The Meandering Thoughts of Jan

Happy 10 months! Milestones He now plays peek-a-boo where he will hold a blanket up to his face and pull it down, waiting for our reactions. He is finally sleeping through the night. Not all the time, more like a handful of times, but I'll take it. He can stand when holding onto something without having one of us hold him up. He calls me "Mama," but not consistently. He usually says it when he is sad and I come get him from his crib or if he wants me to hurry up and give him his food. Every once in awhile I will get a happy "Mama" as well. He also will sometimes say "num num num" when it is time to eat or if he is hungry. Likes Avocados (sometimes), Mangoes, Berries, Apricots (sometimes), Apples, Bananas (if other fruit is mixed with it), Cherries (mixed with apple sauce), Sweet Potatoes and Cereal. Cars. He kicks like crazy with excitement when one drives by. Favorite toys: Anything with tags and his octopus that plays music. It us...

Since May is almost over, here's April on Instagram! Enjoy. April 5th - The Easter Bunny came! April 6th - Annual birthday dinner with Talena! April 10th - Cutest little boy! April 11th - Cake for breakfast is always a good idea. April 11th - I was impressed. April 11th - This picture warms my heart and makes me want to kiss those little cheeks. April 13th - The Tulip Festival! April 13th - Me and baby at the Tulip Festival. April 14th - Also from the Tulip Festival, my awesome sunburn. I tend to forget I'm a red head at the beginning of each spring when the weather warms up.  April 18th - Hanging out with my boy on the porch swing.

9 months! Cutest little face! Milestones Baby H really likes standing (with help) and is getting pretty good at it. He's added some new sounds to his babbling: da, ba, wha, boo Easter! The Easter Bunny brought him a stuff toy frog and some treats. At his 9 month check up, our pediatrician said he had really good transfer skills, meaning passing things back and forth between his left and right hands. Stats from his 6 month appointment: Length - 25 inches  (below .02 percentile, meaning he is pretty much off the charts.)  Weight - 15 lbs 4 oz (.97 percentile) Head Circumference - 17.5 inches (31.12 percentile) So he's pretty much the littlest baby of them all, for his age. Likes Mangoes, Apples, Peaches, Blueberries (mixed with bananas or apples) , Cereal, Squash (sometimes) and Avocados (sometimes) When we clap our hands. He likes to grab both of my pinkies and make my hands clap together. Turning the pages in his books as fast as he can. Speed ...

This month is my birth month. Some people have birthdays, others birth weeks, but I have a birth month, because why not? For some reason the age of 32 has caused me to be rather reflective. Since I'm stuck in a chair with the most perfect little baby sleeping in my arms after an entire week of horrible naps, it seems like a good time to try to create some order of my reflective thinking. I've been thinking a lot about my 20's. I'm proud of my 20's in a lot of ways. I accomplished a lot of goals and had a lot of fun with only a few regrets on the side. One of my friends described 20's as being so great because it is a decade of firsts, which is true in a lot of ways. As I've been thinking about my 20's I have dubbed it "The Decade of Love." I think I know what you are thinking, "That's so sweet, because you found your love, Danny, in your 20's." Yes, Danny coming into my life is part of The Decade of Love, but that is just ...

March 6th: This little boy sure makes life fun! March 12th: Already planning on starting a band with his daddy. March 18th: He's got a talent for getting baby food everywhere except for actually letting me put it in his mouth. March 19th: Our new game. It's a little bit genius,  because I get to lay down. March 20th: I was feeling homesick for SLC and the tulips at Temple Square and the blossoms at the Capitol, so I decided to go on a walk with baby boy to see if I could find any signs of spring. The majority of the landscape was still dead out here, but I thought this tree was pretty. March 24th - Babies in overalls makes me happy. March 27th: I love his babbling and he loves his monkey. March 30th - Popcorn popping...

Smiling at Daddy Showing Mr. Lion who's boss. Milestones: New food this month: Carrots, Peas, Oatmeal, Prunes, Green beans, Squash He's really interested in making different noises and sounds with his mouth. I feel like he is watching us intently trying to figure it out. ("It" meaning talking.) He hasn't started to crawl yet, but he has gotten up on all fours. He finally rolled from his back to his stomach. He's been rolling the other way for months now. He doesn't like being on his stomach, so he avoided rolling to that position for a really long time. First St. Patrick's Day, because that's a big deal. Likes: At the beginning of the month, he liked to grab my face and bring it really close to his and yell. Apparently, it is a fun game. His favorite toys are his toy guitar from his Aunt Michele, his toy car from his Aunt Katie and Uncle Tim and he really likes his stackable rings. The vacuum. It is a fascinating specime...

I ran across a few articles that I found interesting enough to share. First,  This article is a goodbye letter from a dad with cancer to his infant daughter. It is so sad, but so beautifully written and it made me grateful for my boy. This article is about long lost negatives that turned out to be stunning photography taken by a nanny in NYC in the 50's and 60's. I'm now interested in seeing the documentary about this. As for me, right now my life is revolving around trying to get the baby boy to sleep in his crib. This might sound like a simple thing, but has been weeks and weeks of trying and missing sleep in the process. Such is life of being a mom. With the warming of temperatures, I'm itching to start a home improvement project. When we moved into this house 9 months ago, I was fine with most of the paint colors, which are mostly beige, tan and green, very natural colors. However now having lived here for a bit, our house seems too dark to me. I can...