buisy bee

In the middle of moving right now. So, I may be a while before I start posting again. But, I'll be checking on all of yours!!

7 in 7!

I DID IT! I'm so proud of myself. Well, here they are:
Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

My Stash. Sorted and everything! And out of about 50 different colors stuffed into 3 grocery bags, I was suprised to find NO YARN BARF!!



Oh, and check out Babyguy's Timberlines! These boots were a gift from Daddy's friend Chris. Thanks man.

Mama's Goal

I will post pictures at the end of the week when my goal is completed: Seven squares in seven days. Here I go!.......

my square

This is only my 2nd finnished project, and it's for a little boy named Justin.

Keeping the Beat

I was able to catch my little man playing his various instruments. Here he is playing them in order of likeness:



When he plays the harmonica, he dances around and stops to sing between performances. So adorable to watch! The keyboard, his 2nd favorite, is where he first started. Usually he plays along to one of his dad's beats. They're a good team :-) The Guitar, on the other hand, is more difficult so he kind of plays it like that. And finally, the xylophone. He is happy if he just manages to strike a note or two. A lot of times he gets caught up under those metal plates. It came as no surprise, his interest in music, because Dada Jeremy is a very talented musician as well.

Rewinding My Mind

Tristan is definately going to be a musician. He is playing the harmonica now, too! Here is a few goofy pictures I took in the past few days:

I had to capture this little stunt on camera because it brought me back in time, and I was in the shelf, giggling and sqirming. It's like "I know what that feels like", and "I remember what that looks like from his point of veiw."

Mother's Day

Quite deserved, I should say, too. The house is pending sale after just one week. But the past month has been so rough, I was at my peek of frustration with this place! So much to do! And keeping up after everyone's messes so that the house looked presentable at any given moment was the worst! But little Tristan was my sunshine through the gloom. I invited my sweet A.K. over Saturday for a BBQ (My husband at the grill). She brought a 7lb chocolate cake *yum!* I went to bed that night knowing that the kitchen wad full of dishes, and I didn't care.
Sunday, though, I sat on my bum with my boy in my arms. All day those dishes sat in the sink unattended. I played hide and seek, tag, and explorer with Tristan. His own present to me was genuine, too. He didn't wet a single diaper all day. It was all on the toilet. He didn't even wet himself during his naps. But you want to know what's so funny about that? He won't poop in his little training toilet, only in the big throne and only in the one on the basement level bathroom. He also refuses to just pee in the big toilet, so he'll pee in the training toilet, only if it's in the basement level bathroom and only if I sit on the big one, too. I tried moving his potty to the main floor bathroom and he apparently decided that that room is strictly for baths because he'll hold it till I bring the potty back down the stairs for him. Silly guy. At the end of the day, my father-in-law ended up doing the dishes in my husband's stead (Jerm DID do all the cooking mess.) So I think I had a great mother's day weekend!

Toilet humor

The most amazing thing happened last night! I took him to the bathroom last night to work on a little potty training. He peed (a little) and after praising him, I rewarded him with some naked time. I left the bathroom door open and the light on, just in case. Around 10 minutes later, my little guy walked to the toilet and lifted the seat, turned, and looked at me expectantly. Loyally, I went to him and sat him on the big toilet. He looked so cute with his whole abdomen appearing missing. Kerplunk! Plink! Plink! Kerplunk! I was so surprised! As he finished up, he looked right at me and said, "nnda!" which, translated, means: "all done!" So, we cleaned up, waved bye-bye to his poopies, and clapped for his 'Job' well done. Then off we went to tell Dada and grandpa. He does this by clapping and saying "phbphbphbphb" (lol! I don't know how to spell that sound very well!) Today, he peed in his diaper once and has been naked most of the day. I'm so proud of my boy!

Melting My Heart

Well, I have some catching up to do! We've been so busy preparing the house for sale, I haven't had a chance to sit still. I captured this moment of a budding interest my Toddling Terror has found:

My little tyke is walking everywhere now, too! We just pulled the carpet up and he just does not like crawling on that hard floor. Have you ever tried repainting a house with a bouncy boy in tow? WAY too hard! But somehow, I managed to keep his little fingers out of the paint buckets.

And he's become accustomed to his red heat light during his bubble bath. Isn't he cute!?

I'm adding little "Captured Moments" entries in my Hobbit journal. I'd like to get some more footage of him doing these amazing things, but every time I get the News Camera out, that's all he thinks about.

Son in the sun

As expected, he had to taste whatever he could. He has decided that he doesn't like the taste of grass and flowers. hehehe! I had a few more pictures to show, but for some reason, my computer is having a hard time uploading the images. But this is the best out of all of them.

Little Helper

At last! I finally have more time to clean the house. And with my little helper, I'm getting a little more done :)

That dryer picture look kind of familiar to some of you? He looks a lot happier than I did. Still have to fix the date on my camera -sorry-. So, after we did laundry and made the bed, it gets even better! He helps me fold and dust the t.v.!

But, after all that work, he got a little tired. Thanks little buddy!

He's at it again!

My little guy just finished pooped on the potty again! He stopped after the toilet seat got too cold this winter, but he's back on the throne! Here's a picture of him when he was 8 months old doing the potty thing!










I never thought I'd be cheering for doo doo! Then again, I'm doing a lot of things I never thought I would :) I love being a Mama, (or nana or mum or mem.)!!!
That's right! He'll be in pull-ups as soon as he starts walking everywhere by himself. Until then, it's my 'duty' (lol) to look for the signs of Potty Time. You wanna know something real cool? He is learning body parts! He'll touch his nose, and then my nose. He also learned ears. A lot of thanks to Grandpa Phil's birthday present:










(This picture was actually taken just now, I just forgot to set the date)

NEW DO!!!!

Before:

During:

After:

Right Now:

Here we go! I figured out how to plug my camera in!
Birthday Boy! These awesome moccasins Auntie Great Katrina got for him was the most clothing he wore since we arrived. Little guy spilled water all over himself on the way over, so he was pretty naked the whole time.

Aunt Katrina and her helpers did a really great job decorating! Most of the party is on the tape recorder. There were like 4 cameras being passed around so, alot of the present pictures are on their cameras, too. It was truely a first birthday to remember. And guess whose next!? Sproutie!!!

Alright, tonight I'm gonna have my hubby teach me how to hook up this darn camera so I can post pictures of Tristan's birthday. And not to mention all these other cute pics locked in this thing. I'm real exited about this too. Auntie K. is going to decorate. I have no clue what it's gonna look like. But I've been to her Babies' birthdays and she's good. This post is short so I can get more things preped for tomorrow. Things to do! Things to do! New post on Monday!

Well, he's a big talker now! Here's a list of words he can say:

On, Off, Mama, Dada, Papa (grandpa), KeeKee (Kitty Kitty), All done, Up, Baba, and I think he calls himself Dindin.

And as for his walking? Short distances, he'll walk a few steps by himself, but he really loves to hold my fingers and run around the house. When I take him outside, I'm real worried that he's gonna try to eat everything. Like grass, rocks, mud, and any peice of garbage he finds. I keep a close eye on him, but when can I really relax a little about that?

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

Well, I decided to post a picture of my sister that came to see us last summer. Say hi, Britt! If any one knows how to get ahold of her and Chelsie, please invite her to my site. There may be a little finder's reward :} I Miss You, Girls!

And I wanted to give a "shout out to my peeps out on the coast" I'm working on those vacation plans. Hang in there!

I HAD to post this one of my little Scooterbutt. He always smiles so nicely when I say "Smile BooBoo!" And he keeps practicing his balance to walk. He laughs so loud when he stands for a long time. I'm so proud of him. I call him my little Scooterbutt becouse when he's playing with us, he scoots his butt backwards towards us. He also scoots like that when he's trying to get to something he knows he's not supposed to have. hahaha!

BIG NEWS!!

Tristan walked 7 steps across the bed to me! He seems to have better balance on the bed. Huge suprise to me! And Daddy got to see the last
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nm mnmnjh jh0000000000000000000 jhhk.. 0hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh jjjjjjjj I'll post more recent pictures when I figure out how to plug my camera in. I have to clean the memory card, too.