8 months

8 months old

Khloe turned eight months old last week.  I am terribly upset about how fast this is all going, and mostly because it's blowing right by me!  The poor second child gets much less video, pictures, and overall attention.  I feel so badly about that ... I mean, she's eight months old already!

She is growing and making progress so much lately.  She's been rocking on her hands and knees.  She lunges forward ... and then army crawls everywhere.  This week, she's been crawling much like a dog with broken back legs.  She will get up on her hands (all the way up), and then she will move her arms and drag her feet ... not like army crawling ... like her legs just broke!  It's actually pretty cute.  She's, also, been pulling up on everything.  She wants so badly to keep up with Colton.  She tries and tries to chase after him or to play with him. I know as soon as she can really crawl fast or walk, she will be off to the races with him!

She is trying to crawl like a big girl.

Reading her book.

Up on those hands and knees.

She crawled all of the way over there from the family room where I am taking this picture.

She peeked at me from under this chair!

Colton joined her for a little play time on the floor.

She is eating "puffs" now ... which Colton really enjoyed when he was that age.  They basically melt in her mouth, but she can pick them up and put them in her own mouth.  She has really good fine motor skills. I just got a book in the mail last week that I ordered called "Super Baby Food".  I am excited to use some of their recipes for Khloe.  I am especially excited to make a super baby cereal recipe for her.  I think it will open her up to some more healthy foods ... and really, it will give Colton some healthier options for meals.  It has recipes, and it has guidelines for introducing foods to your kids.  I am looking forward to reading it more.

So, Cole had a rough week with falling down.  A couple of weekends ago, we were at the pool, and he was squatting at the edge reaching into the water.  He fell in head first and scraped his nose on the bottom.  He got a small pink bruise right on the bridge of his nose.  The very next day, he was pushing a little lawnmower toy on the driveway ... he tripped and fell.  He caught himself with his hands, but he had so much momentum that he still smashed his face on the cement ... scraping his nose and adding a huge scratch to the bruise that was already there!

Colton and his scratched up nose!

Poor guy!

It wasn't but a few days later that we were at the pool.  He was playing on a sunken step in the big pool.  I was holding Khloe and Colton was right behind me.  I was talking to another mom who was catching her daughter as she swam back and forth from the side of the pool.  Colton was walking along the sunken step.  I stood up for a moment and glanced behind me (I feel like angels made me do that), and I saw Colton under the water ... arms flailing for the surface.  He was just under the surface.  I raced over to him as fast as I could run through the water ... I was still holding Khloe.  I grabbed him under the arm and raised him out of the water.  He immediately cried.  No sputtering ... no water in the lungs ... but he was scared (and so was I).  He didn't realize that the sunken step ended, and he walked right off of it!  I was freaked out.  But it wasn't more than 15 minutes later, and he wanted to go back into the pool to play on the step.  I showed him where it ended and told him that he couldn't step over the blue line.  I didn't take my eyes off of him.  Billy and I have had him in swimming lessons before, but we feel like it's time to get him back into them.  Ah!  What a week of falls!

I took a few fun pictures of Khloe while we were at the pool last week.  She's too cute to pass up a little photo shoot!  I just love this strawberry swimming suit with the hat.

How can you not take a million pictures of that face!?!

I love this one!

I took Colton to get his hair cut last Thursday for Aunt Cherrie and Uncle Josh's wedding.  I usually cut his hair myself, but I thought it would be nice to have it done at a professional place for the wedding.  He loved it!  They had a train set to play with while he waited, and he got to watch Dora the Explorer while he got his hair cut.  He even got a sucker when it was all over.  I think I'll still cut his hair myself ... since the whole experience was way too expensive ... I mean, it was nearly 2/3 of what it costs to get my hair cut!  Yikes!  But one experience at the kids' salon was nice, I guess.

Loving the Thomas the Train table set.

Watching Dora while he gets his hair cut.

I just wanted to throw these pictures in here, because I think they are too cute! They had a little bath time together the night before we left for St. Thomas.

My cutie kiddos.

Both had the toys in their mouths ... I thought it looked funny!

As always, Colton has been cracking me up.  Here are some funnies from this past week:

He looked at Khloe who was chewing on one of his toys, and he said to her, "Don't chew on that, Khloe! That's rude!"


I bought Colton new summer sandals this week.  The first day that he wore them, I asked him, "Colton, do you like you're new shoes?"  He answered, "Uh, huh. Those are really sharp!"

mother's day ... pool bums ... "are you kidding me?"

This week started out with a great day--Mother's Day.  And let me tell you, I felt super special all day long.  Billy and the kids did such a great job making Mother's Day one that I will never forget.  Billy let me sleep in ... he took Colton to run some morning errands with him.  They got back and got Khloe up for me.  Then all three of them came to wake me up with iced coffee, treats, a magazine, and a gift.  It was really sweet of them!  Colton ran in saying, "Happy Mother's Day, Mommy!  Happy Mother's Day!"  That's all the gift I really needed.  I did, however, get a super wonderful necklace.  It's Maya Brenner, and I love it!  It's so dainty.  Billy made breakfast of egg pancakes.  We went to the park and on a walk ... then for supper, we went to a tasty little Mexican restaurant up the road, Los Vallartas.  It was delish!  I even got roses and a potted plant for my porch.  It was a great day!

There's a 'K' for Khloe and a 'C' for Colton ... obviously. ;)

My wake-up call ... the best ever!

My Mother's Day flowers!

We have been pool bums.  If the beach were any closer, we'd be beach bums, too.  Colton wants to go everyday, and we practically do.  It's a great way to get the wigglies out, and it's a great way to have fun on these HOT summer days.  Colton's newest trick is that he likes to jump into the "deep" end (and by deep, I mean one and a half feet).  He is getting pretty brave around the water.  He likes to lay down in the deepest part, and he likes to put his head under.  I am glad to see him losing some of his fears.  Today, he was standing on the raised section in the middle of the splash park, and he bent down at the edge for something.  He tipped over and fell into the pool face first ... smashing it on the bottom.  He cried, but he didn't seem scared--talked about it all afternoon even.  But he does have a little mark on his nose ... hopefully that will fade by next weekend for Cherrie's wedding! :)

Loving the pool!

Colton was having fun taking pictures.  He can see himself in the screen on the phone!

Fun times!

Khloe squinting at the sun.

I have found Khloe has begun to pull up on things.  She will try to pull up on the bottom ledge of the table, the side of her crib, the TV stand ledge ... the latter of those things, she was attempting at when she used the Xbox 360 for leverage.  It has a touchy button on the corner that opens when you barely swipe your hand near it.  It opened the DVD/game tray ... and she grabbed onto it--pulling it off track.  So, we are trying to figure out how to fix it.  I went to two different places this week.  One place was 35 minutes away, and it ended up being at some guy's house in a trailer park ... uh, no ... I kept driving.  So, I drove another 35 minutes south (in kind of a triangle), only to find that the store I was looking for was no longer in that store front. I guess they went out of business.  I was so tired of driving that I went home!  I called Best Buy, but they don't repair game consoles.  Anyway, we're looking into what to do.  Khloe, on the other hand, is still happily figuring out how to pull up on things.  She is quickly getting around where she needs to go ... and would much rather stand than sit or lay down.  This one is ready to take off!  

Starting to pull up.

Khloe's first time in a high chair at a restaurant.  She loved it!  Way better than being in the car seat, I guess.

Interested in that firetruck push toy ...

Learning how to ride it.  She liked it a lot!

With her buddy, Pooh Bear.

This week, we went to Wiregrass Wednesdays at the outdoor mall near our house.  There was a lady there who plays music for kids ... she uses drums, tambourines, and chants to teach rhythm and such to the kids.  Colton loved it!  He danced and danced!  Here are a two videos of his fun time.

Okay, so Khloe has a HUGE mouth.  It takes up half of her face when she's yelling or crying ... or looking for food when you feed her.  I have never seen a mouth this big!  It doesn't look huge when it's closed or opened normally ... it's like a snake--she can unhinge it.  Ha, ha!

I call her "Big Mouth Frog".  Can you believe this!?!

I mean, she's crying in these pictures, but she does this when she eats, too!

Ha, ha!

I took some pictures of the kids together one morning this week right after they woke up ... hence the no clothes, I was getting them changed out of their jammies.  I love my kids ... they are so cute!

Always wants to read books ... even first thing in the morning!

I love these kids!  They make me smile all of the time.

I love Colton's laugh.  It's so contagious!

Looks like they are discussing the happenings of the day.

My big girl!

Such a sweet boy!

Big love between brother and sister.  Big smiles, too!

I have been working and working on the kids little table.  It's a lot harder to paint than I had anticipated.  I have the primer done ... and now I'm going to attempt to paint the top coat.  I think this is the worst part.  I just want to get into the details of the table ... soon, I guess.  I just can't wait for it to be done!  I think Colton is going to LOVE it!

We had a face-off for cars this week--several times.  Colton has a million matchbox, and the like, cars, but he doesn't want to share them with sister--naturally.  I am working with him on that.  We, also, have a TON of toys around here, but of course, Sissy only wants to play with Colton's cars.  So, since Colton only wants to play with his cars, too ... we have a problem--that can be worked out, but you try making two kids share toys!  It's a work in progress here at the Heinrich house.  Here are a few pictures of the "sharing" time with cars.  Usually, Colton will give her one (or two) cars to play with to bide him time.

She has spotted the cars. (You can see he's already given her one car in an attempt to keep her away from the basket of cars.)

She moves in.

She makes her first move.

Colton tries to pull the basket away from her.

She keeps it up ... moving along with him.  A never-ending saga that will be my life until they are grown and moved out of the house.  I think we can handle it! :)

My friend, Duska, and I went out for a girls' night this week.  I needed to find a dress for Cherrie's wedding next weekend.  She offered to help me.  So, we went to the mall sans kids, and we shopped and shopped.  I found one at White House Black Market, and I really like it.  It's a black dress, but it's different that my usual black dresses.  It's one shoulder, and I like how the style is unique to my usual draw.  I found some Nine West wedges to go with it ... and I think it worked out pretty well.  We had dinner after our shopping adventures at PF Chang's ... it was delish!  We talked and talked so much ... that we didn't leave the restaurant until 11:50 p.m.!  I can't believe we stayed there that long!  I had no idea that it had gotten so late.  I don't think either of us enjoyed how sleepy we were the next day ... especially Duska--who was at the back end of working a night shift!  Yikes! It was great to hang out with a friend ... and not have the worry of a kid crying, etc.  We probably won't stay out that late again, but it was still a good night--and one that will have to be repeated.

So, this week, Colton had some pretty good funnies.  Here's what he said:

One day, he came up to me and said, "Mommy, I want to tell you a secret in your ear."  I thought he was going to say something sweet like, "Mommy, I love you!"  So, he leans in to my ear and he says, "Mommy, I want some chocolate."  That rascal!

Another day, he was playing cars, and he was pretending they were have accidents ... crashing them and all.  At one point, one car said to the other, "Are you kidding me!?!" (I didn't even know he knew that phrase!)

On Thursday this week, I told Colton that his cousin, Madison, was having a birthday the next day.  I said, "How old do you think she will be?"  Colton answered, "ONE!" I said, "No." He said, "Two?" I said, "No." After a minute or so, he said, "Three?" I said, "Yes! And do you want to see some pictures of Maddie on Facebook?" He said, "Yeah, and Aunt Dana, too! She's a good girl!"  I said, "Who? Aunt Dana?" He replied, "Yeah, and Madison's a good girl, too."

When Colton hears Khloe whining or crying, he'll run up to her, and say, "That's okay, Baby Girl, that's okay.  Are you hungry?  Are you hungry, Khloe? Don't cry. I got you!"  I just love that!

One day last week, he told me that he had to get gas in the car and go to work.  He said, "I need to bring money and gas to the hospital."  I said, "Who do you work with?" He answered, "Uncle Brian, Uncle Mike, and Daddy!"