Brrr...........

This brisk weather is making me very aware that my son is not as prepared for the fall and winter weather as I thought!!! He has 1 hat and 0 sweat shirts or coats. I am so picky so I don't like the sweatshirts with all that crap and "GAP" written all over it. YES I am so picky! BUT we are definitely going to have to figure something out! I have been buying him all 12-18 months to get through fall and winter but they are, well some, too big now. So I am thinking I might hit up our local Junior League or there is this new consignment shop for some 6-12mo fall items to get him going!

Yummyyy..... PAINT!

Milestone: The King can pull himself to stand, wahooo! Wanna come over? Well it has made this new little stage a little bit more difficult unable to leave him "unattended" (i.e. more than an arm's length away). 

One of the new perks is he can pull himself up in his crib and shake back and forth... which can be A- entertaining to watch on the monitor, especially when it looks like he's staring right at you, and B- fun when you go in the morning to wake him and he is so pumped to see you, even C- a little part of your heart melts when you go in and he is sobbing standing up and it feels so good to pick him up. 

Well all that changed when I started noticing brown all over his face. Did he claw himself in his nap? Did he spit up- what did he eat that was brown? It took a day or two to realize that YES it was something he ate, BUT not what we thought.. It was the PAINT from his crib! I mean talk about a ferocious lion or bear... it literally looks like a baby bear was in his crib trying to claw his way out! So we had to get guards to put on the side rails of the crib and so far so good. You can actually attach little toys to them... cuuttteeee! 

But I just have a feeling that when I go to tell him stories of this later his college friends are going to be like "ohhh that explains a lot man". Like the "you ate paint chips" story of our parents generation or the "I dropped you on your head or you fell off the couch stories" that our parents slyly tell us when we are older! 

Does My Kid Have Special Powers?

So every mom thinks that their kid is "special". That isn't what I'm talking about....

It's like The King KNOWS when I go to bed later,  have an extra glass of vino, have just sat down on the couch, am putting a piece of food to my lips, or momma and daddy aren't here and the babysitter is in the hhoouuussseeee let's make her work for her money!

The King is such a happy, healthy, and well behaved little boy (7 1/2 months already) so I am not complaining, BUT every time we have a situation mentioned above it's like he decides to grace us with his presents at 2am (or multiple times that night) or cut his nap short but 1 hour and 50 minutes (for those if you non-mom's that means he took a ten minute nap)!

It makes me think of that new comedy, Up All Night, which is just sitting in my DVR waiting for me to watch it... hopefully uninterrupted!

Daddy Do Good?!?

Something that I will always remember is my sister in law telling me- no matter what "he" (our husbands) does with the baby it will just never be "right". They mean well, but as the Momma's we have our way of doing things and it works, so DON'T MESS IT UP.. just do it the way we do or the way we TOLD you to do it! haha!!! Sound like you if you are a mom?

So my husband's "thing" with our King is their morning runs! So great, I love it! As I lay in bed and hear him get the King out of bed and changed my mind just raises with "WHAT IS HE GOING TO PUT ON HIM?!?!?". The anticipation kills me until I see them when they return. Of course it is always sporty! It usually isn't what I would put on him, but hey I love that he tries!

Well... most of the time! We had to have the "talk again". If it has TAGS on it DO NOT TAKE THEM OFF! There is a reason it has tags on it.. Whether we never wore it and it's too small, or we aren't sure about the outfit (if we like it or if it will fit), we need to return it, or if it's a gift!

He's done it a few times now (as has our nanny) and you can't get mad, but it's just like "uhhhhh nooooo"!!!! This morning it was a gift for a friend.. a cute sport outfit 3-6mo.. which I have NO idea how he got it on the King as he is in 6-12mo or 12mo clothing, so I guess impressive!

The question now is do I explain to my friend that the item is new, clean, and only worn for a morning run and still give it to her or just put it in the pile if we have another boy or to pass along to a friend??? I think my friend will understand, but... just don't do it again, OK? haha!!!

New Times.... New Blog........

I never thought I would be one of "those mom's", BUT I am... I am completely enamored with my baby boy! I do enjoy and love most of the things I did pre-baby, but life just has a new meaning! 

So I decided to start another blog... I don't really have time to blog as much as I used to, BUT I really love blogging and since my mind (and mouth) tend to run a mile a minute, I thought this blog would be perfect for me to jot down all my crazy thoughts and experiences! And since my life pretty much revolves around my little boy now, it will mostly be about us. 

Some posts might be funny, some might be deep, some recommendations, and some might just be a venting session!!!!!