My big boy is 8 Months!

8 months is here and almost more than half way over...so I figured I better get this blog done before he is 9 months. It truly seems as if time is picking up. In months past the days seems to go by much slower and in the end when I would look back I could say, "wow! were did the time go?". That is not the case with this last month, it really seems like I am barely living each day. This last month has been jam packed full of events, moving into a home, finishing up my Spring Semester, and working a little over part time. Yet, some how we are managing to get it all done. Isaac is at a really fun age and I am loving seeing him discover all the changes that have been happening.

We have TEETH...Finally

I swear Isaac had been teething for over 2 1/2 months maybe more...and finally the day after he hit the 8 month mark his first little tooth arrived. I looks absolutely adorable! I was not worried that he would not get teeth (i'm not that much of a crazy Mom) I just really wanted some relief for him more than anything. He had been gnawing on everything and I could tell that he was just so uncomfortable. We got him teethers that worked for him sometimes, had the Tylenol nights (limited to the horrible nights), and all sorts of other little trick up our sleeves. In all it I know there is really no magical trick or way to take this pain away from our little ones, they just have to live through it. Unfortunately Isaac is a hard teether and I know that the months to come we will have some tough spots. I just really hope that as the remainder of the teeth arrive they don't take as long to come to the surface. Tooth #2 is slowly making its entrance and still not really visible...so I am starting to loose that hope of them coming in faster than the first one took.

Crawling, Standing & Mischief

Well when it rains it pours! Not literally but on Isaac's 'big' moments it sure has been that way. It was a waterfall this past month. He had started crawling but was not doing the 'classic crawl' it was more of a tummy/army crawl. But once he started to realize that he was going too slow the classic crawling started. Which then led to even more exploration in standing. From the looks of things I have a little climber on my hands!! Isaac will take anything and try to make it into his standing apparatus. Sometimes is is funny...and other times it is just down right dangerous. After a few minor falls I think he has gotten the hint that if it moves before I try to stand up fully it is no good. It is so interesting to see him explore and learn.

With the movement...of course what followed was the mischief. He takes curiosity to a new level for me, once he sees something that he wants or wants to do that is all that he needs to know. There is really no stopping him in his mind. The other day he wanted to pull on the vertical blinds in the family room, I indulged him and let him do it a little bit (heck the kid was having fun). Then he discovered that one of the blinds was broken, and all it would take is a light tug and it would come down. That was the point I had to stop the fun...well Mr. Mischief was not having that. He didn't throw a tantrum he just took it as a mischief challenge.  I would try to block him he would crawl under the coffee table and out the other side...I would run around blocking him again..and he would just laugh and laugh..This went on for a good 15 minutes!! I just love my little dude!! I can sure laugh at the mischief now...I hope it stays that way as he gets older but I'm not betting one it.


Yes...I'm still nursing :) 

My goal from the start of nursing was to keep it going until Isaac is 12 months. So far that is still the plan. Many have asked that now that he has teeth do I want to stop? The answer: NO, I am going to nurse him until 12months then begin to wean him. From what started out as a somewhat traumatic experience has turned into a wonderful and special bond between us. When nursing him yesterday I realized how much I love to nurse him.Its not like this is the first time that I ever had this thought, it was more of a reminder of how much a love it. The good heavily out weighs the bad now and I am glad that I got to share this experience with him. I do not feel pressure by society that nursing must end by the 12 month mark but I think that once his body is able to handle the whole milk that is a nutritious choice for my boy! In all honesty I don't have a problem with those that choose to keep nursing well into the toddler year it just not for me.

Truly a Social Butterfly

The chatting and babbling started I think around 5 months and has not stopped. Isaac loves to chat it up and be around people. He is still developing the sense of when to say words and who to say them too but he pretty much has the Hi and Bye waving down. It truly melts my heart when he says Hi and Bye to me! He is such a smart little boy and seeing his social skills develop and shape his personality is what I am enjoying.

We made a visit back to my Postpartum Mom's group led by my fabulous Lactation Consultant Gail, and he was such a little ham!! During the time that you introduce yourself and your baby Isaac was waving and saying, "Hiiiiiieee" to all the ladies and other babies. He was the talk of the room at that point :) There are many areas and ways that I am blessed with Isaac and his social side is one of them. I helps in more ways then one. He loves to meet new people, go new places, and be in the nursery at church. I hope his social side continues to be 'easy' as I know that separation anxiety can be a terror on any family. Like any kid I know that there is the ups and downs of it all but for now I am more than content with were we are at.

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5 Of This Summers DIY Must DO's

Over the past year I have started to to find a love for DIY projects. Call me crazy but I feel like when you make yourself there brings so much more value to final product. Maybe its because you can look at it and admire it knowing that you did this and be giving your self the little 'pat on the back. Or because you get that feeling of accomplishment.Whatever the reason I am loving DIY projects and had to start making a list of what I wanted to do this summer so that way I can make some of these projects become a reality. I always think that if you make a list things get done. I didn't want to take on too much of this DIY fun so I thought about my need at in my home and what I would also have some fun doing.

#1 Re-thrifiting Furniture 

I have always been a big fan of painting, some hate it well...I enjoy it and find is very therapeutic. I stumbled across this beautiful dresser that a fellow blogger Living with Lindsay's post Thrift Store Cast Off, and instantly thought I should be doing this! I have painted with spray paint before and love the convenience and look that it gives off . Large dressers can run upward of $1000+ in stores and often aren't even real wood theses days. This is a project on the top of my list of DIY! I love the idea of taking something that has an outdated look and would otherwise be a cast off as no good and turning it into a fabulous piece for your home. 

#2 Chalkboard Obsessed

I'm an 80's kid, so I grew up with the teachers writing on a chalkboard. When I was little we use to have a chalkboard in our garage that we would play school with and write on. Printrest rekindled my love for chalkboards in a big way. You could even say that I have become a bit obsessed with them trying to figure out how to incorporate them into our home with out my Hubby Eddie going insane. My latest find is chalkboard contact paper. I am really excited over this because although I love the idea of painting and spray painting but its not something that I want to do ALL the time. After finding this it really got my creative juices flowing in wondering what I could stick this too. SO....I thought this would be perfect for a chalkboard wall in Isaac's playroom. Not only will it be easy to get up but it will save on the mess and also be way less permanent in comparison to the paint. 

#3 Re-purposing or Upcycling 

Again I love the idea of taking something that would have been thrown out or not used and turning it in to something great. A new word that I have learned (thanks to Pintrest) is upcycling. Basically it is taking something and instead of recycling it you upgrade it into something that is even better and more useful to you.

I want to try my hand at some wall home decor. Because we just moved into a new home I would like to decorate with some other things besides photos. Don't get me wrong, I love a nice photo wall and seeing the smiling happy faces everywhere. But when looking for something a little different  I stumbled across this wonderful upcycle made from pieces wood from an old pallet. From the looks of it this could be a pretty simple piece to make and that is what I like SIMPLE. I have old pallets at my work old laying around for FREE (pallets are usually free because everyone wants to get rid of them). Once I give this one a go I will be posting material and a how to on this. 

#4 Sentimental l Organization


Time is something that always seems to be slipping away. And before we know it our memories have plied up. Looking back over the last 4 years I have acquired so many cards, keepsakes, and memories that I don't want to loose. I came across this perfect idea to organize and keep the memories without just storing them in some box. Making a card book and adding it to the photo scrapbook shelf and then it would be something that we can look through later. This project is combining two of my loves: Organization & Memories!! 

Isaac will be 1 this summer so while all this organizing is going on I want to get this photo frame or shadow box together. When I saw this my exact thoughts were "DO this while you know where all this stuff is!" Because lets be honest.. half the battle of getting this type of project done is having the stuff to do it with. My goal would be to have this done and put it on display at his first birthday. I doing this to give myself a dead line because often I do work better under pressure of a dead line! This idea it is a great way to display the precious life changing moment of life without being an overwhelming focal point. This is something that I plan to put up in my kids room and then later display in my room. 

#5 MY very own craft corner! 

This picture was seriously love at first sight. Currently all of my crafting items, ribbons, crochet, and sewing stuff is all over the place. I do have some organization to it but what I don't like is that some of it is in one place and some in the other. Not only will this solve the issue of things being in different locations it is a little place for me that I can open up at spend time getting crafty! I am very excited to start working on this. I think my favorite part of this craft corner is that I will be able to close up shop and not have it bothered. With a little one crawling around these days it will be great to have a place that I can close off without having to take up a tremendous amount of space. From the looks of this picture I am pretty sure I will be able to recreate this based on my own needs. Again, I will be posting the how to on this later once I get it going and have it finished!