Last day!

Boy it was hard trying to blog every single day! Techincally I didn't even blog everyday because there were a couple days I forgot to.

This means tomorrow is December 1st. In 11 more days Andy will be leaving and I'm now starting to freak out a bit.

I am amazed how single parents can take care of an infant and I see just how hard it is sometimes and that's even when Andy is here. How am I going to handle things when he's gone for almost 3 months?

So much is going to change with Wilson in 3 months. Everyday he is growing and it's so very bittersweet.

They really don't stay babies forever and yet you want them to but you also get excited everytime they learn to do something new and are excited to see the person they are going to become.

Well... at least I'll have pictures/videos/and this blog to remember some of these moments!

Blergh.

This is how I feel about forgetting to post yesterday.

But wait! I only have one more day left of having to blog everyday! Tomorrow will be my last! Yay!!

I must admit it had been pretty hard blogging (almost) everyday. I didn't have much I wanted to really blog about. Or at least put up for the whole wide world to read about! Haha!

In other news. The photo shoot happened yesterday and it was our first experience trying to take pictures of a baby, and it was very difficult! Timing wise it was a little off. We had hoped Wilson would nap in the car on the way but he didn't so of course when we got there he wasn't in the best of moods.

But he did really like Dawn, the photographer. He had no issue with her at all! Just didn't like being propped up or in posing shots haha! I can't wait to see how they turned out and how he will look in them! I know I'm going to love them!

Tomorrow!!

Is our photo session!!!

AHHH!!!! just tonight though Wilson scratched the side of his nose! URGH let's hope nothing else happens.

Another short post. I'm SOOOO sleepy!

black friday

has made me a very sleepy girl.

I have wonderful inlaws though who let me sleep for a couple hours to catch up the madness that was black friday.

i only went crazy and bought 2 things though.

i'll blog about that tomorrow perhaps.

can you take a guess at what it was I bought? If you are my FB friend you might have an idea already on one item.

preview of thanksgiving

Does this count as a blog post if it's only just a picture?

Short.

going to make this exactly what the title says. while I do have things to blog about I have a somewhat fussy baby who slept all day and now is having a hard time going to bed!

this spells like a long night and we've got a very important day tomorrow so I am going to head to bed and get ready.

lets cross our fingers a certain W-named baby will stay asleep better tonight than he did last night.

stupid vaccinations.

6 month check up

So our little man had his 6 month check up today and everything went well! He is of course growing and right on track.


Head Circumfrence: 17.75 cm
Weight: 16 lbs 14 oz
Height: 26 in

We actually think he might be a little longer because the aide didn't really wait to stretch him out but either way little man is getting big!

He had to get 5 shots today, one oral and 4 actual shots, one of them being the flu shot.

The first prick he barely noticed. The second one he started to cry, the third one he was really mad and the fourth one he was howling and kicking. And then it was all over and he was over it too.

We got home and fed him and he slept for a good 3 and a half hours. He woke up as happy as a clam and is now currently playing with his daddy and toys! What a good baby we have!

Shutterfly Post.

So I got my email today about writing in my blog about the Holiday cards and I'm sooo stoked! I mean What a great thing for me to get and to get to blog about! I've already used Shutterfly to make now 2 photo books of Wilson and of course pictures!

This year is definitely a special year to send a holiday card because it's our first as parents, and Wilson's first holiday! It's also going to be a very bittersweet holiday because Andy will be leaving for the Air Force before Christmas. So he will be in basic training and will be missing our son's first Christmas, New Years, and his first birthday as a Dad.

It's going to be VERY important for us to document this time not only just because we are parents but because for 8 weeks, Andy won't get to see Wilson. I plan on using Shutterfly to print pictures and send as many as I can while he is away at Basic.

I really want to be able to send him one picture per letter so by the end of it he will have a whole stack of them and be able see Wilson literally growing before his eyes!

So with that said here is the standard information that I am blogging about. I know some of my friends and family already use Shutterfly in the past. Let's keep a lookout for those awesome promos and deals they offer and keep making memories!

Christmas cards

Possible Christmas Card?

Thanks to Books Bucks and Beyond I found out that Shutterfly is offering a deal for 50 free Holiday Cards for bloggers. And I figured why not see if I get picked and went over to Shutterfly and started looking through their cards.

Wow! They sure are cute! This is the one I have picked out if I do happen to get the free 50 cards.





If anyone else is interested in filling out the form to see if you get picked for 50 free holiday cards go HERE!

Also if you like Shutterfly on Facebook and submit a christmas/holiday type picture you get 25 FREE 4x6 prints good for use until December 26th!

I shared mine and can't wait to get my free prints!

A half a year ago...

we welcomed our son into the world. First he looked like this little old man:



I remember the Nurse commented that I did an awesome job because his umbilical cord was so thick. I wasn't really sure what she meant and she told me that meant that he was super healthy and it meant that I was very healthy during my pregnancy. I really should look this up if umbilical cord size=super healthy baby. I kind of think that it's really an old wives tale but who knows.

At 3 months he had already change so much!



Looking back he did a whole lot of laying around and just watching everyone and everything. We were still in the feeding, sleeping, dirtying diapers mode.

Now at 6 months..


Starting to learn to be a big boy. Rolling over and attempting to sit up. Personality, he just LOVES people! He loves to watch people talk and talk to him. I thought he would have stranger anxiety but even when random people come up to him and engage him he just smiles and talks back!

Seriously being a mother is just the most wonderful thing in the whole world. I ALWAYS knew I would love my child, but I never imagined just how much even one little smile or coo or giggle just fills me with love, joy, and thankfulness.

It's gonna be. wait for it.

LEGENDARY!
Man Harry Potter was just awesome. It's such a bittersweet moment knowing soon the movies will finally be done and having to some how move on with my life. The twilight series is okay but it's just not like Harry Potter or LoTR for me. Reading those books compared to reading Twilight. Well, there really is no comparison.

Seems to feel the same movie-wise as well. I DO like the twilight stuff, I mean hello! I have a huuuge crush on Cedric Diggory.. oops I mean Edward Cullen. Whatevs.

I just feel like there is just so much more detail in Harry Potter and LoTR. So much more going on in them. Anyways.. it was awesome. I laughed, I cried, I held my pee for 2 and half hours and that is HARD to do. Especially after having a baby lol.

Which speaking of babies, Wilson is just the cutest! Tomorrow he will be hitting his 6 month milestone! I can't believe it!

Excited

I get to see this:

tomorrow!!!!!!

YES YES YES!!!

also I happened to find out it is BOGO Holiday Drinks at Starbucks and I got this



The caramel brulee frappucino and OMG it is amazing!!! Seriously!! I can't wait to go tomorrow to get another one! Haha!

The hardest thing I ever had to do.

Is to co-ordinate our outfits for our photo session. Seriously. I mean you don't want to be super cheesy and all have the same exact shirt, but you all can't be wearing totally different things.. So here's what I picked, hopefully its not too matchy matchy but it also doesn't look totally ridiculous.

For me:

with jeans and either my flats or boots (depending on my mood)

For Andy:

Also with jeans and I think we are going to have to buy him a pair of nice casual brown shoes. All he owns is tennis shoes and one pair of black dress up shoes.

For Wilson:


He's got a pair of jeans too.

Let's just hope that the sweater isn't HUGE on Wilson and that Andy won't mind wearing his ensemble and that I don't look like a heifer in my outfit!

Sooo excited!

I'm so so so excited!! November 28th is going to be our photo session with The Picket Fence

Seriously check out this lady's blog and look at the pictures!! JUST GORGEOUS!!!

With it being so late in the year I have to figure out what outfit I want to dress Wilson in.

Here's some of my ideas:



This with a pair of jeans maybe?


or this?


I really like this too:

Hrm.

Before Andy leaves for basic and after Wilson turns 6 months, I want to get a family portrait done.

I really really really would love to get awesome pictures taken. But the frugal side is saying "Just go to JcPennys"

Now there is nothing wrong with JcPennys or Sears or Walmart BUT I really really want beautiful pictures. There is something so much more personal than a studio setting can give you.

Something like this would just be soo cute!


This baby just looks soo happy


This one is just breathtaking


I just have to figure out what I want to do!!

Oops!

Looks like I didn't post again yesterday. In my defense I was going to and then I started watching tv. More specifically Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

This Thursday at midnight, the last of the movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 comes out. Andy and I will be going sometime on Friday to go see it! YAY!

I've read all the books and reread them and own all the movies currently. Not going to lie but I love Harry Potter mania far more than this Twilight mania going on. The twilight books were okay but there was just such detail with Harry Potter going on, it made you really wish that there was a secret world where witches and wizards lived.

It also made Witches less scary to me. I mean growing up you think of witches as ugly old horrible evil women who just wanted to either a. do something really terrible to you or b. do something in which you end up dead. So for me this series really changed how I looked at witches and witchcraft.

I cannot wait for friday! And I'll have to do two posts today to make up for yesterday. Dangit.

Milestone Pt. 2

I love it! He now rolls anytime he is placed on his stomach thus defeating our tummy time. I can't wait to see how much more he learns.

Today was a good friend's baby shower and I got to see Shawna and Jack! Our babies were little darlings except for a couple little minutes of fusiness when it was eating time.

I'll probably post pictures tomorrow or another video but it was sooo great getting to see Shawna and her babies! I can't get over how big Kaitlyn is getting and how Jack is just so adorable! I know we aren't blood related but I adore those kids and I hope that our kids will grow up and be good friends.

Milestone

Well it's official I have a baby who can now roll! It's so funny that Wilson has NEVER liked doing tummy time at all and really not a big wiggler or mover all of a sudden figured out how to roll!

We kept putting him on his tummy and he would immediately flip himself back to his back. I kind of think he only learned to do it so he won't have to do his hated tummy time anymore.

He is working on rolling from tummy to back but he can't quite seem to make it. All in all pretty amazing considering for the most part when he did his tummy time he would just bury his head in the floor and not move.

It's amazing how these babies just get so big!!

Gonna try it out.

Well since moving in with the inlaws and in the future knowing that I will be living in a place with my own washer and dryer, I have invested in.... (dramatic music)

CLOTH DIAPERS!

I still have 2 boxes of size 2 pampers to go through so I thought I would buy a couple and test the waters out while I am here.

I am very excited for a couple reasons.

1. Saving money by not having to buy diapers. ALTHOUGH I already had saved money with disposables by stocking up whenever there was a deal and which is why right now I have 2 boxes left to use.

2. Knowing that these are diapers that Wilson will be able to grow into and use even up to his potty training years.

3. Being eco-friendly. (I'm not a huge green person so actually this one doesn't really matter that much to me, but hey its good for the environment so whatever.)


I am nervous for a couple reasons.

1. Not knowing what to expect. Am I going to be dealing with leaks? Poop blowouts? Smell issues? Possible rash issues?

2. Cleaning them. Seems easy enough and yet I read countless posts on different mommy forums of CD'ing moms who have issues with washing their CDs and the absorbency and debating on it all.

3. Having to possibly invest money in all different kinds and finding that none of them are a good fit/match for Wilson. Seems like a lot of CD moms have to try different diapers to figure out which one works and when you are spending 15 bucks a diaper that can get really pricey. Especially when you are going to need a stock of them.



With that said I have bought 3 different diaper covers. Also I am firstly investing in diaper cover and not AIO (all in one diapers) If I feel like Cloth diapering is something I want to invest more in I will probably buy a couple AIO diapers.

I bought 2 Blueberry Diaper Covers



Then I bought one Econobum Trial Pack


And 2 Flip Diapers



The Trial pack comes with 3 inserts and the Flip Diapers come with 3 each as well. I then bought 6 more for the other two Blueberry Diaper Covers.

I bought the blueberry diapers off babysteals.com and the other things off cottonbabies.com

I can't wait to see what it's going to be like. At the very worst I can just resell them to someone else.

Funny

So a funny story. Yesterday was my birthday and randomnly Andy's Aunt Ginny called during the day to see if I was home because she had a present for Wilson and I, not even realizing it was my birthday!

So I got a surprise housewarming/birthday gift. It's just the most darling thing too. It's a serving tray with just the cutest teapot and sugar and creamer and 4 cups and a little mini teapot too!

I should've taken a picture of it, but I wrapped it up and put it in our storage. I can't wait for the day I can use it though. I love drinking tea so it's perfect!

Also Wilson's gift was just the cutest little wooden chair. I love thinking how many many years ago someone else's little boy probably sat on that very same chair.

Birthday

So today is my 27th birthday. What a nice birthday it was! The weather was just gorgeous and for me personally a very special birthday. My first birthday as a mother!
Today on facebook I said in my status how it is very special and how on May 20, 2010. I received the best birthday present, my son.

Other birthdays will come and go but this one will be very special to me for sure. I cannot wait for future birthdays with cards and hugs and kisses from my baby and future babies...

OOPS!

Looks like I totally spaced and forgot to blog yesterday!

In my defense though I did a lot yesterday.

I took care of baby while Andy worked out and then went to the apartment and FINALLY finished cleaning it and then went grocery shopping and then came home and took care of my baby some more and cooked dinner for the family. Also got in a walk with my mom in law as well.


I was soo pooped by 9pm I just layed around and read on my kindle app on my phone. Guess I should've spent that time blogging!

Well today is my birthday so I'll have to do another post later today so I can get back on track!

Colts

Last night was the daylight savings time change and we set our clock back one hour. Today Wilson was a little off because of this. He took a very long afternoon nap and I finally woke him up at 4:15 pm right before the Colts/Eagles game.

He ate and we attempted to give him Pears but he was far more interested in everyone watching the game than eating. Which is VERY unusual for my little chunker.

We watched the game with his Uncle Jake and Cousin Nathan and Great Grandad Klingensmith came over too!

The game tonight was pretty intense and hopefully Collie will be okay. Sadly that's another Colts player injured though and who knows how long Collie will be out!

So with the game going on there was a lot of noise and activity and with Wilson's slight change he didn't get a nap but was definitely tired by 7pm. Which if we hadn't set the clock would be 8pm which is his normal bed time.

We got him to take a little nap but with all the commotion over the game he woke back up. He was very sweet though. Normally if he is over tired he is just a complete monster but he sat there very sweetly and smiled around.

The game is over and unfortunately we lost and Wilson got put back to bed. At least I hope so. As I type I can hear him make some noises from the baby monitor. We will see if he stays down or not.

Another day another moving session.

Wow. Will I ever be done moving? Today my brother, his lady love, Andy, Wilson and I all moved more stuff!

There is just the smallest amount of junk at the apartment left but I am soooo ready to just be DONE!

I seriously just wanted to throw everything else away. How can I have so much junk?!? Just a bunch of needless waste.

I really hope that me donating just bags and bags of junk to goodwill has finally paid off and we won't have as much to move the next time. But since 90% of our belongings is in storage and nicely packed, our big move when the time comes will be very easy and painless.

I cannot wait and also I'm sad! I love my inlaws and hate that I will be taking Wilson away from them but for our family it will be the best situation. Hopefully we will be able to visit often and really that will make our time together just that much more special!

Memories..

facebook is still really annoying me. now I can't get it to work right on my phone! UGH and DOUBLE UGH! Oh well.. so everyday Wilson grows just a little bit more and my little baby is now a big baby! Well big to me anyways... I can't believe 5 and a half months ago I gave birth to him. It's so amazing and just indescribable...

I keep looking back at pictures and videos of him when he was little and wow.. how can it be that he is so different already? I keep thinking about the moment the placed him in my arms, all covered in afterbirth and sooo pale from having the cord wrapped around his neck, his hair sticking up and his eyes all squinty. I can hear him crying and me talking to him and telling him "Hi, I'm your mommy Wilson."

Just wow. I never ever ever want to forget that moment. I know years and years from now I might not be able to recall down to the littlest detail, but thanks to this blog and technology, I can always look back and see and remember how I felt that day, five and a half months ago how my world changed.

Facebook...

IS DRIVING ME INSANE!!
so I finally got my pictures uploaded and for whatever reason I can SOMETIMES see the pictures I uploaded. I wanted to post a couple on here of Wilson but as of right now they are "gone."

How utterly frustrating!

Well here is one of Wilson looking just the cutest!!

Teeth!

So I've previously blogged about how Wilson's two bottom teeth are coming in and in this video I hope you can kind of see them!

He loves to be tickled and makes the funniest noises when we tickle him!



Today was another busy day of trying to juggle baby and trying to pack the rest of our stuff. We have 5 more days left and HOPEFULLY will be done before then! I still have ALOT of cleaning and donating to do. PHEW!

Oh no!

Today was a icky day. Wilson is teething and today was very fussy. Not horribly but he whined a lot and didn't take a very long afternoon nap. So I was dealing with that and Andy and his dad were moving our stuff and while they had a load my bookshelf that I had built, fell in the road and is now trashed.



I previously had blogged about how happy I was to have them. I had bought two and now am down to one. Oh the sadness!

Unfortunately it was pretty wrecked so there was no covering it up of any sort and I couldn't live with it being in the condition it was in.
Soooo.. I guess I can either buy a new one or buy a smaller one.

They still have the bookshelves being sold so I can buy this smaller 3 shelf one.



But I haven't decided if that's something I want to do. I think it would be great for our dvds that we have. We were able to fit our dvds in the first two shelves. I guess if Andy had his old dvd collection we might of had more shelves to have to use but that is not the case. Oh well... I'm starting to realize that DVDs are just a waste of money and space nowadays anyways. I've never been a "I need to have a dvd collection so people can think I'm cool" person. I make sure the dvds I do have are ones that I will watch over and over again.

Hello Pride and Prejudice!


Anyways.. the day is almost done for me and I needed to get my blog on. Hope you enjoyed!

NaBloPoMo 2010

Some of the blogs I happened to read are going to be doing NaBloPoMo 2010 this month and I figured I should try too!

This means I have to post a blog everday for a month! While in the future blogging everyday would probably get old, I want to at least try once!

Wilson had his first Halloween and while he's too young to really get what's going on, I knew he had a good time getting to see all the people and children. He sat in his stroller chomping on his crinkly book and looking around. It was also the first time we sat him in his stroller and not in his infant seat. Wow! My little baby is getting big!

I'll have to add pictures but right now it's been a little busy with moving out and still working on moving, and well with a baby it's doubly hard! My life revolves around my son's schedule and that is MORE than fine!
I love having him on a schedule it has made our lives just so-so-SO much easier! He goes down for his naps easily (I would say a good 98% of the time) and goes to bed easily as well.

Considering he is now a TEETHING baby this is amazing! His bottom two teeth are poking out and when he smiles you can see them! I can't wait to post newer pictures of them. Ahh the joys of being a mom!

Everything he does is amazing, even when he doesn't even realize he's doing it!

So look out November! I got a lot of posts to try to write about!