B is 6 months old!

So, Barrett turned 6 months old Saturday! Time has gone so fast! We go to the doctor tomorrow, for his 6 month shots, which neither one of us are looking forward to. We had to go to Convenient Care today because he's been coughing for 3 days. Luckily, it's just a cold. All he's wanted to do this weekend is sleep, poor baby. We are getting family pictures made on June 1st! I'm so excited, since this will be our first professional pictures done with our new addition! I've GOT to go to the tanning bed tomorrow though. I've been telling myself to go, every day, for the past week but something always seems to come up! I've told myself not to go to the tanning bed at all but I really hate being pasty white...just ignore my last blog, talking about how I wasn't going to go ever again ;).

Barrett was excited, watching Lilly

He refused to look at me and smile!

I've really been beating myself up lately because Barrett isn't doing things that I see other 6 month old babies doing. He still hasn't rolled over either way. He can sit up but doesn't have his balance down yet, to do it completely on his own. He is nowhere near crawling. He babbles and has good coordination though. His doctor told me last time to not worry about it, that every baby's different and he'll more than likely do everything at once, since he's so big. He said alot of big babies will start crawling a week or so before they walk so I'm hoping that's our situation. I'm going to ask him about it again tomorrow just to ease my mind. I know it's nothing I'm doing wrong but you can't help but feel that way, when you're a mother and your child isn't progressing like other babies. At the doctor today, he weighed 21 pounds 3 ounces...I love my giant baby!

He is such a doll-baby!

Anyways, I guess that's all I have to post today. I'll post again this week, about his 6 month checkup!

Same ole Same ole...

Nothing's new. Barrett's still growing up a storm and just as cute as he's always been. Lately, he's wanted to wake up around 6 every morning, which is getting exhausting. I know I should just be thankful that he's slept through the night for a few months now but I've gotten so adjusted to him sleeping from 10pm to 8am. Now, it's pretty much 6 or 7 am when he wakes up, regardless of when he goes to sleep. I'm a night owl so I don't go to sleep til around 12. Oh well...him being such a good baby 24/7 makes up for it. This child literally hardly ever cries. I get the question, "is he always this good?" every day. If he's fussing and I can't make him stop, then I know he's got an ear infection. Speaking of, this is his second one already. Ugh...I'm hoping he's not going to follow in the footsteps of my 3 nephews with allergies, ear infections, etc. but I'm sure he will. They've all had the worst luck. I have a feeling his pediatrician and I will be discussing tubes in his ears within the next 2 or 3 years, but I hope not.

Thursday last week, I ran over a giant screw on Highland, which landed me at King Tire the next day, to get 2 new tires (since another one needed replaced anyways). I went to eat at Rafferty's this past Monday and came out to discover about a 2 foot long crack in my windshield. I'm guessing I had a peck from a rock or something and the first good heat of the year took it's toll. So, I got a new windshield from Jack Morris this morning. As I was pulling back into work, I noticed my glass had a wavy appearance in some spots so I ran it back by Jack Morris this afternoon. Unfortunately, it was a defective glass and I get to go back on Monday to fix it. So in other words, I haven't had great luck with my car this week. We've had a few birthdays lately, as well as a couple of graduations, baby/wedding showers, and weddings...tis the season! I've been dying to go to the tanning bed lately but trying to not let myself do it. My mom had a run-in with skin cancer last year, which will make you re-think jumping in the tanning bed. She definitely doesn't go anymore. I just know that with the way my skin burns, I'm vulnerable to it as well. It's crazy to think about what damage people will risk to their body for what they consider "better" appearance. I mean, I've even said before that I want a tummy tuck...seriously. But then I think about how unnecessary it is. I mean, what if the surgeon accidentally cut something wrong and I was paralyzed for the rest of my life...I figure if it's unnecessary to live, then I don't need to do it. I'll admit though...I'm still VERY tempted to go to the tanning bed. I may just have to invest in the Versa Spa again this year.

I had a great first Mother's Day. I got some very sweet cards and gifts from my family. Barrett's been the best gift of all! Being a mother is so indescribable. It is and will always be the greatest accomplishment of my life. I am so content with my life right now. I have the best friends and family a girl could ask for. On that positive note, I'll get off here. Have a great week.

Political Bashing

Yes, I am republican. I have lots of friends that are democrat and I think no different of them than my republican friends. When I see someone bash George Bush, it's pretty much like they're bashing me. No, he's not my best friend or anything but I've always been fond of him. I don't agree with certain political figures and some of them are even republicans. However, I don't feel the need to voice my disapproval of certain people on Facebook. I just think it's sad that this is what political parties have come to. Bin Laden was killed and all of a sudden Bush-bashing has come back? I'm a little confused. Oh well. Since everyone else is entitled to their opinion, I thought I would voice mine. I have nothing harsh to say about Obama at all...can't we just get over it already?

Busy weekend!

So, as this blog title explains, we had a busy weekend! Friday night, we went to O'Charleys with some friends. After we got home, I had laundry to do. Saturday, I had to take Lilly to the vet to get her Bordetella vaccination then came home to do more laundry and the dishes, while Ty did some yard work. While B took a nap, I snuck outside (and took the monitor-don't worry) to help trim the bushes for a few minutes. Thanks to my mom and step dad for letting us borrow the electric bush trimmer by the way! Ty refuses to spend the money and get our own. Ha ha. He has always cut them using manual clippers, which used to take hours and hours. This electric thing is SO much easier. After laundry and dishes were done, I decided to take B with me to get my car cleaned up and to Kroger. The whole day Saturday, he was really fussy and wanted to sleep a lot. He got worse as I tried to get ready to leave with him and was tugging at his ears so I decided to go ahead and run him to Convenient Care. Of course, he has another ear infection. We just saw his pediatrician last week or the week before and he said that his ears looked great! Luckily, I think we caught this one early. The Convenient Care doctor said it was probably just the beginning. Anyways, we had to put him on antibiotics once again. He's acted like he feels a little better today than he did yesterday. Needless to say, we didn't have a chance to get my car cleaned or go to Kroger. We had to run by Walgreens instead. After we got back home, I put him down for a nap and I got ready to go over some friends of ours house. We went over there Saturday night and took B with us. Ty and his friend grilled some elk. Oddly enough, Ty said it was pretty good. Sounds disgusting to me! I decided to run to Outback with someone else and get some desert at about 10 that night. Oh yeah...speaking of desert...they have this new strawberry shortcake thing that is sooo good, so give it a try if you go!

I had every intention of going to church this morning and was so disappointed when I woke up at 10:15 and church starts at 11. I set the alarm by my bed for 9 and my phone for 9:15 and sat my phone on my dresser, so I'd have to get out of bed to turn it off. Well, I must have been horribly sleepy because Ty said he didn't turn it off...therefore, I must have. The storm woke me up around 4 that morning then I woke up at 5, not feeling good so I guess those 2 times messed me up. So, we missed church but had Ty's family reunion at 12:30 in Beech Bluff. I'm already always late but with a baby, I'm REALLY late. He always decides he's hungry as I'm trying to walk out the door and do something so I end up late...most people that have had a baby totally understand that. We ended up getting out there around 1 and left at 3. I ran Ty by the gun show at the fairgrounds after we got back in town. We stayed there til around 4:30. On our way home, the sirens started going so I forced Ty to let us stop by work and hang out there til the storms passed. He thought it was stupid but I'm a scaredy-cat and that's ok!

Tonight, we went to Red Robin with my mom and step dad. The food was great as always. "Granny" and "Doo-Dah" love getting to see Barrett and I love for them to be able to see him since they don't get to him as much as they or I'd like. Unfortunately, they both have to work during the week which leaves only the weekend for them to see him. Every now and then, they'll get to see him on a weeknight. We only got to spend an hour or so with them on Easter so we're looking forward to getting a lot of Mother's Day to spend with them. Anyways, back to my weekend, we got home after dinner tonight and gave B a bath, fed him his cereal and bottle, and now he's in bed. Of course, I just heard him start talking, so I'm sure he'll be crying in a few minutes for us to get him ;). We usually let him fuss for a few minutes before we run in there and get him up. If we immediately picked him up every time he fussed/cried, he'd be attached to mine or Ty's hip.

I had hoped to take Lilly to the groomer Saturday but they didn't have anything open so she's going tomorrow morning. She goes to Petsmart and they've always done a good job. However, I make sure she gets 1 of 2 people to do it, since I know they're good to her and cut her the way I like. She desperately needs a haircut and a bath! Speaking of Lilly, she's really growing to adore Barrett! She's loved him from the day he came home but she loves him more every day and it's so sweet! Barrett's learning and doing new things all the time now and she knows it. He can finally sit up by himself with just a Boppy pillow behind him. He sat in a highchair at Red Robin tonight. We just had to stuff a few blankets around him and he did fine. He was tired of it after about 10 minutes though. Barrett weighed 20 pounds when I took him to the doctor on the 21st. That's more than a lot of one year olds! The doctor said he looked great and re-checked his ears since he had had an ear infection, which he said looked good as well. I asked him about B not rolling over, which he told me to not worry about. He said that most babies are rolling over by now but since Barrett was exceptionally large for his age, it's more difficult for him to shift his weight like little babies. The doctor checked his reflexes and said that B's muscle tone was actually really really good for his age, so that made me feel better. He's not fat by any means. We were actually laughing earlier because his little ribs were sticking out. His bone structure is just big. He's sitting up good now...not quite by himself yet but really close. He does TRY to roll over but just can't get it all the way. The doctor said he may not roll over until he's crawling, which is fine. He's saying mama a lot. He's loving his cereal finally. He's had a few drops of tea and a tiny bit of whipped cream...that's it. It's funny seeing his facial expressions when he tries new things. I wouldn't ever give him large amounts of any kind of table food but the tiny bit I've given him is fine. The only bad thing about it is that he knows what a cup, bowl, spoon, fork, and plate are...meaning that anytime someone's eating around him, he thinks he should be eating too ;). He's gotten to where he'll open his mouth and make little noises to tell you that he wants something. I hate that I can't give him more...ha ha. For now, we just stick to our formula and the once a day cereal at night. I have started putting a tiny bit of applesauce baby food in his cereal and he loves it! Not to mention, it helps counteract the constipation factor of starting cereal. We have to give him an ounce of prune juice every night too, to help.

I love being his mother and watching all the new things he does. The fact that he wants his momma over anyone else is the best feeling in the world and I'm just so in love with him! I never knew I could love something/someone so much. I adore watching him grow and learn things. I can't ever get enough time with him either! He's the sweetest thing on earth and I wouldn't have him any other way! Anyways, I think I've covered every second of my weekend! I hope everyone has a wonderful week!