Buckle your Seatbelt!

I drove up to daycare last week and was surprised to see Patrick driving already!


Looks like Michael and I will have to buy him one of these for Christmas - preferably one that isn't pink!

Lookout!

My 'little' boy has his first tooth. We have suspected that he has been teething for awhile now. He has been a little fussy, nothing too bad, and had a runny nose for about a week now. Well on Friday night, I felt a little sharp area on his gum. Sure enough, Patrick has his first tooth coming through! I have tried for three days to get a picture of it, but he keeps sticking his tongue out when I pull his lip down! Stubborn butt!


This may mean out feeding time together is coming to a close! We will see how nice he is! Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

House Update

I cannot believe how fast the house is moving along. After lost post, you can see I am ready to go! We still have quite a few more months, but it is exciting to see it coming along. And best of all, our builder said we are ahead of schedule (knock on wood!)


This was our house a week and a half ago. They had poured the basement walls and had laid the block on top.


By this week they had bricked on top of the block in the basement and started framing. This picture was take on Thursday.


These last two pictures were taken Friday. You can see how much progress they made in just two days. They have the inside framing up for the rooms!


This last picture is looking in from where the garage will be. The brick you see in the front of the picture is the part in between our garage doors.

The house still looks small to me, even though according to our plans it isn't. I know it will change so much once they add the second floor and the dry wall. It is so exciting and I can't wait until it looks more like an actual house! We also had more trees cleared in our backyard. Our lot has a 30 foot buffer in the back that separates our lot from a field. Well we wanted those trees out too so we had a company come in a do it. What a world of difference! Our back yard looks huge and I am sure that Patrick will have a great time running around back there!
It is nice because even though there is a field behind us, there are nice size Christmas trees back there to separate it.

I am so excited for the process to continue! I can't wait to have everyone over to our house and actually have room for them! I will keep everyone updated as the house continues to come along!

How Soon?

Is our house built yet? Seriously. I love my parents, I do, but I am feeling a little in the way this week. They are having friends stay from Texas. I could count on one hand the amount of times my parents have had friends come stay at their house. Of course, they have people come when we are living here...with a baby...who has a lot of sh**. I must also preface this post by saying that my Mom is not a clean person. Well now, let me rephrase that, she is not an ORGANIZED person. Their house drives me, and my Dad, crazy. There is stuff everywhere. Now she can tell you where something is, but I could never find anything. I cannot live like that.

Anyway, my Mom never cleans. They have a housekeeper that comes once every two weeks to scrub the house. Otherwise, I am cleaning and trying to organize things. Of course, this week, she is in a cleaning frenzy. Not just a cleaning frenzy, but she feels the need to put away EVERYTHING. With a baby, that is hard to do. You can't just put away things because you need them. Every day. For example, I love his swing, but it takes up a lot of room. Normally, this is no big deal, but since company is coming and they are having other people over Saturday night, it is in the way. I feel like I am putting everything away, just to get it ALL back out a day later. It's not like we have our things everywhere, we have out what we need on a daily basis. Annoying.

The best part is, the company has to stay in the room where Patrick is sleeping. Mom wanted to move out the crib, but I had to inform her that was NOT happening because you actually have to take it apart to fit out the door. We compromised with just taking out the changing table. Patrick will be sleeping in the pack and play in our room. Since he is still not sleeping through the night, I feel bad for Michael having to wake up when he does. Luckily he is away at drill this weekend, so it will just be Patrick and I in our room. At least until Sunday night.

With all of that going on, Mom and Dad are having a small get together for everyone to see the company since it has been so long since they have all been together. This will add up to a LOT of people trying to touch Patrick. God help me. I think I will retreat to our room until it is his bedtime.

Pray for me for the next few days!

6 Month Stats!

We finally had big man's 6 month appointment! He is getting so big: 17 pounds and is 26.5 inches long. I am so proud of...ME! HA. When he was first born, I said I would feed him for as long as I could, no big deal. Then when we hit June, I said I would go until school started. Then school started, and I said 6 months. Well, here we are at 6 months and we are still going strong. I don't foresee me being one of those crazies nursing him at 2 years, don't worry kids! But for now, we are just playing it by ear and see how it goes!

I need to post a picture of him from daycare, but my phone is dead :( I will post it when I have time!

Reminders

With everything going on lately around here, and with Michael only in uniform one weekend a month, it is almost easy to forget that I am a military wife. Even if my husband only serves one weekend a month, two weeks a year, I am still a military wife. I remember those lonely nights when I cried myself to sleep, and then pulled myself back together. Those Saturdays when I lived for Skype and seeing his handsome face. And the countdown, or 'Donut of Misery' as it was in my excel program. I watched those days slowly tick down, and then finally, my moment was there. I remember the feeling when those buses pulled in, and when the words 'Dismissed' were yelled. It was a feeling I can never describe. Another deployment is always in the background. Michael always says, it's not a question of if, but when.

I saw this on someone's blog today and had to post it:

This is for the young women that are waking up at 6am every morning with small precious children that they have been left alone to care for. This is for the pregnant military wife wondering if her husband will make it home in time to watch their miracle happen. This is for the childless military wife, living in a town or on a base alone where she is a complete stranger to her surroundings. This is for the women that feel like a 3rd leg when they go out with their friends and their husbands. This is for the military wife that cancelled all her plans to wait by the phone, and even though the phone broke up and cut off every time you spoke to him you waited anyway.

This is a pledge to the women that cry themselves to sleep in an empty bed. This is to recognize the woman that felt like she was dying inside when he said he had to go, but smiled for him anyway. This is for those of you that are faithfully in that long line at the post office once a month handling 2 large boxes and 2 small children like a pro. This is for all the lonely nights, all the one-person dinners, and all the wondering thoughts because you haven't heard from him in days.

A toast to you for falling apart, and putting yourselves back together. Because a pay check isn't enough, a body pillow in your bed is no consolation, and a web cam can never compare. This is for all you no matter how easy or hard this was for you. Our military men are brave, they are heroes, but so are we. So the next time someone tells you that they would never marry a military guy, don't bother explaining to them that you can't control who you fall in with. Just think of this and nod your head, know that you are the stronger woman. Hold your heads up high, hang that flag in your front yard, stick 100 magnets on your car, and then give yourself a pat on the back.

Be proud to be the woman that you are, be proud to be a MILITARY WIFE!

6 Months

My little pumpkin is 6 months old today! My goodness how time flies. I just can't believe this little person has gotten so big, and has changed so much!

Up on all fours!

Dear Patrick,

Six months already! My how time flies! You are getting so big, and learning new things everyday. This month you have starting sitting up on your own - not for long, but long enough to grab a toy or two and check our your feet, which you love! When you have shoes on your feet are even more fascinating. You have started to stand on all fours, and can move backwards, but have not mastered how to go forward yet. I am sure it's only a matter of time!

We don't have an official weight yet, we go to the Doctor next week, but I am guessing you weigh around 16 pounds if not more. Our best guess on height is around 26 inches. Your growing weight and height has bumped you up to 6 month clothes and even some 9 month! You are still in size 2 shoes, and love them. You have also graduated to size 3 diapers.

You are still nursing (YAY for us!) but seem to lose interest sometimes. We will see how much longer we can go. My goal is at least until Christmas! You are still eating solids and have added green beans to your list of foods (You loved them!) Making your food has been pretty easy so far! This month we are going to try apples and sweet potatoes.

Sleeping is another story...You are still waking up around two to three times a night. Thankfully you will nurse for about 10 minutes and go right back to sleep each time, but Mommy is still very tired at work! We are hoping as you get a little bit bigger you start sleeping longer (More like praying!) You still love sleeping your tummy, and lately have been sleeping with your legs scrunched up so your butt is up in the air. It is very cute!

Ms. Margaret says you love the kids at daycare, and they for sure love you! Everyone comments on how you are such a happy baby, and it is very true! You rarely cry and are content just to look around and take everything in. You did have your first cold from daycare this month, which made for some sleepless nights because your little nose was so stuffed up. Luckily, the humidifier seemed to help tremendously!

Patrick, I cannot believe you have been in our lives for half a year now. You have brought so much joy to us and I can't imagine life without you. I can't wait to see what your discover next month!

Love,
Mommy

Fall is in the Air!

Today it was GORGEOUS out! A cool 60 degrees, with the breeze blowing. It was a perfect day to have the windows open and visit the pumpkin patch. Since last year, when I visited the local farm when I was pregnant, I have wanted to bring Patrick! I saw all of these other little babies getting their pictures taken in the pumpkins and knew I would have to do this with my little one.

All in all it was a success. We got some cute pictures. We would have had more but he was fascinated with his shoes and would not look up!


Michael wasn't able to go with us this year because of football. Of course the game last night was rained out, and moved to today! There is always next year! I am sure trying to keep an 18 month old still for pictures will be even more interesting!