Making it Home: July 2011

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Lancaster PA

Watching the trains pull out of the station. All aboard!!!

Baby length: 18 inches
Baby weight: 5 1/4 pounds
Mommy's weight gain: 34 pounds!
Cravings: ICE
Baby movements: all the time! Pushes his head into my bladder and kicks me in my ribs all day and all night!
Memorable event this week: watching Wyatt be delighted with a train ride. Daddy came home and we've enjoyed spending time with him. :)

Lancaster PA

On the train ride where Daddy and Wyatt shared a chocolate milk shake.

Lancaster PA

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Baby room

Almost done, would love to paint demon blue on the bottom half of the walls with a rustic pine wood chair rail that had been beaten to pieces and stained dark brown... But I'm not going to do anything else besides maybe change the mobile :). Ok baby number two, we are ready!

Baby room

Almost done

Baby room

Almost done

Monkey

Wyatt says, "I swinging like a monkey".

Thursday, July 21, 2011

It's a hot one

This little man loves slushies, popsicles, ice cream, and ice. Who can blame him? He gets over heated so fast. He turns beet red and the sweat just starts pouring from his little head.

So, today after nap he got popsicles. He actually got two because he asked nicely and even said please when he requested another one :)

Then, after our evening walk I took a friends suggestion and crushed ice in the food processor! She is a pure genius!!! It worked perfectly and we made Gatorade blue slushies!! We sat on the front porch with spoons and straws and shared a ginormous slushie. :) It was a little taste of heaven on one hot summer day!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Happy Birthday

I just wanted to tell my wonderful husband Happy Birthday! We had a party at the house on his birthday, but it was baby shower! Guess that's just life in the AF. :) We will try our best and spoil him once he gets home. Until then, thank you for being an amazing Daddy, husband and friend!

Oxox,
The ol'ball and chain

Date night

Again, can I tell you how blessed I am? My friend Sarah suggested we go to dinner. I will do anything to get out of cooking, cleaning and planning a meal. Plus, I love Chillis.

I knew today would be a busy day due to the shower so I agreed! We took these three adorable dates with us :) They were so good and well behaved considering that we were there for an hour and a half! The waitress seemed a little dingy :-/.

On the way out, Wyatt decided to say Hi to another little boy who was sitting behind us. Then out of no where he slapped the little boy the face! While saying, "POW". I was horrified and shocked! The little boy was about five years old and he said,
"it's ok, it didn't hurt". I did my best to teach W we don't hit our friends!! I made him say, "I'm sorry". But, I don't think he understands yet.

He also hit another friend over the head with a plastic boat this afternoon! What type of kid do I have? Probably, a almost two year old exploring and learning about the world around him.

Next time he hits someone, I'll hit him back and yell, "Wyatt, we don't hit!"...maybe that'll will work ;) Naw, how could I even joke about hitting that cute face! He has "Cheesing" so hard!

Date night

My favorite

Date night

Baby shower

My sweet friends Sarah and Beth Ann hosted a joint shower me and Krista. It's such a blessing to have great friends, most who are neighbors too.

Baby shower

Beth Ann due Aug 25 boy
Leigh Ann due Aug 28 boy
Krista due Aug 29 girl

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Park

Really?!?! After 22 Months of living in NJ I finally feel like I'm starting to get to know the area. Yesterday, I found the most amazing mall in Princeton! Its called MarketFair and I've passed it before not realizing it was a mall!! Shameful. It is located right next to PF Chang's! There was a Brookstone, Barns and Nobles, Starbucks, Janie and Jack in the mall not to mention all the other stores that I didn't get a chance to see. It only took me 25 minutes to get there. We have been driving about 50 minutes to our previously favorite shopping area.

Then today, I attended the 32/2nd play group and discovered this amazing
Park!!! Located at 500 pemberton-brownsmill rd Pemberton NJ. All that to say it is 20 minutes from the house!! It was 85 degree when Wyatt and I arrived at 930am. By the time we left at 1030am it was 95 degrees! Poor boy was so hot!

Park

He really loved this teeter totter horse thing. Towards the end of our stay he just wanted to sit on it while I pushed it up and down. He was so hot he didn't want to do anything else but sit there! He finally asked me for his Paci, and I told him he couldn't have it while we were at the park with our friends. He took that as marching orders. He headed straight for the parking! I caught up with him and asked him if he was ready to go bye bye. He said, "yes bye bye Daddys car". We left without saying good bye to any of our friends.

Park

Monday, July 18, 2011

Doll baby!

W got his first, second and at least third and fourth kiss from this pretty little girl.

Fixing the broken Hummer

After no nap time, the boys played outside. It was a very big deal to push the Hummer around and fix it. W is pushing, while T is pulling it back on the porch.

It's a wonderful life

I got to watch sweet T today. He is a little buddy of Ws that lives across the street. They had fun playing together and being all boy! They played with trucks and watched Thomas the train before nap-time. I got W ready for bed first and laid him down. I knew he'd fall right to sleep because he'd been crazy tired all Morning! Next, I got T ready and I followed protocol just like his Mommy said. He was so good and followed right along and even acted happy to be allowed to nap in his pack and play! So, with both boys down for naps I laid down too.

But...Then Id hear W singing or talking or yelling at his books! Yes, he will "read" a book then hit it and yell! I think he is hitting the animal or people in the book. I blame this on a recent reading of the Itsy bitsy spider where W got to hit and smash the bugs! He thought it was hilarious and still reads most books in the same manner. With all the racket going on in the next room T was no where near ready to fall asleep either. I'd hear him sining and talking about his Mommy! How sweet is that!! I'd check on both boys, making sure they were safe. I asked T if he was ok and he looked up at me
With these adorable blue eyes and said, "yes". I told him to keep resting. Then I checked on W, who needed to potty...excuses, excuses. So we do the potty routine and I'm attempt to lay him back down which only throws W into a fit of hysteria! I grabbed a few books and told W we'd read in Mommy's bed for a little while. I was wishful that with W quite maybe T could fall alseep. Instead, I heard T jumping up and down in his pack and play!! haha I will have to agree with him it probably is way more fun to jump around than to nap!

So anyways, to wrap this up! Neither boy took a nap. Both were very eager to get outside and play once I let them loose again. :) I love this picture! Here is T eating animal crackers in the "broken" Hummer. While W was busy in his house. So, much fun to be little boys!!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

34 weeks

Yikes!!! Shield your eyes!

34 weeks and counting :)

34 Weeks

How Far Along: 34 weeks

Size of baby: 18 in, 3 and 3/4 lbs

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 32.5 lbs

Maternity Clothes: Yes

Gender: BOY!!

Movement: all the time, he now loves to stretch his legs out and kick me in the ribs. Also he punches my hip bones! Very funny little fellow.

Sleep: Rarely get a full night with the dogs, Wyatt and my bladder. But, when I do it's glorious!!!

What I miss: breathing easily and the general feeling of not carting a bowling ball around in my gut!

Cravings: rice krispy treats, brownies, apples and Carrots

Symptoms: tired feet and pregnancy brain.

Best thing this week: having my dear friend and her son here all week! So, much fun. I love watching W and her son play together and build memories.

Side note: babies born from here on out rarely have any problems!! Id prefer one more week then this kid can come out whenever he feels like it :) Providing he doesn't want to wait till 42 weeks.

Party

During bubble time, Wyatt laid on his back like this and rolled over bubbles as they came closer to him. Not really what the teacher had in mind.

Party

Dancing

Party

Dancing

Party

Loved Dancing, but really his version of dancing is to jump up and down then throw himself on the floor and roll around.

Cleaning

Never too young to learn the fine art of swiffer!

Friday, July 15, 2011

Lookin good

This was pretty funny to an almost two year old. W would put his sunglasses on his knee then say, "Lookin good Lookin good". As if his knee was a face. :) Clever and funny.

New Hummer

Well new for us. Yes, I did find this at the dump! It's almost embarrassing! W loves it! I haven't gotten it to work yet..maybe why it was at the dump. But, I think there is hope. I charged the battery for 14 plus hours and the Hummer moved about four inches with good force before dying. It acted like it had no connection what so ever afterwards. So, I think there is a loose wire or short. I need to double check and make sure it's not a battery problem. For now, W is so happy to clean and just sit in his Hummer. I figure if all else fails and it never works it was still free :)

In other events today, we went to a pool party! Lacy set up their kiddie pool in the front yard and invited us over. In all there were seven momma and ten kids around this little pool. I'm sure we looked funny but we had a great time visiting while it lasted. Which for us unfortunately wasn't long because Wyatt decided he wanted his paci and to go home. I told him No Paci while we were playing with our friends. The next thing I know, W is half way down the sidewalk, waving and saying "bye bye Mommy, I going home". I figured if he'd rather go home that's what we'd do. So, we ended up playing in our backyard with his Hummer and the cube while all the other neighbors and kids played together at the pool!! Funny kid.

At bedtime W was very concerned where his new buddy Hunter had gone. I told him again, "Hunter had to go bye bye with his Mommy and Daddy". Wyatt looked up at me and said, "Bye bye Hunters Daddy Matt". Hunter and Wyatt had a great time together. So thankful for amazing friends. Hope it's not two years before we meet up again!!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Silliness

W and H played outside yesterday in the pool. They had a great time laughing at each other. One game especially fun was for W to fill the little red bucket with water then throw the water into the air or at Hunter. They would both loose it laughing at being splashed by water. The little red bucket also doubled as a camera and they took pictures of each other and the Mommy's.

Today we made a trip to Ikea! It was a success like always! I got the wooden train tracks for W to see if they really would fit with his growing Thomas the Train collection. Sure enough they fit perfectly!

Although, the boys had a great time together W was very disappointed that we did not go to Cookie Monsters house! He asked almost the whole way to Ikea if we could go to Cookie Monsters House. It is so sad to have to tell the almost two year old we can't go to Cookie Monsters house. I am sure I repeated that phase nearly twenty times. By the way, if anyone finds out where Cookie Monster lives please let me know. Thank you!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

PTM

Let the races begin!!! We took the boys to the Please Touch Museum today. We met our friend Rebecca there and her two girls. We literally, raced through the museum chancing toddlers for two hours! It was marvelous. They had so much fun together. After the PTM Laura and I took the boys to the Pop Shoppe in Collingswood. We figured the boys would fall asleep on the way home. We were half right, Hunter fell asleep. W did not! He is not a fan of naps lately. As I am typing now he is in his crib, obviously tired but singing. I heard him earlier "popping" his book. I think he was hitting the rabbit in the book. As I went in to check on him he asked for a new diaper. I changed him and laid him back down. I have no idea what he's up to now except I hear his sweet voice talking away and singing little songs. Goodness, he sure is silly and sleepy but determine to not take a nap. I'll give him a few more minutes, and if he is still awake I'll have to figure out plan B. :) Plan A was for Mommy to nap too.

PTM

Checking out the medical equipment at Please Touch Museum! He had a full fun day!

PTM

L and I met up with a sweet friend we knew way back in Del Rio. We also, met her newest daughter Ava! What a darling little girl!!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

No naps

No nap for this little boy today. But, he did learn how to buckle and unbuckle the seat belt and open the glove compartment. :)

Sleepy boy!

No nap for this boy till we strapped him down in the car seat.

Ice cream

We took the boys to get a special treat! We told them we'd get ice cream and they didn't forget! Hunter woke up from his nap and first thing he said, "ice cream". Wyatt also asked for ice cream every five minutes till we finally found a McDonalds. Look how happy W is about getting ice cream!! So silly!

Addiction

I'm going to be featured on TLCs Hoarders!! Here the newest addition to the McHouse. A Pottery Barn craft table!!! I mean if you were to find this what would you have done???