I'M SORRY, DID I GET AN EMAIL SAYING HE'S 38 WEEKS?

BYE BYE CHANGING TABLE, HELLO BLANKET ON THE FLOOR :)!

No more changing table.. however, we are all getting quite good at wrestling the phenomenal human alligator that Bug has become. He has too many places to go, changing the diaper is NOT one of the places and he is in a huge rush to GET THE HECK OUTTA THERE! It’s just the DIAPER part of changing the diaper that KILLS ME haha! I don’t mind chasing him around… putting his clothes backwards to put them on him who is facing away from me… but THE DIAPER.. that is where it allll goes downhill. The second you try to raise his bootie to get that diaper on.. IT’S ON MOMMA! TURN TO THE LEFT.. NO THE RIGHT.. NO THE LEFT.. NO THE RIGHT.. haha.. so we said good bye changing table, hello FLOOR haha! So much better, atleast safer to me. What I was using for a changing table didn’t have sides so the little changing table mattress would slide around everywhere.. sheesh.

WHO NEEDS TO SLEEP, WHEN YOU CAN SIT AND PLAY INNNN BED!

I mean seriously mom.. who does that. I just woke up, turn off the flash!

He is slowly getting better, but it’s taking some time for nap time to happen now that he is going from laying to sitting, laying to sitting, laying to sitting, laying to sitting.. It’s so fun to do that he can’t let himself settle down to get some shut eye! Of course, my night time feedings and then laying him down for the night are going so good… He is just so wonderful… I feel lucky that he loves to cuddle at night after his bottle. I love that 30 minutes of quiet time that we get together.. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

You’re up early!! What a coincidence, me toooo!

So Monday I decided that, you know what.. this whole “I will get up before the infomercials are over” early in the morning deal I have been wanting to do- LET’S DO THIS.. Unfortunately so did BUG.. Swear, I got up at 530 (I know that isn’t horribly early, it’s a start! One day I am hoping to be sweating to the oldies in the morning as well!), got in the shower… enjoying the quiet knowing both of my boys are sound asleep dreaming away… It was just a peaceful place to be in my head. I get out… lotionin’ the crap out of my skin (please refer to the comments below about my MONTH O’ RASH, in which Caladryl has permanently made my skin look like a snow drift!).. I think I hear something… noooo, I am just hearing things. I had the monitor in the bathroom with me because I am a weirdo like that and Brad is lucky enough to go the deepest ends of the sleeping spectrum. I see the little orange lights go up a few ticks which it does that when there is a “noise” (for example, if the boy is a hollerin’ the “richter scale” is a lit up! The more orange lights, the more noise that is coming from that barred bed :).) This is onnnnnly one light though so I am thinking that maybe he is just getting “rearranged”. Nope.. I hear him start “huffin’”. This “huffin’” is not referring to the retarded new act that kids like to perform on spray paint cans to get a “feel good”. By huffin’ I am referring to the “Michael Phelps” swimming motion that he does on his belly moving his arms and kickin’ those legs quicker than Ralph Macchio that he does. When he does that he gets really excited and huffs in and out really quick pumpin’ up :). I heard the huffin’ and knew.. GOOOOOOD MORNIN’ SUNSHINE was ready to take on the day! Thank god I took that step to get up, even if it was to feed a kiddo a bottle instead of doing a chore or two that I had planned to take up my “new extra minutes”. Secretly and honestly, it was a good thing he did because now I am scared he will do it again and I WON’T have been up and then be rushed and running around like a banchee if he beats me up. A

BUT I DON’T WANNA BE FRIENDS!

Well, I think the basset may have lucked out and might start getting a pet here and there. He and I have been fighting like a married couple.. BUT.. Bug has decided that he loves him and that Clyde makes Bug so very happy. I can already see the BFF’ism coming… so I am going to go ahead and start working on myself now so that I don’t have a watery eyed little boy looking at me, angry that I am yelling at his friend and kicking him out of the house into the backyard… I mean look at this..

LEAN ON ME... WHEN YOU'RE NOT STRONG.. I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND, I'LL HELP YOU CARRY ONNNNN! (You know you can hear it in your head :) )

Horrible phone pic. but this is my point that him even walking by gets Bug alll excited!

Twistin' and turnin' trying to find his friend!

He just smiles at Clyde, and any kind of “action” whether it be a little itchy, licky, runny, walkey…. It doesn’t matter, if the basset is doing it, it is funny to Bug. It is actually sweet, and it really does make me happy as of course I have worried about how Clyde would be with his spoiled and honory self!

SOOOO PPRRREEETTTYYY!

So the kiddo will find the tiniest hair that maybe Mr. Dirt Devil’s bristles weren’t quuuiiiiiite strong enough to grab. If it is the ONLY hair on a football field of long shaggy berber carpet, My son would gladly be so happy to go and find it for you. I swear, it’s actually kind of fascinating to watch him in turn be so fascinated with these long skinny things. I am thinking that my hair brush might be a good occupier for the time that I am trying to alligator wrestle him? Mom said he was sitting where some rays of sunlight were coming in from the window and the little particles you see… he was grabbing at them waving his arms around :).. He loves the details.. it’s funny since he has “learned” about this new way of looking at things and studying them, sometimes it’s like he thinks that he has something and grabs at his fingers with the opposite hand. The good thing is he gets verrrrry still when he does “locate” something, so it’s an easy give away to go grab it :).

LOOK BUBBIE! A BEEEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY!

Well on Tuesday, we took in Bug for a follow up for this dadgum ear infection to make sure that the liiiiiittle bit of fluid that the doctor saw in the last appt. making sure the infection was gone, was indeed not getting “reinfected”. So we are waiting to be called, mom was nice enough to meet me at the doc. office with Bug because I had a conf. call that I had to be on until 30 minutes before the appt.. So the way the waiting room is, there are big windows with ledges on the outside, the chairs on the inside back up to those ledges. So, I am standing with him because sitting turns you into a merry-go-round as he wants to be every direction at the same time.. actually it doesn’t stop if you are standing, it’s just easier. Mom is sitting in one of the chairs and we are chatting.. This really big monarch butterfly lands on the window… So I am going over there to have Bug stand on the chair and be right by the butterfly. Well then here is this little lizard that is coming on the ledge! I am thinking WOW, this is awesome… even though Brady is like yeaaaahhh mom, don’t care so much. But he is looking at them, we are so very close, when BOOM the dang lizard JUMPS UP and tries to get the butterfly with Bugs nose not far from the glass. He was just looking like uhhh… I am so glad that he has no clue about the tragedy that he almost had to watch. HAHA! I thought mom and I were going to DIE laughing.. I was like OHHH DEEEAAR! Sorry kiddo :). Mean ol’ baby Godzilla Butterfly Eater!

MINI-MAN SECTION PLEASE??

22 lbs. 13 oz. at the last appt.

THE END :)

MMMMM TWIZZLERS!

Not much changing on the home front with yum yum’s… Although I was informed that he was introduced to twizzlers and pudding snack packs (Can we scroll up a bit to the 22 lbs. 13 oz. I was just talking about ;), wink wink!) with Grammy/man. Lord help us :)…. I am fine with it but that is going to be known as GRAMMY/MAN food so if it isn’t stocked when he comes over.. they can hear him boo hoo.. :) I already have my plan.. any kind of sugary junk food that is pointed out at the store will be kindly rejected by myself and I will state- ohhh baby that is GRAMMY/MAN food, we don’t have that at home remember? ;) I GOT THIS. This could actually really work out so that I don’t have to have it in my house and get a hiney as big as Texas… GIGI/ Pappy can jump on that train too if they would like hahaha ;). Brad’s parents (Grammy/Man) are known for their “candyland” drawer and the kids love it and know where to go to get it :). It’s actually pretty funny!

Honorable Mentions..

First off, sweet baby Jackson had his heart surgery, was so strong and is now HOME as of yesterday! Can you believe how amazing he is! I went up there on Tuesday, I think it was, and they were saying that the incision was already healed, he was off of his pain meds. and doing fantastic! It has just been such an eye opening experience of just how strong these little guys are! Just amazing..

OH and prepare for my 9 month letter to Brady next month.. get the Kleenex ready :). Especially with all that I have experienced with Jackson and this whole thing that he was put through, whew wee... my emotions are on fire :).

Look at this sweet bundle of amazing and beautiful baby!

This was the first time that I had seen him with those beautiful eyes wide open. This was on Tuesday, 8/10

8/10/10- First time momma was holding him! Speaking of amazing, and strength.. she is pretty amazing herself! Been through so much!

He looks like a whole new kiddo with those eyes open!

First day of having a bottle too since surgery! He drank that bottle in like 2 minutes! Hungry boy!!

Going home!! This was yesterday- 8/12/10... got to go home! Sorry the pic is so small... I stole it from a pic Grammy sent me :).

OK NOOOOW, honorable mentions..

Reading.. I know, I know, I thought it was pretty amazing myself.

I don't really like the whole idea of taking pics. when their little feelings are hurt, however, Throwing fits at dinner time- that allows for pictures...

I had the camera sitting on the table... and would reach over to push the button to take a pic when he was "yelling" at me, and he would stop.. pretty good plan I think? LOL.

Still crossing those ankles at all times :).

Can I atleast maybe PAAAY you for a grin? :)

Unusual that there was not a fightin' goin' on over the toy :) By the way, Payton is boss :).

Loved him some melon!!

Well I better get to typin’! This kiddo is everywhere and doesn’t look to have the intentions of slowing down anytime soon! We have had a really rough couple of weeks since the last time I blogged… From his eye infection, to an ear infection… I decided to have the worst allergic reaction to poison ivy (we are still guessing that is what it was, a month later I still have remnants of the outbreak) that I and I think even the hospital I went to has ever seen. They were calling in nurses to OHHHH MY GAAAWWWDDD LOOK AT THIS. It has been absolutely miserable.. I wasn’t able to sleep for more than an hour at a time without waking up in misery from itching! I was given a steroid shot, as well as steroid pills, and they about made me come out of my skin! I could go on all day about that and whine away.. but I will just stop and say it was the most horrible experience.. and if you see me running like an idiot to the other side of the road to get away from a bush OF ANY KIND that might possibly touch me, keep your laughs quiet please :). Sorry, but this chick is not going to be enjoying wilderness outside of walking under a tree to get to my hotel room on any vacations anytime soon. Sorry bug, you gonna have to go campin’ by yoself :)! It is getting better, but man.. I am not kidding when I say it has been a month. Insane!



Look at my misery... ignore the pits and almost bootie crack please :)

AND YES, IT IS ON MY FACE TOO!

This is my right forearm up to where my elbow is :(.. that is where it allll began.

NEED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY GOOD MAN UPSTAIRS... I BRING HIM ALOT.. AND I CAN SAY THAT I SERIOUSLY WAS BAWLING ASKING FOR HIM TO MAKE ME BETTER BECAUSE I WANTED TO SCRAPE MY SKIN OFF.. aaaamen lord, he has made me better, slowly but surely!

 

We are having a hard time kickin’ the ear infection and eye infection! 2 days after we stopped the drops, here came the “you know what” (goop) in the eyes again! I was like ohhhhh nooooooo! If you don’t remember, I am not having a big love for the eye drops.. nor is Bug. So back to the doctor we went and yup.. another round of drops AND another round of antibiotics because my little tough guy had a DOUBLE EAR INFECTION! I was like oooook.. hold up one sec.! I pictured a screaming baby, pulling on his ears like it was a one sided tug o’ war game, miserable baby when/if he got a devil ear infection! That and teething.. because you can’t see it necessarily but the two things are SO typical to happen, those two things were two things I was so afraid of for him… I guess you can add this to the list of a gazillion things that he has proved me wrong on haha! He didn’t so much as TOUCH his ear.. maybe brushed it faintly a couple of times before this was diagnosed.. didn’t cry, NADA! When they said it was a double I was like whhhhaaaaaattt? Sheesh.. poor kiddo.. I am going to just let myself think that he hasn’t had one bit of pain :), since he didn’t “tell momma”! It’s crazy because NOW he is grabbing at his ear a lot.. but I really think (or should I say hope) that it is the big ol’ top “toofs” that I think I see coming down from the top arena!! I swear though we have to go out with a bang in all that we do :).. We will go in this week just as a follow up to make sure we got it knocked out! Only good thing is I am getting weekly weigh ins :)! I love learning how much he has grown! Although if he doesn’t stop growing we are going to have a small MAN on our hands! Let’s see, on Thursday, July 22 he weighed 21 lbs. 14.5 oz.! What was good about the date of that appt. is that he turned EIGHT MONTHS (hold please, let me find a tissue)…. OK I am done sobbing :)… so I had a good weight to put in his baby book for his 8 month stats :). What I haven’t even done is take his 8 month picture… sheesh, I really need to x-nay on the procrastionation-ay.


OK.. so for another long blog.. here we go :)!

Well not only do I live with one growling dog, I now have a growling husband and a growling baby boy! If you were to stand at our door and just put your ear to it.. you would think we were living “where the wild things are”! Brady and Brad are hilarious.. they get going back and forth.. Brad- GRRRR!.. Brady- GRRRR!... Brad- GRRRR! Brady- NOTHING, GAME OVER. Hahaha… No but really they go back and forth, it’s hilarious until that final time when he looks at you like a weirdo for growling at him. ;) COOONNNNVEINENTLY he was full of little growls last night, and I got him in the tub :)! Once again ignore my participation and weird noises :).....

I think I have found my way into being a millionaire since for some reason I am not winning the lotto by osmosis since I haven’t bought a ticket but still want to win?? Straps… Buckles… Brady loves ‘em all! If there is a strap, he will gum that thing until you pry it from him. He loves them, and I assume that he is not the only one that does, I am going to invent a toy that is a strap.. I have googled, and although I have not really dug into searching, I have not seen a strap toy. However, I did just google- STRAP TOYS... and I got this lovely recommendation- Did you mean: strapon toys.. OK LET ME ADD TO MY SEARCH WORDS PLEASE. hahahaha... HEEEECK NO I AIN'T LOOKIN' FOR THOSE KINDS OF TOYS! Sheesh! 

Because I would never let him sit in his seats with trays without the “seatbelt” on.. he will find those things just hanging and there is no toy that I have spent a gazillion dollars on that can take the place of the strap. Sheesh.. only time I had to cut him off was at the sparkling clean brand new HEB in Pleasanton lol-NOT (that is for you Renee).. I couldn’t even tell what color the seatbelt was for the grocery cart that I reluctantly was too lazy to put his cover on and put him in. He went to suck on that “strap”… whew wee.. I about had a heart attack! :).


We are a steam rollin’ fool!! That kiddo is QUICK! He was on the bed with me yesterday after we got done napping and got him out of bed.. we were bein’ lazy… he literally got from the middle of the bed to the edge in oh I would say about 3 seconds. Scary! I was with him… but man, there is not a time that I can’t be if he is like lightnin’ :). Quite a few times he is going from laying down to allllmost sitting up! He uses his little arm as a kickstand! He’s funny with his little arm that he “leads” with in his roll. It’s like he was introducing a show on stage or something haha… and if you are in his way.. move… please move… ok if you aren’t going to move I will growl at you hahaha. He is something else. That growling now that I am putting two and two together on when he does it… it really is when he is annoyed most of the time. Or I should say, same way that we say grrr… I wish that car would move or whatever we might get annoyed with… that is how he does it! HAHA! Today (8/2- for baby book purposes haha) mom went in to get him up from his nap and uhhhh there was little guy SITTING IN BED! He did it!! He went from laying down to sitting up after alllll the failed attempts this weekend! She said he was sitting there clapping! So funny! He has really taken on to clapping more and more.. started last week and now is full on doing it.


Eating wise.. eating a lot of new things… still all baby food… had a little mashed potatoes, but don’t really go outside the “box” as far as big people food goes :). I know, I am a weiner… YOU ‘MEMMMMMBER!! :) He is eating more though! Last Saturday he devoured TWO jars of food.. and this is a huge change as he used to eat 1/3 of a jar of a meaty type of meal and 1/3 of a jar of a veggie every night.. He really seems to be like “eeehhhh I can live with or without it”, but that has changed lately. Mom and I have our little “schedule” that we are going to throw in that third meal on his 9 month birthday. It doesn’t seem that we are off much with throwing that third meal in when we are since he seems to want more here lately too. I feed him until he “cuts me off” so I think we are on track..


We have begun an awesome game of… CHUNK IT when it is chow time... I give him toys to keep him "busy" in between bites. This is all I have to say about that game… ;0)

I would like to introduce our new baby nephew, another Jackson :). Sweet baby Jackson was born on Monday, July 19th! Poor little guy has been given a rougher path to begin his new little life. He has a condition called coarctation of the aorta and will be enduring an open heart surgery on Thursday. Basically the Aorta is too narrow to pump the blood throughout the lower part of his body. Please pray for him.. and for his parents, and our family. He is doing so well, and is gaining weight quickly! Please pray for the positive progression! Like I say over and over again in regards to Brady, these little guys are amazing with the strength and will that is compacted into their little bodies. He is showing that ten fold.. Although I can't imagine going through this myself with Brady, we are lucky that they found this complication now... before he ever left the hospital. He will heal quickly and live the wonderful life that he is meant to live! I can't wait to hold him! He is being transferred from the NW Women's Center to Dell Children's Hospital this afternoon at 3 pm! That place is soooo wonderful! I was so ecstatic when I heard he was going there.. My brother in law and his girlfriend are going to be able to stay there... their own room, which will be connected to his. Amazing.. I was told that prior to any procedures that the nurses and the doctors join hands and pray over the patient. That warms my heart and sends chills throughout my body.. He will be having the surgery done on Thursday morning... I will update my blog as his recovery progresses. Thank you for your prayers!

Here is the sweet little guy!! Just as beautiful as can be... you would never know such dramatic stuff was going on inside that precious, perfect little body!! Poor little guy had to have an IV put in his head last week :(.. I hope this all goes away soon and he heals so quickly! So hard to watch these little guys go through anything.. To think that I have a hard time watching Brady get shots.. and for what Ash/ Michelle are going to have to go through.. they are my heroes.. Poor things... They will be so strong though.. Everyone will pull through just fine!

Well I am going to close this for now, and because I love my redundant promises of blogging more often, I will again say that I will get better :). He is doing too much, too often.. and my brain is that of a pancake, a flat one. So here is to another promise :). Hope your week treats you well! Here are some pics :).

BUNTING!

OH WELL.. FOR NOW, THIS IS WHAT A BAT IS GOOD FOR :)

Pappy and his grandbabies (less Jackson, he is a big boy)... :)

Kisses for Grammy!! GIMMEEEE YOOO FAAACE!!

HAAAAAAY!!!!(although you really know he was growling ;)

Boys, Boys, Boys...

Umm.. you know what time it is... GIMMMEEEEE the camera :)!

Luuuhhhhuuuuuvvvs playin' in the water!

haha! HAD TO TRY A MOHAWK???? not so much..

OK, what about now??? Camera Please???

AND I ALMOST FORGOT!! 143 Days, 10 Hours, AND 3 Minutes 'til Santa comes :)!