6 Months!

By how late I am in doing Jaemus' 6 month blog gives you an idea of how busy we have been. December has gone by too fast and I want a longer Christmas season! We have been having fun enjoying the festivities and loving this rain!

On the 11th our little "guy-guy" (what Bailey calls him) turned 6 months old and I cannot believe how fast he is growing up. The second child definitely grows up faster and I can hardly believe that he is already through half his first year of life.

He is eating baby food now and it has made meal times a lot more fun. He is usually pretty fussy when we eat but now that he sits with us and participates in meal times he is full of joy. He laughs at Bailey and loves when she feeds him too. So far he surprisingly prefers the veggies and actually will spit the fruity foods back, spraying the table and myself.

Jaemus' new favorite activities are his bouncer that he has gained some pretty good hops in. He also loves his feet! He will play with his feet by trying to eat them or taking off his socks and eating those or just holding them and rocking back and forth. If you do Yoga- you will be familiar with the "Happy Baby" pose- definitely know where that came from.

His favorite toys are his lady bug, Sophie the giraffe, and a soft ball that has tags on it.

Jaemus is a lot of fun and has a really sweet personality. He loves to cuddle and he laughs and smiles most of the day. He has been easy peazie with naps and eating and rarely gives us a hard time. He likes to be moved around a lot and have changes of activity and scenery so when he has the freedom to crawl, I think he will be feeling pretty good.

Thanksgiving at Apple Farm

Our Thanksgiving morning began at 4:30am as we carried our sleepy kids into our heated minivan to begin our four hour drive to San Luis Obispo. Bailey actually stayed awake most of the drive full of excitement about our sneaky adventure in the break of dawn. We enjoyed the smooth and scenic drive up the 101 with our coffee's, quality conversation, and the sun rise over the ocean. A great time to reflect on all we have to be thankful for. The one thing we weren't thankful for was Brandon's first speeding ticket that he got on this same drive. The trick is to stay in the pack, because even as we were getting pulled over at 8:00am thanksgiving morning, other cars were passing us faster than 65 - it was a sass that kind of bummed out the morning for a bit - but things quickly got better as we arrived at Apple Farm.

Apple Farm Inn is an adorable country styled place which was fully decorated on every corner with Christmas decorations. Their shops are filled with endless amounts of items to look at that inspired me to want to host lots and lots of Christmas parties. We enjoyed a delicious traditional Thanksgiving meal and I was thankful that I actually was able to sit through the whole meal! Jaemus slept and Bailey didn't have to pee once!

Coffee, tea, and cider are served all day in the lobby and at night they put out hot chocolate and freshly made cookies. Just what we needed after some apple pie right? yum yum. They also had a fun activity of hunting for Dash their Christmas elf. He was hidden in the gift shop and if you find him you win a pie and t-shirt. We hunted down this elf for over and hour! This shop is huge and so full of decor that it really seemed hopeless. It probably would have been too if the nice lady who worked there had not been giving us clues and finally actually showed Bailey in a way that made Bailey believe she found him. We took home the t-shirt and boysenberry pie due to Bailey's cuteness.

Over the weekend we enjoyed Bikes rides

Gopher Glen Apple Farm- brought home yummy treats and baking apples.

Avila Valley Barn- they had the cutest cow. Yes, I said cow. It looked like a stroy book cow or like Clarabell the cow from Disney.

We went to Solvang for half the day on Friday and visited this adorable cute old fashion school that is still in use today.

Went on a hike to a waterfall that was tucked away in the back of the hills.

Thanksgiving was lovely and it was great to spend time with my parent's and have a refreshing weekend away.