Stay at Home Mom...

This could get heated little one. I am very passionate about my staying at home with you. I have recently been fed up with people looking at me like I'm crazy when I say I'm a stay at home mom. They either think I'm stupid and couldn't get a job or they think I love being lazy all day! Right! As if all I do is sit on the couch or even play with you all day. I would love if a house took care of it's self, the dog walked itself, bills paid themselves and I had a self filling fridge! I know plenty of mom's work and take care of kids, thats great for you. I didn't have kids to let someone else raise them. I am plenty smart and could totally get a job! But, I choose to have you and raise you as your daddy and I see fit. As you know having two incomes would be great, even a help. But, it's not worth giving up raising you so we can have a one week vacation a year to some place cool. We do fine. You will always have food on the table and cute clothes on your body. As a stay at home mom it's my job to be a smart shopper so we can afford things, cute, fun things too! Don't get me wrong, working mom's don't have it easy and in no way do i disprove of their decisions but for us this is what we have decided. People have asked me what I will do when all my kids are in school. Well, one, you might be home schooled and two, it's not like I don't have a life. I will run errands, prepare awesome after school snacks, bake and oh yeah, run my photography business! Your mommy loves you dearly Jake but, I have things that are my own too. I love to craft, paint, take pictures, sing, play the piano (which you love too), play the guitar and sew! Working wouldn't add anything to my life. I am a mom, this is what I have wanted to do my whole life and now you have made my dream come true! Oh and another thing, you will statistically have higher test scores and are less likely to do drugs and commit a crime! So really I'm saving the world one kid at a time! Ok my rant is done. I love you!
Love,
Mommy/ Proud to stay home with you!

Name Blocks

Your changing station

Train table...someday you will love this..it glows in the dark

Reading/Cuddle area

Activity Corner

Lounging/Reading area...Ted loves this area!!

Your leaves!

Crib and toy storage

Jake this is your room! I love it. It's bright, colorful and invites you to play. All things a kids room should do. It makes me sad when I see baby's rooms in boring pastels. Baby's and kids love to have fun colors and objects to look at. So, when I saw those leaves at Ikea I just knew they were better than any mobile, I had to have them. So we went with a jungle theme. It's fun and bright and you are never bored. You love looking at the leaves above your crib and pointing to the lion above your changing station. Your toy storage is the best too. You can get into your toys all by your self and then the buckets even become toys. I have pushed you around the room in them and you put them on your head and laugh. It also makes for easy clean up, something only a mom would think of. This is your space. I look forward to putting up pictures on the walls and hanging your birthday banner up! You may have to share your room someday but you will always have a special place, to call your own, I promise.

Love, Mommy/ part-time interior decorator!

Today

Your being kind of icky today. Which is totally understandable, you now have 7 teeth and you are working on more I think. You have been at a stand still teething wise for a few months but the other day I look in your mouth and see you have 3 teeth on the bottom. You look a little uneven but still just a cute as ever. Also, you won't let me eat my food any more with out sharing! It's pretty comical the way you reach and whine for my food, even if you have had enough food already! I hope this nap helps you recover a little, poor teething boy.

Love,
Mommy/I promise to share my food!

Drinking out of a straw

You drank apple juice out of a straw today! I was very impressed with how quickly you picked it up. You only choked once, straws let in a lot of liquid! What a big boy you are becoming! You wanted to do this all on your own but you kept sticking the straw down your throat. So we helped you. You were ok with the help as long as you got your juice. I might have just created a juice monster! Sorry buddy you only get juice once a day, if that. Too much sugar not enough fiber. It’s better to just eat some apples!

Love, Mommy/eat an apple a day!

Here are some pictures of your world right now. A lion, that is a punching bag, Your pop up toy, that you are figuring out how to use and a dinosaur rocking horse, that is a necessity for every boy! And of course you and your blankie. You love this blanket! Your nana made it for you and you have become massively attached to it! The funny thing is, I didn't force it on you, you chose this blankie! I wrapped you in it one morning because it was cold and you have never been parted from it since.
Love,
Mommy/Hoping we never loose that blankie!!

9 Months Old!!

I am very behind with this post, you are almost 10 months old now but 9 months was such a huge milestone to me. You have been living in the world as long as you were cooking in my tummy! I can't believe time has gone so fast.

Here are you stats:

Weight: 24lbs. 9oz. 

Length: 30 1/2"

Head Circumference: 47.4 cm

You are a big boy. You get mistaken for a one year old. People say "Hi" to you and get offended when you don't return the greeting. Then I explain that you are only 9 months old and i get the same response every time, "Oh, he's so big!". It's true, you are not small but you are well proportioned and stinking cute! You give people this sweet smile. I tell you to wave or say "Hello" but you are not interested in such common greetings. You flash the biggest flirtiest smile! At least you are friendly! And definitely not shy!

Here are a few pics. that represent your 9th month of life:

You are a crazy, crazy crawler!!!

You stand in your crib. I find you like this after every nap!

You stand everywhere you can!! It's pretty impressive, all the things you find to pull yourself up on!

You are such a silly boy!

This past month has been amazing to see you grow and learn. You have developed quite the personality! You hate to hear the word no. You push the line like crazy. We say no and you do it again just to make sure we are serious. Then you will do it again until we massively distract you! You have learned to clap and wave, both of which you do only when you want. You have definitely taught me you are your own person. You mimic sounds really well and everyday your vocabulary is growing. You are my joy and insanity and I wouldn't change it for anything! I love you my boy.

Love, 

Mommy/crying over how old you are

Beach Trip

This was your second trip to the beach...you loved it. I'm so glad I have no idea what I would have done if you didn't like the beach...

It was pretty cold...especially for September, but you played in the sand and had a great time. 

Silly

Your daddy made you a hat at dinner! What do you think? Fancy isn’t it?!?! You are cute, end of story!

Drinking Your Bottle

You did this today! We are trying really hard to get you to hold you own bottle. I’m not sure you are old enough or you could just be lazy! Your daddy snapped this picture really quick because you only did this for a second!

Busy, Busy

I have been such a slacker about blogging your life lately. Too much life has been happening. But you just turned 9 months old and that is huge. Maybe I can find my head and write an update soon. But here are some pictures of your cute self!