Thursday, April 18, 2013

Milestones

We have only been back from Hawaii for 2 weeks and already so much has transpired!!

The two new big Bronson milestones are...

1. Litte boy can now pull himself to standing. He has no balance on his own but is doing great standing propped. If you hold his hands he will even take steps. I'm sure it won't be long now before he's trying to walk and before i am having a heart attack with all his falls. With this new revelation as comes the knowledge that he can stand up in his bed. I had one of those heart attacks this morning at 5 am when i looked at the baby monitor and he was standing reaching for the blinds. Talk about a wake up call!

2. We finally have eruption!!! Of a tooth that is. Tank has finally pushed his first bottom tooth out of the gum. It is just barely there but it is there. He prefers to chew on wash cloths and pickles. He won't use any of the teething rings or baby stuff that I bought him for this occasion. He is also NOT drooling and is sleeping through the night again...is teething more painful before the teeth come out? He has a second one not far away. I will try to post pictures if he will let me.

We are also doing better eating. He is opening his mouth for a wide variety of foods. He will really only eat fruits, but at least we are getting something into his mouth. I tried to feed him my shredded wheat this morning. He opened his mouth but cereal just sat in his mouth. As you will see below for some odd reason he likes limes and pickles. I DID NOT eat any of this while I was pregnant. I should feed him Peeps and frozen yogurt.


Our first spring time jog in the BOB. Of course it was only 32 degrees so we had to bundle up

Bronson and his pickle

Yeah, so what, i'm standing

YUM, LIME



Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Hawaii

Aloha. This is the Hawaii blog. We recently went to Oahu to celebrate Kris's 30th birthday. It was sort of last minute (within a month) and i had to do some cajoling to get Kris to take 4 days of vacation (he is so stingy) by telling him he didn't want to be depressed celebrating his 30th in the snow and cold. Instead we had cake for breakfast as we watched to waves crash on the beach. Pretty good to me.

So we had a great trip. Bronson was great on the way down, slept for 1 hour of the 6 hour flight but wasn't too squirmy and didn't have a blow out! We had a one bedroom condo and a pack-n-play. It was a 2 hour time difference for bronson so he was up at 5-6 am every day. We went to bed pretty early the whole time we were there. Life changes with a kiddo. No late night pog juice cocktails....bed by 8pm please!

We did several hikes in the new backpack. I had actually purchased this a year ago when bronson was in my belly in anticipation of fun times like these, It worked great. Kris did most of the heavy lifting, a 5 miler being the longest. We spent time on the beach and kris and I even finished a book...i feel like that is a monumentous accomplishment. We bought a little beach tent for bronson to nap in and it worked pretty good. That and SPF 50 sunscreen Bronson did not get sunburned, unlike his mother.

One of the coolest things was that we got to see some cousins that were over there visiting as well. Cousin Katie from Charleston (my dads sister kid) and cousin adam from idaho (my moms brother kid).

Bronson had fun celebrating easter- he really enjoyed the plastic easter eggs and kris had a great 30th. He got presents, sushi, cake, and sunshine. Just an FYI, we are planning on repeating this for my 30th next year and the more the merrier





 

Bronson and I at the arboretum


Daddy and baby at sunset. we had a great condo right on the beach

He was pretty content in the backpack

I turned 8 months old

mom!! You got me a book for easter? Where is the candy?

End of a hike at Kaena Point. The most western part of the island

Little B had a reaction to some sunscreen. 60 dollar laters and purchasing the most expensive baby friendly types we solved that problem

on the way to manoa falls

Family Pick at manoa falls

Beach time

Must stay pale!!

I like the sand....hate the ocean

obligatory sunset picture

Helping daddy blow out his 30th bday candles