9 Months Old!

Nolan is 9 months old today, and to celebrate I took him to the doctor. :) Okay, it wasn't much of a celebration, especially since they get blood drawn at this visit, but it still marked the day as a milestone. Little man is 18lb 4oz and 29 inches tall. He's still growing a lot height-wise but his weight has slowed down. I can't imagine why (insert sarcastic tone here). Nolan is a speedy crawler and loves to pull himself up to stand using anything he can find. On Saturday, he used his great-aunt and uncle's dog to stand up. That was one patient dog! Nolan is babbling a lot but has no real words yet. I'm still rooting for Mama to be first but it's not looking good. :) Anyway, I don't have too much time to post tonight because I'm getting us ready for our road-trip to ILLINOIS! We're so excited to visit Krista, Nate and their new bundle of joy and sleepless nights, Blaine. He's precious and I'll be sure to post a bunch of pictures of him once we get back. Pray for us, that we arrive safely at my parents' house and that we also arrive *sanely* because we've never done this long of a trip with both boys before and Nolan has had some interesting sleeping patterns lately. I think we can, I think we can, I think we can...

Notice that we did find Airborne Bear! But Nolan had no interest in posing with him. It was a struggle to keep him in the chair at all!

Big brother needed his own photo op.

This picture I had to include because it cracks me up when Garrett asks to get in the pack'n'play with Nolan. There's not a whole lot of wiggle room there but they have a blast.

This last weekend was crazy-busy as we celebrated Hillary earning her Master's Degree from UNT and also Mother's Day. On Mother's Day we took part in the baby dedication service at church, where we promised to raise our son to love the Lord as best we can. Nolan cooperated despite being pooped from all the partying with the fam. :)

Fresh Beat Band!!!

Garrett and Nolan got to experience their first concert yesterday--the Fresh Beat Band! If you don't have a toddler or have never seen this show on Nick Jr, you are missing out. It's one of the few children's shows that has songs I'm not *too* embarrassed to sing along with. Garrett's favorite character is named Twist. He's a tall, skinny super-goofy guy whose voice squeaks and has crazy hair. What's a frugal momma to do but make Garrett his very own Twist shirt? He had a blast at the concert but I think his favorite part was being there with his cousin Kaylie. She knew every single song by heart! You'll see from the pictures how much fun they had together. Of course, Garrett looks like a zombie through most of it because he gets a bit overwhelmed at huge shows (just like the circus!) but he really did enjoy himself and hasn't stopped talking about it since. And Nolan...well, I'm not sure if he enjoyed it but he didn't cry or fuss the entire time! Which makes it a huge success in my book. What can I say? "We had a great day, it was a super way to spend some time together..." Seriously. Google the Fresh Beat Band and watch one of their videos, then just try and tell me they didn't perk you up or make you sing along a little bit. I dare you. Ha!

Before the concert

Are they ready for the show to start, or what??

This is the look he had for much of the show. He really IS having fun!

The stars of the show--Marina, Kiki, Shout and Twist.

On the edge of his seat...

Garrett and Kaylie held hands and danced along to their favorite song--Rock Star!

Nolan sat with Russ for most of the show but I got my snuggles in here and there.

Some action shots of the cousins rockin out to the Beats. :)

 Twist and me...he's about ready for the concert to be done by now. I'm glad he made it to the last song!