basement project!

Since Elijah, I haven't had a chance to sit and sew or crochet. I miss it SO much. It was my chance to get away, and clear my mind. I don't have a 'workspace' to just leave out my crafty items, so I decided to transform a part of my basement  into a crafty corner!!

First I need to find some folding tables for cheap! Once thats done, I'm going to put foam mats down there, and TRY and think of a way to baracade Elijah in-by making a makeshift huge play pin :) Get a few isolating fans and extension cords and whaaalaa! I could probably even find a cheap old tv and let videos play for Elijah too!

I really think this is a good time to start this too, Elijah is getting older, a lot more mobile, and can entertain himself for a good while!

I'm SO very excited about this! Hopefully I can get sewing again, I have new patterns for so many things that I found on sale that I want to try, ironing board cover, new ruffel aprons, closet organizing racks..etc. The list goes on!

my lil monkey

is 8 months!

So, I'm a little late on his 8month blog. But thats only because he keeps me busy! :)
Elijah turned 8 months almost 2 weeks ago. Since I last blogged about my sweet boy,he's a full time crawler. He has learned he can go/do just about anything. He will follow us to the kitchen, into the hallway and into our room. He chases after Maxx(poor Maxx can't relax now :)) and will pull himself onto his knees(and in some cases all the way up to a standing position) on pretty much anything.

We've celebrated another 1st Holiday with him too, Easter! We had a great time with family, Uncle Levi was home on leave, so he got to have fun with us. Elijah got tons of goodies the Easter bunny left at our house, Grammy & Pops house & at Grandma Martinez's house!

I busted out his little pool last week, and he loves it! He loves to play in water in general, born mid -summer in Tx...I think thats a given!:)

I've also noticed he recognizes people more. He LOVES his Pops (my dad). He can see him from a distance and put his arms out to go to him. Its SO cute!

Just yesterday evening-as he was chewing on my finger, I felt a lil poke-a tooth! His first bottom tooth(bottom left) !!

As I sit here, Elijah is sharing a lunchable with his daddy, I couldn't imagine life any other way. I don't want my baby to grow up, but I'm so proud of him! I don't know what we did before him!!

social networking = network of drama

Perhaps I'm just way too sensitive for the madness of social networking.

My life with social networking stuff started way back when ( ok maybe not THAT long ago, still feels like forever..) with myspace. After a while, that place was FULL of drama. What people could find, feel  whatever about you, what they were too afraid to confront in person..etc., they did. People turned the "you commented on her page and not mine", "you put her as your #1 and not me" into a mess. Then there was conversations going on between comments that people took way out of wack. MESS I tell you.
So I think after a while, and I 'grew up' I moved my way to facebook when facebook was only signing people up with their college emails. Then they went 'public' and now, well if you are any part of it, you know where it went.
I joined facebook MAINLY to keep in touch with family that I don't see often, maybe 1-2 times a year. It was a way for me to keep up to date with close friends when we moved to KS, and now I use it to keep in touch with friends I've made in KS, and to make friends around here.

But heres where it gets me: When people start crap with me on or about facebook. From "I couldn't see your page, you blocked me" to "I know you were online I saw you posted on "insert name here's" status. COME ON. I'm a MOM I don't have time to sit in front of the computer(cause I know you can't do it from a phone...and from my phone is where I do my FB-ing..) and figure out how to block you from seeing a certain post or picture. If I post a comment to someone, it was most likely from my phone, and not to spite you-but because I had something to say about their post. You people that have NOTHING better to do than to stalk my fb page, get a life. If you have a problem with someone, please don't post through your status about them or a status about the whole situation, keep it to yourself, you look really stupid brodcasting your life out like that.

That is all. I think I may have been all over the place, but this is seriously getting out of hand people. We are (mostly) all adults, time to start acting like it.

rolling, pulling, scooting, OH MY!

Our sweet boy is just a couple of weeks away from 8 months. And he's such a handful already. I know I'm going to be one busy mama in a few weeks.
About a month ago, maybe a little more. He started rolling over to get where he wanted to go. We let him play on the floor, on a twin size comforter, well he will go from one end of that to the other. Then he started pulling himself, he will grab onto the blanket and pull himself towards toys and what not. Now, just within the last week, he's been scooting. He learned to get up onto his hands and knees, and he looks like a little worm moving across the floor. Its SO funny to watch, and so amazing. Just 7 and a half months ago he was a tiny little guy in my arms.
Elijah is quite the eater, but has become very picky. Sweet potatoes used to be his favorite, now he gags as soon as he takes the first bite. Its hard to get him to eat fruit thats mixed, and he isn't a fan of the veggie dinners quite yet. We introduced him to the gerber 1st stage crunchy foods. He loves puffs, and those wagon wheel snacks. He makes quite the mess, but its so fun watching him trying to figure out how to eat those things!
He is very interested in Maxx nowa days! He will call (scream) to get his attention. Maxx just looks at him like, you are one crazy baby. Poor Maxx won't know what to do when Elijah is fully mobile!
I just can't believe how fast these last months have gone, all the changes and challenges we have been through. Even though we've had our moments, I so look forward to the future and growing with our little family!

for real this time

I think I've put off getting off this baby weight long enough. I've done all I can with eating right, not eating dinners late and not snacking on the greasy fatty stuff, but that all only goes so far. Tomorrow is day 1 of working out. My goal is to see some sort of progress by Easter, and then by the beginning of June. I'm going to start doing the 30day shred with a friend of mine. I think its so hard to get off track if you are by yourself. If you have someone to sort of be accountable to, it helps. Then I'm going to try and continue our evening walks. They usually last about 20 minutes or so. All that plus drinking lots of water, I hope to see some results!

month 7...where did my baby go?

Elijah 3.17.11
1st St Patricks Day & 7 months old!

I sit here and type, my baby is rolling around all over the floor. We have a twin size blanket down on our throw rug, toys spread everywhere and he goes from one end to the other. *sigh* When did he get so big so fast?

We started taking a bath in the 'big boy' tub yesterday. We have a yellow ducky blow up tub to put inside the regular tub, he loved it! He splashed around for 15-20 minutes before I washed him and he got out.

As much as I love seeing him grow, learn more and experience fun things, I miss my lil tiny man.
Elijah loves his food. We are trying the 'stage2' foods now. Some are winners, but most he's taken 2-3 bites then made the funniest face and wouldn't eat anymore. He loves to be outside. We sit out on the porch, he plays in the exersaucer and I water the plants, and just hang out with him. He's SO close to getting up onto his knees and crawling. Every time he's on the floor he gets on his knees, just doesn't quiet know what to do from there. He has also started to push himself up to the sitting position, he hasn't yet, but when he's on his side, he'll use his legs as leverage and use his arms to push himself up. Its so crazy to watch, one day he'll get it! I think he's determined to get Maxx! Maxx will lay by the blanket, and as soon as Elijah moves to touch him, Maxx moves, then Elijah will scream at him as if he was saying "Get back here!" Its too funny to watch.

Elijahs firs time in the big boy tub! 3.17.11

Since he turned 7 months, I've been 1st Birthday party planning in my head. I've been browsing online for the perfect 'theme' and I think I've found it. I really want to try and save $$ and make some of the things myself. We already have a date, and place, thanks to my mom :). I just need to figure out the rest of the details. And, I have 5 months to do so!

babyE is 6 months!

AHHH my sweet boy! Time has definitly flown by! He has been 6 months for almost a week now, and today had his 6month checkup. He is 18.08lbs and 26.18in long. He also got shots, and he did SO good. Just a lil cry, and then got over it. Such a big boy!
Elijah is doing so many things, from grabbing and throwing toys, rolling over( looks like a rollie pollie ) to eating solids. We got the 'ok' to try step 2 foods, just no meats just yet...also to move to the convertible car seat. As convient as the infant one is, my lil man isn't diggin' it anymore. Oh well:)
He made it 6 months without getting a bug or cold...the Monday before his 6mo mark he caught a bug and was out for the count for a few days! But my lil man is feeling better, thank goodness!!
He loves the show Yo Gabba Gabba. I don't know what it is about that show, but he just can't get enough! He also loves playing in his jumperoo, and playing peek-a-boo with his daddy.
I look forward to the next 6months and all the crazyness it will bring. Abe and I say we can't wait till he starts crawling and walking, but theres a part of me that wants to keep him this tiny and innocent forever! Thats just the momma in me!