A Little of This and That

To sum up the past few weeks......


We have survived a nasty bout of the stomach flu.  And man, oh man - it was nasty.  A trip to the ER and plenty of fluids and disinfecting later, we are in the clear - fingers crossed!

Mommy, stop taking pictures of me when I don't feel well!!!!!

Jack had his hair cut by Brian the Barber (aka Daddy) while I tried to hold the squirm worm down.  At first, Brian was pitching a fit after reviewing his work - he said Jack looked like and elf and was seriously upset.  I told him to calm down and he tweaked some spots, I added a little spray gel and the little bugger was stylin'!  Brian the Barber simmered down and we were amazed at how much older our little guy looked!  Off to the mall we went.....where Jack was entertained by a sign so we took it as a photo op :-)

And onto the pregnancy....still doin' good!  Chloe is growing well, I am feeling great and I passed the glucose test.  WooHoo!  I am now in the third trimester; very thankful to be here and hoping the next 13 weeks are smooth sailing.  I've got my waddle on and it's harder to feel cute - I just feel big and slow LOL!  Here's the latest pic of Little Miss Chloe - a pic of a pic but oh well....

And last but not least, I want to ask for positive thoughts and prayers to go out to our niece Gracie.  She is the strongest little girl I know and she has had a rough week to say the least.  Her parents (my sister and brother-in-law) are the best parents and fight so hard for their daughter but she needs all the prayers she can get right now as her medical condition is at a low point.  We love you Gracie and want you to feel better VERY soon!!!

Lemon Faces

We were at Buffalo Wild Wings and Brian decided to give Jack the lemon from his iced tea......sorry the video is so dark.  Darn funny nonetheless :-)

Letting it Go

So, I LOVE having a boy.  When I knew I was having a boy I was overjoyed....something about having a little guy running around, exploring the world and of course, I was going to try to raise a mama's boy :-) I have already told him that he can stay at home as long as he wants!  Love my son!!!!  That being said......I try to be a pretty laid back mom, letting Jack do his thing and I like to jump in and enjoy his moments with him.  Jack is now at the stage where he is walking very comfortably and wandering where his little heart desires.  Well, we took Jack to a park in Prescott that was completely empty, so he had the whole space to himself and he wandered onto the baseball diamond which had red dirt.  Red dirt.  Plop, he sat in the RED dirt and proceeded to rub his hands in the stuff.  Awesome.  ****Did I mention I am obsessive about keeping Jack clean? I wipe the kid down for every runny nose, dribble, crumb and smear.  I refuse to have my boy running around looking like a ragamuffin :-)****

Vanessa, let it go.  He's a little boy who is going to get messy.  Let it go!

And that's when Brian saw the look on my face and told me what I just told myself - he's a little boy who will get dirty.  It's as if Jack knew what our dialog was about and he smeared the red dirt on his face.

Vanessa, don't run and get the wipes.  Let it go!

Hands went back in the dirt and he looked up at us with his beautiful blond mop of a head and his smile consisting of four teeth.  Our Fuss (one of his many nicknames) was having a ball!  He was dirty but he was having a ball :-)  Speaking of balls....

There was this red waffle ball that was in two pieces that Jack found in the grass and now it was Brian's turn to let go as the guy is a huge germaphobe.  So we let him squat down and grab the fascinating red plastic pieces and he continued to walk around with them for the next 20 minutes.  

This was a particularly windy and chilly day so soon after this picture was taken (another fish face to add to our collection) we decided to head on home and I had to give myself a little pat on the back - after wiping Jack's face and hands - for letting my little boy be a little boy.  Thank you to Brian who reminded me that by letting our son experience red dirt and foreign objects, it helps him become a big boy and it is GOOD for him!  Thank you to my boys for being patient with me and teaching me how to be a better mommy.

My little walker

I made the mistake of taking Jack out of his stroller to walk around the mall.....first of all, the kid does NOT like his hand held and secondly, he wants to go every which way but the route I want him to and third it was a pain in the bum trying to get him back into his stroller.  He had a taste of independence and he liked it!  Mommy, not so much :)  Okay, I love seeing him stroll around like he owned the place but he is a 13 month old on a mission - a mission to ditch mom and explore the mall!  In all seriousness though, he is a blast and seeing him grow and develop this spunky can-do personality just makes me all giddy inside.  Not sure how juggling two is going to go.  I REALLY hope Chloe will like hanging out in the Baby Bjorn as long as she can because I have no idea how I'm going to wrangle Jack in while trying to manage a newborn in a stroller.

Speaking of Chloe, all went well at my last Dr.'s appointment - yay!  My blood pressure was very low which explains why I can sometimes feel not so great but low is much better than high for sure and it poses no risk at the moment.  I have only gained 7 lbs so far and at this point I was at a 15 lb weight gain with Jack.  Chasing after an active one-year-old has it's benefits I suppose :)  Due date is the 22nd of August (it at one point was to be the 26th but it's back to the 22nd).  I am feeling pretty good and thankful all is well with the pregnancy.  Good health is so easily taken for granted and the fact that my family is healthy is an enormous blessing.

Well, that's all for tonight folks.