Mother's Day

or the return of the black plague...whatever you want to call it....Mother's Day was wonderful and full of the stresses of motherhood, I guess is the best way to put it. J came down with the stomach bug that I had been fighting all week and was completely out of order. He did get me cards from himself, Drew and Muse that were wonderful and a gorgeous lilac tree that will forever remind me of my first Mother's Day. It was definitely bittersweet. How much more can you miss your own mom on your first Mother's Day, especially when you're sick and just wish that she was there to take care of you as well as celebrate my own new motherhood. I truly missed her on Sunday and couldn't shake the feeling that things would have been so different had she been able to be there with me.Anyway, my first Mother's Day was amazing and truly made me realize how very blessed I am to have Skelly in my life. I can't imagine it any other way.

Eight Months

Dearest Skelly- You are Eight Months and I cannot believe how this time has flown by. I meant to write this post to you last night but you did not want to sleep in your crib, which is not totally unusual, and you cried and threw up all over me. We let you sleep with us, and I say this with lightness because your Daddy always likes when you sleep in between us. I have a stomach bug and you were such a good sleeper and have been such an amazing little boy. We are continually reminded how absolutely blessed we are that you are in our lives. We will go in late to school today, Momma was up a lot last night. You are sitting next to me in your high chair and shoveling in sweet potato puffs as fast as I can shake them onto your tray.
You are getting so big! Crawling is right around the corner I think and you would much rather stand than have someone cuddle you. You have a red box that is filled with your toys that you light up when you see and your favorite toy right now is a silver rattle from Jan and Harry. You tried Chinese food a few weekends ago and to celebrate your 8 months attempted to eat some spaghetti, see photo below for how successful that went. My big boy you are the best thing that I have ever done and I love you more than you will ever know.

With love,
Momma

First tastes!

Skelly has had lots of first tastes this weekend! Dim Sum today was so much fun. He tried char siu bao and jook and loved both. He also had a big chunk of pancake that J. made and was so excited to squish and gum. I love that he can come out to eat with us now and sit in his highchair like such a big boy. He is loving his mum mums and sweet potato puffs. I am so glad that he is such an adventurous eater so far. I love feeeding this kid!

Seven Months

My sweet baby I cannot believe that you are SEVEN MONTHS today. You have still been in my belly longer than out but it seems as though you are completely woven into the fabric of our lives. You are a wild man now and love to scream and talk and try out your voice. Just the other day you said DA DA! We're still waiting for Daddy to actually be there for it, but we know that you have it in you. Even as I write this you are standing in your exersaucer peeking around your high chair and talking away to make sure that I know you are there. When I turn to look at you, your smile lights up your face. We just took our first trip together to Massachusetts and although you had a rough beginning to both ends of the trip, you proved your mother's roots by sleeping the rest of the 5 hours soundly. I am loving all of these changes in you and cannot believe it's possible to love you anymore than I do already but am finding it to be true everyday. You are amazing my baby Skelly!
Love, Momma

Just the cutest boy ever.....

Ever seen Big Trouble in Little China.....here's the Chinese boy with the blue eyes....

Little boys are made of puppy dog tails....

and sunshine and cheesy grins and chubby nom-able thighs....Ah, Skelly, Mommy loves you to pieces! You are growing so big and loving this sunshine on your face. It was so wonderful to celebrate the coming of spring with you and know that pretty soon you will feel the grass on your knees as you crawl through the jungle that is our backyard. 

Love, Momma

First batch of baby food!

So the verdict is Peas- 4 Skelly- 0. Skelly is not a fan. Looks like they will not be the first go at baby food. However, he is a HUGE fan of sweet potatoes. I have the beaba cook ready to go! I tried to run it at first to clean it out without realizing you have to pour the designated amount of water INTO the machine and not just let it sit in the steamer basket, but hey, it's a learning process, right? He has loved the canned versions so Momma is going to try her hand at some fresh. Results to come.....