Down goes the mattress

Hi my name is Jameson and I have NO idea that I'm only 6 months old. No. Idea.

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Tonight, one of the scariest moments of my adult being-a-momma-to-Jameson life happened. And let me just say first off, it happened WAY earlier than I ever dreamed it would. At the end of nap time while I was downstairs finishing up a quick project, I heard Little Man starting to stir and wake up. As is the norm, I gave him a few minutes to really wake up and start "talking" before I rushed up to get him. After a few minutes, I looked at the monitor to see what he was to up and my heart stopped. There he was, standing up in his crib hanging over his rails at his waist!! I ran faster than I've ever ran, taking two steps at a time upstairs praying the entire time that he wouldn't fall. I think I startled him when I threw the door open running to grab him because he started screaming immediately. He thankfully must have been stuck on the rail in the corner and didn't fall out but he came way too close. My heart pounded for about an hour afterwards and I think I gave him about 4,000 extra kisses before bed tonight. 

This boy is growing up way too fast, y'all. At 5 months, the first time he army crawled across the living room floor, I thought, "Come on Son, you're just a baby" but I was excited for him. He was so happy and excited to be mobile. He could catch up to his sister laying across the floor. He could chase Lola around the living room. He immediately knew crawling was the way to go. A few weeks later, he brought up both knees and hauled it into the kitchen from the living room and I thought "OK, so that was fast. This kid…" He's a determined boy that seems to be growing faster than I ever dreamed. But for the first time, I'm physically screaming inside "SLOW DOWN!" I'm not ready for this. I'm not ready for this next phase of babyhood. Its going by too fast. I love everything he does so much, but I so want him to just be a baby a little while longer. 

Ah this is so difficult! Needless to say, Little Man's crib mattress got lowered tonight before bedtime. We won't be having this issue again. But I think its safe to say that there is no slowing him down. All there is left to do is baby proof all things before he can get his hands on it. I want to cry.

Kid, you're killing me.

Nap time?

Does this look like nap time to you?

How about this? 'Cause this is what I found when I peeked in after hearing some giggles through the monitor during nap time.

That's right. We have a climber now. Uh oh! 

In the middle of the night, Chey decided it was time to wake up and STAY AWAKE. Amidst her anger, she somehow figured out how to successfully pull up in her crib. I was in her room lying on the bed while she cried, getting up to calm her down every few minutes. Well, after about the 6th time of doing this, I was on my way to sit up and head over to her when I realized, I hadn't even sat up yet and I was looking at her looking at me. Uh...?! That's a new one! 

Apparently it wasn't a fluke. This second time proves that it. She knows. Needless to say, there will be some lowering of the bed today before bed time. And, a whooooole lot of baby proofing.

Nuff pictures Mom!!

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We've been traveling this past week, so I'll update on our adventures shortly.

On the move

A lesson I learned today? Don't underestimate the no crawl baby. if she wants to get something, she'll get it one way or another.

She started out here.

And within a few minutes, she was all the way over here.

She may still not be crawling the old, boring, ordinary way, but she is making use of that hooked leg pretty well these days. Nothing was stopping her from getting to that seat cushion tie. I guess the long hike over was worth it. Three times actually. I'd set her back on her blanket with her toys and she would maneuver her hooked leg little self all the way back over there.

And not only is she moving via hooked leg, but this is new too. She isn't getting up and standing on her own yet, but she sure can hold herself steady for a few moments. This is her proud-of-self face.

Sorry for the poor photo quality but these were all taken on my phone.