It's my Birthday!

Did I ever post this pic? It's one of the only pics I have of me and the kids...
So last Wed was G's birthday! I know I've been really bad at posting. It's not the easiest thing to do from a laptop. Things have been crazy busy. The morning of his day he woke up crabby but was fine for fun after his ibuprofen. Later that day the girls from work came over for playgroup. It was my friend Ryanne's birthday too. We had a really good time! This is sweet baby Charlotte Mae- look at those EYES! She is such a good and content baby! 6 months and the same size as G! She's so long! Baby Jack- we hadn't gotten to play with him before but we hope he comes back! He's really close to G's age and they could have lots of fun!
The big kids! L-R- Macy, Jackson, G, Joseph, and Mira. Macy and Mira are hilarious together. They are essentially the same outgoing and strong-willed child and they seriously annoy one another!
Later that afternoon G threw up and started running a 104 temp :( M went to Lana's so I could just sit and hold him and after some ibuprofen he perked up for a few hours. He got to spend some one on one time with us for his bday. He helped daddy put together his new present! This thing ROCKS!
More to come!

Snow play

Look how pretty her hair is!! I have been drying it with a round brush sometimes and it's SO PRETTY!
Getting ready for snow play last weekend!It really does look pretty here. Woops, fell down! So deep!Nothing like swinging in the snow!
She doesn't look very happy here. Not sure why.
Look at those red cheeks- can't you just FEEL how she feels here warming by the fire!
Things haven't been too exciting here, just getting by and trying not to be too annoyed with winter. It is supposed to turn nice again tomorrow- I'm hoping! Tomorrow is my G-man's birthday. It's so hard to believe! I feel like there's so much of the past year I don't remember. I'll update more about him tomorrow. I have started weight watchers again and it's going really well. I just needed the motivation and then meetings to help me out. Hopefully I can keep it up! That's about all for now!

Park Fun

I am always scoping out new parks. The thing that sucks about this area is that there are tons of little parks, but none of them stand out as the best. They're all missing something :( I saw this one off the road at a little church. It was a lot of fun! The only bad thing was that it was pea gravel and I'm sure G would have had a hay day eating it had he been awake!
All the kids- we met Pepper, Sloan and Sawyer at the park and Grandma Lana brought Reese.
So her hair does actually grow, but not very fast and not very well. It looks pretty long here.
These girls are BEST friends. It's adorable. They love to play and talk about each other, and they love to fight!
I think this picture of her face is gorgeous.
Once a climber, always a climber.
We played in the yard before we left for the park. It was a GREAT day! G had a good time but was a little fussy and mad that I wouldn't put him down for a nap. He slept the entire time we were at the park.
He got to ride in his big boy car seat for the first time yesterday. He'll still fit in the infant seat for awhile, but I know it's time to switch him over. We switched M over at about 7 mos. I'm mourning the loss of my G containment though. Now I'll have to chase after 2 of them in the store! We went to Hyvee after we left the park to get some milk (that we didn't need I found out when we got home) and I put G in the front of the cart and M got to ride in the basket....not good. I had to yell at her to sit down a million times. Oh well, I guess I knew it was coming... My man with his blankie. B hates that he loves it but he does. He loves it just as much as M loves hers. It's so cute. He cuddles it and carries it everywhere. If he's crying he starts giggling and smiling when he sees it. Someone from my diaper boards sent me a brand new one for free- SO NICE. They don't sell it anymore :(

And on my model

I think next time I will use the large pattern. I think this diaper is what we in the cloth diaper world would call "night worthy" as it's pretty stinkin absorbent. Not exactly what I was going for, but definitely nice.
Fits him pretty well- the tabs just aren't as stretchy as I wanted.
I'd say he likes it.

Nothing much

Tonight I enjoyed 2 of my loves at the same time- sewing and diapers. I made these 2 fitted diapers. The one on the right was my first attempt and it didn't turn out great- the elastic is really loose, but it's still functional. I think they are awesome. I can't wait to get them on his tush tomorrow!

Me and my babies- a rare picture.
B took the kids to Red Robin last night- today they played with the balloons all morning. G had a great time! Look mom! I can stand on one foot! G walks/runs everywhere now- hardly ever crawls. He stoops to get things and is really steady. He has a great back arch and sticks his little butt out. It's pretty cute.
G is doing ok eating wise. Still nothing solid but he's eating 3 meals a day of baby food more consistently. Sometimes it's a struggle, but usually we can get 1/2 - 1 jar of food down him before he starts screaming and shaking his head.
So sweet. How can you punish him?

Weight Check

So we had an appt with our new Pediatrician yesterday. G is up to 17 lbs 14 oz! That's about 5 oz a week which is HUGE for a 1 year old (especially one who's almost running)! She's pleased with how he's doing and stated, "Well, developmentally he's WAY ahead." YAY! So we just need to keep working on eating real food! I haven't heard from the therapy clinic yet. I feel like G is about at a 5-6 month old place with solid food. He's still getting used to textures and won't really eat anything with any solid texture to it. Last night we went out to eat and he nibbled on a cracker, but that's about as far as it goes. I know he'll get there at one time or another, I just wish it was sooner rather than later!

Showing off

Everyone is so snotty. Thank God for Benadryl! Here's my snotty, but pleasant, guy. Self portrait of me and M.
M doing something random on the fireplace last week.
Here's a little clip of G's talents. He started standing up in the middle of the floor by himself last week!