Splash Park

Today we went downtown Dallas to meet Craig for lunch. We met up with my other friend Calie and her little boy Jackson and her husband (who also works downtown) at a park called Klyde Warren Park. It's smack in the middle of downtown, but has the charm of a cute neighborhood park with mobile food trucks and even a splash pad for kids.  Here is a video I took of Micah sitting on the splash pad. He did not want to leave by the end of it. I'm so excited for our summer together. He loves the water and I can't wait to do this more often. So happy to have nice weather outside. I'm loving every minute!!

Hope you all are having a wonderful week.

Update on M's sickness. I still have no idea what he had. It must have been a bad virus. He had a fever Friday night and most of Saturday and finally starting feeling himself on Sunday. The little boy I babysit for also got sick the same time as him and his mom had symptoms like the Flu. Anyways.. I don't know who got what or when but Craig and I are still sickness free and I am thanking God for this.

Watching baby Ben tomorrow, so let's hope we all stay nice and healthy for awhile!!


Here's Micah's 10 months photo!

Love you all

Fever

Micah has a fever!! First time since he has been on this earth. The doctor thinks he picked up a virus while he had a cold. Today is day 8 and he's at his worst..so very weird situation. I went to doc and made sure he didn't have an ear or lung infection. He is so exhausted today. Its so sad but he is doing a good job fighting whatever he has.
This time he's not so happy but I don't blame him. I am just holding and cuddling today. So glad I didn't put him in the nursery yesterday bc he would have spread this and I would have felt awful.
Everything happens for a reason.

Please pray M recovers fast. Love you all

Sacrifice

This morning I had to sacrifice what I wanted for my son. Might be one of the first times it's been this tough. I was debating going to MOMS this morning since M still has a bad cough. All morning I was going back and forth because I wanted to go so bad. I haven't been to MOMS FOR 3 weeks with the snow storm and then spring break. I was so excited to go this morning.
Anyways...I got everything in the car ready to go ..put M in the car. Drove to church and I look back and M is sleeping. He never sleeps this early anymore. I dropped off the food I got for MOMS and thought maybe he'll take a short nap and I'll get to go still. Its 1015 am and I'm still sitting it the car.
Today God has given me a clear sign that I need to put my son before myself and what I want. I am about to cry writing this because it's so hard to sacrifice. I really need friends and social events with no family around to lean on. I know I need to be strong because this is my reality. As I wipe my mascara running down my face I remember that even though this feels big to me.. God sacrificed so much more for me. I don't need to count friends and social events for happiness (even though it does bring me lots of joy) I need to be content with what I have and the love for my beautiful son needs to be my top priority.

Do you want to know what's the best part? The speaker today at MOMS was talking about "happiness"
And even though I'm definitely crying right now.. I'm really happy! Haha I sound a little crazy but we've all been there.
Also this picture is from the other day at Watters creek but I thought it was appropriate.Lol

Seriously..I love you all.

Have a blessed day

Chick-Fil-A

Micah and Mommy date again!! I guess everyday is Micah and Mommy date. haha Yesterday we went to Chick-fil-a for lunch. It was such a beautiful day outside and I was so excited to get out and enjoy the day. Now that they have grilled nuggets at Chickfila my lunch dates have gotten so much better. I can have the Original sandwich and Micah can get some good grilled protein. They actually taste really good. He almost ate all four nuggets yesterday. I love that he is eating more and more real food. I'm starting to see my supply decrease a ton. I'm getting a little sad to say goodbye to nursing.. then again I'm ready! 

M has been sick since Friday with a really bad cough. I'm hoping it's not anything serious. This is the first time he's had a deep cough. Poor guy. Still happy as always. 

Today we got to hang out with little Ben and another friend came over. She was watching an 11 month old boy so she brought him over to play. Micah just loved him. His name was Frankie. She also brought her double stroller and the two of them were adorable. Micah even tried to hold his hand while we were all walking.

Look how cute they are!! I can't believe how social M is. I mean he just wants to play with other kids so bad. Most kids don't want to play with him. They want to play around him but not WITH him. People tell me M is very unique the way he touches others and wants to play with them.  I guess he's MY son after all. LOL Now that M has a new friend.. I guess that means I do too. Hopefully I can get together with Frankie's mom sometime since they were so freaking cute together. I am hopeful Ben and Micah will be like this one day.

Oh yes and I booked M's park for his birthday! We can have up to 75 people there so I am inviting ALL of you reading this blog. May 16th at 4 p.m. Hope to see you there!!
It already hit 80 degrees today ...yikes. It's getting back to the 60's tomorrow I think. I'm happy with 70s. Just hoping it's not too hot for M's party.

Also, I don't know why but warmer weather makes me want to clean. I think my husband is happy about this. I never want to clean and lately I have been hard core cleaning something everyday. Trying to focus on one thing a day is easier for me than doing the whole house everyday.

Hope you all had a great HUMP day!! Till next time

Park search

What a crazy weekend!!! This is a picture from yesterday. We went to 4 different local park to pick out on for M's birthday celebration. The thing is people have already booked most of the parks for May 16th. (It's the weekend before his actual bday) I can't believe people plan that far ahead. Anyways, I am calling today and going to reserve the best one we found. Hope it's still available! 

Let me start off with Friday. Craig stayed home for work and M starting to feel under the weather. M and I went to the nice mall in Frisco because I needed to get out. It was such a fun Mommy and Micah day! We rode the carousel and had chick fila together. We also went shopping at H&M and I got M some shirts and me one as well. haha. Later that night we wanted to go out and watch some of the NCAA basketball tournament. Before we left Craig dropped his cologne bottle and it broke all over the bathroom floor. Needless to say it smelled like man everywhere!!!! So we went to a place called Henry's Tavern and it was a lot of fun. Micah was happy boy... but here's where it started. Craig assumed I was going to take his leftovers since he put it on MY side of the table. When we got home he asked where his sandwich was and I was left puzzled. I didn't even know I was supposed to take it.

Craig's Terrible, Horrible, No good, Very bad weekend.... First his poor sandwich, then the next morning we had an event in Grand Prairie (about 50 mins away) for AT&T. Craig was involved in a bowl 4 kids event which raised money for Big Brother Big Sisters. We were on empty when we got on the highway and Craig said don't worry we'll make it. I almost had a meltdown, but secretly wished we would have ran out of gas..(seriously he is too confident in that empty sign). We actually made it there and got gas (Thank Goodness) When Craig starting bowling he kept getting gutter balls.  I was a little embarrassed ...haha I made him get  a different ball. He started finally bowling like himself after several rounds. It was actually a lot of fun.. I even got to bowl a little bit. Then Craig bought a round of beers since the first one was out. We left and Craig really wanted to go to the Blackhawks game (we tried to get a babysitter but no luck). He was texting a few guys who had previously said they would go, but none responded. He kept looking up prices for tickets and I just told him to go by himself and have fun. Who cares. Sometimes when your a parent you just have to get out even if it's by yourself. He was like.. my luck they will lose 5-0. 

So he went and they lost 0-4. Which is pretty strangle for the Blackhawks. I think he still had a good time though. While he was on his way he noticed that he couldn't find his credit card. I called the bowling alley and yep it was there. Poor Craig was just not having good luck.

So even though it was a long drive back out there we went after church and picked up the credit card. Good thing was M slept most of the way and because we were out driving we decided to look at a few open houses around the area. We went and saw 2 and made us realize how much we like out rented house right now. Man, it's going to be tough to find the perfect house... because there is no such thing! We looked at one house that needed a ton of work and was really affordable and another at the top of our range but needed some work as well. When I got home it was hard to want to move when I love everything (except the kitchen) in this house. I just want a beautiful kitchen. We were even thinking of buying this house we are in and redoing the kitchen. haha Anyways the bad luck weekend ended and Sunday was an awesome family day. After we went and looked at homes we picked up lotte and went to 4 different parks to check out which one was best for M.

I am going to call today and hope for the best!! I so wish all his family would be here for his party, but we will celebrate all together soon after!! 

Love you all!!

PS Craig seems back to his normal self and his terrible,horrible, no good very bad weekend was a good reminder of what's important! Being together and having fun in bad situations.

Dancing queen...I mean King

Micahs's favorite new hobby is....dancing. If he hears anything that has a beat this kid is moving his butt. He even knows the word. When I say Micah dance.. He does!! In the car, is his crib, in your arms, in his high chair... Everywhere!! He is moving to the beat. On st. Pattys days I was listening to Irish music on Pandora and starting doing an Irish jig for him. He thought it was hilarious.

It's gloomy out today but still in the 70s. We might venture to to park later on. It will be my first time taking little Ben somewhere. I don't have a double stroller but going to strap M to me and push Ben. Gotta get practice right? I'll see how it goes.

I'm starting to plan a baby shower again for a friend and going to make a diaper wreath this time. And some mini diaper cakes. I bought a glue gun to help me make these crafts a bit easier.

Love you all

Tent

I got M a cool new pop up tent for him to crawl in and out of. He is a little afraid of it right now, but seems to be liking it more and more. I just started to put away his 9 month clothes. He can still fit into some of it but I figure it's not going to last long so might as well get out the 12 month summer stuff. Yesterday we went to the park and it was absolutely gorgeous out. I forgot to take pics but it was so fun dressing M up in shorts and a t-shirt. I bought some sunscreen yesterday for him because I already am starting to worry about it. With nice weather comes sunburns. M is very, very pale.  He could use a little sun! ha
M is starting to snuggle more in the mornings. It's so cute. He will just lay in our bed for a little while before he's ready to go, go, go. It's nice of him to be a little more chill right when he wakes up. I know once he starts walking we might go back to the crazy stage, but for now he seems to be happy laying by us and snuggling.

This morning he woke up around 6 a.m. and I am not sure why. I took him in our room and he slept on my chest. It's been so long since he's done this. I couldn't go back to sleep, but I got to remember all the precious moments of when this was a common thing for us. I was thinking back to when he was 4 months old and I was so excited he was sleeping in his own bed. If I could go back now I would probably just snuggle with him even more. First time parents get to consumed with sleep training that we miss so many snuggle sessions. Live and Learn.

On Monday night I got to go to the movie theater to see a documentary called "The Drop Box." I would recommend it to everyone. It was all in subtitles since it was filmed in Korea, but definitely worth it. It's about a Pastor who decided to make a baby box where women could safely drop off their babies instead of abandoning them in the dumpster, or alley. What a heart wrenching story. The Pastor has taken in almost 15 kids with his wife and most of them are disabled.  If you have a chance to watch it please do!

Latest M developments: He just started to wave to people. Also started to share this week. Trying to give his paci and teething wafers to me so I can try it. It's very cute!!

Love you all

Parade

Hello!! Micah is pulling up on EVERYTHING and he has even started to walk and hold on to things. I put him in cloth diapers this week since I ran out of disposables and he was looking pretty cute so I had to take a few photos. 

 He is loving his new sippy cup and watching some sesame street. I am still a little nervous on letting him be alone. He will be fine forever and when I turn my head for a second he falls. I don't get it. I mean for the 99 percent of the time I am ready to catch he's fine.. then one second and he's down for the count. It's a little frustrating.

 Craig and I went to the Dallas Irish parade on Saturday. We were invited by some friends to go with them and at the last minute they backed out. So we still went by ourselves. It was a little chilly and windy but still had fun getting out. Micah was watching all the crazy drunk people yelling and going crazy. Maybe his first taste of this crazy, messed up world. It was definitely entertaining for him though.

Craig finally stopped fasting and only juicing. He is now juicing once or twice a day. I am still really proud of him. He did 6 days of just juice and said he was starting to feel sickly. He thought it may not be helping him and his body as much as he thought it would. Now he is starting to eat real food, but is very conscious on his portions. I on the other hand have not been doing as well. 

Tonight I might be going to a movie called, "Drop Box." I guess it's a documentary put on by focus on the family and my friend invited me so I am going to try and go. I haven't been to a movie at the theater since before I had Micah, so it's exciting and I'm hoping it's inspirational.

I will let you all know how it is. 

Also I'm planning a baby sprinkle for my friend coming up in April and M's birthday party in May. Yikes I need to go shopping and plan!!

Love you all

M's new friend

Micah loves when little Ben comes over to play. He loves showing off for him and gets excited when he sees him. It's really cute. Of course he does get a little jealous from time to time. Especially when I feed Ben. 

I am watching Ben again today and it's fun to see what it's like to have two. Two babies are way easier than a toddler and a baby. I can already tell. Once M starts walking it's going to be so much harder. Thank goodness Ben doesn't move when I put him down. haha

M's nose is looking way better today. He finally looks like himself and I feel better taking him out in public. HAH

Craig is on day 5 of juicing. He's a little crabby, but who wouldn't be? I feel for him. It's tough but I think he's lost like 7 pounds in a week. CRAZY!!

Ben is waking up so I gotta run.

Love you all

9 month

20 pounds and 6 ounces only at 50 percent for his age. He is no longer a big boy..just long and lean. He is 29 and a half inches tall and falls in the top 80 percent and head size is also in the top 80 percentile.

Poor guy had his 9 month photo taken with a scarred up face. I guess we'll never forget what happened now. Haha

Craig is going strong in his second day juicing. I'm really liking the fresh squeezed orange juice in the morning!!

Nose dive

So sad to post that M fell flat on his face (on carpet) and got a bad rug burn on his nose and forehead. Poor thing already had a sore nose from being sick. He is not having a good day. I think this is the beginning of a never ending bruise baby. He seems to get hurt every second. I think this stage of life may last a very long time. Taking a deep breath today and remembering boys will be boys.

Have already asked for forgiveness a million times. Haha I gotta let it go!!

Standing UP

He's standing up in his crib and in the pack in play. Pretty much everywhere he is pulling himself up. This is making bedtime a very different experience. I have to go in his room and lay him back down every now and then because he doesn't know how to do it him self. Last night (Sunday) he cried for almost an hour and I didn't understand what was going on until I realized he though tit was 7:30p.m. not 8:30p.m.!! ugh. Poor thing. Springing forward is no fun with a 9m month old. Also I will be taking his 9 month photo soon. I keep forgetting and he still has a bad running nose. I was trying to wait till he felt better to take his pic.

We are going to IKEA today we a friend (Baby Jackson) and I'm excited to get out. I was home way too much last week. And today it is raining and gross out so it will be nice to do something inside. 

Saturday we went bowling with our friends Ashley and Cory. We had to wait an hour and a half to bowl (crazy right?) but they have tons of other stuff to do there. So we played pool while we waited.

It's so nice having them here. We get along with them so well!! Micah loved it there because there were kids EVERYWHERE. He was people watching the whole time and was perfectly content. You would think he never gets out but he just loves watching other kids. Sometimes we forgot he was with us because he was so quiet. HAH

I will be posting all his 9 month appointment stats soon!!

Hope you all have a wonderful week.

Oh PS- Craig is starting a JUICING diet. Crazy ...huh? He watched a documentary call "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" and got into this juicing idea. I guess if this is his version of a mid life crisis then good for him.. (and me) I only have to worry about my dinners (and micah) this week. Should be easy for me.. Not so much for him. I'll keep you updated on how he does. 

Pictures from Trip

We are back on regular schedule today. Micah is sleeping a lot better now that he is in his own bed. When we got back I told Craig to lower his crib because I had a feeling he might start standing up in his crib soon. Well.. yesterday I went in to get him from his nap and guess who was standing up starring at me?? It kinda freaked me out a little bit. Anyways I guess you can call it mother intuition.

Micah is starting to feel better today. He got a bad cold from the trip and made for a bad flight home. I was really lucky with a mom (who didn't have her kid with her) sat next to me and she was great. Also they said the plane was completely full... and then we had the middle seat left empty. God is good. I really needed that middle seat since M was crabby and not feeling good. Even though it was a tough trip home I am grateful for those little things that made it better.
He did great on the flight there. No crying and had fun playing with the little girl in front of him. From the pictures you can see the timeline of my trip. Mom's house first and playing with the boys, then Hooker's house, then the "Annie" reunion play, Hannah's bday party and lastly seeing my Auntie and Uncle Mickey and cousins Steph and Luke. Wow. What a busy and fun week. I'm not going to lie it's tough with a little one traveling in the winter. Ice storm and snow days were frequent. Probably not going to travel during the winter without Craig again. Overall I'm really glad we went. Micah had a blast with all his cousins. He just loves others kids. I knew he would love them, but it was so cute to see them all interact.

It was such a blessing to be with everyone and I am so glad I got to go. Seeing everyone from the Annie play was exciting and brought back to many memories. Can't believe it was 11 years ago. Wow I'm old. Love you all and can't wait till next time!