Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween :)

MV has been wearing all his Halloween theme clothes the past couple weeks, and I meant to take pictures but forgot a couple. I'm going to have to dress him up to get those shots ;)

MV had two costumes this year. He was a lion for the Halloween party he went to. And a puppy for trick or treating :) I couldn't decide and for $6 each there was no harm in buying two.

8 Months

Weight
19lbs 7oz

Length

Hair and Eyes
Hair - its getting thicker, with the exception of the patches above his ears lol. I think it's more dirty blonde at this point too.
Eyes- no changes they are blue :)

Clothing Size
Footed sleepers - 12 months
Shirts - long sleeve are 9 months but he still fits in 6m short sleeve
Pants - 9 months

Diapers
Size 3 still

Sleep
f***ing horrible.
Things started fine with MV sleeping in his bed waking twice maybe three times a night. Then for some reason still unknown he now wakes every 30-60 minutes screaming. To say I am exhausted is an understatement.

Eating
Some more new solids have been introduced, plums seem to be a favourite.
Breast feeding continues every 2-3 hours, MV is having some issues here and won't stay latched longer than 4 minutes.

New Developments
- MV learned how to roll across the room so this became his way of getting around for a week before he full out started crawling. Now he's into everything!
- MV went to his first pumpkin patch :)
- MV stayed with a sitter (hubby's aunt) twice this month. First was just 2 hours while I went for a pedicure but the second time was for 6 long hours. The longest 6 hours ever. I had a few anxiety attacks and apparently he wasn't the happiest either.
- tooth #5 poked through. Top left fang.
- he started waving at people. Sometimes he'll do it when we say to, other times it's just random.
- favourite things this month include staring out the windows, and playing in the dog's water bowel.
- personality is wild and crazy. He never stops, and is into everything. I foresee a cast or two in our future!when you catch him doing something or about to do something he's not supposed to he let's out the funniest sounding giggle.

Mama?

I heard it.
I swear on anything of any value I heard it.

I normally don't get too excited about any of the syllables MV has been practicing but just now I swear he said Mama. And not his usually ma sound he makes. Just straight up mama.

And he's knew it.
It's 5am I'm trying to coax him back to sleep and in the middle of changing his 10lb urine filled diaper he said "mama". I stopped everything and repeated it back to him and with a giant grin he said it again.
And then three more times!

Maybe I'm just dreaming? The kid just turned 8 months Friday (post to come today), he can't possible be saying mama this early.. Can he?
Thankfully he's falling back asleep now but I really just wanted to keep him awake and talking lol

Alright excitements over. I had to tell someone and here seemed best just in case I'm losing my mind I know you guys won't judge me ;)

On the move

So with all my slacking with blog posts I missed out on telling you MV is offically crawling!
Life has been.... busy lol

A couple days after he turned 7 months he realized he could roll everywhere so he did that for about a week. His crawling started around Thanksgiving, first it was a mix of crawling and bum scooting and after two or three days turned into crazy fast crawling.

I have barely sat down since.

Oh and we still don't have baby gates and have two sets of stairs off our main floor...

I also still need to do an offical baby proofing.

Our cats and dog are not the biggest fans of MV lately... it could have something to do with the fact he chases them around and jumps on them and/or pulls their fur :s

7 Months

The problem with taking pictures with my good camera and not my phone is I have to upload them onto the computer to see and use them... so not that I'm making excuses but this post is pretty late because of that ;)

On September 26th MV turned 7 Months!!

Weight
17.5 lbs

Length
28.5 inches

Hair and Eyes
Hair - it's getting thicker! Still fairly light, sometimes it looks a little strawberry blonde, other times its a more dirty blonde.
Eyes - Big and blue. Old ladies (and everyone else) love his eyes. lol

Clothing Size
onesies and shirts - if they are short sleeve then he can still fit in most 3-6 shirts
sleepers - 9 months
pants - 6-9 months, but the waists are too lose

Diapers
size 3 still :)
Oh and we finally had to buy diapers. 7 Months worth from a baby shower is pretty good :)

Sleep
Sleep... I wish I could say great things but really its hit and miss. Just when I think he's sleeping well something happens and its back to waking every 2 hours.
Sleeping arrangements have been changing, MV has been sleeping the first half of the night in his room in his crib. At around 2am when he wakes for his feeding he falls back asleep in our bed and stays there until morning.

Eating
Still breast feeding every 3 hours approximately. Foods are being introduced around every 5 days. He is not much for pureed foods so we've been doing a combo of purees and regular foods. So far he has eaten banana (which he may be allergic too), avocado, green beans, sweet potato, squash, and peaches. Peaches were a big hit mixed with his cereal.

New Developments
- 4 teeth this month!! two top and two bottom chompers! three of them all came in less than 7 days... that was... fun... torture.
- favourite toys include his taggie blanket, and our cell phones
- he finally rolled from front to back!
- he now reaches up with his arms when he wants to be held
- pulls up onto his knees, so we dropped the crib down to avoid any issues.
- finally after lots of encouragement will finally take a soother. this has made life soo much easier! when he does wake I just pop that soother in his mouth and he usually falls back asleep.
- loves being tickled, thighs are extra fun

Remembering our babies

Today, October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.

I sadly know a handful of people, myself included who have sadly lost a pregnancy and even a baby.

I still do not have the courage to post anything on Facebook; I am at a place now where I can talk about our loss with most, but majority of people still do not know.

I am so grateful everyday for MV, my precious rainbow baby.

For more info on this day see below and check out the webpage.

Thankful

Today we celebrated Thanksgiving, my favourite holiday of the year.
My belly is stuffed full of goodness; turkey, potatoes, stuffing, corn, beans, buns, and delicious pumpkin pie. I didn't even eat the squash or the beets, or apple pie.

MV tried turkey tonight, I think he liked it :) we have leftovers so he'll be having turkey all week.

It was a lovely day spent with family, and tonight I'm cozied up in bed fighting to keep my eyes open.

Before we ate we went around the table and said something we were thankful for; I'm thankful for so many things this year: my baby, my loving husband, Friends and family, my health and the health of everyone I care for.

And I'm thankful for my king sized cozy bed that I am cuddled in right now ;)

I will be back tomorrow to catch up on my reading and posts that I've been trying to get up.

Happy Thanksgiving friends <3

9 years and counting

9 years ago today I took a chance.
I had a few drinks for courage, put on my best bra and a low cut top, and knocked on his dorm room door.
I was a girl on a mission, my mission was to make him mine. I had never felt such a pull towards anyone else before. He drew me in like a magnet.
I don't know what came over me but that night I behaved in a way I never had before. I have no regrets.

We played it cool the first couple weeks. "no labels" we said, "no commitment" we agreed. I think we were both afraid of scaring the other off. After two weeks of being inseparable we finally admitted what our friends knew all along; we were a couple.

We fell in love fast and hard. Crazy I can't live without you kind of love. Over the years that love has grown, changed and become more mature, more real.

We've had a lot of good times, created amazing memories.
We grew together. Teenagers when we met, became adults together.
We fought. Passionately.
We stuck it out together during tough times, leaned on each other.

We are not the same people as when we met.
We have less in common now, but even with the differences our love has grown.

Two years ago today I married him.

So many things went wrong that day, but none of it mattered. That feeling I had the first time I saw him was back and stronger than ever.

It's hard work sometimes; our life isn't perfect. Sometimes it doesn't seem fair.
But I love him, and he loves me. Even when we may not deserve it, and especially when we need it the most.

This past seven months I've fallen in love with him all over again. A new love, as I've watched him become a father.

I wonder how many times you can fall in love with one person...