"The Stinkopotomas"

CR2 may be precious...but he has his moments. Last Monday we had a moment, a long 24 hour moment! The day went as follows:

5:50am - We hear CR crying, time to get up. Dad goes to get CR2 out of the crib as usual and finds the child soaked in urine . He has peed through his diaper, and his onesie, and the sheets need to be changed. You would have thought we gave him a large soda before bedtime.

7:30am - Time for breakfast. I put CR2 in his highchair and prepare his normal breakfast. Blueberries, Strawberries, and 1/2 of an organic apple breakfast bar. I get my coffee, pour myself a bowl of cereal and prepare to sit down at the table. CR2 proceeds to take a piece of breakfast bar in each hand and SQUEEZE with all his might. The sticky hands go straight to his hair. Yuck!! He then starts to test me by dropping one piece of fruit to the floor at a time. More squeezing, more bathing in sticky breakfast bar, and a mean little grin plastered on his face. Help me lord!

8:30AM - CR2 is playing with "glug glug" the funny looking stuffed lion in the living room. I am attempting to get my morning workout in. And that's when I hear it...gruuuunnntt, gruuuuuunnnt, gruuuunt. And we all know what that means! CR comes down stairs and goes to pick CR2 up. I let him know that we may want to take him upstairs for a changing. We head up the stairs, make the hand-off, and CR exclaims that his arm now smells like poo! I would say it was about an 8 wiper!

The rest of the day was equally as stinky, and 6pm bath time could not come soon enough. He played in the dirt, we sweated profusely on a walk in this lovely Atlanta heat, and of course meal time is always a treat.

Our little guy is all BOY! And as CR puts it..."If CR2 were a dinosaur, he would be The Stinkopotomas"

Love to you all!

JP

Pictures from Stone Mountain on a Hazy Day

A few weekends ago we took CR, Poppins and I took CR2 on a hike at Stone Mountain. The weather was overcast, but we got some good shots...not of any scenery though :(

CR2 also found a cute little lady to flirt with! I think we have a ladies man on our hands.

Poppins treated us to a delicious lunch and we headed home.

Take a look!

Love to you all!

JP

Memorial Day Weekend Pictures!

We decided to travel to Florida for the long Memorial Day weekend. It was so nice to have a few extra days off, and spend time with family in Florida. Although it was relaxing we were able to pack allot in! 3 trips to the beach, shopping, golf, and lots of pool time.

We were also able to introduce CR2 to Great Grampee (CR's grandfather), and Great Uncle Buddy (CR's uncle). It was soooo great to see you both! Let's hope the next visit is sooner than later.

Enjoy our picture collages from the trip!

Quick Note...

My baby boy turned 10 months old today!!! In the past month he has advanced sooo much! He is definitely keeping me on the run :)

He is now:
- Insisting on solid foods. Loves grilled chicken, cheddar cheese, corn, peas, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries (do you sense a berry theme??), lunch meat, yogurt, apple sauce etc... Trader Joe's has become my go to store for CR2 food. We enjoy our weekly outing to Trader Joe's! CR2 loves the sample table and the friendly staff.

- Swimming is CR2's favorite new activity. But do not put him in a float...he will try to tip himself out into the pool! He wants to swim like mommy and daddy, and even kicks his feet!

- CR2 is now WALKING!!! He had been performing the "1,2, fall" for quite some time, but on June 6th he took 7 steps towards me when I got home from a Waynesville weekend. That evening he took 9 steps at Poppins apartment, and the next day he took 24! We have a record count on our chalk board in the kitchen, and we are up to 42 as of yesterday. He was chasing me and squealing in a high pitched tone as I vacuumed the living room yesterday afternoon. I couldn't stop laughing! I will post a video soon :)

- CR2 now points to my wedding portrait and says "mama". The portrait is located on the stairwell wall, and he makes sure to say "mama" every time we pass it! He has called other photographs mama as well...oh well, he will figure it out soon enough.

- He is wearing 12-18 month clothing

- CR2's personality gets bigger every day!

We sure love our little wild man! And yes...his hyper disposition is ALL OUR FAULT!

Pictures will be posted soon...I'm at work!



Love to you all!

JP