Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Asparagus Gene



Wow I am really getting terrible about this whole blog thing. Life is getting ahead of me! My little man turns ONE on Saturday and I cannot believe we have spent a year together. It went way too fast. Family is coming into town for his bday party and I am really excited to go overboard on the decorations and bday party supplies. He only turns ONE once. To reminisce I am going through the last years worth of pictures and videos and getting sad looking at how tiny he was and how cuddly he was. It makes me want baby#2 (3). Buuuuuuut not yet. 

Now onto the title for this post. BabyA loves asparagus. Weird. He eats it plain. Unmixed with applesauce like peas have to be. Anyways. Last night after he went down I snuck in to give him his bedtime kiss like I do every night. I have really been honing my ninja skills in making it to the crib without waking him up by accident (creaky wood floors). I go to kiss him and smell…something. Something  is not right. Did he poop? Will I have to change him (he will LOVE that)? Luckily he sleeps with his bottom up in the air and so I could get close enough to sniff. Something smelled. Sooooo I go get hubs. We both ninja in and smell.. what is that? While we were debating waking him he saw us.  Being mature adults we hit the deck. Maybe he will only think he saw us… no chance. We are facedown on the carpet and he is standing at the rail looking down at us and crying (probably wondering why we were pretending to be the floor.) I am giggling at us lying on the floor while he is watching us. So we stand up and pull him out the check his diaper. No poop. My child inherited the Asparagus gene from me. Due to some medical enzyme breakdown that you can look up if you google “asparagus pee” …for some people (like 22%) pee has an odd smell for a while after eating asparagus. Hubs doesn’t have it. Everyone in my fam does though. I thought everyone did until hubs was like… “what? No.” buuut Little man does! 

Other than that weirdly proud discovery (I passed on a gene!) nothing big has been going on. BabyA got his second haircut last weekend, and sat pretty still while we played "what does the fox say" for him on the iphone...our secret weapon to get him to sit still. Works every time. He and I go to baby sign language story time at the local library on Mondays, and mommy’s play group on Fridays at the park. It has been in the 70s-80s weather wise this month and it has been awesome. We are dedicating BabyA on Sunday at our church now that he has reached a year and I am so excited to be able to show him off as a ‘church member’ and as a Holly-success-story.
Hubs and I get to GO TO HAWAII in April with his work for free(without the baby!) for 4 days and relax and do whatever we want. SO STOKED. It will be the first time away from the baby ever. But hubs parents are going to come and watch him for us! And I ordered my bridesmaid dress for one of the most awesome ladies I know's wedding in May!!!! She is the one responsible for me meeting and starting to date my husband :)

Monday, January 6, 2014

Pictures Again...And Bullet Points.




I know. It has been forever since I have last done any updating and the thought of trying to catch up writing while my book is calling my name (The Casual Vaccancy- JK Rowling) is a no-contest. Bullet points it is. 

-He quit breastfeeding all by himself about a month ago. Went on strike and that was that. :(
                -I am heartbroken over it and jealous when I see other mamas nursing

- We went to PA for the holidays and that was fantastic. BabyA had room to crawl and family to fawn over him

-It was really weird going through my brother’s things to sort with my mom. I can’t believe it still. 

(I did nab some socks and a tee shirt that I am keeping of his. Even after washing them they still smell like him...)

-Cards Against Humanity is hilarious. Even playing with your mother.

-My husband is a pretty good snowboarder. It look me 5 years to learn that. 

-I hate skiing etc so I stayed home when he went.

-First period just ended. My last period was June 2010. Bam. Suuuucks. I had forgotten how much it sucks. 

-Because I am not nursing I can take regular birth control. My skin cleared up in 2 weeks. I missed that. 

-We baby proofed half-assedly… we will get around to it eventually. 
 

-My baby turns 1 in a couple weeks... where did the time go?!

- His party will be awesome. and outside. So stay warm weather!

-We spend waaaaaaay too much money at Amazon.

-Mommy play groups save the sanity of stay at home moms. adult convo!!!!

-I am nearing the end of where I can work part time and still bring babyA... He gets into everything... I have to go when he naps. Which means I get 0 freetime.

- I want a Seaworld pass- I will not be watching that documentary because i love Seaworld and don't want to hate it.

-I will be taking BabyA to weekly Baby Sign times at the local library. He may pick some up and *see reasons for mommy groups. 

-I weigh 105lbs. I started BabyA's pregnancy at 122. 

-Flying with a baby succcccccks. Red eye really sucks.

-I suck because I fell asleep on the plane too. thanks hubby for picking up my slack. 

-I have a personal vendetta against United Air. They are the worst.  They turned an 8 hour trip into 30. And stole 350$ worth of stuff from our checked bags. 

-The plus side is we love the new Motorola baby monitor we got to replace the stolen Snuza.

-We bought the Chicco Nextfit for BabyA and so far we are reserving judgement until we figure out the strap situation. 










11 Months



Baby A 11 Month!


Weight: 20 lbs
Length: Ehhh no idea. He wears mostly 12-18m clothes
Number of Teeth: 8!!! Four top and four bottom!

Likes:
Eating what he sees us eating. Pulling all the books off his bookshelf. Pointing at things. Biting mama. Trying to touch the furnace.  Bathtime. Being carried. Play time with babies his age. Church Nursery. Dancing and music. Throwing food on the floor when he is done. The baby gates. Trying to open the cabinets.

Dislikes: Santa. Eggs. Anything to eat with too much texture. Being set down when he bites mama. Baby time-out when he touches the furnace. Wiping his boogies. Snuggling. Taking two naps.

Eye Color: Dark grey blue

Hair Color: Blonde

New Skills: Pointing at everything while making an ‘eh?’ sound. Blowing kisses and making the Indian sound with his hand over his mouth. He finally crawls! Everywhere… but not very fast.

My Favorite Thing: The .001% of time he cuddles. Seeing him blow kisses. Him crying because he wants me over everyone else. Watching him start to dance when music is playing- it looks like booty popping

Things I Call Him: LittleBear, Squats, Squatsbear, honey, sweetheart, Angelbear