So behind

I've gotten on here several times over the last month to blog, but just haven't felt the motivation.  There has been a lot going on, but I often just feel like it would be too hard to try and sum it all up here.  Since it's too much pressure to try and blog about all the things I've missed, we'll just start on clean slate from here.  I will include a few photos from big events, but that's about it.

My baby sister, Anna, got married!  Woohoo!  She and Ricky got engaged this summer and were in the middle of planning a lovely Seattle wedding for next summer when God decided to change things up a bit for them!  They are expecting a little bundle of joy in June!  So instead of a summer Seattle wedding, they had a fall Cleveland wedding!  Anna made the most beautiful bride!  The wedding festivities were Delta fabulous, as always, and I wish her and Ricky a lifetime of happiness together!  They are actually looking into moving back to the Oxford area in the next couple of months, so if you have the hook up on a job for an awesome speech pathologist, let me know! 

The beautiful bride!



The happy couple at their wedding rehearsal!

I think I'm still fighting so part of the same cold I've had for about 2 months now, and the cold medicine has just completely blanked my brain. No idea what other 'big events' I was going to share with you. This is pretty typical these days! Sullivan and I have been passing a cold back and forth and are looking forward to days when we are both well!

We had a 'photo shoot' a couple of weeks ago since I haven't had any 'professional' photos made of Sullivan yet. We had a great time, and I think the photos turned out well! Below are a few of my favorites!

Sullivan has been doing great and is so much fun! He's walking/ running all over the place! We struggle to keep him contained for even a few minutes so we can get things done around the house. He is most definitely testing the boundaries. He knows all the places that will earn him a 'NO', but he will still sneak over to those places and then look back to see if we are watching. Sneaky little sucker! If we do catch him doing something he shouldn't be, he'll either throw us an 'innocent' grin or scurry off!

He is able to find even the tiniest speck of dust, dog hair, dead bugs, you name it, on the floor and immediately puts them in his mouth. He requires constant supervision! He's put so many needles from the Christmas tree in his mouth, I'm certain he will be pooping a wreath one of these days. That being said, he is a very picky eater when it comes to real food! He'll still eat any pureed baby food out of a jar, but things with texture typically get spit out. He especially seems to spit out meat which makes me wonder if this preference has always existed for him since meat totally grossed me out while I was pregnant with him. Some of the 'big boy' food items he will eat: chopped fruit (apples, pears, bananas, etc), rolls/biscuits/muffins, cooked chopped carrots, and turkey meatloaf?! Well, he ate a few bites of meatloaf one night, but didn't touch it the next, so that may have been a fluke. He is slowly learning to eat some of the Gerber graduate type meals, but is still very picky and will basically throw it up if he doesn't like it. Super fun, huh? How can any child of mine not LOVE ALL FOOD? Probably better for him in the long run!

Sullivan currently as 4 teeth full in and 2 more coming through. He typically sleeps from 7:15 pm to 6:30 am, but whenever the teething hits, he sleeps horribly and ends up in the bed with us. He is almost totally OFF the bottle! The only time we have trouble with this is if he wakes up in the middle of the night. He wants a bottle to go back to sleep at those times, and my tired self usually gives in. When you get used to real sleep, it's hard to go back!

He is trying to say lots of words and will try and repeat things you say. He still points and says 'Dat' for most things, but says 'da' for dog and 'bow' for bowl and ball, and i think i heard 'bat' for bath last night. He still loves his mommas, dadas, nannas, etc. He has started this new talking gibberish that reminds me of how the ewoks talk in Return of the Jedi. He sticks his tongue out a lot while jabbering. It's hilarious. Things he will do if asked: stick out his tongue, touch your nose, give you five, patty cake, look at your belly button, peek a boo. It's so nice that he can understand some phrases we say now, too! He LOVES Bailey and Sophie. Besides letting Bailey lick all over him, I frequently catch him holding out his food for her to have a taste! Anything he doesn't want to eat, goes straight out to Bailey or on the floor for her. I've had to really start working on explaining that we don't share our food with Bailey. I'm glad they love each other so much though. Not sure what other things I wanted to get documented here before my feeble brain forgets! I'm sure you've had more than enough for one day (if you are even still reading at this point!). To sum it up, he's wonderful, we love him, we are very happy and lucky and blessed.