The other night we were eating dinner outside as a family when Bryan and I noticed a snail was close to London. I told Bryan to point it out to London seeing as how he had never seen one before. London turns and looks at the snail (who is slowly moving towards him) and FREAKS out! It was so hard to not let him see me laugh. We tried to get him to be OK with the snail but he would not calm down until that snail was out of site. Ahh the innocence of being only one and a half, lol. Reminds me of the time that I was brought a cup of worms at a restaurant. Let's just say that I too, would not stop freaking out until it was removed from the table. Like mother like son I guess.
London is really trying hard to form words, when we say something he will immitate it pretty spot on, so that is exciting (although now we need to watch what comes out of our mouths, lol) He will be 18 months old tomorrow!! I cannot believe that! He really is growing up and it really is breaking my heart to see my baby getting so big.
I am currently 31 weeks pregnant, so time has really flown by! I am getting heartburn that will not leave even when I do take some Maalox, so that is another way I can tell I am getting close...the more miserable you get, the closer it is until you meet your baby, right? We still have no idea what the baby is and won't be finding out.. That has its ups and downs because I am realizing that all of London's clothes are winter clothes and also BOY clothes, so if we have a girl then she will be extremely hot and dressed in blue and baseball jerseys. I am sure that it will work out no matter what though. We have also realized that we really need to be talking about the fact that a new baby will be entering into London's life. I know that is common sense but it has just slipped our minds! So we are going to be getting out the baby stuff and getting the changing table all set up (which is all stuff we need to be doing anyway) so that way London can start to see that his life is going to change.
We recently moved into a pretty nice townhome/apartment in Missouri (right next to Kansas where we just were, lol) and we are loving it! Come to find out, everything is cheaper in MO, so we are living much better now. We recently acquired a puppy into our family (I am beginning to wonder why we did that) who we love, but at times I could just.....oh we won't go there. It gives Ella, the basset, a nice friend and gives her more excercise too which she was beginning to need pretty badly. I guess that is it for now!
Sorry. It seems as though I am always starting my blog posts with sorry, but really I am. I tend to think about updating this blog right as my head is hitting the pillow for a night of sleep. Oh well, I am here now, so prepare to be updated!
-I am nearly six months pregnant and that just shocks me!! I can feel her (no we do not know what we are having, I am just calling it a girl, lol!) moving like crazy, I can feel the indegestion and the heartburn like crazy too. Ahh the joys of growing a child, lol. When asked, are you ready to have that baby? The answer is no, not at all. We still live in the basement at my mom's house, and that is not where we want to bring a baby to live. We JUST got jobs FINALLY and so we do not know yet what our income is going to be so the hopes of getting a place soon may have to wait until we have a better grasp on what our income is. I have yet to look through the baby clothes, and even when I do I just know I am going to discover that all of the baby clothes that we have are for a baby born in winter! HUH! What a shocker!! It just seems like alot of work for this fat pregnant lady.
-London is crazy. I could just leave my update on London at that, but really I must explain why he is crazy. He has started babbling alot lately and he added alot more syllables which makes us believe that real words will be coming soon. He has started picking up baby sign language super fast, so now he knows quite a bit of things he can just sign. for example, he can sign eat, drink, more, all gone, dog, dad, mom, bye bye (of course, lol) I think there is more but I am not remembering. He can say dog, Ella Mae (the dog's name), go, mama, and da. So as you can see his sign language skills beat his speaking skills, lol. Hopefully he will be talking soon though, I know I will regret that. He has really started being a little comedian and it is so funny. I need to get a video up because I cannot explain the crazies that this kid does!
I know that my writing skills have begun to deteriorate but I am tired and busy all the time so cut me some slack! Hopefully I will be writing soon!
Obviously! I have not been on here in a few months and I apologize. We recently have had a mold issue arise in our apartments and the owners are refusing to fix it properly. After having the mold tested we discovered it is a dangerous mold that can cause death, and brain damage, among many other things, so we needed to get out of there fast, and we did. We are currently residing in my parent's basement, there is a wet bar and two rooms so it really is not that bad. We plan to be out by July.
That is the current news, but let's rewind, shall we?
London celebrated his 1st birthday on Nov 2nd!! He had a great little party with just family and friends, and a nice 3D ducky cake. I cannot get pictures up just yet due to the move but I will soon enough. He is walking very well now and can get up on his own without holding onto anything. He does a few baby signs, like Daddy, more, all gone, dog, and milk. We are trying to get him to learn more and trying to teach him some new words! He loves playing and laughing and just being a huge flirt and a cheese.
In other news, we are expecting our second baby on July 4th!! I am currently 13wks along and I think the morning sickness might be slowly fading away. I have no idea what this baby is, with London I knew that he was a boy the moment that I found out I was pregnant, but I have no idea with this one. We are hoping for a girl but of course we will be happy either way. I am craving sweets like crazy and I found them repulsive when I was pregnant with London, so maybe that is a sign....I am already popping out in the front and am dreading how big I will be when I am 40wks along!!
We had a wonderful Christmas his year. It was so much fun watching London really begin to enjoy opening presents. My grandpa (mom's dad), London's great grandpa, and his wife, Gail, finally met their great grandson, and Bryan for the first time ever at Christmas and that was super special to me. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did.
Well, I think that sums it up! Hopefully I will be able to get pictures up soon and share them with everyone. I will try harder to keep this blog updated more and more now that we have a new growth to talk about! LOL!!
Well London is almost one. Almost one. Sorry I had to say that twice because I just don't believe it. I have been eager and yet scared to see what the next stage in this baby's life is. So far his new things are, picking mommy and daddy's nose, taking off mommy's glasses, playing in glasses of water (we have grandma to thank for that one! UGH!), when we tell him to stop he stops, looks at us, then continues. Oh boy, what fun toddlerhood will be. I love him though, no doubt about that. This morning he woke up and gave daddy un-asked for kisses, it was so sweet! Did he give mommy kisses? No. Oh well, I am just a boob :)
In other news Bryan has been working hard at his new job and hopefully we can get caught up on a few things. I am currently working on a new blanket for London out of a pattern I made in my head. Hopefully it will be as good as I am envisioning it.
The holidays are scaring me because we have a lot of family to buy for and I just don't know how we can do it. I may just be making gifts though, we will see. I will update more late, I just feel that this post is a bit too ramboly.
London is getting close to walking, I just know it. Instead of crouching down and crawling when he wants to get somewhere he actually tries to move his feet. He has taken 1 step here and there, but that is it. Maybe that will be his present to us on his birthday! I am planning what to do for his 1yr birthday, and it makes me sad to think that my baby is almost a toddler! In fact, just writing that made it become more real then it should and now I am even more sad! It is getting cooler and we are finally able to get out the winter clothes. I cannot wait to be posting pictures of London playing in the snow. Other then that it really is the same old, same old....oh he has become more talkative but he only says ga! He points with his whole hand at the dog and yells, GA!! It really is cute.
London is now 10 months old.......let's see that means I have not blogged about my amazing little baby since he was only 7 months old. For that I am a bad blogger, I am a bad blogger because so many things have happened yet no one knows that. All I have to do it sit down and move my fingers to form words, and then all of you will know how my baby is doing. But, did I mention I have an 10 month old? Who crawls, and destroys, and climbs? Oh, I didn't? Well that is my excuse, so you are going to have to deal with this update!
Let's see, baby London will be turning one in just a few months and that means alot of sadness is felt from mommy. Where did my baby boy go? The one who I had to hold his head up and swaddle him? The one who just sat still where I put him? The one who would sleep throughout most of the day? Maybe I am not sad that he is getting older just sad that my sanity may be dwindling.......
He says dada, mama, and a form of dog that comes out more like ah-gh, but he does it in a very cute high pitch tone anytime he sees a dog, it really is cute.
He comes running (well crawling really fast) anytime I have food :) go figure~
He walks with assistance but as soon as I try to let go he crouches down to sitting, who knows when he will walk.
He dances ANYTIME he hears music, it can be a commercial or a theme song, he will shake his butt like there is no tomorrow.
He loves to cheese it up. If he finds something that amuses us and make us laugh he will do it again and again, all the while checking back in to make sure we are laughing. The other day he was running (again, just crawling really fast) off of our mattress and then "tripping" onto his then laughing and loving it more when we laughed, it was too cute!
As far as mommy and daddy go, we are just chuggin' along. We wound up hacving to find Rubie a new home because she snapped at the baby and luckily Bryan's brother adopted her. We are on speaking terms with Bryan's mom and everything is going great, I am beyond thrilled to have her back into our lives.
I recently had to quit watching the little baby I was nannying for because as the babies got older, my hair became thinner....... so now we are just trying to make ends meet, and I am trying to find a part time job. We will make it though, we have no choice but to.
Bryan and I are still two peas in a pod and I fall more in love with him th emore I watch him interact with our son. We are the perfect pair, I know what he is thinking before he knows it himself. He is currently looking for a better job too because his job just isn't cutting it.....so if you know of anything good out there, let us know!! LOL!!
Anyway, it is late, I am tired, and I am cramping in my hands :)
