9 months

On Friday, Smith was 9 months old! This is going by a lot faster than it did with Chuck.

Smith went to the doctor earlier in the week for a check up. All he needed was a flu shot.

At 6 months, he was 100% weight and 45% height. At 9 months he is still 100% weight but now he is 79% in height. So luckily we have grown taller as we grow wider.

Smith slept horribly Friday night. He screamed the entire night. He had decent naps yesterday. I realized he has gotten his first cold from his flu shot. His nose is running and he doesn't know what to do about not being able to breathe.





Last night, I needed some medicine, Smith needed some, and Dr. needed some. All for various reasons. We either didn't have it or it was expired. The boys and I went to Walgreens and restocked our medicine cabinet. All out thermometers were out of batteries so we stocked up on those as well. Nothing is worse than having to run to the store when someone is sick. We are fully prepared for any kind of sickness.

One of the teachers at Chuck's school is a photographer so she took Smith to the vacant lot /open space two doors down and took pics(some grumpy baby) while I played with Chuck and her little girl.




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Grandparents Day

Chuck was so excited Marmee, Two Mommy, and Paka Nick got to come and have lunch with him and go to his book fair! We haven't had rain in months but it poured the entire day.




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Bathtime

Too stinkin' cute.







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Standing up

This is what has been going on at our house.






















He's not very good at crawling but all he wants to do is pull up on stuff. He is starting to walk along surfaces like the length of the couch. You do have to guard him constantly because he does topple pretty hard. We've already bonked our head once.

Speaking of bonking heads. I finally got the call from school that Chuck got hurt. I have actually prepared myself pretty well for the first broken arm. Thank goodness (?) today it was just his face. He was inning the climbing wall and his foot slipped and he busted his nose and lip. That's what they said when they called however they also said "we are checking his teeth now." I figured that was their way of easing into "your child's teeth fell out". I was totally e pecking a toothless redneck three year old when I got there! The teachers were a little jittery because there was so much blood. His arms and hands were covered. They thought he broke his nose and list a few teeth.

Smith and I rushed up there. He was fine and even eventually got in a playful mood. He wanted to stay at school so Smith and I walked him to class and sat with him while he ate lunch. He really enjoyed that!

So our days are full of head bonks around here.

Saw this article today:
Mamas get nothing done

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Sleeping

Someone slept a little better last night and just took an hour and a half nap (usually they last 15 minutes)! And Chuck slept in until 8 (yep, one went down right when the other got up). Now we have some grocery shopping to do!

Smith in his new 18 month jammies.




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Crying and Whining

Well, we made it to the museum, home for lunch and then shopping. We ran into Chuck's friend a the museum that we barbecued with so that was nice for both of us. We got to chat and play with people our own age.

Smith got a little rowdy at the end so we headed home with a little detour for a happy meal.

Since the boys only napped for about 5 minutes in the car, I decided to get my errands done.

It was Chuck's first time at a mall and he was mesmerized. We rode some rides while we were there.













We had to go get Smith some jammies and clothes. Smith is at a totally different stage than Chuck was in the size vs season so is hurting a little bit with clothes. Smith is starting to wear what Chuck wore near his 1st birthday but that would have been March. It's just not working.

I think we are going to have to look into shoes soon for Smith. He isn't very good at crawling but works on standing up all the time. Even wanted to walk around the museum while holding both my hands. Chuck didn't walk until we got him a solid pair of shoes.

I always have high hopes of a good night of sleep after no naps but it usually turns out the opposite and means they are both going to wake up all night long. Nothing unusual for our house this week.

So today even though it seems like we did a lot, I had one crying the majority of the time and one whining. This totally describes our day.




Hope your day turned out better than ours.




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No sleep. What gives?

I don't know what I did to piss off this baby but he hasn't slept in three nights and hasn't napped in three days and wiped poop all over his crib for the second time. I really do have a grumpy baby.

At 4 am I finally moved Chuck to the guest room and let the baby cry so I could get a few hours of sleep.

I may be an idiot but we are going to *try to go to the museum because it is free and if I stay in this house it might be an invitation for complete disaster. (The key word is TRY as I haven't showered or brushed my teeth in a few days.)

Wish us luck.





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