So yeah, I haven’t done one of these since August. Oops.
I have just been so busy with
life and working full time and being a mama that I just haven’t had time to
really blog.
That being said, I thought I would try and sit down and write out
some updates!
C
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| During the Carrie Underwood concert...he bought me tix for Christmas. He looks excited yes? |
We made it through the offseason and the Arena Football League
started up again this March.
Unfortunately, C’s wrist injury from a few years ago is coming back to
haunt him. It’s been causing some pain
and he has also had a pinched nerve in his neck from it. Confusing I know, the
human body is so interconnected. Because
of this, the team put him on IR (injured reserve). This means he can’t play and even if he gets
better, he must sit out at least 5 weeks.
It’s been really difficult for him to watch his team play without
him. Hopefully, he should be back
soon. His 5 weeks is up this week and he
is feeling better. Now we need a doctor to clear him!
In his free time he has been driving for Lyft and Uber, which he
really enjoys. Something about meeting
new people constantly and instantly seeing the money he made for the day give
him great joy. It’s nice because he can
do it whenever! If I feel like going to
bed early (which is like, always) he can go out and drive for a few hours and
make money.
By the time this posts, he will be just a few days from being a
year old. I can’t believe it. Everyone
says they grow so fast, but you don’t really believe it until you are living
it.
We did a photo shoot recently to celebrate one year and also did a
smash cake. It was amazing! Noah loved
it. I can’t wait to share the photos
with you. He took a little taste of frosting and enjoyed it so much that he
picked up the whole dang cake to take another bite!
Right now he is in size 3 diapers and busting out of his size 9
month clothes (switching to size 12 month when they arrive this week) which is
awesome because he is finally starting to catch up to where he should be.
He loves crawling and standing up on things. He cruises the halls in the house in his
walker with ease while I am getting ready in the morning. He’s gotten great at
backing up and turning around when he hits the end of the tile, it’s quite
funny.
He isn’t talking yet, just lots of babbles and dadadada. I know he understands us though, because he
listens. Every once in a while he will
copy something we say though and its incredible. I’ve heard him babble “peek a boo” and even
caught “happy birthday” on video! Too
bad they were all one time deals though. No solid words yet. I’m trying not to
get too worried about it. Every baby
does these things in their own time!
Momma is so proud of being able to breastfeed for a full year, but
she is also very tired. I am beginning
to work on stopping pumping at work. I
am hopeful we will be able to still nurse in the mornings, evenings and
weekends, but we will see. We are now working on transitioning Noah to more big
boy foods and meals, instead of little snacks here and there. It’s quite a confusing process for me and
stresses me out honestly. I just want to
make sure Noah is getting all the nutrition he needs! He is so easy going that
he doesn’t fuss much if he is hungry (we had a lot of problems early on with
that) so it’s hard to tell what he needs.
As I mentioned I am working on stopping pumping milk for Noah
during work hours. It has been a rough
year breastfeeding and I honestly hate pumping with a passion, so I am proud I
have kept up with it through our goal of one year. As much as I hate it, I am really having an
emotional time with the transition, which is very odd to me. I thought I would be so happy to stop
this. I guess even if you don’t like
doing something, once you’ve done it for a full year it kind of grows on
you. I just hope I am making the right
decision about it and I’m not thinking selfishly. Noah love’s his momma milk!
Noah is still not sleeping through the night and it is really affecting
me. I spend my days exhausted. Once I get home from work, all I want to do
is eat dinner and go to bed. I hate it.
Last night I was in bed by 8:45pm.
That’s pretty embarrassing for a woman in her early 30s! He has started to sleep a pretty long
stretch, but usually still wakes up anytime between 430 and 545. The problem is, my alarm goes off at 615! If
he wakes up at 545 to eat, I don’t really get to go back to bed and get more
sleep (even though he does) before my alarm goes off. So basically, I am waking
up every day very early. I have never
been a morning person, so it’s very rough!
(Ok though this updated was about me….it’s still kind of about
Noah. Imagine that. Mommy life!)
Since Noah was born I haven’t gotten to read nearly as much as I
used to. Since the last updated, these
are some books that I’ve read:
Unfortunately….I just didn’t love any of these books. Pretty Girls was good and kept my highly
interested and wanting more, but it was also VERY disturbing. I wish the
subject matter was a little different, I would have liked it a lot more. The
Paris Wife was soooo boring and took me forever to get through. I really wanted to like it, but it was not
for me.
TV
Well….we still have a DVR full of shows that we need to catch up on! I’m not sure we will ever get through
them. Right now my must watch shows are
Scandal, Nashville and Grey’s Anatomy (C doesn’t watch this one). I’ve also done some guilty pleasure watching
of LA Clippers Dance Squad! I was a dancer
once upon a time, so I enjoy seeing the behind the scenes things that make
these teams work. It’s not the best quality show, but I still like watching it!
Any new
TV shows I should add to our list? What about awesome books you
suggest? I have less time for both of these things now, but I still want
to watch and read the best!
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