Archer, lately

Oh boy, sweet Archer. 10 months old already. Okay, almost 11 months old. Where do I start with little Archer? Well he's still just a smiley, happy, sweet little guy. Well, you know, except when he's not. It's just that we're in a clingy phase right now. It's been getting a little better the last week or two, but for awhile there I was losing my mind. He would actually scream his head off if even Shawn tried to take him from me. It's nice to feel wanted, but that's just overkill kiddo.

Okay, so it's a shitty blurry picture, but He's SMILING

Sleep. Ah, sleep. I miss you. Archer's sleep has been getting worse lately, with him waking up as early as 11pm (He goes to bed at 8). We haven't really done much work with him on going back to sleep in his own crib, because wake ups before would be later in the night and he was younger, so I would just bring him back to bed with me to feed him. Now though? This ish has to stop. The thing is I'm just so tired and plus we have Q in the next room and I don't want Archer's fussing to wake him up. So I'm gonna work on it, swear.

Chunky

Mister is really getting around these days. He crawls so freaking fast, and must be so close to walking. He loves to hold on to my hands and walk around the house. He actually comes up to me and tries to grab my hands and get me walking with him. He's been standing up on his own more and more, walking along furniture, all that. I had a dream the other night he started walking and them him and Q were jumping around. I was scared people.

He's eating like a champ, although we really need to work on giving him food to pick up and chew himself. Anything I try to give him though, he eats. Including broccoli, which I can't get Q to even look at.

Holy vocal chords mister! He likes to make a continuous noise like "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh" in the car. It's loud. And long winded. And cute/really irritating.

I'm still breastfeeding, but my supply has gone way down. I don't have the energy at this point to worry too much about it. We were already supplementing with formula anyway. He gets maybe one full bottle of expressed milk during the day, but otherwise formula. I breastfeed him before bed, at night if need be, and in the morning before we get up. I'm beyond sick of being tied to my pump during the day though and am having a hard time not just ditching it before his 1st birthday.

And speaking of his 1st birthday, it's coming up way, way too quick. Trying to enjoy these last days of babyness before it's gone. Sigh. Love this little pink chunk of baby.

Q, lately

Q is 2 1/2  today. If I think about how quickly time is speeding by I'll cry like a big blobbering blobber thing, so instead we'll just try and get through a quick update.

If you ask him to say his middle name, Montgomery, he'll say "mamagomery". Yes, it's adorable.

He can remember so many parts of so many books, it's kind of blowing my mind. We have a crap ton of books, so the fact that he is retaining so much is just so amazing to me.

Speaking of books, I took Q to the library for the first time last weekend. Mostly he was interested in the colorful rug in the children's section, and wanted to run and jump on all the letters and numbers printed on it. But he was willing to sit quietly with me to read quite a few books. Little man loves books which makes me so, so happy.

He's been very into monsters lately, which is being encouraged by Halloween. He loves to say "Oh no Dada Monster!" to try and get Shawn to chase him around the house. We're also constantly being chased by monsters and dragons when we're in the car, which makes for some very LOUD car rides.

He loves "Halloween stuff" and "trick or treats." He likes to drag his orange plastic pumpkin bucket (I wanted to buy a cute felt-y bucket, but he was of course drawn to the traditional plastic pumpkin) and put his toys in it and call them treats.

He's quite the bedtime staller and his newest thing to try? Telling me he needs to cuddle. Come. On. I've resisted so far, because I'm a monster. But I don't know, I might not be able to stop myself from pulling him out of his bed for a little snuggle the next time he asks.

When he's thirsty he doesn't need a drink, he needs a COLD drink.

He stopped saying '"Aprise!" when he means Surprise. It's kinda sad when they start saying things correctly, isn't it.

I don't think I'll tell you what he repeated after Shawn said it, but let's just say we really, really need to step up our game on watching the language. It's not even words that I'm so concerned about, but the phrases that come out of our mouths sometimes. ayeayeaye

In the last couple of weeks he has, unprompted, told me he loves me. And told me I'm the best. So, I win.

We have our tough days with him, because you know, he's 2. But mostly? This little dude is ridiculously amazing and smart and sweet and funny and silly. And I couldn't be more happy to be his mama.

Wordless(ish) Wednesday: Archer is 7 Months Old

Let's not even talk about my lack of posting, K?
Moving on.
Archer is 7 months old! Holy Cow! I can't handle that. He's full on sitting up, pulling up to stand, for reals crawling (after quite a few weeks of that scootch & pull method of getting around), has 4 teeth coming in, and is finally eating solid foods. Sometimes (We are truly terrible parents and need to like, feed this poor kid more) (and don't even get me started on the fact that we hadn't pre-scheduled his 6 mo checkup and by the time we tried to schedule it we weren't able to get an appointment until Aug. When he's 8 months old. Poor, poor 2nd child.)
For now I just have pictures from my phone (Who am I kidding, the pictures I took with the actual camera aren't any better anyway). He's quite a mover now too, so a lot of blurry pictures were taken. Well until he got to the box of diapers and just stayed there for 10 minutes playing with in until he got cranky and then picture time was over. Yay!

Happy blurry Baby!

Are we done here lady?

Q showing Archer his bandage (he refuses to say band aid)

*10-16-12 This post was prety much finished but never posted. Backdating the post so it's not lost and forgotten forever, lol

Archer is 3 Months Old!

3 Months Old! I somehow forgot how quickly this time goes. I will not be sad, I will not be sad, I will not be sad.
Well first of all little man is getting so big! The other day I tried some 6 month jammies on a whim (since things were seeming tight) and they totally fit just right. Holy cow! No, I'm not calling my baby a cow. Well, maybe a little. We don't have a checkup with the doctor until 4 months, so no weight/height stats this time.
Here are some new things:
Almost rolling from back to front. He hates being on his belly so I don't know if he can roll the other way. Plus it's hard to let him have floor time with Quintin stomping around all the time.
He still refuses a binkie and seems to prefer sucking his fingers. He's almost got the thumb figured out.

Sticking out his tongue, all the time. I love it!

Swatting at and trying to grab toys
Baby acne is gone! Still a little cradle cap, but otherwise he's soft and touchable again, haha. Oh and the birthmark on his eyelid is really faint now. The one between his eyes is still there, but pretty light. The ones on the back of the head and neck are still pretty dark.

Talk, talk, talking! This little guy is so vocal! He makes a crazy little squeak sound too that's adorable.
What a good sleeper! He's starting to wake more frequently during the night (Which seems backwards) but I'm hoping that's just because he's had the sniffles off and on for the last couple of weeks. Otherwise he naps great, and as of this weekend can be put down in his crib and fall asleep on his own. What? Yeah, he puts himself to sleep. I can't even. If I talk about it anymore I might jinx it.

We're still exclusively on breastmilk, which I'm ridiculously proud of. Might not have to break out the canister of formula we bought before he was born. I was supplementing w/ Q as soon as I went back to work, so I'm feeling great that I haven't had to this time yet. (I have NOTHING against formula feeding, promise.)

Here are a few more photos:

Quintin Montgomery: 22ish Months

Little Q is a lot if fun these days. He's also a real pain sometimes. I'm pretty sure if any of us spent extended periods with toddlers before getting knocked up, well we wouldn't get knocked up. Still I guess he's hilarious and awesome more often than not. I have no size stats for you. I can say that I keep having to get new clothes for him. He's still tall and skinny. He says a ton of words now, more and more every day (well when he feels like it.) I try and make him say hat and bert (like of bert and ernie fame) all the time, cause holy cow is it cute. He runs around like a mad thing, loves hop hop, and is quite the enthusiastic dancer. You should see him go. He makes me play or sing the Mickey Mouse hot dog song over and over, and repeat. He still just says 'gog gog' when he wants to watch mickey, sees him somewhere, or wants to hear that damn song. He loves music and has quite a few jams. He loves that KIA commercial with the creepy hamsters and that Party Rock Anthem song. Now if I could just get more dancing and less whining, that'd be great. Also please god make him stop saying 'more' when he wants something. Moremoremoremore.... Okay kid, I get it. I will take moremoremoremore hugs and kisses though.

  One of the more successfully attempts to take a picture together

 A rare quiet moment

 Playing with his little animal guys

 This is what usually happens when I try and take a picture of him 

 Little man loves to color but must be monitored VERY closely

Handsome guy taking a bath