13 months old

Since my last post was unfortunately deleted, I am going to attempt this again. Hello all! Here are with Kendall approaching 14 months old on October 4. I can't begin to describe how fast he's grown and how much I am in love with him. Sure times are trying (still not sleeping the whole night sometimes, biting now, a little bossy and VERY much stubborn) but he's still the best thing to ever happen to me.

Tonight K and I are taking him to his first Braves game. I am sooooo excited! I have his little Braves outfit all together and ready to go. I need to get a Braves t-shirt for myself to wear to the game. I am too ready for this.

We are almost completely done with bottles. I still give him one in the middle of the night but I'm trying to get away from that. In terms of sleeping, it varies. Some night's he will sleep the whole night, other nights he's all over the place with waking up a couple of times a night. I'm not sure what else I could do to help him get on a better sleep rountine. Right now he starts to get tired around 8 and is usually knocked out by 8:30. I've been trying to keep him up until 9 so that he will sleep a little longer at night. I don't know. I feel like I'm doing something wrong but my mom says every child is different and that I just have to take it in stride. I'm taking in stride losing sleep, and he's getting all of his ALL.THE.TIME. so not fair. LOL

Other than that, mommyhood is grand. Can't wait to have another baby in about two years. Hopefully I'll be married by then so we'll see.

Catching up

I had a really long catching up post but Blogger is acting stupid and it was erased. :( I guess this is the start of a new beginning for me.

3 months later....11.5 months old

OMG I can't believe it's been since April since I've blogged about Kendall. OMG. LOL i'm so embarassed. So much has happened in the past 3 months I don't know where to begin.

1. He now says 'mama' 'dada' and 'baba'. Yes, my baby is starting to speak.
2. he has two teeth at the bottom. Just too adorable.
3. He is walking! He took his first steps on Mother's Day and has been full-fledge walking since Father's day. We are so proud!
4. he is using the sippy cup more but still the occassional bottle. Just can't seem to get away from that thing yet.
5. His sleeping habits have changed again. he was sleeping through the night, now he's up and down all night. Must be another growth spurt.
6. He is on tablefood and loving it! forget that baby food. My boy likes real food. Especially spaghetti.

There is so much more but I can't remember it all. I do, however, have it all written in his baby book. His first birthday is coming up. Amazing how this time last year, I was still at work wondering if and when he would show since I only had 3 weeks left until my due date. Now, we are planning his first birthday. Awwww! Being a mother has been such a wonderful experience so far. I love it! He truly is the best thing to ever happen to me. I have never been more in love with someone than I am with him. I can't wait to have more kids and have a chance to play with all of them and share the love. My cousin Phadrae really touched my heart on the 4th of July when she told me that she remembers when they were trying to teach me how to walk and now, I'm teaching my son. she said that she always knew I would be and are a great mother. How sweet is that? I love her.

I'm definitely going to make an effort to update this blog at least once a month since Kendall is growing up so fast! I miss being pregnant. Yea, I said it. I miss being pregnant but I know that one day soon, I'll be going through again and it will be just a magical.

8 months old and counting

OMG I can't believe it's been a few months since I've updated this thing. Kendall is now pulling up, crawling all over the place and just being a big boy. He just turned 8 months old on April 4 and I am crazy in love with him! Not only is he a busy body but he is eating up some food. My goodness I started giving him table food and he has lost his mind. I can't seem to keep him away from the table. Baby food is probably obsolete at this point but that's ok. Whatever my little prince wants.

He isn't quite talking yet but lots of babbling. his favorite word is "ba ba ba". And man, his has the biggest smile ever! he definitely gets that from me.

Other than that, things are getting. i'm still struggling to lose some pregnancy weight. It seems right after having Kendall the weight was falling off but now my body has settled into this gain mode and I can't seem to stop it. LOL Nonetheless, I'm getting better about eating right and doing what I need to do.

5 months old

Can you tell I've been enjoying a new mother? LOL I haven't blogged since just before Thanksgiving. Well let's catch up:

Kendall is now 5 months old. We tried cereal for the first time last night and he didn't particularly care for it. I'm going to keep trying though and maybe he'll take some of it. He is, however, rolling over and pushing up on his hands really well. I'm so excited about that.

Thanksgiving was spent in Mississippi with his dad's family. We had a nice time. This was their first time seeing him since I delivered him back in August. His grandmother and aunts fussed all over him and we took them pictures of him that we took.

December brought lots of hoopla and madness with my family. We were here in Atlanta and had an exhausting week. We took tons of pictures, those I will have to add later because there are so many. What a time we had! My baby's first Christmas. I think I was more excited than anyone. LOL We spent two days before returning to work in the house just recovering in the peace and quiet.

Right now, I'm just enjoying being a mother. I can't wait to have a couple more kids. I hate that Kendall is another only child right but I know I'll be married in about two years and pregnant again, and boy am I looking forward to it.

His father and I are doing ok. We have a great friendship and parenting relationship going on. Kendall knows he loves his daddy because he gets so excited when he sees him. I think he's now in tuned to his schedule and when he will be there. I hate that can't be there every night but we make do where we do. Can't do anything about it other than try.

Well that's about it for now. I'm just enjoying being a mother and looking forward to taking him to the beach, the aquarium and the zoo for the first time this year. And not to forget his first birthday. That party will be great!

Reflections

I was looking back over my past posts and I am amazed at how much things have changed. Wow. Not only has it been almost a year that I started this blog but my world, my life is completely different. There was posts when I didn't think I would be able to make through a day, and others when I was so grateful for my friends and family. There were days when K was the best guy ever and others when he was a complete jerk and I almost didn't give our son his last name. Wow. That terms about sums it all up...wow.

Kendall is now 15 weeks and will be 16 weeks next week. Apparently I was counting wrong my son's weeks start over on the 4th of each month. who knew! Thank goodness for friends that know this stuff. Either way my baby is growing like a weed and I am totally in love with him. Kendall truly is my world and I find myself ready to have another baby so that he can have a playmate. Am I crazy? Maybe. Will it be anytime soon? Nope. I would love to be married when I have another child and can't wait to share this experience all over again with my husband. But of course I wouldn't change anything that happened with Kendall for the nothing.

15 weeks old

I can’t believe my baby turned 15 weeks old on Monday, November 17. Geez time is flying by and I don’t want him to grow up so fast. He is now sleeping longer through the night. Not quite the whole night but he does wake up at least once and goes right back to sleep after a bottle. We’re still dealing with his congestion although it isn’t too bad. I can’t quite say it’s a cold but I think its just from the temp changing. I’ve been letting him sleep with me the past couple of nights since it’s been cold plus I haven’t wanted to sleep alone. J I’ve missed cosleeping and may start back. Especially on nights his daddy doesn’t spend the night.

Kendall is also rolling over sometimes and holding his head up really good. I’ve made sure I give him lots of tummy time so he can play practice with that. Sometimes I’ll put him on his back so he can play on his activity mat but he doesn’t care much for that sometimes either. LOL. I’ve been meaning to get him a new one but we’ll probably save that for someone to get him that for Christmas. Thanksgiving is next week and we’ll be spending it in Mississippi with K’s family. This will be Kendall’s first long car ride and an interesting trip. 4 hours plus a time change when we get there? My poor baby’s internal clock is going to be all off. He’ll probably go to bed earlier since he won’t be used to that time change. Plus I don’t want K’s mother spoiling him and messing up a good routine I have with him. Folks need to remember that Kendall spends 90% of his time with me. I don’t want to mess up something that works in my home.

Good news! The pastor of my grandmother’s church will be dedicating Kendall in January! Yay! I’m so excited and happy. I’ve really wanted to get this done and finally have someone to do it. The question now is how supportive his father will be of that. If he doesn’t want to, fine, but I’m still going do it. I’ve already spoken with Kendall’s godparents (Kelly and Estelle) about this and they fully support it. So I need to order his invitations and all that.

Well, that’s about it for us. We’re going to spend Friday night decorating the Christmas tree I plan to pick up