HOLY PEE PEE!!

Funny story to start us off here on this humid day in Austin, TX (but by God A COLD FRONT IS A COMIN’!) … So Brady gets quite the thrill of the act of “exposed crawling” immediately after bath time. It is part of the “show” for him to crawl around nekid as I put lotion on him.. qtip those ears out.. hopefully get a few bristles on the locks. The entire time he is crawling around the room.. ohhhh let’s go look at the mirror.. ohhhh let’s go look at the curtains… oh let’s go look at the rocker… MOM STOP FOLLOWING ME... I am sure it would be entertaining to watch.. but he and I have a great time with the “game” :). Well in the last week he turned into a little snuffaluffagus (I seriously typed that about one letter per 5 seconds sounding out haha.. too lazy to google it) and had a bit of a drainy nose.. He is quite the odd kiddo with the BRAIN SUCKER (nose sucker)… he will let you suck away a lot of the time, he needs to have something to play with.. but sometimes he will even stay really still like a dog that you found “the spot” when scratching… Like yeah mom right there.. riiiiight there! It’s so funny, AND STRANGE! Anyways so he was straddling me as I had my knees up he was leaned back reclining while I drained him of any breathing obstruction. Need to go back to the point that HE WAS NEKID… All of a sudden… HOOOOLY URINATION! It was like a horse was standing there peeing on me.. the sound that it makes when their hurricane of a pee comes out.. it sounded like that. We both just stared at it happening.. I couldn’t move. I was just thinking ohhh man.. don’t pee on the carpet! I am not sure if all boys “mechanics” are the same when they pee but if you put something on top of the “thingee” it stops…. YOU PULL THAT SOMETHING OFF… the thingee continues on like an unplugged air mattress. He has not lost fascination with the “thingee” so he reached down as it is still “happening”. I was like ohhhh heeellll nooooo! Hahaha! Ever seen a water hose going crazy…. Yup. You have the perfect image in your mind. By the end of it my slacks were soaked from the waist to mid thigh… I would have never been able to convince someone that I hadn’t indeed pee’d myself. But I swear it was HIM.. Kinda like this sweet smile… I WOULD NEVER MOMMA.. EVER DO THAT TO YOU.

I totally forgot to post his nine month stats! I will have to get back with ya on the percentile as I don’t remember but he was 23 lbs. 1.5 oz. and 28.75” long! I bought him some leather sandal type of shoes and this kiddos feet are just HUGE…. As in long… plump sure.. but they are loooonnnng too! I bought size 5’s.. they are a no go because they are too tight on the top… Mom bought some softer leather shoes that are 5’s and they fit perfect (I swear she is magical) and are just barely too long! So long baby shoes.. size 1’s? 2’s? 3’s? 4’s? I got to buy nada in those sizes :). He is gonna be a tall one I bet!! I am going to looooove it! Although the probability of special ordering shoes for him is strangely in my head years down the road!

WE LIKE ‘EM BIG!! 3’S YOU ARE OUTTA HERE! We are officially in size 4 diapers full time ;)…

Crib stories… Gigi learned really quick that the “baby streaker” cannot be put down to go nightie night at nap time with just a diaper and a tshirt on.. Hence you will baby with a new “toy” aka.. diaper. HAHA! From crawling on August 28th to pulling up on EVERYTHING already as well.. Good thing is, is he isn’t scared to “get down” and plop on his bootie.. he actually finds it quite funny. :) Note to self.. follow the actions of your son when you get pushed on your bootie in life.. GIGGLE AT IT :) (please give me some time to get used to doing that :)). Also... we are officially at the bottom level of the crib height!! Can't believe how quickly we made that move.. the bed skirt drags the ground now grrrrr! :).

HAAAAAY GIGI!! Nothin' to see here.. nothin' at all :).

I swear, I did nothing!

He and Payton are just cute as can be to watch.. Now with both being mobile.. they are quite the pair! I can't believe we went from this..

to this.. WHO ARE YOU???

TO THIIIIS!  I NEED THIS.. MY TEETH HURT.. NO MY TEETH HURT.. MINE HURT MORE.. NO MINE.. ;).

MINE.. NO MINE.. NO MINE.. :)

Pretty sure he was trying to pull his sweet "alligator roll" move here.. GIMME!

Jackson is so patient with Brady’s obsession with him as well lol! We got pictures done of them so I will post those next week.. Brady WOULD NOT stop pulling on anything connected to Jackson. Between keeping him from Jackson, and Payton from crawling off.. the photo session definitely had us sweatin’ trying to keep them situated!! Those people at Picture People are fantastic though!! Hopefully that little plug will help comfort them with the anger of me posting my picture of my picture that I am going to post on here because they won’t let me copy it off their website ;).

I am really hoping his interest in the washer continues... this could really work out to my advantage. Scenario- OHHH honey do you know how to make the water sprinkle on the door??? Here momma will show you.. Take this hamper to the washer and you put alllll these clothes in there... Then here is the soap.. here is the softener.. yep that is where you put it... HOOOONNNNNEEEYYYYY, ohhhh do you know how fun the dryer is!! Here momma will show you... first you put allll those clothes in the dryer from the washer... Isn't this fun? No momma can't help.. she will spill her glass of wine. Man does she sure appreciate you though... wait a second.. where are you going... why are you putting the dry clothes on the bed in a pile? What do you mean that is what you have watched daddy do??? ;). Little call out on baby daddy :). XOXO!

EIGHT LEGS IS 6 TOO MANY FOR ME! This furry little fella that is even giving me goosebumps right now looking at this picture.. was eyeballing us when we left GIGI's one day.. first and hopefully last encounter with a live tarantula less the glass that is usually between the two of us!

OHHHH yeah.. I am one of those moms.. instead of rushin’ to grab the rawhide I quickly rushed to get my camera.. but for the paranoid.. it wasn’t in his mouth for more then 2.7 seconds ;). Thank god.. I think from the looks of his face that this will not be a delicatessen he enjoys.. NEXT UP.. DOG NIBBLETS.

Up and at em!!

Momma, you think the world is ready for "this"?

Such a sweet boy..

GOOOOOD MORNIN' WORLD!!

This weekend should be one of many photo opps with family fun times!! Hope everyone has a FANTASTIC WEEKEND!!



AS THE DAYS ROLL BY...

Because you pay me in love more than any job could.. I am going to commit my morning to you, my beautiful son, and our love letter to you. I found a picture the other day of your 3D sonogram.. dated 9/5/10…

And now here you are....

Again, momma is just amazed that my heart could be so raveled around you, the one that I was so impatiently waiting to meet this time last year. Which brings me to my next “tear”… in less than THREE MONTHS I will no longer be able to look back and be able to compare this year to last when you were still growing away in my ever growing away belly :). We had a big reality put in front of us this last month that made us realize that you are more of a blessing than we could ever put into words… But I most certainly will try. On July 19th we welcomed your sweet cousin Jackson into the world… just as perfect and beautiful as can be. Jackson had a heart condition that caused him to have to stay in the hospital a little longer so that the doctors could fix his brand new little heart. I can honestly say that I have never taken for granted the fact that you are an absolute blessing that we are so very fortunate to have. However, I think we do really take for granted the fact of just how lucky we are. We were able to take you home immediately, able to hold you immediately, able to feed you immediately… that, I admit, is something that I- myself have taken for granted. I have to say that I held/hold you closer and longer every night giving you your bottle and shhhh, shhhh, shhh’ing you off into dreamland.. taking in every moment with you. Those that are fortunate enough to have the experience that we did (less the umbilical cord around your neck twice, I could have lived without knowing that panic :) but you are perfectly fine and that is all that I will reminisce about :)) and be able to take you home.. as healthy as can be.. I have to admit that you just “expect” to have you home and that in all reality is a blessing. Little Jackson is finally at home now, and for that we are so grateful…

Chugalug little guy!

You are in love with life itself.. you take in every little detail and therefore also make your loving parents realize that we need to do the same. I know that we are supposed to teach you, but son I can’t tell you how much YOU have actually taught US.. I LOVE THE LIFE YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO US AND GIVEN TO US. I can only pray (and I do EVERYDAY) that we are able to make you feel the love, compassion, and happiness that you bring to us.

Snuggle Buggin' time with your pops..

You are EVERYWHERE! Last Saturday (August 28th), you did it, you took the plunge that will have momma and daddy on our toes (and Gigi has quite the chore as well EVERYDAY haha)- YOU CRAWLED.

You have been so close for SO LONG.. many movements and attempts would stop us in mid-sentence and catch our attention seeing if “this” might be the moment. You just might be the cutest little crawler I have ever seen! On your first “go at its” you were still trying to figure out juuuuust how this whole crawling deal worked, and getting your arms and knee movements in synch was a lot harder then you thought. You almost seemed to think “awwwww forget it” as you would do this “hopping” with your knees instead of moving one at a time. It was so funny and so cute. You are already doing better and better with it every day… I can’t believe how fast you accelle at things!

You melted Daddy’s heart with your DADADADA…. It was in full force on the evening of 8-18-10… But now.. no more haha! That is what I mean you change so quickly from day to day! You are so sweet and melted my heart when you CRAWLED TO ME yesterday (Thursday 9/2), and then your dad’s heart joined the melting pot when you did the same to him last night. You are very loving and seem to have quite the compassionate side to you as well.

You have started doing this “eeehhh??” sound like a little Spanish kiddo saying what?! You got it in ya, your Great, Great Grandma couldn’t speak a word of English.. so it is down those blood lines deep in the roots of that family tree of ours. It is very funny though.. You love the game of repetition. You love to mimic sounds.. It has become quite the ritual in the truck rides.. eeehhhhh ( you )… eeeeehhhh (me) back and forth, back and forth :). This morning I was singing to you AT LAST (I was going to video this but decided that it might not be the smartest move in the world showing my lack of singing skills lol) and you just started mimicking me. Very funny….

You just aren’t loving solid foods of any kind right now, or I should say “adult foods”. I get the very horrible looking gag face with any type of “morsel” (literally it is the size of a great meal for a mouse hahaha) that I try to give you of very soft foods- I tried a little refried beans, a little bitty piece of the inside of a biscuit, a green bean… NADA..

You are still sleeping like a champ.. have been since SEVEN WEEKS... That is definitely one thing that I so take for granted after the many stories I hear of those sweet babies that are a little less willing to miss what life might bring when they are asleep :)! Right now you are usually down and out no later than 7:45-8 and you sleep alllllll night long! Such a rockstar! Love you..

Have I said that you absolutely adore the SHAKE… SHAKE.. SHAKE……… SHAKE...SHAKE…SHAKE.. SHAAAKE YOUR BOOTY, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY song? Well you do.. or maybe it is the visual that you get with momma actin’ a fool to try to get you to smile when you are “down” :).

You are doing so good at listening… You have been having to hear the word “no” quite often :).. curious little fella as we fully expect you to be. But you usually quickly listen before the “no” has to get too “I mean it” sounding haha… Poor guy you just have so many nicknames I don’t think you know what to answer to hahaha.. I have tried to use your “name”…. but it’s just so hard. To me that is for teachers and people that just meet you… NOT MOMMA :). We had our first loooonnnnnng (and might I reiterate LOONNNNNGG haha) weekend with you over the Labor Day Holiday with your new crawling business! I can’t believe that you are already conquering that new little voyage and already getting to be a little Speedy Gonzales! I think it’s hilarious that everywhere in that house that I thought “might” be of interest to you that wasn’t a good spot for you.. you have not wanted momma to feel like a failure for thinking such things so away you go and head right for it.

UMMMM what in the heck is that black thing??

I think this was the part where the basset used his buddy to get in...

Apparently he has a magnetic attraction to this stool.... I would move the stool.. hunkie would be by the stool... move the stool... hunkie by the stool... over and over :).

I thought it was hilarious that your first few moments on the floor.. your buddy Clyde was laying on the floor a few feet away and there you went Stagger Crawlin’ right for that tail to figure it out. :) He is being so good with you.. y’all are seriously becoming BFF.. Which I am in turn becoming more and more appreciative of that and not letting him get on my nerves so much :). He will bark and want to play with you and in fear that the barking will startle you and upset you as it has before, I tell him NO.. only to look over at you and see a smile from ear to ear. You are very intrigued with him, and he with you.. I see a great relationship developing and hope that it does… On Friday, I was decorating and you were crawling around.. you found the sliding glass door.. Clyde was outside.. but saw you and your little hands pressed against it… Somehow all of a sudden there was a basset inside.. well the door opens pretty easy.. so I guess your sticky little hands :) had opened the door just enough for him to get his nose in there and open it more hahaha.. I could just hear him like on Homeward Bound.. saying THANKS KID… Mercy…we are in trouble.

You have already moved to now “pulling up”..

Phone pic. is noooot so good... but he was practicing with Pappy!

You love to be standing up.. you will pull up to standing by holding on to us at diaper changing time.. and think it’s funny as can be to bounce up and down on your own! That has to be weird for you after all the “jumpin’” you have done in your bouncer to now be able to do it all on your own.

You are also a champ at holding the bottle!! But we still have to "watch out" because sometimes you would rather not :)... NOOO you hold it.. I will just drink :).

I realized last night that with my “every 3 months letter” that the next one I will be writing is YOUR ONE YEAR letter! Just amazing.. You have shown me how to love so very deeply.. how to be so nurturing… how to be scared to death :) of dissapointing you with anything that we do or provide in life.. You have shown me that life isn’t about the trendiest bar.. or getting dressed up to tear up the town.. it isn’t about the quantity of things in my life that I love, but better yet the depth of the love that I feel is more important. I give you my all… I always will. Your dad is one of the hardest working men that I know… You will never have to doubt that he doesn’t put everything that he has, and everything that he is made of into loving you and giving you a life that without his hard work we would never be able to give you. Every moment with you serves as a moment that makes all hard work worth every second. You have unlimited smiles, unlimited love… unlimited little excited “oh” faces (so exciiiiiting, like oh look what I can do :)...

 and then you just fold and unfold your knees faster than lightning!).. You also have unlimited energy :0)… We are in love with you, in love with the lives that you have given us, in love with every blessing that you bring, in love with all of the little adventures that you will and have taken us on.. Just in love with the lives of being parents to you, our beautiful son. I will end this now because goodness knows how long the one year letter will be. Thank you son for being the best little God’s creation we could ever hope for. We love you to the moon and back, and back, and back, and back infinity times infinity :).

As always, I also end this letter with my empty promise that I will do better at blogging :). But I better get back to work because even though you pay me so much with your love.. unfortunately I couldn’t talk Howard E. Butts (HEB) into accepting your little love tokens for payment :).

ANNNND, COUNTDOWN FOR CHRISTMAS!!

103 Days, 2 Hours, 16 Minutes :)

 I was so excited for Sept. 1st! I am not too sure why.. I think it is such a symbol to me that SUMMER (which is no different then any other month to me except for the heat… oh to be a student again :) same work schedule allllllll year, redundant I know) is OOOOOOVER! Bring on the football games (which on my patio I can hear the sounds so very lightly of the band playing I guess it’s from Cedar Park High School, love it)…. fall colors…. The crisp cool mornings (really hoping my landlord replaces our windows like she had an estimate done to do because next, my love for fall and winter is….) HAVING THE WINDOWS OPEN THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE…. The pumpkin spice candles….speaking of Pumpkin Spice… I was reminded by peeking around at my sweet Kelly Looman’s blog that THE HEAVENS HAVE OPENED AND BROUGHT THE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES BACK TO STARBUCKS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.. MMMMMMMM…. this year we are having a HUGE family reunion for Thanksgiving that I am ecstatic for…. Christmas lights…. It looking like Christmas threw up in my house…. Fantastic Food….And did I mention the kiddos.. wow.. what fun is instore for us with alllll the YOUNG UN’S that are on both sides of our family this year! Movin’ and a groovin’ too!! I couldn’t tell you what even happened last Turkey day and Christmas… I was still sleepwalking :). But THIS YEAR… BRRRRIIINNNGGG IITTTT ONNNNN! I am so very excited for fall and winter!

Now for the honorable mentions!

The alligator wrestling diaper change is in full force... every once in a while you just need some "airing" out I guess and refuse to have the booty covered.. This was right before the chase around the room to get that diaper on! :)

You looove you some mirror.. but why wouldn't you! I could stare at that cute face of yours allll day too! Momma learned soon after that the flash does nothing but blur her reflection (thank god on this day ;) ) when it's in the mirror.

This is Brad and our sweet nephew Carson, Jeff and Lisa's young 'un! Such a sweet, sweet, smiley boy!

Hunkie hanging out with Auntie "m" at Grammy's birthday party!

Come on.. one sip.. just one.. PPPWWWEEEASE!

Hunkie does this tongue thing that is just hilarious... The waitstaff was very entertained as he seriously stuck his tongue out at every one that walked by.. they are too young to know what that means right? HAHA!

Give me yo face :)

That dadgum fan will ruin the perfect shot every time :). Loves him some fannie :)

I am telling you.. this economy will NOT bring us down.. I am gonna have that kid working in no time... We are still working on our hand placement on the keys ;).

So let me get this straight, you THINK that allllllllll of these toys are going to make me "forget" how much I hate it once the doctor comes in?

By the way, is there something behind me?

Great Grammy and hunkie playing...

Ready or not here he comes!!