blah blah blog: 2008

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Mama's boy

Manni brought a pair of my sock to me and
wanted to put them on. Then he walked around
in them for the rest of the afternoon. It was
funny. He loves his socks and shoes and mama's
socks and shoes.

What can I say. . . I'm a sucker for kisses.

There's mama's big boy. Notice the muscles in his arms.
What a big boy.

Time flies. . . I can't believe I have a 16 month old boy!

Firsts

I bought Manni a shovel and pail kit from Walmart. This
was his first time playing with them. The boys had a great
time digging in the dirt and loading up the truck with grass
and dirt.

This is Manni's first popcicle (other than
breast milk popcicles). He was/is getting his
canine teeth so I froze some juice to help
sooth his gums. Too bad I'm not still breast
feeeding or it would have been a milk-cicle.

I made some chocolate pudding and let Manni try some.. .
another first. Then I let him dig in while I worked on the
dishes. When I finished the dishes this is what I found!

(The date on this pic is actually April 2008.)
Strawberries haven't been in season since Manni has been
over 1 year and able to add them to his diet. I was so
excited to let him try strawberries. He really liked them
this first time but when I've tried to give them to him since
he just pushes them out of his mouth with his tounge.
He is more of a grape/banana boy I guess.

Caged animals

What can I say. . . the boy loves getting in the animal cage.

Sorry about the sleeping bag Dad.

Easter

We did an easter egg hunt at the park with the play group.
Mannix was so excited to find an egg!

After he picked it up and opened it to find toys and candy
he didn't want to find more. He just wanted to play with
his egg. We eventually did start hunting for more though.

Easter morning we did a hunt again in our living room and
Manni knew what he was doing that time. He ran around
to all the eggs and put them into the basket. We even let
him eat some of the candy inside! He REALLY likes candy.
I had to hide the eggs so he wasn't constantly crying for more!

The Bathroom project

Our first major project on our new house is
the Master bathroom. We are going to
completely gut it and start over. (the cupboards
are going to be taken out to widen the shower)

This shower had been leaking for years and
was in dire need of repair when we bought
the house.

That is me in the guest bathroom looking into
the master bathroom shower. Scott did a great
job with the demo while Manni and I were safe
and clean at our rental house

Scott and I framed the new wall and I put up
the cement board.

We installed the new drain and then poured
a new cement floor with the proper grade for
drainage.

I wish I could put finished project pics here now. . .
unfortunately we had to move into this house from
our rental and the move totally halted our
bathroom project.

More to come. . . .(hopefully soon!)

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Growing boy

My little boy is getting so much bigger! He is giving full-fledged
kisses now. . . it is very sweet.

He is really into balls now. He is getting the hang on throwing
which is great since he can throw the ball for Peanut. I just
give him a ball and then the two of them are on auto-pilot.

This is Manni's first bath not in the baby tub. He was totally ready
for it and he had soooo much fun splashing with Daddy.

This is the terrible rash Manni got from teething that
sent us on the food allergy goose chase for an entire month.
I am so glad I don't have to force him to drink soy milk
any more.

This is my favorite outfit.
He is such a toddler running around now.

Sewing projects

I spent an entire month putting this stocking together.
It turned out darling but it took SOOOOO much work!
I'm realizing now why you ususally only get an elaborate
stocking from grandma and not from mom.