9 months.

9 months.

I don't want to believe it. 9 months has passed since I gave birth to the little boy that has stolen my heart. In some ways it still feels like yesterday. He is 23.9 lbs, 30.5 inches long and in the 95th and 99th percentile for weight and height. We had to upgrade his car seat from the infant seat to a convertible car seat. Babies R Us has a trade-in program right now where you trade in the old car seat for a new one and get 25% off. And I actually had a hard time trading in his infant seat. It forced me to realize he is quickly approaching toddlerhood. I develop sentimental attachments to things really easily. I mean, we brought him home in that seat. Justin could tell I was having a hard time as we were standing in line to check out and he quickly offered to forget about the savings and just keep the car seat. I thought about it for a minute but I had already decided that we would go ahead and trade it in. Sure, we could probably get another use out of it before the expiration date but I knew I would probably want a "fresh" one for the next baby anyway. So I let the cashier take our first car seat away. I don't know what they do with them but it was hard for me to walk away and leave it. I'm so ridiculous.

One of my coworkers just had her first baby last week. I tried to tell her how fast time flies. One minute you have a small snuggly bundle and the next a squirming toddler sized infant that is trying to get away from you and crawl towards an electrical outlet. I don't know why out of everything in the room he goes to the plug of shock and death first.

In the last month Isaac has learned to go from laying down to sitting up on his own, crawling and saying "mamamamama". So maybe he hasn't completely associated the word "Mama" with me but we are still counting it as his first word. He has 4 teeth, his lower and upper centrals. He is still breastfeeding but gets a couple bottles of formula throughout the day as needed. He eats most table food. Pretty much whatever we eat he eats too. The only foods I keep away from him are nuts, fish, and egg whites due to potential allergens if you introduce it before 1 yr of age. And I try not to give him too much processed foods like crackers and sugary things. We are working on learning how to use sippy cups but for the most part he isn't interested.

I want time to slow down as always but I try to just enjoy the moments I have with him. 

Random ramblings.

I typically love cold weather but this weekend the sun came up and it was 70 degrees and all of a sudden I was all, "I must be outside!" It was fantastic weather I needed a break from the cloudiness. We took Isaac on a walk to the park in our subdivision in search of some baby swings. They didn't have those typical bucket type swings though. Instead they had these weird chair ones so I got in it and put him in my lap. Not quite what I hoped for but still fun nonetheless.

Another thing the weather has me hoping for? Muscles. This time of year I start feeling that motivation and drive to work out again. I'm not saying it lasts long but I start to get that workout itch. I'm trying to decide if I want to rejoin a nearby gym and try to start going early in the mornings before Justin starts working so I can start to get back in shape. The problem is will I actually do it? I have a hard time working out at my house why is a gym going to be different? I'm gonna think on that one some more.

I've started to do some spring cleaning too and man do I love a clean house with  lit candle. Aint nothing better.

My little baby has started crawling and says "mama"! Where does the time go!?

We took Valentines day pictures this past weekend and it was hard to get him to smile but when he did it was precious! We got a few good ones. 

Being present.

Today I decided to make more of an effort to be more present. It bothers me how attached I am to technology and honestly how much TV I watch. I've been rationalizing it by telling myself its just background noise but I shouldn't be using that as an excuse. I don't really let Isaac watch it but if its on while he's in his jumper or in his high chair he will watch a little of it.

Not only have I read that TV is bad for children under 2 because it can cause ADHD and a whole list of other things but its important to me that Isaac has a vivid imagination and learns how to play by himself.

So I've decided that when he's awake and downstairs that I'll put it on the music channels and I'll only watch it while he's taking naps. I think this will be good for both of us!