4 Month Appointment

This smile didn't last too long! Taylor had his 4 month appointment last week and he weighed in at 16 lbs 5 oz, what a chunk! He had a huge growth spurt, so much that they had to measure him 2 times because they thot the numbers were off. He is very tall for his age ~ hmmm wonder where he gets that from?!?!?!?! He got his 3 shots and screamed so loud and had his little shriek that said "why are you doing this to me?" I almost cried because his little whimpers made me think that his feelings were so hurt that I took him there to get shots. Kaiser was so kind to let me have the room after and nurse him for 20 minutes to help keep him on schedule and help calm him a bit. We changed Dr's offices since our last appointment and I LOVE his new Dr. She was so excited to meet him and loves his sweet smile. She said he is cutting teeth and by his next appointment he will have a couple coming thru. I can't believe my baby boy is growing so fast! I love seeing him learn new things everyday and watching him grow, I swear he grows every time I get him up from a nap!

Teren's Blog Challenge

I am so in on this one!!!

Post for 30 days and the topic must be regarding these topics:
Day 1-Introduce, recent picture, 15 interesting facts
Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name
Day 3-Your first love
Day 4-Your parents
Day 5-Your siblings
Day 6-A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 7-Favorite movies
Day 8-A place you've traveled to
Day 9-A picture of your friends
Day 10-Something you're afraid of
Day 11-Favorite TV shows
Day 12-What you believe
Day 13-Goals
Day 14-A picture you love
Day 15-Bible verse
Day 16-Dream house
Day 17-Something you're looking forward to
Day 18-Something you regret
Day 19-Something you miss
Day 20-Nicknames
Day 21-Picture of yourself
Day 22-Favorite city
Day 23-Favorite vacation
Day 24-Something you've learned
Day 25-Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs
Day 26-Picture of your family
Day 27-Pets
Day 28-Something that stresses you out
Day 29-3 Wishes
Day 30-a picture
Ok, READY, SET, GO!!!

It's Gonna Be a FUN Year!!!

Because of our little….

We got to….

We finally got our Disneyland passes! I am so so so excited!!! Wendy and I have been talking about getting our passes for 2 years and we FINALLY did it! Gus wasn’t raised going to Dland like we were so he was never too enthused but this year he is actually really excited. Saturday morning I woke up and looked outside at 6am and decided that I wanted to go and that was that! We went around 5pm to get our passes all set up and have dinner. It started to sprinkle a bit at dinner so we headed on out and it took all my energy not to go back Sunday morning!

While I fed Tay (and took care of a major blowout and being spit up on) Gus and W2 went on Buzz Lightyear and Gus sent me this hilarious pic. The funniest part is he had NO clue that they were taking pics, this was not posed, he was serious!!

Fantastic February

 

A Real Man Does The Dishes

 

Help Please!!!

About 3 weeks ago we did a family photo session with a wonderful photographer, Lindsay Chavez, and she blogged about us today! I wanted to share some of the amazing photos she took as well as ask you to comment on her blog and help us win a gallery wrap. Please go to the site and PLEASE comment onher site! Feel free to send this to ANYONE and lets get the 100 comments, I would LOVE a gallery wrap of my handsome little man!!!
Thanks!
 Here's what I can win:

25 comments - 8x10 print

50 comments- 11x14 print

100 comments- 16x20 Canvas Gallery wrap!!!!!


Comments must be added on the blogpost on www.lindsaychavezphoto.com/blog

San Diego Fun!

Last weekend we packed up the car and headed south to Mom and Dad’s for a relaxing weekend away in San Diego! We drove out Friday night and got to have a very lazy day Saturday watching movies and eating yummy yummy food. We finally saw the Social Network and RED, both very good for a lazy day.  Taylor showed all his best tricks to Grandma and Grandpa and loved playing with Brutus. Saturday night Gus and I stepped out in style and went to dinner with Mike and Ash and even went to a dive bar after! I only lasted till about 10 pm before I was almost falling asleep at the table and we trotted on home. Sunday we went to Urban Spoon for brunch with mom, dad, Mike and Ash, it was SOOOO yummy! I had Eggaroni, breakfast mac and cheese, how can you go wrong with that? We had such a lazy weekend that I forgot to take lots of pics so here are a few from brunch. We had a wonderful weekend and can’t wait to do it again!

Stay Classy San Diego!

 

Dinner

We had a rough night last night. When Tay doesn't feel good he refuses to eat, which is exactly what happened at 6 yesterday. His tummy was bothering him so after a little battle I got him calmed down and all he wanted was this little toy. What is so funny to me is that this thing freaked him out about a week ago and now it's all he wants. He got it up to his mouth and nibbled on the ear till it was sopping wet. It was so cute I had to snap 50 pics and even take some video.   I think teeth are on their way!

 

Bringing Home the Bacon

Tay and I hanging out at work! He rotates from the swing, to the bouncer to the playmat for his awake time and he LOVES it! He is such a good baby that he just chills out with me and I can get my projects done. I LOVE having him with me!

 

Elated

Tomorrow morning marks my new favorite day.  It will be the 1^st day Taylor gets to come to work with me until he is 18 months old.  I can’t begin to describe the feelings of excitement, relief and joy that are running thru my veins right now.  I have always known that my life’s purpose was to be a stay at home mom but unfortunately my expenses, bank account and So Cali location doesn’t grant me this honor yet.  I look in my son’s eyes and I just KNOW that raising him each and every day completely fulfills me to my core.  I have been blessed with a wonderful job with amazing benefits that is way too hard to walk away from.  Especially when they keep throwing things at me that make it harder and harder to say “no.”  Tomorrow for instance….

My company runs private schools servicing families with children 6 weeks – 8^th grade on 8 different campuses.  Taylor has had the blessing of being cared for at our Brea campus for the past month.  He loves all his teachers and is doing really well there minus the constant cold.  He has been sick since his 2^nd week there and we just can’t kick it.  I know you daycare mommies know what I am talking about.  Three weeks ago my boss came to me with a proposition, how would I feel about having Taylor in the SAME building as me?!?!?!  UH YES, TWIST MY ARM!!!!!  So the stage was set, we were going to transform the conference room into a daycare room and hire a daycare worker to care for Tay for a month until the 2^nd office baby would be arriving (miss Adel now 2 weeks old) in March.  

As my excitement grew the process slowed and the scene wasn’t really being set.  As I drove my son to school yesterday and he was coughing SO hard that the only thing that calmed him was holding my hand I knew I would be leaving work early to pick him up.  That triggered a thot- Taylor has been sick for a month, and if he continues on this path he will be sick for another month.  Meaning when I bring him to the office he will just get little miss Adel sick.  Being a little selfish as well as not wanting to put any other mother thru a babies 1^st cold at 6 weeks I approached my boss.

“UM are we still planning in doing this?”

I lit a little fire, and it sent them running.  I lightly hinted to her that my son is sick and he will need at least 2 weeks to get well before he is in the same room with miss Adel (who is her granddaughter btw) or he will get her sick.  Two hours later I has the green light to bring him to work with me “full speed ahead.”  So tomorrow I will haul all my gear, and my son to work with me.  I will get the opportunity to pick out a ton of new gear for him over the next few days but for now I will take what I have to entertain him.  I will be watching him for the next month at the minimum until we reassess having a day care worker there.  And that means NO MORE PUMPING!!!  Thank goodness, I don’t think my freezer can take any more :)

Well that’s my big news and I am elated!!!!