Milestones

     Yesterday was a milestone kind of day.  First we went grocery shopping and I made the mistake of putting the bananas in the cart without some kind of elaborate ruse to distract him.  So he was mad the whole time that I wouldn't give him a banana and he said his first sentence in the right context: "want that".  Then I fed a banana to him when we got to the parking lot and he said "more that".  I was so proud.  The other day I think he said "I don't know" but it was random and not in any sort of context.

     Later I was getting garage sale items ready and he was cranky and needed a nap.  So I put him in his crib and a few minutes later I heard his voice getting closer.  Then he slid down the stairs.  He climbed out of his crib for the first time.  Thankfully he didn't do it when he woke up at 6:30 this morning.

     We haven't been able to walk around the pond at our park lately because Adrian is scared of the fountains.  Finally today we put him in the stroller to walk around it and he did well.  After one lap he was walking towards the water so he could get in.  Now we have the opposite problem.  Perhaps we can try a splash park again without him screaming his head off?  Who am I kidding.

A blanket and a nearly two year old

    I've been working on a project for the last few months so I didn't have time to blog.  Also my netbook broke, so I have to use Matt's computer right now.  Anyway here's what I made:

     It's for my mom's birthday.  I worked on Aunt Patty's blanket at mom's house sometimes and she said a couple times how well the color would go with her living room.  So they're the same color but a different pattern.

     In other news, Adrian is talking up a storm these days.  We just can't understand most of what he says because it's not English, but he's trying!  I think a language explosion is around the corner.  So is his second birthday.  I just can't believe it.  I was looking through his baby things to see if I could sell any in the garage sale and I almost wanted to cry because I can't believe he has gotten so big.  The older he gets the more fun things we can do as a family so that makes it less sad. Matt gets sad about Adrian getting older too but it doesn't give him any new baby desires.  Boo.

     We've been going to the park a lot and working on our house.  The bathrooms are starting to get built up again and things are coming along. There is new tile in the entry way and by the fireplace.  I'll take pictures next time I go.

     This weekend we are doing a garage sale with Michelle and her in laws and our parents.  I can't believe how much I have to get rid of; it's perfect timing.  I feel like once I get my storage room cleared out I can pack and shove everything down there.

     Adrian has been pointing at what he wants.  He'll ask you to pick him up and then he emphatically points towards where he wants you to go.  Normally it involves food.  Another habit is spitting.  He spits drinks out or just spits without a drink and it drives me crazy.  The weirdest thing he has picked up is a love of feet.  I have no idea where he gets this from because I think feet are gross.  He sticks your foot on his face, rolls around with it, tries to wrestle, and tries to stick your toes in his mouth.  He likes to wrestle with everything and everyone.

Here you can see some of his spitting mess.  This led to getting muddy.

     For real this time, I think I can be better at updating.  Fingers crossed?
   

   

Updates, updates everywhere

     I knew I was behind but assumed I had at least written at the beginning of the year.  Oops.  The house is under construction, most of the demolition stage is over.  My parents took on the master bathroom and are almost ready to build it back up again. They're putting insulation in, everything is sanded, the main bathroom is almost ready to build back up, and the ugly pet cage in the back yard is gone.  So much has been done.  I've mostly been taking care of Adrian but I'm hoping to help more now that the weather is nice.  He can hang out in the back yard with me.

Here's the living room when we bought the house but I think some cleaning had been done by the time it was taken

After:

I don't have a picture of the wooden floor from this view

Here is the living room from the view of the dining room:

Without the carpet:

Kitchen before and after:

Carpet in the kitchen.  

Still better than carpet, a lovely seafoam green linoleum floor.  I'm sure it was aces back in 1959:

I need to work on getting pictures in the same view.  Fail.

Master bath

     Adrian is doing well, he's getting into everything.  He has a new habit where he takes a drink, swishes it in his mouth and spits it out all over the floor.  It drives me bonkers.  Most of what he says all day is negative: "no" oh no" and "uh oh" are his favorite things to say.  We bought him a potty chair so he can get used to it for when the time comes.  I think at the very least we'll have to wait until we move since that's a big change and he'll only have just turned two.

     Oh another thing Adrian started is sticking his finger up his nose.  The first time he did this was at the cash register in No Frills.  He has awesome timing.  My favorite new thing is that he gives kisses now.  Just sweet little pecks and if you're lucky he'll grab your face so you're facing him and press his forehead as hard as he can on yours and wiggle it back and forth.  This is how he rubs noses.

     With the nice weather we have been going outside every day.  His favorite thing to do is walk around and pick up sticks. Even with a whole playground in front of him he will be most excited about the sidewalk.  It's fun to watch him explore, I think he'll love the zoo this year.

I didn't write for awhile because my netbook charger broke and I was waiting to get another one.  I hope I'll write more, I like looking back and watching Adrian grow.

Christmas recap; goodbye 2013

     I hope I will be better at posting next year but who knows.  It has been a stressful, busy month.  We bought a house!  We are closing tomorrow.  It was built in 1959 and looks different on the outside than every other home we saw so it was a breath of fresh air.  I think it is so cute.  It has plenty of room for us to be comfortable for a few years and grow our family.  It was just stressful getting all of the paperwork in.  It is almost all over and now we will be able to concentrate on fixing it up.  I can post inside pictures later.

My Christmas wreath.

     Christmas was great.  We spent time with both our families and Eric got to spend it with us.  It's always nice having everyone together again.  We played a couple of games, had some delicious food and all the kids had a blast together.  I thought Adrian would be more fun opening gifts this year but he was pretty apathetic.  When we opened presents from Santa he pulled the bow off of one present, and tried to bite another bow off.  That was it.  He loved playing with everything once it was open so that has been entertaining.  It's nice to have new things to play with him.

     Now that Adrian has all of the physical milestones down, he is talking more.  In one day I heard him say three new things.  He said "uh huh" when my dad asked him if he liked his new plane.  He repeatedly said "ta daa!" while my mom was playing with him.  He said "uh oh!" but I'm not sure what that was about.  He says "more" "wow" and his new favorite word is "no."  He hands books to me when he wants to read.  His favorite book is the Pout Pout Fish.  He is starting to outgrow his onesies and shirts, but his pants are still too long.  The boy has a long torso and short legs.

I went to get pictures from my phone and google made it snow in this picture lol.

     I don't want to forget cute stories and I know I'll have many more as he gets older.  I'm going to try to be better at keeping up with this.  Here's to the new year!

He's so smart, I just love it.

     Yesterday Chris came over and we played this game called Smash Up.  Chris won both times and Matt was mad that he lost.  So we played again when Chris left and he won.  Only because I let him though.

     Adrian is quite the handful these days.  Have I said that before?  I can't wait until he gets out of the habit of putting everything in his mouth.  He has also learned a new trick: tearing pages out of books.  So now all he has access to are his board books.  He used to just look at them or take them all off the shelf and walk away; so I wasn't worried about ruining them.

     Chris and Allie gave him this cow that moos and walks while a song plays.  It terrifies and fascinates him at the same time.  He cowers and smiles while it plays, and brings it to me when he wants to hear it.  I started singing Old Macdonald for the first time the other day and I did the cow first.  Adrian got up and grabbed the cow.  He knows what a cow is!  I was so impressed.  In other news, Mom heard him say "kick" while he was kicking a balloon the other day.  He says "done" after meals even though it doesn't prevent him from throwing his food over and trying to get out.  He places phones to his ear and pretends to talk on them.  He knows what the remote does and points it at the tv.  Another thing is, he is starting to figure out how things fit together.  He wants to put the plug into my computer and put the caps on drinks.  I got him a puzzle today and he was trying to do it.  He's so smart, I just love it.

You can't see it too well but this is him pointing the remote.

     I've gotten all of my Christmas shopping done for Adrian and I'm pretty proud of myself because I got some great deals.  Not black friday worthy, but I am not a black friday shopper.  Black friday is like taking all of my social fears and combining them in the recesses of hell.  While I am pleased that I got it done, I really want to give his presents to him now.  It will be hard to wait a month.  Now I need to do a craft project but I can't tell you what it is because it's a surprise for some people.  Also it might not turn out.  Wish me luck!

October

     We have had a busy month of pumpkin patches, illness, house hunting, house disappointments and halloween festivities.  Yet I don't feel very interesting today so I'm mostly going to post pictures.

     We went to a different pumpkin patch than normal, with mom and Michelle, Hudson and Coco.  It was fun but a little confusing to navigate.

I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be a tree dude from Lord of the Rings.  So I took a picture for Matt. Notice Adrian at the bottom.

In the middle of the picture is a David Bowie chicken.  Check out his mane thing.  I'm not sure what he really is called but look at him!

At my parent's house, watching Sophie eat.  He just sat there and watched and she didn't care.  I stood there with him, don't worry.

Cuffed jeans on babies are to die for.

     In my last post I talked about how we were going to bid on a house; we lost the bid.  We had a different house that we bid on a couple weeks later which would have been perfect, but we lost that bid too.  So the search continues.  We have our eye on one right now that's right across from a park.  We are going to look into how much it will cost to make repairs before we put an offer in on it.

This is an adorable lion jacket I bought because I assumed it would be cold at the pumpkin patch.

     Matt and I went to Vala's pumpkin patch with some of our friends who go every year.  We had Matt's parents babysit Adrian because he is no fun in public right now.  He just wants to crawl around and eat whatever is on the floor.  I think he enjoyed being at his grandparent's house more anyway.  We only took a couple pictures and they aren't very good.  So no pictures for you.

     Yesterday was my birthday so my mom made a cake and Michelle decorated it.  It was beautiful and delicious!  Matt had to work so we are going out for my birthday tonight.  I keep seeing commercials for Olive Garden that look delicious so we might go there.  I'm not very adventurous.

     I finished Adrian's Halloween costume, which is Charlie Brown.  He looks so cute!  Tomorrow we are going to a nursing home with my MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group and the residents are going to pass out candy to the kids.  So at least he will get some use out of his costume.

Happy Halloween everyone!

With one you get egg roll...on the ground

     Does anyone get my title?  Hmm?  That movie was on the other day.

     Adrian is walking more every day and it is adorable.  It is also a pain in the ass.  Now that he has learned a new way to be mobile, he doesn't want to stay still for anything.  Even when he has food in front of him!  Are we sure this is my child?  I was looking for a card for Christian's birthday at Target and Adrian was wriggling out of the shopping cart, flinging himself back when I picked him up and carrying on and it was nearly impossible to concentrate.  I don't like to be rushed while picking a card.  We high tailed it out of there as soon as I was done but I realized I'm going to have to avoid taking him out now.

Adrian's jack-o-lantern

     I realize he is just a normal one year old and I love him dearly but I miss my little shopping buddy.  He did manage to sit still long enough to decide between two light-up jack-o-lanterns.  He looked at both of them, and flung his arms towards the one with a scary face.  That's my boy!  I'm so excited to have someone to decorate with.

     I went to lunch with Matt's mom and Jenny that I used to work with on Saturday and he slept most of the time so it was nice.  Then on Sunday I went to lunch with my Aunt Patty and Matt watched Adrian.  It was a nice, peaceful lunch and I finally gave her that blanket!  Today I went to lunch with Michelle and Hudson.  Adrian did fine for about 5 minutes and then he freaked out and was screaming, flinging himself about, and then he threw an egg roll.  The egg roll was the last straw, those things are delicious and I only got one.  Also I didn't want to disturb the other patrons with his screaming so I called Matt and had him pick Adrian up.

     Michelle and I decided to take the babies to play at the mall play area next time.  Other than that I'm going to have to find things for Adrian to do to get energy out when it is cold.  Wish me luck.

     On another note, Matt and I are going to bid on a house tomorrow!  It isn't too far away and it has 3 bedrooms, a 2 car garage and a pretty big kitchen. I am so nervous and excited and I hope we get it!

I couldn't get a picture of his adorable outfit because he didn't want to be held down.  

Lipstick.  This was fun to get out of the carpet.  Thank goodness his shirt isn't ruined!