Misfit and Milestones

As of late I have been trying to figure out new hobbies for myself. Some of my friends have amazing sewing talents (check out Jill's Seams Simple Blog and Chelsea's quilts) that I am in awe of and I want to try my hand at it. My mom has told me many times that she tried to teach me, but I was never interested. Honestly I am not really that interested in sewing, but I think that it would be fun to make something and be proud of my end result... hopefully. Anyway, today I walked into JoAnnes with the intention of getting a pattern for curtians for our apartment. I walked around aimlessy for about 5 minutes, trying to remember what I do in a fabric shop. I came across the pattern books and started looking. I came across nursery bedding and decided that that would be fun! I pick up the two patterns and began to look at fabric. Again I wandered aimlessly around - I didn't know what to do next. After I circled the store a few times I realized that I didn't belong... that was the end of my attempts at being crafty. Next time I am bringing my mommy!

Today was so fun with Ryan. He has rolled over a few times in the past few weeks, but today he rolled over 4 times! He also started really GiGglinG! It is the cutest sound in the whole world. This video is after 3 rounds of getting him to laugh, so he was kind of over it. You can catch a little bit, though. I was so proud of him and it made me tear up thinking that he is growing up.

Coincidence... I hope not!

A couple days ago I went and got this for Ryan to help his congestion and cough. It was the first night in a week hat he slept 6 consecutive hours. When we came to my parents house, we forgot to bring it. After Thursday night, I told Brett that we needed to go buy some more to see if it would help again. IT DID! I feel much more rested. So, i would recommend this product to anyone! It is not just for colds, I think that it is supposed to help with just fussy babies too! (I should get some advertising pay for this,right?)

Sleep Update

THANK YOU to all those who gave me sleeping advice. I do love hearing what has worked for others. Oh how I wish Ryan was sleeping like he was when I made that post. He went from being a pretty good sleeper to not so much. It all started when we went on vacation. I just decided that when we got home I wouldn't go anywhere for a few days to get him back on track. Well, then we got home and as you all saw, Ryan got sick! So, he was waking up because he didn't feel good. He still has some wheezing and a stuffy nose so he wakes up a lot because he can't breathe! Here is how last night went:


7:30 bed
10:00 feeding
12:30 awake and crying
1:00 asleep
2:20 awake and screaming - moved into another room as to not wake Brett and my sister who was sleeping in the next door room( we are babysitting her while my parents are gone)
2:30 listened to Ryan babble himself to sleep until 3:00am
3:15 awake and crying - held his hand
4:15 awake and screaming, fed him
5:45 awake and crying
6:10 asleep
7:00 awake for good and mom is TIRED!

This is when I really wish that babies could just talk. It would be so much easier if Ryan could just say " Mom, my nose is stuffy and I can't breathe. Can you please get your snot sucker and help me out!" It is hard for me to know what do when I am not sure if he crying just to cry or because he doesn't feel good. I am hoping that he gets all better soon so we can start getting his sleep back to normal!

I need to work on coming up with some new posts! I think that my mind is just consumed with mommyhood and sleep deprivation that I don't think about much else. As soon as things get back to normal, I will do my best to spice things up with some humorous anecdotes or deep thoughts(on the occasion that I have some)! As for now, you will continue to get cute pictures of my beautiful boy! Here is one in his new hat!


Let me tell you, you certainly get a lot more attention when you have a baby! I went to my brother and sister's swim meet and so many people were ohhing and ahhing about Ryan. One lady from the other team asked if I was going to be at league finals because she wanted to sit next to me! As we left a whole stand full of people were waving goodbye! I don't mean to brag... it really is just such a funny thing how much people love babies! Not one of those people would have even talked to me had I not had him with me! I love my boy!

My Poor Baby

All my life I have hated going to the doctor - now I know why! They tramatize you from the start. I just took Ryan to the doctor for his second set of shots and it was so sad! I was glad that Brett could be with me to help, though. Last time, I just sat on a chair and covered my eyes and ears this time I toughened up and stood next to him. I was the passie girl. We brought some sugar water and would dip the passie in and stick it in before each shot ( 3!) That seemed to help. The next day, Ryan woke up with a fever and a runny nose. All he wanted to do was lay on my shoulder. Today it involved into a stuffy nose and a cough. The poor kid! It makes me so sad to see him go thought the pain of shots and the the discomfort of side effects. My dad made a good point, though; it would be more sad to see him actually get those sicknesses they are immunizing against. I just hope he starts to feel better soon!