My Baby Was Barely A Baby!!

I feel really cheated. With Gus being born early it seemed like it took forever for him to be a “baby” Then all of a sudden he’s not a baby anymore. He no longer eats baby food, he doesn’t sit in the bouncy seat, he refuses to use the exersaucer, he’s out of the infant car seat and now rear facing in the convertible car seat and I just packed away the baby bathtub In 2 weeks my “baby” will be one. Where has th time gone??

(I don’t really feel cheated, I cherish every moment with my children. This was just an observation on how un-baby my baby has been )

Why Do I Have Toys??

My youngest Gus is not really fond of the typical toys. In fact I cannot remember the last time he played with a “real” toy all on his own. Usually we have to “play” with it first so that it looks fun for him

So  what are his favorite things to play with???

Shoes – I know gross, I don’t let him play with them – but when he gets a hold of one he is a happy camper

Paper – Another thing we don’t let him have……

Spoons – This one we let him have

String – Yes I know it can be dangerous, we watch him carefully with this. He likes to “throw” the string.

The remote – The working real remote, not the broken one with no batteries

Mickey’s dog tags – Our well-behaved puggle will let Gus play with his tags.

Mommy’s hair – Ouch, Gus loves to fiddle with my hair while breastfeeding

The wipees box – when changing his diaper he lunges for the wipes

 I’m sure there are a few more non-toys that he enjoys……

So why do I even bother keeping the toys, buying the toys & storing the toys? (Actually I haven’t bought many new toys for Gus.) I suppose I am hanging on to the toys for sentimental reasons since all of the other kiddos played with them. Sniff……

Where Did The Year Go??

I cannot believe this year is almost over. It just flew by!!! I started the year pregnant and I am ending the year with a very busy 9 month old!!!

Highlights from the year – both good & bad:

Tons of snow

 My water breaking @ 28 weeks during one of the bad snowfalls

6 weeks of hospital bed rest

Baby Gus is born March 24, 2010 at 9:30 pm – 5lbs. 17 3/4″

7 days in the NICU for Gus

Baby Firsts: smile, rolling over, solid food, creeping/crawling & pulling up

A quiet summer spent mostly at home (rare for me)

Busy Bee started kindergarten……sniff……

Maggie May joined our family

My oldest Goober broke his leg/ankle November 12th

And finally Christmas!!!!

It was a good year. One of the best yet. Gus has truly changed me. I am no longer a ball of stress and self-doubt. I cherish every moment I have with my children. I thank God every day for my family and friends!

My wishes for 2011?

Hmmmm……I can’t think of anything!!! Just more good times with my family <3

Yea November!

It’s finally November. October is a tough month for my family. It seems as if the entire month revolves around Halloween and with us not celebrating Halloween….well you get the idea. So now we can look forward to Thanksgiving, Black Friday shopping, Christmas, and finding out the sex of our baby!! Yea!!!