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!