Monday, June 13, 2011

Pa and Gamma come to visit!

June sure has been a busy month so far. Dexter is doing all sorts of amazing things. He recently learned how to whistle! Isn't that strange? He is also speed crawling now! He has four teeth now too. Two top and two bottoms. We really have not noticed them coming in though thanks to the amber beads! 
We love it when the grandparents get to come to visit and this weekend we got to see Phillip's parents! They got to see our water baby in action. Pa was able to take some great pictures of Dexter.  Dex also showed off his amazing standing skills. He is still not quite walking yet but I have a feeling that he will be soon.



Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Water baby!

This month is starting off so great! We bought a little pool from Target and Dexter loves it! He has always been a little water baby but I'm not sure I was prepared for this!He just wants to be outside all the time. But he is a boy so at least we get to cool off a little bit while we are out there! 



The other new thing we have introduced this month is the beach! He loves the sand. He even tries to eat it. EWWW. But he is not a fan of the water! Maybe as he gets older he will start liking the water more. 




We tried to keep a hat on our bald baby but it proved harder than we thought! 

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Cheesecakes and play dates!

 

The past few weeks have been crazy around here! With Dexter really getting on the move it seems like I am pooped every night! Like I am tonight so please excuse my ramblings but I feel like we need to give everyone an update of our exciting lives!

We have had a lot of fun days though. Recently Dex and I went to the zoo with our friends Gunner and Steff. Dexter absolutely loved it! He got to sit under where the penguins swim with Gunner and they swam over their heads. I think he could have stayed there for hours if we would have let them! He also really liked the Apes (I think that’s what they were) There was a mama ape picking ticks off the baby ape and he just thought it was sooo funny! He was laughing at them for a while, squirming to get out of my arms to go join them. Where was the dad Ape you might ask, he was asleep next to the mom and baby of course! That made me laugh. I can not wait to take him back again. Hopefully I will remember to take some pictures.

We have been able to do a lot of stuff together now that I am not working. Although some times it would be really nice to talk to some adults and get paid for all the work I do I realize how blessed I am to be able to stay home with my son! Lately we have been able to have lots of play date with Steff and Gunner, and the boys are becoming quite the little buddies! I have pictures to follow but I think these two are really cute in my own, non biased, opinion! We have also been going to story time every Wednesday and Dexter is starting to adventure out and crawl around the circle! Makes for a busy mom but its cute. All the little girls love him too! They always come over to pet him. lol. We also were able to have a cloth diapering class/play date at my house recently. It was nice to meet other cloth diapering mamas! Being as though we seem to be our own breed. lol!

In other happenings I also moved out table out of the dinning room so that Dexter could have his own play room and my living room would stop looking like a mess everyday! Now his mess is being contained to mostly one room, but sometimes it drifts. Why do I feel like slowly he is taking over my house?? The play room is where the dining room use to be, right next to the kitchen. So now he does this thing where he will be playing with me but if I get up or turn around he will crawl as fast as he can to get into the kitchen! Then while he is in the doorway he always sits down, turns around and looks at me with this “come get me!” grin! It is so cute, but I think he knows he isn't supposed to be playing in the kitchen so I try not to laugh at him to much. Well that was until we put up the baby gate on Saturday so now he just crawls to the baby gate, pulls himself up and peeks through it! Still just as adorable.

Speaking of last Saturday, I tried my hand at making cheesecake! Lets just say that didn’t go so well. The first one I made I  burnt because I thought it wasn’t done, then the second one I also thought it wasn’t done so I mixed the topping in with the rest of the cheesecake out of frustration, went to the store and bought a desert! I was making them for a friends party. Well when I got home after they had been sitting on the counter for 2 hours they were nice and firm!! Turns out when cheesecake is cooked, it just looks un-done! So they both taste good but aren’t pretty to look at. I just need to find someone now to pawn them off on! I do not need to eat two cheesecakes, and we all know I will if they are sitting in my fridge!

Well it is way past my bed time so here are some pictures! And a video of course!
IMG_0931 Sitting in the chair uncle Dave made him, it wasn’t as dark as it looks outside and he thinks its pretty fun to sit there and look.

IMG_0938 “oh hey mom I thought I would get into your lunch bag and get a sandwich out. I know we were going on  picnic but this seemed like more fun. I hope you don’t mind!”

IMG_0953 My favorite way to start off the morning!

IMG_0966 Gunner showing Dexter how to play the piano!!

And the video I promised:

Dancing with his Valentines day dog!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Diaper Giveaway!

Hey there is a giveaway at http://mommyspeanutgallery.blogspot.com for a free best bottom diaper! These diapers are a great all in two system!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

My first mothers day and Dexter’s shenanigan's!

 

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These are the beautiful flowers my amazing husband got me!

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These are the beautiful flowers Robin and Steve got me!

So my first mothers day was amazing. It started off on Friday, I guess just like my birthday day I get multiple days for mothers day too! Lucky me. So on Friday I got a nice surprise from the florist I got flowers from Robin and Steve! It was a nice way to start off the day and weekend. Then Friday night Dexter decided to sleep through the night! He is such a sweetie. Saturday I went and got my hair and nails done at On the Green, and when I got done they told me that the owner had comp'd the services and they were FREE! I don’t know how they knew that was my favorite price! When I got home we went to the church’s Spaghetti dinner and it was really fun. Saturday night Dex decided not to sleep through the night, but Phillip got up with him EVERY time! So I got two nights of sleep!! Sunday Dex slept in and I woke up to the flowers Phillip got me and a very sweet card. So I would say my first mothers day was perfect!

Enough about me though. This week we have decided to start giving Dex “big people” food, just chopped up. So far he is loving it! I even put Green beans in his snack cup today and he ate all of them! He is getting really good at standing up and in the morning he will walk around his crib holding onto the sides! I just hope he doesn’t decide to walk anytime soon.

Well today after his nap he decided to be a little pill! Here are some photos of my maniac child!

035 Right after his nap we ate lunch, and at first he insisted that he couldn’t touch it and feed himself. So he folded his hands and let me feed him. hehehe it was pretty cute.

036 That didn’t last long though. He soon got enough courage to fling the food around, not eat it though.

037 He almost got it but was holding the spoon the wrong way. When I took the spoon away he started crying and slapping his food. Then decided he didn’t want to eat anymore!

What do you do with a messy baby who has decided he only wants to eat half his lunch??

038 Throw him in the bathtub!  He enjoyed this for a little while until it was time to get out!

040 So after I got him out of the bath tub, which involved more crying this is what happened. Yes he is naked. He crawled away from me before I got his clothes on and grabbed the first thing he could and threw everything that was in it on the floor! It was a little funny and he wasn’t crying anymore so I let him play.

042 Apparently all he wanted today was to run around naked because after this I re-warmed up his lunch and put his diaper on him and he was a happy camper!

045 At least for a few hours… then there was more crying. (O: but he is asleep now! So it is all okay. I had a smoothie and it made it all seem better.

Here are two videos for your viewing pleasure:

Sgetti is nummy numms
Dancing baby!