Jumperoo

Just wanted to extend a BIG thanks to our friends the Nobles, Johns, Dix's, and the Barkley's. They gave us this Jumperoo at our baby shower and Zachariah loves it! He is getting really good at the whole jumping thing, and he is pretty dern cute while doing it. I have a video of him in action that will come later. :)

Thanks guys!

Crabby

Words could not express how aggravated I am right now. I am so sick and tired of hearing my son screaming because he doesn’t want to go to sleep. And it isn’t even because he doesn’t want to sleep. He just wants to be held while he goes to sleep. I don’t know why the heck he has started this up again. He was doing so great going to sleep by himself. But lately he WILL NOT take a nap without me holding him. But I am bound and determined to break him of this! That is why I let him cry and scream and yell at me. But I give in after 15 or 20 minuets. Listening to a blood curdling scream may sound fun to you, but it doesn’t rank high on my list. It bugs the crap out of me knowing that if I held him for 5 minuets he would go right to sleep.

And to make matters worse, I desperately want/need to shower. But I don’t see that happening until Daniel gets home today.

5 Months Old Today

You dont get any cuter than this

Penguin

I just wasted 30 min. playing this game. It was very addicting. So if you want to kill some time (and penguins) I definitely recomend it.

Dishes can wait

I love being in my Pajama's all day not having to go anywhere or do anything.

Its my favorite.

None of Your Beezewax

Most people who know me know that I worry a lot. I worry about something happening to my baby. I worry about not having enough money. I worry about my husband finding his dream job. I worry about getting pregnant again. I worry about finding a church that is right for us. And I worry about doing this whole parenting thing right.

I was reading Acts 1 today (from The Message, in case you were wondering). The apostles asked Jesus when He was going to restore the kingdom of Israel. He answered their question with, “You don’t get to know the time. Timing is the Fathers business.” And then it hit me. Duh. I don’t get to know if something is going to happen to Zachariah. I don’t get to know if we are going to stop struggling financially. I don’t get to know when Daniel will find the job of his dreams. I don’t get to know when the “right time” for us to have another child may be. I don’t get to know when we will find a church that we love.

That’s kind of hard for me to grasp. Because the way I look at it, it’s my life. I should be able to have a say in it. I should be able to know what is going on. I should be able to choose the timing of my major life events. But I don’t. And that’s (slowly) becoming ok with me. I guess I need to learn to stop worrying about things I have no control over. I need to realize that if I did have control over those things I would screw it all up. I need to learn to keep my nose out of His business and let Him do things His way.

I hate it when I get slapped in the face like that.

Infomercials

Do you hate dusting in those hard to reach areas? You know what I am talking about. Fan blades, blinds, floor boards. Lets be honest here. Who really likes to dust? If you are anything like me dusting doesn’t get done except for once every 4 or 5 months. (Yeah I know, I am a bad housewife)

So we have determined that you hate to dust, right? You better grab a seat, because I have the perfect product for you. What is this wonderful dusting product you ask? Its the handy dandy Swiffer Duster of course! I just dusted our whole living room (fan blades included) in less than 5 min. It was quite amazing. And I actually enjoyed doing it. Shocker I know. Amy Lynn, who doesn’t lift a finger except to turn on the TV, dusted today. The best part about it? It cost less than $10.

Read up on it. Buy it. Fall in love with it.
I know I did.

Bath Bucket Anyone?

I was doing some online browsing today and found this infant "bathtub". I read up on it and supposedly the tub promotes a fetal sitting position for the baby. Its supposed to be safer and make bathtime enjoyable. The thing I am wondering is how on earth you are supposed to bathe the baby while they are in a cramped little bucket with water up to their chest. Now, I haven’t used it, so I probably shouldn’t pass judgment on this tub. In fact, most of the reviews I read on it were very positive. But I just can’t see it being any easier to bathe a baby in that.

With my luck, everyone that reads my blog will probably have one of these and they will love it. So then I will look stupid for insulting it... but for now I will just giggle at the image in my head of bathing a baby in a mop bucket.

Keep On Rollin

Quick update on my adorable child:

1) He has become an expert on sucking his fingers/thumb (see picture below)
2) He has tried ALL of the Stage 1 baby foods and only found one that he doesnt like (Peaches)
3) He is a big fan of hiding under his burp cloth
4) He has recenly gotten his hand eye coordination worked out (which means mommy is losing a lot of hair.)
5) He has beeng "talking" a lot here recently, and its the most adorable thing in the world.
And our biggest accomplishment so far?

drum roll please.........

He rolled over for the first time this weekend!!! Horray!

We are going to the Dr. on Wednesday four our 4 month check up (even though he is almost 5 months, but who is counting?) ... so stay tuned for another update soon!

Loads and Loads of Laundry

Its a little overwhelming

Frustration

Recently I have put together a photo album of Zachariah. In it I have put two pictures of him from every week since he has been born. Its a really quick way to see how fast he is growing up. Luckily it has been really easy to get two pictures a week that I love! I usually have a hard time deciding on just two to put in the album. But this week has been a nightmare. I have tried for 6 days now to get just 2 pictures. I am not a photographer, so I have come to accept that my pictures are not going to be magnificent. So it shouldn't be hard to get 2 pictures of my son, right? They don't have to be glamorous. They don't have to be stunning or adorable. I do not expect them to be the best pictures of his short little life so far. But I just want two pictures that aren't blurry. That's it. If he will just hold still for one moment that would be perfect. But I have had no such luck. I have taken over 20 pictures this week and I have NOTHING to show for it.

Does anyone have a picture of your kid that I can borrow for this week's entry in the photo album?

4 Months Old

At our last Dr. appointment (about 2 weeks ago) my little man weighed in at 15 pounds 11 ounces. He had been nursing every 2 hours or so and waking up more frequently during the night, so the Doctor told me to start him on Rice Cereal and Stage 1 baby foods. He didn't like the Rice Cereal very much, but he has been LOVING the baby foods. I was actually a little worried about him eating from a spoon, but he did really well! Now, when its time to eat, he gets so excited and tries to help me... which is cute, until he shoves the spoon to the back of his throat.

So far he has tried Green Beans, Applesauce, Sweet Potatoes, and Bananas. He hasn't found one that he doesn't like yet, but can you tell which one is his favorite?

A Whole Lot of Nothing

For the past few weeks I have started writing several new posts. But they are all incomplete. I could never finish a though, much less a post. It isn't like I haven't had things to post about. Things have happened. For example:

The writers strike is really cramping my style
I am officially hooked on the TV show LOST
There is something about a presidential election coming up
Thespacebaronourkeyboardhadabreakdown,causingustotypelikethisforawhile.
I have been slacking in the Harry Potter department. I have read the first 5 books. I am hoping to start the 6th one soon.
Our stove caught on fire last night, and I am almost positive it was my fault.
Zachariah has started eating baby food (and he is loving it)
He has also turned 4 months old
And he is currently yelling at me for not paying him any attention

See, I have stuff I could have blogged about... but for some reason I just cant motivate myself to complete a post.

Oh well, maybe next time.

Christmas Bandit

I couldn't even begin to list out everything that Zachariah got for Christmas... but I can tell you that he made out like a bandit. He got a ton of cute toys and clothes. Look at this outfit that his Aunt Christie gave him! Isn't it adorable? I am in love with the vest.

(Cute boots compliments of Hayley Catt)

Good News, Bad News

Good news:
Zachariah is following a sleeping schedule at last! (which means I am following a sleeping schedule also!)

Bad news:
Its from 11:00pm-10:30am - with 2 feedings in there somewhere. (which means I don't wake up for the day until 10:30 also!)

I need him to start going to sleep at 8 or 9:00pm and waking up at 8am. I cant get anything done around here when I am laying in the bed until 10:30.

This is going to be fun.

Regurgitation

Zac was sitting in his bumbo on the computer desk when he decided to projectile puke.
Its all over the floor, bumbo, desk... me.

*shudder*

Excuse me while I go shower.

Freakin Adorable

I just cant get over how cute he is!

Bad Mommy?

I let my (almost) 12 week old son watch his first movie today. At first putting my child directly in front of the TV, with the hope that he would be entertained by Shrek 2, made me feel a little guilty. But then getting a shower and being able to shave one of my legs was pretty gratifying.

Now I need to find another movie he will watch so that I can shave the other leg.

Taking after Pops

Zachariah is balding. I know its "normal" for babies to loose hair on the back of their heads. It makes sense. All they do is lay around all day. But I am not liking this bald spot. He has the most beautiful hair all around it... and I don't want it to go away!

Complete head control cannot come soon enough.

My little man

This week Zac will be 3 months old. We went to the Dr. last week and he weighs 13 pounds 10 ounces and he is 23 and 1/4 inches long. He is getting so big! Although we haven't completely mastered the head control yet, he is sitting in his Bumbo on his own pretty well! He has also started babbling recently, and let me just say- its the cutest thing ever. Anyway, here are a couple pictures of my chubby little baby.