Mummy Post

I'm just gonna sit here this morning and gush and boast about my baby. Because I can. Because I don't do it often enough. Because he's hit mama in the face about 20 times since last night and I need to focus on the positives. Because who wouldn't want to sit here for the next 5..10.. minutes (depending on how slow of a reader you are. Also depending on how long my fingers let me type) and read about Andrew??

We seriously hit the jackpot when it comes to baybays. I could have been given a hellion.. I'm not sure what we did in life to deserve this boy. I wonder if all parents think like that no matter what temperament their child has. If Andrew was a horrible sleeper, didn't want to eat anything I put in front of his face, and cried all day long, would I still be thanking my lucky stars? Probably.

I'm sure I would. First of all. He has the cutest face I've ever laid my eyes on. For real. Look at it.

Even when he's sleepy. If fact, I'd argue it got even more adorable.

And homeboy can rock a mohawk.

Aside from be aesthetically pleasing, he's a pretty darn entertaining and such a sweet kid as well. We got the whole package with this one. Need examples? My pleasure!

The day after we came back from Ohio, he broke out with this pretty high fever. It reached up to 103.2 briefly and even at that high of a temp? He was a gem. In fact, he just got sweeter. He would still plaster a smile on his face. Still say "Ca" (read: car) over and over again while driving them around the house. And up the walls. Still looked at us like we hung the moon.

He's doing this sweet thing now where he carries his blankie with him when he gets up from sleeping. It gets left on the living room floor, so it's not like he has to drag it everywhere ala Charlie Brown, thank goodness, but he likes to have it in the general area. Occasionally throughout the day, he'll lay his head down on it, look at me and smile, and wait for me to croon "awww awww baby" at him. Love.

Naps and bedtime have gotten so easy. Seriously, new moms, start them on a routine (and do the same thing for naps and actual bedtime) and let them fall asleep on their own ASAP. It WILL pay off. He loves to go to bed. I bring him up and have always sung You are my Sunshine to him. Now, I can't even get all the way through the song before he is flinging his body back towards the crib and smiles when I put his blanket over him. Most of the time.. not a peep and he is out.

He hugs his stuffed animals and kisses his books all day.

He's definitely associated the word "dada" with his actual father and not the fan, window, or book. He even looks at me and says "baba". I know.. I know.. not the clear Mama I was looking for. But it's cute and I'll be his baba if he wants me to be.

His laughter while clapping is infectious.

While he's standing up, holding on to something.. if you start chanting "dance dance dance", he will happily oblige with a big grin. It's too funny.

I swear he is starting to sing with the songs on the radio. Of course, it just comes out as, "bllahhh goblah blahhhh, ludahludel ludelllll", but he has a certain pitch there that lets me know he's singing along.

He's playing a little bit of peekaboo on his own. And also trying to do the whole indian noise thing with his hand and mouth by himself. He can thank Auntie Vicky for that.

I'm just in love and it continues to amaze me every day how much more room I have in my heart than I thought I did. How in the world am I ever going to love the next one as much as him? My hearts going to grow out of my body if it finds as much space for him (yes, we're going to have another boy. Duh.)

While I sit and think more gushy thoughts over the little Drewsky, feel free to leave tips on getting him to stop bitch slapping his dear mother... other than a firm "NO" because apparently that is hilarious to a 1 year old.

Day 3: First Love

I would have to say that my first love was this man:

notice the terrified look on my face

There is not much that tops the love between a Daddy and his daughter. He was the number one man in my life for quite a while (and is still a very close 2nd). We even danced to I Loved Her First so I guess he agrees :)


But then I grew older and hit those awful, awkward teen years. I was totally that love-struck (pathetic) teenage girl. How I wish I could go back and tell my younger self that she did NOT know what love really was. That you'll know the real meaning of love when you meet your future husband at 19. It won't compare to anything you've felt before.

Right after our ceremony in 2007

And then.. then... you will set your eyes on your first born child. Your heart will fill with love you didn't know you had in spaces you didn't know existed to fill.

The first picture we took of our sweet boy

All you need is love...

Happy Valentines Day everyone!!

I looked back at my blog post from last year on this day and really not much has changed! We've never really put much into this day, and we still try to do little things quite often to show how much we love each other. We did make a little bit more of a bigger deal out of it this year, just because this will be our last Valentines Day with just the two of us. We went to see an early movie around 4... Valentines Day! It was sooo cute! There was plenty of laughter to go around, lots of "awwwws" and even a tear or two sliding down my cheek at the end of the movie. I did think it was going to be a little bit better than it actually was just because of all the great actors involved, but it's still worth going to see! And I hear rumor that there will be a sequel called New Years Eve!

After the movie we had plans to go to the only Japanese steakhouse in town. I was excited and hungry! There ended up being over an hour wait.. there was no way I could hold out that long! So instead we went to a Chinese buffet that we'd heard about a couple times (there was a strong need for some fried rice clearly). It did not disappoint and I came home a happy mama! I mentioned to Trey while we were eating that it probably WAS NOT a good thing that I was introduced to that place... that could be dangerous! We spent the rest of the night watching the Olympics... we are such an exciting couple aren't we??

When I said not much has changed, I was referring to the fact that we are sprawling around on opposite couches, me blogging, him napping! Almost the same scenario as last year :) And instead of going over to my parents house in a bit (man how I wish we were!!!) we will be going over a friends house who is making a roast, veggie soup, and cornbread. Different house, same home cooked meal... what can I say... I'm spoiled!

To all of you who are spending this day on your own - here's a biiiigggggg (HUG) me!!

Oh yeah ~ and happy 12 weeks to us ~ only 2 more weeks in the first trimester :)

Happy Valentines Day??

Yes Yes Yes... happy v-day to everyone out there. I won't let my dislike for the "holiday" ruin it for everyone else out there who happen to love it! It's not that I even strongly dislike it, more like indifferent I guess. I'm sticking to the cliche of "we try to show each other how much we love each other every single day so why is this day so special". It's really true.
For instance, I got out of bed early this morning to make him breakfast while he was still sound asleep. Sweet? Romantic maybe? Thoughtful? Yeah sure. But I've done that for him for the past 2 or 3 Saturdays as well. Not because today is valentines day.
Have I gotten a card today? Flowers? Chocolate? No. But he is throwing down 300 someodd bucks later in the week to have ADT installed in the house so I can feel safe while he's gone. And he told me last night that he loves my haircut... even though I keep going shorter and shorter and I KNOW he would much much rather it be as long as possible.
So low and behold, here we are on valentines day. Me cuddled on the couch, wrapped up in a blanket, blogging. Him sprawled out on the other couch playing his playstation game. And in a little bit we'll go over to my parents house to celebrate my brother's 13th bday. It's our perfect little day.
I do hope everyone else had a perfect day, whether you are ringing it in with cupid or not :)