Manic Baby

Little Boy has been totally manic the last couple of days.  It's amazing.  Smiling and happy one minute and crying in abject horror the next.  Diaper changes are the worst.

The bucking and kicking and temper tantrums are interesting to witness however.

I'm thinking that the inability to communicate and the lack of mobility are starting to catch up with him.  Because I feel like he is trying to tell us something, but what = ???????  I wish he had a word or two that he could use.

Additionally, since tummy time also makes him insane with rage and tears, I have decided to try to start to get him to learn to stand on his own and cruise around on the furniture.  It's actually going ok -- you stick a laptop in front of him (real or fake) and he loves to hit it.  Which makes him stay up longer.  But, like everything, it's going to take some time.  So, we can do tummy time and standing time.  Gotta do something.  He's gotta start chasing these cats around by the end of the summer.  I really am looking forward to filming him chasing the cats around.

But, he is definitely my child -- he will not do a damn thing unless he wants to.  You can't make him do anything, or he will pitch a fit.

The shred is continuing.  I'm on day 14 tonight.  I have to wait until Little Boy goes to bed, because I am unable to function for 20 mins afterward.  But, I am seeing a change (except for my c section belly), so it's a good thing.  That belly is going to hang on forever, I think.

But, it was worth it.

Babies are awesome! and some Birthday related things

I went to a friend's baby shower today and had a really, really good time!  The glass of wine prior to lunch helped too.  She has a couple of friends that live in town and it does two things:  Makes me miss my close friends that all live out of state now and makes me wish that I had close friends in town.  :)

Little Boy did not come with me though.  I wanted to bring him, but he's either had a couple of off days OR his nap schedule is changing AGAIN (silly babies) and he's eliminating a nap, despite his insane tiredness by 5:30 or 6pm, so the beginning of the shower fell at nap time for him and then I was too tired to have him come down.  But, I think once my friend's little man is here, we can have some play dates and such.

I love babies...

In other news, I am trying to set up a birthday part for Little Boy and J, his cousin.  I don't know if J's parents will be able to do that, but the question has been raised.  I think that the Gary Heyebrau company is going to brew some specialty beer for the occasion.  I'm thinking May 22 or 23.  Hopefully, the weather will cooperate.  I'm leaning towards the Saturday, because then there's recovery time the next day.

Nothing like a good yard/driveway party to lift your spirits!

From Mama's Corner

I'm on Day 2 of the "30 Day Shred" from Jillian Michaels.  It pretty much kicks my butt.  And I'm only on level 1.  8 more days and I'm on to level 2.  10 days on Level 1, 10 on Level 2 and 10 on Level 3.  You're supposed to be able to lose up to 20 pounds, but all anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that you should only really expect 10.

I'm more about the inches.  I don't care about weight so much as being able to fit into my old pants.  I know that some women have trouble ever fitting back into their pre-pregnancy jeans due to "hippage", but my body did not change shape all that much.

So, 30 days to get rid of the rest of Ryan weight.  And, at this point, it's really cheeseburger weight, as apposed to Ryan weight.

9 Months Old!

Little Boy is officially 9 months old, as of Saturday!

His Aunt, Uncle and Cousin J came down Saturday to hang out.  J is a crazy man, who eats like a horse and lives to climb things.  But, he is pretty funny, and it's pretty funny to watch an 8 1/2 month old cram food into his cram-hole until there's nothing left to do.  But, he must have rubbed off on Little Boy, because on Sunday, Little Boy started to feed himself his sweet potato puffs (sweet potato flavored rice puffs).  We're working on the sippy cup.  He's definitely going to be right handed -- that's the dominant hand, for sure.

His doctor appt was very good.  He's 28 inches and 19 pounds.  I think that he's longer than 28 inches, but that height thing can be a bit subjective.  If you don't get the leg straight or get the head line right, it can be skewed.  Head size is still 95th percentile.  We're transitioning to table foods the rest of the way in the next three months, and should be converted to whole milk and table food by 1 year.  He's much better with chewing now too, so that's a very good thing.  No teeth about to make their immediate arrival, but they are coming eventually.

I'm amazed that it's been 9 months already!  Before I know it, it will be May and I will have to be thinking about birthday parties and such.  I'm looking forward to my first Mother's Day -- missed it by three days last year.  I'm thinking brunch at Brocach would be amazing.  Even Little Boy could eat some eggs and biscuits and whatever else.  and I can have myself Mimosas until I can't walk.

Snowstorm

Little Boy saw his first real snowstorm today.  We've had a couple in his first winter, but this was the first one that actually dumped a lot of snow on the metro area.

I think that he enjoyed the snow.  Well, at the very least, he enjoyed his Daddy jumping around like a fool while I took a picture.