Yoga Baby.

Today, Søren's cousin Erin came over to spend some time with him. It's his 6 month birthday today. What! I have a kid that's half a year old!!! How did that happen? Anyway, Erin came over and got here before Søren woke up. He decided to sleep in until 9:30 this morning (which I'm totally not complaining about). So, when he woke up Erin and I went in to get him. He was all smiles, and then saw Erin and was a little confused. Then the smiles came back and he was ready to have some fun. We changed him and put him on a blanket on the floor to play and it was go time. He's so entertaining. And he's lucky to have so many cousins and so much family who loves him so much! 

Let me tell you, that little charmer is going to be crawling before I can turn around. The baby yoga going on was awesome. His downward dog (puppy?) is on point. I'm totally not rushing him. Can we freeze time right here? He's still a baby, he sleeps pretty well through the night, the diapers are really not bad, I can dress him however I dang well please, he lets me snuggle him whenever I want, he's not mobile yet…..I mean. C'mon. I know I will love each age, but this age just seems so good. I'm trying not to miss it, to savor those naps he takes in my arms, and the moments when he wakes us up at night. All of it, because before long he will be grown and I will miss this sweet and special time. 

Show off. 

Cousin love. 

Daddy kisses.

Batten down the hatches everybody. Søren's about to be on the move. 

Zoo Day

Today was a good day. It was in the 50's, so we decided to take advantage of this nice (and rare!) cool day and head to the zoo. 

Coffee was necessary. 

This kid is the most fun. I love being able to spend time outside with him. He's so good when we go out, just soaking everything in. He's still too little to really know what's happening, but he does like to watch the monkeys swing around. Today he was way more interested in the waterfall in the tiger exhibit than the actual tigers. But, you know, pretty soon he'll be running all over the place telling me random facts about okapi or something. Bottom line, he totally rules and I'm the luckiest mom ever. :) 

The happiest!

Side note: after this we got pulled over because we were 'blocking an intersection at a red light'. The police officer let us go with a warning which was awesome! I think Søren was so cute he didn't want to give us the ticket. :) So thanks to that k-9 officer in downtown Tampa. 

These two.

The other day I grabbed the camera while the boys were having an especially cute moment before Søren's bath. The love these two have for each other fills my heart up. I'm so thankful to have such a sweet, kind husband who loves our boy so much. 

Love!

We're getting ready for Christmas over here! We had hoped to get to Nashville to visit with our family there, but we just couldn't make it work with Adam's work schedule. So disappointing. I miss that city, and the people in it! But we'll make the best of it here, and try to get up to Nashville early next year. Tomorrow night we'll be getting together with my siblings and all their kids. We'll be eating lots of tasty food, and drinking yummy wine and cocktails. The kids will open all of their presents, and we adults will play boardgames. It'll be loud, crazy, and lots of fun. Søren won't quite know what's going on yet, but Christmas is by far my favorite holiday. I'm so excited for when he gets a little bit older and more aware, so we can make the holiday as special for him as it was for me. It was always like magic when I was little. My mom made fresh 'sticky buns' from scratch every year, and we would get up before the sun to start opening the presents. And even though I was the youngest of six, there were always sooo many presents. I'm not sure how they did it. I hope we can make Søren's Christmases just as special! Since I've gotten married, I've kept up the tradition of having special breakfasts on the holidays. For Christmas this year I'm making cream cheese cinnamon rolls from shutterbean.com. Let me tell you, they are delicious. Adam requested them specifically. I made them last year for Thanksgiving morning, and we ate them while we watched the parade. So. Good. 

Well, I hope you all have such a happy holiday. I couldn't even sleep last night from all the excitement. I'm ridiculous, I know.  I'll leave you all with a photo that embodies the spirit of these two goofballs perfectly. 

Silly.