9 Months Old!

Yes our little guy is not so little anymore! He is 9 months old today, which means it has been 18 months since this all began! It is getting harder and harder to get a good picture, but today grandma was there to help me out:

9 month stats:
20lb 6oz
28in tall

At 9 months old you:

• have two bottom teeth, and 3 top teeth with one more on the way
• go to bed between 8-9pm and wake up between 8-10am
• take a couple hour nap around noon, and around 4pm
• have not been wanting to take naps lately
• love your paci when going to sleep
• can eat finger foods very well
• love to eat Chex cereal (more than a bottle sometimes)
• love mommy's homemade baby food and have eaten a wide variety
• eat 3 times a day plus snacks
• are still in size 3 diapers but wear a size 4 at night
• still have sky blue eyes
• don't fall asleep in the carseat anymore
• have almost outgrown your infant carseat!
• can scoot backwards, but are not crawling yet
• love to stand up (with assistance)
• are good at getting into a sitting position on your own
• say "dadadada"

Too cute! Yesterday I finished a new shopping cart cover. The one I made before was crocheted and was pretty much a temporary fix until I could get around to sewing one. I shun patterns, so I "visualized" it in my head how it would be put together, and it turned out just like I wanted! I hand-embroidered his name on the front and put cotton batting on the seat part for some softness. I will try to sneak a picture of him using it next time we go to the store.

Well it sounds like he is waking up from his much-needed nap now, so I will finish with this picture of him sleeping in LATE yesterday morning. I had to wake him up at 10:30am!!

Playgroups and a Boy with a BIG Mouth!

Well we had a fun day today!! (That sentence reminds me...while we were in Italy our tour director Stephania would always begin her sentences with "alora" which in Italian is pretty much "well", hahaha!) We went to our first playgroup meetup with babies under 9 months, and we enjoyed hanging out with them for a couple of hours. It was at a house here in Norman, and we basically just sat on the floor with our babies and told stories about their progress. After a while though, they all kind of started getting cranky so we parted ways. And I am happy to say that I got a bunch of size 3 diapers out of it because one of the babies is on to size 4 and I got his leftovers.

^This is my little guy looking up at me, and baby Jonathan with his mom Andrea.

^This was the host Kelli with her baby Anna.

^And this is the fourth baby Pace (you can see Bradley in the jumperoo).

The other 3 babies were all 7 months old, but so different in size and milestones! It was fun to compare stories and see how unique each one is.

And when we got ready to go do laundry, Nick noticed something new while putting B in his carseat...TWO MORE TEETH!

I just have to end with this picture....look how big he opens his mouth to eat!! (click it to enlarge)

The Park, Decorations, and Playtime

At the end of last week, we had several days that the weather was just beautiful and perfect for spending the day outside (before our latest snow storm hit that is...). So on Thursday, the 3 of us went to our favorite duck pond and got to feed the geese while Bradley sat and watched:

We all had a very good time! Another thing I finished last week was a runner for the buffet table in my extra dining room that I am redoing. Here is the finished product:

I actually have enough fabric left to probably make 2 more! But I am going to use that for curtains and a valance to replace the dreadful tweed thing covering the window now.

Since I've been working every weekend, I always like to enjoy some quality time with my two favorite boys after I sleep for a bit on Sundays. Today I brought Bradley upstairs with us, and watched him play around on the floor. He isn't crawling yet, but is getting closer and closer. He is pretty good and scooting backwards now, and is started to rock back and forth on his hands and knees. Here is a video of him playing with our squeaky bedroom door!

To end with, I am excited about tomorrow because Bradley and I have our first mommy playgroup to go to! It is a meetup group I found online in Norman for moms, and this will be my first time to attend a meetup. This particular get-together is for babies 9 months and under, so I will be sure to take pictures! I'm sure we'll have a great time. Brad LOVES to see other babies. And then Thursday is his 9 month checkup, and Friday he will be 9 months old!! Wow. Check back later on!

Photo Thursday

Posting From Work...

Not too much new here, just the same old thing. Hubby is on spring break this week, so I am picking up MORE extra shifts...ugh. The paycheck will be nice though so I have to keep that in mind.

I recently got into Facebook after coming to terms with the death of Myspace (figuratively speaking of course). It's ok, but I preferred the personalization that Myspace offered. Facebook is just statuses and pictures. But I digress....I deleted my Myspace because I should only have one addiction at a time. Over the months I have slowly but surely found several people from my past that I had lost contact with. This includes people that I went to church with as a child, and just last week I found a bunch of people from the private school I went to from age 5 to 11! That was very interesting to look through all of their pictures and see how people turned out--some good, some not so good--and to look at pictures of my old school. It really is a good way to keep in contact with old friends.

My little boy is doing well, I won't accept that he is going to be NINE months old next week!!! Wow. I swear to you ever since I had him, time has sped up even faster than it was going before! Seriously, March is half over people! Geez. His top teeth have come down a little more, and ever since they broke through he started waking up at about 7am instead of his usual 8:30/9am. I didn't like that much but whatever. Well over this weekend evidently he is sleeping in a lot later for his daddy! That must be nice--hopefully he'll keep it up after Nick goes back to school.

He is getting more squirmy and active these days. Still no crawling, but he can scootch himself backwards pretty well, and of course pivot around in a circle. He has taken to flipping over onto his stomach at night and many times we find him that way when we check on him. Yesterday Nick left him on the floor downstairs with his toys and came up to see me before I went to work. When we both went down there to check him, he was somehow in his little bouncy chair! I'm not quite sure what he did or how he did it, but I know we missed something good!

Well as the title says, I am posting this from work. So I must bid you adieu and get back to my patient! Have a good night all, only 8 more hours until I can go to bed :)

What I've Been Up To...

These are also for sale in my shop kandyskrafts.blogspot.com :)

I am going to be doing my first craft show next month with a friend from work!! I am more than nervous because I can't even recall ever going to one, much less selling at one! I am going to have to do some major brainstorming to come up with things that people will actually want, haha. The good thing is that we are sharing a 6ft table, so I won't be pressured to fill up a lot of space for my first time. Wish me luck!

His Father's Son

^Nick w/his mom

^Nick w/his mom, and Brad w/his great grandpa

Sewing, Knitting Groups, and a Kitty!

I apologize for taking so long to post--I can't believe how fast the time flies!! Here we are already in March...*sigh*.

I have been a busy girl lately though, so don't fret. I am in the process of making 2 Easter bibs, 2 St. Patrick's Day bibs, 2 birthday bibs, and I just finished up all of Bradley's birthday invitations! They turned out soooo adorable and they are also my first foray into cardmaking. It's amazing what you can do with a little ribbon, paper, and some stamps! Pictures of those will come soon--there's no way I can wait until June though!

Here is one of the sewing things I made (also listed in my store):

So I finally checked out the website Meetup.com and looked up some groups in my area. I found a neat knitting/crochet group that I joined, and tonight was my first get together with them! We met at Hastings in the cafe and we all knitted over coffee and chit chat--I of course crocheted because I prefer that a LOT more than knitting. My mother went with me (for moral support, lol) and we stayed about 2 hours. After that, we checked out Super Target then headed back to my house for some split pea and lentil soup over farkle. Fun times!!

To end with, I went into my closet to get dressed the other day, and look who I found sleeping on my shelves!

8 Months Old!

Yes the little guy is now 8 months old! Only 4 months away from turning ONE...yikes! It was a little harder to get him to sit still for these pictures, so they are not as nice as I was wanting. I imagine it will only get more difficult!

These days you:

• are wearing size 3 diapers still
• have outgrown several of your 6-9mo clothes but we are stretching it out
• are finally getting your top 2 teeth in
• go to bed around 8-9pm and usually sleep about 12 hours
• take two 1-2hr naps per day
• eat three meals a day, solids first then an 8oz bottle
• are doing very well with solids and chunkier foods
• can feed yourself cereal, crackers, and food chunks
  
• are getting better using a sippy cup once a day (for now)
• are not crawling yet, but won't sit still any more
• have attempted to pull yourself up
• say "babababa"
• instantly go for any necklace/earrings that I am wearing
  

That is about it for now! I have been very busy all day, and I have to go to work this whole weekend. I am almost doing embroidering some new holiday bibs for Bradley (and for sale) for St. Patrick's Day and Easter--I will put pics up as soon as I get done with them. Tata for now!

Working On a New Skill

Not me, but him! He may not be crawling yet, but he is starting to {attempt} pull up on things!

We will have to keep an eye on this little monkey! And now for some naked baby pics...don't worry, he's got a diaper on!

He is still working on his top two teeth coming down. He's a little cranky here and there, but nothing the occasional dose of Tylenol doesn't fix.

My mom got him a box of baby mum mums for her house, as well as a high chair. So he is loving it over there even more than before! And I love it too, because it is so much easier to feed and entertain him. And we all know that a full baby is a happy baby!

I made a onesie out of a youth t-shirt and appliqued a guitar on the front. I thought it turned out pretty good for my first one *almost* from scratch. Unfortunately when I rejoined the back panel after shortening the collar, I made it too tight and now the stupid thing is too narrow. Grr. Better luck next time huh.

Today is my stepdad's birthday, and I am embroidered a sweatshirt for him. We are celebrating it tomorrow with a cookout. I am also going to embroider a St. Patrick's Day bib for my little one, and possibly a cute Easter one too! Pictures will follow....

A Birthday and Biscuits

February 17th was my mother's birthday (I won't tell how old she is...) and I had a bunch of little presents up my sleeve to give her. I got her 4 fancy belts (beige, brown, red and turquoise), a photo album, a ring holder, 6 crocheted and knitted washcloths, and this lovely apron that I made from my fabric scrap pile!

Yes I freehand drew the rooster (her kitchen is roosters) and appliqued it onto the fabric, then for the tie I used bias tape and sewed lace around the edges. Very cute!

Some mornings my mumsy comes over while Nick is in class and we have coffee and chit chat or play farkle. One of those days last week I gave Bradley some biter biscuits that my friend Sara got for him, and he went to town! Those things are soooo messy, so I figured after eating one he may as well have another. He was a happy boy!

Today after I slept from working last night, we met my dad at Jason's Deli for dinner. We all got the salad bar and it was so delicious! They have such a good variety of healthy things to choose from. I got low fat honey mustard dressing and it was pretty tangy! I let Bradley gnaw on some broccoli florets.

And the big news is...while we were waiting for my dad to get there I was holding Bradley on my lap and bouncing him. I heard a new strange sound from his mouth, like grinding teeth. I thought maybe he had gotten something in his mouth? So I opened his mouth up and looked, and he WAS grinding his teeth--he new top teeth!! They have just barely broken the gumline and you have to look really close, but they are there! That explains why he hasn't been sleeping well the last few nights. I was wondering when he would finally get those because he has had his bottom teeth for 3 1/2 months. I am happy that now I can feed him more foods like toast and Cheerios since he will be able to chew.