.love.

Enough said.

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milestone climber....

In 2 weeks he will be 6 months old.... I can't beleive how fast its gone, his growing that is, mommy healing not so much. But yes milestones, he's much better at tummy time, full roller, almost crawling, sitting up with less help, eating fruits & veggies... sleeping better at night....

Damn I love this kid.

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Marley

Puppy teeth

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bliss

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5 months on his candy blankie...

Blaiden is HUGE.

That is all

Blaiden (danger baby) loudest baby I know.

Blaiden screams and yells, not because he's mad (usually) but because HE CAN! He makes noises when he eats, wakes up blabbing, I mean really he's just overall LOUD! He's seriously like a little person. When your eating or drink something he wants it, and if hes in reach he WILL grab it.
I see why people start baby proofing during pregnancy because you never know when you need to: it just happens.  One day hes still and the next he's into everything. He tries to chew the cord to the computer, he yanks my phone out of my hand, spills glasses on the coffee table just by reaching, kicks things over when he's in "attempt to crawl mode" & when he wants something he lets you know.
Its so cute that he reaches now to be picked up, leans towards toys he wants or a new place he'd like to be in.. bumbo, excersaucer, tummy time, outside... Damn he's smart!
I still cant believe I grew this little (15lbs, 26 inches now) boy inside my belly. Everytime I see him i'm just amazed.

I don't want to miss a single moment in his little life, but I heard this myth that money makes the world turn.

H.M.P.H

I'm in love with taking pictures as much as i'm in love with Blaiden, or vice versa-

 Blaiden oRion

 This kid is so damn cute! Right?! Hes got such an amazing little personality, and he's human! 

Now back to picture taking... 

There is this little grape vine growing on someones fence and this little bundle is growing through the fence... Aren't they cute? I take a picture of them everyday when I walk....

Pathological Picture taker.. of my favorite face.

Yesterday as I had my camera pointed in Blaidens face, yet again, I thought to myself: Am I taking too many pictures?

I wanna save every single moment! His little face changes everyday, he does something new everyday. So the answer to myself is, NO! I do not take too many pictures.

He's almost 5 months old! Can you believe it?

XoXo
Mommy

Marleys 1st night outback.

He did great! I slept not so great because I was worried about him but he was not noisy. I checked on him numerous times, he was asleep in his crate, or in the middle of the yard OR playing. I feel good about this decision... the outside dog!

I just hope my brother stays okay with it.

Happy Auntie Mandy

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Marley.

This here is my nephew, Marley. He is a mutt, a cute mutt. We are unsure of how big or little he will be, right now he is 11 weeks only and weighs about 10 lbs. He's a little skinny, but we'll fatten him up. My brother, is he who adopted this little guy. I was under the impression we were getting an outdoor dog, but this little guy got a fair 1.5 week trial indoors. Little Mr cant control his bladder, so after aunt Mandy (me) had a restless night of playing his mind games, he is now outdoors. My backyard is not a very nice place, its over grown and under loved. I went out pretty early before the heat and made it semi welcoming to little Marley. Blocked all the escape routes, made him a shade spot, gave him a big ole water bowl & smashed down the weeds and covered with mulch for a place for him to potty, as he pleases, not on my NEW carpet or cute throw rugs...

It is now 1:00 pm and its probably about 83 degrees out, and he's a happy little guy. Chasing leaves. Splashin in his water bowl! Dude this dog was meant for the outdoors.

More to come..

Liquid Gold... Breastmilk

My freezer currently holds 50 oz of breast-milk, the so called liquid gold.
My views on breastfeeding are probably a lot different then most. I had a "rough" experience, most may not. To each their own though. If it works for you then awesome, if not ITS OKAY!
With that said, let me tell you what is going on. Blaiden is almost 5 months old (the 10th) and we are STILL having major issues with throwing up, most say spit up but when its in ounces I call it throw up. He's been diagnosed with reflux a moderate to severe case. Sometimes when he throws up its completely acidic, and he screams. No one wants that taste in their mouth. He had a upper GI last week and now we are gong to see a specialist.
I try to give him more baby food (homemade and a few plum organic foods) & rice then formula, because he keeps that down better. We have tried every formula under the sun, literally. What we found that works best is Gerber Gentle and Similac Alimentum (hypoallergenic), I use a quarter of a scoop in 3 oz. Barely any of the Alimentum, I started out using more but he hates it so I prefer not to torture him.

Yesterday I got this genious idea, our issue with the breast-milk was it gave him severe gas and made him crazy no matter what I ate. So I thought what if I put a splash of alimentum in the BM (breastmilk) well i did... And he's been drinking nothing but breast milk today, no spit up!!! since 745am its now 4:45, isnt that awesome!!!

Next issue, I havent pumped in 8 weeks. So I only have whats in the freezer, well I grab the medela, pump, and guess what?

I CAN STILL MAKE MILK!! I'm such a cow. LoL

Fenugreek & Mothers Milk Tea.. & gallons of water,, I will get this supply back up!!
I will keep you all posted on how it goes.

Back to watching Hoarders... I should blog about that next... maybe

too often....

I despise conflict, some may say differently but its really the truth. Often when i'm in a verbal dispute/discussion I feel cornered and trapped even if it was me who started it and I scramble for words I make zero sense and it really doesn't better the situation. Recently I realized I'm never happy with the outcome of talking about the way I feel. (some negative, some positive or sometimes just a general discussion) I never feel better after, no matter how much or little I talk about specific problems. I've tried to self evaluate to see if I can do something different or maybe its the other person. I'm really at a loss for words. Its not with a specific person its with many people. It really sucks because I know its not good to bottle things up. But really if I know i'm not gonna feel better after talking about it, and I 90% of the time feel SO much worse, its not worth it. I'm gonna work on working things out in my head or maybe start a journal. I don't want anyone to take this personally. But for ME I think this is best.

Dear Diary its me...