Weekend Fun

Friday, Josh went out of town for a one night work trip, so my brother came over to spend the night with me, Charlie, and Bessie. He's a big help. He's at the age where money really motivates him, so I usually find a job or two for him to do to earn a little cash.

Like cleaning up all the dog poo in the yard...for $3. I think I win that deal.

Then the money burns a hole in his pocket and I take him to Wal-Mart to buy some sort of Lego apparatus. 

On another note: Look at who is about to pull up on things. And who likes to help with laundry. This kid is THIS CLOSE to taking off crawling. He wants to so bad. I think one of these days he's going to take off after the dog.

Bessie doesn't seem too worried about it. 

This also happened this weekend:

Terrible pic, but you get the idea. Did you know this burns 50 calories every 10 minutes? For someone who's currently counting calories, this was big news. Add that to my 30 Day Shred every morning, and things better be shaping up soon!

Happy Monday!

Weekend Shenanigans

Why is it gorgeous all week long, and then rains all weekend? And why does my baby tend to spike a fever on weekends, but then is fine all week? Oh well. We still managed to have fun!

Friday night, I let the boy explore with feeding himself, for the first time. Of course, all he wanted to do was flip the bowl upside down!

Look who's sitting up now! A little bit assisted, but mostly on his own. 

Bessie REALLY wanted Charlie's blanket, as evidenced in the photo above. So I pulled her favorite comforter out. We call this her cloud. 

Saturday morning, Charlie and I left the house at 7:30 to get an oil change and tire rotation. In full disclosure, I woke him up because I was starving and couldn't sleep. Yes, I WOKE A SLEEPING BABY. Shame, shame. He survived. And waking him up might be the cutest thing ever. He smiles and closes his eyes to stretch. Kill me.

Hanging out at Goodyear: 

Saturday afternoon, we went down to Pelham to visit two of our friends that work for Alan Jackson. Alan had a show that night at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. One of our friend's is his road manager, and the other is his lighting guy. Neither of them had met Charlie yet!

Charlie, helping with soundcheck!

We didn't stay for the show because: 1. We aren't big Alan Jackson fans 2. It was supposed to rain. But it was super fun to hang out and see old friends!

That night, Charlie spiked a fever. He's been doing this every weekend for like 3 weeks, after we spend time outdoors. I wouldn't think allergies would cause a fever, but that's the only thing I can think of?! We had a rough night overnight, and then he got up at 5:30 am, ready to go! This was to punish me for waking him up the morning before. So we went grocery shopping. He had a new fascination with this book this weekend! Too cute. He looks so tired in this picture! 

He seriously loves this book. Anytime he would fuss, I'd give it to him, and he was happy. Love those chubby little hands holding the book.

Luckily, after his rough night of sleep, and only a one hour nap all day, he slept 10 hours straight last night. Phew. I keep thinking he's teething, and every morning I ask him if he grew a tooth overnight. So far, not so much!

I had a hard time falling asleep last night because we have some major changes happening in our lives that will start this week. Hoping to be able to share more tomorrow or Wednesday! 

Happy Monday, friends!

Linking up with Sami for Weekend Shenanigans!

Weekend Recap

It's Monday again...

This weekend was filled with lots of highs and lows. I was struck by how quickly a happy go lucky day can change. Nothing dramatic, just some back and forth.

My brother in law came down from Nashville for the weekend. He and the hubs went to see Switchfoot Friday night, so it was just me and my buddies.

After feeding Charlie in his exercauser for two weeks, I broke down and got out the high chair. I've been putting it off because we are hoping to move soon, and a disassembled high chair in a box is much easier to deal with. However, trying to get food into the mouth of a bouncing 6 month old gets old after awhile! 

I love, LOVE the high chair. So does Charlie. 

He's definitely got some room to grow!

Saturday morning started at Waffle House. As any good Saturday morning does! Then we went to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and had Paul take some family photos of us. We've realized we hardly have any pics with me, the hubs, and Charlie all together. In all honestly, I've avoided most pics because I want to lose more weight and I don't really want to remember me looking like I do right now. BUT, I don't want to miss out on having pics with Char either, so that's that.

Some of the best pics of the afternoon: 

Do you like our color coordination? :)

After pics we went to Stadium Fest down in Hoover to visit some of Josh and Paul's friends that were working the show. Then we raced home to feed Char and get to a Birmingham Baron's game on time, where we were meeting some friends. 

After eating, Charlie proceeded to throw up his ENTIRE bottle. On me, of course. It looks like so much more than 6 oz when it's dripping down every part of you. The hubs decided he probably just got overheated outside, and we took his temp. 101.5! Had no idea. He seemed fine until he threw up. Needless to say, we skipped the game. Major bummer. It would have been Charlie's first baseball game, and we were looking forward to hanging out with friends. 

Things went downhill quickly after that. Had a hard time breaking Charlie's fever and he was super fussy till about 3 am. It was a rough night. Luckily, throwing up seemed to be a one time thing, and he was just coughing and sniffling. 

Sunday was a little better, but we mostly stayed home and tried to recover. He was pretty fussy all day and refused to nap. Then refused to go to bed, which he NEVER does. I think he's teething. I check for teeth everyday and ask him where they are. 

Sunday held a lot of this: 

Overall, could have been worse!

Weekend Recap

I have to say, this was one of the best weekend's we've had in a long time! Mostly because the weather was AMAZING and it finally, FINALLY, feels like spring!

Saturday morning we had a yard sale. We live on the corner of a very busy highway, and couldn't ask for a better yard sale location. I am a yard sale junky, but the hubs had never done one. He was weary, to say the least. He was a not a believer.

However, when it was 15 minutes before we opened, and we were swarmed with buyers, he changed his tune a bit! So fun to wheel and deal with people! Our favorite customer walked up wearing a Yankees hat and turned out to be David Robertson's (pitcher for the Yankees) aunt. That was a win.

My yard sale buddies:

The goods:

Charlie loved being outside. (Side note: See all the yellow pollen on the porch?! Gross.)

We made a couple hundred dollars, then went to lunch, Sam's Club, and Target, and it was all gone by 5 pm. Diapers are expensive. C'est la vie.

Sunday, Josh got free tickets to the Indy race. Awesome box seats with free food and drinks! And 75 degrees out. Perfect. 

Other than having drinks spilled on us on the shuttle, it was a pretty great time. Charlie loved it...until the race actually started. We made it through 8 laps, before he wanted to rip his hearing protection off. 

All tuckered out...