Baby legs!

Ok, so you may have noticed that this baby is slightly larger than most.  The problem with big baby boys is that they don't make clothes in "husky", and pants sometimes don't fit over his thighs.  SO to fix that I've been making him leg warmers!  He has two in navy blue, one in light brown, and one in black.  They're great for days when I'm sick of putting him in one piece rompers or overalls.  

Too cute right?  

I got the sewing guide from here http://brandyscrafts.blogspot.com/.  I've seen leg warmers online to buy, not cheap. I bought all of the knee socks at the dollar store so they cost me exactly $4!

6 months

LOVE this smile!  He is such a happy, handsome baby.

At 6 months old he has had his first ear infection and antibiotics, can sit up for a few minutes at at time, can almost support himself standing, and is really really attached to mommy.

He is 20lbs 10oz and 28in long.

And yes, his hair always looks like that!

New water heater!!

Ok, not something usually to be celebrated, but today, I'm excited because we got a new water heater!!  Well, not really excited about  the new one as much as I'm excited about what I did with this part of the old 

one!

 This is the nasty drip pan that we took off of the old water heater.  (At 8pm on a Saturday, not the best timing for this thing to go out!!)

At first I thought it would be awesome as a magnet board, I like magnets, but it's aluminum, so I decided to do plan B.  Chalkboard!!  I've never tried chalkboard paint and it looks fun, so here we go!!!

 First I removed the plastic threading that connected it to the water heater, it left a nice hole on one side, then onto intense, muscle powered cleaning, this thing was nasty, then the primer, just a few coats of the cheapo walmart kind.

THEN, onto three different stores before finally finding a can of chalkboard paint!!  Thank you Home Depot. It got two coats of Rustoleum Chalkboard paint then left for 24 hours to dry.

 Finished painting, it's enormous, seriously, I should have thought about the size first, where to put it??

 I found this pretty burlapish ribbon, and ran it through the ready made hole.

It doesn't hang flat against the wall, gotta fix that, AND after rubbing it all over with chalk, like the can said to, it wouldn't get back to black clean looking.  So, I like it, but not in love.  Yet.

I do love that the chalk sits nicely in the rim :)

OH, where to put it???

Linking up!

 

5 months

5 months old

not so small

learning how to grab

and roll

feet are new, toes are exciting

put it in my mouth please

20lbs

26 1/4 in long

I see mommy

I want mommy

VERY curious

still love to snuggle

Took 13 pictures, this kid is not going to sit still for long!!

Olympic training

Damen and Kaden training for their olympic debut of somersaulting!
Or they were really bored at 7am!

Beach

I just loved how these black and whites turned out at the beach!

The subjects were pretty cute too:)  

And yes, it's February, and we're enjoying the sun and the ocean!

4 months

Our "little" Mason Moose is getting so big!  

I'm behind on posting these, but the picture is accurate.  

At four months,

26 1/4in long and 18.5 lbs

On a side note, my back is killing me!