#50

Dear Aj 

Can I try your Finger

You are so full of life and wanting to always be on the go. I Knew you were full of energy but I did not realize how much until I saw you next to you cousin Lanie. She sat all sweetly in her Daddy's lap all morning and then there was you. Crawling like a mad man all over the place. You older cousins were following you around the house to make sure you did not get into any trouble. I have come to terms with the fact that you will only cuddle with me when you are sound asleep. I can't even get loves when you are drinking your bottle. You will drink about 2oz and the start squirming around wanting to be put down. 

I may put you down and I may allow you to explore the world but I promise you that I will never let you go. EVER! 





Love you 


Mommy

Brunching it up with the Family

More time Enjoying the nice weather and my wonderful Family

Pool Time 

Working together to fill up the Pool

Me with the Babies

Someone had a vist from the tooth fariy

Beach Babies

Summer Time is a time for us to all enjoy the nice weather and each other. I love when I get to spend a relaxing afternoon with family at the lake. We are so lucky to be able to enjoy this hidden gem all summer long

Brookie Jumping off the Dock 

Tristan shows Brookie how the Big boys do it!

Dont rock the surf board

Brookie and Aj

Dylan and Aj

Aj playing in the Sand

#49

Tuesday August 9, 2011

Dear Aj aka little busy man,

You have been full of energy this week  and are constantly moving. You have places to go and people to see apparently and will not let anyone get in your way. If you are not crawling like a mad man you are walking around the furniture. You are CRAZY in just the cutist way possible. Your new trick is something we like to call "Aaron Go Smash" this basically consist of you coming up fully on your knees with your hands above your head and you flinging your arms and your whole body forward until your hands smack the ground. You then finish by coming up laughing waiting for someone to shout out "Aaron Go Smash!" Oh the simple things in life.

We went swimming on Sunday at the local pool. You have become more and more comfortable in the water. The pool has an area for little ones that is only 11/2 feet deep, you love to hold on to the edge and play with your toys.  This week you figured out that you can also walk around the edge. You are perfectly content to play by yourself, every once in awhile you will look over your shoulder to make sure I am still sitting right behind you. Sometimes you will fully turn around a do a superman dive towards me! You make going to pool special again for me. We can hang out for hours if I let us. I know when you get older we will spend our summer days pool side. Those day will come, until then I will cherish every little memory that we make at the pool this summer.

I lover everything about being your mom, the icing on the cake this week has been your cuddleness. You have always been so interested in the life going on around you that you have never been big on just letting me hold you. For some reason the last couple weeks you will just lay your head on my chest or crawl into my lap and hold on. I love it with every oucne of my body. I think you cuddling with me is definitely in the top 10 best moments of my life and always will be.

The Luckest Mom in the world
Mamma

#48

Tuesday August 2, 2011

Dear Baby Aj

You have taken cuteness to a whole new level.  Your Daddy has been telling me that you have been giving high five's but I have never seen it. One night this week you were eating dinner and I was proud of you from finishing your veggies so we clapped bravo bravo  and then I placed my hands out to give you five and guess what! You. Gave. Me. High. Five. Back!!!!!!! Oh my gosh, how cool are you!

So as I have mentioned you have started to crawl and pull yourself up to standing on the furniture. This week I noticed that you would pull yourself up on your playpen and take your hands off the side and just stand there for a second or two just balancing and then you would plop down. I have also found you walking along the couch and then reach over to the coffee table and keep going. My favorite of them all though is when you crawl over to me and do your little monkey climb up my legs till your standing behind me!

You always fill my heart with love and joy. Your smile can light up my whole day and I love you so much.

 Love you Always and Forever

Mommy

What's For Dinner?

I have talked to a couple moms in the last couple of weeks with babies starting to eat solid foods and the question that everyone is asking is "What's for Dinner?" my answer is I am still trying to figure it out.

I know this, Aj LOVES
1. Blueberries
2. Shake and Bake Tofu (tofu cubes shaken in crushed up cereal)
3. Yogurt (any flavor)
4. Cheesy Toast (thanks Christine for the tip!)

He will pick through the rest of the food on his tray to make sure he only gets his favorites.

I am finding this to be a hard stage for a couple different reasons besides not knowing what to feed him. My Biggest concern is finding enough foods that are soft enough for Aj to eat, that are easy to make and healthy. Up until now I would make batches of baby food and freeze them. At the beginning of the week I would pack Aj's meals for the week to sendto daycare and when we got home at night all I would have to do for dinner is stick a couple of frozen cubes in the microwave and presto I was done! Now I am having to try to find my dinner making groove for this new stage! I am hopping in a couple weeks I will have it down with a longer list of baby likes and easy home cooked meal tips and tricks!

#47

Dear Aj,                                                                                                   Tuesday July 26 2011

Daddy Kisses!

With every week comes new found adventure, new found talents and new found love. This week your Uncle Tristan walked into the house and started shouting "He's standing, He's standing, I found him standing!" It just broke my heart to tell him that this was not a new trick. It just shows how quick you are changing in front of everyone eyes.

If I could bottle up your laughter and wear it around my neck for an eternity, I would. Sometimes if I am having a bad day, I will give you a little tickle just so I can hear that beautiful sound. You truly bring joy to my life and I feel so lucky to be your mother.   There are times when I feel like you are growing up way to quickly and I am in shock that your first birthday is not that far away.

After I had you I tried different work schedules so that I could find the right balance between being with you and fulfilling my professional duties. I finally found that four, ten hour days worked the best for us. This means that by the time you get up at 6am I am hopping in the shower getting ready to leave for work, I give you a quick kiss on the forehead and I am off for the day. After work I pick you up at 6pm from daycare and we drive home. By the time we walk through the door it is time to feed you, cook Mommy and Daddy's dinner, unpack the bags, bath time, bottle and bed. I sometimes don't even feel like I have time to breath let alone enjoy you, but then Friday rolls around and we start to slow down. We spend the morning running errands and going grocery shopping, it is just you and I.

On weekends when you Daddy has to work, I get you all to myself! And this was one of those weekends, we had a blast. We went to the farmers market and the library, we went swimming and on a walk with Annie,  you even sat in your little fishy swim pool and played for a little while. I love spending time with you and I know that you love being with me too. Sunday night always comes around to quick and a part of my heart cringes when I lay you down to sleep. I know that the up coming week will be hard and fly by in a blur, but Friday morning are always right around the corner and that is what I will be looking forward to.

I love you Baby Boy,
Mommy