Cruising

(Compliments of Sister!)

(Hanging out at lakes park...he was just laughing at all the kids around him)

(Ford at Annabell's 2nd b-day party)

Ford is on the move. He goes goes goes until he is ready for bed. He is still taking 2 naps a day, thank you Jesus ;)! He is now pulling up on everything and trying to cruise along side of whatever he has grabbed onto. He especially enjoys holding onto peoples legs and pulling up.

Ford'S top "eye" tooth just broke skin 2 days ago. He has been chewing and biting on everything. It looks as though his top two front teeth are coming through as well...but they haven't broke skin yet.
I'm not sure if it's teething, a growth spurt or what but Ford has really been eating a TON! He still takes 5-6 feedings a day from me (milk), and also eats 3 full meals a day, with snacks! And when I say 'full' meals I mean it. For example at dinner last night he ate 1/2 a large tortilla, 4 cubes of zucchini, oatmeal, puff cereal snacks, and 1 1/2 egg yolks!!! The night before he at 1/2 of a chicken breast and everything I mentioned before with the exception of the tortilla, and he ate 2 whole egg yolks as well! So I'm thinking it might be a boy thing...because I keep hearing all the moms talk about how their boys have eaten them out of their house! Granted they are teenage boys, Ford is just starting on it WAY early!

We went to Great Grandma Zachritz house the other day to visit. It was so much fun because Ford got to meet his Great Uncles, Rob and Charlie and his Great Aunt Ann. Plus he saw Chris, Sue, Clair, and Great Grandma of coarse! Lots of visiting and Ford ate up the attention. He was teething and they really must of been bothering him that day because he was chewing on everything. I turned the corner to look at him and to my amazement he had an ENTIRE rubber duck head in his mouth...must of felt good! Here is some video.
Some of Fords latest sounds are:

• Baabaa
• Daadaa
• MaaMaa
• *Muah*-the kissing sound
• Yay!
• and he can kind of mimic the sounds Annabell is making.
• He also said "bad" yesterday after I told him that spitting food on mommy is "bad". He said it with smiles though ;)

I am not allowing Ford to watch TV until he is older, like his sister did as well. But it is much harder now that Annabell likes to watch her shows. I usually tell her she can watch them when Ford is asleep, which she is pretty good about. OR sometimes I will allow it to be on but I make sure he can't see it, by putting something in his way, but now that he is mobile that doesn't work so well.
And last but not least here is some video of Ford eating a Nectarine, he loves them!!! Great to teeth on too! Love y'all!

the woes of being little brother...ha

So much has gone on since I last posted but I just don't seem to have as much time as I use to for posting! Ford is now eating all kinds of foods. We are going to try broccoli this week. He really enjoys peas! Which is great because I know he is getting his green veggies!

I really think he has some teeth coming in. Maybe even in the top too. His drooling and spit up has hit an all time HIGH! His shirts are soaked with drool and immediately after eating and for about an hour after he spits up a lot if his stomach gets jolted or squished at all. I am constantly covered in spit up. The smell doesn't even get to me as much anymore, sad really. ha.

Ford and Annabell play so well together, and he is such a good sport. She was dressing him up the other day and actually allowed it to happen. She would try to put bows in his hair and put several "necklaces" on him.


Ford's favorite time is bath time and I don't have to hold him up anymore. He plays all by himself, splashes his sister and grabs at different toys. He laughs hysterically when they both splash at the same time. I have yet to get this on film because water goes everywhere and I'm not sure how the camera would do with that!
Well daddy got to see 2 firsts! Brad said that Ford said "Dada" when he was changing his diaper yesterday and then dada again when holding him. Maa-maa confirmed it yesterday as she heard it as well. Brad also saw Ford take his first "crawl" today on the church office floor. He usually rolls to wherever he wants to go but today he felt like actually crawling. He is always on the go, so I don't know what I'll do once he actually is crawling. I do know that I need to get my house RE-Baby proofed. We have tons of little toys everywhere. They will be gone soon! OR at least put in a safe place ;).
Ford has been battling a cough/cold for about 4 weeks now. Well actually the cough has just come into play for the last 2 weeks but the first 2 he had a runny nose. So I took him, Annabell and Briana all to the Dr on Monday, which they all were prescribed antibiotics. He is doing well with them. I can't tell if they are working. He seems to be coughing more (not often but in intensity) intensely lately so I'm hoping that it is just the cold being broken up and pushed out. Please pray for his healing! We have been and also thanking the Lord for the healing provided. We have my TN family (most of them) coming into town on Friday and we are taking the kids to Disney!!! So hopefully I will be able to post right after that. Well that's it for now, love y'all!

Almost forgot, here is a video of Ford and Annabell in his crib. She climbs in with him (even once waking him from a nap) and begins to play with him, hug him, and jump on and by him. He laughs so hard at her that I finally caught some video of it. Like usual he was laughing more before I got the camera, but you get the picture from the video.

P.S. Ford had his first poop in the tub today. Annabell was in the tub and not thrilled and a little put off by it! Haha. Pretty funny.