round up

a lot has happened since my last post. sorry readers for such a long lull...

chris's grandmother passed away, she had a stroke three weeks prior then passed comfortably and peacefully in her own home. we bought a newer car, replaced chris's 1990 jeep with a 2000 jeep, now we both drive the SAME EXACT vehicle just in different colors... i think we need to get us some vanity plates. what do you think? my suggestions are the following: CTR 1 and CTR 2. i'm totally joking of course... no vanity plates for us, but that sure would be funny...

i have officially made it to the 2nd trimester! and i'm feeling just a tad less than 100%. still tired often but not sick :) yay! my belly is starting to change shape... and i'm really not liking it much this time. my skin is still very loose from just doing this a year ago... so i'm feeling very very lumpy... but that's not that horrible.... i just can't wait for the weather to change so that i can go out and buy some fall/winter maternity clothes that will hopefully hide my lumps... lol

no knitting has happened in the past few weeks... i'm planning on going to a knitting get together tomorrow so hopefully i'll get out of my non-knitting funk there. i need to get moving on this project so that i can move onto the NEXT one...

max has had a few milestones too, he's begun to stand and let go of things, no steps on his own yet but lots of hand held walking up and down the sidewalk and around the house. he also learned how to use a fork as of yesterday! we load it of course then he puts it in his mouth :) it's so cute! he has also made the switch from formula to whole milk. he seems to really like the change. but i'm thinking that the milk is not as filling as the formula because for the past two nights he's been waking up at strange times of the night wanting nothing but another bottle... sooo.... i guess this is just something we'll have to adapt to.

i leave you with this, our little fork user:

peek-a-boo, i see you! bath time fun and a thank you

max has learned how to do peek-a-boo :) how cute is that? he and daddy were sitting in the living room this morning before chris had to leave for a meeting. and max had a burp cloth that he was trying to eat when all of a sudden he put it over his face then pulled it away and laughed! so we both said "peek-a-boo!" to him and he kept doing it! adorable...

he also took his first bath in the bathtub without the baby tub, he wasn't too keen on sitting in that little thing for the past month or so... so i cleaned up the tub and plopped him in with his foam letters and numbers and he was so funny, he kept scooting his little butt all around the tub. i don't know if he liked the wave action he was creating or if it felt funny or what... but it sure looked hilarious.

a HUGE thank you to Melissa (masavvy) on the nest (sorry i don't have your blog link), she suggested the use of a Magic Eraser in the tub over on the nest in Amanda's bathroom cleaning post, you deserve a big hug! WHY have i been scrubbing and scrubbing with crappy cleansers for so long? why didn't i try this magical cleaning product in the bathroom before? i've used these things in the rest of the house and have been happy with their results... why didn't i think to use it in the tub? seriously a duh moment... especially since my tub has a non-slip micro texture on it that creates a polka dot effect on the bottom of my tub. only the polka dots are usually dirt colored... nice... i usually have to put some serious elbow grease into it, but not this time! i think i might like cleaning the bathroom again! or maybe for the first time ever!