Party, party, party

Look Mom, I am standing!

Xavier loves pulling himself up on just about anything, even me! I had to put him in his 9 month velour sleeper before it doesn't fit any longer.....kid is getting too long for his britches!

Xavier on his cousin's horsey.

Jake, Xavier, Cousins Bill and Graham and Uncle Jim

(the McDonald's are all IU fans but the Knott's were sporting their PU tees)

Friday night we were in Lafayette for my friend Kathy's 30th Birthday. It was somewhat bittersweet as the party was held at Raymer's other bar, Riverside Sports Bar and Music Venue down in the levee. Jake thought about boycotting in honor of Stack's but at the end of the day we all know he won't turn down an in-expensive good draft beer! So party on!

My favorite cover band, Hairbanger's Ball plays there once a month, along with Mike and Joe. Lacey and I decided one Wednesday night we are having a girls night out on campus-no babies or boys! (pictures from that evening to follow later)

Schmuck, hope you had a great day!

Saturday we went to Bill's surprise 40th birthday party. He was definitely surprised! After that we headed to the Waggoner's for Graham's big 1st B-day bash!

We had 71 years of birthdays to celebrate this weekend!

Little Miss Chloe has still NOT made an appearance, so it looks like after the 6 am induction tomorrow she will arrive as scheduled! We can't wait to meet her! Pictures of her will be posted as soon as I can!

Labor Day Weekend

So close to crawling......he took 2 little crawls both yesterday and today, so probably this week he will be in full crawl mode. Yay for him, maybe not so much for me! :)

Cousin Rob L-O-V-E-D playing with Xavier this weekend. Rob is my cousin Mel's fiance. I would guess after the wedding next year a little one won't be too far off in their future!

A true Purdue fan! Ashley came to the game 3 cm dilated among some other female/birthing things I won't talk about on the blog. Okay she didn't actually go into the hot game, but came to the tailgate! She had to wear her trademarked shirt, One in the Boiler! Little CW had his junior Boilermaker shirt on also. He is looking forward to wearing this outfit again in 2 weeks when Notre Dame comes to town! CW also ate like a tailgater, just munched on snacks all day and never really ate a full meal!
So far no baby Chloe though....she is still baking for a bit longer!

Xavier looks like he is stuffed in those pants! His Harry's shirt though, fits just fine!

Other than crawling, he really likes to stand up. You try to sit him down and he sort of stiffens his legs! Jake and I watched him pull himself up today on his music table thing. He also actually let go for about 4 seconds and then tumbled to the floor, which he didn't care for, but all was well! He decided he wasn't in the sleeping mood Saturday night around 8 when he was supposed to go to sleep! So I let him play until about 10 and then he crashed and he slept until 5:30am! Last night he was 9 to 2:30. So maybe we are making some progress. His drool is back in full force though so I am quite certain some more teeth are on the way! Xavier had his first over-night last Wednesday with Gigi and Opa. Jake and I went out for a nice anniversary dinner and had a great time! I wish the weather were nicer this weekend so we could get some last swimming of the season in, but no luck. Leave it to the wonderful Indiana weather.......we haven't had a Friday-Saturday-Sunday good weather combo since at least June! We did make it to the Claxton lake house yesterday for one last outing on the boat. It is so funny to watch Caden as he learns new things. He loved pushing the horn on the boat and his cousin loved doing it too!

Okay, well next post will hopefully be announcing the arrival of Chloe! Stay tuned!

Oh yeah, and Congrats to my friend Kiley, she is expecting #2 in March 2010 and my friend Anne who is expecting #1 in February 2010!

Happy 2 Year Anniversary

To the original love of my life!

(always, I just have 2 loves now)

Aruba 2007

I can't believe....

That the Fall is already upon us! That football season starts this weekend! That Xavier will be 7 months old in 2 weeks!

I can believe though that the Knott family heads to sunny Florida in a little over 5 weeks!

Hoo-ray!

And a BIG HOO-RAY for my cousin Mel and her new fiance Rob!!! He proposed last night and she said yes! They already have a date set, 10-2-10! (I think someone was thinking ahead.....)

Last night Xavier didn't really want to go to sleep at bed-time. He took an 1.5 hour nap for Gigi in the morning and just a snap (short nap) in the afternoon so I thought for sure he would go to sleep super fast. No dice. Here he is just wanting to play at 9pm last night. The night before he woke up every 2 hours so you would think that the kid would have been tired. He get's his need for excitement honestly though, Thanks Daddy! :)

Xavier loves playing with all his toys!

He tries to pull himself with whatever is nearby, the exer-saucer, the music table, my leg...this kid is going to be on the move!

Cousin Caden comes over on Tuesdays with Aunt Ash, while Gigi is babysitting. Xavier loves to just watch him play and sometimes gets in on the action. Caden is growing up so fast too, he looks like a 5 year old!

All in all, everything is great in the Knott household. Except for Xavier not sleeping through the night (we thought we had him...but spoke too soon!) and just not wanting to fall asleep for naps, everything else is great! Although he has been asleep right now for 2 hours. We of course were going to go meet Daddy though at the gym and go for an evening swim. That is how it usually works! If I hope he takes a nice nap so I can get things done, he doesnt. If I make plans to go somewhere or do something, he takes a long nap! If anyone has any sleep suggestions, other than crying it out, let me know! I have tried music, the Ferber method (just a little) and rocking! Pretty much the only way he falls asleep for naps is by me bouncing him and singing to him! And the car! I can't forget that he still falls asleep in the car. Sometimes I can get him out without waking him and sometimes he wakes up as soon as I pick up the carrier out of the car.
Xavier doesn't miss any meals. We are going to try out some 2nd foods by Gerber this weekend, see how he likes Turkey gravy and something. Yum!

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Miss Chloe! We will find out more tomorrow hopefully on whether Ashley is going to be induced or waits it out!


Here is Ashley at 36 weeks with Caden

Here is Ashley this week, at 36 weeks with Chloe. Chloe is a little more basketball shape that CW was......but we just can't wait until she makes her debut shortly!

Everyone have a great weekend!

37 Years

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!

Summer Travels & 6 Months!

It won't be too long before my little man is on the move. He can get up on all fours and rock a little. He does 360's on his belly and rolls from one place to the other! As soon as he figures out he can make his arms and legs work together.....I am in trouble! My coffee table behind Xavier is being taken to my parents garage this weekend!

Xavier turned 6 months last week! I know, already! Where does the time go? He weighed in at 18 pounds, 14 ounces and 28.5 inches long.

Xavier LOVES to watch his Cousin Caden play. Caden is pretty good about sharing or giving Xavier toys to play with. We went home last weekend for Jake's 10 year High School Reunion!
Two weekends ago my mom and I made the trip to Detroit with Xavier! It was a nice weekend and we helped Josh get settled in his new bachelor pad (sort of). He is painting most of his new condo so we couldn't hang anything on the walls yet. While the trip driving 5 hours with a 6 month old was not terrible, it was also not great. I think Xavier's max driving time is between 2-3 hours.
Saturday morning we got to visit with my friends Rachel and Beth who both live in the Detroit area and they got to meet Xavier. Beth brought her beautiful new son Henry and of course her sweet husband Chris.

Friday night we watched Uncle Prez play co-ed kickball. Here he is in action.

Gigi and Xavier

If we are outside, Xavier is a happy boy!

Overall we had a great trip. The first night Xavier slept pretty well in his play-yard. However, Saturday night was a different story....he woke up just about every hour all night long. This was because he had developed his first cold. It is so hard because there really is nothing you can do but hold and soothe him.
Xavier is still waking up once or twice a night these days. Dr Jim says to just let him cry.....I haven't listened to him yet. He is getting better about taking some daytime naps though, he takes a mid-morning nap and usually takes a 2-3 hour nap in the early afternoon.
He loves to be outside! So far he is still enjoying falling asleep in his car seat too! He has almost out-grown the infant seat though, his feet are just about to the edge and his head looks huge in there.

Okay, well better start working........more next week!

McDonald Family Reunion

Last weekend we went down to Rough River State Park in Kentucky for Jake's mom's family reunion. The Lake was beautiful

Grandi, Xavier and Aunt Irene.

We have the oldest McDonald and the youngest McDonald family member. Well technically Xavier is not the youngest, cousin Graham is by 11 days but Graham didn't show up until Saturday, so for an evening X was the youngest!

Xavier in the pool! As long as it is warm he loves being in the water!

Last night we saw our good friends Jessica and Cooper! They were in town visiting her brother and family. We also got to see PJ and Kyle's cute little girl Campbell.
Xavier is pretty much sitting up on his own and he has been eating veggies for a couple weeks. I decided to try out all the veggies first before introducting fruits, but fruits are next week! He has also found his lungs and by that I mean the higher pitched scream he likes to do every now and then! He has been "talking" forever it seems, but now all of a sudden he enjoys a good scream! It was so cute to see him and Cooper "talking" to each other last night!
Xavier had been going to bed at 7:30 every night for a couple weeks but the last two nights he has decided he wants to stay up later! He still wants to wake up around 6:30-7 though to start the day-so no more sleeping in for mommy........although he is napping right now. But I just have to many things to do! Gigi, Xavier and I are going to see Uncle Prez tomorrow up in Detroit-Rock City. We also get to see my good friends Beth and her little guy Henry and my lil-sis Rachel!