Birthday Bonanza and a little cold…

So, last Friday was my berf-day! I had planned on working a half day, but our little bambino ended up catching John’s cold and was pretty miserable on Friday, so I stayed home all day with him. He is such a good kid. His nose was running all day and you could tell he was miserable, but he still had a smile on his face. We obviously didn’t do anything Friday because of his cold.

Saturday one of my best friends came from LA. We were worried about the traffic b/c of “CArmageddon” but that ended up being a total joke. She hit no traffic! WIN. My dad came up to hang with the little guy, so HB & I went to lunch and got our nails done. That evening we went out to Thai food with some close friends & family. Then we went to a total dive bar for drinks (Taylors AKA Trailers). Unfortunately, my MIL caught the baby’s cold, but she still said she would take him for the night. So, after dinner she went home with him.

Taylors was a lot of fun and we left in the nick of time b/c I had just had enough beers to sign me & my best girlfriends up for karaoke (sp?). Guess what song I chose for us?? Bohemian Rhapsody. So glad, we left before we got called!!

We got home and played Dance 2 for Wii. Serious competition. It was so fun, but after dinner, Taylors, drinks, dancing and sweating from dancing… I was done. Mandy (my other bestie) had already left, so I pulled a typical Hil and went to bed before everyone else. I was smart enough to chug a bunch of water before bed. Probably one of my first times ever remembering to do that. I think it was all the dancing.

Woke up and felt good. WHEW! No birthday hangover. Picked up my munchkin and John, the baby and I had a nice relaxing fun Sunday.

Oh, and I was totally spoiled on my bday. I got pretty tops, cool make-up, the most awesome iPhone holder & case ever, wine glass & bottle holders, cool socks, tons of rings, gift cards and last, but not least… a .38 special called Pinklady.

That’s right – don’t mess with me.

Oh, and I woke on Monday with a sore throat. NEAT!

1 YEAR OLD (a little late)

The morning of baby J's first birthday I received an email from Baby Center. Telling us happy birthday & congratulations - I now have a toddler.... WHAT? Not yet! But, I think they are right. At about his 1st bday he started full time walking and up'd his vocabulary. He now says... (drum roll please)...

Hi

Hello

Bye

Bye Bye

Dada

Uh oh

Oh No

No

Mama (sorta, but he doesn't say it often. sad for me, I know)

His party turned out great. We were worried about rain, but it all worked out. Here are some pics... I didn't have time to take a lot, but here are a few.

6 months old

Wow. Our baby is 6 months old today. I can't believe it. Time is flying by. I hope it slows down. Our little guy has his official 6 month appointment on Monday, but I know he is probably still in the 95% for height and maybe weight too. Considering he was 27 inches long at his 4 month appointment. I'm guessing he is 28 inches long and he weighs almost 20 pounds. He got his first tooth this week too. It is one of the bottom center ones. I'm pretty sure the tooth next to it is coming in also.

I guess I should type what he is up too, so I can remember in the future... Lets see, he is rolling in both directions, grabbing things, "talking" all the time, smiling all the time, not sitting up yet and not crawling yet, but kicking his legs like a crazy man (or a drummer as John says). He has sucked on bananas, watermelon & nectarines through his mesh bag. He has ate sweet potatoes, peas, applesauce (the funniest so far) and rice cereal. Boob is still his favorite.

Oh sleeping. I should probably write about sleeping... Well, I nurse him to sleep. I'm sure this is bad, but I work full time. It is all about survival. Plus, everyone eventually learns how to fall asleep. I'm sure he will too. Our only problem is the crib. Once he falls asleep, I move him to the crib like one of those people who removes bombs. Nobody breathe. I lay him down ever so gently and walk away very quietly. And then. And then 5 to 45 minutes later he is whimpering. I don't go in right away. I can handle whimpering. But, it always turns to serious crying & kicking.. So, I usually grab him and he sleeps with us. I know we need to remedy this soon. I just don't know how right now. Anyway, this is a post about my beautiful 6 month old, not my inability to keep the baby in the crib!

So, I am excited for the next 6 months. Halloween, crawling, first words, Christmas, ((maybe not pumping eventually)), BUT... I hope they take there time. We don't want our beautiful baby boy growing up too fast.