Indoor yard sales are all the rage! February 6, 2010

We had our sale today. Huge success! Now we just need to figure out what to sit on for the next 2 weeks!

Tomorrow we are going to my girlfriend’s house for a Super Bowl party. Will is a par-tay animal, so it should be a good time! I think he will have a blast because he gets playtime with his good buddy Wyatt.

We are supposed to be moving in less than 2 weeks. Joe is getting nervous because there is still a lot left to be done on the place. I agree, a bit nerve wracking. UGH. I am trying to think positive, and that everything will go smoothly.

Will is a crawling maniac. He wants to get into EVERYTHING. He is also pulling himself onto his knees now, which is causing a few spills, bumps, and bruises. It breaks our heart, but I guess that is part of growing up.

I have a video of his cruising on FB, so if you are my friend, you can view it there! Otherwise, I will try to get it on YouTube soon – it just takes forever to upload!

8 months and counting January 28, 2010

Time is going by WAY too fast. I think all of my blog posts start out like that.

I don’t even know where to start! We have been busy needless to say. We are trying to get things packed, sold (I am going to have an indoor yard sale next weekend!), and ready for the big day 3 weeks from now. We are really ready to be in the new place. I was hoping that Will would wait to start crawling until we moved in, but he obviously has a mind of his own!

He hasn’t been crawling a whole lot for us, but he is really moving around a lot more than ever!

I have pictures that have been uploading for the past 1/2 hour – and they are only 1/2 done. So I will only get 7 month pics up on the Shutterfly site. You will have to wait for the weekend for 8 month…if I have time.

I feel bad that I haven’t kept up with the blog as much as I would have liked, but I feel like I barely have time to take a shower let alone get on the computer. Anyways…

I would also like to ask for everyone’s prayers. An amazing little angel went to heaven today, and with SO much reason to have anger towards God, this family has more faith and trust than I have ever witnessed. This is my friend Tracey’s niece. We have all been following her story ever since she has been born. An incredible miracle.  A truly amazing family, and I am so sorry for their loss. Read about Zoe’s fight at http://www.batiansila.blogspot.com/

It makes you step back, appreciate your loved ones, and reaccess your relationship with our maker. Zoe had one amazing purpose.

It’s been a long time January 9, 2010

The holidays make for a whirlwind of a month. It seems like we have been nonstop!

This past month has been full of trips to Wisconsin and West Virginia to see the Grandparents, Aunties, and Uncles. We have been to visit Santa, had sicknesses amongst all 3 of us, started eating puffs, and mastered the skill of sitting up.

W did awesome unwrapping his Christmas presents – he was extremely excited about his visit from Santa on Christmas Eve!

It was truly a wonderful Christmas, and we enjoyed our first Christmas as a family.

Pip has grown and learned at amazing rates. I can’t believe that he is 7.5 months already! He is *almost* crawling – it will be any day now. He has mastered many skills – our favorite is his insistence of being held throughout the night. The crying… no. The SCREAMING. GAH! I am currently listening to his joyous screams. I feel awful letting him cry like that, but he already knows that he can manipulate us. Whatever happened to our great sleeper?

I was hoping that my next sentence would be starting with hopefully things will be slowing down… yea right! I think that I have also forgotten to mention that we will be moving mid February. This next month, I am sure, will be udder chaos! We are excited, just insanely busy! Hopefully I can log in a few times to post updates.

So, from my family to yours, Merry Christmas everyone!

Oh the places we go! November 30, 2009

Will had his first plane ride, well out of utero.

 

He did fantastic! People commented on how great of a baby he was – one of the best they ever had on a flight. I can’t say that I am all that suprised!

 

We had a great Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for this year! I don’t even know where to start, but I am thankful for the health of our family and for how everything essentially fell into place this past year.

 

Will had a great time at the farm, and loved visiting with Grandma and Grandpa B. He even got to pet a chicken…and the poor chicken almost had a bald spot. Opps!

 

Will has been doing so many things over the last few weeks. He is a bouncing madman in his jumperoo. He also is pulling and playing with toys in a much more interactive way. He can feed himself his own bottle. He also likes to turn the pages by himself when we read books! Just today he has also started scooting – pulling up his knees and reaching forward. I think we are going to have a crawler before we know it!

 

Here is a favorite pic of mine from the last few weeks.

We also have the shutterfly site updated with pics.

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=676434
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).