bath all by himself :) 

Amari wearing Daddy's old clothes.  He looks so adorable in them.  

Haha this picture makes me laugh; he looks so posed. 

8 Months

• I took you in to see the doctor because you have been having such a terrible time having bowel movements and have developed hemorrhoids.  Come to find out you also had an ear infection. You weighed 16.4lbs and you measured 27 1/2" long.  The doctor prescribed medicine for your ear infection and medicine to help loosen your stool (both seemed to help). 
• You have started becoming really fussy (since around 7 months). You are constantly want to move around and touch everything; you are a very busy baby.  I can tell you are an explorer; you are so curious about everything.  
• You have been wanting to walk more and more, even though you are crawling forward at a faster rate every day and can now sit up on your own and even go from your tummy to sitting.  So we bought you a walker.  You were a natural the moment I put you in that thing; you were walking around the kitchen, so excited that you finally got to keep up with Mommy and Beckahm.  I practice walking with you, letting you walk between my legs, and you are so good at turning around and going the opposite way.  
• You have started talking up a storm; a little chatter box you have come to be.  
• Your two front teeth have broken through (peeking through that is)
• Amari loves people; he loves playing with Beckahm's friends.  He also loves trying to get others attention so he can smile at them.
• He loves touching my face and my hair.  I never remember Beckahm pulling on my hair but Amari loves putting his hands in my mouth, touching my hair, etc.  
• Amari loves being scared.  If you scare him he will laugh out loud
• Bath time has been a bit harder lately because he wants to climb out of his whale tub and jump in the bath with brother. We had a scary near drowning experience the other day.  I was getting pjs out for the kids and Beckahm started screaming "help, help." I went in to see what was wrong and Amari had bailed out of his tub and had fallen into the big tub with Beckahm.  Beckahm saved his life.  Beck's is super protective of him now if he sees him trying to get out of his tub. 
• Just the other day he started crawling towards me and using me to pull himself up
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Oak Mountain Fair

The kids first fair!! Oh how I love passing this love and tradition onto my children; I LOVED the fair growing up.

Amari petting a goat :)

 Beckahm's first time riding fair rides and he did it all by himself.  Daddy and I were SOOO proud of him and so impressed at how well he did.  He LOVED it!!! And he was so proud of himself; just that one event was a major confidence booster for him.  He felt so brave!

 His face was beaming! 

 Dragon ride with daddy!!

Even Amari enjoyed being at his first fair and seeing the sites

Can't go to the fair without eating yummy funnel cake!

Cutest little grin ever!!

 On the swings all by himself!! So proud!!

 The best: him turing around to give the girl behind him a thumbs up.  He was so excited!! 

Weekly Events

Amari getting around

Boys hard at play

After 8 hours of re-processing my hair I finally got the color I have always wanted: strawberry brown.  I LOVE it!!

This little munchkin will do just about anything to get his hands on some straps.  He loves to munch on them. 

Enjoying the lovely fall weather.  Little Amari is doing so good sitting on his own (7months)

Playing outside

Getting into big brothers toys while big brother was sleeping :).  Amari is so curious about everything; he is such an active, explorative little boy

This little kid will chew on just about anything 

First time Beckahm really noticed his shadow.  I love teaching him new things: shadowchasers 

 And here is little Amari's shadow which he seems to notice quite frequently.

 Sitting up like a big boy! He loves this toy (a gift Grandma Moncur got for Beckahm when he was  almost a year old) 

 Beautiful sunset in Hoover, AL

So sleepy this little munchkin has been from not taking naps the past few days (due to transitioning into a toddler bed).  So funny he kept telling Amari to keep his eyes open cause Amari was falling asleep (he'd say over and over again while opening his own eyelids,  "Marsh open eyes, open"), when in reality he was telling himself to do so. 

 We finally invested in a walker for Amari, seeing that he is so adamant about walking to keep up with the rest of us.  I have never seen him smile quite so big.  He was a natural at it; right when I put him in it he was cruising around, checking himself out in the dishwasher and oven.  

A video of Amari moving in his crib; this little tike gets around!!

 Both kiddos passed out, exhausted after story time at the library

 Amari and Beckahm playing bumper cars.  Amari is getting so good at cruising in his walker and keeping up with his brother.  Beckahm was getting quite annoyed with his younger brother and his ability to keep up with him

 Aldridge park for Friday park day 

The three amigos.  These kiddos are best friends; inseperable!

Playing with neighborhood friends

Being an explorer outside

 I love how he used his spoon to dig in the dirt

Little Amari's laugh puts a smile on my face. He is such a mover and explorer as well!!