SWW

Another Wednesday means another So What Wednesday!

 

This week I'm saying So What if:

 

 

-I didn't do a SWW post last week, between being sick and things being crazy at work I just didn't get around to it.

 

-The ultrasound I had this morning to check my gall bladder was not nearly as exciting as the baby ultrasounds I had last year. My gall bladder is just not as cute as Hunter was.

 

-I'm a little nervous about eating Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. Fatty foods seem to trigger these stomach attacks so I suspect I will be a lot of pain tomorrow night. Oh well.

 

-I can't wait to get into full Christmas mode this weekend. I refuse to do any Christmas decorating before Thanksgiving. #respecttheturkey

 

-I still have no idea what to buy anyone for Christmas. Including my husband.

 

-I'm counting the minutes until 1pm today when I get off work. Hello much needed 4 day weekend!!

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Mommy dates

I've complained in the past about how none of my good friends live close by. The closest one lives about an hour away. I tried doing the MOPS thing but I just don't think it's really for me. I don't really like having to go to meetings at a set time where I'm forced to bring food and do crafts for 2 hours on a weeknight when I'm exhausted from work and just want to spend time with my family.

A few months back I joined a group on Facebook for moms of babies in my area but I hadn't met up with anyone because most of the women who posted still lived a good 45 minutes away. But then about a week or so ago someone posted who lives about 5 minutes from me. So I responded and then a couple other ladies also responded and we all live about 10 minutes apart. So this past Saturday we planned on a playdate at a park right by my house.

Only two of the other ladies were able to come but we still had a nice time hanging out for an hour pushing our little ones on the baby swings. Hunter had been fighting his nap all morning and then go figure right as we're about to leave he's literally falling asleep on my shoulder. I didn't want to miss the playdate so I took him anyway and carried his sleepy ass to the baby swing where he immediately woke up and was all smiles (kid loves the swing).

The two other moms were both very nice, one has a daughter a month younger than Hunter and the other has a daughter only 6 days older than Hunter. After about an hour Hunter turned into a fuss monster and we had to leave but we've already talked about meeting up again soon and possibly have a couple other moms join us.

I'm really hoping that I will continue to hang out with these ladies and maybe form some good friendships.

Updates

A few quick updates for anyone wondering what's going on in my world:

 

-Our kitchen renovation is basically DONE. With the exception of a few cosmetic touchups it's finished and we LOVE it. We've been able to actually use it since this past weekend. Once the few additions are done I'll post pictures.

 

-Our half bathroom renovation is almost done, hopefully by tomorrow. And we love that as well. I'm not 100% in love with the color our contractor picked out but it's pretty and I'm fine with it for now.

 

-Hunter got bit for the THIRD time at daycare yesterday. And even though I'm not supposed to know who did it I do know who the boy is that bit him the past two times. I also know that little boy is now being shadowed to see if they can figure out why he's biting. Fortunately Hunter is fine.

 

-I've been dealing with some bad stomach issues the past few days. Just really bad pains (and no I'm not pregnant!). I went to the doctor and he thinks it's either Gastritis and I'm now on medication for that. Or it could be my gall bladder. I'm going next week for an ultrasound of my gall bladder. My mother had to have hers removed a few years ago and this can be hereditary. Two of my coworkers also had to have theirs removed not long after they gave birth and my symptoms are very similar to one of them in particular so I'm a little stressed about that.

-Work is insane right now. It's insane every year right before Thanksgiving. I will be very happy when 1pm next Wednesday comes.

-I haven't even started Christmas shopping and really have no idea what to get anyone.

 

Miletones- First Haircut

Over the weekend Hunter had another big first...his first Haircut!! I had intended on waiting until he was at least a year old to get his haircut. I'm not really sure why but it just seemed like he should be at least a year before having his first haircut. Well I never anticipated that my child would inherit my super fast hair growth gene. Once he got past that awkward newborn-hair-loss-looking-like-an-old-man phase it was full steam ahead.

Hunter has been blessed with a very nice head of hair, it's thick and has even started to curl in the back. As much as I wanted to wait the poor kid could hardly see through his bangs that kept falling in his eyes and you could hardly tell he even had ears underneath his hair. And since Kristian wouldn't let me pin his hair back with bows and headbands I finally gave in to the idea of getting his haircut, after all I don't want  people to think my handsome son is really my beautiful daughter. 

Kristian thought we should just cut it ourselves but the thought of having scissors anywhere near his face while he wiggled and squirmed made me have an anxiety attack. Plus who would take the all important pictures if we were the ones cutting it?! So off to Cartoon Cuts we went. 

He was strapped into a chair and the lady worked her magic and took maybe 5 minutes to do the whole thing. I guess when you work with babies and little kids you learn to go quick. Hunter did surprisingly well, they said they couldn't believe how well he did for a baby his age. He did start to cry when she tilted his head forward to try to get the back and then again when she brought out the razor. But that was easily fixed by me handing feeding him one Puff at a time. It's amazing how quickly a Puff can cheer my chunky monkey up. 

Hes no longer looks like a hippie baby but a full fledged toddler! 

Still wondering wtf is going on.

Still unsure but not unhappy

And NOW is when the unhappiness set in. 

This is the shot I pretty much expected to get

Finally realizing there's a tv with a cartoon on in front of him.

A combo of the puffs and the cartoons calmed him down.

He even flirted with his hair cutter.

"Yeah I know I look good"

"Hey Ma I see you have more Puffs over there"

When the razor came out he lost his shit again. 

So fresh and so clean.

Who took my baby and replaced him with a toddler? 

More puffs as a reward. Kid loves his puffs.

He even got a certificate and a little envelope with his hair. Both of which are totally going in the baby book. 

SWW

 

 

This week I'm saying So What if:

 

-I'm thrilled this election is over and my t.v. will no longer be taken up with ridiculous political ads every commercial.

 

-I debated just leaving when I saw how long the line to vote was yesterday but I stayed and 1 1/2 hours later I had finished voting.

 

-Part of my motivation for staying in the line to vote was to cancel out my husbands vote (we were voting for different people).

 

-I might lose my mind if my damn kitchen renovation isn't done this week. We were told 2 weeks and it's been a month and I keep getting told "one more day" or "two more days". It looks awesome but there are still a bunch of little things that need to be done before it's finished.

 

-I'm annoyed that our contractor went ahead and picked the color for our bathroom (which we're also re-doing). Not sure why he took it upon himself to do that. I'm not in love with the color either. Fortunately the bathroom is small and easy enough to repaint if I decide I can't live with the color.

 

-I have no motivation to shop for Christmas presents. 

Grandma visits are the best kind of visits

My mom decided to come for a visit this past weekend and even spend the night on Saturday. The past two times she's been to see Hunter she's had to share his attention with other people so I think she wanted to get some solo Hunter/Grandma time. And of course I always love spending time with my mom and seeing her and my son together.

We mainly just hung around the house and played with little man while daddy was out hunting.

Hunter thinks grandma is silly.

 

Hunter has finally started giving kisses. Though most times it's more like he's trying to eat your face, baby steps.

 

Hunter has been fighting his bedtime bottle lately. I think he's over the whole bottle thing. He's much more interested in drinking from a sippy cup. However, grandma seemed to have the magic touch and got him to drink his bottle in record time.

 

On Sunday afternoon, after my mom left, we decided to take Hunter for a quick stroll in the woods behind the house and stopped to watch the crew meet that was taking place on the river.

 

Hunter was fascinated.

 

We had a front row seat to the crew meet. I was a bit fascinated as well. I also wouldn't wanted to be out on that cold water.

 

 

I still can't believe that our trees have any leaves after the storm last weekend.

 

 

Yes I'm the mom that puts silly hats on my kid. Fortunately he doesn't seem to mind.

 

 

This little man has totally stolen my heart.

Halloween 2012- Burgers and Hot Dogs

For Hunters first Halloween we decided to dress him up as a hamburger, which seemed quite fitting considering how much this kid loves to eat. I found a cute costume on Old Navy's site for like $15. Sold!

 

He's so cute I could just eat him up. 

 

Since Hunter was a hamburger it was only fitting that our wiener dog was a hot dog for Halloween. Costume courtesy of Amazon.

 

Trying to get these two to pose for a picture is pretty much impossible. Here's the best we could do.

 

Last night we sat on the front step for a while handing out candy. Hunter was the official Halloween greeter.

 

We took him to a few of our neighbors houses so that we he could get candy and show off his costume. He loved every minute of it.

 

He also got to wear his costume yesterday afternoon at daycare and it was a hit with all the teachers. Earlier in the day he had his first school pictures taken (it was a busy day for the little man).

 

Here are the proofs. I think I'm going to order the first one.

 

I kinda wish his teacher had fixed his hair a bit as well as his collar that is sticking up. But at least we got some cute smiles out of him. Also, I think it's time for a haircut, he's starting to look like a hippie.