January has flown by so fast and my blogging efforts have been at a minimum. Justin takes the computer to school every day so I only have it at night or on the weekends and it seems I am never in the mood to do it at those times. Anyways, January has been a good month. It has been slow paced which has been a nice break after the busy holidays. We have spent a LOT of time indoors and in our pj's all day, which I enjoy. :) We did manage to go to a Cav's game last night while some friends of ours watched the boys. We were in the very LAST row!! This is the second basketball game I have been to and sat in the very last row. The game was exciting though and the Cav's ended up winning by one point!
Anderson has been growing by the second and getting cuter everyday. I love his smiles. He will just be sitting there and any time you look at him he gives you a huge grin! I love it. He looked extra cute for church today.
One bad thing about him getting older is that his hair is falling out!! I LOVE all his brown hair and now he has a totally bawled spot in the back and the rest is WAY thinner than it used to be. He still has some but not near as much as he did. Oh well....I still think he is pretty darn cute.
Is he cute or what?!
Since we have been spending so much time indoors, Jack has had to come up with new ways to entertain himself. One thing he loves to do right now is lay by Anderson or us, or even just by himself, under a blanket and snug. He is always getting his "soft blankey" or Anderson's "soft blankey" and cuddling up. Sometimes he reads books, sometimes he watches movies, and sometimes he pretends to take a nap. And for some reason when he does this, he tells me to take a picture of him and whoever he is laying with. I'm not sure why he loves it so much but he does this multiple times a day.
Jack's "soft blankey"
Anderson's "soft blankey"
What a cheeser!
Jack's next hobby he has discovered while being trapped inside all winter is taking pictures with my camera. He's getting quite good at it. :) He goes around taking pictures of everything from Anderson's chubby leg, the wall, the fridge, his toys, his blanket, me, Justin, the carpet...anything. He thinks he is pretty cool when he does it. Here is a few samples from his portfolio...
This would be Anderson's cute chubby leg.
I think we have some real talent here. :)
Yesterday Jack went to his friend Jackson's birthday party. It was a pirate party and everyone was supposed to come dressed up. I went through our drawers and this is what I came up with... complete with eyeliner facial hair, and frog boots. :)
Love the face
Jack has also started putting all of his toys in time out. Wolfy is there quite frequently. He will be playing and all of a sudden say "Hey! Don't hit me! You go to time out!" He has been saying a lot of funny things lately. The other day we were driving and we saw a deer. Jack said "Mom! Was that a reindeer or a kangaroo?!!" I wasn't aware that they looked so similar that you could mix them up. Then in the same car ride we saw a man running wearing blue and red with long spandex pants. Jack thought he was Spiderman. I just laugh all day at the things he comes up with. I would love to hear what else is going on in that little brain of his. When he gets in trouble and I am talking seriously to him, he says, "Mom, talk nice to me!" Or after we get upset with him he follows with..."Mom/Dad, are you sorry that you were upset to me?"
One of the more exciting things that has come from us staying home a lot is that Jack is now potty trained! Hooray! I love it.... most of the time. We still have our accidents but there hasn't been too many and it is far better than changing his nasty diapers everyday. He was really scared of the big toilet and wouldn't go until we got one of the little potties that sits on the floor. Gross, I know. We hated cleaning it out, but he learned really quickly and now he goes in the regular toilet. A while ago he had a day where he pooped in his undies twice. I was so upset the second time, I told him he could not watch his movie in the morning which is probably his favorite part of the day. We don't have TV so movies are the only thing he gets to watch. Anyways, the next day he was playing and this was the conversation he had with the toys...
Jack: I want to watch a movie.
Jack: No. You can't watch any movies today.
Jack: But I want to watch a movie!
Jack: Well, you shouldn't have pooped in your pants then. You can't watch any movies today because you pooped in your pants TWICE.
Man, he is good at repeating what I say!
One bonus of him being potty trained is that we get to see him in his cute undies!! I love it!
I love that little bum! I had to secretly take these pictures because the first time I tried he got mad at me that I was taking pictures of him with out his clothes. He does not like being without his clothes at all. I asked him to smile for me and the picture below is what I got. "No mom! I need my clothes on!!!" That's a typical whinny Jack face. He cracks me up!
So that's what we've been up to the past month. Minus a few little projects I have been working on that I will post when I am finished. I did a couple little sewing projects and we rearranged our bedroom. Finally!! I have loathed my bedroom for far too long and it is finally a peaceful place I would actually want to spend some time in. It's almost done. I need to make a trip to Ikea for one or two finishing touches. We are going there in a couple weeks so hopefully I find what I am looking for and I can post it soon!
Happy Winter!
It is hard to believe that 4 months have passed since little guy made his debut. He has been such a great baby and the adjustment from 1 kid to 2 has been a lot less stressful than I was anticipating. :)
I took these pictures yesterday and he was all smiles, as usual! You can really see how thin his hair is in these....SAD!
He is very content and hangs out in his little bouncer chair a lot of the time. He had his 4 month check up yesterday and I was laughing to myself because she asked me if he can roll over from his tummy to his back. I thought to myself, I don't know! I haven't put him on his tummy to find out! Not wanting to look like a horrible mother I replied, "He's pretty close." Haha. Then she asks me if I handed him a little rattle or toy, can he hang on to it. Second thought goes through my head...I don't know. I've never handed him a toy to find out! Wow...I am on a roll for mother of the year. He is so content to just hang out that I go about my day as usual and help Jack with different things, feed him and then put him back down to sleep. Of course I didn't tell the doctor this, becuase I didn't want to look retarded. And as soon as we got home, I handed him a little toy and he held on to it, played with it and put it in his mouth. Phew...relief. At least I know he can do one of those things. Then I put him on his tummy and he did not like it at all. He didn't roll over, but I'm sure he's probably close, just like I told the doctor. :)
I think we have finally established a good nightly routine with him and he is sleeping so much better now! Big relief. There were some nights that he was waking up every 45 minutes. Physically, I could not handle it. I was exhausted. I didn't know what to do. Finally one night, I had to go somewhere so I went to pump a bottle and leave him with Justin to put down for the night. I came back out of my room with only 1 ounce...total. Well, I figured out pretty quickly that he just wasn't getting enough to eat. So we started feeding him formula right before he goes to bed and in the middle of the night. He now goes to bed around 6:30pm and sleeps for at least 12 hours with one feeding in between. Last night he fell asleep at 7pm, woke up at 5:45am to eat and it is 8:55am and he is still sleeping. Now that I could get used to. :)
Okay Mom, photo shoot's over!
