5 Months Old!!!

I cannot believe that Leyton turned 5 months old on Friday! He is just growing way too fast!!! The months are just flying by these days. Leyton is doing so many new little things now. For instance, he has definitely found his little voice, and he loves to hear it these days! He does this "fake cough" sound over and over and then just laughs at himself. He is laughing out loud a lot now. The things Thornton and I do now to hear that little laugh..... But it just makes our day to hear it. He is still rolling over a lot, and he is even trying to sit up on his own now. When we are doing tummy time, he is getting his little rear end up in the air and getting up on his knees. Scary!!!! He is still sleeping strong, and we are even getting better at eating with a spoon. We are not eating that much, but that is okay since he is not 6 months old yet. We have tried bananas, pears and squash so far. Going to try the sweet potatoes this week!!!

I had my first Mother's Day as a new mom today, and it was wonderful! I was reminded today in church what an important job being a mother is, and I am very blessed to have this job! God has entrusted me to raise one of His children, and that is the most special gift!!!!

He loves to hear his own voice these days!!!
Playing in our exersaucer!!

Eating our squash... it is best that he eats in just his diaper because we sure make a mess
with vegetables!

At the club for my first Mother's Day as a mom

Sitting up! (with a little help)

Mother - Son Weekend

Thornton left to go on his FINAL turkey hunting trip on Friday, so me and the little man have had a lot of quality time this weekend. DD came over to play today, and she had Leyton laughing so hard all day! They just played and played. Leyton spent the night with Sweetie and Redbone on Saturday night and had so much while Mama enjoyed a night out and got to sleep late today. It was so nice of them, and I really appreciated it!!

As far as the cereal eating, he likes bananas, but we are still not big fans of the cereal. But it is getting better!!!

Leyton, Aunt DD and Tootsie playing
DD had Leyton laughing so hard!

I came in the den and saw Leyton like this... up to no good!

Eating his bananas and cereal Saturday morning!

Updates... FINALLY!

Okay... so I have been out of the blogging world for a while! I have just been so busy lately that I have not had a chance to sit down and update. With turkey season and planting, I have been a single mom the last few weeks! Leyton turned 4 months old on April 8th. I cant believe it, and now this month is almost gone! He is rolling over like crazy, and he never stays in the same position anymore! Every morning that I go into his room, he is at the opposite end of the bed and rolled over on his stomach. He is still sleeping great at night, but naps are getting a little tougher. He has started taking lots of mini naps instead of good 2 hour naps... we really need to work on getting him back to long naps! He just does not want to miss anything these days. We have tried rice cereal now, and Leyton is not too crazy about it. I cant blame him because I tasted it, and it really is not good! However, I am going to add a little banana to it next time and see how that goes. I have been trying to spoon feed it to him at night, but i might try in the mornings when he is in a good mood and really hungry. Maybe that will work better!

Also, he is getting so mobile! He is now getting up on his knees and pushing off with his feet to move around! I have a feeling this little man may be an early crawler!!!! He is trying super hard. I put him in his swing the other night, and he about bucked himself out of it, just twisting and turning and pushing. I am going to have to keep a close eye on this little man from now on!!! Well, that is it for now! I will be blogging again soon because Leyton will soon be 5 months old (WOW)!!!

Juke Joint Festival.... It was bright out there!

First time eating rice cereal...

He is not a big fan of it!

Playing with our car the Easter bunny brought us

A little tummy time

The Baptism

Leyton received the Sacrament of Baptism last Sunday, April 5th at First United Methodist Church. It was such a wonderful day! We thought the weather was going to be bad, but the sun came out and it turned out to be a beautiful day. Leyton did so good during the baptism. He did so good while the preacher walked him around and showed him to everyone! Aubrey sang a beautiful song for this little man on his special day, too. I have to admit, I cried a little bit when Aubrey sang for him. I think it all just hit me at one time how lucky Thornton and I are that God gave us Leyton and that He is letting us raise one of His children. After the baptism, we went to eat lunch at my Mom and Skip's house. Mama and Cheri put on a great lunch for everyone. The food was absolutely wonderful! My dad also got to come down from Biloxi to visit Leyton for a little while. This is the first time he has gotten to see him since he was born! We had a great time visiting him, and Leyton had so much fun with Geno. We hope he comes back soon! Here are some pictures from Leyton's special day.

Little boxes of assorted baby blue chocolates with a silver cross on them for the family to take home as favors from the day

The food table was so pretty I had to get a picture

The beautiful cake that Mrs. Chow made

Leyton with his Godparents, DD and Brennan

Leyton and Geno

Rolling Over!!!!

Well, I am happy (and sad) to say that Leyton is rolling over! I was at work on Tuesday when Thornton called me and told me that Leyton rolled onto his stomach for the first time. He has been rolling from his back to his side for a few weeks now, but he went on over on Tuesday! I got a little upset because I missed the first time he did it. I came home from work all excited and wanted him to do it again so bad, but he wouldn't. But.... I came home for lunch today and he did it for me twice! It is just amazing to me that he is getting so strong at just a little over 3 months old. It makes me realize just how fast he is growing! Also, Leyton loves spending time in his jumparoo! He will push off the ground with his little feet, and the jumparoo makes noises every time he does. He just gets so excited and laughs and keeps jumping!!! Here are some pics in the jumparoo!

Concentrating so hard on grabbing onto those toys!

Hello, Mommy!

3 Months Old!!!

Leyton is 3 months old today!!!! Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital, yet I dont even remember what it was like before he was here. Leyton's little personality is just showing so much now! He just babbles all the time and laughs out loud a lot now. Here is what he is doing now:

-He is rolling from his back to his side and back to his back. He has not made it all the way to his stomach, but he sure is trying!
-Babbling and laughing all of the time!
-Drooling and blowing spit bubbles a lot, and constantly putting his hands in his mouth, and anything else he can get to his mouth.
-He is really starting to be able to grab things. The other day he had his hat on while he was in his car seat. He reached up and grabbed it off himself!
-He is still a great sleeper! 11 hours a night!!!!!
-Really working hard on holding his head up. He is doing so good and getting so strong.

Leyton and Daddy
Doing so good holding his head up! First time in the Bumbo seat!!!

His favorite place, the changing table

He loves to be naked!!!!!

Family Update

Well, Leyton made it through the week without catching the stomach virus, THANK GOODNESS!!!! Thornton left this weekend to go to New Orleans for a bachelor party, so Leyton and I had a mother-son weekend. We had so much fun! Friday night when I got off work, I got us all packed up and we went to stay with my Nana in Cleveland. She had supper ready when we got there, so we ate and visited and played. The weather was awful, so it was a good night to stay inside. Saturday we got to visit with Aunt Linda and Aunt Cynthia and Uncle Stig before we headed back home. Saturday night, Leyton and I went to Ramon's with GiGi and Pop. And today Eric and Shea came back to visit and bring Grafton. She has grown so much in the last 2 weeks since we saw her. It is so hard for me to believe that Leyton will be 12 weeks old tomorrow! I fall more and more in love with this little boy every day!!!! Here are some pics from the weekend!

Playing in our gym

Leyton's first snow! Very little, but still snow!

My sweet boy