My baby is 1 year old! Can you believe it! On his actual birthday (Saturday) We went to TGI Fridays to celebrate and he had a good time. He was people watching like crazy since there was a lot going on. The wait staff came around and sang Happy Birthday and he drank his water from the sippy cup the whole time watching them. Then they brought him Vanilla Bean Ice Cream that was oh so good. His first time having ice cream and he couldn't get enough.
I forgot to say that he took his first steps on his own the day before his birthday. We gave him him his new rocking chair and sat him in it and he decided that he was going to stand up. Ken was in the middle of saying "Look, he stood up all by himself" when he took 4-5 steps to me. It was the coolest thing that he did it with no help from us. He has done it a couple of times since then but doesn't really want our help so I am just letting him go at his own pace. I think he will be running around any day now.
His birthday party went really great. As soon as we brought the cake out he was really happy. He sucked on the cake more than anything but had a blast playing in it. He got a lot of really nice stuff and had so much fun playing with everything as soon as we got home. We have a ridiculous amount of toys in our very small living room right now so I put some of his new toys up and will rotate them out. Our living room literally looks like a play room but it works because that's the only place he can really play for now. It amazes me how much our house has changed in a year. We went from only having neutral colors through out to having bright colors everywhere. I like it though.
I finally put some misc pictures up and ones of his birthday. You will see that he really loved his duck cake! I'm sure I will have lots of new pictures soon since his cousin Brianna is coming up from Florida this Friday for 10 days with her sister and Her mom Crystal who is a good friend of mine. It will be nice that he will have kids to play with. He loves kids but has never really played with any and last time Brianna was here 6 months ago he was a little to young to play. But now he is very active and a rough houser so it should be a lot of fun. Until next time, I hope everyone has a good week.
PS. I have one request. If you could take a quick second of your day to say a prayer for some people who are going through rough times right now. I know a couple of families personally who have lost there jobs and run out of unemployment and are in jeopardy of losing everything they have. It has been near impossible for these families to find jobs with the way our economy is right now and are barely surviving. This is the case across the country. I have told them that I would pray for them but I am asking that you pray for them too. It breaks my heart that families have worked so hard for everything they have and can lose it all so quick. I am truly lucky to not be in the situation but my heart still breaks for them.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
"A Reflection of my Blessings"
Well, once again it has been a while since my last post. I was doing so good at this until Tristan began to be the "on the go" baby. It's a job keeping up with him and I don't find a lot of time to get on the computer on the weekends when I'm home.
So I will start of by saying that one of the biggest things I have learned lately is how fast a year can go by. In 2 days my not so little baby is going to be 1. I can't believe it. I don't see how it's possible. We have managed to survive colic and breastfeeding and that is a true blessing. I remember in the beginning I felt like the colic would never go away and he would just cry all day for the rest of his life. That's what it feels like when you are sleep deprived anyway. It also seems like just yesterday that I was having my first and only pregnancy break down a few weeks before delivery. I was watching "SCOTT BAIO IS 46...AND PREGNANT" (I know, of all things I could watch, this is what I was watching!). I loved this show for some reason and when his girlfriend was in labor I had to walk to the kitchen to have a meltdown. Ken came out and checked on me and asked what was wrong and I told him that all of the sudden I was scared. I was terrified of labor, scared to bring a baby into this world and be completely responsible for molding him into a good person and teaching him life's lessons, and so emotional at how drastic my life was going to change. I wanted a baby so bad and was deemed infertile so I had to work a lot harder at getting pregnant but I was still scared at the changes ahead. I was going to be taking care of this helpless baby and devote my body to breastfeeding him to give him everything he deserved and this scared me. I was so afraid that I didn't have it in me and that I would fail. But here I am a year later wondering where the time went. I made it through the 1st year and it was amazing. Colic wasn't fun but we survived. Breastfeeding turned out to be the best and most rewarding thing that I have done for Tristan so far and I will be sad when the day comes when I wean him. Tristan has never had any formula or jarred baby food (since I made all his baby food), he has hit all his developmental milestones, and managed to develop quite a personality. All things a year ago that seemed so hard and challenging but I found the strength as all moms do. I have realized that I am a much stronger person than I ever though since becoming a mom. I learned how much love I have to give and that there is NOTHING that I won't do for my son and my family. I also never knew how much I could love Ken before Tristan came along. I have always loved him beyond the earth and sea but I never knew I could love him beyond that. Not only has he been such an amazing father taking care of Tristan and me and the house but he has been an amazing rock and support for me. He does so much for me and been there all the way to say "you can do it" and the love he has for Tristan just melts my heart. When I told him I wanted to breastfeed he supported me. When I told him I wanted to make all of Tristan's baby food he kind of looked at me like " are you really going to do that or say your going to do that", but he supported me and actually helps me make it. When I told him I wasn't ready to wean Tristan at a year he supported me and said that whenever I decide is fine and he will be there as support if I become sad from the transition. I guess my point is, he has SHOWN me how much he loves me. I couldn't be more blessed at what life has given me.
This post was more of a "Reflection of my Blessings" in the past year. I needed to reflect since my life has changed so much this past year. But now I will give you a couple of updates on my little birthday boy if you have made it this far. Lets see, he got his first haircut last week and did pretty good. A couple of sporadic fake tears but otherwise good. His hair was getting quite unruly kinking up every time he took a nap. It turned out really good and the lady puts some gel in it and spiked it afterwards. We called in the "Baby Hawk". So cute! I will have pictures soon. He hasn't been as good of an eater as he used to be. He used to eat anything and now one day he loves something and the next day he hates it. My favorite is when he is eating something and then after a handful of bites he decides he doesn't like it anymore and spits it out. Ahhh, toddler years here we come! He's not walking yet but any day now. He can stand for several seconds but when he realizes he's doing it he sits right down. He has taken a couple of falling steps from the gate to the couch but we don't count those. I know he can do it, he just doesn't want to right now. So we don't force him. We work on it for a short bit until his legs start flailing about. Lets see, what else??? Oh yea, my favorite one!....HE IS FINALLY SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! (I am knocking on wood right now by the way!) It only took a year! I got so used to being up a few times a night that it's really bizarre to get to stay in my bed all night. He has been quite the little ham these days and become a dare devil. He climbs everything and loves to be hung upside down. I am definitely going to have my hands full! I think that is about it for now. I will update with some pictures today or tomorrow and then I will update with how his birthday went with pictures after Sunday. I'm sure there will be tons of pictures! I will try to get the ones we have now up tonight.
So I will start of by saying that one of the biggest things I have learned lately is how fast a year can go by. In 2 days my not so little baby is going to be 1. I can't believe it. I don't see how it's possible. We have managed to survive colic and breastfeeding and that is a true blessing. I remember in the beginning I felt like the colic would never go away and he would just cry all day for the rest of his life. That's what it feels like when you are sleep deprived anyway. It also seems like just yesterday that I was having my first and only pregnancy break down a few weeks before delivery. I was watching "SCOTT BAIO IS 46...AND PREGNANT" (I know, of all things I could watch, this is what I was watching!). I loved this show for some reason and when his girlfriend was in labor I had to walk to the kitchen to have a meltdown. Ken came out and checked on me and asked what was wrong and I told him that all of the sudden I was scared. I was terrified of labor, scared to bring a baby into this world and be completely responsible for molding him into a good person and teaching him life's lessons, and so emotional at how drastic my life was going to change. I wanted a baby so bad and was deemed infertile so I had to work a lot harder at getting pregnant but I was still scared at the changes ahead. I was going to be taking care of this helpless baby and devote my body to breastfeeding him to give him everything he deserved and this scared me. I was so afraid that I didn't have it in me and that I would fail. But here I am a year later wondering where the time went. I made it through the 1st year and it was amazing. Colic wasn't fun but we survived. Breastfeeding turned out to be the best and most rewarding thing that I have done for Tristan so far and I will be sad when the day comes when I wean him. Tristan has never had any formula or jarred baby food (since I made all his baby food), he has hit all his developmental milestones, and managed to develop quite a personality. All things a year ago that seemed so hard and challenging but I found the strength as all moms do. I have realized that I am a much stronger person than I ever though since becoming a mom. I learned how much love I have to give and that there is NOTHING that I won't do for my son and my family. I also never knew how much I could love Ken before Tristan came along. I have always loved him beyond the earth and sea but I never knew I could love him beyond that. Not only has he been such an amazing father taking care of Tristan and me and the house but he has been an amazing rock and support for me. He does so much for me and been there all the way to say "you can do it" and the love he has for Tristan just melts my heart. When I told him I wanted to breastfeed he supported me. When I told him I wanted to make all of Tristan's baby food he kind of looked at me like " are you really going to do that or say your going to do that", but he supported me and actually helps me make it. When I told him I wasn't ready to wean Tristan at a year he supported me and said that whenever I decide is fine and he will be there as support if I become sad from the transition. I guess my point is, he has SHOWN me how much he loves me. I couldn't be more blessed at what life has given me.
This post was more of a "Reflection of my Blessings" in the past year. I needed to reflect since my life has changed so much this past year. But now I will give you a couple of updates on my little birthday boy if you have made it this far. Lets see, he got his first haircut last week and did pretty good. A couple of sporadic fake tears but otherwise good. His hair was getting quite unruly kinking up every time he took a nap. It turned out really good and the lady puts some gel in it and spiked it afterwards. We called in the "Baby Hawk". So cute! I will have pictures soon. He hasn't been as good of an eater as he used to be. He used to eat anything and now one day he loves something and the next day he hates it. My favorite is when he is eating something and then after a handful of bites he decides he doesn't like it anymore and spits it out. Ahhh, toddler years here we come! He's not walking yet but any day now. He can stand for several seconds but when he realizes he's doing it he sits right down. He has taken a couple of falling steps from the gate to the couch but we don't count those. I know he can do it, he just doesn't want to right now. So we don't force him. We work on it for a short bit until his legs start flailing about. Lets see, what else??? Oh yea, my favorite one!....HE IS FINALLY SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! (I am knocking on wood right now by the way!) It only took a year! I got so used to being up a few times a night that it's really bizarre to get to stay in my bed all night. He has been quite the little ham these days and become a dare devil. He climbs everything and loves to be hung upside down. I am definitely going to have my hands full! I think that is about it for now. I will update with some pictures today or tomorrow and then I will update with how his birthday went with pictures after Sunday. I'm sure there will be tons of pictures! I will try to get the ones we have now up tonight.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
It's been a while...
I have been such a horrible blogger. I haven't blogged in over a month. January was a very boring and exhausting month for us. I know that sounds contradicting so let me explain. It was exhausting because it took us weeks to get Tristan back on a normal sleeping schedule after Christmas. Note to self: DO NOT take him off of his normal schedule under no circumstances! I was up with him every hour or two for a few weeks and on top of it he wasn't taking good naps. I was a walking zombie for a while there. The last thing I wanted to do was come home and get on the computer after being on it all day at work. Now January was boring because It was so cold and snowy that we didn't leave the house unless absolutely necessary. That and so many people were sick we were trying to quarantine ourselves so none of us would get sick. It worked! None of us got sick at all! There was no milestones for Tristan so the month of January was all together boring. I spent most of the month just reading.
Now this month Tristan has started some new stuff. All with in a week Tristan began to clap, wave bye, and just really discover what his hands can do. He is learning how things fit together. Like for instance, he learned that his ball from his Busy Ball Popper can fit into the sub woofer hole. How fun was that! It took Ken a bit to get it out but it did come out. He has learned the exact button that opens the DVD player so now we have a plastic guard on it. He doesn't watch TV at all but he knows what the remote does. He hold the remote and presses the buttons looking at the TV. Lets see, what else??? He loves to take his socks off and pet Milo, Zoe, and Emmitt. He says Kitty but can't get him to say doggie, He thinks that Emmitt is a kitty too. He is cruising super fast these days. He actually can stand all by himself when he doesn't realize it. We have caught him standing playing with a toy without holding on to anything but as soon as he realizes what he's doing he sits down real quick. When we try to help him he flops around like a jelly fish. He is just absorbing so much these days. He grabbed a wipe the other day and started wiping his head like he was in the bath tub. It was too cute! He is on all table foods at this point. I still puree some avocados and fruit sometimes just because he loves it so much but he has been eating what we eat. Even though he is still very tiny, he is a very good eater. He loves to eat! I think we are coming close to changing him to 6-9 months clothes. He has gotten a lot of use from his clothes but I can't wait to put him in all his cute outfits he got for Christmas.
Well, I think that's all I can think of for right now. We are all doing good and have stayed healthy (aside from a runny nose that Tristan had this weekend). We are planing Tristan's 1st Birthday party right now. Can you believe it! I will send the invites out at the begining of March but it will be Sunday March 22nd at Walbridge park Hall (same place as my shower). They were booked on his actual birthday so I had to settle for the day after. Probably around noon or 1p but I'm not too sure yet. I will update more frequently since the "January Blues" is gone and Tristan is learning so much these days.
Now this month Tristan has started some new stuff. All with in a week Tristan began to clap, wave bye, and just really discover what his hands can do. He is learning how things fit together. Like for instance, he learned that his ball from his Busy Ball Popper can fit into the sub woofer hole. How fun was that! It took Ken a bit to get it out but it did come out. He has learned the exact button that opens the DVD player so now we have a plastic guard on it. He doesn't watch TV at all but he knows what the remote does. He hold the remote and presses the buttons looking at the TV. Lets see, what else??? He loves to take his socks off and pet Milo, Zoe, and Emmitt. He says Kitty but can't get him to say doggie, He thinks that Emmitt is a kitty too. He is cruising super fast these days. He actually can stand all by himself when he doesn't realize it. We have caught him standing playing with a toy without holding on to anything but as soon as he realizes what he's doing he sits down real quick. When we try to help him he flops around like a jelly fish. He is just absorbing so much these days. He grabbed a wipe the other day and started wiping his head like he was in the bath tub. It was too cute! He is on all table foods at this point. I still puree some avocados and fruit sometimes just because he loves it so much but he has been eating what we eat. Even though he is still very tiny, he is a very good eater. He loves to eat! I think we are coming close to changing him to 6-9 months clothes. He has gotten a lot of use from his clothes but I can't wait to put him in all his cute outfits he got for Christmas.
Well, I think that's all I can think of for right now. We are all doing good and have stayed healthy (aside from a runny nose that Tristan had this weekend). We are planing Tristan's 1st Birthday party right now. Can you believe it! I will send the invites out at the begining of March but it will be Sunday March 22nd at Walbridge park Hall (same place as my shower). They were booked on his actual birthday so I had to settle for the day after. Probably around noon or 1p but I'm not too sure yet. I will update more frequently since the "January Blues" is gone and Tristan is learning so much these days.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
My baby is 9 months old!
Can you believe it...Tristan turned 9 months this past Sunday! I sure can't. Where did the time go??? We took him for his 9 month apt yesterday and he weighed 16lbs 3oz and 27 1/2 in. I was for sure he had to weigh 8 lbs by now. He's still a little squirt but the doctor isn't worried at all. He said it's typical for a breastfeeder. His head is in the 75Th percentile though. Hmmm, big head on a little body. Maybe this just meens he will be really smart! He is doing really good though and gave the ok to start table foods and said that he can have dairy and pretty much anything except for eggs, and peanut products. I am super narcotic though so we are going to work slow. I am not too crazy about introducing dairy just yet and I really don't want him having sugar yet. I mean he will get his first birthday cake but I
Not a whole lot to update right now. He is all over the place and getting into everything. I think now the parenthood challenges start! I think I am ready for it though. Another exciting new phase in his and our lives. I am so excited for him to experience the excitement of Christmas. I am also a little nervous though because we have so many place to go and I am still figuring out how to get his naps in. He is already a horrible napper so this should be very interesting to say the least. There will be a lot of excitement and I know that will make for a tired baby. We'll see how this goes! Ok, I think that's it for now. I am super busy trying to get lots of stuff done for tomorrow and Christmas day so I leave you with some pictures. Merry Christmas and God Bless you all!am going to hold off on sugar as long as I can. Same thing with juice.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
We have a crib muncher!
Well I wanted to do some updates this past weekend but things have been busy , busy, busy. Let's see, 2 weekends ago we went to my dads work Christmas party. It would of been more fun if Tristan didn't refuse to take a nap the whole day. We went there at 2p and he had no nap at all. Can you say FUN! He was soooo cranky and if you looked at him the wrong way he would start crying. They had Santa there and I already knew in his moody state it would not be a sucess. Surprisingly enough he didn't cry right away. He just looked at him at first and then the tears started flowing. I really think this was only because of his tiredness. He got a nice toy from Santa though and he really likes it. So do the cats too! There is a couple of pictures of him with Santa below. My dad has some more and I put them on my computer but I haven't uploaded them yet so I will do that soon.
This last week has been a SUPER eventful one and a big milestone week for Tristan. Lets see I think I said before that he is sitting up on his own from a laying down position...well now he is full blown crawling all over the place! And he is pulling up on furniture and standing all by himself and starting to cruise! This kid is really mobile now! Now that he can stand on his own (with the assistance from the furniture) he will stand there forever just babling away. And now he is trying to climb anything and everything. He has climbed one step(the gate is coming out!), us, and a couple of toys. It's nice because I can just put him on the floor and let him play for a while with out having to pick him up and put him back into the sitting position. I think he will start to be a lot more independant now that he can do more on his own. He always wanted to be held becasue he couldn't get around and he didn't like stationary toys that well such as a bouncy seat. He loved the Mega Saucer until he learned he can crawl. If I put him in it now he tries to climb out of it. Now that he is standing on his own though it does bring one down fall. He wakes up in the middle of the night and usually cries for a quick second and goes back to sleep. Well now when he wakes up the first thing he does is stand up and cry or stand up and munch on his crib. The other morning I literally listened to him chew on his crib for 10 minutes before I figured out what was going on in there. So he can't put himself back to sleep since he is just standing there and screaming.I now have to go get a crib rail protector and figure out how to get him to self sooth himself back to sleep again. Back to square one again! I really can't believe how much he is changing. I think he has a handful of teeth that are coming in as well. They are still under the gums but I can feel and see the bumps so I know they are coming. Plus the last 2 nights he really hasn't slept at all...which meens I haven't slept either! I'm starting to think he will have all his teeth by a year old! Kidding of course!
This weekend will be another super busy one. We have our family Christmas pictures/Tristan's 9 month pictures this Friday, I am making Christmas cookies with Theresa on Saturday (this will be our 3rd or 4th year doing this), I HAVE to go see my Grandma because she just flew in today and I miss her soooo much, take Tristan to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa (they have free pictures with santa and a 3500 sq ft childrens play land there parents!), make my chocolate covered pretzels, chex mix, ranch Crackers, do my last minute shopping, and take Tristan to his 9 month apt on monday. So much to do between Friday and Christmas Eve! I'm sure Tristan won't let me do it all either but I know Ken will help either watch Tristan or maybe I can con him into helping me do the pretzels instead of just eating them! It's so much to do but all so fun at the same time. I love the holdidays and will be sad when it's all over. Ok, this was my big update. I still have some pictures in my camera that I will try and upload Friday. I shouldn't have a lot to update then but I will have more pictures. Hope everyone is having a wonderful stress free holiday! Me, I don't know how NOT to stress anytime of the year!
This last week has been a SUPER eventful one and a big milestone week for Tristan. Lets see I think I said before that he is sitting up on his own from a laying down position...well now he is full blown crawling all over the place! And he is pulling up on furniture and standing all by himself and starting to cruise! This kid is really mobile now! Now that he can stand on his own (with the assistance from the furniture) he will stand there forever just babling away. And now he is trying to climb anything and everything. He has climbed one step(the gate is coming out!), us, and a couple of toys. It's nice because I can just put him on the floor and let him play for a while with out having to pick him up and put him back into the sitting position. I think he will start to be a lot more independant now that he can do more on his own. He always wanted to be held becasue he couldn't get around and he didn't like stationary toys that well such as a bouncy seat. He loved the Mega Saucer until he learned he can crawl. If I put him in it now he tries to climb out of it. Now that he is standing on his own though it does bring one down fall. He wakes up in the middle of the night and usually cries for a quick second and goes back to sleep. Well now when he wakes up the first thing he does is stand up and cry or stand up and munch on his crib. The other morning I literally listened to him chew on his crib for 10 minutes before I figured out what was going on in there. So he can't put himself back to sleep since he is just standing there and screaming.I now have to go get a crib rail protector and figure out how to get him to self sooth himself back to sleep again. Back to square one again! I really can't believe how much he is changing. I think he has a handful of teeth that are coming in as well. They are still under the gums but I can feel and see the bumps so I know they are coming. Plus the last 2 nights he really hasn't slept at all...which meens I haven't slept either! I'm starting to think he will have all his teeth by a year old! Kidding of course!
This weekend will be another super busy one. We have our family Christmas pictures/Tristan's 9 month pictures this Friday, I am making Christmas cookies with Theresa on Saturday (this will be our 3rd or 4th year doing this), I HAVE to go see my Grandma because she just flew in today and I miss her soooo much, take Tristan to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa (they have free pictures with santa and a 3500 sq ft childrens play land there parents!), make my chocolate covered pretzels, chex mix, ranch Crackers, do my last minute shopping, and take Tristan to his 9 month apt on monday. So much to do between Friday and Christmas Eve! I'm sure Tristan won't let me do it all either but I know Ken will help either watch Tristan or maybe I can con him into helping me do the pretzels instead of just eating them! It's so much to do but all so fun at the same time. I love the holdidays and will be sad when it's all over. Ok, this was my big update. I still have some pictures in my camera that I will try and upload Friday. I shouldn't have a lot to update then but I will have more pictures. Hope everyone is having a wonderful stress free holiday! Me, I don't know how NOT to stress anytime of the year!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Ok, lots to update here. I will start off by saying that Tristan finally got rid of his pink eyes. I don't know if I said it before but Ken also got it the day after Tristan in both eyes so they both had a pretty miserable week. I think the reason I didn't get it was so I could take care of my boys. They had it for a full week pretty bad. I don't think the eye drops did anything for either one of them. Neither one of them missed a dose. I didn't take any pictures of Tristan on his first Thanksgiving because he was so bad. He didn't feel good and he looked horrible to say the least. I didn't have the heart to take any pictures of him when he was feeling like that. I know pink eye isn't any fun but he was being particularly cranky last weekend. I had him laughing pretty good and what do I see???? A 5Th tooth! I couldn't believe it. My poor baby had a cold, double pink eye, and a tooth coming in all at the same time! I wish I would have looked for that because I couldn't have gave him some Tylenol to ease the pain. But he handled it all on his own. These teeth just keep popping through. Here is a picture that I took last weekend at the end of Tristan's pink eye. It still looks pretty bad but not near as bad as it was. He was so happy and curling his tongue and making cute faces so I took the picture. Ok, on to the good stuff!
He is pretty much crawling now. It's more of an army crawl but he gets around really fast now. He likes to scoot a lot too. He may never do a real crawl because he can get around just as good doing that. He also sat up for the first time from a laying position yesterday. Ken was the first one to see this. It's really neat to watch him do this. He makes it look so easy too. I walked in his room about 1:30 last night when he woke up and he is just sitting there. I am used to waking in on him laying on his tummy trying to grab anything to stand up with. It kind of made me laugh. He just looked at me as if to say "Where the heck have you been". I just can't believe all the new things he is learning. I think he might understand kisses too. Not to sure but every time I kiss him I always say "give me kisses", and the last couple times I have done that he has leaned in. He understands his name and the word "no". Anytime I say no he puts whatever he is messing with down really slow.
Let's see, what else???...We got all our Christmas shopping done now. Well I have to buy Ken one more thing and I still have to get Tristan some jeans and Khakis but other than that we are done. Has anyone seen any good deals on jeans or khakis for babies?? If so, let me know. I got one pair at Children's place for $12.50 but I know I can find a better deal than that. Usually I can find some good coupons for Children's Place, Old Navy, The Gap, or Gymboree but I haven't seen any lately. So if anyone see's any online...let me know! But yea, we are excited to have the shopping done so we can enjoy the season as a family and drink our white chocolate shakes. If you haven't tried a white chocolate shake from Steak N' Shake...you have to! They are our very favorite!
We have my dads work Christmas party to go to on Sunday. We are both excited to go to that. I love holiday events and they will have Santa Clause there so I am going to take the camera and maybe the camcorder. Tristan's first time with Santa, yay! It should be a fun day. Plus Dallas plays Pittsburgh at 4:15p so that just adds to the excitement. They need this win bad if they want the wild card. Well I think thats all for now. Here are a couple of pictures we have taken in the last few fays. I will probably have more on Sunday after my dads Christamas party. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Small Plastic Toy alert
For those who don't know, I am a huge Web Md junkie. I love the site and belong to the message boards so I learn about all kinds of little tid bits. This was the latest alert on Soft Plastic Toys and I just wanted to pass it along.
http://children.webmd.com/news/20081125/group-soft-plastic-toys-are-health-risk
Anyone know how to tell if a toy has lead paint on it? I am starting to get nervous about this because Tristan is now really starting to get into toys and they keep saying don't buy toys with lead. How do you know??? I mean does the toy have a sign on it that says "attention, I am made with lead paint". Kidding of course! That would really make things so much easier though.
http://children.webmd.com/news/20081125/group-soft-plastic-toys-are-health-risk
Anyone know how to tell if a toy has lead paint on it? I am starting to get nervous about this because Tristan is now really starting to get into toys and they keep saying don't buy toys with lead. How do you know??? I mean does the toy have a sign on it that says "attention, I am made with lead paint". Kidding of course! That would really make things so much easier though.
Being Thankful in ANY situation
So let me start off by saying that I am a big blog reader. I have found some blogger through message boards I have been through since trying to get pregnant to parenting now. I since then have found other blogs I like to read through their blog list. Once of the blogs I love to read is Steece's Pieces at http://thelifeofsuz.blogspot.com/ and she had a great post today that I wanted to share and pass along to challenge my readers. She went to church this past Sunday and was encouraged and energized to find the ability to give thanks in any situation. You can read her post by clicking the link above to see how she did this if you want. I thought this was such a wonderful idea. I am a true believer that everything happens for a reason and I believe that I am shown that every day. So I challenge you to find reasons to give thanks in any situation.
One reason I have to be thankful:
Tristan is getting a really bad cold and has developed Pink Eye in both of his eyes. He has been miserable and unable to nurse that well because he can't breathe out of his nose. I was thinking to myself at 2:30a this morning when I was up with a screaming baby, "Why does my poor baby have to be going through this". As I read Suz's post I realized I am so thankful that Tristan is normally a happy healthy baby. When I think about all the things some babies and kids go through with stuff as little as reflux or glasses to as bad as diseases I realize I have a lot to be truly thankful for. God has blessed us with a health baby.
That is the only thing so far that I am going to list. I think I am going to go home after work and challenge Ken to this as well. I think this might be fun to make a small game out of it as Joe and Suz did. I think it's such a great way to turn a negative situation into a positive one. I have vowed that this holiday season I am not going to let anything get to me and I am not going to be bitter or angry at anything (not that I am a lot or anything. But I am human after all). I think this challenge is a great way to enjoy this holiday season the best you can. With that said, Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers. I might post later today or tomorrow with some more reasons I am thankful and I might try and put some pictures of Tristan on his first Thanksgiving depending on how he is feeling.
On another note:
I have decided not to email everyone that I email every time I have a new post. I know that some people read my post but I'm sure that not everyone does and I hate being that annoying person who keeps sending unwanted email. So, if you like my blog and like getting updates on Tristan come back here when ever you want or save the link to your favorites. I am going to try and be a better blogger. If you still do want me to email you though I will. Just send me and email or comment this post and I will still email you. I don't mind that at all. Like I said, I just don't want to be that annoying emailer.
One reason I have to be thankful:
Tristan is getting a really bad cold and has developed Pink Eye in both of his eyes. He has been miserable and unable to nurse that well because he can't breathe out of his nose. I was thinking to myself at 2:30a this morning when I was up with a screaming baby, "Why does my poor baby have to be going through this". As I read Suz's post I realized I am so thankful that Tristan is normally a happy healthy baby. When I think about all the things some babies and kids go through with stuff as little as reflux or glasses to as bad as diseases I realize I have a lot to be truly thankful for. God has blessed us with a health baby.
That is the only thing so far that I am going to list. I think I am going to go home after work and challenge Ken to this as well. I think this might be fun to make a small game out of it as Joe and Suz did. I think it's such a great way to turn a negative situation into a positive one. I have vowed that this holiday season I am not going to let anything get to me and I am not going to be bitter or angry at anything (not that I am a lot or anything. But I am human after all). I think this challenge is a great way to enjoy this holiday season the best you can. With that said, Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers. I might post later today or tomorrow with some more reasons I am thankful and I might try and put some pictures of Tristan on his first Thanksgiving depending on how he is feeling.
On another note:
I have decided not to email everyone that I email every time I have a new post. I know that some people read my post but I'm sure that not everyone does and I hate being that annoying person who keeps sending unwanted email. So, if you like my blog and like getting updates on Tristan come back here when ever you want or save the link to your favorites. I am going to try and be a better blogger. If you still do want me to email you though I will. Just send me and email or comment this post and I will still email you. I don't mind that at all. Like I said, I just don't want to be that annoying emailer.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
New pictures as promised
I don't have a whole lot but these are the most recent. Enjoy and have a great work and a wonderful Thanksgiving!
PS. If the pictures go to fast for you, roll over the bottom right corner of the pictures and you can pause and rewind them :)
PS. If the pictures go to fast for you, roll over the bottom right corner of the pictures and you can pause and rewind them :)
Friday, November 21, 2008
I've been a bad blogger!
Sooooo, Tristan is 8 months old today!!!! Can you believe it!!! I can't. And I know, I know...I have been a horrible blogger these days! I have been really sick for over a week now and I can't really take anything. The things that are approved to take for breastfeeding moms can really affect your milk supply and my milk supply hasn't been the best and I need everything that I produce so I have been living off cough drops. I am getting better though and apologize for not updating.
I want to start off by saying that if there was a Dad of the Year award or Husband of the Year Award, I would definitely have to nominate Ken. He has been beyond wonderful. Ever since Tristan has been born he has cooked, cleaned, done all the laundry to make sure that I keep up with Tristan and breastfeeding. Who knows if I would have been able to keep up breastfeeding if it wasn't for Ken. And for that me and Tristan are truly thankful. He is always there to help with the baby (not that he shouldn't but...you know how guys can be!). He never complains about doing anything around the house, changes just as many diapers as I do, and we have BOTH given Tristan every single bath that he has had. Pretty amazing huh, being that is 8 months old now. I guess you could say giving Tristan a bath has turned into family bonding time. I just feel that I have to give Ken the credit he deserves because he is such and amazing husband and daddy! Ok, on to Tristan...
Wow is he changing. He is blowing raspberry's like crazy, babbling up a storm, says mamama(even though I don't think he knows what it means yet), he has his top two teeth now (In case your counting...that's four teeth now!), rolling to everywhere (and I mean every inch of the room!), Interacting with the cats and dog by petting them, pulling there tails, and laughing at them, and is on his way to crawling. Now by that I mean he is starting to get on all fours and rock a little. He isn't staying on all fours yet because he has learned that if he wants to get somewhere to just roll on over there (he's no dummy!) so he is being a little lazy on the crawling. He is really almost there though. I am not pushing this because I know once he starts going I will never stop chasing him. He is really starting to interact with toys a lot more. Instead of putting every single toy in his mouth he is learning how they work. Now don't get me wrong...everything still goes in the mouth, but he is learning how each toys buttons and levers work. It's so neat to watch his mind at work! The things he really likes to play with these days though is the remote (such a guy!), wipes container, and his empty bottles. Sometimes these are the only things that calm him down. That and the fish. He LOVES to watch our big orange Parrot fish swimming around. It really cracks him up to say the least. I am just so amazed every day how much he is changing. He is always talking up a storm (in baby talk of course!) so I am hoping he will be a social butterfly and not be shy. He loves, loves, loves to smile. And even more than that he loves when you smile at him and sing to him. I really need to get up on my kids songs because I have been singing a lot of mommy made up songs to him. he doesn't seem to mind though.
Size ways, I'm not too sure how much he weighs. He hasn't been to the doctor in 2 months but I am hoping he has hit 16 or 17lbs by now. He is still in 3-6 months but I am thinking he will be in 6-9 months by Christmas if not soon after. A ton of people have been asking what size to buy for Christmas so I thought I would say it here as well. I would buy 6-9 months or bigger. If he is still in 3-6 months then he doesn't need that size. I have already bought too much in 3-6 months.
Some new foods he has eaten is carrots, mangoes, papaya, and Zucchini. he has loved them all. i pray that he won't be as picky as me in the food department. I still eat extremely plain and I want so bad for him to have a bigger taste palate. I think we will try chicken breast for the first time this weekend and maybe some rice. We'll see how that purees. We have also started Gerber puffs with him. He seems to like them but play more than anything. It's so funny to watch because he will hold it the entire time in his hand and start crunching on it with all four teeth.
Well I think that's about it for now. As you see I have been playing around with my blog design. I made the header with photoshop and some digital scrapbook stuff I have bought. I still have a lot of tweaking with the background and sidebar but I have to have time to figure out the HTML code first. I have to thank Jen at http://jenieshell.blogspot.com/ for helping with all the tweaking. I will be working on it more when I have time. Ok, baby is screaming for me so that's all for me!
PS. I will upload pictures a little later so check back later today or tomorrow. I don't have a ton but I do have some.
I want to start off by saying that if there was a Dad of the Year award or Husband of the Year Award, I would definitely have to nominate Ken. He has been beyond wonderful. Ever since Tristan has been born he has cooked, cleaned, done all the laundry to make sure that I keep up with Tristan and breastfeeding. Who knows if I would have been able to keep up breastfeeding if it wasn't for Ken. And for that me and Tristan are truly thankful. He is always there to help with the baby (not that he shouldn't but...you know how guys can be!). He never complains about doing anything around the house, changes just as many diapers as I do, and we have BOTH given Tristan every single bath that he has had. Pretty amazing huh, being that is 8 months old now. I guess you could say giving Tristan a bath has turned into family bonding time. I just feel that I have to give Ken the credit he deserves because he is such and amazing husband and daddy! Ok, on to Tristan...
Wow is he changing. He is blowing raspberry's like crazy, babbling up a storm, says mamama(even though I don't think he knows what it means yet), he has his top two teeth now (In case your counting...that's four teeth now!), rolling to everywhere (and I mean every inch of the room!), Interacting with the cats and dog by petting them, pulling there tails, and laughing at them, and is on his way to crawling. Now by that I mean he is starting to get on all fours and rock a little. He isn't staying on all fours yet because he has learned that if he wants to get somewhere to just roll on over there (he's no dummy!) so he is being a little lazy on the crawling. He is really almost there though. I am not pushing this because I know once he starts going I will never stop chasing him. He is really starting to interact with toys a lot more. Instead of putting every single toy in his mouth he is learning how they work. Now don't get me wrong...everything still goes in the mouth, but he is learning how each toys buttons and levers work. It's so neat to watch his mind at work! The things he really likes to play with these days though is the remote (such a guy!), wipes container, and his empty bottles. Sometimes these are the only things that calm him down. That and the fish. He LOVES to watch our big orange Parrot fish swimming around. It really cracks him up to say the least. I am just so amazed every day how much he is changing. He is always talking up a storm (in baby talk of course!) so I am hoping he will be a social butterfly and not be shy. He loves, loves, loves to smile. And even more than that he loves when you smile at him and sing to him. I really need to get up on my kids songs because I have been singing a lot of mommy made up songs to him. he doesn't seem to mind though.
Size ways, I'm not too sure how much he weighs. He hasn't been to the doctor in 2 months but I am hoping he has hit 16 or 17lbs by now. He is still in 3-6 months but I am thinking he will be in 6-9 months by Christmas if not soon after. A ton of people have been asking what size to buy for Christmas so I thought I would say it here as well. I would buy 6-9 months or bigger. If he is still in 3-6 months then he doesn't need that size. I have already bought too much in 3-6 months.
Some new foods he has eaten is carrots, mangoes, papaya, and Zucchini. he has loved them all. i pray that he won't be as picky as me in the food department. I still eat extremely plain and I want so bad for him to have a bigger taste palate. I think we will try chicken breast for the first time this weekend and maybe some rice. We'll see how that purees. We have also started Gerber puffs with him. He seems to like them but play more than anything. It's so funny to watch because he will hold it the entire time in his hand and start crunching on it with all four teeth.
Well I think that's about it for now. As you see I have been playing around with my blog design. I made the header with photoshop and some digital scrapbook stuff I have bought. I still have a lot of tweaking with the background and sidebar but I have to have time to figure out the HTML code first. I have to thank Jen at http://jenieshell.blogspot.com/ for helping with all the tweaking. I will be working on it more when I have time. Ok, baby is screaming for me so that's all for me!
PS. I will upload pictures a little later so check back later today or tomorrow. I don't have a ton but I do have some.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Sorry I have been M. I. A.
I'm sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks. things have been kind of crazy lately. Our neice came in from Florida for 10 days at the end of September and ever since then we have all been sick on and off.
Ok, lets see, where to start...Tristan will be 7 months old tomorrow. We are still exclusivley breastfeeding and that is going great. I just noticed that his top 2 teeth will be popping through any day now. He wasn't to happy all weekend so I didnt have time to post then either. That will make 4 teeth when these come through! It seems that he is going to have a tougher time with these top to teeth though because he didn't sleep at all on Saturday night. Poor guy :( He is changing so much these days. He is liking tummy time now (what a relief!) and is actually putting himself on his tummy from the sitting possition. He tries to crawl but hasn't figured out that he has to get on all fours yet. I'm not going to rush it since he just recently has tolerated being on his tummy. He likes to pull himself up into the standing possition when he is sitting in your lap and loves to walk assisted. I'm telling you, this kid just wants to go, go, go! I can't even get him to sit still anymore because he wants to walk or crawl away and gets mad because he can't do that yet. He is also standing assisted against the couch and bigger toys. Not super steady yet to where he is cruising but any day now. We have noticed once he starts to try to do something he will have it mastered very soon after. He is a very determaned baby!
We took him to the Pumkin path on Saturday in Erie, Mi. He was more interested in looking around than anything but it was fun to take him there. I have pictures of that and tons more that I haven't shared yet. Since there is so many I'm not going to uplaod them onto a slide show, I will just post the link. Here is a preview though! I will try to be much better on posting updates!
Click here to see more pictures!http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t308/tborek/October%20upload/?albumview=grid
Friday, October 3, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tristans 6 month photo shoot
We got Tristan's 6 month pictures done yesterday and they turned out really good. He was such a good boy and had such a good time. I think he thought it was play time. It turned out to be a great expirience. My little baby is starting to look like a little boy now. I can't believe it!
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