How I get thru my Saturdays...

So Saturdays I am stuck at work ALLLL day...8-530...it's a normal shift for some, but not this Momma!! It is the HARDEST day of the week because I am away from my baby ALL DAY!! And it is seriously torture! So, the only rule I have for whoever watches him, usually Grani Jani or Aunti Lish, you have GOT to send me pictures throughout the day!! These are some that I have gotten the past two Saturdays and without them I wouldn't make it!!! THANKS GRANI JANI AND AUNTIE LISH one for sending my pictures throughout the day and two for taking care of my baby while I'm away!!!

My Baby is 8 MONTHS!!!

MY BABY IS 8 MONTHS OLD!! HE IS 8 MONTHS....OLD!! TODAY....8 MONTHS!!! I cannot believe it!! It's going by waaay too fast and even though I tell him, pretty much on a daily basis, that he can back 'er down with the growing up too quickly...it doesn't work!!

My little man now has 4 teeth and is working on a 5th one in the back! Just last week he had a temp and runny nose, fussy, the whole 9 because of that darn tooth!!! He still has a runny nose but not so fussy and no more temp thank God!! I was a nervous wreck when he had a small temp. I took him in to see the Dr. and she said "We still consider 102 to be low grade". She must have seen the terror in my eyes...just the thought of my baby have a temp that high just fa-reaks me out!! She continued to say "If you get worried, just give us a call"...Yeah no problem with that one!!

He still only says "dada dada dada" and my favorite is when he will whisper "dadeee dadeee" uh, tear!!

He starts eating finger foods today!! Which means that Auntie Lish needs to teach me how to do the Heimlich like ASAP!! We are going thru a phase, a rather long phase actually, of not liking to be put in the highchair. I'm not so sure if it's the being strapped in like the car seat. Which, I might add, has subsided!!

He got YoBaby yogurt today for breakfast along with his cereal and he tore-it-up! He loved it!! He also loved that Momma would sing and dance to "yo-baby yo-baby yo"!! Hahaha, I know, a sight to see but I love to make him smile!!

My baby is now mo-bile!! He just cruises all over with his cute little crawling skills!! He reminds me of a toad the way his short stout little arms hold him up!! He'll sit up in bed and flail his little arms and kick his little legs with excitement to see me then crawl up to me in his crib after he wakes up! When he wants some lovins he'll crawl up to my legs and then sit up with his arms out to be held!! Oh how I love it so!!

He LOVES listenin' to Momma sing ABC's and count. Whenever he is fussin' all I do is say "Do you want to sing ABC's? A, B, C, D.." you know how it goes...but he will just smile real big and get all excited!! He also gets a crack out of "Pants on the ground. Pants on the ground..." We have our own litter version though when we are changing pants that he thinks is quite funny too..."Poop in the pants. Poop in the pants...lookin' like a goofy with poop in the pants" I think it has to do with the way I enunciate the "P" sound because he just cracks up!!!

Just a few pics...this was the very first time I went to get him in bed when he was just sitting up waiting for someone to come get him...

First time with those Gerber Graduate things...he kept lookin' at Daddy like "am I supposed to have these and if so, am I doin' it right?!" It was quite funny!!

This morning...with the yogurt!!

Bubba's new favorite place and some other randoms...

Yeah, that's right...not in the bouncy but under it!!! He seriously manages to get himself under that thing every single day!!!

I went in to get him the other morning and I found him sitting up, talking to himself!! Sitting up in his crib for the first time!! He's just recently gotten the hang of going from laying down to sitting up...he's getting SO BIG!!

My little buddy is afraid of the vacuum and the only way he won't get that scared look combined with screams is if he gets to help Momma...so this is the way we get the vacuuming done around here these days :) Too bad the vacuum won't vacuum my ottoman as well...

This is his new face...

He's my fav!!!!!

Pretty good weekend!!!

We had a pretty good weekend this past weekend!! Saturday, Momma had to work all day so Bubba hung out with Grani Jani and Grampi Tom. They went out for breakfast in Fairbury before Grampi Tom's open gym. Then they went for a walk to the gym. Bubba and Grani Jani went and picked up a present for Momma at Bed Bath & Beyond for a bridal shower for a lady Momma works with which was later Saturday night. Wouldn't ya know it, Bubba took two little baby crawl steps at the bridal shower towards a little 5 month old baby girl!! Buddy, too soon and too soon!!!!! I was so proud of him but REALLY bummed that I didn't have my camera!!

Sunday we had church. Bubba just LOVES Sunday School. Grani Jani teaches Sunday School so Bubba goes with her and he loves listening to the story and watching the kids sing and dance! After church, we celebrated cousin Lauren's 10th birthday at Great Nanny's house. We had such a good time...it's always good when our family gets together!!!

Bubba trying to get Lauren and Jordyn...

Doin' a little walkin' with Grani Jani...

Cousin Lauren Lou tryin' to get that passy with little success...

Laughin' at Great Uncle Michael...(can you see that my little baby has 4 TOOFERS!!!)

Aunti Lish and Erin...

Jordy and Momma...

Excuse me Mr., you are supposed to be sleeping!!! Three times we would go in to check on him and this is how we would find him :)

Birthday girl and her presents...

and her cake...

Sisters :)

Hold on Jordy!!!

Then Sunday night, Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Ed came over for dinner before they left for Arkansas!!

Aunt Martha's headin' to town!!

Oh how I love you PMS!!!

1st outing with the BFFs

So a few weeks ago my BFF, her hubs, and I decided to take the boys on their first outing together!! We went to go see Toy Story 3 and I was SO proud of our little men!! They did pretty good until maybe the last 30 minutes-ish when they both started to get a little restless. Keller needed to do a couple laps and Bubba needed to get up as well so we watched the end of the movie from the isle...actually I think Auntie Goo missed the end but she got a recap :) SOOO cannot wait till the next outing!!!

Few pictures of the boys on the way to the movie...I love them OH so much!!!!

Bubba's 1st 4th of July!!!

Our 4th of July celebration started on Friday, the 2nd. Atlanta had their fireworks that night so we went to Grandma and Grandpa Baker's house to see family and watch the fireworks!!

Bubba with Grandma Nancy's cousin, Tuffy...

Bubba with Grandma Nancy...

Hangin' out with Daddy...

Bubba with Cousin Mindy...

Bubba and Auntie Amy...

I could only get one picture of Bubba and Daddy watchin' the fireworks because Daddy's friends were there too and he was bein' "too cool for school" but hey, I got one!

Then on Saturday, Momma's good friend, Heather, from work and her fiance, Cole, came over for a cookout and a good night of UFC fights!!! Bubba just loved playing ball with Heather!!

4th of July morning...Buddy wanted to sleep in!!

Then after church we went to Great Nanny's where Bubba needed another nap before lunch :)

Wake up kisses from Daddy!!

Lunch with the ladies. In the back we have Great Nanny's cousin Kay, Great Nanny's Aunt Gitana, Great Nanny, and Grani Jani feeding Bubba...

Bubba laughin' at Grampi Tom...

Then it was time for more relaxing after all that playing!!