Zac...8 months!

He turned 8 months just in time for the hurricane to come through and my guess is in a week or two he's going to become a little hurricane himself. He's on the move. He rolls all around, then rolls some more, then sits up, crawls backwards and then has started pulling himself up to stand on things. And just a few hours ago he crawled. He only went a few feet, but he got somewhere. The baby gate went up this morning since he was about 2 feet away from going down the stairs. He's on a mission for sure.

Eating is getting fun too. He really wants to feed himself these days and sometimes screams until we stop feeding him and give him finger foods to eat. Cheerios, grilled cheese, garlic bread, puffs, biscuits, yogurt bites, steamed squash and carrot pieces are what's been on the menu lately along with his regular baby food.

Ever since he was sick his sleep has been a little off. He doesn't ever want his nighttime bottle because he's full from eating so much for dinner then anytime between 2 and 4 he usually wants his bottle. So he wakes up, chugs it and 10 minutes later we're all sleeping again. Might be because this is the last baby strolling through this place, but neither of us mind this night feeding. We also know this won't go on forever...so be it. Then there's some nights where he goes 12 hours straight...he'll work it out for sure because all in all he's a good sleeper for sure :)

When we were at the doctor last week he weighed 17lbs. 12 oz, which was a jump from his past 15% to 33% on the charts and he was about 28 inches. He says Mama and Dada and likes to say Mama a lot. I like this since Tyler said Dada a lot. When he eats we do the sign for more and he kind of says 'mo' and puts his hands together like he's trying to do the sign.

Giggly and happy is still his thing...he's such a sweetheart ♥

For this months photo shoot we decided to channel Hugh Hefner...















One of his favorite places to go...under the coffee table.

Fall Overload

We're sitting here waiting for Hurricane Sandy to make landfall tomorrow. We lucked out and found a generator to rent in case our power goes out since we need our sump pumps to work. We've been stalking a local hardware store and Dave got the last one. Since when do we get hurricanes? Kind of crazy here. One of our local gas stations ran out of gas?! Here's to hoping that we can go trick-or-treating still because we have one excited kid on our hands.

Anyway, knowing Sandy is going to wipe out any last leaves on the trees we've been soaking up Fall around here. Some hikes, jumping in the leaves, pumpkin patch and pumpkin carving. The leaves this year were gorgoeous. Our yard is cleaned up now, leaves are raked, everything is put away in the shed and we won't see our patio furniture until next Spring.

Enjoy some absolute picture overload...I've been waiting for the moment where Tyler and I can jump in the leaves together. All he kept saying "Mommy, this is so much fun!" ♥ Zac was sleeping when we were playing yesterday, so this morning I plopped him in the middle of the wet leaf pile to get a picture of him too, but he wasn't all too enthused about it. Could've been that his butt was getting soaked, but the Mom guilt set in and I needed that picture of him in the leaves :)

5 years of bliss!

Tyler and I in the car driving to his field trip last week…

Me: Tyler, when we get there Mommy has to go potty so we have to go to the bathroom before we do anything else.

Tyler: No, Mommy, you can just pee in the mulch.

Hummm...do you think he knows that I've probably peed in mulch at some point in my life? I can thank my Mom for that. When we were little and would have to go to the bathroom, she would pull over, or take us out of sight and we would go. My Mom always said us girls could do whatever a guy does and I guess peeing on the side of the road or off the beaten path was one of those things. When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Anyway, Dave and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary last Saturday. It began romantically on Saturday morning when I took Zac to the doctor and they said he had an ear infection. His first ear infection to add to a week of being sick for the poor guy. But hey, I look on the bright side, he’s almost 8 months old and this is the first time he’s been sick. Not a bad track record if you ask me.

Jill came down to watch the kids so Dave and I could go out to dinner. We went to Del Frisco’s in the city and had a really peaceful, yummy dinner and lots of yummy drinks to go with it. We took the train and it was the first time I rode the train (Dave rides it every day to work) so obviously I had to take pictures. Thanks Aunt Jill for taking care of the kids (and a not feeling well baby)!



Usually we're holding chicken nuggets out the car window so they can cool off, but for a few hours we got to spend some time at a place where you can buy 2 ounces of liquor for $250! We'll stick with Miller Lite :)



Zac wasn’t feeling well that night so he and I had our first date in the ear infection chair. We logged many nighttime hours in this larger than life chair with Tyler when he would get ear infections and it welcomed us back with open arms. It’s very comfy for all of us. Zac woke up with hives on Sunday morning and they kept getting worse so I took him to urgent care to make sure everything was ok. They think it was something viral and switched his antibiotics just in case it was from that.

Meet the ear infection chair



Dave left to go to Ohio for work on Sunday and Grammy 911 (my Mom, thank you again) came down to watch Zac on Monday and take him to the pediatrician for me so I could go to work. In between this stuff, we got a dumpster delivered on Friday and Dave worked the entire weekend on tearing apart our master bathroom so we could start re-doing it.





So our anniversary weekend was filled with lots of excitement. Some boogie noses, ear infection, bathroom remodel, and maybe I even spiced it up a little bit and peed in the mulch :)

A little different than excitement five years ago, but I wouldn’t change any of it. Five years ago, I married my best friend, the person who balances me out perfectly. I know, I know. Sappy. But it’s for real. I couldn’t have found (or wait, he actually found me) a better husband and father for our boys and would not choose any other person to have trudged through the past 5 (umm…15) years with and look forward to the next 50!



And this morning I looked over at my hunky husband and saw he taped his glasses...oye...this is true love for sure :)