John at 6 months

John is 6 months old, which for me is hard to believe. Especially since he is trying to grow up so quickly! How is crawling and pulling up on anything he can, which is making our lives a little more difficult. Nettie tends to smother her brother with kisses and I am waiting for the day he finally pushes her away. Until then, she happily hugs and kisses him all day long and decides when he is done playing with his toys so she can play with them. She also like to have him follow her around now that he can crawl.

I took John to the doctor today and he is still growing at a good pace and has taken on eating food. He is 14lbs 3 oz (5th percentile) and 26 inches (45th percentile). The doctor is still watching his weight but isn't too concerned about it. He is active and will probably just stay on the light side.

That is it for now, I will post more later!

Kids are funny

So it is interesting to me that while I am sitting here in the house on a 98 degree day that Nettie wants to not only lay under a blanket for quiet time, but she is now wearing her gloves and her snow boots. She has convinced herself that it is snowing outside, even though her hair is soaked with sweat. (this is the first picture)

The other 2 are just pictures from the last couple of weeks, John is finally growing into 3-6 month clothes, so that may be the last time he wears the golf outfit. Nettie got ready for church last week and thought the hat and scarf (and sunglasses not seen in the picture) completed the outfit.

Here we go again

It always seems to me that football season comes more quickly each year. As we sart to look towards Nettie's birthday party, which I plan on the bye week for the Broncos, it strikes me that we are in for a LONG 6 months. Ben will tell you the next 6 months are short, but for me, they are the longest of the year. It is constant planning and trying to make sure that we are near a TV during the Bronco game. I have to say that TIVO has helped the situation, we have actually been able to do a few things during games since we can now record the games easily.
I knew all this when I married Ben 6 years ago, and I would never change it. But I can honestly say that I look forward to January!

Life in the Wismer house is grand. Nettie is getting to be more of a kid by the minute, she talks constantly and loves to play with toys that are a little more challenging now. She has started to enjoy puzzles more, and likes play dough and coloring. John is amazing. We have known from the start he was going to be a mover and a shaker, but as he is now crab crawling all over we have to be quick to keep up with him. Nettie is also learning that what she doesn't want John to get, she has to put where he can't reach. Of course, since he pulled himself up last night, I think those days are numbered as well. It is interesting to have a baby that moves this early, he can't sit for longer than 1 minute, but he can move from one end of the room to the other in 3 seconds. We also started him on cereal this last week which seems to be a hit. We take him for his 6 month check up in a couple of weeks, so I will update more soon!