Will Crawl for Food!

Austin is all over the place these days! He's got more of an army crawl going on, but nevertheless, it's a crawl and allows for him to get around a room. It's definitely time to start babyproofing the house and getting a baby gate and all that fun stuff. Here's a short little clip of him last week crawling towards some snacks.



He loves looking out the windows and back door, so he's constantly on the move in that direction. And Brady (one of our beagles) is definitely his little buddy. That poor dog lets him do anything to him. He just sits down next to him, tugging on his ears or yanking on his tags. It's pretty cute; I'm sure Brady will want to move into Austin's room at night once he moves to a big boy bed. :)

He pretty much eats anything I give him these days. And despite still only having his two bottom teeth, manages to chew foods up very well. Tonight's dinner was beef roast, mashed potatoes, green beans, and some apples. Yummy!! And last night he made quite a mess eating Mommy's homemade spaghetti. He's still doing wonderful on sleeping, usually 11 hours straight through a night. I know, I'm lucky! Only two and a half more weeks til our trip to San Antonio. I can't wait! We haven't really had a vacation this year, so this will be it. I can't wait to see Austin's face at Sea World. And I know he'll love the waterpark there too. Oh yeah, speaking of pools, he still loves his little pool. He just crawled around playing in it on Saturday. And then we got in the big pool, and I dunked him. He didn't like it too much, but didn't freak out really.

Til Death Do Us Part!

Tomorrow is our 6 year wedding anniversary!! Has it really been 6 years since we said 'I Do'?! We're celebrating by staying out at the Gaylord Texan and getting all gussied up for a fabulous dinner. And a few cocktails too, I'm sure. I usually dedicate my blog posts to my sweet baby boy, but this one is solely devoted to my wonderful hubby.

When Jordan and I met in college through a mutual friend, the last thing I was looking for was love. After just coming out of a relationship, I was just looking to go out, drink, and have a good time. Little did I know, that the cute guy with a goatee wearing a Red Sox cap backwards would steal my heart almost instantly. After dating a short 8 months, Jordan proposed to me on the beach in Corpus Christi before the fall semester started back up. Although surprised and never having talked about marriage before, I said yes! 11 months later, we had the most beautiful wedding I could have imagined. (Thanks Mom!) The first 5 years of our marriage were devoted to finishing up college, buying a house, building up savings,and just enjoying each other's company. We went on many wonderful vacations, enjoying our independence. After finally getting pregnant last year, we knew our relationship would be taken to the next level, when we would welcome our first child into the world in November. Not only did we have to love each other unconditionally, we would also have to set a great example to our son of how a marriage should be.

Now, don't get me wrong; no marriage is perfect, and I don't claim ours to be. We've had some tough times, but it has only made our relationship stronger. I honestly can say I love him more today than the day I jumped up into his white Chevy truck with big mud tires.:)

So, with that being said, I love you Jordan. Happy Anniversary!!

Happy 8 Months to my Little Man and 28 years to my Big Man!!

Today Austin turned 8 months old and Jordan turned 28!! What a day! We're going to the Rangers game with friends and then a concert afterwards next weekend to celebrate Jordan's birthday. Well, I gave most of my update on Austin last week. Not much as happened since then, he just gets cuter and cuter by the day. I just love how when I walk into daycare and am tired, he locks eyes with me, and just starts smiling, babbling, and bouncing. He just melts my heart! He's 8 months old and wearing size 12 months clothes, so he's still a big boy. :) We're not really going on a big vacation this year (but planning a big cruise for next summer!), but we are going down to San Antonio next month and will take him to Sea World. He loves watching the fish and pressing his face up against the glass at my mom's aquarium, so I feel confident he will enjoy it. Jordan and I went down there last year when I was 8 months prego, so he's actually kinda been there before. :)

Well, that's about it. I just love my monkey so much and cherish everyday!

Summertime & Stomach Viruses

My favorite time of year!! I love the summertime! Especially when I have a handsome little man rocking his swimsuit in the pool with me. :) We've had a pretty relaxing past two weeks, now that mom's surprise party is finally over with. Work has been kinda slow, which is nice. Jordan took me on a 2 hour sunset catamaran ride around the lake for my birthday two weeks ago. It was so nice and relaxing.

We also had Jordan's 10 year reunion last weekend. We went, mingled, and had a few drinks. Nothing too fancy at all, and there weren't any awkward moments with ex-girlfriends, thank goodness. Katrina and her boyfriend watched Austin at the house for us while we went, which was convenient. But we got a call at 11pm from her. Before she went to bed, she peeked in on Austin and noticed that he had thrown up all in his bed and was just laying in it. They got him up, changed the sheets, and gave him a bath. He was still throwing up, but never cried a peep, poor little guy! We got home about 30 minutes later, and he slept the rest of the night. He was still not feeling well and had a bit of a fever on Sunday, so we just hung around the house. Jordan stayed home with him Monday and took him to the Dr. They said he had an ear infection and a stomach virus that had to just run its course. That afternoon, I started to not feel well at work, so I left early. I didn't even make it home all the way before getting sick. When I arrive home, Jordan started getting sick, and Austin projectile vomited all over me and the couch. Just lovely!! Thank goodness my mom came over to help take care of Austin, since Jordan and I were just racing for the bathrooms. It was a long night, and none of us started feeling well until late the next day. We did find out that Austin LOVES bubble gum flavored Pedialyte. He was just guzzling the stuff. I still wasn't ready to send him to daycare on Wednesday, so my mom stayed home with him since I had two meetings at work I had to go to. But sure enough, about 1pm, Mom texted me that she was now sick and asked if I could come home to get Austin. And my sis started getting sick that day. So, the whole family ended up getting this wonderful virus. But we're all feeling much better now. Although, it was a great 5 lb. jumpstart to my goal weight. :)

We had a nice 5-day weekend over July 4th for work. One day was a paid-vacation day, and then there were two mandatory vacation days (thanks to the wonderful economy). But whatever, I'm not going to argue with 5 days away from work! I started the break off with a spa day that Jordan got me for my birthday. I had an 80-min massage, hour facial, and a pedicure. It was amazing and so relaxing. So, thanks Jordan!! Then the rest of the days we just hung out at the pool and just relaxed. Austin really loves the pool, whether it's the big pool, or the kiddie pool I bought him. That boy is just a little fishy!! We also took him to watch the fireworks, and he did pretty good and wasn't scared at all.He is so close to crawling, it's scary. But in the meantime, he gets around pretty good by just rolling or scooting where ever he wants. And he babbles all the time. I practice 'Momma' with him all the time, but I have yet to even hear the 'M' sound come out of his mouth. I think he's just trying to torment me. However, he does keep saying this one phrase over and over again that sounds like 'Hi Puppy', which could be exactly what he's saying. Brady and Bailey are always around and that's what we say when they're around him. He has so much to say though, it's just a matter of time. No new teeth besides the bottom two, but I think the top two will be coming very soon. Austin samples nearly everything off of my plate these days and just eats anything he's given. I can't believe he will be 8 months old next week; it just doesn't even seem possible! I've been seriously getting baby fever lately. But I know that we need to wait until Austin turn 1 before we start trying again. :(

Well, as of July 1st, I am officially a Manager at KPMG. In the last few years, I never thought I would make it this far. But here I am, and now I'm getting a little nervous. I've decided to stay full-time, rather than go part-time. Going part-time would not necessary alleviate having to stay late during busy season, so what's the point? With that being said, I know it's going to be a difficult year, so I'm trying to stay positive. But I'm so scared that I won't be there for Austin enough. I know that Jordan or my Mom could pick up Austin everyday from daycare if they had to. But that doesn't mean that I want to be working late every night and him be in bed before I get home. I don't know; I guess I just need to understand what my priorities are and do what's right for my family.

Okay, enough rambling, I have to return to work tomorrow after a 5-day break, so I better get to bed. I'll have another update next week for Austin's 8 month birthday!

Happy Father's Day to my Baby Daddy!!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MY SWEET HUSBAND JORDAN! I couldn't have asked for a better father to our son. From the first moment you laid eyes on him, you were in love, and I fell in love with you all over again.

Happy 50th to my Momma!!!!!

Whew! Am I glad this weekend is finally over! We had been planning a surprise 50th birthday party for my mom this past weekend for months now. And on top of that, I had to coordinate flying in some of our Yankee family in for the weekend. I have been running around for the past week getting party decorations, buying lots of food/drinks, preparing party trays, and decorating a birthday cake. I am exhausted and need a day off after my 3-day weekend! Here is the detail of events from the weekend:

Jordan and I took off on Friday to get my house and my mom's house cleaned up and ready, since we were going to have the family from out of town stay at both places. We picked them all up at the airport on Friday afternoon. We had already planned a dinner with Mom, John, Michael, myself, Jordan, Austin, and Katrina for Friday night to celebrate both of our birthdays at a local Italian restaurant. Of course Mom was just focused on Austin when she walked in, and then the out-of-towners were there to surprise her. Of course, she cried and was super-excited to see them all. My Uncle Richie hadn't been to TX since I was born!! We enjoyed good food and then headed back to my mom's to hang out and relax.

Saturday morning we got everything ready while my Nana and Aunt Patti got Mom out of the house for a few hours. We had a pretty good group, probably about 30 people came and went. She was pretty surprised. We enjoyed a nice cookout, swam in the pool, enjoyed pina colodas and a big keg. :) It was great to hangout with family we hadn't seen in awhile, and old friends as well. After heading back home about midnight, it was off to bed.

Sunday was my birthday, but I also had to share it with Jordan for his 1st Father's Day. But no time for relaxing. We had all the family (about 18 people) over for breakfast that morning. Bacon, eggs, sausage, biscuits, pancakes, it was quite a feast!! After we got everyone out of the house we were able to take a 1 1/2 hour nap, which was much needed. Then it was back over to Mom's for more food, drinks, bocci ball, and swimming. Then this morning we took them back to the airport to fly home. I'm going to miss them all!! Overall it was a great weekend, but I need a nap!!!

Lucky #7!

Our boy turns 7 months tomorrow!! I know I say this every month, but time is just going by so fast. Pretty sure he's right at 20 lbs. now, and getting chunkier each day. He has two teeth on the bottom and scoots around on the floor pretty good, but no crawling yet. Thank goodness, because we haven't exactly baby-proofed the house yet. He loves to be outside, has gone swimming a few times at CiCi's pool. He seems to like it alot and splashes around and stuff. He has a little car, which he just seems interested in chewing on the steering wheel.
He's also discovered the fish tank at CiCi's house and is just absolutely mesmerized by it. I think I'm going to have to get a small fish tank to put in the jungle playroom at our house.

We've started going out to eat more frequently lately, and Austin seems pretty content playing with his toys or reading the menu. And we've quit using the baby tub, and he sits in the big boy tub for bath time.

I think he has tried every fruit and vegetable that Gerber makes and just gobbles them up. Last week I let him nibble/suck on an apple slice and he loved it! We'll probably start trying to give him some mushed up regular food in the upcoming weeks. And he's also tried some juice out of a sippy cup, which he has been really good at. My goodness, he's just growing up too fast!!