More Exciting News!!!

Ha! You actually thought I was pregnant...no we fixed that a while back. 

We are moving!!!  We finally decided to buy a house and will be closing on it the second week in June.   It will be a really long move...1/4 mile down the road.  Seriously!!!   We bought the sweetest couples home (it is actually right next to my grandparents) where they have raised there two children and are now building out in the "country" as we like to say around here. 

It is perfect for us.  Jeremy and I had devised quite a check list after living in several homes and it hit the mark on all of them.  It is a 3400sq ft with 4 bedroom 3 baths, a great yard with tons of room for the kiddos, character of the older craftsman style that we like, but updates so its not a fixer.   It has a wonderful mudroom and fabulous master suite and a giant tub, which we have not had in our current house and really have missed.  Along with good size closets.   I really am excited about moving and settling into a house and making it home.  

And even more exciting news.  I will be going back to work.  My old position was available and I needed to take that opportunity.  Plus I really missed working.   Also for my kiddos to go to school in that district I have to teacher there so I needed to take that opportunity while it was available bc Amelia will be starting kindergarten in one year (but we aren't talking about that yet).  

Also, stay at home monming was not for me.  For those who do it day in and day out deserve much more credit than they get.   It's a rough, rough job.   But that is another post in itself.  

11 Months

So I failed to do a 10 months so I am combining them. Big man has hit warp speed in me, hence the lack of updates, and not slacked up since. He finally started crawling on his 10 month birthday and we haven't checked up. He went from just hanging out, to being in the next room in one day. He is now pulling up and beginning to cruise around objects.

I dreaded this, I mean I did want to crawl, walk etc, but I wasn't really pushy with it like I was Amelia. I knew what came with the territory. Especially being at home with him the days of putting him down in one place and coming back and him being there were over. Oh well. I knew it would happen.

On the food and beverage front we have gotten a giant raise. We started easing him off his formula and onto regular milk. It took about a week and then one day he just refused his formula. I mean I can't blame him, the stuff can't taste good, it smells like fish guts. So for almost a month we have been on milk. I could buy 6 gallons of organic milk for one can of formula....can you say happy!!!

He also has been eating table food and loves it. Seriously, like this guy wouldn't. He also doesn't want his own food, he wants it look just like yours. He gets super excited and starts the fret, shaking, squawking thing. I really need to video it.

He personality has bubbled and he loves to give kisses and hugs. He plays outside with Amelia and really enjoys being around other kids. He gets giddy when he sees certain people and is a jabber box. He has learned what no means and will shake his head when we tell him.

He weighs at least 24 lbs. and has grown since his 9 months checkup so really curious to how tall he is. He wears 18 months clothes and size 3 shoes. He has 8, yes 8 teeth. Six of those he cut within a 6 week period which made for some long...long nights. He has just started sleeping through the night again since early March now that all his teeth are somewhat under control.

I really can't believe he will be one in less than a month. It's kinda sad that my baby is growing up, but its so fun to really savor the moments and enjoy each one of them. Even if they come at 3:30 in the morning.

Everyday

I recently heard/read that four year olds ask on average 476 questions a day. Think about that!!! They sleep a least 10 hours a night so seriously, that is a lot of questions. Miss Priss is by no means lacking in the questioning department and I really do fear her reasoning skills....more so down the road.

This is an example of just a two minute segment of our day

What are those crickets talking about?
Where is it coming from?
How do they talk?
When is Bennett done with his nap? working on her grammar
Why do those trees sound line rain?

And my personal favorite.
Why is that chalk purple?
Which led into the conversation-incident with the rocks
Mom: Amelia rocks should be thrown, do not throw the rocks

Amelia: jumps up in the air and let's the rocks go

Mom: Amelia, rocks should not fly /go into the air

Amelia: holds rocks in hands tightly and jumps. Then looks at me and says. They didn't fly.

She where me out with all the thinking she does. That little brain goes nonstop. But it is such a little joy.