TEN months old!

Woah, double digit months now!
It is all starting to hit me that my baby is not so much of a "baby" anymore. So many things in the near future just keep reminding me that he is growing up faster & faster everyday!

 

Gunner, my love, please slow your roll.

Though, I do have to admit - as hard as it is to watch you grow so fast into a little boy - everyday is more & more fun with you! You have your own personality now you just continue to grow into your own, and you're just so much fun!

The sweet side of you growing up - is all the new & fun things we can do together and you are learning to do on your own.

I guess this is the true example of a bittersweet reality.

  

But yes - in less than 2 months, you will be O N E.

A YEAR, not a MONTH.

A TODDLER, not an INFANT or NEWBORN.

I can't even process that. BUT, yet another "bittersweet" twist to that - is the sweet side of getting to order all your outfits for your upcoming photos & order all the decorations for your very FIRST birthday party.

 

It's all about flipping it to the sweet side, then this whole growing up thing is a much easier pill for your mom to swallow ;)

 

So here we are - your TEN MONTH blog:

 

Updates

 

- You love jumping! Anything you can hold onto (including mommy's hair, t-shirts or face) you hold onto real tight and just jump and jump. Most mornings now when we wake you up, you start jumping in your crib and laughing. It's pretty adorable

 

- You talk ALL THE TIME - your favorite words are "da-da, og og (dog), mama (only when you are crying or mad you suddenly remember this magical word that gets you whatever you want) and your newest and most recent favorite word is UH-OH! You say it all the time and it cracks us up! You seem to know what it means because you usually do it when we tell you NO to something or if you hit grizzly or fall down - you're quite clever.

 

- You've always loved toys but now you are starting to favor certain toys - and the toys are starting to show me how much of a BOY you are. Not a baby - but a BOY. You love your big tonka trucks and your john deer tractor the MOST. Anything with wheels and makes loud noises you will run across the house all day long - it's quite impressive actually how fast you run your cars around!

 

- You play WITH people now. You can toss a ball back and forth and love to throw (softball is definitely in your future with your strong throws) and you love to have us sit on the floor with you and watch you play. Now you do things and make sure we are watching before you continue onto something else. It's fun being able to play WITH you and you love nothing more than to do just that!

Oh! And you love to SHOW us how to do things like bang something on the other toy - and you are a quick learner if we show you how to do something- you pick it right up ;)

 

- You are STEPPING now! Everyday you're a little braver and take a step more than the day before. You can stand on your own and keep your balance for a pretty long time now! You'll be walking anyday now. [you're up to a 5-step record right now]

 

- You are quite the copycat now, or "mimick" I should say. Anything we say or do you just stare at us and try to do it too. You're favorite new tricks are HIGH-FIVE (only with dad so far) the lip trick (where you move your finger real fast against your lips and make the funny noise) or yelling matches (we start low and then go louder and louder until someone gives up, you usually win!) - LOL, as loud as you get, it is so cute I can't even get annoyed.

- You know how to give kisses and hugs now! They are totally your own style though, kisses are just kinda mouth-open-and-lean-into-land on your cheek kind, and your hugs are more serious and you are actually a great hugger. MELTS MY HEART!

- You are becoming a bit of a mommy's boy these days (I can't even act like I mind it) - you've always been a TOTAL daddy's boy - but now the second I walk in the door when I get home from work you light up and crawl over with your hands up to pick you up - and you won't leave my side until bedtime! It's the cutest thing E V E R! I do have to say though it's gets a little tiring when I need to shower or change clothes after work just because you have a total meltdown if I walk out of the room for .5 seconds - but I've just become a PRO at 5-second-changes and I shower after you go to bed now. Sacrifices? not really, I love that you actually miss me and show it and it makes my heart incredibly happy<3

- And lastly, as much as I hate to admit this, you do have a tiny bit of a negative update... my dear sweet boy, you now have discovred temper tantrums. yes, at a young age of 10 months old - you know how to throw a fit if you don't get something you want or get told no. We're currently working on this but I think it's just a sign that mommy gives you everything you want (softie) and dad has more control (toughie) LOL. When we're eating dinner you stand at my feet and yell or cry if I don't give you some of it - or if I take something out of your hands that you can't have or tell you no or really ANYTHING you don't like - you instantly start crying with snot and tears - total waterworks!
But you see, you do NOT do this for dad - only me. He'll just tell you "no gunner you cant have that" and you stop your meltdown and move on.. but me, you just keep it up until I give in or give you something else - so we are both going to have to work on this before it becomes a bit of a bad habit. Eek


And that's the biggest things - there's SO MUCH I could talk about because you just are such an active and learning boy right now. You are 100% boy these days - all you want to do is play with your trucks, yell at the top of your lungs (as a game) and run around and do everything on your own! You're such a little independent guy now, it blows my mind. I literally sit and just watch you for hours because I can't believe everything you can do and just how much you have grown. You are your own person now and have the biggest personality! Everyone talks about it and everyone loves it. You are the sweetest, funniest, most rambunctious and active kid and I would not change a single thing about you.

I can't wait to see what you learn in the next month!
And within the next two months we'll have your LAST TWO baby blogs!
&& we'll also have a new addition to our family to start blogging on too- your sister<3

Love always, mom

 

 



HOLY.MOLY.

So, it's no surprise or shock to say that TIME IS FLYING BY!

I feel like that everyone says that, but I had no idea just how fast it flies by, until I became a parent.

 

In a nutshell, this is my life right now:

Today Gunner is TEN MONTHS OLD. (yeah, seriously. blog coming later)

& tomorrow I am EIGHT MONTHS pregnant.
Hahaa, it's almost comical how CRAZY this all is.

 

With that, comes this:

**There are EIGHT weeks until my official due date (Halloween) - however not a single doctor or person I know thinks I will go full-term. So, that means possibly/probably even less time than that.

as well,

**There are NINE weeks until Gunner's 1st birthday party (we are having it the weekend after his actual birthday jussssst in case I may be busy- i.e. in labor!)

 

So - if that doesn't give you guys a minor insight as to

WHY I AM FREAKING THE HECK OUT RIGHT NOW -

here is my timeline/layout of events for the next couple months

[[until these two major events occur]], is looking like:

 

THIS WEEKEND (8 weeks left): my LAST free weekend. literally

Next weekend (7 weeks left): Our 4/d ultrasound of our little lady!! (very excited about this)) and one of my friend's baby showers following that.

Following weekend (6 weeks left): my baby shower! (which I have not done a single thing for yet!)

Following weekend (5 weeks left): Maternity pictures (still have no clue as to where we are having our photographer take them, or what myself or the Gunner or Rick are wearing) 

after that - rick's "man shower" I am throwing him. haven't done anything but send the invites, so it's too late to cancel that (I did consider it)

 

Following weeks: [[because now it is OCTOBER - aka our "due date" month]]

First weekend of October (4 weeks left): Gunner's "cake smash" photos for his birthday invites! Also planning a trip to apple hill that weekend to help "jumpstart" labor&delivery (last year we went and gunner came the following weekend!)

Following weekend (3 weeks left): First weekend of my maternity leave!

&& Karin's baby shower (which I'm helping to throw/host)

Following weekend (2 weeks left): Kristen's baby shower! Which I am also helping to throw/host!

Following weekend (1 week left): Gunner's 12 month photo session with Monica!

Following weekend (DUE DATE!): Halloween! & IF McKenzie is somehow not here yet - then I will probably just be preparing for the big day AS WELL as planning and finalizing all of gunner's last minute birthday details (because his party will be less than 2 weeks away)

 

So yes. It is understandable

WHY I AM FREAKING THE HECK OUT RIGHT NOW??

 

We still need to do pretty much everything to prepare for these 2 main upcoming events, so I'd say it's time to either find a genie and ask for a few wishes OR find my "supermama// super planner" hat and put that badboy on! Time is ticken and it's not slowing down anytime soon (trust me I already asked it to!)

 

Yikes!!