Gogerk

Jules is speaking so well now. I really love being able to understand what he's asking me for, even if it's a silly baby word.

This morning he asked me for a "gogerk" (Gogurt yogurt) and as I was feeding it to him I accidentally squeezed a little too much into his mouth. With huge eyes and yogurt running down his chin he looked at me and said "big bite!".  I'm pretty sure my heart resembled that mooshy yogurt. He's so funny and completely adorable.

Improvising

I feel like I'm constantly trying to come up with age appropriate activities for Jules and sometimes I just plain can't come up with anything.... I think it's safe to say this will be a go-to activity from now on...

A plate with a bit of water and soap. I used Johnson & Johnson baby wash because J think's it's hilarious to pop the bubbles with his lips and I figured it would be better than regular soap... I also put food coloring in the water but I won't do it again. Like I've said before, it stains too much and just made a mess.

Homemade Paint

My little artist is still at the taste tester stage when it comes to things like this so I was happy to find a quick and easy paint recipe made with (safer) ingredients that I had on hand.  (saw this here & here)

You need:

• 3 tbs sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup corn starch
• 2 cups water
• food coloring

Mix the first 4 ingredients and warm in a small saucepan. Stir until the mixture gets thick. (It will get a little chunky, just keep stirring)  Remove from heat and let sit for a few minutes to cool. Scoop the paint into containers (I used old baby food jars and it worked out perfectly) and add desired colors/amounts of food coloring (all I had was red so I left the others for when I get more colors...) and mix until well blended. 

This made 1 large jar and 3 small jars. 

The only negative I noticed was the food coloring I used kind of stained our hands even though he took a bath right afterward. Oh well... he had a ball so it was worth it. 

Happy Valentine's Day

I wore a beehive and they wore bow ties. We exchanged gifts and went thrifting and had Mexican. It wasn't much different than any other day, but I think it was the best Valentine's Day I've ever had. Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Funny Now

How often do you think "someday we'll laugh about this"? I think that several times a day, but that doesn't always mean I'm not laughing while thinking it...

Sunday Andrew and I made our bets on the Super Bowl outcome (I still haven't told him I'm not sure which team I was for) and I won! A day of momma sleeping in and daddy getting up with J was just what I needed.

Monday morning came and Andrew got up with J. Not 30 seconds after they left the bedroom I heard shattering glass. Before I was even fully awake I was in the kitchen, scooping up my baby, checking for blood and assessing damage. He was fine but a vintage sugar bowl full of fish food was all over the floor. Andrew had walked into the bathroom just long enough for J to feel the need to start the day by himself and I refused to let my sleep in day begin this way... That morning, I did not think it was funny.

Tuesday I had to get up for work. No sleeping in but just after waking up, J and I were having our morning snuggle time when he stuck his little finger up his nose and shoved a booger in my mouth before I even had the chance to tell him not to pick his nose. I laughed a little bit when this happened, but I'm not certain it was because it was funny.

Wednesday came, momma got to sleep in and the two previous mornings seemed a lot funnier.

Now it's Friday and all I can think is how smart my little guy is that he knew that he's going to feed the fish when he wakes up and he's so ornery that he would think to shove a booger in mom's mouth and think it was the funniest thing ever. He's growing and changing so fast that he's smarter everyday and constantly amazing me with the things he does.

And when he's older and I look back on these stories to tell him, we can laugh together...