Projects

Empty house equals me doing little projects around the house....so miss my guys!! I swear Wes is going to come home to a different house! :-)

Project 1: Install add on blinds to the back door. The man room has been at a halt because we didn't like the fact you can see in the room from the deck. Especially since it's where computers and hobbies are stored. But now that is fixed. In less than 10 minutes it was installed. My kind of project!!

Before of the door












Opened

















Closed

Project 2: Put together my desk. That has been sitting in a box gosh for about 7 months. lol Gotta love matching desks! Especially free matching desks!! We ordered just one and they sent two and only charged us for one!

Project 3: Put all outgrown baby items in attic. There used to be a collection of baby stuff in the man room, the swing, infant car seat, baby clothes, maternity clothes, etc. Now I see why it took me so long to put it up in the attic. THE HEAT!!!!!!!! OMG! I was sweating so bad for like 10 minutes of work. Dear lord! I hope I never have to do that again....Oh wes!?!?! :-)

Project 4: Make Growth Chart. We were going to put it in the closet...but as you can see......the stripe is GONE! lol Too much in front of it. So then began the search on what to do.....We of course EVERY growth chart I liked was like 50 dollars plus. Um I don't think so!!! So I decided to make one.

Previous Growth Chart idea
















Where is the chart?!?!

Materials & Costs:
Foam board- 5
Wrapping Paper- 1 (leftovers will go to Birthday presents)
Fabric- 10 (I got more than what I needed, because the leftovers I'm using to make pillow covers for the living room. I fell in love with this fabric. Had a modern touch to them and will go perfect with our beige couch.)
Button- 20 cents
Numbers/Letter- 0 (Already had them in my scrapbooking accessories)
Ribbon- 0 (Already had from leftover projects, the valances, etc)

Total 16.20
That's a 30 dollar saving! Plus I think I did a great job on the giraffe and it's got a personal touch. Look mommy I can still draw :-) I was worried I would be wasting my time on it and fail miserably.

Step 1

















Finished Product

















Watch Me Grow!












Each foot marker has a place to write the date. Can't believe Baby Boy is already passed 2 marks.

Well that's enough work for the day going to lay down and watch a movie. Tomorrow's Projects. Seal the backsplash grout to call the kitchen 100% done. Make pillow covers.

Alone

So today at 4am Aiden and Wes left me! :-( Mommy couldn't get off work, and I wanted Aiden to meet his great granddaddy. They are on vacation with Wes' fam to Outer Banks, NC. Already miss them so much! But I hear baby boy is doing great! Such a good baby.

So to prepare for the trip I wiped clean Wes camera's memory card. All 957 pictures! OMG! All now safely stored on my external harddrive. But with that I found some pictures I had been looking for! Aiden's first bath!!! So 5 months later I post these. lol better late than never. He was soooo small, a whopping 9lbs, compared to now. Glad he's outgrown his fear of water..hence why his body turned BRIGHT red.

Another thing. I finally got Aiden a light. I think he will love it. No I didn't get the dachshund like I wanted, but I think I ended up with an even cuter item.

Giimmo Stego Jr. The Stegosaurus.

Ah so cute!!!! They come in the cutest animals, it was very hard to decide. It was between the Stego and the Hedgehog. And you can't beat the price from like $70 for the dog to $15 for the cute dinosaur. All the review talked about how their kids could carry it to the bathroom in the nighttime, acting like a little friend. I loved the features about it.
* Color changing LED, AC Rechargeable
* The built in LED is eco-friendly, featuring low heat and low power
* Gently tap Giimmo to turn on, and tap again to turn off
* Poseable limbs, Milky white, soft PVC

< ---1st choice

< ---The Winner

Mommy Time

Mommy Time today was funny! Full of flipping, giggling, biting, and POOPING! I swear in 20 minutes we went through 3 diapers! Poop every time. All different kinds of poops. Solids, Liquids, both. Dear Lord! Poor baby...maybe that's why Wes said he was fussy today. His tummy was upset, and he saved it ALL for mommy! Lil Stinker!

His pooping face along with grunting. lol

Which lead to changing him. It's so funny he know now it's changing time, so he will lift his feet up so i can pull the diaper off. Kinda like "Clean my poopy butt mommy. I'm dirty!"

So after a clean butt back to playing.....see the giraffe then ATTACK!

Hey! Whatca doing mommy. Put the camera down!

Today we had a discovery! Aiden discovered his TOES, and he could touch them! Ahh! They were great play toys today.

Aiden now officially sleeps on his belly. It at first worried me, and I still check on him constantly...but hes mastered it.

Now time to quit writing...Aiden has been needy for mommy for the past few days...Always wants to be in mommy's lap or held by mommy.

Already Sunday

Man! I can't believe it's Sunday already! Off to work tomorrow I go...

This weekend was relaxing though. Saturday was relaxing day at home with my hubby and baby boy. We were going to go to the pool, but the rain decided to come. However surprisingly it wasn't HOT! So me and Poot went swimming today. He just loves the water so much. Never cries, just floats and looks around. :-) Crazy boy.

He is sleeping SOOOOO good these days. 9or10pm to 7or8am! One of my coworkers who's thinking of starting his own family was asking me all these funny questions the other day. Like how Aiden sleeps etc, which I said JUST improved but before it was like waking up at 1am, 3am, 5am, etc. He goes "Does it affect you at work?!" I died laughing....hahahaha....well let's put it this way, "Does not eating or drinking affect you? So, yes it definitely DEFINITELY does. Hence why my brain was going at half speed those first 4 months" Gotta love it.

I have included some pictures of tummy time with baby boy when we got home today. I even caught a little bit of his smile without movement! YAH! He has started this thing now that every time you get him to smile he like gets embarrassed and hides his head. UGH what's with that now I'm REALLY never going to get one. I will ONE DAY! :-)

However, today marked a milestone. I broke down his swing! AHHH! The swing that was our lifesaver those first 4 months. The swing that we couldn't live without. The swing that was the ONLY thing that could calm baby boy down and make him go to sleep. OMG! We have officially now become a BIG boy!

The reason why I broke it down and came to this milestone was we hadn't put him in there all week and I thought maybe this morning he might like to get in there before he out grew it (only 3 lbs more and he was at the max)....WRONG the whole time he kept trying to FLIP! OMG! Yeah I just saw flashes of him flipping out and falling to the floor hitting all the metal and hardwoods. Yeah, that's not going to happen! Bye bye swing.