We Want To Know Wednesday

Today is We Want to Know Wednesdays with Mamarazzi and Queso! Finally those burning questions will get answered :)


{1}Do you prefer to text or call?
Ah, text, definitely text. I feel so awkward when I call people just to tell them one little thing. And then sometimes the person wants to talk and you don't, or you feel like talking but they don't, ahh texting is so much better!

{2}What is the last text message in your phone and who is it from?
Anthony claims that he tried to text me a few times over the last few days, but I haven't received a thing...hmmm....should I believe him? I probably should, he is my eternal companion and all.

{3}What are your favorite phone apps?
Sadly, I have no phone apps. Since my ubercool phone died a terrible death at the bottom of the toilet, I have gone back to my featureless flip phone. That does not have apps. Sigh. But, when I did have them, I loved my geocaching app! Find a geocache at any location at any time, such fun!

{4}At what age do you think kids are ready for a cell phone?
I don't really know the answer to this one. I like that kids with a phone will be able to call me and tell me where they are, but I don't think they need to be on it all the time. I didn't get a cell phone until I was in college (gasp!), but I can distinctly remember a few sticky situations in high school where a cell phone would have been awesome. Sooo, maybe middle school?

{5}Share a current pic or video taken with your phone.

Isn't he a doll? I can't get enough of this grin!

My first swap

 

I am excited to be doing my very first swap!! Ever since I heard about them from my friend Leah, I have dying to do one and lucky for me I get to do Mamarazzi's Favorite Color swap! My favorite color is blue, so that means that my partner will be sending me a package full of blue goodies and I will be sending her treasures in her favorite color. I don't know what color to shop for yet, but last night I couldn't help myself and I started to plan things I could get for different colors. You know. Cause I like to plan :)

Friday Confessional

I haven't done one of these in awhile, so I thought I would join in today!

I confess...

that every time I need to file or find something alphabetically, I still have to sing the alphabet song. I try to look all intelligent and serious while I am doing it, but I am still singing it in my head.

I confess...

I secretly wish that I could capture something funny on video and get it to go viral. I would love to put something on youtube and have my brother forward it to me, saying, "Did you see this??" and I can say, "I made that!!!". I think it would make me ubercool.

I confess...

I had an epiphany on my vacation. I realized that I would rather be at home! I prefer my day to day life to living it up in Key West, which I know probably makes me crazy on some level but at the same time life must be pretty good for me to feel that way. I have been enjoying every minute since I came home and I can honestly say that I love staying at home now. I really have found my groove and it is a wonderful thing.

I confess...

I had the urge to make towel animals the other day. So I googled how to make a swan online and tried it out for my guest bathroom. It was not pretty. It turned out looking like a faceless snake...The hand towel is back to its boring life as a regular folded towel but I have a dream of one day doing something creative with my bathroom towels. I saw an idea on pinterest of placing hooks for hanging towels, with each family member having their own hook. Hmmmm... do I smell DIY??

What are your confessions this fabulous Friday?

Adventures in Baby Food

I am having so much fun making baby food now that James is eating solids! He is quite an adventurous eater and so far will eat anything I give him, although he definitely eats some foods with more gusto than others. He absolutely loves squash and carrots, and generally likes green beans, peas, rice cereal, bananas, and applesauce (which I made myself!). I thought for sure that once I gave him fruit, he would be all about it and would turn down the veggies, but he hasn't been that fond of the fruit. Weird!

I usually give him solids 2 to 3 times a day depending on how hungry he is acting and he has gotten the hang of it quickly. We went from really liquidy rice cereal falling out of his mouth, to full on baby-bird style "give me more" actions in just a few days. This guy was ready for food! He loves to get his hands on the food that makes its way out of his mouth and then smear it over everything he can touch. Part of me hates this because it makes things so messy, but I also try to remind myself that getting messy is supposed to be part of the experience at this point. I have started feeding him with no clothes on though!

PS, doesn't he look like a completely different baby?? Every morning when I get him out of bed, I think, "Not only is he bigger, but he looks different than yesterday!"

Key West Vacation

Saturday we got back from our very first vacation since James was born! We went to Key West for a week for a vacation with some friends from Tampa and we had lots of fun. We stayed on the navy base there since my friend is retired navy and we got a great deal on a two bedroom trailer. It was a little loud because of all the military helicopters coming in at all hours, but once we got some ear plugs we were set!

Tuesday afternoon we left James with my mom and went on an afternoon snorkel/sunset trip. It was so strange to be going somewhere with Anthony and not have James around!

 Wednesday morning we walked around Key West and visited the Butterfly Conservatory. It was so neat to see all of the butterflies!

 Wednesday night we all went on a Sunset Sailing trip with James. That was....a little difficult. He was pretty cranky and I felt sooooo bad for everyone else on the boat that they had to listen to my screaming child. We brought a bottle for him, so that bought us some time, but eventually we just had to wrap him up and jiggle him to sleep. Once he fell asleep I finally was able to relax and enjoy the sunset. Until then, I was having serious regrets about keeping him up past his bedtime.

 Once we got off the boat, we met up with our friends to watch the street performers and get dinner. The seafood was so good!

Thursday morning Anthony went lobstering and caught 6 lobsters for us and in the afternoon we all visited the Shipwreck Historeum and the aquarium. Thursday night we went on a late night ghost tour that was really creepy. When we were on our way there, James exploded out of his diaper and got poo everywhere! It was all in his car seat, the car seat straps, his onesie, everywhere!! So I had to wipe him down, change his diaper, and change his clothes all on the side of the road while we were supposed to be checking in at the ghost tour. Oh, life with a baby!

Friday Anthony and I snorkeled just off the base where we were staying and Anthony speared a fish. We saw all sorts of cool things, including a 6 foot green moray eel. I screamed! Those things are pretty scary looking when they are right next to your face. Friday night we went back to downtown Key West to visit Ripley's Believe it or Not.

It was a fun vacation, but it was nice to get home on Saturday and sleep in our own beds. James definitely had some sleep he needed to catch up on and I have never been more excited to see my washer and dryer :)

More peas please!

Peas are a hit!

My new tote bag

Today I tackled a project I've had sitting in my to-do folder for awhile: a cute tote bag! I used the tutorial from Skip to my Lou here. I am so proud of the results! It is going to be my new church bag.

6 months old!

Our baby is 6 months old!! A half of a year has gone by, can you believe it? Thanks for everyone who commented or messaged me for stay at home mom support, I really appreciate it! Sometimes you just have to ask for help/support and that is something that is really hard for me, but I am learning that as a parent you just have to! A lot of your suggestions I've already been implementing, so I am pretty sure the answer is just time and I think I am okay with that :) I realized the other day that when I had my first full time job I remember it was really hard to go to work every single day and I would think, "This is so monotonous, do I have to do this for the rest of my life? I only get a few weeks of vacation a year, etc...." After awhile, I completely forgot that I ever felt that way and that gives me hope that the same thing will happen with staying at home!

Anyway, James is growing and growing!!! Here are the pictures I took yesterday:

He is finally growing some hair and some chunk! Look at those juicy thighs!! A few days ago we gave him his first taste of rice cereal and he did pretty well. I don't think he minds the taste of it, but he was a little unsure of what exactly he was supposed to do with it :)

The next day, I thickened it up a little more and he did much better with it. He even started opening his mouth for more!

Things he likes at 6 months old: New sounds, lights, things to look at, jumping in his jumperoo, being held and carried, running errands with mommy, he LOVES Anthony and always gives him a big grin when he comes in the room, grabbing at faces and things he finds interesting, pulling and grabbing hair, putting anything and everything into his mouth, playing in the bath, sitting in our laps, having someone blow air in his face, and rolling over on the floor.

Things he hates at 6 months old: taking naps, being alone in a room, and being on his tummy for too long