6 months/17 months

Confused?  I think about the 5th of the month often it indicates the month mark for Tyson's first year and the months left for Gracie's treatment.
Tyson is 6 months old today!  What a sweet little boy he is.  We LOVE him so much.  He had his first taste of rice cereal about 2 1/2 weeks ago and loved it when it was mixed with breastmilk.  Liked it ok with formula (who wants to pump every day for cereal) and really seems to like the squash/sweet potatoes he's had.  He no longer wants rice cereal unless it's mixed with the vegetables. 
He is extremely vocal.  Often I have to wait for a time before I can explain something to Todd or even Gracie because he's just looking at us and cooing soo loudly.  It's kind of funny but it seriously is loud.  Cute boy.  He's starting to scooch his feet forward and push his bum in the air.  He rolls all over and seems to have a strong connection with Mom.  He sees me everywhere I go and typically wants to be held. 

Gracie loves to help with EVERYTHING and loves Tyson!

Gracie has 17 months of treatment left today...the countdown continues. 

This is what happens when you work on a sleep schedule that stops at 18 months old and doesn't start again for 9 months...haha jokes on us she doesn't remember EVER having one.  But I'm happy to report things are MONUMENTALLY better than they were for those 9 months.  It's taken me LOTS of work and LOTS of keeping her awake for MANY hours and waking her up etc but she now sleeps typically from 10-4 or even longer without waking up yes we usually lay by her til she falls asleep but we'll take it.  At least she doesnt' think its a nap and wake up 2 hours later for several hours in the middle of the night. 

Gracie found her old car seat and decided to put it next to him and lay in it while I was packing for the park.  Those cute little kids melt my  heart....I love them to pieces.  We spent every sunny day at the park this week, and all enjoyed it!!  Hoping for more park time this week!  Tyson even had his first try at the swing at the park on Saturday and both Tyson and Gracie enjoyed it!

My thought for the week by Elder Maxwell

"Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for."