Lunch Box Hide and Seek

With spring and I used that term lightly with the weather here lately arriving we have been gearin up for all kinds of fun activities. There have been Easter Egg Hunts, birthday party's, school parties and mini meltdown. So sticking with my goal of posting I give you our update.

Amelia decides at the Easter egg hint the yard decorating we more enticing than the actually eggs to hunt and started gathering them...bless her!

We had a mini meltdown in the car...okay it was a step down from nuclear explosion and one blanket shared between them solved the whole issue and made the ride home peaceful. It's the small things.

Bennett got some playtime in with his cousin Kinley. She really wasn't putting the sleeper hold on him. I promise.

Amelia picked out iced cookies for my birthday. Coincidentally while I was upstairs playing with Bennett a small "rat" got into the cookies so we didn't have as many to share with everyone. Amelia was super talkative the rest of the day. Can't imagine why?

And last but not least we had lunch box issues. After packing and giving someone her lunch, she placed it back in the cabinet and closed the door. When we got to school no lunch. When I got home I couldn't find it anywhere. I finally put my "if I were a three year old where would I put it" thinking cap on and this was the first place I looked!!!

So that has been our week. And it's just Wednesday. Whew!

The "Mommy Gene gods" are testing me!

So I have always prided myself in my ability to handle "nastiness". I think it came with being a special education teacher and always getting the good stuff. However, Regardless the "nastiness" of the situation I could NOT handle puke. End if story.... Enter the last month or so at our house. Valentines Day chocolate regurgitation spattered on the wall, the random Sunday after an Oreo or two, then the stomach bug with the classic "mama....I don't feelllll and you finish that sentence. Well I am currently camping out on my bathroom floor holding a poor sick man who has managed to cover me with puke more times than I can count and blow out a diaper which is festering somewhere.

I get it "mommy gene gods" and I am over it. I have proved my puke-worthiness so can we be done... Please?

Not Promising Quality...

So I really have been terrible on posting lately. Bennett's monthly reports are all I can manage so in order to spur myself along I am going to post quantity, not quality. They will be short and usually just picture overload, but really that's what most people care about. So here goes.

Bennett is getting mobile and with that comes learning to balance Poor guy just got over a terrible bruise and knot on the other side and now this one. A positive., he didn't drop his toy. Guess he will be able to fall and not drop his beer later in life. Yeah that was wrong!!!!

Amelia has been taking dance and just started soccer. Both are on Monday. What was I thinking. Anyway we reviewed out recital costumes and she was just a little sassy when she tried it on. Bless it!!

Nine Months....seriously!

So I really do understand where the time has gone....but it needs to slow down. I want to enjoy these sweet precious moments. Big Man continues to grow...understatement, and development such a goofy personality. Jeremy and I laughed that it looks like we are going to have two outgoing munchkins.

At his nine month checkup Bennett weighed in at 22.13....trust me, I lug him around, which is 80% and was 29 1/2 inches long. He only gained 3 lbs since his six month checkup, but grew two inches!!! His head, well the joker was in the 98th percentile. He will grow into it :).

He still eats baby food three times a day, but we have started working on transitioning him to real food with some soft veggies and fruits. He is also a giant fan of ice cream...don't judge, man likes his ice cream! He loves juice and thinks he is the sippy cup king.



He has started to pull up in his crib so we have had to lower it. He rolls across the room to get what he wants or has started this side roll,pull, side roll, pull motion in some strange version of an army crawl...whatever gets him there.

Chunky wears 12 month clothing basically for length and size 4 diapers.

Benster is talking up a storm. He can say dada, mama, nana, and baba for bottle. He also does the crazy growling low voice that sounds like Darth Vader. It cracks me up. He loves his sister to talk and play with him and gets the hiccups from laughing at her so hard.


It is truly an adventure with this kiddo and he is such a joy. So really times does need to slow a little.

8 Months

Bennett turned 8 months on Monday. I honestly cannot believe how fast this year is flying by. The Big Man is changing everyday and continues to develop such a personality. He laughs at his sister and her silly antics and will become giddy when you goof off with him.

He loves being outside and playing in the dirt....typical boy. We have been enjoying any bit of warm weather and sunshine we can take advantage of here lately. We purchased a swing for the swing set and he loves to swing while Amelia plays. We go on wagon rides as well and those are just the best thing ever.

Bennett is working on his crawling, more or less just scooting and not really going anywhere....but he is slowly figuring out the concept. He is able to catch himself when sitting in all directions except for backwards and still gets upset when he falls backwards. Along with Amelia, he Loves the cat Kris Kringle, and enjoys torturing him with her. His favorite toys right now are bouncy balls and anything the he can chew on and beat and bang with.

His last height was 28 1/2 inches and he weighted 21 lbs. He has actually slimmed up some so I am curious to see what he weights when we go for our 9 months check up in March.

He is babbling tons, but still no mama or dada, he has said kitty kitty....seriously!!! And says it all the time!! He is taking four 8 oz bottles a day and eats solid foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Big Man is cutting his two top teeth and it is a process with him. It took about a month for the bottom two to come in so I am super pumped about these. Hopefully they will be in soon. We have been dosing with oral gel and Tylenol.

I seriously cannot get over that it has been eight months. He has changed and grown so much. In no time it will be time for his birthday....wow!!!

Seven Months

What a busy month of milestones and memories. Maybe that is why I haven't posted in a month...oops. So the big man is now sitting all on his own and loves to sit and play with all his new toys he got for Christmas.

He will scoot his legs up when on his tummy but not going anywhere yet. He bounces up and down like a mad man in his exersaucer and will rock his hips back and forth to scoot it across the floor.

He is still a healthy fellow. He is 28 inches long and weighs 20 lbs. He is eating three times a day and we dropped a daytime bottle and are down to four 6oz bottles each day. He loves all fruits and recently discovered blueberries and thinks those are awesome.

He did give us a scare in his 7 month birthday. Mind you I said he can rock/buck his hips and scoot his exersaucer across the room... Well he will do that in your lap as well. Jeremy had him in his lap and he bucked without warning and started to flip off the chair. When he went to catch him he caught his feet and he flipped on his head and landed on the floor head first. He screamed and cried, but Jeremy loaded him to take him to the ER. Amelia and I were out running errands, so we met them there. On the way to ER he started passing out, so Jeremy called 911 and met an ambulance at a fire station in the next town. Bennett was conscious by the time he got to fire station and the ambulance arrived. After getting Children's the did a CT of his head and spine to check for any fracture or bleeds and everything was FINE!!! He just has a huge knot on his head. So little man is a tough guy. If this is any indication of what life is like with boys... I am going to need xanex.... And a really strong prescription

So beside scaring the poop out of us, big man is talking and jabbering away. He is such a joy and growing like a weed.

Point Five

Six Months, Half a Year, Holy Cow....what happened.   I will tell you what happened.   Someone screamed and cried for 4.5 of those six months...okay maybe both of us did, but we pulled through and things are looking up.    

We made it to a major milestone and things are sailing a lot smoother around here.   The Big Man is changing daily.   He FINALLY....repeat FINALLY rolled his lazy little behind over.   I was beginning to think he was going to sit up, before EVER rolling over.   He had a busy week two weeks ago.   He started rolling, I know, I was beginning to worry about the man, but then again, why would he.  He could see everything, however once he figured it out there has been no stopping him.   He also cut his first tooth on the bottom.   Thank you, thank you, thank you, that it came in.   I felt like I was cutting it with him,   AND he can sit up for a few seconds on his own....then he face plants and gets all in a tizzy and we have to start all over after some snuggles.

So he is still my super scheduler, eating every 3.5 to 4 hours.   He LOVES his bottle and will get giddy and giggle when he sees it, UNLESS he sees it and you don't get it to him in time, then he starts this hyperventilating laugh.   It's sad, but funny.   He is such a smiley man and a FLIRT!!!  He loves the ladies, especially the blondes.   He also has a things for boobs...seriously.   Think Barbie....tall, blonde, and chesty...that is his type and he can pick them out.   He has enjoyed the outings and shopping trips lately, because he gets his flirt on big time.  

My muscle man....I mean, both my kids have muscle arms.   I guess all those arms exercises transcend to them...no fair.   We have had to weed out food that really break out his eczema - sweet peas, carrots and peaches are a no go.   Everything else is fine.   No scented lotions or body washes.   Poor guy.  

 

 

Some one has the sweetest personality....just took a while for it develop (it was rough for a while).   He giggles and smiles all the time, will talk and sing in the car with his sister.   I really wonder what he is telling her.   I can only imagine the conversations that will take place between them someday.... He is working waving bye bye, and can mumble mmmmmmm, when he sees food.   I have two definite talkers.   If he sees someone he recognizes he immediate goes to talking to them.  It is so precious.  

 

 

He still loves the outside and a good walk/run which is a good thing for me.   Above is from helping put up outside Christmas decorations.   He hung out for two hours just chillin and supervising.   Big Man likes to take things in and is my little observer.   A great little snuggler who will bury his head in

your shoulder and give you hugs.  

 

Oh....My...how the journey to this point has been a challenge.   It has not been the easiest, but I can honestly say it has made the sweet moments now that much better!