Walking for Bella!

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Happy Easter!

Austin was NOT a fan of the easter bunny. It was quite funny actually. This was the only one where he wasnt full on screaming-should have gotten one of those instead. Ah well. We didnt torture him for very long...not even 1 minute and im sure he doesnt even remember. Its crazy, we were standing in line foreverrr(because 1 family took about 100 pictures , no lie...its JUST the easter bunny people!) Anyway, he was waving and trying to jump out of my arms to get to him but once he sat on his lap he freaked. Crazy kid.

Even tho he was a screamer, the easter bunny was very good to him this year! He got TODDLER mum mums, peeps, a leaptop, some toys for his water/sand table, couple BUCKS(lol), and 2 March of Dimes stuffed animals.

I was quite nervous to bring him to church because he is a wild one. I wanted to go to covenant because they have a cry room where they can play and you can still hear whats going on. Good thing because he was great for all the music and such but then he got a little restless! After church we went to my sister-in-laws mother-in-laws house for lunch. It was nice but i sure did miss cooking!

I cant wait for next year when Austin will be old enough to take part in all of the fun Easter festivities!

My favorite gift

For my birthday I got some pretty great gifts. (Mommy will send out thank yous eventually-but thank you all again!) I havent used them all yet, but so far this is my faaavorite! Mommy and daddy take me on walks all the time and I just think riding in my wagon like the big boy I am is the coolest thing ever! Maybe next year I will have some company in my wagon..it is so roomy but im a little lonley. Mommy said I have to be very good and tell daddy I want a little sissy, so we will see!

Thanks again Nana and Gpa Joe! 

My favorite gift

For my birthday I got some pretty great gifts. (Mommy will send out thank yous eventually-but thank you all again!) I havent used them all yet, but so far this is my faaavorite! Mommy and daddy take me on walks all the time and I just think riding in my wagon like the big boy I am is the coolest thing ever! Maybe next year I will have some company in my wagon..it is so roomy but im a little lonley. Mommy said I have to be very good and tell daddy I want a little sissy, so we will see!

Thanks again Nana and Gpa Joe! 

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!