Buddies...

So, easily my favorite time of day is when Abby Kate wakes in the morning and Bo and I go into her room to get her up (she still won't get out of bed unless we come get her which is SOOOO nice).  She adores her Bubby and wants me to put him in bed with her every morning.  The above pictures are what transpires daily.  And it fills my cup.  Overflows it really.  I cannot tell you what it does to my heart to watch these two together.  They literally adore one another.  Bo lights up when Abby Kate enters a room and she patiently (98% of the time) plays and entertains him.  We have daily dance parties in the afternoon and yesterday I was holding Bo and we were all dancing and literally, he was climbing me and laughing SO hard every time Abby Kate danced close to us.  It was one of my favorite memories ever.  We all three were giggling so hard we all got the hiccups.  I pray that they will always be heart friends.  That they will love one another unconditionally, will faithfully stand beside the other, championing them.  I am sure they will go through stages of discord, but prayerfully they will be short-lived and the adoration that is present will last until death.  Oh the precious, precious blessing of siblings!

Quick Update

Thanks for the advice and for emailing me!  SOOOO helpful.  Just a quick update on it (if you care) and HUGE praise!  I lead a Bible study on Thursday mornings at our church and Bo ate early this morning so he would need to eat again during the study.  I threw in 3 oz bottle thinking if, and I mean IF, they could get him to take the bottle, it could hold him off until I was finished.  Well, they called me and said he had taken all of the bottle and was still hungry!  I was literally in shock.  AND, he slept wonderfully last night.  God is so good!

Advice...

I would love, love, LOVE any and all advice pertaining to the following...
So I leave in 1 month for 4 days with my precious best college girlfriends.  I literally am beside myself with excitement.  However I have a few items that MUST be taken care of before I can fly away completely without care.  And thus the needed advice.
1.  How do you get a 7 month old to take a bottle?  He literally just plays with it.  He chews and maybe sucks once or twice.  I usually can get him to take 1/2 an ounce.  BIG, big deal.  I need him to be able to eat while I am gone.
2.  How do you get the forementioned 7 month old to sleep through the night?  I am pumping enough milk to have a night feed but would SO love it to be eliminated before I go.  I know he does not need the calories.  He will not take a paci so there is not a little way I can soothe him.  He has had 6 ear infections since he was 3 months old so I have been told by my pedi not to let him cry it out.  I put him down awake for naps and most bedtimes.  We have a consistent bedtime rountine.  He knows how to put himself to sleep.  He takes 2, 1.5-2 hour naps.  He goes down about 6:30-7 pm and usually wakes anywhere from 10:30-12.  If he wakes on the early end, he usually wakes again around 4-5am.  The first waking is usually a 5 alarm cry.  The second I can usually leave him.  I have no idea how to help him nor do I know what is waking him.  Would love any help!

Our life in Pictures (lately)....

Trying our first solid (besides cereal), sweet potatoes 

Not so sure we loved them...and he got super snotty after this so we are holding off on sweet potatoes for a while longer.  It would be extremely odd if he doesn't love these seeing as they are the only vegetable his sister will eat...

Sissy "putting him down for his nap" (bless his heart)

Trying out bangs (she is so super observant and always notices when someone has bangs) and I am not ready to let her cut them so we do this about 100 times a day

Tin Girl (title she named herself)

Another one crazy about his big cousin.  We all ADORE Kourt!

Abby Kate LOVES holding Bo!  So funny seeing as he looks about as big as she does!

So we are about back on track.  We went through a hairy week last week.  I am not sure if it was from vaccinations or what but Bo started waking a ton through the night and would not go back to sleep without nursing.  He was snotty and miserable, I got super sick (double ear infection and respiratory infection) AND Bobby and the rest of my family went to Vegas so I was a bit exhausted.  My sweet mother in law, sister in law and Kourtney came up over the weekend to help and then my sweet Mom stayed a few days to help me catch up on sleep.  I am SO blessed!  We are now back on track praise the Lord!

More sledding pics....

What fun snow brings!!!  Thanks to our sweet buddy Shane for taking the pics!

Scooting....

I LOVE this one.  He was just chatting away and he often surprises himself which makes me laugh so hard....

Just had an impromptu photo session as Bo attempted to crawl again.  Oh my life is about to change!!!  He is beginning to become so much more vocal and is scooting everywhere.  And if you click on the last pic, you can see his new little tooth!