1 year

I cant believe 1 whole year has gone by since i gave birth to my rainbow. They werent kidding when they said it goes by fast. I can hardly remember anything! Well, im sure some of that has to do with the lack of sleep. I just recently stopped nursing (down to maybe 1 or 2 times/day) so we are all much more rested. He is usually sleeping from 8:30-6:30 in his crib, in his room. Woohoo. Now its just learning how to sleep without a little person attached to me! Easier than it seems.

Every day he walks just a tad bit more and it is so fun to watch him. I rarely watch tv, he is just so entertaining...and exhausting all the same. We have quite the daredevil on our hands. Always climbing up something. The other day i caught him almost completely on top of the entertainment center. He LOVES to be right up in front of the tv and tries to give it kisses. Im guessing thats what he was doing! lol. His other favorite place to be is on top of the coffee table. He just goes in circles crawling on it. Sure i could say get down! But hes just too cute :)

He got a rocker recliner chair for christmas and just this last week started to love it. Hes up and down on that chair all day long. He will bring something with him to rock with, a book or a truck, and then drop it....get down to get it...back up...and he repeats this quite a few times.

His favorite food is broccoli and turkey dogs.

Lots of sounds come out of his little mouth but no real words besides mama and dadaa. He loves Chloe and points at everything. 

His birthday party was on his birth day and we had it at Sam Michaels Park. It was a seusstastic time! {But boy im glad its over!lol}

I cant wait to see what this year brings and all the new things he will learn. I sure love my rambunctious rainbow, Austin Bane! <3

Oh how quick they grow...

I cant believe its already February and im planning Austins 1st birthday party. MY BABY IS TURNING 1?!? Where has the time gone?!?

He has changed so much and every day is something new. Hes not walking by himself yet, but he cruises on everything...sooo fast! Its pretty funny watching him try to reach something just a figertip away and instead of taking 1 step to the right he will walk as fast as he can all the way around the table to get whatever it is. Usually his sippy cup. He knows what hes doing too...maybe its a game for him. To be able to know what goes thru their tiny little head would be pretty cool.

Hes always testing his boundaries and has a little temper...he sure keeps us busy!

Dada (dadadada) was his first "word", ok but thats every babys right? He hasnt said anything else but he talks to himself all the time. Hes close to saying a word i just dont know what itll be. When we try to get him to say stuff he just laughs. Oh hes a smart little cookie! lol

He has 2 bottom teeth and just today i felt the top 2 about to come through. The past few nights have been terrrrrrrible. No body is sleeping!

Speaking of sleeping...we got Austin a new crib and mattress for Christmas. We started out putting him down for the first time and when he woke up id bring him to bed with me. He would only sleep in there for an hour or 2. For about a week he was sleeping from 8-530 in his crib...in his room! Yeah, seriously. Then those darn top teeth ruined everything. Thats always how it is right? I miss the little booger next to me tho. I used to be able to roll over and shine my phone light on him or put my hand on his back...now i gotta get up and go to the next room! And i do! You just NEVER know. I HAVE to get up and check or i wont get Any sleep. One day we will sleep...ah...one day :)

I love bath time now. Mainly when its over...he climbs in to my lap and just sits there. Still. Hes usually trying to get away and go crawl somewhere..but not after bathtime. I lotion him up and wrap him like a burrito and we sing and dance and cuddle before we go out into the frigid hallway and his room to get dressed. Its nice :) 

He loves wheat toast, butternut squash, whole grain frozen waffles, cheese puffs, chicken and wild rice soup, sweet potato fries, spaghetti noodles, apples, and yogurt. He usually eats whatever we are having for dinner but always a side of squash. He loves thats stuff.

I have to say im a bit envious that Ryon gets to stay home with him during the day. Just not faaair. I feel like I just work all day, come home..do some dishes so I can cook dinner before he gets fussy(it always happens towards the end), then its bath time and time for bed with a little play time somewhere in there! Just not enough time in the day...not enough time with my 2 favorite men.

I need to start playing the lottery.

Little monster

Halloween came and went so fast! Austin was a little monster this year...and as you can see, the CUTEST! It was very fitting. Hes already taking after his father and is quite the little stinker these days!! ;) We didnt go trick or treating and no one comes around in our neighborhood so we dressed him up and off to Target we went. Then came home and took a million pictures...he was soo over it! Im shocked I got the pictures I did because now that he can crawl he wont sit still for aaannything. Oh yea, hes CRAWLING! I will post an update after we have his 6 month appt (ok so he will be almost 8 months when we go since I had to reschedule!)

This year I had hoped to do so much and didnt do anything...kinda bummed about it. I wanted to go to an awesome pumpkin patch, but went to a suuuper lame one with miniature pumpkins. I wanted to paint one for Bella and take it to her grave, and carve a few for the house...but did neither. Roast seeds? Nope. Ah well, next year...and im serious! I DID however make a super cute pumpkin hat (after a few bad ones I got it right!)

Ryon and I had a couple days off together in October and we had planned to do a few things. The weather was kind of crappy so we didnt really end up doing much. Our original plan was to go to Lurray (&and possibly Charlottesville) but decided to stay close instead (Austin is still in his infant carrier and we didnt think hed be very comfy on a long trip!) So we drove to Skyline drive and went to Skyline Caverns. So pretty this time of year! {And I am NOT a Fall girl..} It was pretty cold and windy the day we went, but it was nice to be together just the 3 of us! Thats MY kind of vacation...and it doesnt happen often. Ok let me go back...my kind of vaca would be sitting on the beach in the carribean just me and my 2wishitwas3 lovies :) but ill take the mini road trip ;P

I dont use the computer much these days...thank goodness for high tech phones that can do everything but make a cup of coffee as my FIL would say ;) lol... but when I get on there maybe ill make a post of pictures! The app I use, I can only post one..and some day ill have to get these 3000(nojoke) pictures off of here!

Thats all for now...check back in 2 weeks for an update and stats on Baneman!

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The cutest thing eeever

Yep, I gave birth to the cutest little boy in the world.

6 months

Happy 1/2 Birthday to my sweet (and especially cranky at the moment) baby BOY! I sure have loved every single second of being his mommy. There was maaaaybe 1 time where I became frustrated..if that. {thankyouBella}

The time has really flown by, but at the same time it feels like he's been here forever. I always said that when referring to Bella too. Guess thats just life, huh?

His two bottom teeth are just about thru and they have been really bothering him the past couple days. Poor buddy...its just pitiful. Im SO glad im still nursing because thats the fix all. Hungry? Boob. Tired? Boob. In pain? Boob. Mommy want a nap? Boob. You get the point. I love it, and I never would have thought Id be doing it for this long. Before Bella I didnt even plan on doing it at all! (I will thank UVA and my sweet girl for changing my feelings about breastfeeding.)

Ok back to my 1/2 year old. Besides teething hes aaaallllmost crawling. He doesnt really need to crawl tho to get around. He gets around just fine. He rolls around, tucks his head and kicks his little leggies, and he is using his arms to turn around or to grab on to whatever to pull himself. Sometimes he will get on all fours but then he belly flops and just looks like hes trying to swim. Its pretty funny. His feet touch the floor when he is in the jumperoo and he enjoys spinning around. Put him in front of the mirror and he would be content for hours im sure. Hes got a little personailty too and always makes us laugh. Screams extremely loud and squeels ALL.THE.TIME. Ok not all the time...just when he wants attention. Like he doesnt get enough! Ryon says hes spoiled. I dont think so. Extra loved is more like it! Right now he is content with mommy and daddy holding him. Not too fond of being passed around. One day he wont mind...and thats perfectly fine. For now he feels secure with us.

Eating is no biggie for him. He ate great from the spoon ever since I started feeding him. I feed him a little bit most days. Some days we will skip it, usually just if we've been out. He has tried peas, carrots, green beans, rice, oatmeal, sweet potato, pumpkin, and prunes. We got a ninja (needed a new blender...never had a food processer so it works out great) So far ive made roasted butternut squash...which he LOVED and a papaya banana puree which he thought was ehhshmeeehh. Its cool...just tasted like banana really, which make me sick so maybe he takes after mommy.

His favorite thing to do is read. If hes screaming...refuses to eat...then sitting on the floor and putting him in my lap with a book is usually a good way to cheer him up! Hopefully that sticks. Also, car rides. ThankYOuJesus! I thought we were going to have to deal with a screaming baby on car trips foreverrrrr. Nope. Hes great in the car. Usually. Recently he started to love it and im so very thankful. I love sitting with him, but I missed my husband!

Now that he is 6 months Ryon says we have to move him to his room. Im not a big fan of this. I suppose hes getting big for his cosleeper. Eh but not really. And when hes about to wake up I can just reach in and put my hand on his back and he will go back to sleep. If he doesnt I can just pull him in bed with me and feed him without even getting up. Soooo I really dont think its up to Ryon to decide when he gets the boot. Ill just put off ordering the breathable bumper until I decide to move him. Yeah..that sounds good :)

Well, I guess thats all for now...so, Happy 1/2 Birthday, Austin Bane-a-mania! Mommy loves you thiiiiiiiiiis big! 

Rollin'

He did it! Austin FINALLY rolled over {belly to back} for mommy. He did it a while ago for daddy..3 times in 1 week! Everytime I tried to do tummy time he would get PISSED and just want to eat. Welp, today Grandpa left and daddy went to work so it was mommy and austy time. Felt like I havent had much lately! So we were playing...on his back. Mainly hitting himself in his head with the baby einstein ball and trying to put it in his mouth. So I decided to put him on his belly...and without crying he kicked his legs up under him and rolled over :)

Happy mommy. He just lights up my life.

*His baby soft skin.

*Boob smiles.

*The way he hugs me when im putting him to sleep.

*The huge grin he gets on his face when I come home from work..unless he just woke up from a nap then I get the "who are you?!" look..which is pretty funny.

*The way he smiles so big and wants to laugh but ends up coughing because hes so worked up.

*When hes being bashful and puts his frogy blanket infront of his face.

*The relationship he has with Bella already...he LOVES looking at her pictures! {we say a bedtime prayer and thank sissy for watching over us}

*And those CHEEKS..i just want to eat them up!

Ah :) so in love.

Thats all...goodbye.