6 Months!

I remember thinking on December 8, 2012 “My son will be 6 months in June. That is forever away.” However, those 6 months have flown by and our big boy turned 6 months old today! Kolt is definitely one happy, energetic and smart boy. Right now, he is in a squealing phase. He usually wakes up squealing and does it until he goes to sleep. He is very verbal, like “yelling” at us when we are not looking at him or at his toys while he plays. He is a MESS and is always on the go! Kolt is very close to crawling but just can’t quite put it all together. Along with crawling he is trying to sit up and pull up all at the same time which usually results in a flop on the floor! However, he is all over the living room! He constantly has us cracking up or saying “watch him do that!”

We had a fun yet crazy month winding down the school year. During the last couple of weeks of school Kyle developed his infection in his arm which led to him being VERY sick. This also led to Kolt’s first night away from home. He stayed at Kyle’s parent’s house in order for me to be able to take care of Kyle during the night. One thing Kyle remembers from that night is me crying saying “I miss Kolt man!” but we all made and it was for the best! Thankfully, God has healed him and we are well. Kolt got to go to his first crawfish boil and he had a blast; lying in the hammock, eating ice cream, drinking sweet tea, playing in the sand and creek, and getting a bath in the camper sink.

Thankfully, we have been able to actually have some relaxing family time. I didn’t know what it felt like to have my husband coming home around 3:45 every day or being able to spend all day with us! I can definitely say we are all getting a little spoiled! Kolt and I love having “dada” home with us during the day!

More of our prayers have been answered during the past few weeks. Kyle will be returning to PCS next year and the Forrest County School Board will be voting on me to become a Kindergarten teacher at Earl Travillion Attendance Center in the fall. Hopefully I will be getting a phone call within the next few days with great news!  This week we start Vacation Bible School at First Hattiesburg and I will be doing four year old missions. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for all of us this week. Also, we are excited to say that Kolt will have his baby dedication on June 23 at First Hattiesburg. We look forward to celebrating this blessed event with our family and friends!

Even though it is the summer, we still have a pretty full schedule with Kyle’s football, our church Growth Group, my workshops and hopefully getting things ready for the next school year!  We look forward to a fun-filled summer together!

“You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” Psalm 23:5

 

Happy 6 months!

He is never still! :)

Happy Boy!

Just relaxing at the crawfish boil.

Hey boys!

Family picture at the crawfish boil.

Sweet boy in his turle fishing hat!

His first set of wheels..Watch out!

Kolt really enjoys meal time!

His first trip to Krispy Kreme!

 

5 months

Our Kolt man is now 5 months old! We have had so much fun over the past month. There is never a dull moment with this silly little guy! He has the sweetest and funniest personality! Kolt has had an exciting month, with the biggest “change” being baby food. There is no doubt that our child loves to eat! So far we have not found a baby food that he does not like. (Granted we are still on the stage 1 foods) Usually, we cannot get the spoon in his mouth fast enough! He has recently started “helping” by shoving the spoon in his mouth..haha!

Play time is definitely more active! He loves to be on his tummy and play with his toys. However, he gets SO frustrated and mad when he tries to crawl and cannot get anywhere while playing. We know it will not be long before he is scooting around the living room! His new “finds” are his feet and toes. He loves to grab his feet and try to get those toes in his mouth, which is unsuccessful because his tummy gets in the way!

I absolutely love to read and always have. I strongly believe this is from my parents always reading to me when I was little. When I say read, I mean me critically going through the books..haha. I hope to instill the love of reading in Kolt. Even though he is only 5 months old, he loves to be read too. He loves looking at the pictures. Now when I read, he likes to take the books from my hands and hold it himself! Every night before we go to sleep, we pick out a bible story and a prayer to read.

As hard as it is to believe, out first baseball season at PCS has come and gone. We are so proud of all of the hard work and accomplishments Kyle has achieved this season. For the most part, he completely redid the field and it looks great! We have enjoyed being at the games and were glad that the weather decided to cooperate and let Kolt watch daddy’s last games. He stayed awake for most of the time and loved sitting in someone’s lap to watch the game. Pretty sure this was the ONLY season that he will sit still and watch a game! We were also able to go to another Southern Miss game, this time he was actually awake! We sat outside and he sat in our laps bouncing to the music and watching the game.

Kolt loves to go to Kyle’s grandparent’s house. He loves to swing outside! He recently walked in the grass (with help of course) and went and smelled Maw-Maw’s rose bush. This month Kolt also went “fishing”. While mama and daddy did most of the fishing, Kolt did pose with one of the fish! I’m sure he will follow in his daddy’s footsteps and want to be outside all the time!

Kolt blesses us more and more each day. He always has a smile for us and something “to say”. We thank God every day for such a sweet and healthy little boy. We look forward to seeing what this next month has in store for us!  

 Rejoice always,  pray continually,  give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. – 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18

Happy 5 months!

He kept trying to pull off his sticker!

                                                          Cheering at Daddy's last games
                                                          

                                                                  Sporting his jersey!

Baseball boys!

Cheering on Southern Miss!

Wresting with daddy!

He took the book from and held it just like this!

 

4 months old - better late than never!

We had an exciting fourth month with our sweet baby boy. We went to the doctor for his four month checkup and shots. Kolt now weighs 15 pounds and 7 ounces which is average. He is 26 inches long which is in the 86 percentile for his age! He is definitely going to be tall! During the month, Kolt traveled, experienced his first Easter, rolled over for the first time from his back to his stomach and of course gone to more baseball games. Kolt has the sweetest personality. He loves to “talk” all the time! Kolt also enjoys watching baseball on TV. He sits in his chair and is mesmerized; he especially loves chopping for the Braves!

Kyle, Kolt and I have been attending First Baptist of Hattiesburg. Kyle and I felt like the time was right for Kolt to start going to the nursery. The church has an amazing children’s program (God’s Big Backyard) and they made the transition so easy for us. Kolt is a part of the “Little Bitty Backyard”. The ladies love Kolt and were so sad when he kept sleeping the whole time in his car seat while he was there! We are really enjoying our time at First Hattiesburg and are taking steps to become members.

The months are flying by but we love watching Kolt grow. We are so thankful for such a healthy and happy baby boy! He has recently started wanting to hold his burp clothes or little blankets which is so sweet. Every night around 10, he starts to get fussy and he is ready for his “daddy rock time”. He only wants for Kyle to rock him to sleep. It is the sweetest thing! While I have enjoyed every minute of being able to stay at home with Kolt, I am currently searching and interviewing for jobs for the next school year. I had a great interview at a school last week where I taught a reading lesson. I have been asked to go back and teach a math lesson. Hopefully this will lead to good things!

We know this month will bring even more fun and joy into our lives. Kolt has been given the okay to start on baby food and HE LOVES IT! He is trying so hard to crawl; we know it won’t be too long!

“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 100:5

 

 

He is risen!

 

"As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'”  - Mark 16:5-7

The week leading up to Easter was Spring Break for my mom and Sarah. Since we were all off at the same time, we made plans to go and visit my grandparents in Albertville, Alabama. Mama and Sarah came up on Sunday and spent the night. We got up Monday morning, loaded the car and headed to Albertville. We could not have asked for Kolt to have been any better. He slept the whole way! Well, he did wake up once, in Tuscaloosa! :)

While we were there, Kolt got to meet and visit with family that he had not been able to meet just yet. We all had a great time being able to catch up with family that we do not get to see on a regular basis. Wednesday morning, we packed back up and headed to Monroeville. Once, again Kolt traveled like a champ and slept the whole time!

When we got back to Monroeville, we got ready and headed to church for the Children’s Easter egg hunt. Kolt got some eggs and even got to take his picture with the Easter bunny! He really didn’t care that he was being held by the Easter bunny, which was a relief for me. (Not so sure it will be that way next year!) Thursday while we were home, I must admit, we were lazy! Kolt is trying to cut teeth and wasn’t feeling too well during parts of our trip. So we used Thursday to relax a bit!

If there is one thing I learned this week, it’s that Kolt MISSED HIS DADDY! Kyle is the one who rocks Kolt to sleep every night and when his daddy wasn’t there to do so, he didn’t like it! Kyle came to Monroeville around lunchtime Friday since he was off for Good Friday. Kolt and I were SO happy and excited to see him! When it was time for Kolt to take a nap, he would only sleep if he was touching his “dada”.

Saturday, once again we were kind of lazy throughout the day..which was perfectly fine with us! We all got ready and headed to eat supper at David’s…YUMMY! After David’s, we got back home and Kyle and I began to bake cupcakes. We made Easter cupcakes while Kolt napped. Once Kolt man woke up, we began dying Easter Eggs. He enjoyed sitting there watching Daddy and Mommy compete to have the best egg! That night, Kolt knew he had to go to sleep so the Easter bunny could come, because he slept SO WELL! (However, I think a lot of that is because he was snuggled up with daddy)

Sunday morning, we woke up to see what the Easter bunny had brought before we started getting ready for church. Of course, he brought a lot of fun goodies! Especially, since Kolt had 3 Easter bunnies visit him! :) We got ready and headed to Eastwood for church. Kolt slept through the whole service. As always, Bro. Steve brought a wonderful message!

Despite our Easter activities, my daddy was really sick all weekend. Mama left church early Sunday to take him to the hospital. Once she took him to the ER they decided he needed to be admitted into ICU. So, after we left church, Sarah and I got things ready around the house and packed his bag for him to stay in the hospital. Kyle, Sarah and I worked great as a team, naturally rotating between cleaning up from lunch, doing a load of laundry, watching Kolt or packing. Kyle and I knew we still had to come back to Hattiesburg yesterday afternoon but we had to see my daddy before we left. Sarah was so sweet to keep Kolt while Kyle and I went and visited with daddy. After we left, we all went back to the hospital and Mama was able to come out and see Kolt on our way out of town. My daddy has been and is still very sick. However, his blood sugar is coming down and he is slowly beginning to feel better. Please keep him in your prayers for a total and speedy recovery!

We all traveled many miles this past week but we had a great time and made great memories for Kolt’s first Easter! I am so blessed and thankful that we were able to spend it with my family! :)

 

Kolt meeting the Easter bunny!

FaceTiming DaDa :)

This is how he napped once his daddy got there!

Out to eat at David's

Dying Easter eggs!

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!

Daddy&Kolt

Mommy&Kolt

Kolt cheesing with all of his new goodies!

Loving his new Bumbo seat

A great end to Easter Sunday. Kolt loved me reading to him from his new bible!

 

3 months old!

I am 3 months old!

I know I am very late posting this, but like I said in my previous blog, things were about to get busy (and they did)! Baseball season is in full swing for the Maxie household. Kyle is having a successful season with his team for his first season. We are so proud of him! Besides baseball, we have a very active little boy!

The past month, Kolt had many new adventures. We were able to make our first trip home to Monroeville. He slept the whole car ride there and back! We had so much fun! While we were there, Kolt went out to eat for his first time, which of course was at David’s Catfish House. He also went to church for the first time. I was so excited that his first time at church was where mommy went to church for the first time! He had such a great time playing with Big Daddy, Nana and Aunt Sarah during our visit.

Kolt also got to go to his first (of MANY) baseball games. However, we weren’t outside. The three of us went to the Southern Miss game their opening weekend and sat in one of our friend’s boxes. This was perfect because we were able to keep him in his stroller, ride the elevator up and stroll him right on in. He slept the entire game! People did not even realize he was in the room! This was special for me because this was Kyle’s first time being back since he played in 2009. I loved being able to see all of the memorabilia he had autogrpahed in the suite from the College World Series. I know Kolt is already so proud of his daddy!

I know people (including myself) say he is growing up so fast, but that is the only way I can even describe it! We feel like he changes every day. Kyle and I absolutely love when he makes new sounds, new discoveries, or physically does something new. We are constantly looking at each other and saying “did you see that?!” or “did you hear that?!”. Everyone that holds him quickly mentions at how strong he is! During the month he got stronger at holding his head up and trying to roll over. His little personality is coming out more and more every day. He is so silly! His precious smile brightens our day!

Also, during the month Kolt had his first Valentine’s Day. He got a card and outfit from Big Daddy and Nana and a card and book from Aunt Sarah. Mommy and daddy got him a card, a car seat toy and a rubber baseball. Mommy and Kolt went to school that morning to see daddy and visit. Everyone loved getting to see him. His class finally “believed” that he had a baby at home, since they hadn’t seen him in person!

I know this post isn’t the best with all of his achievements but hopefully I will be better with next month’s!

 

Sleeping through the Southern Miss baseball game!

But still cheering! :)

This captures his personality - reaching for my phone and telling me all about it!

Kolt is ready for church..looking sharp!

Family photo after church!

Wearing his camo, ready for the Duck Dynasty premier!

 

Cheesing for the ladies on Valentine's Day!

Headed to see daddy at school on Valentine's Day!

 

 

                                                      Silly boy posing for the camera! :)                                                

typical!

 

I am two months old!

I cannot believe Kolt is already two months old! We love him more and more every day. He is one of the sweetest and well natured babies I have ever been with (and I’ve kept a lot of babies!) He is grown so much this month, both physically and mentally!

He went through a growth spurt about two weeks ago. I felt like I could not keep him fed! When we finally got over the growth spurt we began to notice he was spitting up more and more frequently. He also was crying more and more, especially at night. We knew something just wasn’t right so we went to the doctor. The doctor confirmed that he has reflux (which we felt like he had). The doctor gave us some tips to help with the spit up and we also started on medicine. These changes have brought back our happy baby! It is amazing the difference we were able to see in just 24 hours! We are so blessed to live in town with our pediatrician clinic. They take such good care of us!

A few things that have happened over the past two months:

- Kolt weighs 10 pounds and 15 ounces (almost 11 pounds!) and he is 23.25 inches long!

- He has already started his first round of shots :(

- Kolt is smiling at laughing – especially when mommy and daddy do something funny or he thinks his toys are funny! This just melts our hearts even more!

- He loves to help hold his bottle. It’s amazing how well he does it!

- Kolt loves to play! He enjoys playing on his activity mat or on a pallet. His two favorite toys right now are his “baby deer” and his snail.

- Holding his head up. Like I have said before, he is one strong boy. He loves to hold his head up and look around! He never wants to miss a thing!

- He rolls over. I leave him in one position, come back and he has changed! He wants to get comfy! We love to just watch him when he does this!

- He just recently started sleeping in his big boy bed. We have a visual monitor and the regular monitors so mommy and daddy can feel at ease. He is the reason we made the transition. Since he was born he has slept in his pack and play so he could sleep wherever we were. However, lately he began not sleeping as well so I started to let him nap in his crib. He LOVED it! So after daddy hooked up the monitors he has started sleeping in his crib at night time. Mommy has actually done really well with the transition! (Even though I do miss him just being in the same room as me!)

- Kolt has found his tongue! He is so funny always sticking it out at us. He is has also started blowing bubbles every now and then J

Being parents has brought both Kyle and I such joy! Our house is currently preparing for baseball season. I know Kolt will love being outside at the games cheering on his daddy! We love watching him grow every day. With “Kolt man” around there is never a dull moment with his lovable and funny personality!

 

 

(I can't keep him still anymore!:))