1st Birthday

For Johnny's 1st birthday party we decided to invite all of our friends since Brian's parents and Johnny's cousin Anthony were in town. There were 17 kids and I think around 30 adults and it was a busy day. My mom and Letty baked 60 cupcakes and Johnny didn't seem to enthused with his when it came time to eat his but in the end he turned out to love it and is liking sweets a little too much these days. There are a ton of photos but I thought I would just capture a couple of ones that captured the day.

Look who is one!

Where has the time gone? I can't believe Johnny is already one years old. It makes me sad to think that it went by so fast but I am also happy to see him grow up to be such a good little boy. At the one year mark he is just about ready to take off walking on his own and probably will be in another month or so. For now he has to hold your hand when on his feet. He is the fastest crawler around and gets into everything and anything so the house is definetely more baby proofed now. Johnny is still the happiest kid on the block and we feel so fortunate to have such a great and healthy little boy.

Stats-

-Probably 23lbs

-Bright blue eyes

-Blond hair

-7 teeth (4 on top, 3 on bottom)

-crawling (crab crawling to be exact)

-Walking and started on his 1st birthday

-Wakes up once at nigh but is finally in crib all night

-Fav foods- cheese, yogurt, strawberries, puffs, toast, raisans

-Fav toys- books, keys, old macdonald tractor, shoes, anything stick like that he can bang

-Likes- dogs, singing, cell phones, being held and played with, reading, blankies, straws, bathtime, spoons

-Dislikes- Being walked away from, bland veggies, nap time alone, being licked in the face by dogs

Johnny will smile on command when you say cheese and so now his smile has gotten totally "cheesy". Looks at those teeth and how he scrunches his nose.

Bouncing Around

Being back at work I am so busy but I managed to get some good footage of Johnny playing around in his bumbo seat. It really helped him because now at 7 1/2 months he can sit up on his own. This kid can't get enough of his toys these days and can play forever which is kinda nice. Still a happy and easy baby aside for the sleep issues. He won't sleep in his crib right now and wakes up every 2-3 hours at night. So I am pretty much sleep deprived but will soon be trying sleep training if it doesn't get better. It makes it all worth it to see J's happy little face though and I guess I can't complain when everything else is so easy with him. Just can't get enough of this little pumpkin.

6 Months

Where has the time gone? Johnny is already 6 months and I am afraid that he will be turning one tomorrow. Being back at work has made time speed even more and I can't even find the time to document the little milestones. I am watching the Seahawks getting killed by the Bears so I thought I would multi task and blog about my little guy and life.

So Johnny turned 6 months and it doing just great. At his appt. he weighed in at 17.14lbs and is 27 5/8 inches. We thought he would be weighing in at 20lbs. since he is so heavy but we were wrong. Johnny is a great eater and is liking his rice cereal but isn't doing that great at sleeping. He doesn't really like to go down for naps or sleep solidly through the night so we are working on that with sleep training. He is the happiest baby ever and loves to play with his toys and put everything in his mouth. It seems that he is rolling over in his crib because we find him on his stomach in the morning but he has yet to show us this outside of his crib. We are working on sitting up without help and showing off that roll.

We couldn't be more happy to have such a great baby and want to try and capture this time with him as it goes way too fast.

Almost Over

I am sitting here on a Saturday night thinking I should blog while all is quiet in the house. Johnny is sleeping, Brian is at his friend's house watching UFC, Duffy and Sonny are having a sleepover and are on the couch, and I am here with my delicious glass of Chardonnay. My night will consist of surfing the internet for a new purse and watching some Tivo'd shows. Right now I am very content but I have to say I am getting a little anxious about the fact that life will be changing once again in a week. That is I will be completing my maternity leave and heading back to work.

It has been the fastest and happiest 5 months of my life and while I would love to be at home with Johnny I am truly excited to go back to work. I am excited to be with my team again, be busy, settle into my new office and accomplish more than just changing a diaper without getting peed on. I mean there hasn't been alot of mental stimulation these days which has been great but I do need to rengage again. However with that said I am getting anxious because I have no idea how I am going to balance it all with work and a baby. I have to find time to get ready, feed the baby, get to meetings, pump at work, somehow workout, cook something healthy for dinner, get my work done, sleep, and spend time with my family. I don't know if 24 hours in a day is enough. Thank god for my mother who is going to be my nanny.

So anyways this last week of being on maternity leave I am going to try and not stress out about how I am going to make it all work and just enjoy my time with Johnny. We have had so much fun together and I know he will have a great time with grammies. Good thing for my mom's phone as I will expect lots of daily picture texts and videos.

Bath Time

My new favorite time with Johnny is bath time. For some reason I think he is so handsome when his little hair do is slicked back and his eyes are so blue. Plus he splishes and splashes and is so happy in the tub. Normally at home we have this little plastic baby tub that doesn't let him kick around but when we were in Maui he had to lay in the big tub with a towel under his head. He loved it so much and so I am going to go buy something that lays in the big tub for him at home. Had to share some of my fav pics of little handsome Johnny. (Had to leave out the "privates" even though he is a baby per my husband. Johnny will thank him later when he is grown up)

Our Frequent Flyer

I think that I am the luckiest parent in the world because my baby is so easy and will just tag along anywhere we go. He really proved himself by being the perfect traveler this last week when we took him to Maui. This is now his 2nd trip where he did perfect in airport and the plane as well as throughout all of the festivities. My mom came with us on the trip which was such a blessing because she spent so much time loving on him and allowed us to get away for some date nights. I feel so blessed to have such an easy baby but know that this probably means my 2nd baby will be the complete opposite so we are living it up now. Johnny will probably have one more trip this year to see Papa and Noni for Christmas since he has proven to be able to handle it.

Maui was a different trip this year having a little one in tow and everything we did felt like we were saying "oh I can't wait until Johnny can do this next year". Since he is under 6 months you can't put sunscreen on him so exposing him to the sun was a no no so we made sure to keep in the shade which the non-sun worshipper (grandma) did most of the time. Next year we want to play with him in the pool and take him to the beach and let him play in the sand. We did dip his toes in the pool for a little bit which he seemed to like. We had a little ritual in Maui since it was so hot to let Johnny have nudy time so that he could let his skin breathe and that meant no diaper. I am too lazy to post more pics of the trip since I just did on Facebook so I only have one which is of Johnny enjoying nudy time during the World Series. I just can't help loving his little Jabba the Hut belly. :)