Cereal

Case tried out rice cereal for the first time last week. Needless to say he was less than enthused with the introduction of additional foods. He wasn’t excited but we had fun watching his face change with every spoonful.

Open Wide! What's going on? I don't understand what's happening.



OMG, What is this junk? I don't know what to think.


Okay, I'm done. Someone stop them....please.

Only in Oklahoma

Only in Oklahoma do they shut down bridge overpasses to clear off the tumbleweeds with a snow plow. I saw it with my own eyes.

Liquor and Condoms

We went to the doctor today and Case weighed 11.5 lbs. The doctor said one reason Case might be waking up more frequently at night is because he could be teething! Teething, oh my! Then he told me to start giving Case a couple spoonfuls of rice cereal a day. Cereal?! He is just a baby! Teething and cereal. What’s next liquor and condoms? Sigh. I’m not ready for him to grow up.

My New Secret Obsession

Okay folks I am going to tell you a secret. I have a new obsession. It’s kind of sick, but I just can’t seem to help myself. I am obsessed with things that come out of my son’s body. Mainly earwax and boogers. For example, I check his ears every day while he is nursing so imagine my surprise when one day I found a ball of ear wax the size of a Roly Poly! It wasn’t in there the day before, but there it was, blocking his whole ear hole. I am pretty sure his hearing will be delayed because of the massive obstruction. And don’t get me started on the boogers! Sweet Jesus some of these boogers must reach all the way back into his frontal lobe they are so long and big. Just this morning he had what I thought was a small little ‘hanger’ dangling down in front, but when I started using the nose sucker I realized we were not dealing with anything small. The extraction practically turned into a surgery and I think the final product was at least an inch and a half long. I was gagging and mesmerized all at the same time. So now every morning and every night I am relentlessly probing my son’s nasal cavity and ear holes with q-tips and a sucker thingy wondering with trepidation and anticipation what I might find next. Gross, I know, but I can’t seem to help myself.

New Bag of Tricks

Case is getting to be a big boy and learning new things every day. He is sucking on his hands and has learned to pout. Pouting has to be a ‘nature’ thing because I am relatively certain that neither Cody nor I stick out our bottom lips when we don’t get our way. I never like to see him cry, but when he makes his pouty face I can’t help but laugh. Here are some pics of his new bag of tricks.

I can bring my hands together and suck on them. I love hands. Believe me if I could cram both hands in my mouth at the same time I would. Fingers….yum.


Look at me, sitting in a chair like a big boy.


Mom just thinks I’m just so darn cute she had to throw this one in for fun!

I tried to get a pic of him in full pout, but couldn't catch it in all its glory. However this is a close second for most adorable pout ever.

Hectic but Fun

We managed to make it to Oklahoma for the holidays and back to Colorado without any major incidents (aside from getting pulled over 3 times!). We drove at night to reduce the car seat trauma which helped Case because he ended up sleeping most of the drive both ways. Of course Cody and I are still suffering from sleep deprivation but we will eventually recover. When we got to Oklahoma grandma had Cases room all put together with a crib, stuffed animals, rattle, changing pad, wipes, powder, rocking chair etc, so his environment was as close to home as possible. Aren’t grandmas great?

The visit was hectic but fun. With so much driving, activity and people to see our little man was all turned around. Poor guy didn’t nap for 2 days straight and therefore wasn’t in the best of moods. That means our little circus monkey didn’t perform as well as expected. We had more cries, pouts and fusses than giggles, coos and smiles, so the last couple days we just stayed at grandma’s house, worked on getting back on schedule and had all visitors come to us. We missed seeing a couple key people who couldn’t make it to the city which was regretful, but hopefully we can catch everyone at Christmas.

Here are a few pics from our cross country trek. Hanging out with both sets of great grandparents.

Proud Uncle Jason and Case. Of course my camera went kaput after one pic over at Cody's familys house, so I will have to include some pics from Cody's side after our Christmas visit.

The house divided. The OU vs OSU game was another stressful part of the visit. I sat between my husband in orange and my dad in maroon. I just wanted to keep the peace! Fortunately everyone was a good sport about the game and we left on speaking terms. Case was also trying to be a pleaser so he wore orange the first half and red the second. He was covered no matter which way the game went.

Cases Nana made him the little go pokes burp cloth. It doubles as a baby blanket and he loves to have with him at all times.

Nightmare

Case had a baby nightmare last night and it was so sad to see. He was upstairs sleeping and all of the sudden he started screaming like he was hurt. I flew up the stairs and he was in his crib eyes shut screaming his little head off. He wouldn’t stop even when I picked him up. I tried to wake him up and that helped a bit, but he was still clearly upset. So I went to the rocking chair in an effort to settle his little nerves, but even while nursing Case would drift off and start to pucker up his little lips and cry out. It broke my heart! Finally after about an hour of comforting, he finally settled into a peaceful sleep and woke up this morning with a smile on his face. Thank goodness! So my question is, what do little babies have nightmares about?