6 Months! November 24, 2009

Will turned 6 months last week Tuesday. Time flies!

 

He is starting to cut a tooth, so nightime has been a bit of a challenge lately. Especially because dad is hesitant to give him Tylenol in fear of him overdosing Silly dad!

 

Will has gotten quite good at his solid intake. Although the pears didn’t go over too well, he has taken a liking to orange veggies. He LOVES sweet potatos and carrots! Green beans are just ok, but not a fan of peas. I think we are going to try bananas next!

 

His 6 month stats:

Weight : 10% (14 lbs 11 oz)

Height : 25 3/4” (10-25%)

Head circ : 25-50%.

6 month pics November 9, 2009

This past weekend, we traveled up to Milwaukee for Will’s 6 month pictures. My extremely talented friend, Jenica Wolski, captured some absolutely BEAUTIFUL pictures! She sent me a few of her favs last night, and Joe and I were  just in awe! Jenica – you are a true talent!

 

Seriously, if you are in the market for pictures I HIGHLY recommend her! She also does weddings too

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Halloween! November 3, 2009

Halloween was a success!

I spent all night cooking Halloween cookies and pumpkin bread to hand out to our neighbors. We took Will for a walk around the neighborhood during trick or treat hours. There were so many kids out and about! It was a great time!

Joe and I walked to the local coffee shop for a little warm treat. We saw someone spinning cotton candy at their door. These houses go ALL out!

We finished the day by attending our neighbor’s Halloween party. It was great and Will looked ravishing in his dinosaur outfit!

I had some misc videos on the computer that Joe wanted me to post…so here they are:

Monkeying around in the park…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWVctDFvT8U

Mom and Will Sick Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4EbQdi6d_g

Jumperoo fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPtP8k-dI3c

All the rage! November 2, 2009

Gone are the days of only needing some pre-fold Gerber diapers, wipes, a few outfits, and car seat – these days it seems there is EVERYTHING for any possible child rearing need.

 

Boppys, breast pumps, infant positioners, Bumbos, wipe warmers…. you name it, we have it.

 

 

Our house looks like Babies R Us threw up all over it. We have SO much stuff! It also seems like are constantly accumulating more as he gets older.

 

 

The newest things that I have read about that  are all the rage with all the moms are Sophie, the Winkel, and foam play mats.

 

 

I totally get the need for the mats…being as we live in a place with hardwoods. See, I already said NEED. Do we NEED it? Probably not, but I easily convince myself otherwise.

 

 

Sophie and the Winkel…now those are debatable in my books. Sophie is this teething giraffe that is made out of organic rubber. She looks kind of cute, is probably better to chew on vs the hard plastic … but is she WORTH $20?

 

 

I convinced myself that a tummy time mat would make Will love tummy time. Big fat $40 fail.

 

 

Is a $20 teether going to make teething any easier for him? I’m not quite convinced. A lady actually posed the statement, “if $20 can help my little one get through this tough stage in his/her life, then I am selfish for even considering otherwise.”

 

 

WHAAAATTTT??? That is down right delusional in my books.

 

 

Part of me thinks that he would love it, then the common sense in me realizes that it will end up being a $20 dog toy.

 

I *think* we will be just fine, with OR without Ms Sophie or the Winkel…

A Day in the Park October 26, 2009

I finally was able to get the Shutterfly site to work, so more pictures are posted out there.

 

http://mamapapapipmake3.shutterfly.com/1082

 

Tonight Will had peas for the first time. It was the first food we have tried since pears last week. Hopefully tomorrow won’t yield the same pear result!

 

This past weekend was another bust. Will was sick, and so were we   Will spiked a fever Saturday, so we had to stay in for dinner. We ended up ordering in which was a nice treat.  The weather turned Sunday, it was gorgeous! Even though Will was still sleepy, snotty, and coughing we still took him out to the park. He (and we!) needed the fresh air. Joe pushed him in the swing – we had a good time.

 

We even got to witness the escapades of Princess Norah (some 4ish blonde) and King Pedro (her long-haired chihuahua) – hilarious! I hope that boys play pretend like that. Some of my best childhood memories are from playing Double Dare, Great America, and Star Wars – hehehe!

Mama called the doctor and the doctor said… October 22, 2009

No more Pip Squeaks jumping on the bed!

 

Busy. Crazy busy. And sick.

 

Can’t forget sick. It is the never-ending sickness in our house. First, I am out with the flu for a week. Then Pip got croup. I am sick again! Then Will had an allergic reaction to pears! Apparently it is true, the first winter is killer. We are still in fall though, so I can only imagine what we are in store for. Joe is out-of-town for training in Maryland…at this point he is probably debating returning to this germ infested abode.

 

Will was pretty darn sick though. It was tough on all of us. He could barely breathe, and we spent a lot of time in the bathroom with the hot water running.

 

Will officially turned 5 months last Saturday. Hello time machine, where are you?! PLEASE slow down time, um now! Um thank you….or not. 6 months is creeping up too fast. We have a jam-packed next few weeks. Halloween is next weekend, and we were invited to a costume party. It should be fun, except we need to figure out costumes (BARF). Also, please advise if you have costume ideas for me that don’t include sexy in the title. There is no way my fat butt is wearing a mini skirt with knee highs. :::GAG::: The weekend after that includes a trip up to Milwaukee for 6 month pictures, and getting to see a fabulous friend before her trip to India. We also need to find Will’s outfit for said pictures. I have a few ideas…
http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=8777&vid=1&pid=682325
http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=49953&vid=1&pid=698454&scid=698454002
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http://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=49953&vid=1&pid=698545&scid=698545002
http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445982331&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306252736&bmUID=1256236991721&productSizeSelected=0
http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445983814&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306252797&bmUID=1256237127190&productSizeSelected=0
http://www.gymboree.com/shop/dept_outfit.jsp?pick=NONE&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306252763&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445978123&bmUID=1256237152107&productSizeSelected=0

 

Yeah…way too much thought into this. I also am thinking that whatever he wears for the pictures can be used for his festive holiday outfit as well – multifunctional, people! Choices, choices!

 

Joe comes home tonight. Whew. I am exhausted from being sick, taking care of Will, Porky, and the house.

 

FYI Joe – the bed was made every stinking morning. So there. Here’s a Pip fix while I am at it (I am still having technical difficulties with the shutterfly site).

Pip’s New Trick October 11, 2009

First, look how cute he is!!!!

 

Pip started this trick last week Friday, and it was really neat that he actually did it for the first time for us!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1XnVuFQ14

This new “trick” has caused us a little bit of worry when it comes time for sleeping, but it exciting that he is starting to do these “big boy” things! He is even starting to pull up his legs like he wants to crawl! Aye!!!

A wonderful weekend October 11, 2009

:::sigh:::

 

It was a wonderful weekend. Despite the cold weather, we managed to have an enjoyable time pumpkin hunting and costume shopping!

 

Pip got his first pumpkin! We went to Wagner Farm on Saturday and picked up a Mommy and Daddy pumpkin, and a baby Pip baby pumpkin. Yeah, we are dorks

 

Pip was also decked out appropiately in his pumpkin onesie and hat, courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa.

 

Joe and I also had a wonderful, and much needed, night on the town. We had a blast at the Melting Pot. We enjoyed the food, conversation, and shared a lot of laughs. We were planning on going to Dave and Busters after dinner, but dinner took 4 hours and we were exhausted and ready for bed. Our bedtime is now 11, shuttie

 

We also picked up Will’s costume. As much as I wanted him to be the lobster – special reference to Phoebe and the lobster from Friends, it was too big. It only came in 6-9 and up. So we went with this (0-3 month!).

 

I am working on getting more pics up on our Shutterfly site, but I can’t sign in for some reason. Hmph.

Trick or Treat September 29, 2009

31 more days til Halloween!

 

Call us crazy, but we have been discussing halloween costumes for the past month now!

 

Help us decide what Pip should be for Halloween!

 

Lobster

Yoda

Spider

Wizard of Oz Flying Monkey

Fish

Sweet Pea

 

Vote Now!

Happy Little Trees September 28, 2009

Will might just be the next Bob Ross.

Daddy and Will also made an art project. Joe tried to make purple out of the red and blue, but it turned out black – oopps!