Happy Pumpkin Day!

Happy Pumpkin day from my pumpkin!

I've been gone too long!

Oh my, I don't even know where to start........I have missed so much that there are too many updates, so we will start small. Philip got his first tooth last wednesday. Bottom left came in. Boy oh boy was he crabby. I felt so bad for him and we ended up giving him tylenol every night before bed. Poor kiddo wasn't happy at all. I can't say I blame him though. He also got his first word that day. Can you believe it? First word already! I was telling a fellow teacher about Philip's big accomplishment, being a proud momma and all, and the teacher ended up making me feel stupid in front of everyone. The comment was "Do you think your kid is a genius or something?" What? I was just excited that Philip actually said something, besides babble, and that it made perfect sense what he said. I am far from saying my child is brilliant. He is normal and not every child is textbook. Funny I would have to tell a TEACHER that, huh? Anywho, guess what his first word was? Not momma, dadda or babba.........nope his first word was NUM NUMS. It is so funny to hear him SCREAM this every time he wants to eat. I talk baby talk to him, which I know some think you shouldn't, but he is only little once. I ask him everyday if he wants num nums when he starts whimpering. Never did I expect him to yell it at me one day. He sits in his chair and just screams "NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM" which is so funny! Once you start to give him his food he shuts his eyes turns his head to the side and says "MMMMMMMMMMMMM!" Too goofy.

I said I didn't know where to start because since last week, Philip has gotten his second tooth. Bottom right came through sometime sunday night into monday morning. He went to bed hard on Sunday and was a crab. Poor kid had every right to be though, I'm sure getting teeth hurts something fierce.

I will leave you with a couple of pics so I have more to post about tomorrow!



Here he is all decked out for his MSU and UofM game. GO STATE!



He helped me pick pumpkins for the kindergarten classes!

5 months old already!

Oh my goodness time sure flies! I can't believe my little guy is 5 months old already. He is just growing like a weed. I don't have the latest pictures to put up because my dad borrowed the cord to the camera and hasn't returned it yet. Nice.....what a good grandpa! He is getting his first teeth, so he hasn't been a happy camper at night. During the day he is good for the sitter, but when he gets sleepy then he gets cranky. I don't blame him, I'm sure it hurts. He is even crying in his sleep lately. He'll be snoring and sound asleep and then cry. I finally brought him into bed with me this morning and let him nurse for a little while. It seemed to help. I'm sure it's his teeth trying to come in. He gets up on his hands and knees now so I don't think crawling is too far off. He wants to get down and play with everything and run with the kiddos, he just can't put it all together enough yet. I need to start baby proofing the house. We are no where close to being ready for him to crawl yet. I will post pictures soon! Just wanted to say happy 5th month to my little guy! Mommy sure loves him!

Ugh.....it has been one of those weeks!

I just hate it when the week starts off rough! On saturday I woke up with the worst bladder infection of my life. I would take labor any day over the pain I was feeling from this bladder infection! OMG it was horrendous! I had the pain, frequent and intense urgency to pee and blood. Yep, I had it all. I called the doc on call and he told me he would call something in for me that I could take while I'm breastfeeding......if I couldn't take it then I didn't want it. He agreed that it wouldn't be a problem and that I would feel relief by Sunday afternoon. Yeah, didn't happen! I was just as miserable on Sunday as I was on Saturday. I thought I'll just give it time and I'll feel better on Monday. Yeah, once again wrong! Monday I found myself in an all day meeting 2 hours from home. I bet you can guess what that was like........yeah, Amy kept leaving the meeting every, oh 1/2 hour or so to pee. I seriously thought about taking one of philip's diapers with me, but then thought better of it. On my way home I called the doc to see if there was anything they could do, I can't keep living like this. They squeezed me in for the last appointment of the day to give a sample. She told me I have one of the worst infections she has ever seen....I have heard this before, in fact almost a year ago. I usually don't feel them, so the fact I felt this one told me it was a doosie! Then she gave me the good news....."you can't breastfeed on the antibiotic I'm giving you." and looks at Philip in his carseat. I told her that wasn't going to work. He needs his milk jugs on a daily basis or he screams. She said I take the medicine or she was going to admit me to the hospital. So needless to say we are on our second day with no milk jugs. It has been wonderful....sense the sarcasm in that statement. He didn't want the bottle last night or this morning and both times cried like he was being beaten and broke down and took it looking at me like I was a terrible mom. I don't know how much longer I can do this! In my mind I'm already telling myself that I'll stop the pills friday morning then I can feed him Saturday afternoon. But that is a long time from now! I don't know that we will make it until then. I do have to say though that I feel wonderful. I thought for sure I had a kidney infection. My back was sore, I felt sick to my stomach and I had the chills. Today, no pain or blood or frequency. I'm a new woman I tell you!

Philip got weighed last week Wednesday, he was 20 weeks old and weighed 16 pounds 10.5 ounces and was 26 inches long. He is my lean mean machine. He rolls completely over, grabs his toes and sucks on them and giggles all the time. Last night we discovered that he is ticklish. If you tickle him by his chunky thighs he giggles and squeals in delight. It is so cool! Now tonight is the bad part......SHOTS! I sure hope he doesn't have a reaction to them. He is also eating sweet peas and sweet potatoes now with his cereal. When you put the spoon by his mouth he says "mmmmmmmmmm." He just loves his food! My baby is growing up!

Some of his first's.......

Here is a pic of Philip on his 1st ever day of fall....



Here is the first time he has held a bottle for me.....



I told you he is growing up!

4 months old! WOW

My little man is four months old! I can't believe it. I say man because he doesn't need his mommy so much anymore. Just for his feedings only mommy can give and when he goes to sleep at night and wants to be cuddled. Otherwise he is mr. independent. This morning my alarm went off at 6:30 and he was in his bed playing and talking to his bumper pad. Not a care in the world. I turned on his mobile and I don't even think he noticed I was there. When I was done with my shower I went in and got him to feed and I was greeted with the biggest smile. I am so in love with him! I have had these very sappy moments lately where I am just overwhelmed with the feeling of being blessed. As I look back over the 3 years it took us to have him, I get choked up. Not just because of the struggles we went through, but because of the struggles that others are going through too. I can't imagine not being a mom and it hurts me to think there are so many others out there that may never know that feeling of being truly blessed. Philip is so precious to me and I sometimes I find myself crying at work, like I did so many times during the 3 years we tried for him. Now my tears are because I'm blessed and miss my little guy like crazy. To all of you that are reading this and still in the trying phase I send you strength to keep trying and just know that you too will be a mommy someday. Don't give up on your dream.

Here is my future Spartan!

I know, I know.....

I'm really bad at this posting thing. Bad mommy! My little guy is growing up to be quite the little man. I can't believe how much he has changed lately. It is just crazy to think that he is going on 4 months old. He can giggle, when he wants to, which is usually directed at Daddy. He can roll from his back to his belly, which he does at night when he wants to go to sleep and pretty much only sleeps on his back now. He is starting to cry now when people he doesn't know talks to him or tries to hold him. This quirk can go away as far as I'm concerned. He also can blow bubbles and make noises with his tongue, raspberries! What a stinker he is I tell you. He is getting to be so much fun now and I just love spending the day with him. On Tuesday though, that comes to an end. School officially starts and mommy has to bring the buggy to the sitters. We did a trial run on Monday and then again tomorrow and mommy hates dropping him off with a passion. He does good there and I really like our sitter. I actually used to watch her when she was little.

Here are a few new pictures of my little man. Be prepared for some cuteness!

Here is Philip with Daddy when I came home from the store the other day.



He thinks he is so cute in his hat! What a cutie pie!



Here is Ryan with his grandpa who is holding Philip