The Nalley Family

The Nalley Family
Eddie, Stephanie, Brooklyn, Chandler and Gibson

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Gibson 5 Months

Love this little guy!!

This has been a MILESTONE month for us!!
He is eating cereal now and has also tried some squash.  He's like them both just fine.
I think he has caught onto eating the fastest of any of the kiddos!  The second day I EVER fed him, he was opening his mouth to take a bite!  Genius maybe?  (Or maybe just a very hungry little fella...)
He rolls over from tummy to back and vice versa.
Because he's rolling over, we are no longer swaddling him and he's sleeping on his tummy.
He LOVES his sleep.  He takes good, long two hour naps during the day (when he gets to sleep in his crib, but we are on-the-go and he only gets catnaps in his carseat) and sleeps from about 8:30pm-8:30am.  (Although he is still waking around 5 am for a feeding.)
 He's gotten very "grabby" and likes to put things in his mouth.  If he doesn't have a toy or burp cloth, his fingers will do.
He is very patient with and amused by his sisters who are almost constantly in his face when he's awake!!
He's also gotten much busier.  He used to be happy to sit in his bouncy seat or lay on his playmat for a solid hour.  Now he wants to move from station to station.  
 So we've started him in his excersaucer as one of his stations and he loves it!
And sometimes we get a little creative with our stations.  =)
As long as you move him around every once in a while, he is still about the best little baby on earth!
And so snuggly sweet!!
Happy 5-month birthday, Gibson!!

Outtakes...
 typical guy...hehe
 blurry hand
 cute smile...
 Love his sweet hands!!  (Oh yeah...he's totally found those, too!!  So fun to watch him move and study them!)


Monday, April 22, 2013

Patriotic Day, Petting Zoo and Western Day

Patriotic Day at School
 Petting Zoo at School
 Chandler was just standing in line with her friends when I got there and didn't see me.  It was SOOO fun to watch her in her element without her knowing.  She just spontanesously gave Blake (little boy standing in front of her) a hug and said, "I love you SOOOOO much."
She loves animals and had so much fun!


B also had a big time!


Western Day!



 I wasn't able to go and watch the pony rides.  Another mom in the class sent this pic of Chan to me and said she LOVED her pony ride.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Easter 2013

We kicked off this years Easter with a little egg decorating on Wednesday!



Then proceeded to have some fun Easter parties at school on Thursday







Of course Gibson was there, too!
Happy and perfect as always!
On Friday, I let them open there Easter treat from Mimi
Saturday night we got the kids all fixed up for church
Our pastor encourages regular attenders to attend the Saturday night service so that there is more room for guests on Sunday so we've been doing that the past couple of years.
Sunday morning the Easter bunny came to visit.




 Love that Eddie is helping them look for eggs with his coffee still in his hand
 The girls told me to close my eyes because they had a surprise for me and came thru those doors looking and posing like this.  Love them!
Don't worry...Gibson got a treat, too...
He got to eat "real food" for the first time EVER!
This year was especially fun because the girls are starting to grasp a TINY bit of what it is really all about!!