Sorry, been busy watching Wyatt grow up!!

Well once again I have had a major lapse in my blogging!! I'd like to say it won't happen again but we all know I'd be lieing. Boy oh boy this has been a major week though!! So I'm going to do a quick recap and run through of everything my big boy is doing!!

Standing - He has been standing on his own for a little while (like a month or so) but this week he has just done it A LOT!! He can stand and stay balanced up to 30 seconds before he falls down or grabs on to something!!

Walking - TWO BIG STEPS TODAY!! Yep!! My boy walked today!! He was just standing on his own and then turned towards me and took two steps!! I was so proud!! He didn't have a hold of anything before taking off!! It was a major accomplishment!!

Talking - This has been the most fun!! For the longest time I didn't think he would ever start talking but 4 nights ago he was eating dinner with his Dad and he started saying DA DA DA DA! He only says it when we are talking about his Dad!! I was so proud!! Then the next day he started babbling BaBaBaBa, but so far it hasn't been in relation to anything. He has started saying PupPup everytime he sees the dogs or the horses so I"m pretty sure that is what he is calling them. (I guess he thinks the horses are just big puppies) And earlier today he was chasing one of our cats and yelling KiKiKiKi!! So I think that is a word too! And my absolute favorite just surfaced tonight!!! I was walking down the hall and he started waving at me and said Ma MA!!!! Plain as day!! I thought I had heard him say it over dinner when I wasn't giving him a bite fast enough but there was no mistaking the MaMa!! when he saw me coming towards him!! Then he cuddled with me for a few minutes. I just love cuddling!

On top of all this growing Wyatt has been sick the last few days. It was scary, he threw up out his nose!! Scared me to death!! The doctor said he has a sore throat and that was why he was doing it. So far he hasn't done it again but he had about 8 episodes of throwing up yesterday! I felt so bad for him because he hasn't thrown up since he was about a month old!! He has been so clingy and cuddling (which isn't like him at all!!) so I know he felt really bad!

Okay well I'm off to bed!! I'll try not to stay away as long!

Pool time!

Is it Wednesday already? Wow, this week is going by fast. I didn't do much today compared with yesterday but it was nice to be back on schedule! I finally decided it was time to be brave and let Wyatt try a cracker today. I gave him one of the low fat Saltines and he loved it!! Crushed it to smithereens but the part he ate he loved!! He ate 5 crackers and drank a bottle of juice (from a cup!!) and then took a long nap. He hasn't been sleeping much at night so I'm hoping crackers help him not get so hungry! LOL. He has been waking up at 4:30 every morning wanting a bottle. Since that is going backwards I liked to cut that out! Tonight before bed he had 5 crackers and a jar of baby food so maybe he won't get hungry!! I can dream. .

Wyatt decided to start acting like a 2 year old today. It's pretty funny! When I got to pick him up from somewhere he's not supposed to be he gets so mad and yells!! He even smacked my arm once. He is getting his own ideas about how things should be that is for sure!! He has also started giving love pats on request. It's not quite a hug but it'll have to do!! And I don't even dare dream of kisses!!

Grami brought Wyatt a pool yesterday and he loved it!! He thought it was so much fun!! It was cold water but he didn't care at all!! I took some really cute photos of him playing in it. I can't wait until Summer comes and we can go swimming in Grami's and Pa-Paw's pool! It will be like my life has come around full circle!! Last year I was swimming in the pool because I felt as big as a whale and this year I'll be floating in the pool with what caused me to feel as big as a whale!! And he's much cuter on the outside than he was on the inside!

The weather people say we might get storms tonight so I'm about to go outside and bring in the horses. They like to be in the barn when it's raining and I can't say that I blame them!

Well I think I might go soak in a nice bubble bath when I'm done moving horses!! That sounds heavenly!

I'll Race You!!

Boy was it hot out there today!!! It was too hot to even sit on the porch, therefor we did a lot of indoor playing and crawling and getting into everything!! Wyatt pulled the phone desk over on top of himself, so I had to move that. Then he discovered how much fun it is to try and out crawl Mommy! He would crawl to the spot where the tile starts and look back at me to see if I was watching. Then he'd take off!! Fast as a turtle!! It's really cute though because he slaps the floor when he is trying to go fast. Not sure why that helps but it makes him feel speedier!! We played this game of chase probably 20 times today. I would just sit down and be lulled into a false sense of tranquility when off to the races he'd go!! One of the funnies things was he was going so fast one time and looking over his shoulder to see if I was going to catch him and he bonked into the cabinet. Silly boy!! I guess he learned to always watch where you are going!!

Easter was fun! We went and visited with Aunt Sherry and Uncle Mack. Keal and Mark were there with their kids, Mack and Macy. Wyatt liked playing with them. (both are still very young!) He really enjoyed watching Macky talk and walk around. It was like complete entertainment. Our cousin Donielle was there with his wife Missy and their kids, Hannah, Blain and Drey. Boy are they all growing up. It's hard to believe how old everyone is now!! I always enjoy seeing them. Wyatt wasn't shy at all. In fact as soon as we walked thru the door he was leaping from our arms to everyone else! No stranger anxiety there. Then he was all smiles for a good hour while he checked everyone out!!

Grami is coming out tomorrow to help me with Wyatt because we are having our new mattress delivered and the farrier is coming out to do the girls. So just in case this all happened at the same time and to avoid the chance that Wyatt has to be outside for an extended amount of time in the heat Grami said she'd come babysit!! I really had to twist her arm thats for sure.

Meet and Scream!

Today has been a busy day. Actually this whole week has been hectic!! Yesterday Wyatt and I went to meet a friend from Momma Zone at Bass Pro Shops. Mikayla has a son Jacob that is just a few weeks older than Wyatt. I thought my little guy would have a lot of fun 'playing' with Jacob but boy was I wrong!!!! Whenever Jacob would try to touch him Wyatt would just start crying as hard as he could. It was so bizarre because he wouldn't stop!! Mommy didn't help at all and he kept wanting to go to Jacob's parents. You would think if he was scared he would want his Mommy but he didn't. It made me so sad for him!!!

Here are a few more pictures of Jacob and Wyatt having a better time!

Today I got to thinking that maybe something was wrong with him so I called the nurse. Since this is a holiday weekend she made us an appointment just in case. So we had the Doctor appt at 3 today and nothing is wrong with him. It was nice to see Dr. Hollis but I wish I knew why he was being so weird. Dr. Hollis thinks he might just be teething. I guess I'll find out soon enough!!

Tomorrow is Good Friday so we are going to spend the day with Grami! I hope he is feeling better! We are going to go have his picture made with the Easter bunny so if this new fear is stranger anxiety I guess I'll know that too!!

Chew Chew!!!!

Wyatt has finally done it!! He ate something that wasn't mush!! He ate a fruit puff!!! Not only did he eat a fruit puff, but he fed it to himself!! I've been trying to teach him how to do this for weeks!! Then this evening he just put one in his mouth and chewed! It was like he has been doing it his whole life. Sigh. Maybe he will eat real food before he is 10 years old.

He also stood several more times on his own. In fact once he bent over to pick something up and then stood up without touching anything. He has good balance!! I'm so proud of him!!

We are going to meet a friend from Momma Zone tomorrow at a place here in town. It should be a lot of fun because her son Jacob is just a week or so older than Wyatt!! He loves people his age!! Plus we are going to go see some really big fish and he loves fish!!

Nap time is still going extremely well!! In fact it has become so routine that I know before he is about to cry that it is time for a nap and I just make him a bottle and lay him down with it. I know that is not a good thing because he's not learning to go to sleep without his bottle but we generally don't put him down in the evenings with his bottle. We did tonight though because he fell asleep before he even started his bottle.

This morning he woke up sooooo early. (5:30). Greg decided to just change his diaper and give him his bottle and let him drink it in his bed. Well, he fell back asleep until 8:30. I knew he wasn't done sleeping yet!! Maybe that will cure him of these early morning wake ups. He wakes at 6 then back down at 8:30 for his first nap. That is crazy.

Well I guess I'd better get off here and go to bed too!! We have a busy day tomorrow!

Growing up is hard to do!!

Today is Friday!! I'm so happy! Not sure why I'm happy it's Friday. I look forward to everyday but for some reason I love Fridays!! Wyatt is napping again. He has been waking up really early and then taking a really early nap. Not sure how to stop that. He has been a little cranky lately so maybe he is getting his next tooth. We are up to a grand total of 7 right now. Just waiting on 8!

I bought bubbles yesterday at Walmart. I can't wait to try them with him!! We are going to go outside after his nap is over and see what he thinks. He may not even notice them! He has been so busy lately he won't even slow down to look me in the eye. Ever! I'm not sure if all babies are like that or if Wyatt is just super busy but it is sad because I don't feel like he is listening to me half the time I'm talking. I wonder what the next months will bring. This last month has been a doozy as far as what Wyatt has learned to do. He's gone from Army crawling to cruising around on the furniture. He rarely falls down now unexpectedly so he doesn't bump his head as often on things (thank goodness).

Everybody told me that time goes really fast after you have babies and I didn't really believe them. The first few months after I had Wyatt I remember thinking, "Ha! Time will never go fast again" but I was wrong. It is flying by. I found myself in the baby department at Walmart yesterday and I got teary eyed just standing next to all the baby clothes. Wyatt went from a 6 month size to 18 month practically over night! I can shop in the toddler area now. And for some reason that makes me so sad. But then I remember the stuff I'm looking forward to with Wyatt. Like going to Disneyland, Chuckecheese, Six Flags, Casa Maniana, Wet N Wild, etc. . I'm looking forward to seeing the world thru his eyes again. At the rate we are going I'll see it all again in just a few years. (But it will seem like it's just tomorrow!)

Mr. Stinker

Well today Wyatt and I are going to go meet Grami for lunch. We are very excited about this. (well I am, Wyatt is napping). I haven't been out of the house since Monday!! Sad isn't it!!

It's thundering outside right now and I don't know how Wyatt sleeps thru that!! It seems so loud. Of course if I were to walk down the hallway he'd be up in a heartbeat!!

Speaking of which, Mr. Wyatt woke up at 5:30 this morning!!! I told him it was a good thing the time had changed or it would be a very undecent 4:30!!! Stinker. Of course he wanted to take a nap at 6:30 so he did but that didn't help me at all. I'm sleepy!! If it weren't for this blasted DSL I might could go to bed early tonight. .

Well it's getting close to time to leave. . maybe I should start walking up and down the hall to wake Wyatt up, since the Thunder isn't doing it.

Busy Bee

Boy keeping up with blogging is hard!! I find that if I don't post often, I don't post at all!! So here goes a renewel atempt!!

Wyatt is doing great. He is such a busy boy. He doesn't have much time to hang out with his Momma. He moves from one thing he can pull up on to another. If I set the living room up right he almost makes it across the room without having to get down and crawl!! It's very funny. I think he is so focused on learning to walk that he couldn't care less about learning to talk. He doesn't do anything on request. No waving bye-bye, or giving Mommy five, or repeating syllables. Maybe he is to young for that. . certainly is to busy for it!!

Wyatt had his first haircut on Saturday. It was fun. He looks great. Surprisingly he didn't squirm too much. It helped that Angie's daughter Brailey was there and Wyatt enjoyed pulling her hair and grabbing her nose. Angie would be cutting or combing Wyatt's hair and encourging him to grab Brailey's hair and pull. Poor Brailey. It's a good thing she isn't tender-headed.

Sleeping is going much better than it was. Wyatt has slept thru the night for a long time now but Greg and I were used to letting him fall asleep on us first before laying him down. So for naps he was just laying beside me in the living room on the couch. Then I read that he was supposed to be sleeping 11 hours a night and getting around 3 hours worth of naps a day. Since we were nowhere near those amounts I decided we needed to change our routine. So now Wyatt goes down for 2 naps a day in his crib, and we just lay him down after his bath in the evenings. He falls asleep pretty fast now!! It's great. Plus the bonus is he stays asleep longer!!! Even the time change hasn't bothered him. He still goes to sleep at 8 p.m. and wakes up around 7 a.m. Works for me!!

We recently ordered DSL so now I can upload videos of Wyatt. I wanted to share one little video today as well. Most people have already watched it but I wanted to see if I can do this. So here goes: This is a video of Wyatt riding Sterling with his Dad

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Spring Fever

Wow!! It's been a long time since I posted! Wyatt is growing like a weed!! He can officially crawl now, not just Army style. He and I have a good routine now during the day. We spend about 2 hours outside in the glorious sunshine!!! I love it!! Wyatt loves it!! And all the outdoor kitties love it!! I have been gardening a lot lately and Wyatt sits in his exercauser while I dig holes and plant flowers!!! We have tulips blooming in my garden right now!! I'm so excited. I put some water on the bottom of Wyatt's exercauser so he can splash his little feet in it and he loves that so much. He doesn't get to do it very often but on the days when it is nearly 90 outside I let him.

I went for a wonderful ride on Sterling Friday night. She is so fun to ride. It feels like just yesterday I rode everyday. (well that is until I woke up Saturday morning and had majorly sore legs from being out of shape!) It was so lovely. Almost like a dream to ride. The sun was out, breeze blowing, trees blooming everywhere. There was some wonderful sweet smell on the wind and Sterling was a good girl. I felt very free and a little more like my old self than I have in months!! (Not that I'm complaining!)

All the trees are budding everywhere. It's so fun to look around and see little patches of green dotting the woods. I can't wait until all my trees are done budding!! I miss all the green leaves! Plus that means Summer will be here and we can take Wyatt swimming!! He is going to have so much fun at Grami and Pa-Paw's swimming!!

Today Greg and I went to the Bowie Trade Days while Wyatt stayed with Grami and Pa-Paw. We had a good time! We bought a Texas Star for our barn, a leather phone holder for Greg's cell phone, and 2 flats of petunias for my garden. They were great deals and we enjoyed our baby free morning. We only stayed for 3 hours because we were ready to get home and get our boy back!! Mr. Wyatt is more fun than anything we can come up with by ourselves.

Tomorrow should be a big day for Wyatt. Grami, Wyatt and I are going to the Fort Worth Zoo!!! He has never been!! We are meeting Grami's friend Marilyn there with her nephew Thaden and grandson Zachary. Should be a blast!! I'm sad Greg won't get to go but we have tickets for some weekend when he can go. I'm bringing extra batteries for my camera so he doesn't miss out on too much!!!

Wyatt has started being a little more clingy to me than he was a few weeks ago. I think his stranger anxiety stage is finally setting in. I can't leave him in the living to go to the kitchen anymore. He will cry and crawl to the gate near the kitchen until I pick him up. I'm not sure why it bothers him so much for me to go into the kitchen, he can still see me. I guess thats just one of those mysteries of a babies mind.

What's in a name?

This week has been crazy!! The amount Wyatt has grown and learned is just amazing to me. He is a fast motor scooter on the floor, he now has 4 teeth!!! Yep 4!!! And he gives kisses now!!! We went to the Pediatrician for his 6 month appointment (even though he is 6 1/2 months old) and she said he is just wonderful!! She is so glad he is doing so well after the rough start he had. He weighs 18 lbs 14 ozs, and is 28 1/4 inches tall!! Tall and skinny. She said he is at the same stage developmentally as a 9 month old and that she wouldn't be surprised if he was walking the next time she sees him!! Heaven help me!! Mr. Wyatt does not want to be held at all!! If he is awake he wants on the floor!! Of course when he gets sleepy he wants to be held sort of. He is a little wishy washy then. We have had a few rough nights this week because of his 3rd and 4th tooth coming in but hopefully, now that the last is out he will sleep tonight!!! After a weekend with Grammi and Pa - Paw he needs all the rest he can get. Those grandparents of his must stay up all night long playing!! Lol.

We went and visited my Aunt Nancy on Friday. That was fun. I have always loved hanging out with her and I'm sure Wyatt will too!! She did my taxes so I had to name my "Ranch" business!! We are officially Lightning Bug Ranch!! I am excited!! Still feel silly calling a little bitty property a ranch but I couldn't come up with anything else. I thought Lightning Bug Quarter horses, but half of my horses are Appaloosas so that won't work. Could be Lightning Bug Performance Horses but I'd never be able to afford a sign with that written on it!! Too long!! Plus none of my horses perform at the moment. Lightning Bug Farm. . . hmm no cows, and to me farm implies cows. I just couldn't decide. Anyways I'm rambling. Whatever it is Wyatt is now growing up on a Ranch. . . ette maybe. Lol Now he just needs his own pony!! I just had a break thru!! Maybe we could call it Lightning Bug Creek? That is why we named it that in the first place. The creek that runs by our house has a ton of Lightning Bugs in it in the Summer and when we first moved here I told Greg all I wanted from the property was for it to have a few Lightning bugs and the first night here I sat on the porch and there were hundreds!!! I can't wait for Wyatt to be big enough to go lightning bug hunting with me!!! We will have so much fun!!

Leaps and Bounds

Boy this week has been hectic!! Wyatt has been out and about a lot and let me tell you, he'd rather be on the ground practicing crawling instead of sitting in my lap anywhere!!

On Wednesday we went to the Vet to get Bud's stitches removed. We sat in the waiting room for 2 hours!!!! Wyatt was good as usual except he really really got bored. He was a wiggle monster. Everyone thought he was such a good baby for being so happy for so long. I probably need to rethink having any other kids because it's true. I've never seen another baby that would sit for 2 hours without crying. I don't think I'd get so lucky to have two that would do it.

Then Wednesday night we went to meet Grammi and Pa-Paw for dinner. That was fun but a little rough because Mr. Wyatt decided that napping was for babies and not for big boys who got to go to the vet and talk to bunches of people. So it was a sleepy wiggly dinner.

Thursday Greg was off of work so we could all go to the dentist. We had to be there at 7 and we live over 30 minutes away so we actually had to wake Wyatt up before he got up on his own. He must have thought we were crazy!! On the way to the appointment a deer hit us!! Completely smashed the driver side door in. Scared us both to death. Wyatt slept thru it. Poor deer and poor new Tahoe!!! The deer didn't make it and the Tahoe needs some cosmetic surgery to recover. But we were all fine!! So we finished at the dentist around 10:00, had to go to Greg's work and get his paycheck to take into town to put in the bank. Then Greg had to go see SSG Bowers at the armory in Fort Worth to finish filling out his sworn statement to clear up some stuff relating to his discharge. We were there for 2 hours!! All told poor Wyatt (and poor me) were in the car from 6:30 until 4!!!!!! He was soooooo ready to get out and practice crawling!!

Crawling is going really well. We haven't officially accomplished it yet but it should only be a matter of days (if not hours!!) He can officially scoot now by pushing forward with one foot. And he is really trying to sit up but usually gets stuck in a sideways half laying position that is really cute. He has also been practicing talking this morning. He keeps repeating the P sounds over and over again. I think he is going to say Pa-Paw first!! He sure loves that Pa-Paw!! Of course he threw in a Ma-Ma for good measure today but he had no idea what he was saying. I think I got a real kiss this morning. I'm not sure because I wasn't watching his face but somehow I got an open slobbery mouth on my cheek! I'll take whatever kind of kisses he wants to give me that is for sure. His new favorite pastime is blowing raspberries on my shoulder when I pick him up. He thinks it is great fun!! And I think it is really cute. I just love this 6 months time period. He is just growing by leaps and bounds.

Sleepy Woman

Okay Wyatt is 6 months old and has been sleeping thru the night for about 3 months. I've become accustomed to getting a good 6 to 7 hours of sleep a night. However last night he decided that Mommy needed to get up at 3:30 after just 4 hours of sleep. I am not made for this anymore. I was so miserable today. I fell asleep on the couch while he was screaming and bouncing in his jumperoo. I fell asleep while I was giving him a bottle. I fell asleep while we were playing on the floor. Luckily I didn't fall asleep while I was changing a diaper or something!! That could get ugly!! Ha!

So now it is 9 oclock, after a long day of bouncing in his jumperoo (which he loves!!) and he is asleep and I'm headed there myself. Please let him sleep thru the night.

Oh and I forgot to mention how much fun he had yesterday going for a walk with Daddy. That is what the picture on this post is from. He wouldn't quit smiling!! He loves being outside thank goodness. He is going to take after his Mommy!!! (His Daddy likes it ouside too.) I can't wait until it is warmer and he and I can go out during the day and play on the porch or something!!! Maybe I will make a sandbox soon and get Big Johnny the dump truck driver to come and fill 'er up!! I think Wyatt would like that. Just need to figure out how to keep the kitties out of it!!

The Nothing Blog

Okay, I'm totally cheating on today's blog but I filled out one of those email survey things you send to your friends and I decided to post here so that years from know I could look back and remember what happened today!! (Wyatt crawled!!! and someone dumped a bakers dozen of animals on our back road. ) So here it is.

1.WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING?
6:30. Thats sleeping in around here!!!

2.DIAMONDS OR PEARLS
neither!

3. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA?
Chronicles of Narnia

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE T. V. SHOW?
Gilmore Girls

5. WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST?
Generic Cocoa Pepples

6. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME?

Elizabeth

7. FAVORITE CUISINE?

Mexican

8. WHAT FOODS DO YOU DISLIKE?

Fish!! Yuck

9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHIP FLAVOR?

Ranch Wavy Lays

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD AT THE MOMENT?

My own personal mix.

11. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE?

2001 Chevy Tahoe!! I love, love, love it!!!

12. FAVORITE SANDWICH?

Ummm. .. does a taco count?

13. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU DESPISE?

Self-centerdness. Had enough of those people to last a lifetime.

14. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU LOVE MOST?

Kindness

15. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING?

My Las Vegas sweat shirt.

16. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO?

Disneyland!!!

17. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHROOM?

Ugly. Is that a color? It's going to be red but I haven't painted yet.

18. FAVORITE BRAND OF CLOTHING?

Ummm, anything works, as long as it comes in tall!

19. TO WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE?

Disneyland!!

20. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY?

21st - Mom took me to Las Vegas and it was a lot of fun!!

21. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH?

Football, mostly college

22. FURTHEST PLACE YOU ARE SENDING THIS?

Colorado

23. WHO DO YOU LEAST EXPECT TO SEND THIS BACK?

I have no expectations

24. PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND IT BACK FIRST?

Same, send or don't send, it's all okay with me. (of course if you love me you will send it so I can see how you are doing)

25. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY?

July 1st

26. WHEN IS YOUR ANNIVERSARY??

June 12th

27. ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A NIGHT PERSON?

I'm a middle of the day person.

28. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE?

10

29. PETS:
Oh geesh. Just today I picked up 13 more.. . .yep, 12 dogs and 1 cat. (living on a back road sucks)
Dogs - Sable and Katie, and not staying are Momma Dog and Puppies 1 - 11
Kitties - Miss Yoda, Bud, Mr. Schwartz, Dizzy, Harry and possibly Ron if he is still there in the morning.(and if he is in fact a boy)
Horses - Sterling, Sonora, and Sunny

30. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US?

Umm you all know it all. I moved back to Fort Worth this year and I had a baby!! Oh yeah and Wyatt crawled today and he got two teeth last week!!!

31. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

A veterinarian. And I would be too if they didn't make you take all that sucky Biochem.

32. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

Stressed and tired of puppies!!!. And very angry at stupid people who think that they can dump their animals on our road!!

33. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY?

Let's see. Anything chocolate with almonds in it.

34. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER?

Passionflower Cause it is cool and it hasn't died in my garden yet.

35. WHAT IS A DATE ON THE CALENDAR YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO?

August 2nd. Wyatt's first birthday.

36. WHERE IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE EVER BEEN FROM HOME?

Dominican Republic. Very cool. Beautiful mountains! Nice horses!

37. A SMALL THING YOU REALLY ENJOY?

Nap time.

Nocturnal Boy

Today has been a good day. Well other than the fact that Wyatt's best friend is still in the hospital after a very scary weekend. But Colin is doing much better thankfully and will hopefully be out soon!! I think I will post about this when Colin is safely home and doing well!

Wyatt had to go to Grammi's house last night so that his Dad and I could go see Colin's Mommy and Daddy and offer our support. Wyatt didn't mind and I'm sure he really enjoyed getting to spend some more time with Pa-paw and Grammi but he didn't appreciate the fact that we picked him up late!! It was 9:30 and he was sleeping sooooo hard he didn't wake up when I transfered him to his carseat. He slept all the way home but when we got there he woke up. I should have known he'd make me pay for waking him up!! He went back to sleep but only slept until 3:30. Then he was bright eyed and bushy tailed! I however was heavy eyed and grumpy. I finally convinced him that it was not in fact 7:00 in the morning and that he did have to sleep some more before he could play. I finally got back in bed at 4:30. However I couldn't go to sleep so I laid there until he woke up again at 5:00. Luckily my husband is wonderful and got up and put him back to sleep. Then he slept until 8:45!!! That is the latest he has ever slept!! I was getting really worried about him. Hope he doesn't do that tonight!! (well at least the waking up part.) I think I'll head to bed and get a head start on my sleep!!

The Blustery Day!!

Today has been a great day here in the area because it has been raining all night and all day!! I don't think it has really rained since Wyatt was born!! We have been so scared of fires around here that I'm even afraid to unplug the heat lamp because it gives a little spark. My poor neighbor was fencing and she had to stop because we are under a burn ban and an outdoor welding ban. Maybe this will make them ease up on it.

But the bad thing about rain is we are all cooped up inside and going stir crazy!! Weekends are great but they are really boring if you have to stay inside. I'm not used to taking care of Wyatt when 2 people are home and I find it makes the day go slow!! Although Wyatt has a good idea!! He has been napping for the last 3 hours. Greg and I would have been smart to join him but we didn't. Too busy being bored.

I'm proud of our horses!! We made them a big pen that is open into our little shed and I turned them all 3 in there and no fighting!! It's amazing. Sunny is a grumpy old mare and she likes to try and kick the other two but they are really getting along great!! They even stood in the shed together when it was raining and looked like they were enjoying the company. Good thing or Sunny would have to be penned in the corner. She wouldn't appreciate that.

Wyatt had his big weekend at Grammi and Pa-Paws. I always miss him so much!! They wear him out!! All that fun is tiring!! Good thing he has a whole week to recuperate before the next trip! He has really been singing lately. It is so cute. He will play with his singing catipillar and after it stops singing he will start his little song!! So adorable!! I wish we could share audio clips on here!! It's great! I just love him so much it makes my heart jump!!

Well I'd better go get dinner started!! Have a good blustery day!!

Hello Mr. Tooth!!

Well it is official. My boy is growing up. He got his first tooth thru the surface tonight. It's amazing because just this morning I checked and there wasn't much there. Just two little bumps. Then tonight WHAM, one tooth thru and the other peeking at it!! I'm so excited. (It was probably that stroll over our boulders we took today. They must have jostled it out! See previous post.) I can't believe how fast babies grow up. He is almost 6 months old and it seems like just yesterday that he was born.

Wyatt has learned a new trick too. He sings!! (Well sorta) He makes this sound with the back of his throat then throws in a high pitched hum with it. It's hilarious!! I can't keep from smiling. In fact every time he warms up I mute the TV and just stare and listen. It's the most wonderful song I've ever heard!! Of course I tried to sing with him today but he wants no accompaniment. He will stop singing and just look at me like "Mom, you don't know the words to this one!!" So I have to sit and listen to him do his solo. Not that I mind, my vocal skills are minimal at best!

We also just got a bath seat. What a great thing!! He will just sit and splash for a really long time. He LOVES it. I thought he had enjoyed baths up until now, but it has been nothing like the first time in the bath chair. The whole room was soaking wet!! Bath chairs are the greatest!! Well I'm off to catch up on ZZZs!

Smacking Lips

I am officially a baby torturer!! Wyatt has become so entranced by food that he stares longingly at you while you eat and smacks his lips at you. It's terrible. Even Grammi said she felt like she was torturing him. He doesn't give up either. No matter how many toys we give him he just looks at my food like it is the most delicious thing he has never tasted!! I've decided that I need to bring food with me at all times for him just in case!!! Poor child!! No one EVER feeds him. (at least that's what the people at Taco Bueno think!!)

On another note I rode tonight!! It was great! Sterling got her new shoes on yesterday and they made all my boulders just disappear!!! We only did 2 miles tonight but it sure was better than I've done in over a year. Sterling was jazzed and ready to go. Of course after we did the 2 miles she was ready to call it a night (not because she was tired but because she wanted to see her buddies) and I still wanted to keep going. Sigh. I wish it didn't get dark so early all the time. Can't wait for the time change. My horse-shoer has a lighted arena and he said I could come use it sometime. (of course I'd have to help out by moving cows for the guys that bull dog but I don't mind. I'm sure I could get in a few circles before they turned out the lights!!) That would be awesome. Only problem is I don't want to leave Wyatt. So I guess I'll put that on hold until he has his own pony and can come help too.

Random Ramblings

Wyatt slept for 4 hours today at nap time!! I couldn't believe it. I surfed on the internet, then went and sat in front of the TV just waiting to hear him calling for me. Nothing!! I can't believe he slept that long. It's been at least 2 weeks since he got that good of a nap. I'm so relieved because it sure made him happier tonight.

Greg and I and Wyatt went to eat at a Mexican restaurant here in town. It is so yummy. It's always crowded but we got seated and finished eating in 40 minutes!! Great service. I miss eating out all the time like I did in College Station. I was living there all by myself so there wasn't much reason to cook for me. I'd just hit up On The Border and get some soup for 3 bucks and drink water. I know those waitresses hated me!! I still tipped.

Tomorrow is the beginning of the Stock Show. I'm so sad because I'm not going to the parade and I'm not riding in the parade. I was excited to move back to the Fort Worth/ Dallas area because I'd be able to ride in parades again but I don't think that is going to happen for a long time. Sterling and I used to do parades all over before I went to College. We even rode in the Grand Entry and stock show rodeo. That was a lot of fun!! I was there with 3 other girl who had never done it before and one of them was a club queen. So she had to ride in first and her horse was being horrible. We almost switched so she wouldn't embarrass herself. (Sterling was being an angel). She let me ride her horse for an hour in the afternoon and he was fine for the last rodeo performance. (Go me. Ha Ha) Anyways, I guess I got sidetracked reminiscing. I probably won't get to ride in parades until Wyatt is a lot bigger and can go ride in them with me!! Won't that be fun!!

Wyatt was in a really great mood this evening as you can see by his picture. He has learned a new trick although I haven't heard him do it that much this week. He sucks his little cheeks in and makes a kissing sound. He has also started saying some form of Momma when he cries. I know he doesn't know what it means and he only says it when he is really upset, but it really works to make me feel so bad for him. Breaks my heart for him to cry. Tomorrow we are going to Grammi's for the morning then I'm getting the horses feet trimmed. Sterling is getting shoes on!!! I can't wait!! It's like getting new tires on a truck that has 4 flats!!! Whoo hoo!! Look out backroads here I come!!

Teething Terribles

Oh my goodness!! Nobody told me teething would be worse than the last month of pregnancy!! It seems like Wyatt has been teething for months and months. He is constantly chewing on his hand, my hand, Mickey's head, books, any toy that is smooth, and burp rags, not to mention a ton of other things. I can feel little teeth on the other side of his gums but they don't seem to make any progress. My poor baby has turned into a cranky fussy facsimile of his former self. He doesn't know what is wrong with him and I don't feel like I should give him Tylenol several times a day for this. He isn't sleeping well anymore either. That just makes everything worse because not only is he cranky because his gums hurt but he's cranky because he's tired!! We shared a popsicle today and he really liked to chew on that. Maybe I'll do the wet rag in the freezer thing tomorrow. I hope this doesn't last another 5 months!!! Poor Wyatt and his Mommy will be two grouchy peas in a pod!!!

Sleep Deprivation

I am beginning to wonder if I will ever feel caught up on sleep again!! It seems like since Wyatt came I am constantly tired. I have a feeling this might have something to do with not doing a lot of physical activity during the day. I used to work and feed about 20 horses a day before I had him so I got a lot of activity to wear me out. Maybe I'm just the type of person who can't sleep unless I'm bone tired. I feel bone tired but my muscles must know the difference!! Tomorrow I'm going to do Wyatt weight lifting and see if that helps. He will think it is fun!!

Tonight we went to eat dinner with Grammi! I love getting out of the house and doing stuff. I wish Grammi and Pa-Paw lived closer to us so we could see them more during the week. Of course that might make my Saturdays a little less special. Saturdays are great days for me because I get to hang out with most of my favorite people. (not all of them but most). Wyatt sure loves his Grammi. Tonight was rough though because I walked off and left all of the formulat powder that I had prepared for his dinner sitting on the counter in our kitchen. So my poor baby was hungry and all I had for him was water. He was not fooled!!! So after a quick trip to Wal-mart he was a much happier baby!!

Well I'm off to bed. Maybe if I went to sleep when Wyatt went to sleep I'd get to feeling like a human again!!!

Amy