Naughty shelf

I was busy prepping dinner tonight while Little Guy was entertaining himself with his coloring books and crayons...well, we probably set the table for what happened next by not discouraging his coloring on his art table....I thought he would keep his masterpieces on his table, but he decided my sliding glass doors and his play structure needed some jazzing up.... When I discovered why I had been able to get so much done in the kitchen, I collected the crayons and talked to Little Guy about where we can and can't color... And the crayons are hanging out on the naughty shelf for a few days...

Exhausted

Oh What a Day!  Today started at 1:45 am when Little Guy woke up...we decided to let him have  a little bit of time to fall back asleep, since that is usually what happens when he wakes in the middle of the night.  Well after 10 minutes he was quiet, but still standing, so we let him have some more time...this lead to an hour, then both mommy and daddy in and out of sleep, and pretty soon we weren't sure what to do...if we went in to rock him, would he think he just needed to stand awake in his crib for hours, or if he left him to fall asleep, could he possibly make it to his 6:00 am wake up time without ever going back to sleep...well, at 5:15, he was still awake- yes, he had been standing, awake, in his crib since 1:45...how that child managed I am not sure since he barely lasts five minutes standing during the day.  Anyways, he fell fast asleep in my bed and slept in until 7:50, which isn't really sleeping in when you've been up for half the morning.  He was a cranky bear (surprise, surprise!) and we had to rush to get ready for make up swim lessons...well I was starving and craving Starbucks, so I decided we would try our luck at the drive thru...I poorly managed our time and then we got hit in the parking lot...grossness!  We weren't hurt, THANK GOODNESS!, but we missed swim lessons and it was just one more thing to deal with for the day.  I was pretty sure Little Guy had poop running down his leg at the park, but my luck was apparently changing, and it turned out to be just be mud...I am so looking forward to the take-out and large soda my dear hubby picked up...if it weren't for baby #2, tonight would be one for a tall glass of wine!

Happy Birthday Papa

Today is Little Guy's Papa's birthday...or as I prefer to call him, my dad.  We didn't get to celebrate with Papa today (he was pretty under the weather!), but we are going to have a yummy BBQ on Saturday!  Daddy is in charge of the meat; I can't wait for yummy food fun!  We love you Papa!

Retail Therapy

It's hard to get super excited about clothes shopping when you're pregnant...the maternity displays are not updated very frequently, and you know you won't be wearing the outfits for too long, so you don't want to spend an arm and a leg...enter spring shopping for Little Guy!  I know it's only the end of February, but I think Little Guy is in the most popular size around, so if I don't get a head start, all the cute stuff is gone come spring!  We had a blast back at Crazy 8 ( I had to talk Little Guy out of every hat they had in stock), and I can't wait to see him in his new plaid shorts and coordinating polos!  Yay for a little retail therapy to start off the last week in February!

Daddy's Boy

Little Guy is usually a self proclaimed mommy's boy (and I might love it...), but today he was determined that his daddy be the only one he cuddled with for nap times. I tried rocking, cuddling, milk...he only wanted DaDa. After about 2 minutes in the bean bag, he was out- I guess buying the oversized bean bag was a good idea after all. Now if I could only get Little Guy to be this into cuddling his dada, and not me, at 2 AM, I'd be set!

Party Time

Today we had two very special parties, one for Miss Iris turning "1" and one for my grandparents celebrating their 64th anniversary! We were so excited to be a part of both celebrations. Before we headed out for the day, we stopped to get Little Guy's spring family photo outfit...the outfit is TDF and while shopping he spotted a hat he had to have. The hat never left his head all day, he was in love! It was a long day of driving, but Little Guy managed to squeeze in a nap and Daddy even managed to meet us at Iris' party! It was precious seeing Little Guy play with Brayden and we always love to snap photos of great grandma and grandpa with their babes...hard to believe they'll be four grand babies at the 65th anniversary party!

Well Baby Check

We had Little Guy's 18 month well baby check today...not only is he healthy as a horse, but he only needed one shot and now he's good until he's FOUR!!  I some how have become the official shot parent and I am glad to have a break from that job!  Here's a photo of our post shot snuggle, sweet baby!