Wild Child

I’ve been gone for quite a while and can’t guarantee that I won’t be gone again soon!  Sometimes I just don’t feel like there is enough to talk about.  Although Crawford is constantly doing something new, it’s hard to make a post on just one thing.

So, I guess I will catch up on what he has been doing for the last six months!!  As I was making a list I realized he’s been doing a whole lot, maybe my above statement wasn’t a very good excuse.

Let me just say he is WILD!!  He is such a busy body, but such a sweetheart, too.  The little guy can’t sit still for more than a minute or two.  His playroom is always a mess, because he refuses to play with one toy for an extended period of time.  Twelve months to fourteen/fifteen months were hard for me, he was running around, knew the word no, but not sure what it meant.  Luckily, he now knows what no means, but often chooses to ignore it!!  I truly don’t think we are bad parents, but sometimes I wonder!  How are we going to get him to listen!!  I spank his hand, he laughs!  I put him in timeout, he turns his head to the wall, like so what’s the big deal here!  The other day I started counting – 1, 2, and he started imitating my fingers!!  How can I not just laugh?!  I try so hard to hold it in, but sometimes have a hard time.  The teacher at MDO told Kyle the other day that he had a great day and was so good, he is always so good!!  Maybe we are bad parents!!  Or maybe I'm getting what I deserve.  I definitely sense a stubborn streak in him and I can't imagine where he might have gotten that from.

Since it’s been so long since my last post, below is a list of what the little munchkin has been up to

He:

·         Has been to St. Martin
·         Has 12 teeth
·         Has been walking all by himself since August
·         Can point to his nose, mouth, teeth, ears and belly
·         Covers his face when you ask, “Where’s Crawford?”
·         Loves to throw things in the garbage, he’s such good helper, when it’s not his fork, cup or something else that doesn’t need to be there
·         Likes to flush the toilet
·         Loves his cozy coupe that he got for Christmas
·         Can stack the stars
·         Likes to slide down the slide head first!
·         Loves to dance to Super Why
·         Allergic to peanuts
·         Loves school, but seems to live with a runny nose, now
·         Is a biter, bit a little girl the other day, ugh!!
·         Has been to Vail
·         Calls his Aunt Tiney, “dog”
       o    Really quite hilarious, sometimes they argue Tins will say Tiney and he will say “no, dog!”

·         He Can say:
o   Keys
o   Dog
o   No
o   Mo for more
o   Pop pop for poppie or poppa
o   HOT – his absolute favorite
o   Bo bo, loves to point them out right now, glad I’m not too freckly because they are all bo-bo’s
o   Door
o   Ma ma
o   Da da
o   Cheese

·         Words he tries to say, can’t quite finish the whole word, but we know what he’s getting at
o   Highchair, sounds like Hiich
o   Shoes
o   Socks
o   Stinky
o   Outside
o   Garbage

I’ve got lots of pictures that I will try and post over the next couple of weeks from St. Martin, his birthday party, Christmas, Vail, and various other outings!!

Hopefully, I can start keeping up a little bit better, but don’t count on it!  I do enjoy looking back and seeing what he was up to!!

Love

I sure do love these boys!  I really never thought I could love something as much as I do Crawford and didn't think I could love Kyle more than I did.  But seeing him with Crawford makes me love him even more.  I thank God each day for both of them - couldn't imagine my life without them!!



Eating some breakfast together!



My little monkey jumping on the bed!

Its Been A While

Well, it’s been a while!  I have not been motivated to keep up with blogging or even more terrible, taking pictures.  I guess we have been a little busy!!  We sold our house, moved into the new one and went to the beach for my convention all within a week!  The new house is getting closer to being complete.  Thank goodness for my wonderful mom who has pretty much unpacked EVERYTHING!!  I really don’t know how it would have gotten done without her!  I kind of think it just wouldn’t have, just the thought gives me anxiety!  The priority this weekend is to get everything in its right place, so we can really start to enjoy the place!

During all of this Crawford definitely hasn’t slowed down one bit!  He is taking 7, 8, 9 steps at a time; has one full tooth on the top and working on the 2^nd one!  In the middle of all the craziness a family trip was planned to St. Martin, so that meant I had to get a passport for Crawford in 3 ½ weeks, thankful to report that it came in last night!  Now I just have to remember where I put it.  When looking for Crawford’s birth certificate to get the passport I couldn’t find it (that would have been the 2^nd one I lost).  I still can’t find it, but in my search I did find his original one.  Thank you God for attaching my head to my body!

He is growing into such a big boy!  He is in Size 4 Diapers and wears 12 month clothes mostly.  There are still a few 9 month old things that fit.  He is learning new things everyday!  He now points to my nose when you ask him, “Where’s your nose”?  He plays peek a boo with his Aunt Tinney, but covers his ears instead of his eyes, silly goose!  He blows kisses all the time and makes the cutest MUAH noise.  Here’s a picture of him playing hide and seek with his mommy! 

Not the greatest pictures on the Iphone, but Hey...

And here he is at the beach last week, playing with his daddy.  He once again had a grand time swimming in the pool and playing in the sand and waves.  We did discover on this trip that he seems to have had an allergic reaction to eggs.  His upper lip turned red and swelled right after he ate them.  Then he got some sort of a rash around his eye a couple of days later.  We are headed to the allergist next week to see what it could be.  I pray that he is not allergic to anything, but especially eggs, they are in everything!!

In case I wasn’t sure that he was growing up, I got a call from his Mothers Day Out teacher and we have to go to orientation at the end of August.  ORIENTATION – he is not even a year old.  Kind of made me feel like we are taking him to Kindergarten, although I know it won’t be long.

Craziness!

Life has been crazy!!  We are in the middle of packing, getting the new house ready for us to move into, selling our current house, going to the beach and who knows what else.  Needless to say I have been terrible about keeping track of what all is going on with Crawford.

But, there is big news!!  He started taking his 1^st unassisted steps last Saturday, June 25^th (Kyle’s Birthday)!!  He is still only taking one or two steps before he falls, but Lord help us when he actually starts walking.  My dad suggested getting a lead vest for him, to keep him down a little longer, kind of sounds like a good idea.  He is already all over the place and into EVERYTHING!!   He opens cabinets (the liquor cabinet is his favorite), drawers, unrolls toilet paper, and who knows what else he gets into in the few seconds we turn our head!!

He is also starting to semi-blow kisses when you say bye-bye.  He puts his hand to his mouth and slowly moves it away.  What a sweetheart!

Those are the two big developments as of late.  He still loves his daddy and especially loves his daddy’s beer!!  AA here we come!

We are headed to the beach soon, so I can’t wait to see if he has as much fun in the sand and water as he did in May.  I sure hope so.

The movers are supposed to be coming next Saturday, praying that the new house is done enough for us to move in!  Why did we buy and new house again?!?!?

Happy Birthday Munchkin!

Crawford is 9 months old today and weighs 19 pounds 3 1/2 ounces.  Here are some of my favorite shots when he was 8 months old.  I apparently had a hard time choosing!!

Hanging with my Granny

Hanging with my Great Granny.  I loved playing with her hands!

More Firsts!

The last couple of weeks have been an exciting time of many new firsts for Crawford!  Last week he semi-started waving bye-bye when we leave in the morning.  Most times it looks more like a salute to Hitler, but it will come with time. 

He is definitely starting to babble - and mamamamama was his FIRST!!!  Actually the only right now, but I'm sure dada is coming soon.  He definitely loves his daddy and in fact really whines when he leaves the room!! 

He also starting eating meats last week.  I'm not sure how long this is going to last - he has tried turkey and lamb.  The picture below shows how much he loves turkey!  I think he is going to be one of those people that can't eat things because of thier texture!!  I may have to cheat and just buy the baby food meat, although that completely grosses me out, so we just have to forgo the meat until he has teeth and give him real meat.

And, perfect timing because his first little tooth just started breaking the surface last night!  I have thought he was teething for about 6 months now, so I am so excited to actually see that one is on it's way up! 

To go along with his first tooth, he has also gotten his first cold!  I feel so bad for the baby, he is so snotty, but doesn't seem to be feeling bad.  I think (I know) we have been extremely lucky that this is his first time being sick.  Thank you God!

He is also bathing exclusively in the big boy tub, climbing stairs, and pushing around his red wagon!

In other news, we are still working on the "new" house and hope to be in by end of June.  We thought our house sold, but found out Monday night that they were backing out!  So we are back to being real estate agents.  I am really bummed, but am trying to take it in stride.  Kyle just sent me an email that says: "10% of life is made up of what happens to you and 90% of life is decided by how you react.  So, that is what I am  trying to remember!!