January = Uneventful

I am not the best at documenting all of the baby firsts. Jack has already rolled over, smiled, started crawling and has cut his first tooth plus 3 others. He gets around pretty good, but doesn’t walk yet. He loves to wave, dance and play with Henry. He has said his first words and is starting to make sounds and point for things he wants. I don’t know when they all happened, they just did.

It’s not a big deal though, because if I decided to document all of these things when they actually happened, the rest of my kids would be mad and I would have to listen to them whine to me about how “it’s not fair” and why didn’t I keep track of all of the things they did when they were babies.

Where am I going with all this? Well, I cut Jack’s hair today (his first haircut) and then gave him a bath to wash off all of the little hairs stuck to him. He was all clean and dressed so I decided to take pictures of him. So now I have at least documented one of his firsts.

He just turned 11 months old. He is a pretty happy little guy.

 

Henry has a little backpack that he fills with toys and then he puts on his jacket and boots and tells me that he is going to school. I guess I will have to decide what he is going to do this fall – Joy School anyone?

Since Church now starts at 11:00 am, it has thrown a wrench into our Sunday nap schedule. We are getting used to it now, but at the beginning of the month Henry would fall asleep on Steve’s lap. One Sunday Henry wasn’t quite awake when we put him on the bench, and he slid forward and knocked his head on the bench in front of us. He got a nice rug burn on his forehead. I don’t think it hurt him, because he didn’t really cry, but it looked awful. It used to be worst than this.

Well folks, that’s it for January – Hopefully Feb is filled with just a touch more excitement and adventure.

Who’s Watching Henry?

Life is crazy at our house. Even though we now
have Jack to look after, we still have to wonder. . .

"Who's Watching Henry?"

Because now he can open all of the doors.

Because now we are on record with
the Police Department

Because not only does he try and
change his own diaper, but Jack’s too.

Because he likes to run around in just
his diaper, and it’s cold outside

Because he likes to steal my gum and candy
when nobody is paying attention.

Because he likes to paint things
with bright colored yogurt.

Because he's been spoiled rotten by
Grandma's for the last 3 weeks,
and now he thinks he can do whatever he wants.

Because he can do what ever he want's whenever he wants to,
and it doesn't matter if mom said it's OK. 

Because it's no fun to get stitches!

Because he takes any chance he can get to show
off his mad skills on the big wheel in the middle of the road.

2009 – It’s over already?

 

Looking back, I am amazed at how fast this year went by. I suppose it’s because I was pregnant for most of 2008 – the longest year in the history of the world. Still, Jack is now 10 months old – he’s not even a baby anymore. It always makes me sad when my little ones are not babies anymore. Time to have another one? Nope! Even though last January was a whole year ago, it has not been long enough for me to forget how awful it is to be 8 months pregnant.

Last January was as always long and boring. It was a nice change to have a dance recital in January and not during the holiday season. There was quite a bit of excitement when the Arizona Cardinals made their way through the playoffs and into the Super Bowl – And, even though it didn’t end the way we would have liked, it sure made January bearable.

For being the shortest month of the year, February was very long. As always, the 280 days of pregnancy were totally worth the end result. Sweet little Jack was finally here – amazing. While we were all very happy to have another little family member, I think Jack has been good for both Henry and Hannah. Hannah is like his little mother – she is a great babysitter for Jack - she always makes him smile. Henry is happy to have someone to share his room and sometimes his toys.

March, April and May – nothing much except a couple of birthdays. I think Steve’s parents came for a visit somewhere in there. I might have been a little tired for a few months. I think I snapped out of it by the end of May. Probably because school got out, but also because that is when my friends and I started our Recipe Blog. It has been fun to share delicious recipes with friends and family.

In June, Steve and I celebrated our 15th anniversary. We took a trip to our most favorite place – New York. I am always amazed when I think about how much has happened over the last 15 years. I never would have predicted 6 kids – I’m pretty sure that I used to think I was never going to have kids. I’m glad I was wrong.

July, August and September – again just lots of birthdays. I didn’t even post anything for August. I’m not ashamed to say that I turned 35 in August. I don’t know why I didn’t blog about it. I was probably busy trying to do fun things with my kids before school started so that they would remember that I was a fun mom. Just for the record, summer break was exceptionally long. That’s all I have to say about that.

October, November and December – I think I remember Halloween, but the rest is a mad blur. Shopping and parties and programs – but no dance recitals this year. The girls are making noises about missing dance – but I don’t wanna (said in a whining voice). We did finally for the first time get family photos taken by my friend Jill (link to the left). Steve wanted me to note that the Yankees won the World Series in November – but I know that nobody cares, because everyone else is Yankee-Haters and wanted them to lose.

Happy New Year to Everyone!

Wonder what new and exciting
things 2010 has in store for us?