A little bit of this and a little bit of that

Scene: Chris, J, and I went to a pig roast held at the house of our friend's brother.  They were hosting with three other couples, so there were very few people we actually knew.  I had finally gotten food for myself and J and was trying to feed him, but he was being extremely squirmy and wanting to stand on my lap to touch the leaves of the tree behind me on the deck.  A woman came up to the three of us and started a conversation because she "wanted to come see the baby."

Woman (I didn't even catch her name and you'll know why soon!): Oh I just had to come see the baby!!
Me (putting a spoonful of food in J's mouth) and Chris: Hi!
Woman: My daughter married a Japanese man and we thought they would have a cute Asian baby.  She ended up with red hair and blue eyes...but still a cutie!

As she is saying this, J burped a little and spit out the last bit of food I had given him.  So like the good mama I am, I put my hand under his mouth to catch it before it fell...not realizing that he was actually going to grace us with a show of his first time throwing up!!!  And he didn't just spit up the few bites of dinner he had already had, he threw up; I didn't think he had even eaten that much all day!  So here I am, sitting with one hand full of my son's vomit, trying to hold him away from me a bit so I didn't get any more trailing down my shirt and shorts than was already there, thinking I could still hold a conversation with this woman, and wanting to pass this off like no big deal.  Yeah, right!!  Supermom I am not.  The handful of puke went on the deck floor with the rest of it, J went to Chris as soon as he was finished throwing up, and the woman, well, I have no clue what happened to her, but Chris told me she left pretty quickly.  Poor lady, all she wanted to do was see the baby...just the baby, not what the baby had eaten today!    J was fine afterwards, just a bit startled as I handed him to Chris quickly and we had people flocking to us with napkins to try and help me clean up a bit.  He got his shirt changed to an extra onesie I keep in the diaper bag.  Having to smell like vomit the rest of the time we were there, I'll now be keeping a change of clothes for myself in the car as well!!!

Live and learn, right?!

Photo Dump

After having been away for a week, we have plenty of pictures to share.  Also, our baby J has been blossoming the past two weeks!!  He is getting more mobile, although still looks like he's a sleepwalking mummy when he walks...I just love it!  He definitely knows his name now; took a while, but hey, when people are suddenly calling you something different than you've been used to, you gotta give him a break!  He waves 100% of the time now when you tell him to say hi or bye-bye to someone.  He knows "uh-oh!" and just starting saying "hi"; sounds more like "i-ee," but we know what it's supposed to mean.  He's only said it to us and the dogs, so we have to teach him that that goes along with the wave.  :)  He is definitely understanding us more and more each day.  He has learned the sign for "more"; of course, he only does that when he wants more snacks!!!!

Nights have been a little rough again lately, but the boy is cutting two molars at the moment, one on each side of his mouth.  Poor little man!  So he wakes us up in the middle of the night and is awake for about an hour.  Last night he did that and then woke up at 5:30am also!  He was sitting up in his crib when I went in to his room and I knew he was not going to go back to sleep in his crib, so we all cuddled in mommy and daddy's bed and went back to sleep until 7.

Now for the pictures and some video.  Enjoy!

a small waterpark in Columbia, MO

getting comfy watching D*ora

at the Clydesdale barns..."mommy, can I have one?"

more waterpark on a HOT day

J found his bottle before bedtime!

just slightly pathetic?? 

The binky is attached to the diaper bag under his stroller and he. wanted. it.  period.

Met some friends outside of STL on the way home.  We'll have to do it again soon!!

Such happy boys.

um...he did this himself. (and I have video to prove it!!)

still tired after a 2+ hour nap...

Trying some video again.  Some of this uploaded onto the blog a bit blurry, but you can still see them.  Make sure you turn the sound up a little bit so you can hear J laughing!

Signing for "more" bread; you'll notice the sign at about 10 seconds into the clip.

He just loves to dance!!

Permanent Resident for my 100th post!

We are proud that, for my 100th post, our son received his permanent resident card in the mail!!  (And it really is a green card!)  Considering I am NOT one to write letters to people (um, ask anyone in my family), or like hand writing anything, period, this is a very big accomplishment for me!  Anyway, I tried getting a picture of him with it, but it was kind of hard when all he wanted was to put it in his mouth.  ha!  So here's the best I could do...

We're actually both pulling on it in this picture as I didn't want the entire card in the picture, just the part that says Permanent Resident (which is there, but blurry and unreadable).  And he wanted it up by his face!  First step in him being ours legally...yeah!!!!!

J's Journal - 15 months today

Yep, I am 15 months old today!  I have been home for just over 6 weeks now and am getting along pretty well.  Last night was the first night since I've been home that Daddy was gone overnight for work.  Mommy thought she was going to get to sleep in their big bed all night by herself, but I had others plans. (insert evil little laugh)  I decided that, since I'm cutting one of my molars, I would wake Mommy up around 12:30 and make her come in my room!  I just couldn't get back to sleep for a while; I wasn't wanting to get up, but I sure as heck didn't want to be alone in my room and the only one awake!!  So Mommy kept me company...she told me that she snuck back into her room around 3am after falling asleep on my floor.  Do I dare tell them that this might be what I do when I am cutting teeth??  Naaahhh, I'll just keep 'em guessing!

We then had a playdate this morning at a park we've never been to and I had so. much. fun.  They had climbing stuff there that was just my size and two, yes I said TWO, steering wheels that were at my height!!!  One of the other boys was older than me and was very fast walking upright on both his feet (I've done that a couple of times, but boy, is it hard to keep my feet moving as fast as my upper body so I just like to fall, laughing, into Mommy or Daddy's arms!).  The other little boy was fun to play beside...unless, of course, he wanted my steering wheels.  Then I wasn't happy with him.  And Mommy's telling me I have to share?!?!  I have no. clue. what that means, so I'm playing with them both, thank you very much!

After that, I passed out for a nap even though we have lunch plans.  I'm trying to thwart Mommy at every turn today!!  She is doing pretty well for not having been able to tag-team with Daddy last night and this morning.  It was fun to snuggle in bed with her this morning for half an hour when I woke her up for the day.  Maybe I'll give her a break later...

4 hours later...

...or not!!  Mommy wanted me to go down for another nap after our second playdate of the day, which was at the play area at the Mall.  I found another steering wheel and had a blast.  Don't think I even paid much attention to the other little boy.  Maybe next time?  And he should be getting a little brother soon from Korea who is about my age !!  I could teach him all the things I've learned so far.  I can't wait!!

I'm tired now, but fighting this nap tooth and nail!  I'm trying to make it hard for Mommy, too, by giving a cry every 15-20 seconds or so.  You know, just enough to show her I'm still awake.  Who wants to waste time sleeping when Daddy is coming home tonight?!  Mommy keeps saying it won't be until later, but "later" could be during this nap thing and I don't want it to get in the way of seeing him!  She says I'll be crabby later if I don't nap now...I think she thinks she knows me or something, huh?  I cried long enough this last time that I made her come back to the room to rock me some more; I didn't get enough cuddle-time the first go-round.  :)  I guess she WAS right about me being tired because I pretty much went out like a light once she did that!!  Or maybe it was because she remembered to turn on my noise machine this time??  I bet now she's not going to let me sleep very long because then I "won't go to bed tonight"; what, you want me on a schedule or something?!?!   (Note: I woke up after only 45 minutes so Mommy didn't have to wake me up.)

Daddy came home earlier than expected.  I had just gotten done helping Mommy make some sticky rice for dinner and was having a goldfish snack when Daddy opened the door.  When I saw him, I was so excited, but I had to go for one more goldfish and then I was waaaay up in his arms!!  So much fun.  We had dinner together, then Daddy and I played with my toys, they both played with me while I was taking my bath, and then I went to bed.  I am wiped. out.  Maybe I'll let them both sleep through the night tonight.  Hmmmmm...

Pictures and video

I am far behind on posts, so I am not even going to try to catch up with a long, wordy post!!  Briefly, we introduced J to both sides of our family over the July 4th weekend and he did very well.  Getting together with extended family was really our test to see how well he has bonded to us over the past six weeks...and we both think things are going VERY well in those regards!!  (letting out a deep breath!)  He did not reach out for others to pick him up, although we were around him pretty much the entire time.  We were still only allowing grandparents to hold him, as we didn't want to take a chance that he might get confused.  Okay, not wordy, here's the pictures:

my sisters and I with our boys

cousins

driving to Grandma and Grandpa T's (okay, we really didn't let him drive!)

chilling out on his Good Wishes quilt

again, not really driving the J*ohn D*eere tractor, but LOVING the wheel!!

bubble bath in Aunt Lisa and Uncle Pat's tub...what a treat!!

back home at the water table that Grandma got him.  he loves it, but would rather try to climb in it!

And I can't let you go without showing you what I got on video this past weekend..our boy is going to be running around soon!!!  Not the best picture, but I had to be quick!  ha!

Wordless Wednesday - Treat Time!