HOLY COW!

It's baseball season and Grandpa Harry is enjoying his new full time job... just waiting for his little buddy to get a little bigger to bring him to the games - no reason we can't dress the part.

Memorial Day Weekend

Some people go to lake houses, some BBQ, others party w/ friends and family. Freddy here had different plans. He logged about a gazillion miles on the stroller, flirted with neighbors, found smaller beings than him that he could dominate (Gnorman our friendly helpful backyard gnome), enjoyed our backyard (at least we think),





and of course wrestled a fierce and ferocious jungle cat...

it was a pretty intense battle,



that once the beast was back in his cage everyone took a nap.


Now that's what I call a weekend!

Grandma Lovin'

Fred has fabulous grandmothers - they both adore him, love his little tricks, and can laugh at all his flirtatious faces! We've already been on a tour with Grandma Worst (we might need a new nickname) to her favorite place - The Morton Aboredum.. can you tell they are having a blast?



Grandma Philips (again - is this the nickname we want?) is counting down the days till her summer vacation so she can join in on Fred adventures, we try our best to wait around for her after school but it makes travelling home for dinner right at rush hour - but in a week or so well see lots more of her. What a blast to have such awesome Grandmas!

Three Month Fred... and that's what its all about

I haven't updated as much as I would like too, but we have been busy with the outdoors! We've been taking adventures in the stroller, walking the neighborhoods, visiting grandparents, hanging out with Aunt Molly or our buddy Noah, meeting new friends etc. and thus when we come home the day is mostly filled with laundry, bath time, diapers, nap time, doing dishes, and cooking - doesn't leave much time for this electronic hobby. So while we've been out enjoying nice weather and introducing the world to Fred, he has turn 3 months! He is almost 14 weeks old - I can't believe it. He's growing so fast! I've recently discovered that he loves music... I use the term loosely as I don't know if that's what you could call me singing. His favorites include itsy bitsy spider, twinkle twinkle little star, someone in the kitchen with Diana, and any other I can remember the lyrics to. We've recently been rocking out our tummy time and play time to a CD called Baby Loves Jazz - that's right he's one cool cat. We do baby yoga in the morning, which he loves, and peek-a-boo is always popular on the changing table with his must have bib (a must have to avoid the massive amounts of drool this kid produces!). He loves to sit up and look around. I have him sit on the 'edge of the pool' as I call it, he sits on boppy with his feet dangling off so he can check out what's going on. Eating and sleeping are going well, right now I think we are in a schedule change of him giving up the 3rd nap but going to bed at 8pm. He is so long and I'm sure close to 14 or 15 lbs by this point, last doctor's appointment he was just under 13lbs. His neck is super strong as he can lift himself up and look around while on his belly, he can roll from his back onto his side, he can track anything moving, is starting to grasp his beloved butterfly toy, beginning to associate noise with things, has found that he has hands and feet - but only if he could control them, burps like a champ (its hilarious how loud he can make them), and is talking up a storm. The coolest part is his ability to recognize the two of us and smile when he sees us, it makes you want to stare at him all day long. He gave a giggle here or there back a week or two a go, but it mostly sounded like "huuuh" in a whiney tone, but today he and I had a laugh fest, although I'm not sure what about - well I know I was laughing at him, so maybe he was just laughing at looking at me. To celebrate this quarter birthday he thought he would pull out all the stops and give a dance... (mostly I just wanted to show off his cute new polka-dot sleeper).

A Grand Day Out!

Last week Fred got to visit with his buddy Noah and Abby and introduced to his new friend Kelly! Kelly of course was a natural with the kids, especially her stroller driving skills. She only shrieked in horror once (Fred had gas) and didn't even drop either of the boys. Ginger beware I see some maternal instincts rising to the surface!

Mother's Day

Stan has not been feeling well, the weather was blech, and my little boy was a grumpy gus at nap times. We had Stan's parents up with his grandmother, I made a roast. I think they had a wonderful time - I know they enjoyed spending time with Fred. Stan bought me a gardening book and took a really cool picture of a barn for me and Fred slept through the night on Saturday and Sunday. What better gift is there? Besides, its pretty grand just being a mom - he's so awesome...

Antonio Banderas where are you?

You know that commercial for some seasonal allergy medicine with a bee voiced by Antonio? No? Well there is one and my poor Fred needs some. I'm on snot patrol. He hates it, I hate it, but it must be done so he can breath. Imagine having all that gunk and you can't blow your nose, so instead you try to sneeze it out but that doesn't get everything, so then some giant leaning over you starts prodding your nose with kleenex or an aspirator (you know that turkey baster looking thing). Fred hates that aspirator thing so much that every time I've used it to try to clear up gunk he cries so hard he starts choking because he can't breath so it ends up with him throwing up. My poor baby! He doesn't seem to mind other than feeding is a little harder and Stan and I are working on trying to teach him when it comes to sneezing 'say it don't spray it', to no avail.