EAP: 6 & 7 Months!

So once upon a time, I had a blog...

There are so many things that need to be shared, but if I try to tackle them all, I'll go into another 2 month hiatus... So I'll start with Eden. Eden girl, forgive me for falling behind on your blog posts. I've just been too busy keeping up with you and your brother to write about it all ;)

So this girl...

She's a mover! In her sixth month she began sitting up really well and mastered what I like to call the "swivel." She could pivot around on her belly to get facing a desired direction and go from there. She is able to get up on her hands and knees, but she just hangs there and rocks back and forth. Or pushes herself up and gets her plank on ;)

Sitting up when boppy was required.

These are some of my favorite pictures of Eden. This was her first time sitting up in the walker.

Now that we've entered [and almost completed!] her seventh month, she is army crawling and scooting like a champ! This girl is busy. It's been a helpful, but crazy thing around the Pugh home! She's playing and interacting so well, but that also requires a much more watchful eye. Especially now that everything goes in her mouth [a still toothless mouth for the time].

Celebrating Dad's graduation!

Speaking of putting things in her mouth, we started solid foods a few days after her 6 month birthday [I know you can start around 4 or 5 months, but our May was CRAZY]. It took Eden a bit to catch on to the whole solids craze... This sweet girl would just hold it in her mouth and smile at me. Open mouth. No swallowing. But a sweet smile :) I think she's beginning to catch on that her smile can be quite the asset...

I even got all wild and crazy and just let her play with her food and spoon, hoping she'd naturally put it in her mouth. It was mildly successful...

That sneaky smile...

The fast broke when we finally tried banana. I was trying to attempt as many veggies as possible, but apparently this girl has a sweet tooth. So now we add banana to everything ;) So maybe not to everything, but close!

Sweet potatoes are sometimes a hit.

Miss Eden can also be quite the talker when she puts her mind to it. She's not always babbling, but when she gets going she has quite the personality! Laughs are still hard to come by, but when we can finagle them out of her they are oh, so sweet!

At the moment, those are all the major milestones I can think of... I seem to have misplaced her 6 month stats. It's as if we moved or something. Oh yeah, WE DID. I'm sure I'll blog about that in a year or two ;) That's probably when I'll also be able to stay that Eden is sleeping through the night... Haddon's still a sleeping warrior though, so I can't do too much complaining! And yes, Haddon is alive and well. He's next on the list for an update :)

EAP: 5 Months!

This girl is just ready to be big.

I think it would thrill her soul to be able to run around the house with Haddon. But alas, that mobility isn't there yet. She sure does try. She'll jump out of your arms if you're not careful. She wants to sit up so badly, but the coordination isn't fully there yet. She can for a bit if everything is at the right angle, but I'm not sure if we'll officially claim that milestone this month. So basically, she's on the verge of everything…

This is the extent of her playtime with Haddon at the moment!

Her smile is still contagious and she flashes it without warning. My, she's sweet. But she sure can wail. I think it's official that she does not love the car… Poor girl just wants someone to look at and be with instead of being cooped up in a seat for hours. [and we've done a LOT of driving lately]

She likes to chew on her fists, but she's been doing that for a couple of months. She can grasp things now, which is fun to see her becoming more interactive. This accomplishment also provides something else to put in her mouth :) She has also found her feet and delightfully plays with them often.

Those feet...

Joining the rest of the KamPugh family in their love for books!

It's also fun to see her interact vocally. Little girl can talk if you get her going! As Mama T said recently, it looks like we're going to have a family of "people people."

Hanging with a fellow intern kid, Tillman Wimberly.

Daddy love.

Daddy snuggles!

So strong...

More selfies with Mom.

We love you Eden Anastasis Pugh! So proud of how much you're learning and growing.

Almost Two...

Can you believe that Haddon is almost TWO YEARS OLD? So maybe it depends on your definition of "almost," but he's definitely closer to two than he is to one... Yesterday, he reached the year and 8 months mark! [a.k.a. 20 months]

Lynn Pugh always captures some good ones...

So what has this 20-month-old young man been up to, you might ask? Well quite a lot! He is busy and ALL BOY...

We have some sweet friends that live just right down the street from us that have a boy [Naaman] just a few days older that Haddon and a girl [Quinni] a few months older than Eden. The pictures above are at their house. They are gracious to let us come and enjoy their fun backyard and get some much needed fresh air during some restless afternoons! As you can see, Haddon has developed quite an affinity toward one of Naaman's fun hats. Haddon the Amish boy...

Speaking of fresh air, it's fun to go to parks and just let him roam.

I love this boy's curiosity and delight. So fun...

He still loves food, but only what he wants, when he wants. Meals can sometimes be a struggle and often take place apart from the high chair, but we're striving to choose our battles wisely ;) In the pictures above, he had just got done eating some tasty carrots and is asking for "more." I'm not sure how many of you have witnessed his "more" signal, but it is slowly fading and is being replaced by actually saying "more" ["Mo!']. This little boy is picking up words faster than I can keep count! It's so fun to be able to interpret what he's communicating.

He looks so grown in this picture...

"Helping" Dad with his work.

WICKED bed head.

He still loves books and balls, but the most recent obsession is the one and only...

WINNIE THE POOH!!! Seriously, this kid LOVES him. And all of Pooh's friends. He can name them all [a video of that will come soon!]. We have a few different Pooh shows on Netflix and Haddon just can't get enough. I bet he could sit and watch Pooh all day. Don't worry, we ration the screen time ;)

I'll close this out with one of the sweetest snapshots that I pray will be a normal thing in my little boy's life in the years to come...

May the word of Christ dwell in you richly, Joshua Haddon Pugh.

EAP: 4 Months!

This girl...

is all kinds of sweet! [except when she's not] But really, she's SO smiley. I remember Haddon having sweet smiles, but the amount of smiles Eden has far outweighs her brother's at this age. Don't get me wrong, she can wail. But most of the time, she just wants somebody to be around. She'll be fussing and as soon as I walk over to check on her, she starts grinning from ear to ear. Eden Pugh is a people person!

She is also strong! She is lifting her head up like a champ. She also likes to stiffen up her legs and pretend to stand when you're holding her. She accomplished the "rolling over" milestone a couple weeks ago at Big Daddy & T's house, but hasn't done it much since.

Because of how well she's been doing holding her head up, we decided to try some sitting up for the first time.

This was at a friend's house when she tried out the Bumbo seat for the first time. We have a similar nifty contraption for her at home with all kinds of unnecessary accessories :)

Due to her current expressions, I don't think she loves it just yet...

Brother had to make sure the cupholders were working alright.

Speaking of which, he also had to test it out himself. He definitely enjoys it more than she does at this point!

Unfortunately, our girl is still spitting up a lot [hence the Christmas bib action]. Needless to say, whatever bib is clean gets worn!

As I mentioned before, she really is a people person. Haddon tends to get all up in her face from time to time and she's such a good sport about it! She smiles and talks to him as if she's ever so delighted that he's poking her in the face or trying to pull her out of the swing. She just loves to watch him be his crazy self!

She also become pretty mesmerized when Kam is around and talking. We read Haddon a story before bedtime and I bring Eden in there as well and she's always so smiley and fixated on Kam while he's reading. She loves her Dad :)

I guess she smiles a lot during the day because she's apologizing for all the trouble she is at night. Okay, so that's not entirely true. She has started waking up every 2-3 hours after going to bed. I'm not sure where that initial long stretch of sleep that she used to do went. But really, I can't complain because when she wakes up at night, I'll feed her for a bit and then she goes right back to sleep. She is getting more into a predictable nap routine though, which is good. I share all this so that [1] I'll remember what her sleeping habits were like and [2] so that you know she's not always coos and smiles ;)

Her first [and hopefully ONLY] mirror "selfie" :)

I'll close this out with her stats from her 4 month check up. Our baby girl is growing up!

[4.3.14]

• 13 lb. 3 oz.
• height: 23.5"
• head circumference: 16.5"

Compare that to...

[2.14.14]

• 11 lbs. 1 oz.
• height: 21.5"
• head: 15.75"

We're excited to see what the next month has in store... We love you, little E!