First Swing Ride

I guess I always imagine me as a soccer mom, taking my kids to the park and playing with them outside. I never thought my first experience would be like this. It has been a cold winter and not much sun.

On the days I want to get out for our walks it seems to be the worst days ever. With the rain or wind. We have had a few great days but those days seem to take us else where and not to the park. The other day it was a pretty good day and we were out walking. I had walked by this park several times and never thought to look at it for my little man. Well the other day the park looked as though it was calling out to me. Even though it was located in a bunch of trees and you had to walk down a steep hill that had no path other then other people tromping down on it. It was a bit muddy and wet and a little slick to walk down the hill, but some one had put down hay to keep you from sliding. Anyway I reached the bottom with my trusty jogging stroller that drives through anything and found a single swing bucket swing.
It was cold and little man was telling me he was done with our walk. Little did he know that we were still a mile from home. I pulled him out of the stroller and sat him in the swing. He put a big smile on his face he looked at me and was like, "what is this you have put me in? I am up in the air and moving" He loved it. It lasted about 5 minuets and then he tells me he is done and let's get home. So I put him back in the stroller and I make a sprint for the house.
As the sun is going down and it is only getting colder outside. So our first park/swing experience was a good one just not a long one. I can't wait for a spring/summer day where I can take little man to the park and let him experience the wonders of a park from his view point.

Like father like son?

So, what do you think? Does Palmer look a it like his Dad at this age?


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Baby Food Pouch

So I mentioned that little man is just not interested in anything that is put on a spoon and the only thing he will pick up to eat is Cheerios. Why does this surprise me. Little man has wanted his food to drip down his throat since he was born.

It reminds me of the Simpsons episode when Homer is put on a feeding tube, then he becomes so lazy that he only eats with the feeding tube, then he has a wheel chair, but then decide it is too much work to push and gets and electric one, then decides that is too much work to push the buttons.

Ok, so little man is not this bad, but I really want him to eat more than Cheerios and a bottle. He was doing so well. There is baby food now that are put in squeezable pouches. They were on sale and so I decided to try some. I found that my little man likes to hold the thing and suck the food out. He will eat the whole container and loves everything I am feeding him with it right now.

So now I am trying to think how can I feed this kid with out buying the squeezable pouch? I need to get creative and feed him with a cookie press or a cake decorating tip in a bag? Seriously, I hope this phase will pass before he is one. I am still trying the spoon thing at every feeding and he takes a bit or two and then is done. But he never turns down the pouch.

New Fedding tools

So little man has not been interested in eating with a spoon. He is still freaking out about touching his food. I think he is OCD from me. We are working on that. I found this contraption that my cousin suggested to me way before little man was born. I picked it up over the Christmas season but just pulled it out yesterday morning for little man to use.

It is made by Munchkin and called the fresh food feeder.I handed it to him and he held it looking at me like what am I suppose to do with this?
He swung it around and then I showed him how if he puts it in his mouth the cold will help his teething and in the process he can get some food in his belly.
Little man completely enjoyed himself with this new little gadget. He ate it all up and and laughed and made slurping noises.It was so fun to watch him I decided to take a video of him so Daddy would not miss out on all the fun.

I love the contraptions they come up with nowadays. I can't wait to see what I can put in it tomorrow for him.

Taking after his Dad

So I wondered if our little man will be like more like me or like his dad? We have the mac mini set up to the TV and he has always been interested in the mouse, and keyboard. We have always been careful to keep it out of his reach. Well look what we found this morning.

Here is little man who pulled the keyboard off the couch and sat him self down and was typing away like his parents. He loves to grab the mouse and I swear he looks at the tv and watches the screen go up and down.

9 Months Old

So little man is up on his feet all the time. He is cruising along furniture. He reaches out to me and wants to walk to me and if I am close enough he will lean into me. I love playing with Little Man, as he will crawl over and jump on me. He will stop playing and come over and snuggle his head into me. It make my heart melt when he does that. We love the activity table. he is not a big fan of sitting in the jumpy thing anymore. More of a fan to use it as a jungle gym instead. He loves this ball that his aunt sent that sings the A B C's and the stacking cups. I will stack them into a tower and no matter where he is in the room he will stop what he is doing and crawl over to knock it down. Then go back to what he was doing. We also love to reach books together.

For a while he stopped being interested in food and so it was frustrating that he would not eat anything but cheerios and his bottle. This week somehow he has decided he likes to eat again. He liked the apples and broccoli and is a big fan of bananas. I can't wait to try avocado with him again.

In December we had him in 9 month PJ's with in 2 weeks he outgrew those and into 12 month. Then within the past month he is in 18 month PJ's This kid is growing like a weed and I love it.

He was over 29" in length and over 21 lbs. He is also pushing 2 more upper teeth. My little man is turning to my big boy right before my eyes.

New Year 4 Teeth

So little man broke his first two teeth over Thanksgiving 2011 .

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Christmas 2011 he started his two front teeth.

Now it is the new year 2012, he has quite a mouth full as you can see. It is so hard to get a shot of him with all four of his teeth.

Standing Up Tall

Two weeks ago I put little man in his crib with just his diaper on while I went to go start his bath. When I came into his room I found him standing up in his crib for the first time. Well at least the first time I saw him do it on his own. I about jumped out of my skin for fear that he would fall out of the crib. Since then I have watched him tackle the task of standing on his own. He gets on his knees and then steady's himself and then next thing you know it he is on his feet.

I really wanted to get him an activity table but seeing them for full price is not exactly what I wanted to pay. I had been watching the consignment shops and craigslist for one. Then before Christmas I found the one I wanted and the price could not be beat. $5 I emailed and then heard nothing back. This week the person emailed me and asked me if I was interested. Are you kidding me? Of course so I picked it up. I was so excited i could hardly wait to get my little man playing with it. I so wished I had video taped him the first time playing. He was so much fun to watch. He laughed and smiled, and giggled and chattered the whole 40mins. Then he fell on his butt and cried because his legs were tired. The toy came at the perfect time. Here he is enjoying his toy today. I love seeing how happy he is when he plays with it.

Happy New Year!

It seems right to post something today. Being that it is the first day of a new year. Bring on 2012!

What will the year bring us? What great adventures will come this year? What heart ache or sorrow will come our way? There is something special about a new year and the unknown that follows each year.

I feel peace in my heart knowing that whatever comes my way. The love I feel from our Savior Jesus Christ will guide me through it.

I am very thankful for what 2011 brought us. Our son, our joy, our miracle.

I am looking forward for what 2012 has in store for my family of "3".

8 Months Old

Little man is 8 months old. I captured him moving around this morning in is full glory. He is still arming crawling around, but every so often he gets up on his knees and try's to crawl. He is getting stronger and stronger everyday. He is such a joy!