Weekend Fun!

Look at me! All I want to do is stand up. I can't quite figure out how to get back to the floor once I am up, but I love to walk around the entertainment center and reach and grab for everything that used to be there! (Mom moved it!)

He officially crawled on Friday, or I say officially. He crawled out of his room to the other room where I was, later he crawled from the living room to the kitchen and all weekend he crawled and crawled.

I think there is only 1 bum there, but it looks like a couple!

We love Kenny!

Nothing says a good time like watching a concert in a suite!

At least he is smiling in this one....every other picture of the 2 of us, he had to make some silly face!

Kathy getting crazy!

Xavier had his 2nd overnight this weekend and went and stayed with Grandi and Pops. They said they enjoyed every minute of it!
Other than we still just can't get the hang of consistent naps, bed-time and sleeping through the night, Xavier is doing well. He doesn't miss many meals! Like his daddy says, he really enjoys Triple X late night, hmm......I know someone else known for scarfing down B&G and some fries late night.
We go to Florida in a couple weeks so we are really looking forward to relaxing and seeing what X does in the sand and the pool. It has been awhile since we have been to a pool, but he still loves his baths! He still only has his bottom 2 teeth, he drools like crazy again so hopefully he is getting more and that explains his late night awakenings....
I don't know what I am going to do when the crappy Indiana cold arrives as Xavier loves to be outside. We take a nightly walk before bed so I am either going to be bundling him up or not going out, have to see just how cold it gets!
Boilers play the Irish this weekend and its 8pm game=long day of tailgating!
Uncle Prez is coming to town so we are excited to see him and he will get to meet miss Chloe. Little Chlo has her days and nights mixed up some still. And she likes to eat about every 1.5-2 hours, been there! Poor Ash is making it through but it is rough! We are taking her on an outing to Target tomorrow! More later.
Boiler Up! Toot, Toot!

She's Here!!

Miss Chloe was born at 12:10pm (I owe Jake lunch....he said 12:12, he is such a great guesser). She weighed in at 8 pounds, 1 ounce and 21.5 inches long. I took Brady lunch at 11:30 or so and by the time I got back to the hospital she was here! I think she pushed for maybe 10 minutes?? Mom, dad and baby are doing well. Caden is not really interested in her. Every time we would ask if he wanted to see the baby he would say, No. Maybe later!

Happy Family!

So precious

She is just a perfect looking girl, reminds me of her mom!

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!