first things first.

stetson eating breakfast (oatmeal and prunes) on his first ever christmas morning...he was, of course, oblivious to the fact that it was christmas and went down for his nap before any gifts were opened...unbeknownst to him, he racked up...he got lots of clothes and toys.  it's crazy to think that next christmas he'll be running around! 

twas the night before christmas.

a slightly blurry picture of the 4 cousins on christmas eve in their jammies...liam, kate, sloan, and stetson.

james took this out the window while we we driving down to georgia on christmas eve...i worked late on the 23rd so we waited til the next day to drive...it was nice to get up and take our time packing and getting ready to go instead of being stressed and breaking our necks to hurry...it was a good day.

my fellas.

james took this before he and stetson went shopping one day while i was at work...pete and repeat...

these were some random photos of our little man sitting up like a big boy...you can see one of his favorite toys his "great" bought him...it's a little alphabet wheel that sings the letters.

christmas cutie.

stetson's mimi (my mama...both of his grandmas are called mimi) bought him this hat....SO CUTE...we took these before we went out christmas shopping while she was here.

our little family.

we had family pictures taken at thanksgiving and we used this one for our christmas cards.

6 month check-up, etc.

stetson went for his well-check on dec 11...he weighed 16 lbs 3 oz (now in the 25th %) and 26 3/4 inches long (still around the 75th %)...he's a skinny little guy but he's pretty muscular.  he wasn't sitting up too well at the time of the doctor's appointment but he is now.  the doctor told us it was ok but we just needed to keep working with him on it...he said that sometimes babies that are really content won't push themselves to do new things.  his favorite thing to do is lay on his back and kick like crazy and i'm sure if we'd let him, he'd be content to do that all day...which, for him, is only about 5 or 6 hours of wake time.  he still requires alot of sleep and enjoys having downtime in his crib before he goes to sleep.  he can now sit up and play for a while before falling over...he got a johnny jump up for christmas but still hasn't figured out the jumping part.  so far he just turns himself in circles.  his bottom two teeth broke through last week so chewing on our fingers is no longer an option...too painful!  he is babbling up a storm now...lots of consonant sounds...the doctor said he's a little ahead verbally...he also has become much more social in the last month...before it would take him a little while to warm up to new people and now he smiles and talks alot more openly.  he is such a joy to have around.  the month of december has been very hectic and exhausting...hence, the lack of updates.  james went on an eleven day trip (let's not do that again any time soon!)...it wasn't bad, we had visitors....my aunt holly and uncle troy and my mama...but just having sole responsibility for that long was truly exhausting...my heart goes out to single moms...so from the time he got home (dec 15) it has been non-stop with me working, going down to atlanta to have christmas with james' family, and then coming down to vidalia for christmas with my family.  as much as i love the holidays, by christmas day i'm looking forward to getting back to normal routines.

what a little guy.

stetson is a real champ.  i mean for real. 

notice his legs are up in the air. he's real wild with those legs.

first thanksgiving.

stetson had his first thanksgiving.  he slept through the dinner, but woke up afterwards and was ready to feast.  he had a good time with the tipps side of the family.  he thinks his mimi is the jam.  also, we left for vidalia after jacki got off work around 8:30 p.m. and he slept just about the whole way down. we were so impressed that we decided to try that on the way back. he slept the whole way back.  so we think that is the way to travel with a stetson in the back. 

he's real presh.