Oh boys are so busy. They take off running from the start. Can't contain them!
Boys are loud!
Ugh boys are so dirty.
Boys are so aggressive and rough!
Eleven Months
E These Days
I'm not sure if it's on a commercial or TV show or the radio.. but someone has been playing "My Favorite Things" lately. And so it's been stuck in my head. Which has lead me to want to document what E's favorite things are lately. Because I'm sure they will change, and just the fact that he has favorite things are amazing now. For so long he was just a baby. Now he's developing opinions and it's just too cute.
TEN Months
Nick Names: Bubba, Sweetness, Love bug
Height: 28 inches (Estimated - No doctor's appointment)
Weight: 19.5 pounds (Estimated)
Special Outings: Still going to count the trip to Florida, since that was also part of this month
Visitors: Alice and family, plus we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa!
Loves: Exploring, playing with friends, trips to Target, his moo cow, mooing, the kitty
Hates: Throwing up, being hungry, not being able to sleep when he's tired
Active Denial
I don't want to talk about it. Nope. I'm so over it, so done with it, I just want it to go away. So I won't talk about how since my last post, we got another storm which dumped 30+ inches of snow. I also won't talk about how today we're supposed to get ANOTHER storm today. I'm ready to jump back on a plane with a baby and run to Florida because I would rather deal with flying than shoveling at this point. I'M DONE!
So instead, I'm going to focus on a few small moments that have happened lately.
Separation Anxiety
E's been having a rough time lately. I think he's finally entered the separation anxiety phase. (Thanks Wonder Weeks for telling me it was going to happen back in December and making me think we'd skipped it entirely..)
It's weird for all of us, because it's not his personality. He loves strangers! He's independent! But he also needs to be touching us at all times now. But still running across the room.
My Favorite Part of Vacation
There's something I love about family vacations. Especially low key ones with not a lot of plans. I'm talking the rent a house and go to the beach type vacations, as opposed to exploring a new city, every day has an itinerary type of vacations.
Something happens when you have that kind of time to spend together. To eat meals together, to get to know each other's quirks, to just be together. You get the moments that end up being my favorite memories from vacation. Not the baseball game or the children's museum or the beach - as fun as those might be.
Nine Months
Nick Names: The Bubba, Sweetness
Height: 27.75 inches (21st percentile)
Weight: 19 pounds, 4 ounces (40th percentile)
Head: 17.25 inches (15th percentile)
Special Outings: THE BIGGEST OF BIG OUTINGS! 30,000 feet in the air!! To a completely different part of the country!!!
Visitors: Becca, Oppedisanos
Loves: The Kitty, warmer weather, making friends
Hates: Getting face/nose cleaned, being tired or hungry
The Small Moments
A Weekend in the Life
Warning: This post is obnoxiously long, filled with pictures (seriously it may not even load on your phone - I actually didn't post half of what I took because it was taking so long), and maybe not be that interesting to many people, but I like to post snap shots of our life from time to time and see how they've changed. Here's a peek into our life right now (on the weekends at least)
New Trick
The Bubba
The Bubba is a funny creature. Once a baby that easily startled, he's now pretty easy going. Ice machines that used to make him cry, now make him laugh.
The Bubba can crawl now, but he'd like you to believe he can't. Until you leave your phone somewhere and then ZOOM! he's off to stick it in his mouth.
Teething, or Not
It's a weird thing, teething.
It can happen at any time, with little to no warning. And it's impossible to predict. You can guess, you can assume, but you won't really know until a tooth shows up. Oh but there are symptoms, you say. Sure - drooling, irritability, trouble sleeping, putting things in mouth, pulling at their ears... all symptoms.
January Happenings
Even though I'm quite happy that we are DONE with January, I'll look back for just a moment. It was a quiet month, with a lot of time at home, and a lot of time squeezing the Bubba. You can see for yourself, since we've posted the January summary video - found below and on our video page here.
Missing Pieces
When you're younger and you think about your future, there might be a hypothetical family. With some fuzzy, undetermined number and gender of kids running around. It's all purely theoretical, so I never worried too much about it besides to know that I'd like to head in that direction.
I’ve officially moved from the “I’d like to have a family and kids someday” to being in the middle of making it happen. But I’m not on the other side yet, where I’ll know what that family looks like. It’s a weird place to be. A short period of your life when things change very rapidly. I’ve gone from being single, to married and living with someone, to having a kid, in a relatively short period of time. But even with all that, there’s more change to come. Our family is unfinished, and there’s no way to look ahead and know when it will be finalized.
Eight Months
Nick Names: The Bubba, Bubba-bee, Sweetness
Height: 26.5 inches (Estimated because no doctor's appointment)
Weight: 20 pounds (Estimated)
Head: 17+ inches
Special Outings: None? We were total home bodies unless you count shopping trips..
Visitors: Raina & Zaida
Loves: Being surprised, cousin Zaida, poking at faces
Hates: Getting face/nose cleaned, being tired or hungry, not being able to crawl
The Thing That Shall Not be Named
"Oh he's almost there!"
"It's going to happen so soon!"
"He's almost got it! I bet it happens this weekend!"
I try not to pay too much attention to milestones. I certainly don't care if they happen early or late, and it doesn't bother me when another baby checks something off before we do. I know it will all happen eventually. If anything, I usually tell myself whatever it is will happen way later, so that I'm pleasantly surprised when it does happen.
All the Small Things
These are the days I'm going to forget. The days where nothing happens, but that make up the essence of our life. Scheduling our days around naps. Teaching E how to eat and cleaning up so many messes. Jumping in the car and walking around AC Moore or Lowe's or the supermarket so we have a chance to get out of the house and E gets some stimulation and people to look at.
Sitting on the floor playing with toys, watching the kitty and building towers out of blocks. Tossing cat treats that make Maia run in circles and E belly laugh. Watching the world pass by out the window. Turkeys and cars and the neighbors and snow.
A Peek at his Future
We don't know what E will be when he grows up. We don't know if he will decide to go to college, or a trade school, or end his education after high school. We don't know if he'll get married or have children or be attracted to boys or girls or both. Because of that, I try not to have expectations for his future. I know so little about him, how can I choose a future for him? I'd much rather let him show me where he belongs as he grows up.
E in December
Just an FYI that I posted the December movie today. As a reminder, all previous videos can be seen here.