Sunshine, how I missed Thee...

Finally!  The sun came out and said hello, and I sang back in joyous chorus to the wonderful warmth it casted down upon me!  (Though today, its rainy, but that's okay, it's making everything that pretty shade of green and makes me so excited... its a sign of things to come... buds, flowers, warm water for swimming in.)

Jeff and I spent Sunday outside on the lawn with our little man, soaking in that yummy warmth.  David is new to the outdoors since he was a newborn at the end of summer, and by the time he was old enough to do anything outside, it was negative "whatever" degrees out... and I was NOT about to take him out in that. ;P

Our outdoor sunshine fun time was rudely interrupted by these teeny tiny little bugs that were on the landscaping rocks.  They decided it would be fun to come down OFF their rock and onto our blanket... I noticed before they got too close, but either way, I felt pretty buggy after that... ("scolding hot shower here I come" kind of thing).

Creepy bugs that invaded!

Well, now I'm sitting here waiting for another sunny day to take him out with me... at least to get him in his bouncer on the lawn while try to organize the garage a bit.  (I decided to have a yard sale, so I'm trying to get that in order while also being "mommy", which we all know can be hard to do when you have a little one.)

David has also gotten really good at scooting.  Mostly backwards, but he's got the idea of what he needs to do for crawling, he just can't keep his balance right when he moves his hand forward.  He'll be crawling soon, I can feel it in my bones.  I have the camera ready for when he does... I've taken so many videos of him just rocking back and forth. (Which makes me giggle because its just so darn cute!)

Well, I'm off for a little bit.  I'm hoping to start updating again a bit more regularly.  Holidays also get me feeling so lazy about things like this... heh.  But writing is important... so one must continue such important things. :)

David's 1st Easter

Sunday Best!

1st basket from the Easter bunny :)

Cousin Varrah reading a book to David.

Varrah was having fun dancing. :)

little bible book from Grandma Liz

Chocolate bunny

Daddy and David :)

She got a Thomas the Engine from the Easter Bunny

Hand warmers I made her. :)

Daddy love.

Excited face!

He's learned to pivot. :)

Flying baby!

Uncle David with Little David

(Big D and Little D)

My brother and his daughter Varrah :)

It was a great Easter. :)  Lots of family love... and cute baby smiles. :)

Hope you all had a great one too!

I'll try to update again soon.

quick knitting update...

I haven't had much time for writing, but I did want to give an update about my knitting fun. :)

I posted pictures on my knits blog Here

Hope you all have a WONDERFUL Easter!  Hunt down some colorful eggs for me. ;)
<3

I'll take that milk to go please...

This past week has been a rough when it comes to sleeping patterns.

Its so weird!! He'll be sleeping good and through the night for 5-6 days then BAM! out of no where he'll be screaming every morning around 3am for food... (sometimes its just cause he rolled on his stomach and is too tired to roll back.) But usually it's for food. I usually let him cry for a couple minutes and sometimes he'll just fall back asleep, but my Aunt Chris just got here last night and is sleeping in the room next to the nursery, so I am frantic about keeping him happy and quiet at night. Not everyone has to lose out on sleep like I do! ;)

I was up 3 times this morning... twice for rolling on the tummy, and once for the feeding... /sigh

HELP!!!

I'm strongly considering Enfamil restful sleep formula to see if that helps him sleep through the night. I've never EVER given him formula... but I'm starting to get desperate! A friend of mine said her son really slept well with it, so I'm thinking... Maybe?

I've tried feeding right before bed time, cereal before bed time... BOTH right before bed time... and that usually just gave him gas... or a tummy ache, so we don't do that any more.

Other than the sleeping problem, David has been doing very well... almost got crawling down... he's gotten one knee forward so far, but Mr. Balance always throws him off. He's also gotten to experience more of the food groups, as well as learning to play with finger foods... he still doesn't have that down yet. He did manage to get one puff into his mouth yesterday for the first time. But I had to put it between his thumb and index finger for him to get him to do it. heh.

I wish I had a picture to upload with this post... this week was too much of a drain for me to even consider picking up my camera.

Baby, coffee, cleaning, laundry, Baby, cleaning, Baby, Baby, Baby, (food somewhere in the mix of things), oh and did I say baby? Jeff let me sleep in a bit this morning, but it was pretty restless for me. So today is a tired day for me, but at least its the weekend and I have the family here if I need a break. Thank GOD for that! :)

I hope you all have a great weekend!! Soak in some sunshine for me if you have any where you're at... cause it looks like another dreary day here in Minnesota. How I miss the sun.

Graffiti... what fun!

Every once and awhile I get into the mood to have some fun with Facebook's App. Graffiti.

Recently I found out that Jelly Belly is having a Graffiti contest, top 150 get free jelly beans... so I was like... heck yeah!!  So I did my first entry last night... was super fun, though I could of done better.  I think it was because it was bed time... but yeah... I just felt like sharing. :)

Here's a link to the actual Jelly Belly design.


Here's the reply... though it doesn't look as good since it doesn't show the jelly belly cut out over the drawing.

Now I'm brainstorming entry #2. :)
Any ideas that would make a good jelly belly design?  I was thinking drawing popcorn in one since I love that flavor. :)

I'm open to suggestions! :)

Quick visit to the outdoors...

We decided to take Cody (my in law's dog) outside for a bit of running, since Jeff Sr. can't be up on his feet.
I thought it would be a great idea to bring David out with us, at least for a few minutes.  He doesn't know much of outside since he was a newborn when I last had him out in good weather... I just stayed in most of the winter, and he didn't much care for the snow.

Well, he liked looking at things, but he did NOT like the wind... he clenches his mouth shut and grunts every time it blew in his face.

But it's good for him to get outside. :)

David doesn't much care for his jacket.

(think of Christmas Story... "I can't put my ARMS down!")

But he sure does love his daddy!

Trying out those fun little shoes.

SO fun!!!

Daddy fixing his fun little Jester hat momma made him. :)

The rare and elusive Momma and baby picture. ;)

God I love him. :)

and a quick impromptu family portrait... daddy was not amused... and David?  Well, I think he was off in his own little baby world at the time.  He he, he is such a cutie.

Well, tonight is our last night at Jeff's parents house.  I love being here, but after being away from home for a week, with only a weekends worth of clothing that I've cycled through the wash many times... I'm ready to go home.  I'm excited to sleep in my own bed, sit in my spot on the comfy couch with my knitting projects while David plays on the floor... and I'm sure David is home sick for the nursery he so dearly loves.  Not to mention his Grandma Liz and Grandpa Steve are missing him big.  So even though I love it up north... I'm glad to be going back to the cities.  Next time I write, I'll be on my couch with a hot cup of coffee, surrounded by yarn, and a smiling baby face peaking at me from around his play mat.

Have a great night, and a wonderful weekend. :)

Reunited!

I had to use Grandma's camera cause my camera battery died.

Cutest thing I ever did see... the smile on my boys face as he studied his father's face. The pure joy beaming off of him after seeing his daddy for the first time after a whole week apart. He smiled, studied, touched his face gently, then SQUEALED with joy...

You think that would be it, but no... it gets cuter...

With every word that Jeffry spoke to him... he would start to giggle and laugh and squeal... he hadn't really laughed all week... I thought I was gonna lose it with how sweet and loving that was.

Jeff said he was surprised by his reaction... I asked why, because I knew David would be excited to see him... he just didn't expect David to care that much I guess... but that boy LOVES his daddy!!! I think this experience really hit Jeff... it was so sweet, I wish I had caught it on video. :)

My heart is all warm and melty right now. :3

Jeff brought my battery charger and card reader, so I'm excited to take some more pictures this weekend. :)

Before Jeff got here I was cleaning up after making David's dinner...

You have to know first that Grandma is always yelling at Daddy about putting things on David's head...

so what does Grandma do?

But he loved it....
And here is his St. Patrick's Day picture... my little 7 month old baby boy... with the luck of the Irish... or at least a little bit of Irish... since I'm only a quarter... but yeah. What a cutie he is.

(Showin' off those new teeth too!)

Well I'm gonna go get me so hugs and snuggles from Jeffy... and sit and watch the loving gaze of my son to his father... sooo sooo sooo very sweet I could eat it all up in seconds. :)