44 weeks and Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Today, on this special day sprinkled with extra love, our sweet little boy turned another week older. 44 weeks old! Let’s do the math: 52-44=8. So only 8 more weeks until he turns the big 1!!

This morning, we all exchanged Valentine’s cards and Daddy got mommy some Miniature Reese’s cups. We hardly do gift exchanges for this holiday. He decided he is getting something for his gun and I’m going on a shopping trip later this week. We are also doing our “date” this weekend. We are super romantic can’t you tell? We did get the baby some books for his Valentine’s gift though. Can never have too many of those. I also ordered these yummy little suckers too.

Wyatt gave all his grandparents their Valentine’s cards too. He is such a sweet, sweet little boy. He must get that from him momma. He got some money for his savings account and Elmo from his grandparents in return. He isn’t spoiled in the least.

In honor of V-Day, I decided to do this little quiz about me and my Valentine:

How long have you and your significant other been together? Total? 3 years and 3 months.

How did you meet? (What’s your love story?) Well, we met randomly one night in the spring of 2008 when I was piling into the car with my girlfriends leaving a bar. It was a quick, hello, my name is Sarah, my name is Ryan, nice to meet you, see you later. He later added me on Facebook (strange that I even remember that) and I did what any normal person does and creeped on him. He was in a relationship so I didn’t even think any further than that. Fast forward to November 2008 and I was out for my birthday (same bar) with some friends. I got asked to come over and sit with some other friends, so they could get me a birthday drink, and got asked for a birthday kiss. Ryan quickly swooped in, requested I come sit next to him, I did, we chit-chatted, sang karaoke, I drove him home, and the rest is history.

If married, how long have you been married? 2 years next month

If you are married, where did you get married? Big or small wedding? We got married in Havana at the Church of Christ and had a medium sized wedding of about 100-150 people

Do you have any nicknames that you call one another? We both call each other Bunney. Not sure where it developed, but we both call each other this about 20 times a day. People who are with us probably get tired of hearing it.

Name 3 things you love most about your honey. #1 His sense of humor. #2 His loyalty to me and Wyatt. #3 His body. Ha, okay that was funny, no? See #1 because I know he laughed about that one. #3 His big heart.

Tell us how he proposed. One night, while watching tv, sorting through old jewelry I told Ryan that when he decided to get my engagement ring that I would need a size 6.5. (For the record, we had already went and looked at rings so it’s not like I was dropping hints.) I went back to the bedroom and was putting up some clothes when Ryan came back there, asked me if he thought this would fit, dropped to one knee and asked me to marry him. I, of course, said yes.

Is he a flower and teddy bear kind of guy, or strawberries, champagne and rose petals? Um, well he would be a flower person if I like the idea of wasting money on things that die, a teddy bear person if he knew I wouldn’t mind dust collectors, strawberries if they were in season, champagne if I preferred it over a beer, and rose petals if I was okay with the most clichéd flower out there. He is none of the above kind of guy. The kind of guy that knows that I like simple stuff and absolutely no romantic stuff.

Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl, or a pop a movie in and relax on the couch? Definitely a movie and couch type of girl.

Tell us one thing you’d like to do with your significant other one day. If you could do anything? Go anywhere? I would probably be really cheesy, rent a RV, and go on a really long road cross country trip. We would wear our sunglasses, visors, fanny packs, tall socks, and khaki shorts.

Tell us what you plan on doing this Valentine’s Day. We are ordering pizza and eating sugar cookies, getting lovin’s from our baby, and then cuddling up to watch Teen Mom. Are you picking up on the romance that is our relationship?

Are you asking for anything for Valentine’s Day? Just some lovin’s. And for him to give the baby a bath tonight

Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love. You have to have fun and keep laughing. My favorite, is telling Ryan to French kiss me randomly. It is sure to get a laugh out of both of us. Or this one…Touch It. Inside jokes are the best thing…keeping each laughing and just being silly keeps you younger and more in love. I’m convinced of it at least.

Show us a picture of what love means to you.

But for real:

Because he loves me, he decided to join in on my blog:

How long have you and your significant other been together? 3yrs

How did you meet? (What’s your love story?) At Galla Creek, my buddy was hitting on her trying to get a birthday kiss and Sarah told him it wasn't his bday (it was hers). I'm the best birthday present she ever had

If married, how long have you been married? 2 yrs in March

Name 3 things you love most about your honey. How great of a Mom she is, her dorkiness and sense of humor!

Tell us how you proposed. At our house nothing romantic

Give us one piece of advice of keeping a relationship strong and full of love. Do things together that you both enjoy

What was your first impression of your wife? A good one obviously.
What is your idea of a truly romantic evening? We don't do romantic evenings
Tell us one thing you’d like to do with your significant other one day. If you could do anything? Go anywhere? Go snow skiing

10 months old

Someone isn't happy that he is getting older.

 And you thought it was me, didn't you?

Okay, to be fair Wyatt doesn't mind getting older. In fact, I think he loves getting older and feeling like such a big boy. What he doesn't like is the fact that mommy made him sit down in his crib so I could get a picture.

He cheered up a bit though...

 It is so hard to believe you 10 months old!!

The highlights for the month:

-You take2  bottles a day- morning and night. You take two straw cups with milk during the day and about 3 cups of water as well. You LOVE water so much. I like thinking you get that from mommy.

-You are eating more table food, but still some of the baby food. I cook you veggies just about every night. Fresh fruits aren't so fresh since they are out of season, but I still feed you the good ones. I will be so happy when summer is here and we can fill your tummy with lots of fresh fruit. You have it in your head that once you sit in your high chair you are supposed to eat. This is always fun when we take you to a restaurant. Nonetheless you are a very good baby out at lunches and dinners.

-You are still sleeping 11-12 hours a night and taking 2 naps a day.

-You are wearing 12 month and 18 month clothes and a size 5W shoe still as well as 18-36 month socks. You are still in a size 4 in your diaper.

-You are finally talking...Ba, Da, Ga, and every now and then I think I hear a Ma.

-You love to push your "grocery" cart (push-walker), laundry baskets, tables, anything that will move really.

-You are cruising along the furniture, tables, and between chairs and tables.

-You stand unassisted and sit down very slowly.

-Bath time is your absolute favorite time of the day I would have to say.

-You give high fives, give sugar (my favorite), and wave bye-bye but only when you really feel like it.

-You have two bottom teeth and the top ones are trying to come in too.

-You still only take a paci at bedtime. Also during sleep time you have found a new love in Scout that Misty bought you. He plays you bedtime music and you just cuddle up to him.

-You got your first real boo-boo this month.

Your Doug & Melissa puzzle fell on your toe, bruising it all up. The bottom of your toe looked like we pressed it in ink to get your print. It was very sad, but you didn't seem like it bothered you too much after the fact. Oh, you also got your feet stuck which is why I even took the 2 above pictures.

-Your favorite toy would have to be your green frog humidifier. You love putting it back together once you take it apart. This will easily keep you entertained for 20 minutes at a time.

-You still could care less about the tv.

-You are starting to "jump" when we tell you. You slam your head back in your high chair when we tell you "ouch" and you continue to be extremely ticklish on your back.

-You LOVE the bathroom, the toilet, the tub. You could stay in the bathroom all day if we let you. It kind of sort of grosses me out too, but it is what it is.

That's all I can really think of right now. I had a whole list on my phone, but daddy broke it over the weekend. (He still denies it.) Hopefully I didn't leave anything big out!

43 weeks old

Wyatt has been a little fussy butt the past two days. Clingy, grumpy, and not easily entertained. I checked his gums today and you can see that his top teeth are making their way down.

 Got himself a toothbrush.

I'm hoping that he starts to feel better soon. This tooth business isn't that great, but even though he feels crummy he is still a sweet boy and it's nothing that we can't handle!

Weekend Recap

Sunday night, already?! I'm not even sure how that's possible, but nonetheless here it is and so it's time for a little recap of the fun adventures that we got into (or lack thereof).

Friday night we settled in to watch two movies.

The first one we watched was Courageous and oh my word. If you have children you need to immediately stop what you are doing and watch this movie. I feel like I could do an entire post on this movie. We also watched Straw Dogs. It was pretty good, but definitely my least favorite of all the movies we watched this weekend.

Saturday, we had nada to do so we just hung around the house, played with the baby, and then got around to go to town. We got back and that's when my sweet precious baby ate a cricket. You read that right. He ate a cricket. Okay, okay...to be fair he had a cricket in his mouth. I caught him putting something in his mouth and asked Ryan to check it out. When he said he couldn't find it, so I tried to dig out whatever it was and you can imagine my surprise when I pulled out a cricket. That was still alive. I was immediately grossed out, but was immediately thankful that it was not a slug. Yes, my dear husband once ate a slug.

 He just looks like a bored little boy here.

Saturday evening we went to Ryan's mom's for some homemade potato soup and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. It was very spur of the moment, but I'm definitely glad we went. We got home and watch two more more movies: Moneyball and The Ides of March. Both were really good! After you go out and watch Courageous be sure to pick up Moneyball too.

Sunday we got to church on time. Rarity I'm tellin' ya. After church we went to a pancake fundraiser at a restaurant here in town for a couple in our church that is raising money to adopt a child. Wyatt just about ate his weight in pancakes. Afterwards we just came home hung out before I left to go walk up Mt. Nebo.

He was so cute in his overalls from Mimi and Pawpaw!

What a workout that is! We went up and down the mountain in an hour and 20 minutes and it was one of the workouts that I've had the most fun in. It probably had to do with being outdoors and being with 2 other girls. It is so much easier getting a workout in when you have someone to do it with. I'm going to have Ryan walk/run it with me sometime soon. I'd love to do that workout 2-3 times a week. If only I could find people to do it with!!

Once I got home, I started supper while Ryan watched the game. I can honestly say I didn't see one commercial of the Super Bowl. A little sad, since that's the main reason I watch it, but you know when you have a kid that needs to be played with and kitchen that needs to be cleaned, that comes first. And, if I am being 100% honest, I was just ready for the game to be over so we could watch The Voice. I am so happy this is back on!! We always like to guess who the singer will go with. So far I am 0/2.

Hope that you have a great week!

Saturday Laughs

Discovery is a big deal when it comes to children. Wyatt seems to discover new things each and everyday. Some days it's how to roll over, some days it's how to start using those vocal cords, other days (like earlier this week) he discovers what his "business" is.

Don't get me wrong, I knew it was coming. I mean as the mother of a boy, "boy" things were in my future. The day when toots become farts, when a burp become a belch, and when his pee pee was of major fascination.

Early in the week, Wyatt discovered what we have appropriately dubbed his "business." This business he immediately checks out as soon as that diaper comes off and the business that he refuses to leave alone during bath time.

I was laughing hysterically at him during the first bath with his new found glory and had Ryan come in and see just how he had corrupted our child. When Ryan peeked over and asked Wyatt what he was doing, Wyatt looked up with the cheesiest, closed mouth grin we had ever witnessed. It was like what he knew.

I know there are many funny adventures ahead of us. I guess I have my work cut out for me. There is going to be a day when Ryan and Wyatt are sitting in the respective chairs in the living room, just chillin' with a hand comfortably placed in their pants. That is my future, people...jealous?

Today, I am linking with Melissa at the mommyhood chronicles.

Love drives me crazy

Like how he's pointing to himself here?

Love drives him crazy too.

 Reason 4525 I like being a mom: Seasonal Jammies

True story... I love Wal Mart because if this. That will probably be the only time I claim that I love Wal Mart. I get so excited everytime I go just so that I can check out the jammies. Do other moms do this?

Today has been a quite ridiculous day. By ridiculous I simply mean that I was a total Fatty McFatty. I ran Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I took yesterday and today off. Today was seriously not the day to "take" off. I nearly had a full blown meltdown yesterday because I wanted a sort of dessert so bad. I didn't get one so while Wyatt and I were at the grocery store shortly after 8 this morning I picked up a Funfetti cake mix (as well as some Milanos). I got home and immediately inhaled 4 cookies. This is totally out of the norm. Before I got pregnant that was nothing out of the ordinary, but during and after the pregnancy sweets were just not my thing. It was kind of sad, but it definitely was for the better. Well today that all went out the window. Ryan thinks we have a bun in the oven...I'm thinking that is not the case, but rather Aunt Flo is trying to make an apperance next week. After we had dinner tonight I made my cake. I inhaled a majority of it, too. With the help of Bunney of course.

Hey, at least I kept the other sprinkles off the top. It's all about saving calories! Ugh. I am a little piggy, but there is tomorrow to burn it all off. Thank goodness for this nice weather!

Valentine's Wreath

Here is my wreath for February!

Can you belive it's already February??