It's only been about nine months since I last posted. Really?! Why am I so bad about blogging? I've made a goal for myself to try to blog at least three times a week. Our family's life isn't that exciting, but my kids are ridiculously cute and growing/changing everyday. I find them fascinating and adorable and I like to assume everyone else does also.
So, for updates since August 15, 2010.
Baby Girl was born on November 5th. That's a pretty major event I probably should have blogged about. I was in labor for a whopping four hours from start to finish. She was long and lean from the beginning - 6lbs 12oz and 21 inches long. She slept through the night by 4 weeks. She was quiet and we worried she would be kind of boring (after all the excitement Jackson has provided us with). She waiting forever before she was interested in eating solids - we thought she might be our picky eater. We were wrong. About EVERYTHING. She is NOT quiet - she's laying on the floor next to me right now screeching at the tops of her lungs. She is OVERFLOWING with personality. She eats EVERYTHING - and this is compared to Little Man who isn't picky, but was pickier than she is. She rolls ALL over the living room. This is no exaggeration. She literally rolls laps around the floor. She's sitting independently. She picks on her big brother ALL THE TIME. She pulls his hair, pokes at him, kicks at him - anything a little sister can do to try and bug a big brother. And we couldn't be more in love with this precious little wild woman.
Little Man turned one on August 20th. He had two birthday parties - one at the beach with family and one in September with friends. He has learned how to walk, run, and play basketball. He wants to play golf, hockey, football, anything athletic. I say "want" because he tries to do what Hubby does, but he hasn't quite mastered the hand-eye coordination yet to master them. He is obsessed with his tools and basketball goal. He will entertain himself for hours with these toys. No joke. He usually takes a tool or two to bed with him at night, along with all the construction books he can find. We have to read EVERY SINGLE construction book every night before putting him to bed. It's cute and I'm so glad he loves books as much as he does. Anytime we see a truck, train, plane, construction machine, bus, etc he grunts and points them out. When we are on runs he also points out EVERY SINGLE basketball goal (and truck) along the way. He is incredibly smart and mechanical. He doesn't talk. He has about 15 words (truck, ball, cheese, choochoo, plane, Bob Bob, etc - all "boy" things of interest to him). That's it. We finally got him to say "please". That's about it. I guess he takes after his dad, grandfather, great grandfather. Maybe it's a requirement of men in Hubby's family - you have to be a man of few words. Regardless, he is a perfect and ALL boy.
Hubby is still teaching. He's finishing up his teaching license classes this summer. He finally had surgery on his wrist (old pole vaulting injury from college). Hopefully it's healing. We'll find out more next week.
I'm still making cakes. Lots of them. Most days I love it. Some days I dread it, but it's what I do so I can stay home with my babies. That's motivation enough for me. I'm running again. I registered for the Richmond Marathon in November. Then the weather got hot. I HATE running in the heat and humidity. I guess I better suck it up though.
So, there's 9 months in a nutshell.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Life happens fast
It seems like time keeps getting away from me these days! It's already the middle of August, Little Man turns ONE in only five days, Hubby goes back to work in a week and a half, and Baby #2 will be here in approximately 12 weeks! For the longest time it seemed like our family vacation to the beach was months away, but now it's over! We intended to move Little Man into his "big boy" room upstairs by his birthday...but all I've managed to do is prime the trim, doors, and windows. I guess we'll be a little late on that one.
So, the question is, what do I do with all my time?! Cakes, chase Little Man, clean, laundry, lay on my heating pad (a gift from heaven to my aching lower back), and go to the grocery store. Every once in a while, when Little Man is napping I get a spurt of energy and get something extra done...such as the two coats of primer upstairs. It's been a blast having Hubby home for the summer and I thought it would mean I would get more done around the house, but the truth is I just enjoy spending time with my boys more than anything else!
However, it's only 12 weeks until my due date and we have a crazy to-do list to complete before then! We need to finish painting Little Man's room and move him upstairs. We also need to finish taping, sanding, and painting the new railing Hubby built upstairs in the playroom. He and his dad tore down the old and incredibly unsafe one and replaced it with a knee wall. Now we can put up a gate at the top of the stairs and we don't have to worry about Little Man crawling through the posts of the railing. Hubby and his dad are perfectionists when it comes to home improvements, so the new railing/wall is very sturdy. I need to make curtains for all the windows upstairs - I've bought the fabric, just need to get around to sewing. We also intend to kill all the grass/weeds growing in our front yard at the end of this month. Then we'll till everything up and plant all new grass. We have been fighting our lawn for almost three years now and have finally decided we just need to start over from scratch. We also gave up on growing grass under the large tree in our front yard. This summer we mulched a large bed under it and plan to plant a shade garden in September. (We considered a kitchen remodel for this summer also, but Hubby ended up not teaching summer school so we put that project on hold due to lack of funding.) So yes, LOTS to do. Time to kick it into high gear I suppose.
Little Man is starting to walk more. Today he repeatedly walked to Hubby (taking a good 10 or more steps!) and between a few other things. I'm not kidding when I say I think he was practicing and trying to perfect his abilities before showing them off publicly. There were MULTIPLE times we caught him walking when he thought we weren't looking. He's a sneaky little fellow. I guess today was the day when he felt confident enough to really show off. I'm excited for him to really start walking. I plan to spend a lot more time outside letting him run around in the yard. It was so hot and dry this summer that all our grass died. Everytime Little Man would crawl in the yard, he ended up with scrapes on his knees and legs. I figured once he's walking, this problem will mostly go away.
Our beach trip was a blast. All the grandparents, some great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins...the whole gang! Little Man loved the ocean, pool, baby pool we set up with our tents on the beach, and the sand. In fact, he loved it and all the company so much, he thought he'd wake up between 5 and 5:30 every morning to squeeze in as much of it as he could. We weren't the biggest fans, but he wakes up so cute and happy that it's hard to be too cranky. (And thank goodness for coffee.)
So, the question is, what do I do with all my time?! Cakes, chase Little Man, clean, laundry, lay on my heating pad (a gift from heaven to my aching lower back), and go to the grocery store. Every once in a while, when Little Man is napping I get a spurt of energy and get something extra done...such as the two coats of primer upstairs. It's been a blast having Hubby home for the summer and I thought it would mean I would get more done around the house, but the truth is I just enjoy spending time with my boys more than anything else!
However, it's only 12 weeks until my due date and we have a crazy to-do list to complete before then! We need to finish painting Little Man's room and move him upstairs. We also need to finish taping, sanding, and painting the new railing Hubby built upstairs in the playroom. He and his dad tore down the old and incredibly unsafe one and replaced it with a knee wall. Now we can put up a gate at the top of the stairs and we don't have to worry about Little Man crawling through the posts of the railing. Hubby and his dad are perfectionists when it comes to home improvements, so the new railing/wall is very sturdy. I need to make curtains for all the windows upstairs - I've bought the fabric, just need to get around to sewing. We also intend to kill all the grass/weeds growing in our front yard at the end of this month. Then we'll till everything up and plant all new grass. We have been fighting our lawn for almost three years now and have finally decided we just need to start over from scratch. We also gave up on growing grass under the large tree in our front yard. This summer we mulched a large bed under it and plan to plant a shade garden in September. (We considered a kitchen remodel for this summer also, but Hubby ended up not teaching summer school so we put that project on hold due to lack of funding.) So yes, LOTS to do. Time to kick it into high gear I suppose.
Little Man is starting to walk more. Today he repeatedly walked to Hubby (taking a good 10 or more steps!) and between a few other things. I'm not kidding when I say I think he was practicing and trying to perfect his abilities before showing them off publicly. There were MULTIPLE times we caught him walking when he thought we weren't looking. He's a sneaky little fellow. I guess today was the day when he felt confident enough to really show off. I'm excited for him to really start walking. I plan to spend a lot more time outside letting him run around in the yard. It was so hot and dry this summer that all our grass died. Everytime Little Man would crawl in the yard, he ended up with scrapes on his knees and legs. I figured once he's walking, this problem will mostly go away.
Our beach trip was a blast. All the grandparents, some great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins...the whole gang! Little Man loved the ocean, pool, baby pool we set up with our tents on the beach, and the sand. In fact, he loved it and all the company so much, he thought he'd wake up between 5 and 5:30 every morning to squeeze in as much of it as he could. We weren't the biggest fans, but he wakes up so cute and happy that it's hard to be too cranky. (And thank goodness for coffee.)
Life is good around here. We are so thankful for our beautiful baby boy (who isn't much of a baby anymore) and all our blessings in life. We can't wait to meet our second child in a few months (Boy or girl?! Who knows and I love that excitement!) We are thankful for our families. We are thankful Hubby has a steady job - and he is excited to be teaching Probability and Statistics instead of Algebra this year! We are thankful for each other and the love we share. Life is so much better when you're able to share it with your best friend!
Sorry this was a bit of a rambling post, but I figured it might be the best way to catch you up on our lives!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Everyday is a new adventure
We were enjoying an evening with friends on our deck, when a policeman stuck his head through the shrubs and told us to go inside. Apparently there was an "issue involving guns" on the street behind us. I started having visions of drugs, gangs, etc...but it turns out it was an elderly gentleman who had messed up his medications and was having hallucinations. He had a gun and refused to surrender it and himself to the police. It turns out it was one of the houses right behind us. Our backyard was used as a cut through so the SWAT team could surround the house. Here you can see several SWAT team members cutting through our yard. We also saw two snipers walk down our street! It was quite the ordeal for our quiet little neighborhood! Thankfully, everything turned out just fine - no shots were fired and the man surrendered around midnight.
Little Man has outgrown his infant tub and has graduated to the "big boy" tub. Bathtime is still a favorite. We just have to be even more careful with him now while he's in the tub. He does not sit still!
Post bathtime runaway. He also still loves to be naked and finds it absolutely hilarious that he can get away from us now.
Who? Me?
It's a cute little tushie.
Finally, we managed to get his PJs on and he squeezed in a few minutes of basketball practice while I made his bottle.
Tuesday we went strawberry picking. Little Man LOVES strawberries, but unfortunately they resulted in terrible diaper rash. No more strawberries for awhile.
Little Man is almost always sitting up when we go in to get him in the mornings. Sometimes he'll pull up to standing once we're in there. However, this morning was the first time we went in to find him already standing! He's growing up so fast!
All the crawling, pulling up, and standing has resulted in a lot more bumps and tears. He's taken a few big spills and even had two accidents where he bumped his mouth (and had a little blood). Thankfully, at this point all his accidents have been remedied with hugs and kisses.
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