6 month photos.

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Check it out! Our friend Luke was nice enough to come over and take pictures of Hurlee. He was a bit of a grumpster at first and wasn't too placed about being waken up for his modeling debut, but eventually came around.

HQ ~ MINIVAN RAP ~ SWAGGER WAGON ~

I hope shawn and i can become this cool.

I just want to start off by saying that Hurlee is as cute as a button.

So many things are going on with the Jones family! The last week or so has been filled with birthday celebrations, moving preparation, free refrigerator hunting, car troubles and the semester ending stress.

I just turned in all my assignments for my online class. YAY! I feel so relieved. I just need to take the final online by Friday then I'm

done. I have really been neglecting blogging lately because of my homework, every time I thought about blogging I would remind myself... if you have time to blog, you should be doing your homework.

Hurlee had his 6 m

onth check up today

with Dr. Rostermundt. Like we thought, all his well with our growing

boy. He is 19.5 lb. and 28 inches

long. We finally started solid foods which has been fun. I really like spoon feeding him. So far we have tried bananas, apples, pears (his favorite), carrots, gr

een beans, prunes and an apple-blueberry blend (which he also loved). In hindsight we really should of started with vegetables because they don't taste as good as fruit

, because after nights of pears he kinda laughed in my face when I tried green beans (they smelled so gross, I definitely wouldn't of wanted to eat them).

Well next week is moving week. Shawn and I are moving yet AGAIN. I can already

tell that moving with a baby is going to be very difficult. I am not super excited about moving, but our new apartment is a lot cheaper which will be nice. At least it's a good excuse

to redecorate.

PROS: Garage, Washer Dryer Hookups, 1.5 bathrooms (that's .5 of a bathroom we don't have now), only share one wall (and it is a staircase and upstairs bathroom), cute little patio, close to work and the most important one... cheaper.

CONS: really really old, no dish washer, ugly cabinets, doesn't come with a refrigerator and our bedroom is smaller.

I had the best birthday this year. I really unintentionally milked it. On my actual birthday Hurlee was freaking out all evening SOOOO didn't really do anything. On Thursday I went to Applebee's with my family and on Friday my husband threw me the best surprise party. I had such a great time! The best part was, I was honestly surprised. I had no idea what was going on and was very confused when I walked in. I feel older now that I'm 21. I know that b

eing married for two years with a son should make me feel grown up, but no

w that I'm 21 I feel like a grown up lol. I have also come to the conclusion that I do not like the taste of alcohol. The only drinks I like that I tried heavily mask the alcohol taste, so I don't get what's really the point. Call me unclassy, but I'm happy with my delicious Coca Cola. and speaking of my love of Coca Cola, my husband suprised me once again with a mexican coke from home depot today. I can only say I'm spoiled.

My beloved Chevy Tracker is falling apart. We went to get it smogged the other day and they said it would need almost $500 worth of work to pass smog, but there was bunch of other stuff it needed done too. LAAMMMMME. Shawn bought the parts and got the shop manual from the library so he is going to do the work himself and it should cost a little over $100. SHEESH. May has been a really expensive month!

Man sorry people (all 3 of you who read this) for how long this post is. I'll try to cut it short next time.

Mother's Day

May is my new favorite month. With both Mother's Day and my Birthday, what could be better?? Today I am going out to a late lunch with my family at our traditional Klondikes Pizza. I got my mom a Stella and Dot (plug for Amy Curti!!) silver charm that says "mom" on it (so cute I almost kept it for myself!), and Shawn's mom a Stella and Dot silver charm that says "grandma". I swear, you never fully appreciate your mother until you have a child. I am amazed at how much my mom had to do with five little ones! and that after having three children she still wanted to have a fourth (me). I'm positive my mom doesn't read my blog but just wanted to put my mama appreciation out there.

On that note, although it's mother's day, so far it has just been routine Sunday. Hurlee wasn't magically potty trained, feeding himself, or greeting me with french toast this morning :) and Shawn has been at the church all morning and goes back at 4:15.

Oddly enough, my parents got me great mother's day gifts!! It caught me really off guard to be receiving a mother's day gift from my mom. She paid for me to get a much needed haircut and bought me some fancypants hair product. and my dad bought me two tickets to see West Side Story at PCPA. It was such a wonderful surprise! Little Hurlee bought me big sunhat to wear while walking because I keep getting sunburnt on the top of my head lol (which i love!! and needed), some homemade candies, and told his dad to clean my car for me ;] What can I say, I'm spoiled :)

5 months old

Hello happy monday! and Happy 5 month birthday little/big Hurlee. I just put the little guy to bed and Shawn is out with the guys, so it's me time! lol

All in all the Joneses are doing very well. We're happy and healthy.

Most people hate Mondays, but I on the other hand LOVE THEM. Monday is my favorite day of the entire week. Shawn doesn't work on Mondays and onl

y has class from 4:30 to 6:50. Even if we just go to Costco (like we did today) or lounge around, it is always such a fun day.

I can't believe it's already been 5 months since Hurlee was born! He has already changed so much, in size and personality. Him and I are becoming best buds more and more everyday. It's so fun seeing his personality develop! He is becoming such a happy laughy baby. It makes my heart skip a beat when I walk in the room and he grins with excitement. AH, I LOVE HIM!

No new tricks this week for Hurlee. He has picked up a bad habit... boycotting naps. BOYCOTTING NAPS?!?! Why would someone do that? I love naps (though scarce). He used to nap four wonderful times a day. Now he takes like two really short cat naps and one 1-2 hour nap. What does this mean for his mama... a more exhausting day and a crankier baby (oof). Normally during his naps I clean, eat, pump, do homework etc. But I guess I shouldn't really complain, he is still sleeping really well at night, which after a couple sleepless months I really appreciate. He normally gets his last feeding between 8-8:30 and goes down between 8:30-9. We then "dreamfeed" him at 11 or so and he sleeps until 8 or 8:30. It's wonderful!

Hurlee's most recent obsession: grabbing faces. Sorry if your face has already been grabbed by his cute slimy hands, he just wants to get to know you better :)

So many people have been asking me about starting solid foods. My family, friends and even the sandwich artist at Subway is grilling me about solids. Hurlee still has no interest in eating with a spoon, sorry folks, solids are going to have to wait a bit longer! I've been trying rice milk but it just ends up all over him. I think once he's six months I'll more aggressively try solids, but until then all he eats is breastmilk. As you can see we're practicing though!

I love zesting lemons.

MmmMmm, nothing like Buttery Lemon cookies to end the day. So easy and delicious.

Easter

Well it was a long day (but great) for the Jones Fam. Hurlee had his very first Easter and was especially well behaved all day. Shawn left for Church bright and early while Hurlee and I ate breakfast and got ready. He has been spending service in the nursery these last few weeks and doesn't seem to mind too much, and Easter Sunday was no different. I like to take him out during the music though, he seems to really enjoy it. After church we made the rounds to our families. First to my parents house then to Shawn's grandparent's house. It was so sweet, his grandma had a cute little Easter bib for Hurlee along with an Easter egg filled with quarters (and we will get good use of those quarters thanks to all the laundry our little love muffin produces). While we were over at Dorothy and Carter's house, Shawn introduced Hurlee to the piano which he had a fun time with. All that practicing pinching us has given him great finger strength. All in all a great day.