End of the week thoughts...

This has been a crazy week and I am glad for it to end!  I know I said that things would finally be calming down around here, but I guess I was wrong.

We have had the normal things, homework, bible study, CA duties.  Plus, we have two events this Saturday night (we are going to have to split up to fulfill commitments).   Plus, I signed on to work extra hours at the library this week (to try to make up for missing work for Latin Day and Boston).

I would love some baby advice/thoughts.  Jack normally sleeps from 7:30/7:45 until 7 a.m.  Sometimes he wakes up a little earlier (6:30/6:45) if he hears me getting up, taking a shower, etc.  But the past week or so, he has been waking up at 5:30.  We can usually get him to fall back asleep for another fourty five minutes, but then at 6:15, he's up and crying.  So I've been feeding him early, which is fine, but I don't know if that's really the problem.  I honestly don't know what the problem is...daylight savings?  hunger?  teething?

So has anyone had any problems with this?  My big fear is that I am not producing enough food to keep him full all night...could that be possible?

Midweek Confessions

It's time for Midweek Confessions!  I am linking up with "E, Myself, and I."

* Friday at Latin Day, Jack was practicing walking (while holding my hands) and hit the gym floor hard.  He had a pretty nasty bruise for a few days.  I felt so bad, but I was also so embarrassed that I let him fall in front of all of my professors!  What kind of mother am I?

* I then proceeded to call the pediatricians and leave a message for the nurse.  Great--I have become that mother who calls over the smallest things.  I always claimed I would not do that!

* Last week, E, the link up host, left a comment that she loves Bech and my names--made my day!

* Sometimes I go to my humor board on Pinterest and laugh at all my pins.

* I just noticed that there is spit up on my shoe.  Gross.  But I have yet to make any effort to clean it off.  Oh well...

Ya'll should join in...it's very cathartic!

life lately

We have been so busy this past week!  But it has been a good busy.

On Wednesday, one of my good friends from high school, Liz Anne, came for a short visit.  We had fun eating, talking, sitting outside in the unseasonably warm weather, and playing cards.  Liz Anne is one of those friends that I can just pick up again with, no matter how long it's been since we last talked, and I love that!

Thursday night, we had a semi impromptu cookout with some neighbors and friends--lots of fun!

 Friday was Latin Day.  Latin Day is just like JCL (Junior Classical League) in the South.  The Latin high school students in Vermont come to UVM for the morning.  There are skits, displays, a probatio (quiz bowl), and recitations.  This years theme was constellations.  To get out of dressing in a costume (I'm not a big costume person), I put Jack in a cow outfit.  He was a baby Taurus.

My little cow!

The grad students manned the t-shirt table.

Jack and I went out to lunch with some classics people, then headed home for a nap (I took one, too!).  When Bech got home from work, he woke us up to walk down to Citizen Cider with some friends.  Their hard cider is amazing!

Friday night I went to dinner with my friend Amy (she passed her comps!) then met up with Katie to watch "The Hunger Games."

Saturday was spent relaxing, cleaning, and doing homework.

Sunday we had our church plant group over for lunch.  Bech cooked some local beef, and we made tacos...so good!  Then Bech and I curled up on the couch to catch up on some Parks and Rec.

Today it's back to being cold Vermont.  We enjoyed our warm weather (I wore shorts twice last week), but today is going to be in the low 30's.  There was even some snow on the ground!  I am looking forward to a calm, slow week.

9 Months

Sweet Jack is 9 months old!

I am putting this post up a few days late, but I only took this picture 1 day late.

No clue on how much Jack weighs.  He has his 9 month check up in a couple of weeks, so we will know then.  My guess is about 22 pounds.  He is so tall, but he has slimmed down a little.  He wears 9 to 12 month clothes (he has a few 6 to 9 month clothes he can still fit in--especially the smocked outfits).

He sleeps from about 7:30 p.m. until 7 a.m.--although lately he has been waking up a little early, like 6:30 or 6:45.  I think he is still readjusting after all the travel and visitors.  He has not been the best napper lately.  He nurses (or takes a bottle at daycare) four times a day, and eats solid three times a day.  The past few weeks we have been giving him more "table foods."  He loves hummus, guacamole, bread...let's be honest--Jack loves anything edible!

Jack started crawling this month (3/9).  Once he started moving, he did not stop!  He can already pull himself up on everything and can crawl up the stairs (with supervision, of course!).  He is fast!

And with the moving comes attitude.  Now that Jack can reach almost anything he could want, he isn't very happy when you take that away from him.  We will have to work on that...

Still just two teeth and no sign of any more!

Jack loves music.  He loves to crawl over to the stereo and put a cd on.  Then he will just stand there and rock back and forth dancing.  He also loves to sing along with music.

Here is Jack--on the go!

He said his first word this past week..."Dada."  He has been saying it for a few weeks, but it mostly just sounded like babbling.  But this week he has started saying it if we ask.  And he has been saying it to Bech.  Too sweet.

Jack traveled a bunch this past month.  He and I flew down to New Orleans and spent a few days in Baton Rouge.  He loved seeing his two grandmothers, one of his great-grandmothers, and his Aunt KK.  Then my family came to visit, and we spent a weekend in Boston.  He was a trooper.  He also got to enjoy his first frozen yogurt!  

Likes:  his "lovey," eating, music, being read to

Dislikes:  not getting his way!

Jack is absolutely the sweetest little boy.  Every day I am so thankful to have him as a part of my life!

And finally, for comparison...

Who is this big ole boy?  Everyday he looks less and less like a baby!

Midweek Confessions

I'm linking up again this week with "E, Myself, and I" for Midweek Confessions.

* I am starting a diet today.  So I finished off the ice cream in my freezer last night.  Makes total sense, right?  I mean, I don't need any distractions so I might as well eat it before hand.

* My class today got cancelled and I am upset about that.  Seriously...who get's upset about a cancelled class?  But I am prepared for it and I would like to go and learn.  Oh well...

* I love the show "Dance Moms."  I totally judge people who watch Jersey Shore, Real Housewives, and whatever that stupid Kardashian show is called, but yet I love me some Abby Lee Miller.  And even though Maddie is a better dancer, I like watching Chloe dance more.  She's just a better performer, I think.  Anyone else watch the show?

* I mentioned that I had Pinkberry yogurt for the first time in my last post.  But I didn't mention the fact that ate it 4 times over 48 hours.  Um...that's a little ridiculous!  At least one time it was for a meal...

See--Jack likes Pinkberry, too!