O' Christmas Tree

My tree is up! Here's some shots I played with to capture a few of our ornaments :D

Pee on Stuff

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An amazing little man

My son is SUCH a character! He wants to help Mommy ALL the time! Yesterday he decided to help me mop. I started out with a mop and bucket and he stole my mop and was dipping it and then dragging/pushing it around the room grinning like a maniac. After I gave up on using the mop I grabbed my scrub brush and a few rags and decided to scrub on hands and knees (I HATE LINOLEUM!) and got started like that. He continued to push the mop for a few more minutes before he decided the broom wanted to play too. After he got bored with the broom he discovered that I had rags in my bucket of soapy water (and BUBBLES!!!) so he decided to grab my rag and let it drip over the bucket and then rub it on the floor. It didn't take long for him to decide to not let it drip and to just squeeze it onto my floor. It was a huge wet mess in the floor and he was quickly covered! Then when I needed the rag he started doing the same with my scrub brush!

FINALLY---when I took the scrub brush back he decided to start picking up the rag (sopping wet from the bucket) and shaking it EVERYWHERE. It was pretty funny and stinking adorable, but mopping took about 10x longer than it should have.

But with all that water everywhere and the scrubbing, my floors are SPOTLESS! I'd eat off of that! :D

Weaning 2 Months Later

We're still down to just the nursing session right before bed.

If I don't wind up pregnant this month we'll be dropping that nursing session too. He's getting much better about falling asleep without nursing, but he does start to want to nurse when he gets tired in the evening, so when his naps are short he's more cranky in the evening because he gets tired earlier. USUALLY if I feed him dinner on time he does okay because he gets occupied by eating and then taking his bath and then putting on jammies so that he stays distracted and entertained until bedtime.

We'll find out in about 2 weeks whether he is getting weaned in October or in December (if I get pregnant I will continue to let him nurse until he is 18 months, which was my goal).

I just know I'll be handling nursing and weaning a bit differently next time! Although, I'll probably nurse until at least 12 months again.

He sleeps SOOO much better now!

Now I just need to get rid of that last feeding and get him OUT of my bed! :D

1000 words: updated

1000 words: (updated)

Words he says regularly------
no--------------mama-------------dada------------------yeah
butt-------------sit----------------baby(6.24)------------ball(6.25)
car(7.08)--------AJ(7.08)----------water-----------------night night
hi---------------byebye------------juice------------------water
up--------------down--------------dog(6.26)-------------bird(6.26)
what------------that---------------hot-------------------bite
wowwow--------den (jenny)-------nell-------------------kel
seth-------------i dont know-------go--------------------vroom
rawr------------drink-------------thank you-------------dance
boo-------------trick or treat------puppy----------------yay
wow------------hey---------------ow!-------------------

Thats like 30 words!!!


Words he recognizes/responds in predictable ways to---
toes------------hot--------------- sit (sits)
blow(blows)--- five (high five) --- stand (stands)
no -------------yes--------------- yay
bite----------- drink------------- clap
boob ---------- come -------------home
his name------- ball--------------- car
throw---------- dada -------------mama help (waits for me to help)
bath----------- book--------------diaper (comes and sits on diaper)
peepee--------- potty-------------bath
poopie--------- mama------------ bye bye (waves)
hi (waves)------dada--------------shirt (puts up arms/ducks head)
come-----------give---------------thank you
share-----------splash-------------wowwow (dances or repeats)
phone----------book--------------night night (climbs in bed)
ice--------------walk--------------berries (blows raspberries)
bang-----------step up-----------kisses (GIVES KISSES!!!)
hugs-----------ducky-------------claw (laughs...its a game we play :D)
catch----------BOO!--------------nap/naptime
eat------------push---------------pants (lifts leg to step into pants)
up-------------down--------------shoes (puts up foot for shoe)
close-----------open---------------socks (puts out foot for sock)
jammies-------car----------------outside
stinky---------smell--------------eye
head-----------butt---------------wipe
flush-----------toy---------------left
right-----------look--------------stop
wait----------not now------------juice
milk-----------spray-------------wash
brush---------climb--------------chair


SIGNS HE DOES---
Give (reaches up hands together and opens and closes them)
Pick me up (reaches up hands apart)
Bye (opens and closes one hand)
Points
Nods
Shakes head no

There are definitely more words he says that I'm not thinking of, I'll try to add them as I think of them. And there are a few more he recognizes I'm sure. And he does a BUNCH of his own (self designed) signs, but I can't remember them off the top of my head


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