6 months old & thankful

November 25, 2010- Thanksgivng Day...what a perfect day to be thankful for Brazos as he turned 6 months old!

Brazos is getting so big so fast!  An entire half of a year has flown by.  This past month Brazos has been GROWING out of clothes faster than I can put them on him.  We definitely noticed a growth spurt and he wears mostly 9 month size clothes, otherwise they aren't long enough!  He's sitting up on his own although still a bit wobbly sometimes.  He continues to eat baby food and cereal with a bottle to wash it down. 

Here's the rest of the 6 month stats:

Length: 29.25 inches (98% tile)
Weight: 18.5 pounds (65% tile)
Head circumference: 17.13 (38% tile)

At his 6-month check up he got 2 shots; one on delayed vaccination schedule and the other was flu. 

As you can see from the photos we manage to get him to smile often but he can be rather serious at times too.  He still has reflux and although the medication helps with the burning, nothing keeps the spit up at bay so it has become quite normal for both of us to change clothes many times a day, or just wear it all day!

Brotherly Love:

Ready for the A&M vs. Nebraska game...reading his Baby Einstein book learning how to harvest corn!

Just look at that smirk...

Because reflux is still an issue we decided not to travel for Thanksgiving.  Driving in a car 9 hours down I-10 with holiday traffic just didn't seem like an appropriate thing to do if we all wanted to enjoy the holiday.  So MiMi and Paw Paw came to the Hill Country to celebrate and we were ever-THANKFUL for that! 

opening day

November 6, 2010- Opening day of deer season is always packed full of activity.  This year the boys and I suited up in our cammo to head into town for the Harper Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry.  Casey opted out of the cammo attire.  The frown on Pecos' face in this photo was due to the fact that I told him he had to put down his gun, I mean stick.

Huntin' buddies:

MiMi & Paw Paw arrived early afternoon.  Paw Paw was missing the boys so he drove MiMi over, stayed for a night and headed back home for work.  MiMi stayed a few more days to watch the boys while I went out of town for a work project.  While Paw Paw was here he helped Pecos move some firewood to the porch for me.  Pecos is learning at a young age to take care of his momma....and I couldn't be any happier about that!

As for hunting, the deer on our place all survived.  After weeks of talk from Pecos about his plans to hunt with Casey in the morning he decided the night before that he would wake up early but just get in bed with me instead of going hunting.  So Casey went out alone but didn't see any bucks.  Maybe that is because we seem to be over-run with does and spikes.  He said there was just too much to do that day to mess with a deer so we'll have to wait a while for deer sausage and jerky.