Thursday, December 22, 2011

what a difference....

...one year can make.  here i am, december 2010...

giant.


baby.


belly.

BOOM.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

obviously on break...

no school, so i apparently have time to blog.

first the mush.  in case i don't say it enough, i cry a lot. all the time.  not sad tears, but anything that has to do with growing up, having a baby, falling in love, brushing your teeth, the list could go on.  i am writing this with tears in my eyes from watching Friends.  i miss that show... but should i be tearing up?  probably not.

now, i feel confident enough in my love for mason, and in the fact that everyone knows i love mason to say this:  there are things about  being a mom that are annoying...  take today for example.  mason woke up whining, and continued to whine, all. morning. long.  bugs.  but usually he is a pretty happy little guy and i think his tummy is bothering him, so i am willing to let that go. 

another thing?  overall, nrsing has been great.  but those books about nursing lie to you.  the authors are either women that get paid to tell you it is nothing but sunshine snuggles and kisses, or they are male.  i haven't figured out which yet.  really, overall, i have had an easy experience with nursing.  minimal pain, only one infection, good supply, but my son has decided that i am his personal security blanket.  you know those kids that hold their blanket between two fingers and just move it back and forth.  thats my skin.  gah.  where was that in the book?  liars.  i love nursing.  i will do it again for sure.  i love the closeness... but his time is coming.  gah

now i feel bad for writing this down, although i thought it, so i guess the damage is done.  tomorrows a new day!  hears to hoping my smiley man is back.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

just pictures...

we don't see enough of this mason... :)

how cute is this guy!?



my kitchen is a WAR ZONE

night out

happy birthday B!!  pretty earrings.....

dad LOVES cuddle time with mason

FAT

lots of pooping and messing eating = LOTS of baths


10 months old and still needs the moby sometimes...

seriously handsome

lots of highchair pics... the only time he is still.


love him

Christmas

new warning: this post is a little religous...


we love the little people nativity

i should be writing a paper.  i will, but in a minute...  Christmas is here, and having a baby around the holidays makes everything so much more.... more.  i don't know how to explain it.  i think of everything.  i think of how to tell him about the Christmas story, and how to tell him about santa.  how tomake sure he thinks of people less forunate, and what his first ornament should look like.  on and on and on. 

i have always believed in the story of baby Jesus, but having my own baby boy makes the story so much less of a story.  i look at Mason walking, yelling, eating, smiling, crying and can't help but wonder if baby Jesus did the same...

happy birthday Jesus.

Monday, December 5, 2011

thoughts

warning:  this post has no direction

:: i am watching real housewives of beverly hills right now, and i am continually shocked by the size of their lips.  owie.

::  i have 3 classes left in my program... i start one of them tomorrow, 18 weeks, seems so short but soooo long.

::  i offered to sell mason this weekend... i was only half joking.

::  he has grown an attitude within the past week.  we are going to have one VERY interesting two year old on our hands.

::  i am job hunting... anyone lookng to hire an over paid admin?  i'm your girl

::  even though we got everyone sick the weekend of thanksgiving, i was glad to be there.  i missed your faces.

::  i know have FIVE people who read my blog

::  my house is never quiet, unless mason is sleeping.

::  mason rarely sleeps

::  i am beginning to realize what a harry potter nerd i am.  i really love that series.  i am REALLY sad it is over.

::  kelly and i went to see the newest twilight movie.  HYSTERICAL.  in case you get pregnant and your amniotic sac is too tough for the instruments to cut through, you will be happy to know a vampire could bite through it

::  seriously.  lips.  wow.

  this makes me think of you



seriously, could he BE any cuter?  that face gets me everytime.