A good laugh at my expense

and a lesson learned! and a good recipe!

So, I was making jalapeno poppers tonight (you're laughing already aren't you?)

you gut the pepper fill them with cream cheese and wrap them in bacon then grill!

as i was gutting them i was outside on the phone with my mom when a nat flew into my eye.


INITIAL REACTION:
use finger to get nat out.

this resulted in me yelling to my mom "gotta go my eye is burning"
drop phone
turn on shower, jump in with clothes on and try to rinse eye.
Britton calls and I answer cause Mrs. MD in training will know how to help and she did!
I filled a large bowl full of water and blinked into it, about 3 blinks and i was good!!
my face was red and burning for about 45min.

Britton said I should clean my bathroom with out gloves on and the chemicals would get rid of the residue on my fingers, so i did then i got the bowl of watter out because this time i was intentionally going to touch my eye to make sure it was all gone.....and it was!
I had to do it so i knew if i could touch chasen and all his stuff, the things we do for our kids, and to ourselves.

Next time I will use gloves

That was the end to a great weekend!
Friday night daddy stayed home while mommy had a much needed night out with the girls

sat. mommy had a long day with chasey and a headache. We went to a trail and walked for an hour with my friend Shelly from work! that cured the hangover and then chasey and I took a 2hour nap!

Today I mowed the lawn (aka worked on my tan) Amy and I took Chasen to the lisbon pool/park. Its just a kid size pool and its free, they had just opened it and it was FREEZING but when I put him in he didn't squirm or cry he just started splashing and when the other kids came he watched and laughed at them.
I think we will be going there a lot this summer, its close and FREE!

its okay if you laughed at me and shared my story with your friends..... :)

ZOO Trip

Last weekend we took Chasen to the Omaha Zoo

and we saw...



monkeys
peacocks
pink flamingos

penguins










turtles and sharks














The Rain forest















Rhino, Elephant, Giraffe





and many more.... click here for more photos

Tubby Time

Such personality!





I love those big baby blues!

if you have a big/deep sink like this i recommend saving your money and not buying a baby tub. Using the sink is so much easier unless you have a convenient place to store your huge baby tub. But if you don't have a big sink its kinda hard.
either way Chasen enjoys tubby time and splashing!
We are trying a new bed time routine, which includes an earlier bed time and a bath every night, I was doing every other night. But we were putting him to bed at 9 so he would sleep through the night, well our friends put their daughter to bed at 8 and she sleeps till 7....HOLY COW! that would be nice then I would have time to do stuff and to hang with Ean in peace and quiet (if he were home that is :~)
So tonight he was asleep at 8 and I held him till 8:30 (sometimes I just cant put him down!) and now its 9 something and he is still asleep!

in other news i went for a run tonight and puked because I swallowed a bug, not a small bug, a big one, big enough to gag me to the point of no return....ugh.

Tomorrow I get to go out with the girls....a much needed outing and then saturday im getting my hair cut, another much needed thing!

Im not ready!!

YIKES! he's got his mama's evil look


Chasen can almost pull himself up into a standing position using a chair his crib, a toy... He will be on one knee with the other leg out, kinda like he is proposing, and then he will pull himself, but he can't quite get up. I'm afraid he will walk before he crawls because he absolutely hates being on his tummy even when he puts himself that way and once hes on his tummy he cries and scoots backwards. He also goes to bed on his own now, I really want him to be able to soothe himself to sleep so that when he is a toddler I don't have to sleep in his bed with him, and even if this doesn't work I still wont sleep in his bed, IM NOT GONNA DO IT! (I hope) But I will admit I really miss rocking him to sleep and listening to him talk to me, I can still hear him talk to me from his crib, but its not the same as rocking him. I still get to rock him while he has is 9pm ba ba, then he lays down and tells me a story!

We had a good memorial day weekend, I took Friday off and we went to the Omaha zoo, and Chasen LOVED it, I will post about that later, tons o' pics! Saturday Ean and I ran on the trail in Valparaiso, its been, oh... maybe 6 years since Ive ran on that thing and it brought back so many high school XC memories, I ran about 4 1/2 miles ean ran about 7 either way it was a 45 min run that apparently required a 1 hour nap! We played guitar hero, my brother, ean and I tormented my sister about her new boyfriend, even stole her phone and sent him text messages ;) Oh its so fun to have a sibling that is dating!

Then we had a bonfire and had smores before it started to rain.
















Sunday Chasen went to his first birthday party, Alana's 1st birthday, it was funny because he is bigger then she is so everyone who didn't know us/him expected him to be able to walk or at least crawl lol. Nope, he's just a big boy! He did enjoy playing with her though, and ate some grass... OPPS! wont be the last time Im sure.
Monday we just hung out and Amy came over to watch Mall Cop (bad movie) and then we had grilled chicken....great weekend!

on a side note I have this weird post pregnancy thing going on.... first my hair was falling out, actually still is, but now Im growing new hair and tons of it and it looks funny.
You know how you will have hairs in the front where your bangs are, I called them baby hairs, that never really grew, they kinda look like break off, well that's what I thought this was till it just kept growing and its even in my part and I would attribute it to break off from a pony tail, but its not the 80's and I don't ware my pony tail on the top of my head any more....
WERID, most people wouldn't complain, but I have more then enough hair.

Last Weekend's Update..... This week's rundown..

We had a great weekend in Kansas!

practicing being parents!

It was funny both Britton and I mentioned how weird it was that we were so grown up.
And how our time spent together has changed.
We went out to eat at buffalo wild wings, had some beers then went shopping and the 4 of us spent over an hour in a kids toy store picking out toys and books for our kids, who can't even play with the toys for a few more years, then we went home TOOK A NAP, walked to the store to get some food and drinks then sat and talked and played with Chasen and then I had 1 beer while watching the movie and Ean and Jordan had a few and fell asleep lol :)
No crazy stories from this visit....maybe in a 7 years when chasen and their baby are old enough to play alone then we can drink and play cards :)
I do like how we get to "grow old" with our friends though!!
They really are "the couple we date" ;)
Sunday morning Ean and I ran a 10K my first 10K ever and Chasen's first road race!
It was a pretty good run for both Ean and I, I ran the 6.1 miles in 1 hour 2min, my goal was 1 hour even so not to bad, I ran 4 consecutive miles at 10min mile pace so I was really happy about that!
Ean and I both got 3rd in our age group!!!
I've never won anything at a road race before so I was super excited!
I could hardly move after the race and am still sore today, but I vow to run almost everyday until the 1/2 marathon so that I don't really hurt myself.






Monday morning Chasen had his 6mo well check and here are his stats:

Weight: 21lbs 95%
Height: 27' 75%
Head: 17 3/4' 90%
He's a BIG boy!
Last night we had peas and they seemed to agree better with him then the sweet potatoes, he is also on allergy meds now which help with the cough and sleeping :)

I am loving this hot weather!! and Im excited that tomorrow is my last day of work until Tuesday!!!
I totally forgot that we are leaving for Nebraska tomorrow after work and have a TON of packing to do for hte dog, baby and of course hubby.
We are going to the Omaha Zoo on Friday with my mom and sister! it will be Chasen's first zoo experience and I know he will love it after seeing how he reacted to Britton and Jordan's dogs!
Then Sunday Chasen is going to his first birthday party, our friends daughter Alana is turning 1 and they are having an open house/bday party!
Monday Grammie Jo Jo will be down and I think mommy is going to go shopping or to the beach with Amy!

So that is the update/rundown
catch ya on the flip side....
*My new favorite beer is Summer Shandy, its really good!

We're off to see the Wizzard.... er... Zuccarelli's

We are off to Kansas today to see Britton and Jordan!!
I havent seen Britton yet since she has been pregnant so Im ready for some quality belly time lol
We are leaving after work today and will return sunday evening so it will be a short trip :(
We are also running a 10k in Lawrence on sunday, pray for me, I havent ran in 2 weeks and I think I might break my hip or knee....

Chasen at sweat potatoes last night for the 1st time and LOVED them, but about 45min afterwards he screamed for an hour straight, i thought i was gonna loose my mind.
he is either allergic or I fed him too much ?

He also leaned forward from a sitting pos.(with a lil help so he didnt bang his head) got on his hands and knees and scooted backwards!!!---- I cried.

Yes mom I have turned into a sappy lady just like you

Mothers Day, Baptism, Pneumonia,

they all have something in common

CHASEN

My sick little baby :( still cute! He has a horrible cough and is super congested. He has pneumonia and I think it will take a while for him to recover. Poor little guy.
We are now doing nebulizer treatments, which Im kinda glad about because we forgot we had the nebulizer till we got a bill and so we decided to buy it, figuring we would need it again.
There isn't much else we can do for him, antibiotics and lots of rest.
I think we will take him to daycare tomorrow, he went from 8am to 2pm without Tylenol and ddint get a fever till 3pm now its 8pm and he is doing good, tonight will be the true test.
Here is a video of Chasen swimming on mothers day!


I have lots of picture updates so here we go!
just clock on the pink link/words 6 month photos
at 6 months chasen loves the dog loves to chew loves his mum mum snacks and the newest love is when you clap for him!


Baptism
The baptism was good we had 26 family there!
my cake turned out good
and chasen liked the water and really liked when everyone clapped for him!

mothers day
I had a great 1st mothers day!
we moved upstairs, its not completely finished but we were able to move in, the floors look great, we just need to touch up the paint!
We put up our flag pole my grandpa made for us 3 years ago as a wedding gift!
Ean got me a porch swing that folds out into a futon like bed, its sweet!
I made a brunch for my family including my mom, grandma, and godmother so I got to celebrate mothers day with all my mom's also including my sister, brother, grandpa and godchild lily!
after my family left Ean took me out to eat at sutliff, he said he wanted to take me to the most expensive restaurant with in a two mile radius of our house :) it was a great ending to mothers day...then we came home and that's when motherhood set in with a sick baby and Kevin had diarrhea all over the floor.
nothing says happy mothers day like poop and snot!!

So much to say.....

so little time.
Im at home today with sick baby.
he had a runny nose and was super fussy sat night , just ask my mom, aunt and sister they took care of him while ean and i slept which was good because last night was no good either.
I just thought it was teeth gave him Tylenol and we went on with our great mothers day! ( more on that later)
last night his fever was 101, i already had an apt for today (6mo well check) so I didnt worry to much.
this morning his temp was 103 so at the dr they tested him, no flu so we are on antibiotics and on the look out for signs of pneumonia.
he has a wicked cough and the snot just keeps flowing.
He is on tylenol around the clock for the dang fever.
In other news he weighs 21lbs...what a little hog!!
they didnt do his other stats since he is sick and didnt need to be measured and poked at.
after he is better (maybe 10days) ill make another apt. for his shots and well check!

I joked with the Dr. that he is like his dad and hates shots so he got sick on purpose....I wouldnt put it past him lol

pics and updats on the baptism and mothers day to come!

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

Margarita Mama style!

Ean was supposed to watch Chasen while I went out with the girls but of course he wasn't home until 10pm, which seems to be the new trend (can you sense my pissedoffness)
So I took Chasen with me. They were having .96 cent margaritas, and I could only have one. booo, but it was a good time!!

Hangin' with Pep

Reachin' for the HOT sauce

Chasen ate his first num num tonight, its a long skinny rice snack thing, he liked it...kinda, he ate it but made funny faces

Happy half Birthday!!! ?

Where did that 6 months go?
my baby is 6 months old! WOW!
I dont have height and weight stats till we go to the Dr. on Monday the 11th.

But I can tell you that Chasen can:

- Sit up alone for up to 20min at a time
- Doesn't sleep through the night (this drives mom and dad crazy)
- Doesn't have any teeth but can soak an entire outfit or bib in 20 to 30 minutes
- grasp toys with both hands and whip them around at the speed of light
- Throw a fit when he doesn't get what he wants. I can now distinguish the real cry from the fake cry, from the "I'm mad I didn't get what I wanted" cry.
- arch his back and scoot backwards while lying on his back, he also does this move when I put him in the car seat, changing table or when I'm trying to get him to go to sleep. Sometimes its like wrestling a calf to get his diaper changed or to put him to bed, he fights it, it only lasts a couple minutes but I literally have to hold his arms down with one arm because that hand is holding the bottle and use the other had to hold his legs down, its quite the rodeo!
- pick up the bottle and eventually get the right end in his mouth, he can't hold it too long with out getting air.
- Roll from tummy to back on both sides and almost roll from back to tummy but his fat arm gets in the way lol
- sit himself half way up, or do a half crunch, he probably has better abs then I do!
- Say baba, growl, coo, scream (for fun), AND TONIGHT HE SAID MAMA it was a fluke, I know, but he said it and only once, maybe that will be the next syllable he says over and over!
- roll his tongue
- and recently started to suck his upper lip in and looks like a 90 years old man who lost his upper dentures lol
- get up on his knees and rock, but throws a fit after about 1 or 2 minutes of tummy time.

- take the rings off the stacking ring toy, but cant put them back on
- SNORE
- poop everyday between 10 and 11....I'm glad he has a schedule :)

Thats about all I can think of for now.


This weekend is the baptism, I want to make the cake for the party so I made one tonight to test it out...it tastes good, but decorating it wasn't so pretty, I'm taking it to work tomorrow...we'll see, I may just buy one unless Ean will come home early to watch Chasen, its hard to decorate while he grabs at the frosting thing.

The Adventures of Tic and Bud and a dog named Bus!

So I didn't get any pictures of the amazing adventures of tic and bud but it was a great weekend!
Tic = Chasen Bud = grandma :)

my mom, sister and aunt came down this weekend and helped stain the floors upstairs, move our bedroom upstairs, move the office into our bedroom down stairs and clean out hte dinning room, it was a jam-packed weekend but we finally live in all of our house :)

My mom and Chasen spent most of the weekend together while my aunt sis and I cleaned, sorted, and moved. So we called chasen and mom Tic and Bud, they played and pulled weeds!!


Ean and I ran a 5k this morning he ran the slowest 5K he has ever ran and still got 1st in his age group.

I ran a minute slower then I wanted and place 10th, I think. It was a pretty good race but my right hip hurts really really bad today.


Im exhausted so youll have to excuse the random post.
Im off to put Tic to bed and go to bed myslef!