Back from Hiatus

Apparently I have been on a blogging hiatus and I didn't even realize it!  You know how it goes...life happens, a week goes by without blogging, and next thing you know you get out of the habit and you don't even feel like it anymore.  I did the obligatory nine month letter for Rhett, but other than that I guess I've been content to do a lot more living and a lot less writing.  But I do love to write on this silly little blog, so here's hoping I can get back in the groove!  

Perhaps I shall dust off the ole' blog with a little hodge podge of what we've been up to.  Of course there was Christmas...

Rhett was not a fan of the big guy.  

Christmas this year was a bit odd.  Jonathan's grandmother passed away the Friday before Christmas which had him driving to Texas for a funeral while I headed to Arkansas as planned with the boys.  My brother, sister-in-law, and nephew came from Las Vegas, and we just couldn't miss this chance to have my entire family together.  After the funeral, poor Jonathan drove from Texas, home to Oklahoma to change cars, and on to Arkansas just to spend one day with my family before we headed back to Oklahoma to celebrate with his family.  We were all weary from either taking care of funeral arrangements or traveling with small children, and then his brother got very sick on Christmas Day, and Jonathan headed back to work the day after Christmas!  It was all a bit of a blur, really, but we did manage to make some memories on Rhett's first Christmas!

Riggins arriving on the stoop of my parents' home after the drive.  This shot is just magical to me!  

Our little family on Christmas Eve after church.  Going to church on Christmas Eve is a holiday must for me!  

 Christmas Morning.  Riggins got a Brio train set for Christmas and was so enamored with one of his many new engines that he couldn't even look up for a photo!  But look at my rosy-cheeked Rhettaroo...is he a doll baby or what???

After Christmas, we celebrated the wedding of my dear friend Megan and rang in the New Year with the Rimmers.  We also enjoyed Rhett's first snow and transitioned Riggins into a big boy bed (that's a whole other post!).  

Helping Daddy put his new bed together.  

Jonathan's practice has been booming with the end of the year rush; everyone needs to use up their flex spending and insurance money by the year's end, and it definitely shows on the schedule books!  The rush has continued into the new year and the other day the practice set a record for the most patients seen in one day in the history of the practice!  I think Jonathan said he saw 26 patients that day.  Crazy!  I love seeing him thrive in this new career and even though he comes home exhausted from the mental demand of seeing so many patients, he is coming home fulfilled by his work.  So proud of him!  

Now we're dealing with the winter sickies.  Rhett is recovering from a double ear infection and Riggins just came home from BSF with a 102.6 fever.  Fun times.  Oh!  And I'm teaching a class at my alma mater this semester that starts next week.  So basically, life is full and good but I feel as though I am constantly moving from the start of the day until the finish.  This little blog crosses my mind in the midst of the chaos and yet it just never makes it to the top of my list of things to do!  Hoping to be better about making time to record the musings of in this noggin of mine, but I figured it was time to just bite the bullet and writhe SOMETHING, you know?  So there you have it! :) 

Rhett:9 Months

January 5, 2013

Dear Rhett,

You are 9 months old!  It is always surreal to reach the point where you have been with us longer than you were in my tummy.  These months have flown by and I am frequently shocked to look at you and see a baby who is closer to a toddler than a squishy newborn.  This month has found you crawling--and fast!--pulling up and cruising on furniture, and getting into everything in your reach.  You are so busy!  While you still have your sweet, easy-going personality, you are starting to show some more spunk and independence as well.  Each day after your afternoon nap you turn into an absolute riot; you get a burst of energy that sends you crawling, rolling, and hollering all over the house!  You also have quite a determination about yourself and are very persistent in getting what you want or where you want to be.  

At your 9 month well check you weighed 20 pounds 4 ounces (a full pound heavier than your big brother at this age!), and were 30 inches long (90th percentile).  You wear size 12 month clothing and a size 4 diaper.  You nurse about 5 times a day.  The big development this month was your newfound love for solid foods.  It was as though you woke up one morning and decided to eat, and you never looked back and are certainly making up for lost time!  You eat three meals of baby food a day and some finger foods and Cheerios.  You love sweet potatoes and hate avocados.  You also sprouted your two bottom teeth, and a top tooth is just starting to break through.  

This month held your first Christmas and your first snow.  We traveled to Arkansas where you met your Aunt Ashley and cousin Grayson for the first time, and then we headed back to enjoy Christmas in Oklahoma (and a white Christmas at that!).  You're such a good little traveler.  

At nine months I want to remember you crawling down the hallway of our little house, squealing with glee and grinning from ear to ear; opening your little "guppy mouth" for the next bite of food; getting so excited to see Daddy when he comes home from work; smiling your scrunchy-nosed grin when I catch your eye; and beelining for Weber's food dishes, only to turn and give me a coy smile when I say, "no no, Rhett." You are such a joy, my little peach!  

I love you, a bushel and a peck!

Momma