Swing batta, batta, batta swing

To wrap up the vacation weekend, we went to jake's first baseball game. 

jake's friend Eric...

 

gave him an awesome birthday gift of tickets to a minor league baseball game.  It was the first game for both the boys and I think they handled it quite well.  I do think that the dads may have been just a little more excited than the boys.

 

 

Maybe we'll make it an annual tradition now that we know what side of the stadium to sit on.  It was real sunny on our side!

 

We had a great time!!!

 

 

 

 

Oh Lolly, lolly, lolly

My kid probably gets too much sugar.  I've heard of some moms not giving their kids candy until they're over 2.  Hmmm.  Hard to deny him of it when I loooove it.  We let jake have his first lollipop over the weekend.  I'm not sure what he liked more, the taste or the fact that gnawing on it probably felt good on his teething gums.

 

 

 

 

This is the moment when jake realized that he needed to get to the pool without the swim shirt on.

 

 

Little does he know that his great grandparents on his mom's side were farmers.

Weekend Fun

Towards the end of Trevor's vacation, Grammy and Gramps came for a long weekend.  It was great to have extended quality time with them.  Usually we get a quick 24 hour trip, but this time they came on Thursday and left on Sunday.  We had a great time. 

In the mornings, while Trevor and Gramps worked on the basement, Grammy, jake and I took a walk to a local coffeshop....

 

and had some goodies.

 

 

I miss the morning coffee walks!  jake misses the freshly baked chocolate scones.

 

 

We managed to convince Trevor and Gramps that they had to get out of the basement and get to the local festival.

 

jake loved his balloon.

 

He met a new friend.

 

I got to enjoy even more goodies.

 

 

It was fun but, very hot!

 

Last Week...

Trevor took last week off for his staycation (sorry Janny!).  The week went by so fast.  We had a great time.  I had a good time sleeping in most mornings.  :)  We went to the museum, the pool, parks, ball games and just hung out.  It was great.

 

 

Sunny Days

We had a play date at the house the other day.  Okay.  It was almost a month ago.  At least I'm getting pics up before the month is out. 

It started out as a rainy day, but turned out to be beautiful.  I think the babies enjoyed it.

Random

jake is going through a stage where he likes to hit and bite.  Great.  We're working on it.  I think the biting probably has something to do with the fact that he's got four teeth coming in.  Here are some random pics.

I scream

As we speak my wonderful husband is making me an ice cream cone.

I love him.

Artsy Fartsy

A few weekends ago we went to the arts festival.  It's always fun to go, but the art is always out of our price range.  Maybe one day we'll pony up the dough for a real art piece.  Maybe Trevor will stop complaining about my family wall of photos then....or, as he would call it, my wall 'o jake.

I think the only reason why Trevor agrees to go to these festivals is for the lemonade.  No matter how long the line, he'll wait.  Can you spot him?



jake and I waited in the shade for a sip.

 

 

And, boy, did he enjoy that sap.

 

So he took another.

 

And another.

 

And kept going.

 

Go figure.  The kid likes sugar.

 

Duke

No, I don't neglect him.  Check out all his grey. 

Elmo

I have a bunch of pictures to post, but I'm trying to be better at editing my pictures.  I haven't really had the time to really concentrate on pictures.  It's a little disappointing.  I really want to get better at photography, but I haven't had the time in months to really think about technique and all the elements that go into taking a good picture.  Hopefully things will turn around soon.

Anyway.  Things are a bit crazy with jake.  He's transitioning to one nap and teething.  It's an awesome time to be a stay at home mom.  We're working through it, though.  Today was particularly rough. 

jake has developed an affinity to Elmo.  What is it with Elmo?  I feel like every kid loves Elmo.  Personally, I like the cookie monster.  jake has this Elmo doll that he loves.



Today was a particurlarly Elmo centered day.  Anyway, so he fell alseep holding this Elmo doll.

 

Doesn't he look cute?  Too bad he couldn't look that cute for more than 30 minutes.  That's right.  The kid took a 3o minute nap today.  Part of the problem was that stinkin' Elmo doll because when you move its head in a certain way it talks to you.  Only an idiot mom would let her kid fall asleep with a talking Elmo doll, right?  Well, he had a grip on that thing and I was scared to take it away from him....fearing he'd wake up.  Idiot mom.  So I'm sitting downstairs trying to catch up with my chicas when I hear Elmo talking to me.  I froze.  MAYBE he'd just roll away from it like he did with Ming Ming (Wonderpets, duh).  Nope.  Elmo kept talking.  I run upstairs thinking, "whatevs (okay maybe it was more like an f-bomb) that I don't give a fig, I'm going to nurse this kid back to sleep who cares if he's 1 and it's probably the exact wrong thing to do.  I need a break.  Idiot mom. 

 

I of course blame it on Elmo so I throw my kid in the car....and hand him Elmo because we have a spare in the car....and head to ToysRus so that I can get a non speaking red guy.  Trip was a success.  jake has a glorious home made mac and cheese lunch.  He wolfs it down.  I figure he's had an eventful mid day and a full belly so he HAS to be tired right?  Idiot mom.  After an hour and a lot of crying fits, I call Trevor all frustrated and ticked.  I tell him that I'm headed to the pool to tire this kid out as best I can.  Idiot mom.

 

jake has the most fun he's ever had at the pool.  He was crawling all through the water.  Playing with the fountains.   Watching the kids jump off the high dive.  Holding conversations and smiling with people all around.  I think for sure he's going to be tired and grumpy at dinner.  Idiot mom.  He saw the pizza box, pointed at it, and got REAL excited. 

 

He ended up going to bed only 30 minutes before his normal bed time.  Sigh.

Night Night

jake is slowly figuring out the meanings of certain words.  It's fun to see.

Part of our night time routine is for the three of us to hang out in our bedroom after bath time is done.  We use the time to wind down and just kind of hang out as a family.  jake never wants to go to bed.  When we say it's time to go night night, he lays down where ever he is with his arms and legs folded underneath his belly and his head laying to the side.  He acts like he's going to sleep....but then starts yelling a second later.

We're making the transition to one nap.  It's a hard transition to make especially when I'm a planner.  Anyway, I'm trying to do a better job at reading his cues and just letting him figure out when he's tired.  I think I may have misjudged this morning so I told him that since he didn't want to take a nap he could play in his room.  We've tried our best to childproof that room and I like to leave him alone to play at times during the day.  After a few minutes, he usually starts whining for me.  No surprise he started whining after a few minutes.  I go in there and asked him if he was ready for his nap.  Then said it was time to go night night.  He laid down right there on the floor with his arms and legs folded underneath his belly and his head laying to the side.  Too cute.

We're working on eyes, nose, mouth and ears.  Currently, he just likes to point to his nose for everything then he likes to try and pick  my nose.  We're working on it.

Staycation...

Only 9 1/2 more days until Trevor's staycation this year.  Can't wait.

Teeth

Jake is teething again.  He is so SLLLLOOOOOWWWW when it comes to teething.  His top two teeth are coming in now.  He was sleeping well at night.  Was.  He was a happy baby during the day.  Was.  He was gaining independence at the gym nursery.  Was. 

It’s quite draining when you can’t make your kid happy.  To make up for it, I’ve reverted back to letting him nurse constantly.  It’s the only time he’s happy and seemingly pain free.  It’s going to be a bitch to break that habit.  45 minutes to get him down for his nap today.  45 minutes because I refused to nurse him to sleep. 

We’ve decided to take the crib down.  It’s in the closet.  My friend Sarah convinced me that we should just go with it and stop stressing out about it.  I trust her opinion.  Not because she’s a fabulous lady, but because she’s not only educated in child development, she’s seen the good, the bad and the ugly with her own son and with other children in her prior line of work.  She talks me down the motherhood ledge every now and then.  Hopefully one day, I’ll return the favor.

So there’s no crib in the room.  It’s kind of weird.  He doesn’t seem to care, though.  Before the teeth came, he loved it.  Hopefully we’ll get back to that day! 

I’m feeling a little overwhelmed this week.  Sigh.