As I mentioned before about our grueling yard work I decided to post pictures. I forgot to take before pictures, so Paint came into play to show you where things were removed and what's going to be removed. Kindergarden drawings. :-)
Did I mention before I HATE bricks?! Please look at all the bricks I stacked up. GEEZ! And I'm not finished. NEVER BRICK A FLOWERBED! EVER!
So enjoy, and excuse the ugly deck that will be removed and the huge pile of sticks that is currently being burned as I type. :-)
After a long day in the yard when the sun went down on Sunday, we decided to play outside. Aiden loooved playing with Murphy and even trying to chew his leash. The birds were so amazing to him, just kept staring at them. Walking in the grass is still abnormal to him, but at least he's trying.
So today Aiden had his second sleepover at the Gabby and Grande's....which meant me and Wes kicked our yard's butt! lol Well actually it kicked ours!
First we picked up the thousands of sticks that piled up over our past recent storms...LOTS of burning to do tomorrow! Wes cut the grass.
What did I do. OMG! Tackled the most random things ever! I swear the person that lived here before was like "hmmmmm where should I plant this bush...let's put it over there." No rhythm nor reason.
I dug up stones and bricks lining flower beds, dug up the thousands of bulbs in those beds, trimmed down bushes and trees to be ready to dug out....pure exhaustion! OMG!! If I never see a shovel again I will be happy....wait I have to tomorrow. UGH!!
I really tried to dig up the rose bush that's smack dab in the middle of the front yard, but it totally kicked my butt! OMG!! I dug, and dug, and dug. That sucker wouldn't come up. I eventually gave up....and informed Wes that sucker is all his! haha I'm such a nice wife! :-)
We are going to finish up as much as we can before Aiden comes home from church.
So this month we decided to switch gyms, no more YMCA for us...onto ATC Fitness. Why? Because I found it impossible to go straight from work to the gym just to have that daycare option...that's what we were paying for. Now since Aiden's bedtime is so early it really wasn't working out. So it was time to switch and save us money too! Plus it's open 24/7 so that's very nice for me and it's 3 miles down the road.
YMCA= 62 a month
ATC= 40 a month
Every penny helps...it could be only 30 a month, but I decided on adding a feature onto my membership. Tanning. an extra 10 and I can tan all I want. Definitely not a need, but how often do I splurge on myself? Never! Plus, working 24/7 in an office behind a computer makes my Irish really come through and my skin begins to glow. lol
I'm actually saving money adding on that 10, because a single session is 7 at a tanning salon and if I were to get an unlimited package it would be 40...so in the end I win! WINNING! lol
So our schedule is Wes goes while Aiden's in daycare and I go after Aiden goes to sleep (around 7pm). On weekends I go during his nap time that way I'm not missing a single moment with him. We've been doing it about a week now and it really is working. :-) Yah!
I just went for my first tan this Sunday, I'm thinking I'll do it like 2 times a week...and the nerd in me made a little comic to tell my funny story of an actual convo I had with the worker at ATC. Enjoy! You might need to click on it to make it bigger.
Feels weird to say he's 13 months!!
Stats:
Weight: 28lbs (All the walking has made it come off)
Height: (I'll measure tomorrow)
Size 4 Diapers
24 month clothes
Milestones:
*Walking machine (He just walks everywhere and picks walking over crawling)
*Daycare pro (He now sleeps an hour and everytime we pick him up he's smiling and laughing!)
*Breaking his habit of the paci (Thank you daycare! He only gets it now when he's teething or REALLY fussy.)
*Breaking his habit of the bottle (Again, thank you daycare!! He only gets it in the morning and bedtime. Soon that morning one will go, but that bedtime one will be hard. Especially, since that one HAS to be heated still...ugh! Every other time he's fine with cold milk, but if you dare to give him that at night. You pay!
Eating Pattern:
Now that we have the molars, he will eat about anything. But is favorite meal hands down is yogurt! SOOO cute. I'll feed him some then he will smack his lips together like MMMMM that's good!
Sleeping Pattern:
Thanks to daycare it's 7pm-6am. OMG it's sooo nice having those extra hours at night. Don't get me wrong I LOOOVE my son and playing with him but after a long day at work Mommy is tired. Plus, gives me time to do the other 10 million things on my list.
In addition, I can now workout at a decent hour. my schedule is not GTL (Gym, Tan, Laundry) but LTG (Love on Aiden, Tan, Gym). lol :-) Yes I'm a dork! I come home, play with Aiden till bedtime then I'm off. I would do it in the morning if I could. TOTALLY not a morning person! :-)
Likes:
*Pushing his airplane ride-on! He's so silly!
*Walking around with remotes or the phone
*Turning the lights on and off. One of his favorite things to do!
*Honestly, everything! I don't want to jinks myself, but he truly is one happy baby!
Dislikes:
*Being sick! Which means mommy and daddy have to put saline drops in his nose. Freak out moments!
*When I walk into a room, shut the door, and can't figure out how to get it back open. (It's his uh huh MOMMY HELP ME! moments lolol)
*When mommy won't let me explore the drawers in the bathroom vanity
This weekend was fun! It was the first one in awhile, which means adventures outside! Hence my little photoshoot in the front yard. He was too funny! I sat him down on the towel, took his paci,yes a teething day :-(, to get him to walk...instead he crawled and the faces were priceless. All the noises (dogs barking, four wheelers, cars) were exciting to him.
