Zits

I have them.

Good lord do I have them.

This pregnancy feels different than the one before.

But then again, we weren't chasing around a 10 month old at this point last year.

10 Months

They say that 8-10 months is a really big growth time for babies... and we're no exception.  I think our "off the growth curve" little dude has beasted his way back onto the growth curve.  I feel like he's gained at least two pounds in the last month. 

How are we doing (other than late as always with the monthly update?)

• Robbie is officially "tank, jr." at school.  He's started eating school lunches, which makes things easier for me, but now I feel bad for calling one of his classmates Tank... because it appears we are parents to Tank, Jr.  Boy can EAT.  He apparently had three servings of spaghetti, meatballs and peas at lunch today.  And we wonder where that two pounds came from.  It's hard to believe this is the little dude that I had to take for five extra weight checks because I was starving him in his first few weeks.

• A popular google of late?  "Is there a 10 month sleep regression", "Why does my baby hate sleeping past 5:30", etc etc.  Our awesome sleeper has fallen off the awesome curve a little.  Which makes morning slightly less awesome.  And makes being pregnant and limited on caffeine pretty un-awesome too.

• Robster is officially "cruising".  What that roughly approximates to is pulling himself up on anything marginally stable, and then dumping contents of said shelf/table/box/etc onto the floor.

• He is growing out of the army crawl slowly, but still seems to prefer it because it's easier to carry a toy in one hand (or a foam letter in this case), while pulling himself along with the other arm.

• He loves throwing anything possible out of his crib.  We load up with 4-5 pacifiers and 2-3 lovies, and they all seem to find their way to the floor before Robbie conks out for the night.

• Mamamamamama is becoming more consistent.  I think we may have a winner in first real word.  Well, first after "Didi" which apparently means "Daisy" (our dog)

• We made the fatal parenting error of sharing our steak and cheesecake with Robbie during Shawn's Father's Day dinner.  Sugar ya'll?  It's no joke.

•  We've been to lots of 1st birthday parties over the last few months, several of which involve "swimming". Trying to decide if we're going to do a party for Robbie, and if so what it will entail.

10 months is fun and exhausting.  And fun.  And EXHAUSTING.

Maybe I should reinstate the "it's going to be a bad night" comment before bedtime each night and we can get back to a 6:45am wakeup.  So much more civilized than 5:45.

The Google

The google is a funny thing.

Thanks to those of you who got here and don't know us.

Ugh to those that followed a RESOLVE link.  I'm that blogger I resented.

But those of you who got here with some of these keywords?  I'm glad to know I'm not alone.

You?  Who googled "relaxy"?  Please do.  I am.

The one?  Who googled "foods that taste like dirt"?  I'm so there.  Fish does.  Cereal does.  Eggs do.  Mushrooms do.

"Baby Pterodactyl"?  Must've been Lucy F.

"Taking subway on bedrest"?  Don't.  I went to Babies R Us and my water broke (maybe that had something to do with the huge thunderstorm.  Or the sushi.   Or the ice cream.  Or the fact I was 39.5 weeks pregnant. Whatever)

"Greek Food Tastes Good"?  Hell yea it does.

"Baby Court"?   I bet we could get Lifetime to pick that one up...

Pregnancy is funny.  Just relaxy.

Family - there is nothing better

Grandma and Grandad Edwards along with Uncle Joe and Aunt Paula made the long trek up I-95 to visit Robbie this past weekend.

We had a wonderful time.  There nothing in this world like family.  Most especially family around the only grandchild.  I believe Robbie's arms are sore from all of the times he was picked up over the last couple.  He is a very lucky young man.

We certainly enjoyed the visit and one of the best things was that the fam brought up some peaches from McLeod farms.  If you have not ever had these peaches look them up online - they are worth every penny.  Seeing Robbie eat his first peach was great - the tentative first taste and then he preceded to inhale. 

We are blessed to have such amazing people in our lives that we can call family.