Playing catch up!

Due to my lack of blog updates since the new year began, I figured I would throw in a little (hah!) synopsis of what has been going on in our lives the last few months!

January brought snow, the new year, and lots of new experiences! We rang in the new year and a new neice for Taylor & I (and cousin for Tucker)! Hallee Tatum Coulter was born January 1st weighing 5 pounds and 5 ounces! A full 4 pounds lighter than her big cousin! Which also broght Grammy & PeePaw to town!

With the new year also came a new experience for me as a working mom (even though I ended up working from home a lot and even going into the office a few times during my maternity leave), I went back to work at the hospital the monday after new years and although it has definitely been challenging for me to leave my little guy all day, we have been lucky that Taylor is able to stay at home with him until he goes back to school in July! Tucker turned 3 months old at the end of the month and was already busy trying out his vocal chords (he had to start practicing early to be able to get a word in edge-wise with all those big cousins around)!

February brought MORE snow and of course a couple of trips to Midland for Tucker to visit with family! He also started sitting up in his bumbo chair and actually rolled over for the first time, which I was fortunate enough to actually catch on video! What can I say, its my motherly intuition! :) Tucker turned 4 months old which also unfortunately meant a trip to the pediatrician's office for his 4-month check up and shots :( Luckily our little guy is a trooper and took all 3 shots like a champ! He was a little sad when he got them, but was fine once his mommy picked him up! He was 17 lbs. 4 oz. and 26 in. long and we were given the green light to start our big guy on solid foods!

March has brought EVEN MORE snow to Lubbock but also a few nice sunny days! It is nice to finally be able to take Tucker out and let him play in the sun and get to know his puppies! The nice weather has also inspired us to start tackling some of our home renovation projects! We have been eager to get started but since moving into the new house in September and then Tucker's arrival in October, we haven't really had time to start on them until now! Taylor started working on expanding & enhancing our back porch while Tucker and I have started working on the inside of the house! It has also brought LOTS of visitors our way! The Kruegers came in town one Sunday, Tucker had a big time watching his cousins Wyatt & Hannah do silly things to entertain him and then we all went to the Midland College Lady Chaps playoff game and to dinner! It was a fun day and we were so glad they got to come up and hang out!

Grammy also came up just to visit one Saturday so Hallee T & Aunt Cristin came over to play and visit with Grammy! A couple of weekends later she came up again, this time with my Aunt Stacy and 3 cousins! Tucker had a big time getting all the attention from all the girls!

We waited until the beginning of March to start Tucker on solid foods and he has LUH-VED ALL OF IT! We started him on rice cereal, then a week later started veggies with green beans, then onto sweet potatoes! And let me just tell you, he is a BIG fan of sweet potatoes (if he thinks he likes them now, just wait until he tries the sweet potatoes his grandmas make)! He has recently "found" his toes (which tend to distract us when we are trying to eat) and has perfected the grab-object-insert-into-mouth "reflex", he is even working on rolling over from his back to his tummy, which apparently takes a little more effort than rolling the opposite way. Surprisingly he has turned into quite the little chatterbox! I wonder where he gets that from! ;-)

Our little guy is TRULY a joy and we are SO VERY thankful for every minute with him! It seems that every day brings new discoveries for our little boy and we love just watching him grow and interact with the world around him!

Rolling over for the first time

Trying out some sweet potatoes!