Mr. Sandman.....

I think I have the perfect little boy (I know, I know) except for one thing...his sleeping, or lack there of! He is such a happy little guy, loves playing with his puppy, and is, for the most part, very well-behaved no matter where we go, but he does not like to nap! For a while I have been counting my blessings that he sleeps through the night and thought I would just suffer through his refusal to sleep during the day, but it has gotten so hard to get things done around the house. Everyday he gets more and more mobile and instead of cleaning the house I end up chasing him around when he should be asleep. I decided a few days ago that as much as I hate to hear him cry, he was going to be in his bed for a minimum of 30 minutes each afternoon. We started this on Monday (I caved after 5 minutes and let him take a nap on me instead)...Tuesday came and went, and here we are today. I told myself I was just going to have to listen to him cry. I stuck it out for 10 minutes and guess what....he's asleep! Of course instead of doing things around the house I'm blogging, but I had to share my happy news! Hopefully we will keep this up!...

Weeeeeeeeeee!

I took Mac to a little playground near our house yesterday afternoon. They have the swings for little kids where they actually sit inside. Mac loved it! He apparently loves for the wind to hit his face so that added with the wind he got from swinging was perfect.


I noticed that he kept looking over to the side and I couldn't figure out why. I finally figured it out...he was seeing his shadow! He seemed a little confused as to why it kept going away and coming back...

I took a picture of him last night while we were practicing our crawling(yes, he's still going backwards) and this picture shocked me.


I know he looks like his daddy, but this one is just crazy...he looks EXACTLY like Eric! Maybe all those stains on his shirt remind me of how Eric looks after a meal =)

Some sad news...next Monday is the last Mommy and Me music class until January! I'm going to miss going, but Mac does get to wear his Halloween costume this week. I can't wait to see all the kids dressed up.

We are also going to go to the zoo next week. I love the zoo so I am really excited! I will be interested to see if Mac even notices the animals...the smells he will probably notice.

Here are a few more pics!

Hey...I Know You!

It is truly an amazing thing to watch a child grow right before your eyes. To watch a 5lb 12 ounce baby with the ability to eat, sleep and poop turn into a 20 something pound little person all in 8 months is so surreal. I love he can actually recognize people. When we found out we were having a boy one of my major goals was to make sure that this little guy was in love with his daddy....goal accomplished! Don't get me wrong, there are times that he wants just me, but I think Daddy may be in the running for favorite parent. Once I know that Eric is about to get home I like to stand outside with Mac so we can welcome him back! When we first started this Mac really didn't seem to care, but now he kicks his legs and gets a huge smile on his face when he sees that car turn the corner! As soon as Eric gets out of the car he leans as far as he can to get to him. I love it! It blows my mind that in just 8 months my baby boy has gone from this: (notice that his head was the same length as Eric's finger!)
To this!

There is one other "person" that Mac seems to be head over heels for...that would be Heisman. He screams (happy screams) whenever Heisman walks by. Last night we went to the dog park to let Heisman play. I thought Mac would enjoy seeing all the other dogs there. There were probably 25 dogs, but the only one he cared about was his puppy. Heisman would be running around and as soon as Mac got a glimpse of him the screaming would start! He loves him so much, and Heisman has been such a good sport. Much to Mac's delight, he will let him grab his ears and face (we try not to let him play too rough). My hope is that as Mac gets older, they will just wear each other out!

We couldn't let yesterday's beautiful weather go to waste so after church yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch (conveniently located on the front lawn of the church). The weather was absolutely perfect!
Mac seems to really enjoy the cooler weather so we sat outside on a blanket. He smiles everytime a cool breeze hits his face:
Mac has really embraced bathtime...We are still sitting in the sink because it is so much easier than the tub, even with his little bath seat.

One of Those....

Have you ever had one of those weeks...nothing major happens, but all the little things that can go wrong do? That has been my week. Broken toes, hour and a half wait times, dresses not fitting, running late to everything, puke in the car....again, nothing major or earth shattering, but all the little things just seemed to pile up this week. Trust me, I know it could be worse, but it has just made for a blah and frustrating week. After this morning (I'm not even going to get into it) the tears were flowing....but seeing my child sitting in his classroom with nothing up a shirt and a diaper on due to a massive blow out somehow made it a little better. =)

I have a few friends that are having really tough weeks so I guess I should just be happy that all the big things went right. One friend lost his 19 year old brother last week and the funeral was on Monday, and another had to have surgery at MD Anderson on Wednesday...so keep them in your prayers.

I think that one of the best things about being a Mom that even if you are having a rough day...that toothy grin on that chubby little face can always make you smile...thanks Mac, Mommy needed it!

Shoot' em Up...

Yesterday evening was interesting to say the least. Mac and had just gotten home and were playing in the living room when I heard a crash upstairs. I do not know why, but my immediate thought was someone was in the house. I grabbed Mac, sans pants, set the alarm and got in the car. I called Eric to tell him what happened and he said the alarm company was on the other line...something set off the house alarm...the only way the alarm would go off is if the motion detector was triggered or if a door/window was opened. We called the police and within 3 minutes there was a cop there. He came over to the car and talked to me and did a quick check around the outside of the house while he was waiting for another officer. Once he arrived they went into the house, guns drawn...and kicked my dog out into the garage for jumping on them =). All the while, my house has turned into the neighborhood attraction. They couldn't find anything. It freaked me out that someone could have been in my house. Eric and I did another search of the house...as embarrased as I am...we found that the shower curtain/rod in the upstairs bathroom had fallen...that was the crash that I heard. So basically, if you ever want to really scare me just throw a shower curtain on the ground =). I told Eric if we keep seeing "airplanes" and hearing noises in our house people are going to think we're drinking too much or something and take Mac away!

Today I took Mac to school and headed over to the dentist...I waited for an hour and a half and still had not been seen. They then told me that it would be another 45 minutes and that first visits take extra time because it is a detailed exam...what does that have to do with waiting in a waiting room for an hour and half???? I left with a cracked crown and no cleaning...looking for a new dentist.

Here are a few pictures:

Mac with our yet to be carved pumpkin:

Mac and his new carseat:

It's A Bird, It's A Plane...No, It's A Star....

Eric said we should never speak of this again, but it was too funny. Last night Eric was yelling for me to come outside. He tells me to look at all the airplanes in the sky. I'm not even kidding you when I say that we saw 80 planes in the sky within 5 minutes. We couldn't figure out what was going on! He actually called his buddy that lives in our area and told him to go check it out. We were standing on the deck in amazement...then his buddy says, "Dude, I think those are stars." We quickly realized that the clouds were moving and it made it look like the "planes" were moving...they weren't. We both died laughing. I don't think I have ever felt that stupid. For the next 30 minutes Eric and I would bust into fits of laughter everytime we looked at each other. Maybe we need to get out of the city more...apparently it's been too long since we saw a star.

I know I've only been at this parenting thing for 8 months (almost), but I have learned a thing or two...like your child will make a liar out of you. If you tell people how your baby only cries when he's hungry he will scream his head off in the middle of the supermarket even though he just ate a full bottle and 2 servings of baby food. Or, if you tell people how well behaved your child is you will go to pick him up from school and the teacher will tell you that he can only sit next to the bald babies. Why you might ask...well, that would be because your child grabs the the other children by the hair and face slams them into the table during snack time. Oh, and then he laughs about it. Yes...I am referring to my child. I will say this...while I do not condone hair pulling and face slamming, the thought of a baby doing it kind of made me laugh...that probably sounds horrible. Mac's teacher said that he also likes to try and eat noses...that one may be my fault. I have been teaching him how to "kiss." When you ask for a kiss and lean in he will open his mouth and touch your face to his lips...it really is quite cute, but to the untrained eye it would probably appear that he is trying to eat their faces =).

We have tried some new foods...egg plant, corn, strawberries, tofu and ice cream on a stick. I know they aren't supposed to have cows milk until they are a year old, but my sister fed him ice cream when he was 3 months old and it didn't affect him so I figured we would give it a try. I had some strawberry ice cream on a stick and he just kept opening his mouth so I let him try it...he LOVED it. He screamed until I gave him more so I finally had to walk away to finish my ice cream in secret. One of the Mom's at the Mommy and Me music class we go to said that her kid liked tofu so I gave it a try and he really seems to like it. I tried and bite and there really is no taste, but he seems to enjoy it. I'm hoping that if I expose him to a lot of different foods early on he will keep trying new things as he gets older.

I may be jinxing it, but I think Mac might crawl sometime in the next week or so. He has really been trying lately and today I saw him get up on his hands and toes (downward facing dog for all you yoga people). He said in that position for a good 10 seconds and dropped to his hands and knees. I'm so excited!

Little man is also getting a new carseat. He weighs 21 lbs now and the max for his carseat is 22. I did not realize how expensive they are! I did my research and I found one that I really like...we are getting 2 so that we can each have one and so when #2 comes along we will already have a seat for him/her. I wanted to get them in different colors and then I had a thought...I can just see my 2 kids screaming over who gets what seat...so we are only getting one color =).

I'm being lazy and not posting any pictures, but I'll put some up soon...

What A Day....

I'm really not skipping over the fact that my sister got married this past weekend, but I have to fast forward to Monday....Eric got the not so fantastic news that his boss has resigned effective immediately...unfortunantly that could/probably means he is out of a job (long complicated reasoning). He's not being laid off or fired...there is just a possibility that the company will cease to exist. What is really making me upset is that the parent company has yet to contact Eric/his coworkers to at least acknowledge what is going on. So as of right now, Eric may or may not have a job....may or may not have a severance package, may or may not be looking for a new place to work. It is not a good feeling. I told Eric that there are enough people that love Mac so we won't starve =)...I'm really not that worried...I think I should be, but I'm not. Eric doesn't seem to be worried...frustrated, confused, etc....but not worried. What's really tough right now is that we have no idea what to think...there are just no answers/information...
Needless to say, our Monday afternoon was not all that great. And just to add to it I had to drive to College Station for Heisman to have his little procedure done today...Before I left town I needed to pick up a prescription so I went to the drive through since Heisman was in the car...the woman in front of me really ticked me off. Her prescription was not ready so for 25 MINTUES she sat and waited! WHAT?!?!? COME BACK WHEN YOUR STUFF IS READY! I was blocked in so I just sat , and sat, and sat. I proceeded to call the store manager and say some not so nice things to her (which I feel bad about since she had absolutely nothing to do with it). And the cherry on top was when Mac decided it would be a good time to practice screaming...for over 2 hours. We stopped 4 times on our way to College Station and he proceeded to throw up on himself not once, not twice, but four times while I was on Hwy 6..for those of you that don't know...there is NO WHERE to stop on 6. So by the time I arrived at my cousins house (over 3 hours after I left my house) I had had it! Okay, now deep breath....

Today was better. I did have to take Heisman to the vet for his little surgery (and the poor guy is still loopy), but Mac and I took a little sight seeing trip around the A&M campus so it was fun.

I went to see one of my old professors and talked with him for a while...

Then we headed over to see the Aggie Museum over at Kyle Field...Mac got his picture taken right next to his Daddy's name!

And of course watched some Aggie football while we were there

I was so excited to show him the Century Tree (where Eric proposed), but apparently Mac was not very interested:

Back to Heisman...the poor guy! I feel so bad for him. Here is just pitiful looking right now. He is sitting in my lap just wanting me to hold him. His little paws are bandaged up right now and he has opened his eyes all of 3 times since I got him home. He is getting some extra love right now.