Seth is 1/2!

our little brother has hit the half way mark to a year! he is the cutest baby and the sweetest little boy around!

his life consists of sleeping, eating, and joining in on the crazy fun! i remember the hoops i tried to make natalie and even caleb jump through to make sure they were "developmentally on track" bah ha ha! this kid gets nothin but love on the fly! =o] 

he has started busting out of his swaddle and turning over to sleep on his stomach. i also used to have a strict "never disturb a sleeping baby" policy but inevitably caleb forgets something in his room during naptime or after putting seth to bed so i have to sneak in, or i would have never seen this little gem. 

really the only sweet unhurried time i have with seth is when i am putting him to sleep. i get the kids started on something and then take my time swaddling him up and singing him a song and rocking him and stroking his cheek and hair. he smiles at me so sweet and even sings along most days. adorable right? nursing seth is not a peaceful experience thanks to his siblings, poor little guy. and while nursing him to sleep each evening i have the bad habit of being on fb or reading my sisters and cousins blogs on my phone. rough life.

seth LOVES bath time! which only happens once a week so he can be squeaky clean for the sabbath! mother of the year, right? i now have a picture just like this of all four of our kids with this same towel and everything =o]

he likes going to disneyland, or at least he doesn't complain about being in the baby back pack for the day. all of our kids have done this thing we call "silent survival mode"- maybe that is what he id doing! lol! really though, i think he enjoys all the sights and sounds smells of a different place. 

seth spends most of his awake time eating. i love this one of him just chillin in his chair like 'bring it on' lol seriously though he loves food and i'm hoping it will show on the scale at his next appointment!

whenever we brushed teeth in the mornings he would freak out because he wanted to be included in the fun! so we got him a toothbrush of his own so now he won't feel left out =o]

every day we do PE for natalie's school and he loves being outside in the sunshine! this day though it was really windy so i put up his hood and the kids just thought it was hilarious for some reason and all had to get their jackets with hoods and put them on. so i had to take a picture =o]

and here is some of seth just being his smiley self. sadly changing diapers and clothes is another one of the few times in the day when he has my (sometimes!) undivided attention so i have to shower him with love at those times too. hopefully it balances out. 

he is putting everything he can get his hands on into his mouth. he likes doing our 7 minute workout each morning (or at least looks extremely entertained as the kids and i exercise while he watches from his playmat). he likes to read books with us before quiet/nap time. he LOVES the rare occasion of seeing kent before going to bed and seriously just watches him all day on saturday and sunday lol! he is so much fun to have around!

we tried to take some pictures of him on sunday but it was kind of a fail. this blurry off-centered one is the best we got without someone else's face also in the picture...

like this. 

or this. 

eventually we just went with it. 

WE LOVE YOU SETH!! happy 1/2!