7 months old!

Luke,

Buddy, you are 7 months old! You are becoming such a little boy before my very own eyes!

You are SO much fun and are starting to really show your sweet little personality!

Here is what you are up to:

~You are about 22lb

~I don't know how tall you are this month since you haven't had to go to the doctor

~You completely sit up on your own for long periods of time! You still fall over every once in a while, but you are starting to use your hands to keep yourself from falling!

~You are just about to crawl! You get up on all fours and sway back and forth, but you usually just army crawl to get what you want! You are SO close!

~You scoot yourself so fast to try and get any electronic device you can! If you see a remote or a phone anywhere close you will bee line to get it!

~You still have just your two little bottom front teeth!

~You are wearing a size 3 diaper

~You LOVE food! You really do love all fruits and veggies, besides green beans.

~You eat three meals a day with a bottle about every 2-3 hours

~Your favorite toy right now is your blue whale. I don't know what it is about this whale, but the minute you get it you squish it into your face and squeel!

~Your still sleeping pretty good, although you have decided that waking up at about 12 and 3 am is a good idea again!

~You are ticklish! Your armpits and inner thighs are the most ticklish and I love to hear you giggle!

~You are such a little talker. You babble on and on and I wish I knew what you were saying :)

~You are starting to grawl. It is really funny, but a little embarrasing when we were in church, like this past Sunday ;)

~Your hair is getting so much lighter and are getting a lot more of it!

~You are starting to really recognize when daddy and I leave or enter the room!

~You love cups. When daddy and I are holding you and we try to drink, you usually try to grab the cup, and making us almost spill what we are drinking!

~You love Bear (our dog). You usually try to crawl to him wherever he is laying.

~You are such a happy, sweet baby. 

Here are random pictures from the last month!

My big 7 month old

I LOVE this look you give :)

Really bad quality, but your smile is adorable!

You look so mischievous :)

You love to play in your crib (for a little while at least)

Your favorite blue whale. And your bib that is the size of a cape :)

Brushing your teeth. You LOVED it

Well baby boy, another month has passed and we couldn't imagine life without you. You are such a blessing.

Love,
Mama

Worry and Fear

Warning: I am feeling very vulnerable and honest. This is the real life stuff. I need to get it out and on paper to remind myself and my readers that life happens and not everything is perfect, as so often we only write about the good times......

I am REALLY struggling with worry and fear at the moment. I have so much going on inside of my head, I don't even know where to begin.  I worry about anything and everything. I have always been a little worry wart. It is NOT a good quality. My worst actually. But I don't know how to stop it? I hate this feeling, because I feel like I have lost faith and that I am trying to hard to be on control of my life. In a way, maybe that is what I am trying to do. Ever since I became a mom, I feel like my anxiety has multiplied. I worry about Luke, I worry about Nick, I even worry about the darn dog! I have this fear that something is going to happen to me and Luke isn't going to have me growing up. Not because I think I am the best mom in the world, but I am afraid I am going to miss out. It all goes back to my mom dying. I don't want my kids to feel the way I do about losing my mom. Yes, I know that most people will lose their parents first, but I am talking prematurely. I am SO afraid of the what ifs that I am taking away from the joys right now. I struggle with this on a daily basis and I have got to do something about it.  I am not going to go into any more details because I don't want to give into these feelings. I want to get past this life time struggle of mine and begin to really enjoy life.

P.S. Thank you to my sweet husband that always has the right things to say to me. I replay his words over and over in my head and remind myself that I NEED to let go and let GOD!!!

A few bible versus that are encouraging to me today:

Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest. (Luke 12:25-26)

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27)

What do you do to cope with your every day struggles?

Oh and I will have a 7 month update on Luke asap!!

Old MacDonald had a Farm.....

Last weekend we went to the MacDonald's Ranch which has it's annual pumpkin patch festivities! We had a great time! It was a little warm, and really didn't feel very "Fallish" out, but we still had a good time! We went with Nicks mom, his Step-Dad and Nick's brother Noah! I am  not in any of the pictures because I was behind the camera and the ones I am in are on Nick's mom's camera. Anyhoo...here are a few pics from the pumpkin patch!

My Brother-In-Law Noah riding the horses!

My sweet boys!

He was getting hot and sleepy

Hi buddy :)

Luke and Grandma, Alicia

Finally gave in and fell asleep!

Noah, Luke and Nick

I really do envy all of you out there that have "true" Fall weather already! It stays way to hot here in Arizona this time of year!!

Peek-A-Boo

PEEK

A

BOO

I SEE YOU, LUKEY :)

My Soul Friend!

I never did finish my girlfriend post that I started months ago. I am slacking on my blog posts these days. I just feel like I am mentally checked out of life right now. Has that ever happened to you?

ahh side note....I HATE when telemarketers come to my door and ring my doorbell 3 times, ESPECIALLY when my baby is sleeping! Can't they figure out when no one comes to the door the first time that they aren't going to come!!!

Anyways...sorry, got off topic!

Well today I really want to talk about my Best Friend, Tina DuPont!! When I think about my sweet friend I get tears in my eyes. I never knew I was going to meet such an incredible person and friend!

I met Tina in 2008. We were in the Elementary Education program together at ASU! The best part of collage was meeting her and getting to spend so much time together! When we graduated, I think the hardest part for us was not only were we now in the real working world, but we didn't get to spend as much time together.

Tina and I became instant friends. I felt like from the moment I met her that she truly understood me and she was one of those people that you cherish and long for as a friend. As we tell each other, we feel like we are soul friends. I feel like God gives you friends of all sorts. I have my good friends, my friends that are like sisters, friends that I don't talk to often, but I know are always there for me, and then friends that make you step back and say, "I am so lucky to be friends with this person." Tina has been there for me since the day I met her. She can usually tell what kind of mood I am from the second I answer the phone. She usually calls me at the moments I need her the most, without even knowing, and can usually finish my sentences when I have forgotten what I was saying! :)

  Tina lives in Tucson, which is about 2 1/2 hours away from where I live :( she moved there with her fiance so that he could go to Law School at University of Arizona. As much as I am sad that she is not here in Phoenix, she is where she should be for the time being. Skype dates and occasional weekends are going to have to do until they get back!

One of the best things about Tina, is how much she loves Luke. It makes my heart happy that Luke has such wonderful people in his life, especially Tina. She is such an awesome Auntie! Half of the time she calls me, I really think she just wants to know how Luke is doing :)

How do I wrap up a blog entry about such an amazing friend? I guess with a thank you.

Tina,
Thank you for being the friend I always needed, but never had until I met you. Thank you for loving me no matter where I am in life. Thank you for your selflessness, and loving me as such a true friend. You will never truly know how much I cherish our friendship. You may be one of my "newer" friends, but I feel like I have known you forever.

Thank you for being my soul friend!

One of many blogs I read

I have been blogging for a couple of years now, but just recently I have been dedicating more time to it. With writing more, I have found more blogs that I love to read!

One in particular that I love is www.hungryrunnergirl.com! You MUST check out her blog. Not only is she funny, but she is a dedicated runner. Her running has motivated me to become a runner. I am no where close to being a runner yet, but I hope to get there someday!

She has a giveaway on her blog today, giving away Altra's Intuition running shoes! One thing that I don't really have is a good pair of running shoes. Knowing that hungry runner girl is such a good runner, I would take her recommendation on a good pair!

Again, if you are looking for an awesome blog to read she is the girl for ya!! Here is her link for today's giveaway, http://www.hungryrunnergirl.com/2011/10/running-shoes-giveaway.html#comment-102189

Happy Wednesday, friends!

A day in our life

I read a few blogs that have documented a typical day in their life. I thought that I would "write" mine down, so in the future I will remember what my days were like at this moment!

I can't say that we have any "typical" days. I work Monday-Friday, so Luke is with Nick on Monday, Wednesday's and Thursday's. He is then with my sister on Tuesday's and Friday's! So really the only days that I am consistently with Luke during the days are on Saturday's and Sunday's!

On the weekends, here is how our days usually run:

~Luke wakes up at around 6:00am
~I change his diaper and then we go out to the living room to hang out.
~Once he is awake enough, I put him in his jumper or lay him in his pack n play and make him his bottle.
~He usually eats around 6:30 or 7:00am
~We then play on the floor for the next hour or so
~He takes his morning nap around 8:00. It can last anywhere between 30min-1 hour.
~At around 9:00am I will feed him either a fruit or veggie and then a bottle.
~We will then play again on the floor, or he will play in his jumper for a little while. I sometimes try to get some things done around the house, but to be completely honest, I usually just lay or sit on the floor with Luke and relax with him. I don't get to do it often, so I take advantage of it!
~He will take another little nap between 12:00-1:00pm. He is not a long napper, but he takes little ones throughout the day.
~I will then feed him another fruit or veggie and another bottle. (he has a bottle about every 2-3 hours and fruit or veggies 3 times a day)
~The rest of the day we just hang out. Either on the floor in his jumper or we sometimes run errands until around 6ish (I try to be home by 6ish to start our nightly routine)
(The rest of this list is a Monday-Sunday ritual. Once I am home from work Mon-Fri, this is still what we do each night!)
~Between 6:30-7:00pm I feed him dinner (either a fruit or veggie and some oatmeal)
~I then give him a bath, lotion him up, put his jammies on let him wiggle around on the blanket on the floor and then feed him his last bottle around 7:45pm ish!
~He is in bed between 8:00pm-8:15pm!
~He for the most part will sleep through the night. Every now and then he will wake up to eat.
~We then do it all over again the next day!!

I LOVE my weekends with Luke! It always makes it really hard to go back to work on Monday's :( But, you gotta do what you gotta do! He is taken such good care of during the weekdays, which I am SO thankful for!

I have the next 2 weeks off to be able to spend my days with my little man, and I am cherishing every moment!

Happy Monday, Friends!

~Breanna

Heart attack Parent moment!

This morning was not quit the normal wake up for us! It was about 5:30am and I heard Luke start crying in the monitor. Nick got up to go check on him and through the monitor I heard Nick say, "oh my gosh" and then yelled for me. I ran into the living room where Nick was holding Luke and Luke's face and nose was covered in spit up. It was running down his nose and out of his mouth. He started gaging and chocking on his spit up. I immediately got the blue suction bulb and started sucking saliva and spit up from his mouth and nose, all while he is crying! He was still gagging and not swallowing correctly. He never stopped breathing or anything, but both Nick and I were a little panicked! I called the pediatrician's after hours number and spoke with a nurse. She said that we shouldn't be overly worried, but to make sure he stays sitting up as much as possible today. He starting acting a little more like himself and we finally fed him. He then sneezed and a ton more junk came out of his nose! We were thankful for that sneeze because ever since then he's been fine!

Talk about a heart attack moment as parents! I am sure we will have more, but man, the moment anything, as little as it can be, happens you realize how precious this sweet baby is to you!

Thank you God for allowing Luke to cry for us and allowing Nick to get to him so quickly. I know that I can't shield him from everything, but I pray that whatever is in our hands we handle and make the best decisions as possible!

Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.


--Joshua 1:9

Teething Necklace

So, my sweet little Luke LOVES to grab my necklace! I love that he will lay on my chest or while I am holding him and play with it, but he tries to bring it to his mouth! It is too short, and I wouldn't want him to chew on it (because it is metal). Well I have been researching teething necklaces and found one that I love! It is $29.00, but its super cute! Do any of you have teething necklaces? Are they worth it? I want to make sure it is a good investment before I buy one. Any suggestions?

This is the one I found that I like!
It is from http://store.chewbeads.com/

Just what I needed...

My happy boy! His eyes are closed, but it's a good shot of his TWO teeth!

my big boy, sitting up!

I spent ALL of today, at home, in my pajama's playing with Luke. It really was just what I needed!! I realize that the hustle and bustle of the weekdays don't leave me enough time to just sit and play with my little man. I am thankful for weekends! We had so much fun and there is nothing better than hearing him laugh! So very thankful for this day. I am also on Fall Break next week, so to many more days of just hangin' out! yeah!

We are trying out a new Church tomorrow, so hopefully we like it and can find "our" church that we feel is just right for us!

Happy weekend!