Life of the Lamar Boys

Well the little man is 4 months old.  It’s really hard to believe I have been a mother of two for 4 months now.  He has grown soooo much in the last 4 months and has developed quite the personality. 

His first taste of a lemon…. He actually liked it and was licking his chops

 

The pediatrician said he needed to take infant vitamins with iron in them.  Well, they look and smell nasty.  The poor baby makes terrible faces when I give it to him.

 

Chewing on a frozen rag

Here are some things about John Brantley….

He isn’t a big fan of a pacifier.  He’d rather eat his hands.
He gets really upset when he is tired or hungry.  There isn’t much consoling that can be done so you better get ready to feed him.
He is eating rice cereal and oatmeal.  Feeding time is difficult because he wants to eat his hands the entire time and he usually slumps down in the bumbo.
He loves to take a bath.  I still put his seat in the kitchen sink.  He gets a bath immediately after he eats his rice or oatmeal.
He squeals and talks a lot.  It really is music to my ears!!!
He is very ticklish and does a fabulous belly laugh.
He is weighing in at 14.6 pounds, wears a size 2 diaper (as of this week), and can wear anything clothes wise from 3-9 months depending on the brand.
John Brantley has never worn shoes.
He doesn’t sleep swaddled in his miracle blanket anymore.  It’s gotten chilly at night so he sleeps inside his wedge in a sleep sack.
He has lost soooo much hair.  It’s slowly growing back blonde and it’s going to be wavy/kinky like mine.  Poor child!
John Brantley LOVES Ford.  Ford will get down on the floor and talk to him, tickle him, sing to him, and just play.   John Brantley just giggles the entire time.  When Ford walks away the baby almost breaks his neck to see where he is going.
He is a grabber.  He pulls on my hair, earrings, and clothes.  Ford never did that so I am in for it now.
He’s a fat baby, but he’s not long.  When I put his fall and winter clothes on him they are usually too big and I have to roll the pants legs up.
Teething is probably the worst thing going on with John Brantley lately.  Nothing helps!!!!!!  He gnaws on his hands ALL day!

 

FORD

Ford is still a mess.  The other day I went to give him some food to eat and he replied with “That’s too much honey.”  I don’t even remember what I gave him, but it was so funny.

When Ford gets in trouble he often spends some time in “Time Out”.  When he has been there a while we will tell him he can get up and come explain to us what happened.  It’s very comical for him to try to express to us what happened, why it happened, and how he will do better next time.  He is a little manipulator and tries to cry his way out of trouble most of the time.

Ford is still obsessed with Mickey Mouse.  Today he was very concerned because he said his spaceship was stuck in North Carolina.  I asked him where he had heard about North Caroline and he told me God taught it to him.  I mean what can you say to that??

I can’t seem to make Ford understand that cartoons aren’t real.  He seems to think that Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Daisy, and the entire gang can come play at our house.  I gave up on that argument.  He thinks we are going to Mars soon to see them and to find Martian Mickey.  I have decided to just go with it.  I can’t convince him or destroy his dreams of a trip to Mars with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse gang!

Ford woke up from his nap yesterday and was on the couch eating his snack.  He said, “Momma, does God have a big bottom?”  Ford talks about God and Heaven a lot and I have explained that God is REALLY big and can see everyone, everywhere, all the time.  He still is having a hard to grasping that concept.  I guess if he thinks he’s big then he has a big bottom too!!!

Ford went to the Ole Miss vs. Auburn game with Trey, Puddin, and Pops.

 

Miss Jodie and Ford    She’s the sweet girl who took him to school last year when Fancy was in Jackson.

 

Watching the game

 

SAUSAGE and CHEESE ROLL-UPS

1 pound sausage
1 pound Velveeta cheese
3 cans of crescent rolls

Cook and drain the sausage.  Return the sausage to the skillet.  Heat the cheese in the microwave for 1 minute.  Then add the cheese to sausage.  Stir until melted.  Put one spoonful of mixture into a crescent roll and roll them up.  Cook for 15-20 minutes.

 

Learning about patterns by playing with sand art

 

We went to play at our church gym one afternoon with a friend.  Being at home all the time can get boring.  They had a lot of room to run and play.

 

We went looking for rain boots at Shoe Carnival.  We didn’t find boots, but they had a fire truck to play on.

 

Feeding the ducks and geese with Gran

 

Daddy and Ford before they head to the game in Oxford