Louis ~ 9 Months

Louis turned 9 months old yesterday! He is still not crawling, but he will pull himself up on the furniture to his knees. His stats...

Weight: 20lbs (65%)

Height: 28 1/2 in (75%)

Head: 47.8 (98%!)

Louis ~ 8 Months

My sweet little Lou is already 8 months old!

He has two teeth now, but you probably won't notice them when you see him because he almost always has his tongue sticking out!
He is still perfectly content just sitting on the floor playing with toys. He prefers this over an excersaucer, or walker. I've seen him roll from his tummy to his back one time, but i've still never seen him roll from his back to his tummy. Probably because he is never laying down! He has been sitting up since he was 4.5 months old. Also, because he is still sleeping in his rock-n-play sleeper!! We are planning to finally move him to the crib in the next couple of weeks.
He still wakes up once in the middle of the night, then around 5am, and goes back to sleep until 8 or 9am.
He makes me smile!

84 Years

There are exactly 84 years between Great Grandma Lois and Louis.

Louis ~ 7 months

A little late, but I am finally getting around to blogging Lou's 7 month snapshots! I think he has grown a lot in the past month, and he has also started to act much older and less "baby" like - if that makes sense. 

He is starting to wear  more 18 month size clothes, which is so crazy to me. I have no idea how much he weighs or anything, he won't go back to the Dr. until June for his 9 month checkup. 

He is eating "solids" for breakfast and dinner now, and loving it. He eats fruits and veggies, no cereal because of his constipation issues. His bottom two teeth are about to pop through, I can see them bulging under his gums. 

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Check out my blog post on my Photography blog.

http://anniohphotos.com/blog/index.php?year=2012&month=April&post_get_id=115&page_type=recent

 I took Emerick out in Grammy and Papa's yard to take a few pictures of him as we were leaving there the other day.

He is SO silly, always trying to get a laugh (especially trying to entertain and make his baby brother laugh!) and I love that these photos capture him exactly how he is at 3 1/2 years old.

All In One Day

Yesterday, Lou not only learned how to drink a bottle, but hold it all by himself... all in one day!

Luckily I have only ever had to leave him for a maximum of about 4 hours at a time. Usually, Grammy or James have had to basically force him to take the bottle. He fought it hard, lots of tears.  Once he started eating some "solid" foods, I never even bothered to bring the bottle for him to try when I left him. Just his baby food, and knowing he would be okay to wait for me to get home for milk.

Last night I had to visit the ER, and James was at school. Grammy came over to stay with the boys, and she tried the bottle before she put Lou to bed. He took it right away, and even held it by himself as if he has been a bottle drinker from day one. This makes me so happy! Not only will I not have to worry about him so much when I am away for a few hours, but starting tonight he got an extra few ounces of my milk before bed.

Here's to hoping this helps him sleep through the night finally!!

Off to School...

Emerick has had it on his mind lately that he is going to leave. He will put his shoes on and say "I am going to walk to Grammy's house", or "I am going to go out on the road." He always tells us that he will be careful and watch for cars and that he will be fine.


This morning I went to an open house at the pre school he will be going to in the Fall, and I had just finished telling him about it. I was sitting at my desk and noticed he put his backpack on, and then his shoes. Luckily my camera was sitting right next to me because he then proceeded to walk out the back door (which was already open) and said "Bye Mama! I am going to walk to school" I said "Bye, have fun!" and followed him to see if he was really going to leave......


Sure enough, he really thought he was going!

Easter 2012

Some photos from Easter, in no particular order :-) 

Louis ~ 6 months old

Yesterday we celebrated a whole half of a year with Lou, (see Emerick's 1/2 birthday HERE)

Louis is by far the sweetest baby I've ever met, he is such a love bug. I can't remember what life was like without him. Having two boys is a million times better than I could have imagined. I love watching Lou watch Emerick's every move, he really looks up to his big brother already.  :-)

Today was Lou's 6 month well baby visit. The Dr. says it is too early to diagnose but there is a good chance that he will suffer from allergies and asthma like his Daddy :-( He also has eczema from head to toe, and has since he was only about 1 or 2 months old. He is still a big boy, but he is not as high on the growth charts as he was at 2 months. Here are his stats....

Weight: 18.8 (75%)
Length: 26.5 (50%)
Head: 45 3/4 (98%!!!!!)

Happy Half Birthday, Lou!

The Sweetest Smile

Sitting Proud

Louis ~ 5 Months

Today Louis is 5 months old! He is sitting up (pretty close to 100% un-supported, or un-supervised I should say) but not yet rolling over! Getting chubbier by the minute, and is so super smiley! His giggle is my favorite thing about him, he giggles in such a deep little old man voice. He wears size 3 diapers and size 9 month clothing. He is on his 3rd day of rice cereal and is a super messy eater, but getting the hang of it. He blows raspberries constantly, especially when he is mad! He goes to the Dr. next month for his 6 month check-up.

Lou's First Taste of Cereal

Louis got his first taste of "real" food today - rice cereal mixed with Mama's milk. He loved it! He has been really interested in what we are eating for about a month now, and has started to get pretty irritated when we don't share! So I knew it was time. Looking back at my blog, I remembered that Emerick had his first cereal on February 21, 2009! HERE is a link to that blog post!

The cutest almost three and a half year old I know!

The only time Emerick really shows any jealousy towards his baby brother, is when I am trying to photograph Louis. This is proving to be very beneficial to me, because now Emerick wants and loves to have his picture taken!! I am looking forward to Spring when I can take the boys outside for photo shoots. 

Rainbow Sweater ~ Louis' turn!

Remember THIS post?! I decided to put Louis in the sweater for a couple of photos. I love this sweater. It still looks brand new to this day - 30+ years later!