SUPERMOM

There have been times when I have felt like a failure of a mom.

There are other times where I actually feel like I live up to the term supermom.

But how do my kids see me?

There the only ones that truely matter.

Landon is in love with spiderman.

It is all he watches on TV.

Thanks to his friend Baylee being obsessed and then his dad DVRing episode after episode, Little Bear got put on the back burner.

He now pretends he is Spiderman.

So he was jumping from the couch to the ottoman to the couch to the ground..

you get the idea..

pretend shooting his webs and fighting off the bad guys.

When he jumped passed me I grabbed him and said,

"I love you Spiderman."

He said, "Aww I love you too FireStar."

(FireStar is the female Superhero in one of the spiderman shows he watches).

Now I can take this 2 ways.

One.

It meant nothing.

Two.

It meant he thinks of me as a Superhero.

By his side.

Supermom.

Yes, I chose #2.

I am Supermom.

So, then I say.. what about Iceman?

"Daddy is Iceman."

Oh.

What about Baby?

"hmm........ Baby is the bad guy."

Ha.

Poor baby.

Get ready for some play fights to come.

8 months of smiles

My Baby boy is 8 months.

WOW.

I can't believe it.

Its going by so much faster than it felt like it did with Landon.

Gavinator.

Hes Perfect.

I can still say that.

He can't talk back or tell me no.

He doesn't throw tantrums.

He naps.

He sleeps through the night.

So yes, hes perfect.

He weighs 15.4 lbs (still off the chart) and is 26.69 inches (25th %).

He is such a big (little) boy.

He is so smart.

He can work the TV.

Seriously.

He changes the channels all the time.

I think he does it to annoy his bro.

He knows some signs.

Milk.

Thats the most important.

Diaper change.

Important for those who can smell.

All done.

He gets upset at that one...

he never wants the food to be all done.

He loves to play.

He can entertain himself.

He is perfectly content.

He can drive.

Just him and the open road.

This boy can eat!
And a new development.
Long awaited.
He can feed himself.
Finally.
He caught up to his gal pal Khloe.

He can cruise.
Especially when theres food out of his reach.

Teething.
Teething sucks.
Ask anyone.
So everything goes in the mouth.

But still most of all he loves to be by his big bro.
He will be a tough one.
He has to fight him off all the time.
But they are best friends.
Nobody messes with "bubba's baby,"
well other than Bubba.
As goes with all family.

So this journey of Gavin's weight is ongoing.
Saw the nutritionist.
What a waste of time.
Matt and I left that appt. feeling like nothing was accomplished.
She had her mind made up that he was malnourished because he wasn't eating enough.
Anyone that sees that boy eat knows that he eats more than enough for him and his brother.
So I guess we will just have to wait for the next step and go where it takes us.

But Gavin is Happy.
He makes us so happy.

So a recap of month 8:
He feeds himself.
He is cruising.
He babbles and coos more and more everyday.
Eats like a man.
Poops like a man.
Grunts when he nurses.
LOUD.
Sleeps through the night.
Loves the water.
Has only his two bottom teeth.
Loves his swing.
And his crib.
And his teddybear that has Gma Jackie singing rock a bye baby.
Loves to wrestle.
Has met his new love Violet.
Has gone on bumper boats.
Likes to eat sand.
Does not like wearing a life jacket.
Does really good at the gym day care.
Is still a little explorer.
Yes, hes had pizza.
Is almost as good as a vaccum.
And I repeat...
Is perfect!

Quote of the week

Landon asked for pretzels.. so i put some on the table for him and he says,

"DAAAAANNNGGGG can i get them in a cup?"

Blondetourage

Girls Nights.

Can't take them for granted.

And I have the best girlfriends.

Laughter.

No makes me laugh harder.

MARY

Looks sweet.

Cause she is.

Just had a baby.

Bet you can't tell.

Has the best sense of humor.

And gets mine.

Thats rare.

Dresses cute.

Wish she would give me her hand me downs.

But she doesnt.

She knows her pop culture.

Love her.

LEAH

AKA

Le-Lah

My baby belly buddy.

She can dance.

She can sing.

She gets her ghetto on.

She has a theory for everything.

Everything.

Shes always happy.

Except when shes sad.

Which is hardly ever.

If ever.

Her texts make me smile.

Even when im not in the mood to smile.

She loves chapstick.

And lotion.

Im lucky to have her.

JULIENE
My neighbor.

4 minute drive away.

Always there for me.

Hated me for taking this pic.

But she still looks gorgeous.

My garden buddy.

Even though Im slacking.

She still loves me.

My gym buddy.

Makes workouts way more fun.

My sons future MIL.

She'll be in my life for a long time.

I love you, "Aunt Bbbeeaann??"

HEATHER.

She loves Hanson.

We forgive her.

She makes me laugh.

Everytime.

She has such a good heart.

Shes athletic.

Makes me like her even more.

Did I mention she loves Hanson?

Its true.

I wish we lived closer.

I choose that she moves and not me.

The house next doors for sale.

Hint.

Hint.

Love you Heather.

I feel so refreshed after my girls night.

Thanks to the best friends.

They are prettier then your friends.

Be jealous.

This is the Life..

Facebook - in my opinion -

I love Facebook.

I love to reconnect with people.

I love to see pics of how people have changed and families have grown.

BUT

I don't love how people feel the need to give us a play by play of their day.

I don't care that much about what you are doing.

I could settle for a re-cap of your day.

I don't like to hide people.

But sometimes you just have to.

WHY

do people abuse the Check-in.

"getting gas -- @arco"

Really??

1) We (yes, Im speaking for you too) could care less that your stopping for gas

2) We don't care what gas station you choose.

And

"driving --on 10 freeway."

"now -- on 215 freeway."

WOW.

Are you begging for a stalker?

ALSO

when people post pics of themselves where you know they think they look cute..

but then on the captions say something like,

"going to take my geometry test then go down to starbucks."

REALLY?

just say "I think i look freaking cute and don't need an excuse to post this."

I would respect you more.

AND

If I don't accept you farmville request the first 5 times,

chances are im not going to the next 50 times.

So please stop sending those.

Can Landon do anything normal??

He doesn't even sleep normal.

Am I normal?

Does he look like Matt but get his un-normalness from me?

Naaaaaaaaaaaahh

What am I talking about?

I AM comletely normal.
I promise.. just don't ask close relatives.. cause what do they know?

Anyways.. Landon starts off like any normal little boy.

In HIS bed on a pillow laying vertically.

Well I guess that would be of the "norm"

Most nights he sleeps in his bed all night.

But the others..

hmmm

Well I either hear screams where hes having night terrors.. (so sad)

or

he has nightmares and wakes up calling for me.

See a NORMAL pic of him sleeping in his bed.

Then those nightmare nights turn into him getting into bed with us and snuggling up.. this is a pic with daddy.. but usually hes with me. So sometimes.. my little boy starts talking to me.. and like we have conversations.. then Ill look at him and he is passed out.

Yep!

We have a SLEEP TALKER!Mom?

Yeah?

I....................... Love................. (dramatic pause)......... Daddy.

Uh ok... dagger to the heart son. Haha.

Last nights was a little out of the ordinary.

Mom?

Yeah?

I want an icee.

Huh?

I want an icee.

He told me repeatedly how he wanted an icee. So random.

How come you can't even sleep normal Landon?

You make life an adventure and I love every minute of it!