7 Months

How horrible of a blogger am I these days?  Cass is almost 8 months old and I just realized I never did a 7 month post.  Things have been super hectic, though so I'm trying to take it easy on myself.  We just moved into our own home and Cass has been sick the ENTIRE month of March.  We're headed to an ENT on Monday.
He started pulling up on stuff around 7 months.  He has progressed since then, but I'll save that for the 8 month post I should be writing next week. HA!  I made a committment to myself and to Cass that he would not suffer the 2nd child syndrome and not have a baby book or any memories when he grows up.  I have done pretty well with his baby book, but I admit the blog has suffered.  That upsets me because I do go back to my blog as a reference for stuff with Cole.  Life with 2 kids is hectic, but those boys are worth every minute of it.  

Recent Cole-isms

I went into Cole's room to wake him up which is always a task in itself.  He got out of bed like he was ready to go, then he laid on the floor and said, "I'm gonna lay in the floor and cry."  And he did.

Last night I sat and watched him sit up in his bed with a book and a flashlight and he read a book to himself.  From memory, of course, but it was the sweetest thing.  The book?  My Brother Is a Little Monster

He woke up in the middle of the night because he wanted to feed the squirrels.

He woke up in the middle of the night because he wanted his cars.

He goes to bed asking if he can go see his friends at school.

He wakes up begging me to let him go back to sleep.

He hates having to get in the bathtub.

He refuses to get out of the bathtub.

He refuses to use the potty. 

He told me, "Mama, change my bo-bo."  (aka diaper)

He refuses to let Cass play with his toys.  Then Cass will crawl up to him and he will pat him like a dog and say "Hey brudder!  What you doing?"  But, he still won't let him play with his toys.

He says Noah is his best friend.

He still loves Cars.

When he wants you to come do something for him, he runs up to you and says, "mama, hold my hand!"  Then as soon as you get up he lets go and says, "please come (do XYZ)."

He was getting in trouble the other day and he looked at me completely straight faced and then made this face...

I couldn't help myself...
I laughed...
Now he knows how to get me.
But I don't mind. <3

Cass 6 Months

Cass is SIX MONTHS old!  Fastest 6 months of my life, no doubt. 
He's crawling already.  It's insane.  He's into everything.  I guess it's true what they say about 2nd children wanting to keep up with the 1st child.  Speaking of keeping up...I'm not doing very well keeping up with my blog.  Life is crazy busy with a 2 year old and a 6 month old.  I hate that I am not keeping up with stuff like I should be because I love having this blog as a place to store my memories.  Lord knows my memory is not too great right now. 
Cass is still waking up around 4 am to eat every morning.  Hopefully that will get better soon.  But, I'm not holding my breath. 

We are buying a house and we are so ready to get moved in.  SUPER excited, but SUPER nervous, too.

The blog is suffering a lot because I am not taking pictures like I would like to be.  I haven't taken a lot here lately, but hopefully that will change before too long. 

Here's the other stinker.  He's such a talker now.  He just talks all the time, and he's so funny.  I love these 2 boys so much.

Oh, and this one, too. :)

Cass 5 months

Mr. Cass is getting mobile, so he wouldn't stay upright for the picture.  He's all laid out. 
We're having sleep issues with him.  No fun at all.  But, he's such a happy baby.  Always smiling.  You just look at him and he smiles.

Christmas 2011

It was a whirlwind.  We visited tons of places, opened many a present.  It was exhausting.  Both kiddos were sick a lot of the time.  We wiped noses, butts, cleaned up puke...you know, the uje.  (I'm not sure how to spell that word, you know, like the usual, but the yoooge).  Cole was hard to impress this year.  Things I thought he would be super pumped about he was just like, okay, great, whatev.  But, I tried not to take it to heart, cause he's 2 and his mood changes like the wind blows.  All Cass did was eat wrapping paper. 
Anyway, Christmas was great, but I have to say I'm ready for things to settle back into a routine again so my boys will calm down hopefully.  Cole's in a big boy bed now and Cass has reverted back to even worse sleeping than normal.  So yeah, things are nuts, but it's all good. 

Favorite Christmas Movies

My favorite Christmas movies, in no particular order...

A Christmas Story

He looks like a pink nightmare! 
It's a major award.
Fra-gee-lay.
You'll put your arms down when you get to school.

There are so many good parts in that movie.  I didn't know anything about this movie till I was in college, and now I have to watch it every year.  I'm not sure how I didn't know about it, though.  I know it plays for 24 straight hours on TBS nowadays.  It's hilarious. 

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

It's Chevy Chase.  Beverly D'Angelo's hand is on his crotch for no apparent reason.  What the heck?  It's silly, but it's funny. 

Home Alone

Okay, I know some people hate this movie, but the part where he sings "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" makes me laugh everytime.  He's singing into a comb...I don't know, it's just funny.  And he ends up making friends with the scary old man and then the scary old man makes up with his son.  Awww!

Elf

Will Ferrell is one of those actors you either love or hate.  Well I love him.  And this movie makes me laugh.  I like when he goes into the locker room and is singing with Zooey Deschanel.  Speaking of...Justin says I have a girl crush on her.  I just love her!  But, the blond hair is not good.

The Family Stone

This is one of those movies that is super funny and then BAM! you're bawling.  I'm not sure how it would really work out with the swapping of significant others by the brothers, but when Meredith gives them all pictures of the mom when she was pregnant - it kills me.  I could cry right now thinking about it.

I'm bored at work today because NO ONE is here in my office except me, hence this post. :)
I also backed up all of my pictures and emptied my memory card so it's ready for this weekend.  Yea, Christmas!  Hopefully Justin and I can hold out a few more days.  We are so ready to give the boys their stuff!!

Daily Routine

I have seen other people write up their daily routines on their blogs, just as a kind of a keepsake. Something you can look back on 5 years from now and go “wow, I can’t believe I used to do that!” I have been wanting to do it for a few months and am just now sitting down to do it. So, as of now, with a 4.5 month old, and a 2 year old, here is our daily routine:


6:00 Alarm goes off

6:00:30 Snooze

6:09 Alarm goes off

6:09:30 Snooze

6:18 Turn the alarm off and slowly get out of bed

6:20 Start getting ready

6:35 Finish getting ready (15 minutes? That would explain why I look the way I do everyday.)

6:36 Start waking Cole up

6:40 Hopefully by now I have Cole out of bed and at least into the living room with a cup of milk, sometimes changing his diaper

At any point during this time, Cass could wake up and want to eat. Sometimes he just wakes up and I change him and he hangs out while I pray, “please wait till we leave to get hungry so they can feed you at daycare!!” Other times, he will wake up at 6 and I’ll feed him until Justin can take a break and feed him while I try to get ready.

6:41 Cole is eating breakfast, starting to wake up and is either coughing and puking in his coffee can, aka puke bucket (I say puke, but really he’s just coughing up phlegm..although sometimes that leads to puking for real)…or he’s just eating breakfast being a silly boy, telling Daddy he can’t go to work yet, and to take him with him.

6:50 I try to sit down and eat with Cole…it all depends on what Cass is doing

7:00 Either Justin or I am trying to get Cole dressed and brush his teeth and get Cass dressed and changed

7:15 Throw my clothes on hopefully

7:25 I need to be starting to load the kids, but hardly ever get this done on time. I take Cole to the car with whatever arm full of toys he wants for the morning, and take Cass’ diaper bag and my bag and purse and my (Heaven sent) Dr Pepper

7:30 I need to be pulling out of the garage…

7:35 I’m usually pulling out of the garage…

7:35:15 Cole has to close the garage door – push the but-ton mama??

7:35:20 He doesn’t push the but-ton hard enough so I end up pushing the button and the garage door closes…we all cheer Yea!!! The door’s closing!!

7:45 I drop the boys off at daycare

7:55 I arrive at work and start my day. I’m usually sweaty and exhausted already just from getting them all loaded in the car, and then unloaded.

12:00 lunch time – I usually use this time to run errands: go pick up milk, diapers, formula, whatever I forgot at the grocery store on the weekend.

5:00 I leave work as quick as I can, so I can go get my boys

5:10 I pick them up. Cole immediately says “watch Super Why? Mama??” “Yes, we’ll watch Super Why? as soon as we get home.

5:20 Cole starts arguing with me about whether or not Justin is home. “Daddy’s not home. He’s at work.” (that’s what Cole always says, no matter what I try to tell him)

5:30 (I think) I usually get home, and Justin’s already there. He helps me unload the boys.

5:45 I start trying to cook dinner while Justin entertains Cass and Cole watches Super Why?

6:00 Justin turns the news on, despite Cole’s whining that he wants to watch more Super Why?

6:30 Hopefully dinner is done and we are watching Wheel of Fortune. Cole loves Wheel of Fortune.

7:00 Family time, bath time, try to keep Cass happy time, try not worry about how dirty my house is time.

8:30 Cole’s bed time

8:31 Go pick up the racecar Cole dropped

8:35 Go pick up the racecar Cole dropped

9:00 Clean the kitchen, wash nipples, get bottles ready for the next day, maybe put some clothes in the dryer or wash a load?? Whatever I can get done…while Justin is occupying or feeding Cass…or vice versa. Sometimes he’s washing and I’m occupying.

9:45 Hopefully taking a shower

10:00 HOPEFULLY laying Cass down and going to bed.

10:10 Cass wakes back up. Pat his butt.

10:13 Cass wakes back up. Justin pats his butt.

Continue as needed until he gives in and sleeps.

3:00 Cass wakes up for no apparent reason. Maybe he’s coughing. Maybe he’s trying to drive me insane. Pat his butt.

3:05 Cass is screaming. Pick him up and trying to soothe him back to sleep without having to feed him.

3:07 Still trying

3:10 Go make a bottle, but only 4 oz because maybe that’s all he needs.

3:35 He finishes 4 oz and wants 2 more.

3:50 He is asleep in the chair, and so am I.

4:00 Put him back in his bed.

4:01 He’s crying. Pat his butt. Get back in bed.

4:05 He’s crying. Pick him up and get him bed with him on my chest.

4:06 He’s fast asleep.

4:06:30 I am too.

5:00 Cole wakes up crying for no apparent reason. Justin goes to check on him. Covers him back up. He’s fine.

6:00 Alarm goes off and REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT!!!