10 months down!

In celeberation of Javin turning 10 months we had a mini photo session outside. He did great until he stuck a dirt covered rock in his mouth. Dirt, yum.



Tennis ball!

Standing by himself, he's taking step too!

What a cheeser!?

Bum up.

More Please!!

YUM! I made the best pot of Red Beans & Rice the other night. This was my first attempt and in fact, I don't remember liking it so much as a kid - I'd pick out the meat chunks and eat those, Mmmm...sausage.

Anyway, I had a coupon for Hillshire Sausage so I thought I'd make some. My sister, Hollis, made it sometimes when I was younger and gave me some direction. I soaked the beans over night, then I added Tony's (the a Southern spice), slices of sausage & some chopped up onions I had leftover from making lasagna. I simmered it all for about 4-5 hours until the water got brown and thick from the beans.

The last hour I was suppose to start the rice steamer, but I wasn't home so Jaron made an attempt. He didn't put the water in the right part to boil, so an hour later the rice was still soaking in the 2:1 water to rice ratio. The poor thing, he tries so hard.

Another hour later and the rice was still a little chewy, but the red beans were DELISH! Way yummier than I remember. AND I think its better the next day, heated in the microwave. I'd give you some pictures of it, but it just looks like mush.

Who do you think...

Who do you think Javin looks more like...

Lauren...

Lauren

Javin

Javin (below)Lauren

Or Jaron.

Jaron (below) Javin

I think there he's such a good mix - Jaron's head & eyes and my nose & cheeks.

Updates on Javin

I can't get enough of this kid, he's so cute. He's SO close to crawling, he's got the rocking down like a pro (the arms need some help).


We didn't get the shades, but they looked really rad.

Yep, those are teeth - two to be accurate. Thank goodness he's not nursing now, he bites everything!!

6 months and counting...

Javin Edward Robbins

Likes:

The Swifties, The Greens, The Thibs & The Allreds; but especially Travis & AJ, sometimes I think he likes Travis more than me.

Playing with Daddy & sucking on our fuzzy throw blanket from Kristin & Brandon

His monkey from Gram (somehow he wiggled out of his bouncer)

Playing Airplane

Food, specifically rice cereal and veggies. He didn't like pears last night.

His fingers and toes

His Jumperoo

Playing with Daddy's face & curly hair

He also, still loves bath time and the Kangaroo that plays Peek-a-boo on his Baby Einstein DVD. He also just discovered his tongue and stuck it out @ Travis & Annie for about 15 minutes straight last night - He's a ham.

He is such a good sleeper and is so happy when he wakes up, I'm so lucky to have such a fantastically good baby. I love you Javin!

Sleepy Head

Javin has really strong legs for a 4 month old and LOVES to jump. I equally LOVE his jumper because it saves my arms from holding him while jumping and my stomach from being jumped on.

Normally he goes about 30-40 minutes before he tires of jumping and wants OUT, NOW! But this day he never started screaming, he just went quiet. Upon investigation I found this:




For some reason only one of his arms stays up, the other one he puts through the leg hole. Weird kid!

Throw Up

Yes, the title says it all...if you don't handle baby puke well, I suggest you go no further.

Jaron was feeding Javin his 8:00 pm bottle and we heard a BIG rumble in the diaper area, which is normally ok, but means that it needed prompt attention. Jaron was kind enough to change him and bring him back to finish up his bottle.

As Jaron is resetting him in his bouncer, I hear this "ah, ahh, blahhh" from Javin and an, "OH MY GOSH! GROSS!" from Jaron. He had thrown up what looked like to be his entire bottle all over himself and his bouncer - curdled formula everywhere!