Today, I declared my independance from my Medela breastpump! We are done, old friend. You served me well, but I ready to pack you away. Now that I an on summer break, there is no need to pump breastmilk, and since Jude is approaching his first year, we will be transitioning him to cow’s milk for his daytime feedings. Freedom feels good, let me tell you!
June 29, 2009
June 21, 2009
Happy Father’s Day
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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads we know, and especially to the daddy of our house, Joe. This is Joe’s first Father’s Day and we hope that he knows what an amazing dad he is. He’s patient, loving, and helpful. He does a great job of making Jude laugh and always gives Liam some extra special attention. Jude and I took Joe to Lockhart to enjoy some bbq at Black’s Barbecue. It was super tasty and a nice little country drive.
I love to watch the way Joe looks into Jude’s eyes with such love. I remember how proud Joe looked when Jude was born. He held Jude with such tenderness and strength that only a dad can have. Joe couldn’t stop looking at Jude…the nurse told him, “Dad, eventually you are going to have to stop looking at him and go to sleep.” Growing up, I always had a special relationship with my dad, and I know that Jude will have his own special bond with Joe.
But the best present I could possibly give Joe (other than carrying his child for 9 months and then subsequently birthing that child) was letting him sleep in this morning, undisturbed. Which was quite a task, considering that both Jude and Liam pooped on the floor first thing this morning. Jude has diaper rash that we are trying to let heal, so after I changed his diaper, I was allowing him some naked time to air dry. Well, I turn around to see him squatting on the floor. Then I run to grab paper towels, because the wipes can irritate the diaper rash, and Liam has pooped on the floor, as well. Were it not Father’s Day, I would have woke Joe up to come help me.
June 21, 2009
Well, now that we are heading into the summer months, I finally get to do some summer reading. I love reading, but it seems hard to make time during the year for recreational reading. This year in particular, with being a new mom, I didn’t get to read too often. But with lazy days and vacation, I plan do much more. Traditionally, in the summer I reread some of my very favorite books, such as the Life of Pi and the Harry Potter series. In addition to those books, here is my list of what I want plan on reading this summer:
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
Happy reading!!
June 11, 2009
Today is my dad’s birthday. Jude’s “Daddio” is one hepcat that we are lucky to know. He’s a grillmaster, joke-maker, game creater, and all around good guy. We hope to celebrate with his this weekend. We love you, Dad!
June 7, 2009
Today, Jude is 11 months old. Only one month away from the big birthday. He was a little tyrant this morning, but I was able to get some cute pictures. Over the past month, he has become more mobile, more curious, and more stubborn! He definitely keeps us on our toes.
Recently he’s developed the tantrum. If he is frustrated or has something taken away from him, he will cry and throw himself backwards…even on the tile floor. Most times we try to catch him if we see it coming, but he has hit his head a few times. I am so surprised, because I thought this “skill” didn’t develop until later. Here’s a picture of Jude having a tantrum this morning:
He’s also doing other amazing things, like figuring out how to hammer his wooden pegs, he spontaneously hugged Liam the other day, and he ran away from me one morning when I caught him in the dog food bowl. He loves splashing and banging his hands on any flat surface. We love the emergence of his personality, and he is definitely a character. I like this picture because he is dragging the leash, but he looks like he has a little devil’s tail.
June 7, 2009
Saturday, we had two events for Jude. Saturday morning, I took Jude to a playdate at a park. We met up with my friend from UT & grad school, Missy, her husband and baby, Kellen, as well as, her business partner and his little girl. Missy and I had lost touch after I finished my masters, but she found Joe on Facebook, and this was the first time we had seen one another since Joe and I got married.
It was nice to catch up with her. Her little boy is only two months older than Jude. I am not sure if Jude was tired or if it was just the newness of it all, but he just stood there the whole time. He didn’t walk around and he didn’t play. He seemed content to sit in my lap and eat his snack. He did enjoy riding on the rocking animals, but did not enjoy going down the slide. It was such a change, because in the car he talked and sang the whole way there. He did however attempt multiple times over to eat the playground mulch and managed to get a few handfuls in his mouth. I guess playdates are really for adults, huh?
Later that evening, we went to a baby shower. It was more of a pool party, than a traditional baby shower with games and what not. We got to catch up with some of my work friends, who all thought Jude was just so handsome. of course, I agree! Jude was a little shy at first, but by the end he was playing with water bottles and crawling around and seemed content. The whole way hom in the car, he talked about the party non-stop. I’ve never heard that boy babble for 30 minutes straight. It was a beautiful house and a nice evening and the only downside were the mosquito bites.
June 7, 2009
I know, I know…I am a little late to the club, as usual. I didn’t have any interest in reading the Twilight books, although I was aware of their existance. (How could you not?) I went to a baby shower last weekend and the subject of the book & the movie came up and some old coworkers really encouraged me to read them. So, I got it from paperbackswap and I have been engrossed for the past three days (I probably could have finished it faster, but I am a mom…I have other duties around the house). I LOVED IT! I LOVED IT!
Granted, this isn’t one of the masterworks of literature, but for young adult fiction, I thought it was pretty captivating. It was fabulous mind candy. I thought it was romantic and exciting, and had enough subtext that it would be easy for an adult to relate to, but not too explicit for an adolescent. So, now I have to read the other three books. Don’t tell me anything about them; I am going in with a blank slate.
Joe’s been giving me such a hard time about reading the book. I am so in love with Edward, and Joe will totally roll his eyes when he reads this. We were talking before bed and Joe was asking me how the book was going. He brought up that Stephen King hates these books and thinks they are terrible. I told Joe, “Stephen King would love this if he was a 16 year old girl.” To which Joe replied, “Or a 29 year old woman.” I reminded Joe that a 29 year old girl was once a 16 year old girl, too.
June 7, 2009
We’ve got a baby on the move on our hands. When he is not toddling away from us after a bath, he’s usually taking books off of the bookshelf…
or messing with the printer…
or messing with the floorboards in the office…
or pushing around the bar stool like a walker…
and sometimes he actually stops to play with toys.
June 6, 2009
I don’t have a Facebook account, but I have been invited some friends to get one. Every now and then, Facebook sends me an email to remind me that other people have invited me to join Facebook. In an attempt to win me over, they listed some other people that I might know. See below…
Joe Mitchell…hum… I think I might know him.
