8 Months

Watch out! We have a crawler on the loose!! That's right...time to baby-proof. AJ and I have our work cut out for us now. :-)

Our little chunk is growing like a weed. And man that boy can eat! He's a bottomless pit. And like his mama, he'll eat anything. I'm so thankful he's not a picky eater. Hmm.....what else is new this past month... Oh that's right...teeth!! He has two bottom (sharp) teeth! He loves the crunching sounds he can make biting into his puffs. He's such a funny little dude! We're a little obsessed.

7 Months

Not too much new this past month...other than our little Anthony turning into a stinker! That's right, a stinker. AJ and I worry about us "creating a monster". It is so hard being new parents trying to figure out all of this stuff. We are still really struggling with him sleeping through the night. Anthony normally goes to bed around 7:30, and after an eight-hour stretch he's usally back up around 3-4 a.m. He rarely puts himself to sleep. After he eats his dinner in the high-chair, he gets a bath, then I nurse him in the rocking chair. He typically falls asleep eating, then I lay him down. BUT..there are those dreaded nights when he is WIDE awake and finishes eating. I cannot simply lay him down and let him cry himself to sleep. AJ and I are apart from him all day when we're a work. So we want to spend as much time with him as we can. So on those nights, Anthony gets to hang out with Mom & Dad and play with toys until he gets tired. I just can't help..I love to snuggle with him. One of these days we'll master our routine....until then...I cherish every waking moment (at all hours) with our little cuddle bug!

Mallow Run Winery

We met up with our good friends, Luke, Shelley, and Oscar, for a fun-filled evening at Mallow Run Winery. We tasted wine then had a picnic on the lawn with the boys. A great little bluegrass band was playing. Anthony and Oscar had so much fun haning out. Oscar is three weeks older than Anthony. They're such good buddies!

6 Months

Our baby boy is 6 months old. He is such a funny little guy...he cracks us up all the time! I have never seen such a happy baby, which makes Mommy and Daddy happy!

The stats: At his 6 month check-up he weighed 18 lbs and 8 oz. and measured 27.25 inches. He's in the 75 Percentile for height and weight. This was our first visit with our new pediatrician, who also happens to be our new next door neighbor (how convenient!).

This month's milestones: sitting up and eating solids. On May 21st, he sat up for the first time without any support. Such a pro...I'm so proud! Over Memorial Day weekend he began eating solids. Here is a pic of him eating carrots. He just loves to eat! We've yet to find a food that he hasn't liked.

WE CELEBRATED AJ's FIRST FATHER'S DAY!!!

Four generations of Eder Men:

5 Months

5 Months already?!? Hard to believe. The little chunk is growing SO fast! He is smiling and laughing all of the time now. He absolutely loves his Baby Einstein videos (although the AAP doesn't recommend children under 2 watching TV--this is another one I'm going to ignore). Every night after I pick him up from school (daycare), we come home and do exercises. He will lay flat on his back and with a little help from Mommy we do sit-ups, then stand-up, then back down and all over again. He loves it and is always so intense and focused. Last night Miss Lexy told me that whenever he's laying down he tries so hard to sit up. She said he's going to have a six-pack by the time he's one! Ha!

My First Mother's Day

I celebrated my very first Mother's Day as a mother! Here is a pic that Anthony made me at school. The poem is so sweet...made me cry! I'm so very blessed, and being a mother is the most amazing and rewarding thing I have ever done! I love my family to pieces!

In case it's too hard to read from the picture, here is the poem:

I am your little flower, Mom

Please help me grow and bloom;

Take the weeds, but leave the roots

And give me lots of room.

Mom, you are my gardener;

My sunshine and my rain.

Too much will make me wither

With enough I'll bloom again.

I am your little flower, Mom

I'm different from the rest;

Don't pick me Mom, just help me grow

To be my very best.

4 Months

Four months old! We sure have been busy at the Eder household. We took Anthony to doctor for his 4 month check up, and he has doubled his birth weight and has grown 5 inches! He now weighs 16 lbs. and 8 oz. and is 26 inches long.

This month's big milestone: ROLLING OVER! Such a cute story, I've gotta share. On Friday, 4/8, I took him to daycare, and right when I walked in Miss Karen just had to tell me the news that Claire (who is one day younger than Anthony) had just rolled over the night beofore. I said, "Did you hear that, Buddy?! You can't be having Claire show you up!" He just looked at me and smiled as I laid him down on his tummy on the play mat. I stood up and was chatting with Miss Karen when I felt a thump. I looked down and Anthony had rolled over and landed on my feet! He laid there smiling up at me! He wanted to let us know that HE could roll over, too! Miss Karen and I stood there with our jaws on the floor! Before I left for work he rolled over two more times. I tried to get him to do it that night for Daddy to see, but no luck. He just wanted to let us know that he could do it, but only when he feels like it!