Monday, January 29, 2007

Milk Raspberry

My son has perfected his ability to blow raspberries. Instead of fussing in his crib and crying to alert me that he's awake, he blows raspberries and says "ah bwah bwah bwah bwaaaah. . ." It's really quite funny and adorable I must say.

Except when he blows mama milk raspberries. I was able to stop him biting me while he nursed, but now he has gotten into this messy habit. After he's done nursing, he'll de-latch himself and, while he still has a mouthful of milk, baptize me with a wonderful splatter of milk raspberries all over the place. It splatters all around his mouth and trickles down the side of his cheek, and of course, gets all over me.

Now, I KNOW fellow moms can definitely relate to this. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get him to stop?

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Christmas 2006

Here are some pictures I promised to post. Hope you enjoy them!

This picture was taken at my mom's on Christmas Eve. What a happy and beautiful family!



His Great Grandma and Great Grandpa got him this toy, Baby Tad. He really likes this one because it lights up and sings nursery rhyme songs.



James' Gram, my mom, got him this great puppet. He wasn't sure what to make of it at first. He was wondering how mommy's voice was moving Lamb Chop's mouth.



Doesn't he look so cute? A good friend of mine let me borrow this outfit.



Okay, so I forgot to rotate it, but just tilt your head to the left. Now, doesn't he look like a baby model?



Hope you liked my pictures.

Friday, January 05, 2007

One Sock, Two Teeth

As I sit here surfing the web, my son is sitting in his seat and keeping himself occupied with . . .his sock. I gave him a stuffed animal, but he decided his sock was much more tastier. I have to admit he looks pretty cute. His two bottom teeth are coming in, which makes for a cranky baby in the AM (Thank the Lord for Infant Tylenol Drops), and he's wanting to chew EVERYTHING! I guess socks taste pretty good, and so do baby toes, mommy's knuckle, daddy's knuckle, and numerous other objects. He's starting to have interest in things that he shouldn't reach for. I guess it's time to start baby proofing everything. Baby gates will definitly be going up very soon. Then comes the plug protectors. And then we have to move everything that is less than 26 inches high up so he can't reach them. Man, babies are so much work! Whew! But it is definitly rewarding. NEVER a dull moment. Except when I have to change poopy daipers. Note to self: do not buy Apricots with Mixed Fruit again because poopy is VERY stinky. Hazerdous waste is more like it! Now I know what goslyn means when being able to smell the poop through their clothes. HA!

Until next time. . .

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Tuesday Tip

Okay, so it's been super way too long since I have posted something.

Just a quick Tuesday tip that I tried tonight:

I recently received a nice and super warm LLBean zip fleece shirt for Christmas. After wearing it for the second time, I accidentally got candle wax drippings on it. Oops!

And then I thought, "Oh no, it's ruined!" But actually I was able to fix it and my shirt is as good as new with no wax.

Here's what I did. I cut a piece of paper bag about the size of a sheet of computer paper and placed it on the wax stain. Then I took my trusty iron and ironed over it and the wax transferred to the paper without burning my new shirt. Cool, huh?

Hopefully my next post will be this week and I'll show some photos of Christmas. James had a blast, and so did mommy and daddy!