Zoom in on Zayne- 7months

*So I'm all updated on his monthly postings, I just have to get pictures put in each one! Hoping I can do that before he turns 1 on Wednesday!!! Anyways, heres month 7:


 Hey Buddy!!

Well sir, you're tottering towards being totally mobil. Help me. Lol! You're not crawling, or really even close, lol. But you're sitting up and rocking forward. You're also pretty good at rolling now, so that gets you to where you want to be if you're close enough. Basically you can get from point A to point B if absolutely necessary and if its in a "rolling body" radius. You also kinda do this sitting turn, basically rolling while sitting, haha. So yah, you're making your moves!

You're growing really well and livin the good life! Eating good, sleeping good, playing good. You like to eat! You are ready for lots of snacking throughout the day. I feel like you're at about 2 meals a day and then the puffs or yogurt bites. And of course nursing like 5-6times a day. You don't have any teeth yet, so you don't have a ton of food options to choose from, but everything I've given you at this point you've eatin up! You currently like everything, so keeping my fingers crossed you'll be more like your sister when it comes to eating cause your brother is ridiculously picky.

Not a lot has changed since 6 months...
You experienced your first 4th of July. We went to the parade in the morning. You watched some of it sitting in your car and then napped through the rest of it. You didn't make it to fireworks, but you saw some sparklers early in the day that you seemed to like.

You are still really easy going and happy. You're are starting to explore the world around you, or at least pay attention to it more. Toys are really interesting to you, and you can ride in the stroller or your push car and are content just taking in the scenery. Please ask what kind of baby you are and I always say, "He basically just sleeps and smiles!" Which pretty much sums you up :)

You are an absolute joy. I so enjoy watching you take in the world around you and discovering new things. I love watching you watch your sister and brother. I love cuddling with you and kissing your sweet face. Thanks for being a little ball of love!!!
I love you!
xoxo,
Mom

4th of July!

It was hot here! Like 85! Lol. A perfect 4th of July :) In the morning we went down to the Huntington Beach Parade- which is the biggest parade west of the Mississippi. It was our first time going to the parade and we had no idea what to expect. We surprisingly didn't have to park 7 miles away and found a pretty good spot to sit. The thing I didn't think about was being in the beating down sun with my son. So we only stayed for about the first of the 2 hours of the parade. But it wasn't hard to leave...The atmosphere was so fun, but the actual parade was pretty boring. There weren't any floats or fun bands. Just a bunch of people from the city. It was cool to see the Veterans and some of the Men and Women currently serving our country. Except at one point a group of what I thought were junior high kids marched by and when I read their banner I saw they were actually a group of kids that had just enrolled in the Army. Man they looked young! Too young :( The COOLEST part were all the Flyovers. There was a couple helicopters that flew over a couple times really low to the ground and then the fighter jets did like 4 fly-overs. Those were awesome! When we first got seated Raya was kinda freaked out by all the people. She kept telling me "Bye, Bye. Home. Bye, Bye. Home" and pointed to our "house." But as soon as the parade started and she was up on Gentry's shoulders she loved it. Loved it so much she had a bit of a melt down when we left. But nothing a coke Slurpee couldn't fix! Ps- Today is 7.11. Free Slurpees at 7-11 today!

Off to the Parade!

 Love this boy!!! He's such a Mama's boy <3

 This was the only picture I got of the 4 of us. But I kinda like it :)

 Never in her entire life has Raya fallen asleep in a stroller. 

Kallen, however, will sleep just about anywhere.

We weren't going to go watch fireworks because it was late and we had a long day, but at the last minute I felt too unpatriotic and decided we WERE going to watch them. So we drove over to my Mom's to park. She lives about 3 blocks from the beach so we can park in her driveway and walk down. Raya was overwhelmed by the crowd again, and because she was also tired, the fireworks weren't going to change her mind. So my Mom and Raya walked back home and watched them on Tv. We stayed and watched the show...which was a bit uneventful :( But everyone fell asleep on the drive home so bed time was easy! The fireworks really freaked Raya out this year. Last year she loved them. This year she wanted nothing to do with them. And where we watch them from you can only see them, you can't hear them at all. But when we'd see one in the sky and point to it she'd turn her head away and squeeze her eyes closed. So....yah! She wasn't havin it. But she looked cute! (Which is all the really matters, right? ;)

 We have a TON of glow sticks, so the 2 of them got all lit up before our walk.

 It gets cold at the beach at night, so we had to switch to our "Evening 4th of July outfits."

And last year at this time it was, well, the 4th of July ;) --> 4th of July all Weekend