No more pumpkin patches, mom!

No caption needed- the picture says it all.

Three Things

1.  I just made a pumpkin coffee cake.  Except I used a plain coffee cake recipe and just added canned pumpkin to it.  Major, MAJOR fail - even with the yummy streusel topping.

2.  I was testing the cry it out method for naptime while making said coffee cake.  I went back to calm the little guy down, and he was STANDING in his crib.  (That was definitely a first for him.)  He is really tall, so his entire head was above the handlebar!  (Note, my decision to put the crib bed at the lowest setting was a good one.)  I was so excited about his accomplishment that I took him out of his crib and nursed him to sleep.  I officially stink at the Ferber method.

3.  We had Henry's 2 month post-surgery follow up appointment today!  But the exciting part about this is that he was very hungry and tired on the way home = perfect time to sneak in a bottle.  He sucked down three consecutive ounces from a bottle.  Eventually he refused it again, but this gave me a glimmer of hope.

Reward!!!

I'm offering a reward (substantial reward) to the first person who can get my big 8 month old (as of today, that is) to start taking a bottle again!  He's getting that second pair of teeth, and I got BIT tonight.  (I think we both were on the verge of crying - me because of the pain, him because of my outcry.)

Also, I'm starting to fear that he'll still be pointing at my chest and drooling when he gets to kindergarten... okay, not really, but maybe.

Last night I felt as though I had won a small battle because we got him to take about half an ounce of apple juice while he was falling asleep in his carseat.  Today? No such luck.

He is the sweetest though.

8 month update:

• He can officially scoot/army crawl forward across the room.  However, there is not much motivating him to do that.
• He's been waving bye bye a lot.
• He's REALLY long.  He wears 12 month clothes.
• He loves sitting in the cart at Target.
• He loves going running in the BOB.
• He bounces/dances to music = so fun!

Here's a couple of pictures. Later. 

long time no post

Because my brain cannot function enough to create a post with much elaboration (or compound sentences), I will just share some news. You're welcome.

1. Matt dressed Henry today. Then Matt dressed himself. Matt and Henry were matching today. Odd.

2. I made two batches of rice krispies treats this week. I ate a lot of them.

3. The lady at the drive-thru Starbucks gave me my coffee for free today for no reason.

4. Henry can scoot across a distance to get things now. When can I consider it crawling? Not sure.

5. Next week we have Henry's 2 month post surgery follow up appointment.

6. I have a perpetual backache. Henry weighs 22 pounds. That explains that.

7. Matt just told me that the barista gave me my coffee for free so that I would feel special enough to come back.

8. I am falling asleep. This can't be good.

9. I actually get free drinks at Starbucks a lot.

10. I feel like the NBC shows are getting raunchy. I am losing interest.

11. I am going through a study on the book of Genesis. I like it a lot.

12. Two people at work asked Matt if I was pregnant today. I am not pregnant.

13. Henry's gonna be a pumpkin for Halloween.

14. Airplanes fly over our house on their way into town. They are really loud. They scare me. I don't like them at all.

15. One goal in my life is that the nurse at the pediatrician's office would not remember my name. I might call a lot.

16. This post is going downhill fast. Must. Stop. Now.

Henry's Thumb

So here is something unique to Henry.  He likes to feel things with his thumb.  It's really strange and funny to watch.  I found these two pictures of him with his thumb against the side of his face... the first was all the way back in July, the second in September... so he's been doing it awhile!  He also pushes the buttons on his exersaucer with his thumb, and every now and then he will put his thumb on my face the same way he has it on his face in these two pictures. Such a silly kiddo!

Awesome, Short and Sweet, Humiliating Running Story

So, as you know, I have started to run again. At this point, I am not really going for speed, just trying to complete the distances without walking.

Well last weekend, I took a huge stride (no pun intended... wait, no... it was intended). Matt's whole family was running in the Austin Marathon Relay, which is 26.2 miles divided by five people. I ran the 10K, which is 6.2 miles. Woo hoo! Okay, but that's not really part of the story.

For running the race, I got a t-shirt. The back of this very special t-shirt says, "How does my dust taste?" Trash talk, obviously. So I guess if you wear the shirt in public, you should be going sort of fast. Which brings us to... this afternoon.

Matt and I went running on town lake this afternoon, and I was sporting the aforementioned t-shirt, forgetting what it said on the back. The agreement with me and Matt is always that I get to set the pace because I am out of shape and there is no way I could keep up with him. So, I was running in front, and Matt was pushing Henry behind me.

Five minutes into our run, Matt asks if we are going to speed up. Then he lovingly tells me that my body looks "stiff like a 40-year old." I kid you not. (In my defense, I was WARMING UP. In Matt's defense, I felt about as stiff as a 40 year old. Back to defending myself... we ended at a much faster pace, I promise.)

Well, about five minutes after Matt compared me to a stiff 40-year old, this group of high school cross-country runners was coming up behind us, about to pass us, when one of them sarcastically read the back of my shirt out loud, "How does my dust taste?" That was about two seconds before he passed me.

So needless to say, I was feeling pretty awesome about myself. No, really... I really don't care. I thought it was funny. Don't feel sorry for me. Okay? Okay, good.

The end. Much love.

I should be doing laundry!

Okay, so he has not made ANY progress going forward... just goes backwards a whole lot faster now. Here are some pictures from this week!

Henry scooted backwards... halfway under the coffee table!

Look at that sweet smile!  He wears a bib at all times because of the massive amounts of drool he produces.

Eating my exersaucer.  Mmm yummy!

This last video is to show you how much this kid bounces when he gets in his exersaucer!  It is hilarious. You can get the idea w/ in the first couple of seconds, don't have to watch the whole time! :)