Beware of Baby

     Adrian is a little handful.  He tries to get everything from on top of the tables, tries to climb the stairs at every opportunity, and tries to find things to choke on all day.  He also bites.  I've thought about putting a sign on my front door to warn intruders.  He only has one top tooth in right now, so he looks a little funny. We finally went swimming on Wednesday and we had the pool to ourselves. It was too cold for Matt but Adrian had a blast. I wish we got pictures, I got an adorable new swimsuit thanks to Jill.

     Yesterday I bought a walking toy for him and a little train engine.  He pushed the train down the hallway, on purpose to make the little balls in it pop.  It was so cute!  It's one of the first toys he's actually played with instead of just eating it.  He isn't sure about the walking toy yet, but I think teaching him to walk might be a mistake anyway.

     Tonight Matt will be taking care of Adrian while I go see The Heat with my mom. Also I have a hair appointment so I'll have to do a before and after.

Adrian's pjs that make me think of the 70s

   

A trip to the zoo and the Cheeto incident

   This weekend we went to the zoo with Michelle, Coco and Hudson. It was hot and crowded, and Adrian wanted to be carried most of the time.  It was still fun though, and I took advantage of the misters they have all around, even though I wondered how clean the water was.  This was the first time I've seen the new parking lot, and it was a lot better than the old one.
   
     I didn't take a lot of pictures.  There's a family picture on my camera that I look horrible in, so this is all I have.

      That evening Adrian and I went to watch the Jodi Arias movie with my mom.  It was okay, they changed a few details, which seemed unnecessary.  The true story is dramatic enough.  It was also more graphic than we expected.  We are going to see "The Heat" this weekend, so I think that will make for a better movie night.

      My mom was babysitting Hudson on Friday so we went over for a little while.  He's showing an interest in Adrian but unfortunately all Adrian wants to do is grab him and climb him.  Hudson had a toy, and Adrian grabbed it from him.  So mom gave Hudson another toy, and Adrian took that one as well.  I just ended up distracting him so he would stop thieving the toys.  He didn't like it when I held Hudson.  He zoomed over to us and climbed on my lap.

Best friends hanging out.

     On Monday, Adrian and I got up fairly early.  Our routine is to go downstairs, change his diaper and his outfit, and I put a little kid show on while I go make a bottle.  It took me about two minutes, and I came back to this:

These are delicious mom!

What?

     After I made sure he wasn't going to choke, I was actually kind of proud.  This is his first huge, ridiculous mess.  He chewed and swallowed the Cheetos really well, so I got him some Gerber puffs that are shaped similarly. I did end up getting the Cheeto out of the carpet.  Those things were expensive though, too bad he didn't attack Matt's chips instead.

A week in review

     I'll try to catch up on the past week or so.  Last Saturday Aunt Patty took me to lunch.  Matt stayed home with Adrian and I was able to enjoy a meal in peace for once.  We went to Grandmother's and it was pretty good.  It was my first time there and Patty hadn't been there since the 80's.  I asked her if it had changed much and she said not at all.  It still looks fine though, it's not like The Max. (Saved By the Bell)  I had a great time.  She came over to see Adrian for a little while too.

     I didn't realize that the annual parade was on Saturday, for some reason I expected it and planned it for Sunday.  Thank goodness Michelle asked me what I was doing!  We walked from our house to the parade and met Michelle, Caroline and Hudson.  If I hadn't been going to this parade for 14 years, I would probably think it was pretty lame.  As it is, it's like a piece of my childhood that still lives on.  I want Adrian to experience it too.  It is nice when the whole town gets together, it's the closest I'll ever get to a small town feel.

This is that dress I got from Modcloth for Christmas.  

I adore this picture.

     We went to church on Father's day and then Matt's parents took us to lunch at Cracker Barrel. Adrian did pretty well; it helps that it's a noisy place.  After lunch we went home to change and Matt wanted to make pens with his dad.  So while they did that I went to the furniture mart with his mom so she could look at couches.  There are so many nice sets, and I love seeing all the pretty contemporary fabric. I am in love with too many patterns.  We had dinner at my parent's house and my mom made a cake and brownies.  Score!  I'm still eating the ones I took home.

     On Monday we went to the splash park with Michelle and the kids.  Adrian didn't like the water, he prefers to be in a pool. I loved it, I soaked myself a few times to stay cool.  I hope Adrian likes it next year, it will be so fun!  We'll have two more toddlers running around.

These are from pictures I took at the park the other day.  My phone randomly started making these gifs out of my pictures.  I think they're kind of cool.

     Emilee told me there was a sale on Charlie Banana diapers at Target.  I justify my purchase by the fact that the more diapers you have, the less wear and tear you inflict on your diapers, and the fact that a couple brands don't work very well for us.  Also I used Christmas money.  But look at the pretty colors!

For the record, they came like this, in a box.  I did not tie a bow to make them look extra pretty for a picture.  

Sorry, your crap isn't good enough for me

My polite reaction to the crap people try to sell.

     

     Two weeks ago, Michelle and I went to a few garage sales.  It's a little awkward at first, especially when you look around and don't buy anything.  "Sorry, your crap isn't good enough for me."  I mean, I'm a hoarder and I saw junk that even I would throw away. We did find a couple of good places.  I got a toy for Adrian that's worth $50 new because I got so many extra balls with it, which are expensive.  It's a Fisher Price gumball machine.  I paid $12.  I also got some Christmas ornaments that are like my favorite ones from my parent's house, only different colors.

     Then I got this for $2 and three books for $1.  

     Actually, I gave the second chick a $20 bill and didn't realize until we drove off that she owed me $5.  I've learned my lesson.  Michelle got a table and chairs for a really good price, some clothes, ornaments, and I can't remember what else but she did well.  Adrian and Hudson were good sports.  It was a beautiful day for garage sales.  I watched Caroline and Hudson while Michelle picked her furniture up and I think Adrian had a lot of fun.  Hudson liked the jumperoo, and he seems to love his tummy.  He kept rolling onto it when I put him down.  There are times when you can tell how much Michelle's kids love each other, and it's so sweet.  I hope Adrian can have that kind of relationship one day.  Hint hint, nudge nudge.  Just kidding, Matt never reads this.

     Adrian and I went grocery shopping and I think it was my most successful trip. I planned all our meals, and we've tried some new things.  I wasn't looking forward to shopping without Matt but I liked it a lot.  Normally he complains because of the way I just throw everything in the cart without any order, and he asks several times if we are done yet.  Adrian is more pleasant on these trips than Matthew.  

     I am getting so close to finishing Aunt Patty's blanket.  I haven't met the deadline I gave myself but I'll be done very soon.  All I have to do is the border now.  

I made strawberry shortcake.  Mmmmmm.

     A couple weekends ago, Matt worked the mornings on Saturday and Sunday, and he had Monday and Friday off so it almost felt like a four day weekend because we got so much time together.  It gave him time to finally hang most of our pictures and it feels so much better in the house.  There's one shelf that feels cluttered to me, but once I figure out how to decorate it I can show pictures of the living room and the kitchen.  My next project will be to finish Adrian's curtains and bed skirt, then I'll do the dining room curtains.  I want to get those done for his birthday party.  Wish me luck!

     

2 year anniversary

     Two weeks ago we celebrated our 2 year anniversary!  We went to Brother Sebastian's that Friday and it was delicious.  We didn't get pictures because I need a haircut really bad and it looks awful.  I wore my black dress with white flowers that I've worn to a couple of weddings.  I had chicken piccata and it had capers on it.  I didn't like them but my plate was beautiful; it was surrounded by spinach and I wanted to take an instagram picture but I would have had to use a flash and I didn't want to be obnoxious.  We had a lot of fun and went to see the new Star Trek movie afterwards.  It was more violent than I expected, but still really good.  I like seeing these kinds of movies because Matt knows all the background and can explain things to me afterwards and flesh out the story.  Then we argue about the decisions the characters made.  We are so mature.

     Two Mondays ago we had lunch at a Chinese place and gave Adrian some rice, a little piece of chicken and some carrots and he did really well.  Then we went to Walmart to look for a tv for his man cave.  Later we went to the park to walk around.  I might take Adrian there to do some pictures later.  I still want nice pictures of him and me together.  I better get my hair cut.

10 Months

     Adrian has learned so much in the past month.  His personality gets stronger all the time.  It was hard to take pictures this month because all he wanted to do was dive headfirst off the chair.  Here is what Adrian is like at 10 months:

Milestones:

• Got his two front bottom teeth
• Crawls forwards
• Gets into a sitting position by himself
• Stands himself up with the help of furniture
• Climbs stairs
• Eats chunks of food, not just purees
• Sleeps in his room until 6:00 AM
• Holds his own bottle

Likes:

• Chasing Sophie
• Balls
• Attacking Matt in the morning to wake him up
• Blowing raspberries
• Whining
• Sticking his tongue out

     .  Life is a little more hectic now but he's getting so fun!  Adrian is such a loving, energetic, sweet boy. Thank goodness I have a baby gate that keeps him in the living room.   There are so many different little noises and facial expressions he makes.  I love when he raises his eyebrows real quick, or twitches his nose, then smiles. He looks so cute sitting up.  Matt said when he looks at Adrian's face upside down he feels like he's looking at himself.  I can't believe he will be a year old in two months!

Minneapolis Part 2

     The next day we got up early for breakfast.  The hotel was under construction and the breakfast room was tiny.  Some chick was hogging the waffle maker so I gave up and grabbed a muffin.  I had a couple bites   left when Adrian smacked my plate and catapulted the muffin off.  Eventually Matt was nice and made a waffle for me.  After we packed we headed for the Eloise Butler Flower Garden. On the way in we saw this sign, saying that criminals were watching us, which was a little unsettling and hilarious at the same time.  We made our way down some stairs, carrying Adrian in his stroller and realized that it was closed.  Of course, we had already paid for parking so it was a total rip off.  They could at least do the courtesy of warning us before we paid.

     We decided to go to the sculpture garden instead.  It was colder than I expected and I was the one who packed.  So all I had were cardigans but thankfully I packed warm hoodies for Matt and Adrian. I appreciated a lot of the sculptures but I just don't understand some of it. Especially these benches that were in a square and they all had quotes on them; the most random collection of quotes ever.  Some of which seemed obvious, some made no sense to me, and a couple of them made me laugh.  Like this one:

After dark it is a relief to see a girl walking toward or behind you. Then you're much less likely to be assaulted.

     When I first read this I thought it was horrible and hilarious, because I assumed the artist was male and I took it to mean "at least that girl is behind me, she'll get assaulted instead" Reading them again they don't seem quite so ridiculous but I did tell my mom that I felt like I was inside Eric's head.

IF THINGS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT
YOU WOULD DIGEST YOURSELF
THROUGH A CUT IN YOUR MOUTH.
IT'S A RELIEF TO KNOW THERE 
ARE PROVISIONS AGAINST THIS.

     It was fun to see the spoon with the cherry statue "Spoonbridge and Cherry" in person.  I decided Adrian can be like that Travelocity gnome and we can take pictures of him in front of iconic places.  We need to travel more.




"And this is a woman what got squished" -Eric











     For lunch we tried to go to Victor's 1959 Cafe which has been featured on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives but the wait was too long and it was too cold to eat outside.  So we went to Pancho Villa Restaurant, which is Mexican food.  It was good, but the service wasn't great.  Adrian gets so restless in restaurants now that he can crawl.  Also once he gets comfortable in a place he starts yelling and shouting his war cry.  


     We stopped by Eric's apartment again and then made our way to Litchfield. We saw an antique store and stopped to check it out. I found a few barbies I used to have. It was fun to look, I wish there was something I needed.  Eric got a record cabinet and a decorativeplate, and a funny picture from the 1800s where this woman was making a goofy face.

After checking into our hotel we got to my grandpa's house and my grandma had a pile of junk food waiting. She never disappoints. Adrian warmed up really fast and was crawling all over, smiling, and playing. Grandma had a bent spoon for him to play with that he loved. Dad played with it when he was a baby. She made a delicious dinner and I gave Adrian some of the potatoes and jello salad. We stayed for awhile and left when Adrian got tired.

     The next morning Matt wouldn't wake up, so Eric and I went to breakfast without him.  The food wasn't anything special, but it was nice to hang out with Eric.  We had a pretty uneventful drive home.  I was sad because we were so close to Walnut Grove and I would love to see the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum, but we turned a few minutes before we      would have gotten there.  I told Matt I want to go one day and he had no idea who she   was.  He reluctantly agreed.  

Hopefully I didn't forget anything. We had a nice trip; I'm glad we got to go.  Blogger is giving me spacing issues today, so I apologize for how awful this looks.