Thursday night...

Well, it's Thursday night already - the weekend is almost here. It's amazing how fast the weeks fly by! We tried rice cereal on Monday night and he did pretty good. Tuesday night he wasn't having it. Wednesday night he almost ate it all. Thursday night he wasn't having it. So, we shall see how this whole eating thing goes. Being that he's not even five months yet, I'm not too worried. If he's not ready to eat, he's not ready - no big deal. We'll give it some more time and just keep trying. I'm surely not going to force him into it if he isn't ready. I really wasn't ready to start anyways, but since the doctor recommended it, we are trying.

Today we had a pretty full day. This morning I was dying for a coffee from J Brew, so I went and picked up Mom and Anna and we sat and had coffee and watched the nasty weather outside. Sandie and Coby had an appointment today and all looks well - each boy weighs over a pound already - I can't even begin to imagine having two babies in your stomach!?!!?? Anna was hilarious this morning. We were asking her what she thought the babies names should be and she replied, "Bert and Ernie." Serious as could be. We couldn't stop laughing. So for the rest of the day we referred to the twins as Bert and Ernie - poor things, I think that's what they'll be known as until they arrive!

Dayton and I went out to eat at Los Cucos (so not on Weight Watchers) for lunch with Pierrette and Shelley - It was such a pleasant time. Pierrette - we need to stop missing so many Thursdays!!!!!! It was great to catch up. After lunch we stopped back by my parents because they had Brock, Bryn, and Anna by then so I took Dayton to see all of his cousins. They are so funny - they all hover over him like he's some sort of amazing thing (which of course I think he is, but to see a five year old and 2 two year olds pay so much attention to him, it's quite special). He is very lucky to be so loved by those little guys. They all like to hold him - Brock is my favorite to watch - his idea of holding him looks somewhat like the chokehold. Last night, at their house, we put Dayton's carrier down in the living room and Amy came up to say hi to Date and Brock proceeded to try to drag that heavy carrier w/ Dayton in it away from her. He said, "My Baby Date." Anyways, I'm really rambling today - the kids saw Dayton for a few minutes and then it was time for naps - including myself ;) so we came home and a took a short nap before Daddy got home.

Dayton fell asleep super early tonight (8:00) so I'm sure I'll be up at the crack of dawn, but he seemed to be pooped from his adventurous day and who could be so cruel to keep a tired little baby awake!

That is all for now - is anyone reading this these days???????? Just curious.....

Doing a Bad Job at this...

Well, I think I'm off to a pretty bad start on the whole blogging thing. It's just so hard to find time to do this these days. Plus, our wireless router hasn't been working at the house, so to use the computer now you have to be in the office - it's amazing how spoiled I've become. I'm way too used to sitting in front of the tv at night after Dayton is asleep and surfing the net.

Never the less, we had our 4 month check up this morning. He is a very healthy boy! He weighs a whopping 20.8 lbs and is 26 3/4 inches long. He's in the 95th percentile all around - just a big boy. Brian said not near "overweight" or "obese", just a "BIG BOY". We asked about cereals and real food and Brian said we could start him on it whenever we felt ready. I'm not ready for this - my baby is growing too fast! He said it's good to get him started on it so he can get used to the idea of eating. Not much nutritional value comes from the cereal right now, it's all about learning how to eat. I think we're gonna give it a try tonight - should be fun! I'll let you know how he does!

He got three shots in his chubby little thighs - poor guy! He's been pretty lazy all day, but I'm switching between Tylenol and Motrin to keep the fever away. We don't want to end up like we did on the last round of shots - temp. of 101.5! So far, so good! Just being his fussy little teething self!

No other big news lately. Lots of shopping because there's been nothing else to do in this horrible weather. Brandon and I are going to float the river this weekend w/ his work place. Just what I need - Brandon's entire work place to see my sexy post-pregnancy body - yeehaw! I've gotten desperate, so seeing that I have no leisure time to lay out these days, I'm gonna bake in a tanning bed this week - It's no myth that tanned fat looks better than white fat - I thoroughly believe that theory!

Anyways, I've got to run for today, but I will try to do better. JZ

Official Soccer Mom...

Well you guys, I've done it - crossed over to the dark side. I'm an official soccer mom now. I am now the proud owner of a Yukon. Brandon talked me into it. We've been looking for a 7/8 passenger vehicle for quite some time now and have had no luck. We looked at the GMC Acadias when they came out a while back but decided against it. I wanted something roomy. I waited around to see if the 2008 FX's (my old car) would have three rows of seats and of course, no luck. After a few margaritas the other night, on our way home from Cucos, I told Brandon to drive through Don Davis and see what they had. And, there she was! A Black Yukon Denali w/ rear entertainment package (a must for little Dayton). Of course there was no sticker on it, so Brandon called the next day and arranged a meeting. After a few days of negotiating, we had a deal - and a great one at that! I was very skeptical of it at first, but it is growing on me every day. So spacious - I'm not used to that - it makes a great shopping-mobile! Dayton tells me he likes his new car very much ;) It is so freakin' amazing how fast you grow out of everything when a kid comes along - house, car, clothes (hahaha!), etc. Anyways, I've got me a "big honkin' SUV" as some would call it, but I think I'm a pretty hip soccer mom!

Dayton has decided now would be a good time to start cutting teeth - it's been real fun... Fever, fussy, and yucky diapers - poor little boy! He's doing good though. He's got one front upper tooth coming in and one lower tooth that's one off from the middle tooth - he's really gonna look like a little redneck when they come in - mullet and all!!!!

We're still not rolling from tummy to back, but he thinks it's soooo hilarious to roll from back to tummy over and over and over again. Then he realizes he's stuck and gets extremely pissed off, so we flip him back over and he proceeds to roll again - I swear, hard-headed like his Daddy!

We're off to visit Aunt Traci today. Dayton is such the shopping buddy - hope he can behave today!

JZ

Dayton's 4 Month Birthday

Well, with Dayton's four month birthday came another milestone - we've got ourselves a lil' roller!!! We were playing on a pallet in the living room after lunch and he just did it - no nudging, no help, no nothing. I was so amazed. I was thinking, 'Did I just see what I thought I saw?" He rolled from his back to his stomach which is the harder of the two - according to my books, not supposed to happen until five months or so. However, we do have one small problem - he can't roll from his chubby tummy to his back yet, so when he accomplishes the great tasks of rolling he gets himself so p.o.'d that he doesn't know what to do because he's stuck on his stomach. We'll get it all together soon enough!

Grandpa and MeMe were back from the big cruise today so we hurried over to greet them when they got home. They were happy to see the lil' tike and I was happy to brag on his new trick! They brought him a lot of little souveniers - maracas, a t-shirt, and a mini cruise ship toy that lights up and makes a horn sound.

We celebrated Dayton's birthday tonight with some .99 Los Cucos margaritas and some bowling. Dayton's first trip to the ole' bowling alley. He did really well.

Yeah for rolling over. I know I say it all the time, but he is just growing waaayyyy too fast!!!!

Sunday

Sunday we FINALLY had a day without rain - yeah! We took full advantage of it. We went to church and rested up in the morning and then around lunch time, we headed over to Palacios. We took Dayton and Uncle Clint with us to see the new public skate park there. I pushed Dayton around in his stroller while Clint and Brandon rode their bikes/skateboards - pretty funny! It's been a while since I've seen Daddy ride and it didn't take him long to get worn out! We were going to walk down by the water but Dayton was tuckered out from the skate park, so we just headed back to EC.

We spent the afternoon swimming at the Zabodyns, then Brandon cooked us some vegetable pasta and we ate and went home. We were all so worn out from the sun since we're not used to it lately.

It was a lot of fun! Still no rolling over, but we're getting so close!

Today Dayton is officially 4 months old - so hard to believe. He is growing SO fast!

I'll be emailing pics soon - I've got some good ones!

Have a good week! JZ

I'm Back...

Well, it only took me four months to get this thing back up and running, but I've decided to begin blogging again. While I'll probably just continue to send pictures via email because that's the easiest, I think I'll post journal entries over here. The older Dayton gets, the more I have to talk about and writing it all on here helps me remember things better. Looking back on all my pregnancy blogs makes me laugh. I know one day I'll look back at all my "Baby Dayton" blogs and laugh, too.

It's Saturday morning and Mommy and Daddy are recovering from last night. Uncle Clint and Megan are in town from Oregon so we went out to eat with the family and then shipped Dayton off to Uncle Scott's and Aunt Amy's while we went bowling. Needless to say, we had a little too much fun but it was well worth it. We've got quite the household right now - Me, Brandon, Dayton, Lucy and Baxter (Mom and Dad's newest addition), and this afternoon we'll have Bryn and Brock over too - Talk about a circus. It should be fun. I'm gonna be the "cool" aunt and buy the kids some roller skates from Wal-Mart and take them skating this afternoon at Northside. Uncle Brandon will be the kid he is and ride his bike over there, too. Dayton's gonna chill in the stroller. While it sounds so much fun to buy them skates and let them have fun, I have a feeling in a couple of years when it's Dayton's turn to do the same, I'll probably be the crazy mom who has him dressed in pads and a helmet from head to toe and nervous as heck that he might "fall down and scrape his knee." Crazy how that works!

Brandon and Baby Date (as he is now known as) are chilling on the living room floor watching some HDTV. Daddy's trying to make him roll over because he would die if he did it for the first time while he was at work. A weekend of rolling lessons - this should be good...