Definitions

 Determined (adjective) Having made a firm decision that you are big enough to reach that steering wheel. 

Focus (verb) To pay particular attention to your bath water

Funny (adjective)

1.causing laughter or amusement; humorous

"The way the curtain moves from the heat blowing out of the vents is just funny."

2.difficult to explain of understand; strange

"I will sit here and steadily wave my arms above it at least"

Giggles (noun) What you do while sitting in the shopping cart

Hide (verb) Conceal yourself under the bed from the view or notice of others.

 Intent (adjective) Showing earnest and eager attention to the youtube description of Duramax twin turbo piping. 

Sad (adjective) Feeling of sorrow when Mom won't share her whole donut

 

Somber (adjective) That feeling you get when Dad tries to cheer you up by putting you in a basket, calling you Moses, and pushing you in circles around the living room while you wait for Mom. 

Read the Book of Jude

 Contend (verb) Struggle to surmount; To fight for, to compete with, to grapple with, to argue for

Contend for your faith. 

If we fight for something, it will become more precious to us. We will realize the need to leave behind the sin that is part of our lives because we are fighting a war where we need to lead others. We can't lead them if we are living the same lives. 

 To Contend, 

as written by Jude. 

6 Months

Shane, with 1/2 of a year under his belt.

Weighs 15 lbs

Is 24" long

Wears size 6 mo. clothes, mostly

Doesn't crawl but has figured out how to do this and knows it would be much more fun to actually walk!

Has been sitting up for two months.

Is not much of a people person except for his few favorite people whom he sees every day. 

Is a pro at selfies

 Eats more by licking a second helping of food off the seat than by what he actually gets via the spoon.

 Really prefers to only eat whatever dad will give him: grapes, ice cream, crackers, etc....

All around, Shane just really lives up life!

Dislikes: Spinach and Shopping

Tolerates: Normal life, bananas, his car seat.

Loves: His dad, Sitting in the grass, spending time with the guys in the shop, Watching vehicles go by (and especially semis!), and did I mention the ice cream?!

These two...

Wonder what he's telling Shane?

Oh probably just something about the go-karts that are racing on you-tube.

And He Looks Like...?

I dug out both of our baby pictures to compare to Shane.

 Everyone sees Blake when they look at him, no question on that one! 

Our baby pictures surprised me because for the first time, I could say that he actually looked a little like me. :) 

Still, he mostly looks like his daddy.

Set #1)

Set #2)

Set #3)

Set #4)

Ok I admit it. He really still does look more like his dad than his mom. But that's ok. I like that look pretty well. ;)

Baby Laughter

Who knew that a plastic worm could be so funny?!

Life

Is

Better

With

Something

Cuddly

(And yes, I too hate it that that last picture was blurry and that my phone died before I could take a second one!)

Captain meets his Cousin in California

Being parted by hundreds of miles is particularly sad for sisters when they have little tykes. I want the boys to be friends but the distance....
So you would understand the excitement when Lanna went to California for Josh's wedding too. That meant... All three of us sisters got to be together.

And so did our two little boys.

Zane and Shane,
and again...
Shane and Zane. 

Doesn't mean that they loved it, but their grandparents sure did!!!

 Uncle Chad felt pretty cool being a great uncle. 

And Lanna got to hold my baby. 

Two are better than one, you know. 

We stayed at Kayla's sister, Megan's house. Her youngest, Dylan, is still in an infant car seat. 

Our three babies just rocked that bench seat in the Land Rover. 

  Yeah, that was a pretty awesome surprise to have Lanna show up after all! 

And on a side note, check out my pretty mom! Everyone was glad that she and Dad were able to make the trek out there. It's not every day that she gets to see her brothers on the other side of the country.

Little Dude

Chills a lot

  And sleeps... a lot.

And anywhere, really, but preferably always with Mom.

He has a little buddy named Landon. They like to study each other.

 And sometimes laugh and talk to each other.

He has a whole host of uncles who adore him. 

 And who spend lots of time with him.

He is big enough to sit up in a shopping cart,

But still has a ways to go to do it on his own.

"It's just not comfortable Mom!"

 So he sits in his bumbo seat a lot.

And loves it.

 

And smiles.

 After all, life is pretty great!