I announce, once again, I have not abandoned this blog. I have, however, had absolutely nothing to talk about until now! Hunter turned 1 this Sunday, the 13th and his party was Saturday, the 5th. Okay, so maybe I could have blogged about these things when they
happened but, I wanted to wait until I had Hunter's growth information and I didn't have that until today. Not to mention I was too lazy to find my cable to upload Hunter's party pictures until today.
Oh Hunter Scott, how cute you are, Dorito face and all. What are you up to these days?
You weigh 25 lbs. and 6 oz. and are 32 1/2 inches long!
You wear anywhere from 12 months to 2T size clothing, depending on the brand!
You also wear a size 5 shoe! Mommy has started you out right in life, by making sure you already have tons of shoes!
You rarely crawl anymore and love walking. You haven't taken off in a sprint yet, but you do waddle pretty quickly!
You babble constantly but we know you mean it when you say "Dada" to Daddy. When you hear the garage door open you waddle over to the gate as fast as possible and point down the stairs "Dadadadada" until you see your daddy and then you squeal. "Mama" is still used to describe a wide range of things, from Mommy to the couch. You also say "hey" when you want to get our attention!
You recently decided you like talking on the phone. And by phone, I mean anything that is square, you put up to your ear and say "hey babble babble babble."
You are finally off the bottle and on the sippy cup. You even kinda hold the sippy cup. You don't tilt it to get anything out, but you do put it in your mouth when you want Mommy to tilt it for you so you can have a drink.
What are you drinking these days, you may ask? Whole milk, water and a daily cup of half juice, half water. You do still have a bottle of formula 30 minutes before bed just to give you that extra bit of nutrients.
You no longer eat jarred baby foods, except the Gerber oatmeals for breakfast. You love feeding yourself but haven't quite mastered the spoon. So you get to feed yourself any finger foods in your meal and Mommy takes over the rest.
You love to throw things down to Gemma (our cat) and she waits patiently under your highchair during your meals for her treats.
You sleep about 10-12 hours a night and wake up once, but you aren't hungry you're just lonely and need to put back down and patted on the back until you're drowsy again. We're working on "sleep training" but you're really not feeling it.
You're into everything and keep Mommy and Daddy on their toes all of the time! We wouldn't have it any other way, we love you!!!!
Oh and how was Hunter's birthday party, you ask?
He played.
He laughed.
He opened presents.
He conked out!
It was a terrific party and Hunter had tons of fun with awesome people! We sure miss our Texas family and friends, but are glad Hunter is making friends here and enjoys the company of other kids very well!
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch of their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
We took Hunter to see the Christmas lights in a neighborhood in nearby Santee last night. He loved it. The entire neighborhood participates and each house sells things for a charity of their choice. Some houses had cookies, some had glow sticks, there were even some that had fried chocolate pies--amazing! The "fee" for coming in the neighborhood was a can of food per person to donate to the food bank in Santee. It's a great deal!
Well, today--exhausted me. To say the very least. We woke up bright and early to hit the mall, and had a list of things to accomplish today. Ha! I did manage to get my haircut, a much needed one, since I haven't had it cut since June and it was looking pretty rough. Better pictures to come. I like it a lot, it's very textured with heavy swoop bangs and feels and looks so much healthier!
We planned on taking Hunter to see Santa today, but there were pushy people who cut in an already outrageously long line and were very rude if you spoke up for yourself. We're going to try Monday morning, when hopefully, people will be working--since Kiefer is on leave now until after the new year!
After this photo was taken, we pulled into our garage--which was a disaster in itself. Kiefer and I were engaged in conversation and not paying attention, when we both shut our doors on the car. Well, apparently if you have the car off and you shut the front two doors, open the back "gate" door and shut that, it auto locks so your car is "safe." Well, whoever came up with this concept, does not have children. Hunter, poor baby, was locked in the backseat (thankfully asleep, otherwise the tantrum would have been super). Of course, my keys were in my purse and Kiefers keys were in the car, so I went to get my purse. Until I realized it was in the car. As was my cell phone. Luckily, Kiefer had his phone and we called our apartment complex's 24 hour hot line and they provided (FREE!) a guy to come out and slimjim the window. Luckily, the car was off, we were safe in the garage and Hunter didn't even wake up until the guy unlocked the doors! What luck! Thank you Lincoln Housing (and I don't say that very often!!)
Oh and how was Hunter's birthday party, you ask?
He played.
He laughed.
He opened presents.
He conked out!
