Great news...

I have some great news to share. A few weeks ago I applied to be a feature blogger on What to Expect website and on Wednesday I found out I got the job. It is a paying freelance blogging. I submitted a few names for my blog to my editor yesterday and I am waiting to hear back so I can get started on starting my blog and writing my first four blogs. Hopefully I will get the hang of writing so search engines will pick up my blog. The first few will probably be learning experiences but I am hoping to gain alot from this venture. I am SOOOO excited!!!!

Tomorrow Trevor, Lacey, Caleb and I are going wine tasting and to dinner for Valentines Day. It should be a good time. Hope everyone is able to spend sometime with their loved ones this weekend. Have a great weekend!

XOXOXO

New Things

My little boy is getting big. This weekend Gaven grew up a little too much for mommy. Where do I start first...

For about a couple of weeks now I have been giving Gaven a 4oz bottle with a little water in it. He would just play with it and get wet but Saturday he started holding the bottle and drinking himself. Last night he even took the bottle out of my hands so he could do it himself.

This makes me happy and sad at the same time. It will make things easier but also but at the same time he doesn't need me as much now. :(

Then he started feeding himself Cheerios. About a month and half now, we had been giving Gaven Cheerios to work on his pincer grasp. Up until yesterday he really had just been playing with them and I occasionally would put on in his month. Well yesterday he started feeding himself. I was trying to feed him his veggies for lunch and he just kept eating the Cheerios. So I had to wait until he was finished with his Cheerios to feed him.

Next, was his first bruise. On Saturday night we were at a club for my MIL 50th birthday party. We were sitting in a booth holding Gaven after dinner. My purse fell under the table so holding Gaven with my left arm, I bent down to pick up my purse and Gaven lunged forward and banged his cheek off the table so Sunday morning he had a bruise on his cheek.

And last but not least, while playing with Gaven this morning before work I noticed that you could see one of his top teeth. It hasn't broken the skin, but you can feel it under the gum.

So as you can see I am reeling this morning about how my baby boy is growing. I was even dreaming this morning about when he was first born and still in the hospital. 

*tear*tear*sniffle*sniffle*

New month....

First off, it took an entire month for Gaven to get his second tooth. So now he has 2 teeth!!!! YEAH! He is now 8 months old. I can't believe we are now closer to him being a year old. He is still babbling and saying dadada and an occasional mama. My favorite is still "nda". He has his velociraptor screech. He has started to scream more often. Finding new vocal cords everyday.  Still no crawling. But he loves to hold your fingers and pull himself to standing then sit,  stand & sit, stand & sit. I need to take more pictures of Gaven. I haven't put any in his month by month frame since October. Here is a picture that Caleb sent me the other day.

Hi Mommy

Caleb is back to work. So that is good. Gaven loves being at the babysitters and she missed him. Plus it is good for him to be around other children. But I do miss not making the babysitter stop in the morning.  I am doing well with my workouts. I actually have been working out 4 or 5 days a week. I am happy about that. For more info check out cristygetshealthy.blogspot.com. 

Have a great week!