7 months old

sorry for the lack of posting. I'm not really sure what I've been doing the past couple of weeks. The kids were sick last week, and now I have their awful cold and I'm miserable, but no real activity has been going on in our house.
This past month Megan has perfected her sitting and crawling abilities and is now pulling up on every available surface she can find. She is still not sleeping through the night, not even close really. I can't believe that after seven months we are no closer to this goal than we were when Megan was a newborn. I realize expecting a baby to sleep through the night is a tall order, but I'd be happy with only getting up for one feeding instead of 3. Feeding her in the middle of the night isn't all bad though. She is so sweet and snuggly at night when Sean brings her to our bed and she wants to eat and then falls alseep. Those are some of my favorite moments when she's so peaceful and content. Those are the moments I wish I could bottle up and save for when I'm having a bad day when she is 2 and starts giving me attitude. I feel like every month I post the same thing about Megan. She is growing and changing so much it's unreal, and every month seems to go by faster than the last one did. I wish there was a way for me to keep her so little and sweet. I know that sounds silly because of course she has to grow up, but I don't want her to since she may be my last baby.
Expect pictures tomorrow as it will be Emma's first day of school!

6 month pictures

here's a new slideshow of Megan's 6 months pictures.

there's no place like home

After being in and out of town for almost the entire month of July I'm exhausted and glad to be home. The kids have had a great time being at the lake, I'm just wiped out from the stress of 3 kids and Megan's fussiness from teething. This past weekend we hit the lake and then headed to Cloud 9 Ranch with Sean's dad for a day. The kids were so excited to see their papa again and had a great time riding the 4-wheelers and playing in the creek.
Now that we are back home, there are only two weeks until Emma starts preschool. She could not be more excited if she tried, and I'm excited for her, but a little sad since this is a major step in her growing up. We have an open house at her school the sunday before classes start and the teacher sent a letter to Emma to invite her to it. Emma was so happy she got mail from school. I'm hoping all this excitement won't blow-up in my face and lead to a major meltdown on her first day of school. The good news is she only goes half days and she is in the afternoon session, so I'm hoping that since she doesn't have to go first thing in the morning she'll be in a good mood.
Nathan has been doing excellent with the potty training. We have still had a couple of accidents, but for the most part he is doing great. He is even dry at night, which amazes me since it took Emma a little while for that even after she was accident free during the day.
Megan, as I said is a teething machine. She is really fussy, but who can blame her when she's popping out a new tooth every 4-5 days! She is crawling like crazy which means she is getting into everything and almost never sits still. She is really good at sitting up now, and can easily get herself into the sitting position on her own.
Sean is doing great with the weight loss. He's lost 26 pounds and has about 5 more to go to reach his goal weight. Everyone who sees him says that he look great and doesn't need to lose anymore, but he's very concerned about his BMI number so he insists on losing at least 5 more. Personally I think, and we've also been told by our trainer at the gym, that the BMI scale isn't a great measure of how healthy you are because it doesn't take into account how much muscle you have. Sean also has some exciting news; he got a new job. He is still with the same company, but in a new position with more pay and more perks. I'm so excited for him and very proud of him. I think he is really excited too.
I'm still working at my weight loss. I've lost 24 pounds and it's coming off slowly now. I think mostly because I was gone so much in July I didn't get to the gym as much as I should have, but at least the numbers are still going down, even if it's slow. I doubt I'll be at my goal weight by the end of September like I wanted, but as long as I make it before I have to order my bridesmaid dress for Laura's wedding next year I'll be happy. Right now she says she wants that done in November, so I think I have plenty of time as long as I get my lazy butt back to the gym.
Now that you are all up to date on us, here are the pictures.

showoff

look what Megan did all by herself! She was on her hands and feet since that's how she crawls and she pushed back into a sitting position. She is so mobile now it's hard for me to get much done, but it sure is fun chasing her around!

back to the lake

The kids and I went back to the lake over the weekend. We had a great time, but everyone was exhausted and super crabby by the time it was over. Megan is getting new teeth all the time, which means she wants to eat constantly and hates sleeping. This makes for one very tired, very crabby mommy. I am just glad we're getting so many teeth at once, instead of it dragging on forever. We are going back to the lake next weekend to stay at my aunt's again and meet up with Sean's dad. I love the lake!

so stylish

Check out Megan's awesome hair today! She woke up from her morning nap like this and for the life of me I can't get it to go down. Too funny!

oops

I shouldn't have risked it. That is all I have to say.