Kellan and his fits

The day has come where Kellan has learned how to throw a fit. Of course its following him not getting what he wants or not doing what we don't want him to do, like trowing his sippy on the floor or holding his hands over the side of the highchair for the dogs to lick. I quote & agree with Brady in saying "I'm not gonna have a bad kid", so we are really trying to be consistent & constant. When Kellan does sometime we aren't pleased with, we tell him NO, in a loud voice. Its yet to really seems to bother him, the 1st 4 times we tell him. So we have to get louder and add a hand swat. That doesn't sit well with him, after about 5 yells & swats. I don't think he's learning not to do it again, I think it just eventually hurts his feelings. His fits usually in-tell him scream crying, to the point of holding his breath, his face turns crazy red & banging his head on the high chair. Its quite comical to be honest.



In these pictures he was upset because, he got his hand swatted after he threw his biter biscuit on the floor for the 3rd time. Of course Lucy(dog) didn't mind the treat at all.

Oh the joys of parenthood !!!

Just showing off my cutie pie

So one off the many great things about Texas (to me) is the 80+ degrees it can & will sometimes be in March or November. I so totally get "spring fever". As soon as a hint of warmth blows my way, I'm out !! Last week was one of those weeks. I think Kellan and I went outside everyday. We walked with friends to the park a few days, strolled our hood one evening & played in the yard a time or two. And let me just tell you, dead grass & dirt taste oh so yummy, according to Kellan. After a neighborhood stroll Thursday night, I got smart & got the camera out. Kellan was wearing his new hat & looking mighty cute. I got so many cute shots, here's just a few.

The sooner he learns to properly use the mower, the better !!

As always, Lucy has to be in the middle of everything. Son, close your mouth !!

Cute, Cute, Cute, that's all I can say !!

He's clearly not minding the itchy dead grass, I guess that's a boy thing.

Now with all that excitement about the nice warm spring weather, I have to add that due to our many outdoor adventures over the last week, Kellan is now having a major allergic reaction. He's super snotty, coughing a lot and has an ear infection 2ndary to the allergies. Why, I say ?? The good news is, doc says the allergies in reality won't hurt him, just make him miserable !!

February Re-cap

I feel like its been a while since I've posted anything new about Kellan. Its probably because he's been so super busy. So I thought while he was napping I would do a little re-cap from Feb. I keep a calendar by the computer and when something, anything happens I want to remember, I write it down. I really need to go back and do a post for every month with all the highlights and dates.....another day !!

So, as I look back at February's calendar, a lot has happened. He has mastered Patty-cake. You say patty-cake, and he starts clapping. But if you say "clap" he looks at you like your stupid !! Now that we got that down, we are working on bye-bye, which he gets a little better every day. He does the open and closing of the hand kinda bye-bye, not the wave kind.

He sprouted his 1st tooth 1-31-09 and a 2nd appeared 2-9-09. Both on the bottom, and quite cute. They have tripled in size now. I think I see the start of one on the top, his left, we'll see. I must say, but should probably knock on wood 1st, teething, so far, ain't bad ??
With 2 teeth, he can really eat anything. He is liken the bottle less & less & eating more real food. He most nights eats what we eat. Last night he self feed himself chicken & carrots, and he has polished off a whole banana on a few occasions. Most of the times he is to lazy to feed himself so we have to top him off the spoon feed way. On the eating topic, I have to tell that the dog food has made into him mouth, and he freakin loves it. He'll be cruising around and I'll notice this brownish drool and realize what it is from. I try to pry it out of his mouth, but he's not giving it up. If I could just teach the doggy's to keep their food where it belongs we wouldn't have this problem !!

For about 2 weeks now, he has figured out how to crawl on all fours, problem is, if he's on all fours, he can't carry a toy, so most of the time he still cruising in his elbows, with a toy in his hand. This past weekend he got real good at crawling around while pushing his toy lawnmower, very talented !!

He is getting much better at standing, he most days will manage to pull himself up to a stand using a toy to support him, problem is, once he's done standing, he doesn't really know how to sit again ??

About mid-month he started making the "fish face", its so, so funny & cute. I can't seem to get a picture of it yet.

What else, oh, he can crawl up stairs. He made it up about 10 at my bros house. And he can find me anywhere in the house. If I go potty, here he comes. Kitchen, he's right behind me. Office, he cruses so fast down that hallway to get me. And once he's in the office, its all about the computer for him.

It was a sad day last week when while Kellan was in his bed I heard the sound of his mobile, which meant Kellan had discovered it and was pulling on it to make it play music. Needless to say, I had to take it down. His bed/room just doesn't seem the same with out it.

I think that's about it. He will be one THIS month. So crazy & not right. Yet he still fits into lots of his 3 month clothes!!

I have been bad about pictures lately, mostly because if I take the camera out, he crawls towards it because he wants to play with it. I did take a few the other day, so here you go.

Morning, Glory

I can't help myself with this one. Those who know me, know I love pretty flowers and plants. One of my all time favorites are Morning Glories and Moon Flowers. I'm not sure why these are favs, just are. You can never find them in plant form at the nursery, so I have always had to grow them myself with seeds. Well, I haven't done this in a while, for sure not since we lived here. I had bought seeds and a little green house thing last year but never got around to it, not sure why, oh wait, NEWBORN, that's right !! So I came across them the other day and thought, I'm gonna start these. In my past experience, they always take lots longer than the package says (10-14 days) to germinate, plus I wasn't gonna put them in a "warm sunny window", so I figured, I better get them going to have then ready for spring. OK, so I put the seeds in on Monday 2-16-09 and I took these pictures yesterday. AMAZING !! FYI, they are twice as big today, but the Moon flowers have yet to really sprout. Stay turned for more Morning Glory pictures !

For those of you who don't know what Morning Glories look like, below is a picture. They are a beautiful, bright, viney plant that blooms in the morning.

Below is Moon Flower, they bloom by the moon light.

Powder Bath Sink Re-do

You know how it is when you move into a cookie-cutter plain Jane house. Well that's just not gonna fly with me. We have lived here for 2+ years now and always have a project up our sleeves trying to give our home personalty. The powder bath off the kitchen when we moved in was a boring yucky place !! Inspired by Brady's sisters powder bath, we too did a dog/cat theme. We painted the walls and hung lots of doggies and kitty's, but that didn't fix the problem. We had a vision...... a old piece of furniture with a sink to replace the pedestal sink. Now that we had a plan, we were on a mission. We found the perfect piece at an Antique shop on my b-day trip to Fredricksburg in 2007 (I was pregnant then) It didn't fit in the car as we thought so we had to strap it to the roof. That made for a long, slow ride home. Once we got it home it has since lived in my bedroom (Nov 07 till Jan 09). I drug it out one day to use it as a display table for a wine party I was hosting. I re-discovered the beauty of the piece and begged for Brady to "put it in the bathroom already". He did, and I love it, and let me say, I probably appreciate it more since it took so long to happen. Its so pretty and has storage, and who doesn't need more spots to stash crap ?? To properly give Brady props, I must explain that he had to cut the hole in the top to accompany the new sink, re-plum the underneath & cut out parts of the back to make room for the pluming. Thanks honey, your the best !!

Kellan finally meeting Papa Mac

As most know, my dad is ill, and one of my biggest worries is that he would pass before he got to meet his awesome grandson. We have made a few attempts, but traveling to Houston with a baby sometimes doesn't always work out as planned. We finally made it happen this weekend for Valentines day. Daddy was very excited to meet Kellan, which made me very happy. And little Kellan put on such a show for him. Oh, and dad seems to being doing fairly well, he just wants to break out of " the home".

Papa Mac, Kellan & my bro Kelly

New bath tub trick

As Kellan was taking a bath last night, he learned a new trick. He accidental slipped from a sitting position onto a tummy lying position. He didn't freak out, instead he realized, "this is new, & kinda neat ". That started a continual, purposeful lying, sitting, lying chain of events. Might I say, there is nothing much cuter than little baby bobo covered in bubbles !!

Notice the bubbles on his chin

Finally a tooth picture

As I go thru pictures I took Of Kellan yesterday, I found one where you can see both of his new teeth. See em, on the bottom ?

Might I add, he's quite the ham in this picture.

And now we have two

Pretty much a week after Kellan sprouted the first tooth, here came the second !! As I was changing him yesterday morning, he got to giggling, and there it was, tooth # 2. Its on the bottom, next to the first. I'm still not having any luck getting a picture, he will probably have 20 teeth before I can get him to pose for one. This is the best I can get.

Kellan's "I'm not gonna show you my tooth" face

I so want to get a picture of the cute little tooth the has sprouted in Kellan's mouth, but after like 500 hundred pictures of me trying, I consistently keep getting the same thing. NOTHING !!

Fun in the laundry room

Yes, its true, you can have fun while hanging out in the laundry room. Speakin of, Kellan & I did today. One of the must haves when I found out I was pregnant was a new washer & dryer. The one I had was so old & tiny, plus it was a water waster. We found a good sale on a high efficiency front loader & I slowly paid for my new babies before the baby. It truly does make doing laundry more enjoyable & I don't feel so waste full. Anyways, as I'm hangin up clothes today, I hear the piter pat of little hands as they cruise under my kitchen table down the hall and to the laundry room. I think you'll see from the pictures that Kellan thinks my washer & dryer are as cool as I do. Oh, & we keep the dog bowls in there, I don't have to tell you what happens next !!

Yes, he's eating the washer.

If your wondering, Kellan's not the one who made the huge mess with the dog food. That would be my dear sweet Margo. For some reason she has to dig her nose to the bottom of the bowl and push food out ? Oh, & her and Lucy both take food to other places of the house like the living room, hallway, where ever and leave it. Before it was just annoyance, but now since I have had to pick dog food out of my kids mouth, I'm constantly kicking it back into the laundry room. Ugh !!

We have a tooth !!!

Its finally happened !!! Kellan has a tooth, kinda, at least a little bitty corner of one. It seems to have appeared Sat pm while Bibi was watching him. He's officially a big boy !! Oh, its on the bottom, his right. By the way, he turned 10 months old Sat also. Sorry, no picture of the tooth it yet, he doesn't seem to want me to see it !!