Our second Halloween was full of fun. We went to the mall tonight and had lots of fun watching the other kids. Plus Case was amazed at how people just kept putting things in his pumpkin. Here he is surveying the loot when we got home.
Move over Amelia. Case is in the house. The kids are dressing up this week at the day care facility so Case put on his pilot outfit and received plenty of awwwwww's.
While Case and I were waiting for the 3 hours it took to fix my brakes yesterday we wandered over to Walmart. I decided the boy was looking a tad shaggy and needed a haircut. The woman at the store was very nice. She sat him on his little cushion. Put on his little brightly colored cape. Gave him a souvenir comb to play with and began spraying his hair. She had all his hair combed forward when she asked me how I wanted it cut. Before I could reached out to brush his hair to the side and show her how he wore it, she took the scissors and snipped his hair straight across! Gasp!! The hair drama continues.....Let’s just say, have you ever seen dumb and dumber? Jim Carrey sported a very very short bowl cut. That is Case’s exact hair cut. Thank goodness he has cuteness on his side until this butchery grows out.
The movies have been ruined for me forever. Last night I watched Slumdog Millionaire. It took me 6 hours to go to sleep afterwards. Was it a good movie? Yes. Will I ever watch it again? No. Having a child does something to you and the tv/movie industry. Two years ago, I probably would have watched Slumdog and thought it a provoking movie, shocking but good. Now after having a baby, all I see is Slumdog and its horribly true depictions of child poverty, abuse and overall injustice which kept my stomach turning 6 hours later. Do I know things like this happen? Yes, but do I want to watch them happening? No, not in this phase of my life.
I guess I will be sticking to romantic comedy for the future.
This video is actually months and months old, but I found it on the computer the other day and had to post it. The old saying goes, laughter is the best medicine. Well if that's true, a child laughter must work miracles!
I had a great time this weekend catching up with an old friend who blew through town for a quick visit! We were super close friends in our younger years and lost touch after high school. However we found each other again through facebook not to long ago. Its amazing how similar our lives have paralleled despite having such little contact over the past 10(+) years. Here we were hanging out at the home front. P.S. She hasn't changed one ounce since high school! Lucky duck. 
I also got to meet Cora, Kristy's beautiful daughter. Case and Cora were so cute together! The played along side one another the entire time. I think Case was smitten because he spent much of his time trying to find toys and blocks to give to Cora to chew on. As you can see, he was happy to have a playmate and she was appreciative of his block gifts. Adorable! 
Kristy it was great seeing you and your beautiful family. Can't wait for another visit!
Now that Case is getting a bit older I have a couple questions. First of all he is eating with Cody and I almost every evening meal. As a mother, am I supposed to be providing some kind of dessert for him? I have friends with kids and it seems like every time we eat with them or they come over for dinner, dessert is a part of the meal. Just wondering what ya’ll do with your kids.
Second, I have finally finished scrapbooking Cases first year. It was a huge undertaking but the book is complete. And I must say that I am really pleased with myself. Every milestone and development is eternally scrapbooked. In fact every blog entry you all have read has been printed, photographed, papered and put down in the book forever more. I actually don’t know who will ever care about all the work I did except me. I mean really, Case is a boy and probably won’t care one hoot when his first tooth came in, how old he was when he smiled, or what he was for his first Halloween, but I think it is important to have it documented nonetheless. Needless to say the book is pretty large, so in an effort to be a good mom, am I supposed to do a book for every year?
Third, Case is a big boy now, but doesn’t like milk. He still prefers formula. Am I supposed to be pushing milk or is formula okay? Actually his drinking system is off. He drinks milk before naps and bedtime (save your finger wagging, it is what it is) and drinks water throughout the day. I know they say to give them milk at meals, but he just doesn’t want it. What am I supposed to be doing with this situation? Sounds like a lot of books. What are all the moms doing?
Fourth, to baby proof or not to baby proof. I talked to a mom the other day who actually made me feel bad about using baby gates for the stairs and locks under the cabinets. Her tone and look told the entire story. She was like, ‘oh we never used those things. We just taught him not to get in certain cabinets or go certain places.’ I don’t give a flying hoot, we still installed the locks this weekend and have been using the gates since he started rolling, but I was just wondering, did ya’ll baby proof?
Finally, he has lost interest in his books. Before he was all about playing with his books and being read to but now he won’t have any of it. Reading is important for their intellectual growth, so how do I get him back on books or is this just a phase and I should wait out. Thanks for all the help from the moms who are in the trenches everyday.
What would you do if you woke up to hear your baby crying, went into his room and found this…..
What a fright! Surprising enough I didn’t panic. Cody and I checked his mouth to make sure he didn’t lose a tooth or cut his mouth in his sleep somehow. After we both gave the all clear on those things we deduced that Case had his first nose bleed. Needless to say the humidifier is back in action and up and running during naps and night time from here on out. The Colorado air is dry, and Cody gets nose bleeds all the time, but I never would have expected something like this with Case. Needless to say I am glad its over and I hope we don't have a repeat later on in the season.
Case had his 1 year photographs taken today and my what a big boy he is becoming!
Look at my chompers. 
Hey baby, how you doin.'
On the move.
