SWW

Linking up with Shannon for So What Wednesday!

 



 

-I didn't realize until I was on my way home yesterday that it was my 5 year anniversary of working at my company. To be honest I only planned to stay for a year, it's amazing how fast time goes by.

 

-After realizing this I emailed everyone in my company (don't worry it's only like 7 people) about it being my anniversary, I think we're getting a cake today to celebrate. Any reason for cake right!

 

-I don't understand the point of sending birth announcements (I never did), by the time you send them everyone has already seen photos and know the name. Seems like a waste of money and just one extra thing to do.  Isn't that the point of Facebook/Instagram? **I wrote this after reading Shannon's SWW post

 

-I was a bit disappointed that Hunter didn't seem very impressed with the animals when we took him to the zoo this past weekend. I, for sure, thought he would flip out with excitement. Instead he looked mainly confused/concerned the whole time.

 

-My husband dyes my hair for me (and did so last night). I can't ever reach the back and everytime I do it myself it doesn't turn out well so he started helping me do it years ago and now is actually quite good at it.

 

-I really want to take a day off work just to clean my house. It needs a deep cleaning and it's impossible to get it done on the weekends during Hunters 2 hour nap.

 

-I find it fascinating how different girls play from boys. Watching Hunter play outside with his new little girl friend Jordynn it's very obvious that my child is all "boy" while he rolls around in the grass and eats dirts while Miss Jordynn just sits and watches and is very dainty and clean.

 

-After listening to all of my coworker's dating dramas, I'm SO happy I'm not single anymore and that my life is boring. I did drama for years. I prefer boring.

21 Months- 9/30/13

Weight/Length- Thanks to a last minute trip to the doctors on Friday we actually know this- weight = 30.6 lbs and height = 33.5"

Eating- Still picky and not eating as much during meals. You seem to prefer to snack throughout the day which I'm trying to keep to a minimum. Like most toddler, one day you will love something and the next day you will hate it. But you still love fruits, you will always eat fruit.

 

Sleep- You sleep great through the night but still waking up between 6-6:15am most days.

Clothes- Still 18 and 24 months.

Diapers- Size 5 both daytime and overnight.

Appearance- Hair is still very blond and we got it cut again. Your hair is very thick and grows quickly. Eyes are still a green/grey combo. Your eyes always look brown from a distance and in pictures, I can never seem to get a good shot of your eye color in pictures.

Personality- You are becoming a lot more outgoing especially in public, you always say hi to people when we are out. You are still constantly running around and playing and getting into mischief and the tantrums have been ramping up when you don't get your way. You also seem to prefer routine and consistency like your mother and get upset if we don't do something we always do. You are becoming much more independent, wanting to do everything yourself and help us do things.

Likes-

-Still OBSESSED with school buses and fire trucks and cars. You always spot them when we are in the car and yell out "Bus" or "Truck"

-Playing outside with Zachary and Jordynn. You would stay out there all night if we let you.

-Watching videos on the iPad.

-Visiting with both of your nana's and your papa.

-Stroller walks and the park

Milestones-

-First trip to the zoo
-First sleepover at Nana's house
-Attended first birthday party for another child
-Saying more two and three word phrases
-Recognizing and saying more animals
-Can recognize and say A,B,C
-Can repeat almost any word we say
-Can say your aunt and uncles names as well as some cousins
-Can say touchdown while raising both arms up.
-Can help sing and do hand motions for The Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle Twinkle Little Start and Itsy Bitsy Spider

New words/phrases that you say regularly and in the right context:
-"Sit Mama"
-"Out Mama"
-"I got Mow" (when you are pushing your mower)
-"All Done"
-"Bye Dada Boat"
-"Big Truck"
-"Mama car"
-"Whoa" (when you see a big truck or school bus)
-"Pop-up Book"
-"Pirate" and "Arrgh"
-Michael, Chell (for Michelle), Joe, Carleigh, Madison and Matt (all family members)
-Getting very close to saying "I love you" so we can actually understand it.

 

Five on Friday

 

 

 

1. I'm SO excited because I get to see THIS awesome chick next weekend and rub her cute little Twinks filled belly. We are meeting up for lunch before she has to go to a wedding in my area. I can't wait for out little guys to finally meet in person!

 

2. My husband just planned a 3 day hunting trip with one of my vendors from work. They have never met in person but they are both hunting fanatics and my vendor has a place on the Eastern Shore which is a great hunting spot and said my husband could go down there with him to hunt next month. Kristian is like a giddy little boy.

 

3. We've been talking about taking Hunter to a really popular pumpkin patch/farm in our area this October. The only downside is that it's pretty pricey to get into HOWEVER, we found out our nephew got a part-time job there for the fall and can get us in free! Score!!

 

4. I'm really excited for Sunday night premieres- Once Upon A Time and Revenge. Oh and I'm counting down until next Thursday's premiere of Scandal! LOVE that show!

 

5. I finally cancelled my membership to my massage place. It was getting really hard to find the time each month to go plus I wanted to save the money. I have one month to use up all the paid for massages that I still have on my account. Which is four! I really don't think I will have time to fit in four massages, my weekends are booking up fast! #firstworldproblems

New Neighbor New Friend

I've made it no secret that I've had a tough time finding some local mommy friends to hang out with, hell they don't even need to be mommies, it just makes it easier if they have a kid that can play with my kid while we hang out. Pretty much all of my close friends live far away with the closest being an hours drive away. So yeah, not really convenient.

I tried the MOPS things and just didn't feel really comfortable and I'm not a fan of having to go to meetings on weeknights. Most of the meetup.com stuff is for weekdays when I'm at work. So it's been tough. I keep hoping my husbands best friend will finally start dating a girl I like but alas that hasn't happened yet.

However, I do think I may have finally made a new friend, one that happens to live 4 houses down on the same street as me and who ALSO has a daughter that is one month younger than Hunter! Score right!

She and her husband just moved in a month or so ago and we met them about two weeks ago when we were outside with Hunter and they were coming back from a stroller jog with their daughter. There is another little boy that is a year older than Hunter that lives on our street who he loves to play with and we've gotten to know his mom and grandparents (they all live together). We all get along and the boys love to play outside together so when we saw there was another toddler on the street we thought it was great, the boys could add a little girl to the mix.

Hunter and little Miss Jordynn get along really well. It's funny how different little girls are, she's much calmer and reserved and doesn't run around like a maniac like my son or his little buddy. They are rough and tumble and she likes to play nicely with the toys outside and observe the wild boys. But Hunter is very good with her. He doesn't mind sharing and even pushed her around on her little push bike. They flirt. It's adorable. When I asked him one night if he liked Jordynn he literally blew a kiss!

The best part is that her mom and I have hit it off and have no problem hanging out and talking while the kids play. She even let me come and see the inside of her house, which they are currently renting, because the owner renovated most of it and I wanted some ideas. It was nice seeing what my house could look like if I had enough money to redo it. Also, I was a bit jealous with how clean it was! And it wasn't like she cleaned in anticipation of me coming over since I just surprised her with the request. I immediately went home and went on a cleaning frenzy while Hunter napped!

Anyways, we've already discussed taking the kids on walks together and hanging out and having some drinks once the little ones go to bed. Since her husband is at work a lot and mine is gone most Saturdays hunting it will be nice to have another mom to do stuff with and a friend for Hunter to play with since I know he gets bored with me.

SWW

Happy SO What Wednesday!
 

 

This week I'm saying So What if:

 

-I usually get a Starbucks drink on my way to work everyday even though we have a Keurig at work. None of the options taste nearly as good as what I get at the Bucks.

 

-I'm dreading it getting dark earlier for the simple fact that one of the only ways to keep Hunter happy during his daily 6pm meltdown is to let him play outside before dinner and that can't happen once it gets dark and cold. And he won't understand why we can't go outside when I get home from work like always.

 

-I sort of love daycare drop-off because it's the time of day when my child is the most affectionate and clingy with me. When we're at home he's too busy running around and playing to give mama hugs and kisses but daycare drop-off he can't get enough hugs and kisses from me.

 

-I get jealous when he cuddles more with Kristian than with me. #daddysboy

 

-I ordered two dresses to choose from for our family photos and told myself I would return whichever one I decided not to use for the pictures. I decided to keep both. Oh and I may not wear either for the photos.

 

-I watched the Emmy's mainly to see what everyone is wearing. I don't watch most of the shows nominated so I definitely don't watch for that reason. I do the same with the Oscars.

 

-My husband and I had to come to a compromise on his "hunting beard". He grows one every fall and refuses to shave until he gets a deer which is all fine and good but I told him I don't want him looking all Duck Dynasty for our family photos in a couple weeks. So he agreed to trim the beard down so it's more like heavy stubble, which I actually like, rather than shave it completely. #lifeasahunterswife

-I'm sick to death of seeing Miley's face, tongue and boobs.

Birthday Party, Sleepover and More proof that I'm not meant to co-sleep

We had a very busy and fun filled weekend that included a birthday party and a first time sleepover at Nana's (my mom's) house.

On Saturday afternoon we drove an hour up to MD to celebrate the 3rd birthday of one of my dearest friends little boy. Hunter had the best time playing at her house with all of the birthday boy's toys. I think it was like Disneyland for him. He didn't really socialize much with the other kids because he just wanted to play with everything.

 "Really mom? A picture? I'm trying to play here"

 

He was very well behaved and after 2 1/2 hours we headed out and made the 20 minute drive up to my mom's house. Since we were so close to her house already and because Kristian was going to be out late hunting we decided to just head to Nana's house for a sleepover.

 

My mom was thrilled to have her favorite little boy at her house (and I'm assuming happy to see me as well) and he had a blast running around her place and playing with all the toys she had bought him.

Rolling a ball back and forth. Also, he loves stacking all his trucks and buses on top of each other.

 

He was up at bit later than normal since we wanted him to have a few hours to play with grandma and eat a decent dinner (in addition to all the snacks from the party). He finally crashed in my mom's bed around 9pm without a fight or any issues and slept straight through until 7am.

 

While Hunter slept great, I did not. I decided to sleep in the bed with him while my mom crashed in the living room. My child is apparently a bed hog. He was spread out all over the bed, at one point laying horizontally across it, leaving me very little room. So yeah, I didn't sleep much and it just reinforced why we don't co-sleep. I have a hard enough time sharing a bed with a my husband, I can't imagine having a squirmy, bed-hogging toddler in there with us as well.

 

The next morning we woke up and Hunter played/tormented my mom's cat while she cooked us a fabulous breakfast.

 

Hunter did so well at both the party and Nana's house and it was a great little trip for he and I. I know Kristian also enjoyed having the house to himself for a night and not being woken up at 6am by a toddler so it was a win/win and we will probably do it again when Kristian goes on his out of town hunting trip later this fall.

Five on Friday

Happy Friday!

 

This week has just dragged. And I have a fairly busy weekend ahead.

 

 

 

 

 

1. As I mentioned on Wednesday daycare has lost two of Hunters shirts. They told me today that if they don't find them by Monday they would reimburse us the cost (i.e. take it off of our tuition fee). I'm still annoyed but at least they are doing something to rectify the situation. The teacher apologized over and over and swore it wouldn't happen again. We'll see.

 

 

2. Yesterday I went to Target to buy a birthday present for my friends son's 3rd birthday party tomorrow. I also bought a few baby clothes since she's due to have a little girl next month. I know people always say that girl clothes are cuter than boy clothes, and maybe it was just the Target I went to, but I wasn't impressed. I actually had a tough time finding something I liked. Now the boy clothes I could have shopped for all day. Maybe I'm just used to it but I love boy clothes.

 

 

3. Speaking of lost items, I ordered a pair of boots from Target a few weeks ago, I received an email saying they delivered on Saturday. Well I have everything sent to my work and nothing was there. I called Target and the lady told me that the delivered meant UPS delivered to the post office that would actually be delivering it to me and I should get it in ANOTHER 5-10 days. I've never heard of this before.  I then get an email asking me to review the product which leads me to believe that they think I should have it already as well? I'm giving it until next week and then I will call again and ask for a refund.

 

4. I think I've figured out why Hunter has been waking up so early lately. Every morning the bus comes to pick up the high schoolers around 6-6:15am and we can always hear the Beep Beep from it. Even though Hunter has a noise machine in his room I know he hears the Beep Beep and it wakes him up. The kid is OBSESSED with buses and seems to have supersonic hearing for the beeps. Whenever I go into his room his first word is "bus".


5. One of the houses a few doors up just sold and if they got the price they were asking then that means good things for our home value. The other house was asking $50K more than we paid (we bought it as a foreclosure, hence the good deal) and with our updates and better view of the water I think we could get even more than they got. Not that we are planning on selling anytime soon but it's good to know.