Your Mid-Week Update

Well I guess it is kind of mid week- more like "thank goodness it is almost Friday" but whatever works. I had a request by a friend (who says she checks regularly to see if I blogged)  to do a blog during the week, so here we go!

Not much has really happened this week other than Christopher getting his fourth tooth. Now he has 2 bottom teeth and 2 top teeth. I have been trying to take his picture but the top teeth are much harder to get pictures of than the bottom!

See what I mean? Those bottom teeth are so cute.

Same night... Matt and Christopher clapping together.

I thought it might be fun for you to see Christopher's Behavior Sheet Daily Sheet that I get everyday. I love it. As a teacher I cannot understand how some parents don't look at their child's agenda/behavior for the day. It blows my mind... especially now that I have Christopher. I feel lost if I don't have his update for the day! The first thing I say is "How was his day?" and "Can I see his sheet?" :) I took a picture of today's because I would say he had pretty much a perfect day!

I get to see the bottles he took, when he had breakfast, lunch, snack, naps and if he pooped! :)

After daycare today, Christopher kept me on my toes. He crawled the entire downstairs over and over and over again. It is quite hard crawling around with him... my knees were killing me. I finally got him to stay in the living room for a bit while FaceTime-ing with my mom. 

Here Christopher is- He kept trying to get to that purple thing by leaning over it... Then sat down and brought it down with him so it was much easier to get!

Christopher's latest thing that he is trying to do is climb up on the ottoman. He knows to kick his leg up, I just think it's slightly over his reach. Here is a video from him trying it out this weekend. You may want to watch it with no sound (unless you want to hear Matt tell me I am stupid for worrying and Anthony telling me I was bringing negativity).

Don't you love Rocco coming in at the end.... I was hoping he would give him a boost!

And last but not least... a video from our afternoon. He has this habit of finding a toy and then crawling around with it. Last weekend it was a sock, which didn't turn out so well when he pulled up to the table and then the sock slid and then he slid... and down he went. Today's item was the remote. :)

Please excuse my teacher voice which came out at the end. :)



See you Sunday!





Week in Review

Christopher had his 9 month check up this week. He weighed in at 21 pounds and was 29 inches long. His head is still on the large size... 86th percentile... but I can't remember his exact measurement. :) This is him waiting for the doctor to come in. I think Christopher realized what the doctor is really all about at this visit. There were some tears when we laid him down on the table to undress him and a fearful look.  

Playing with mommy after work! I think he was trying to get my drink in this picture! I think a protein shake would be bad for babies though.

Christopher looked like such a stud muffin when he wore this outfit. I just love the vest! Here he is banging on the glass to the back door. He was doing it for awhile and of course when I break out the camera he doesn't do it as much!

Yes we still use the exersaucer. I know he looks humongous in it. BUT we only use it as a way to keep him still! I was trying to finish my make up this day and Matt was running on the treadmill- which Christopher has never seen before! This is what he looked like the whole time.

What a round face. Dinner at TacoMac!

Odd picture I know- BUT the good thing is ... you can see the tooth that Christopher got on Monday! So now he has three teeth and I am pretty sure that the one next to it is rolling in!

Kate came to visit us this weekend! She came in Friday and is leaving tomorrow morning. :( It is always nice when she comes because an extra pair of hands is ALWAYS  a good thing!

I had to train Kate on bathtime. She is coming back in March and it just so happens that the weekend she is coming, we have a wedding to go to! BABYSITTER!!! :) When I asked her if she wanted to, she said "You trust me to do that?!?!" DUH. Yes Kate. :)

This is part of Christopher climbing up the stairs to get to Kate before bedtime when she got here! He hightailed it up ... and then you can see how he keeps stopping. Tired baby.

Lunch at Miss L's!

Christopher wanted to feed himself at dinner. Well, no, actually he didn't but he wouldn't eat his sweet potatoes with me giving them to him so I left the bowl in front of him with his spoon... and this is what he did. He fed himself 3 spoonfuls. I went and got some toddler spoons for him today so we can practice a little each day!

And that was our week! :)

See ya next Sunday!

Happy 9 Months!

So I am a few days late for this post... But I have lots of pictures! :) Like this one...

Here is the 9 month picture! I really wanted one of him in a hat so I dressed him in blue and grey and threw on his Yankees hat. Perfect. He does have a Braves infant hat too, plus a Braves bat and ball so we have lots of props for the next picture! On Christopher's actual birthday- the 17th- he was wearing a baseball outfit so that we could take his picture that night when he got home... but he spit up on his outfit throwing a wrench in our plans, so we took his picture yesterday. 

The night of his birthday Matt let Christopher attempt to climb the stairs. Matt showed him what to do with the first step and up he went.  We were able to FaceTime with mom and dad so they witnessed his first climbing of the stairs! By the 15th step, he had to pause. You could tell he was so tired, but he had to finish the last three. Then, when people wanted to see Friday and Saturday, he wouldn't perform! Matt and I think maybe his shoulders and glutes were sore from his workout on Thursday night... Thankfully he climbed the whole thing again this morning (for my mom and dad again) so his muscles must feel okay now.

I had to pick up Cammy and Brandon (Christopher's cousins) Friday after school for a bit so Christopher got to spend some time visiting with his cousins. He LOVES Brandon. It is so cute.

He was climbing all over him. This is just one of the 5 shots I got of them playing!

He was showing off all of his skills (and toys) to Brandon and Cammy!

This weekend we needed to try Christopher on some more finger foods because he seems to be getting bored with some of his baby food- especially the veggies. We got chicken, green beans, bananas, and pancakes. 

This is what we got from the first bite of chicken. He ate a few pieces but was much happier when I gave him his chicken and apples baby food. He had the green beans for lunch and he did well with those, the ones that made it in his mouth anyway. Bananas were by far the easiest for him. He loves bananas. Tonight we are going to try sweet potatoes and chicken (again). Practice makes perfect! :)

Look how much he has grown from this picture. This was the night we gave him rice cereal for the first time!  The look of disgust was very similar...

GROSS.

When I picked Christopher up from daycare this week... he CRIED. Like literally, cried. I think if he could have thrown himself on the floor and had a hissy fit, he would have. It happened three days this week. He really loves being there!

This is what I walked into on Monday. It was adorable. The older kids (age like 1 and a half and 2) were sitting at the table reading books and Christopher was standing next to Ms. Jeanne, hand on shoulder. It was adorable. I had to snap a picture. Hopefully Ms. Jeanne doesn't kill me for posting this picture on the blog! :)

And now... the rest of the random picture I took this week!

This is Christopher discovering that his sippy cup rolls. He would roll it... crawl to it.. and roll it again.

I let him in one cabinet. I figure the plastic containers are okay for him to play with. Plus, it takes him a while to get them all out and enjoy them all so making dinner is a snap!

Face-plant! Christopher was trying to crawl away from Matt- not happening.

Christopher and I were just waiting for Matt to bring us his nighttime bottle! :)

Do you remember this blog post- Roly Poly? Well, it is still like that... every night, every diaper change....EXCEPT this one night. Not sure why but Christopher was just laying there... so calm. so we had to snag a picture! Maybe he was just so relaxed from his bath... Who knows. But it was by far the easiest diapering and pajama-ing in a long time!

Every Saturday when Christopher wakes up from his morning nap we go to Miss L's for lunch! This is right before we left. I wasn't sure if he would wear his hat for long, but he wore it the whole way there.. and the whole time we were eating!

And an instagrammed picture- cuz they are so much cuter than the regular ones.

We are officially heading to Virginia Beach on Valentine's Day- we bought our tickets this week! 5 whole days!!! We will get to be there most of Valentine's Day, Friday to visit Nana and Granddaddy's school so everyone can meet him, Satruday we are driving to Richmond to see Katie and meet her little one (that isn't here yet), all day Sunday and back home Monday! That will be a fun little trip. Thank you furlough days!! :)

Have a great week!! :) 



 

Have You Missed Us?

It's been quite awhile! I blame 2 things.

1- My friend, Patricia, for getting me hooked on a new show- Revenge. I have watched Season 1 (all 22 episodes) in a week. If Christopher was sleeping, I was watching. So my blogging time was cut out a little. 2- Back to work, which is why there aren't as many pictures! But seriously, can you imagine if I didn't work? I blogged like almost every other day over break. Y'all might get a little tired of us!

Over break, Christopher discovered that he can stand at the back door and look out the window. He loved it, so now instead of just cat nose marks on the window, there are now streaky, drooly handprints.

We had to take out the part that connect the blinds to the door so in case Christopher fell, he wouldn't get one of them in the eye. He was quite into the screwdriver. If we look closely at Christopher's hand, we can see that his hand is far darker in comparison to Matt's leg. I think that's a good sign!

A late night (7:45) game of Peek-a-Boo!

I feel like Christopher is looking back at Matt like "Dude, are you gonna help me here?" If you push this little contraption he will move his feet to keep up. However, if you don't he just leans over the top and tries to play with it. Quite comical.

Christopher just loves his activity cube. In fact, all but one day this week, we would come home, I would take Chistopher out of his car seat and off he would go to his corner of toys and just play, especially with this thing. He would crawl from side to side. He is so independent. It's crazy. One day he did follow me around the house but I gladly welcomed it since he had ignored me the 2 days before.

We were seriously disappointed with the outcome of the National Championship. At least we can say that during the year that Christopher was born, Notre Dame was undefeated. That deserves some sort of prize don't you think?

But since football is over, we were very excited to hear that hockey is starting. We had two outfits picked out for the Tuesday after- either another Notre Dame outfit or his hockey shirt. It's a shame there are no more Thrashers here. We may have to take a trip to Nashville to show Christopher some hockey. I know he would love it! His cousin Joe sent him a Penguins onesie last hockey season but he doesn't have any for now! We might have to get to ordering!

We went to Mellow Mushroom last night for dinner with Uncle Anthony. I don't know about all you other moms out there but when we go out to eat, entertaining Christopher seems to primarily be my job. I always sit next to him, I hand out the Cheerios, pick up the toys, feed him his food, etc.  I decided that it would be Matt's job last night. So I must tell you the story (and pray that Matt doesn't get mad at me for sharing!).

Christopher was quite busy taking in all of his surroundings while we were eating. His head was constantly moving and we were seated next to the door to the patio so people were constantly coming in and out which was keeping him quite amused... and maybe making feeding him a little rough. He was about halfway through with his chicken and apples (his absolute favorite dinner meal)... when somehow the spoon landed on the floor, the dirty patio floor. I told Matt... it's okay. Just use a fork or ask the waitress for a spoon. Which was fine. No big deal. UNTIL instead of putting the dirty spoon on the table... Matt put the spoon back in the food! Oh GROSS. You know the saying.. If you want something done right.... :) I had to take over feeding for a few minutes until Uncle Anthony decided he wanted his turn at feeding him... and if you remember this from the first time he fed Christopher...

You can understand why I was a little hesitant. But alas, it went well. Christopher was comfortably seated between the 2 boys now and I could just relax, enjoy my dinner and watch. :)

I tried to get a good shot. I tried 3 times. Not sure which is the best because each one of them is not paying attention (or looks drugged) in at least one.

This guy was playing music on the patio. We had to turn Christopher's high chair so he could watch. He was amazed. Anthony said he is going to start bringing his guitar again when he comes to visit every weekend. Great! :) I imagine the first time Anthony babysits he will strap Christopher in his high chair and play music for him all night long.

Just a quick video that Anthony took. If you are on Facebook then you may have already seen it when he uploaded it. If not.... enjoy!

I am prohibiting myself from even starting season 2 of my new obsession until at least next weekend so I promise to blog at least once this week. Christopher does turn 9 months on Thursday so I will be sure to put his 9 month picture on! 

Have a great week!

Currently....

Okay this blog post won't really have anything to do with Christopher but I am just ECSTATIC that I figured out to do these CURRENTLY things that I see on all of the blogs that I follow!! Check it out...

Now I have to explain them all!

1. Listening- to the baby monitor. Christopher is down for his second nap of the day. He took a great 2 hour nap this morning and I am hoping for about an hour this afternoon so he is all smiles and giggles when his daddy gets home!

2. Loving- that I figured this out!! Thanks Mandy!! Of course you can be expecting one from Christopher's point of view! I soooo badly wanted to figure it out yesterday for his top ten but I couldn't.

3.  Thinking- about my great break! What a long time I have had off of work! It has been great! I have truly enjoyed all my time at home, relaxing. I feel like normally it's all go go go but I told Matt if he dare made plans for us, I was not participating.

4.  Wanting- Matt to come home! Christopher started stirring this morning around 6:50, right when Matt was getting ready to leave. I know he would have gone back to sleep but how could I not let Matt go in there and say goodbye! He gets home in approximately 2 hours 14 minutes... and maybe 34 seconds. It is so weird not to have him around all day. He has been off the same amount of time as me (but thankfully I get today and 4 more)

5. Needing to do report cards. No explanation necessary.

6. OLW (one little word)- grateful... for everything.

And just so you don't feel like I jipped you of Christopher pictures... here's a few.

Check out those long legs! On our way to Aunt Cindy's to watch the GA game.

I thought we were watching football?

Good morning, daddy! We tried to remember to send Matt some pictures during the day!

Crawlilng to my bottle!

Pitcher's got a big butt!

How rude, Christopher!

Happy New Year! We had the best New Year's. No we didn't go out and no I didn't make it to midnight, but it was just me, Matt and Anthony hanging out and laughing! Great way to end 2012!

I think I need to work on the exclamation points. Everything is just so exciting when I type it!! 

My Top Ten of 2012

I must say that my life so far has been quite eventful. My mom and dad like to drag me all over the place, making memories. I certainly hope they realize that I won't remember any of this, but at least I will have this blog to be embarrassed by read when I am older.

Mom told me to pick my top ten favorite things about the year. It is so hard because it really doesn't take much to make me happy and as long as I am with people that love me.... then I consider it a "favorite" but I will try. (Please- no hurt feelings if an event with you falls further down on the list than you would have hoped or if you are not mentioned at all.)

10. The pumpkin patch was really fun. I figured out how to get that stem in my mouth. It was absolutely disgusting. Not sure I will be one of those "dirt eater" boys.

9. Dancing the night away at Eric and Michelle's wedding. It was my first wedding- and very classy I might add!

8. My very first trip to the beach. I got be with my Nana, Granddaddy, Uncle Anthony and my parents in a house together for a whole week. Who wouldn't consider that fun?! I am so excited for my next trip. Daddy found our beach house for this year... and rumor has it that mommy and I MIGHT be going to my first Yankees game the weekend before AND spending a whole week at Nana and Granddaddy's.

7. Mom says I must include my baptism on my top 10 even though it is not something I actually enjoyed. It was quite scary and I was not a fan of being the center of attention!  

6. OH.... those giant fish were AMAZING! Did you hear about that aquarium in a mall in Shanghai that busted and fish and shark were everywhere? Mom says we will never be visiting the GA Aquarium again.

5. LOVED this thing called Christmas! I got Christmas books everyday for a whole month and you should see the toys and clothes I got! Some may say spoiled.... I just think I am lucky to have people who want to spoil me!!

4. My first day of daycare- oh boy. I am sure you remember my blog post about how they just dropped me off and left.... BEST THING EVER! I love daycare! And now- see all those toys- I get to play with them now that I move all around. SOOOOOO fun.

3. Meeting Kate for the first time. She visits all the time which makes me very happy... and she took a Child Psychology class so she gives mom all sorts of insight to what I am thinking.

2. My first airplane ride!!! It was a little frightening at first, but I made it! I am flying again next month to go see Nana and Granddaddy! Mom and dad said I better get used to it because we fly alot- we have alot of important people to see that don't live near us!

1. I think my most favorite thing had to be my grand entrance into the world!! I am so happy to be here and am glad to make all of you smile a little bit each day! :)