Not That Mom

UPDATE:
Parker's wonderfully, loving, caring, sarcastic Aunty (aka my sister) reminded me of two things.  Last week she gave Parker a cheeseburger.  Supposedly he ate it (obviously not the whole thing) but there was no ketchup on his shirt (I don't think she believes in bibs if I don't send Parker with one on) so I have no proof! :-)
She also weaned Parker from formula.  Actually weaned isn't the appropriate term, cut him off cold-turkey is more like it.  The first week we switched him to milk he liked formula mixed into it.  I talk to my sister everyday and figured I had mentioned this, so when I packed him milk and formula I figured she'd mix 'em together.  Apparently I never mentioned it and she didn't mix them.  Once I saw the full formula container at the end of the day I decided if Parker would take straight milk for his Aunty, he'd take it without formula for me too!  So there you go, Parker's Aunty ROCKS!  

So since I started actually posting to this blog last January (as my New Year's resolution) I have posted every month on the 18th with pictures of Parker and how he was doing and what he was into as of that "month day".  Well after Parker turned a year old I decided that I did not need to celebrate each month day with a blog and pictures.  I mean I know you cared about Parker being 10 months old and 11 months old.  But 13 months?  Come on.  I'm not that mom.  If I were that mom I might schedule a blog to post 1 week, 1 day, 1 hour and 1 minute before Parker was born, just because I thought it was cool.  Then, then I'd be that mom.  But since I'm not that mom I thought I'd just update how Parker has been lately (at least so I remember, even if you're not really that interested, but you are, right?)

So Parker has made the full transition to whole milk vs. formula, whichissobudgetfriendly, just saying! But he has not yet transitioned to a sippy cup.  This is not without trying, because I know I have mentioned before that I was NOT going to have a 1 year old still on a bottle.  Well since we have been trying since he was at least 9 months with several different brands I have decided that I need to let be what is to be.  When he is ready I'm sure he'll let us know.  This weekend however we had a little progress.  He took 4 oz. of a water/juice combination from a sippy cup.  Did he hold it by himself the whole time, umm, NO! But he drank it.  Baby steps I tell ya!

He is still on baby food a good 95% of the time.  My sister watches Parker on Fridays and she has been trying to feed him more solid food.  Apparently vomit in her face doesn't scare her.  And since then we have successfully given him macaroni and cheese, spaghetti-o's and just this weekend I mixed peas into some mashed potatoes and he ate it like a champ.  I'm not thinking we'll be at steak next week, but if we can slowly start integrating more table foods I would be so happy!  Since he was fine with macaroni and cheese and spaghetti-o's I knew he liked smooth textures but I want him to eat more than that!  Last night I tried some instant grits that I put brown sugar and cinnamon into.  While I don't know that he loved it, he did eat it.  Unlike his mother, he rarely, ok NEVER, shows any emotion over food. I couldn't even tell you a favorite food of his.  Whenever you put something in his mouth he gives a funny unsure face and then continues to eat it but doesn't go crazy over anything.

So there you have it, we're still bottlin' it up, still jarrin' it up but we're still lovin' it up too.  I am still as happy as ever and during this week I am reminded to be thankful for everything Parker is to us.  While I still will not be that mom that posts every single month on Parker's month day past the first year, I will be that mom who has a heart overflowing with love.

Please don't mind the fact that this post is pictureless, I definitely have not been the mamarazzi lately I will post pictures soon!

No More Flights

I am not a flyer.  I will fly.  I don't like to fly.  I do like Hawaii.  I do like Florida.  And I do like Vegas.  I do not like turbulance.  I do not like strange noises at 35,000 ft. in the air.  I do like Virgin America business class.  I do not like Virgin America row 26 coach.  I do like to travel. 

Ok all of the above statements are true but this is coming from my recent travels.  I flew 4 flights in 9 days, two with Parker, 1 with Aaron and 1 by myself.  Too many if you ask me.  And while I enjoyed each trip, getting there and coming back is NOT my thing!  While I know air travel is safe and has a very small chance of anything happening I still freak out EVERY flight I take.  I cannot help it.  I am constantly looking at the faces of the flight attendants for reassurance.  I am looking for them to be nervous during turbulance.  If they look calm I can usually calm myself down and realize it's relatively normal.  Have I mentioned I hate flying?  Just making sure!

So right now I have no flights booked and am not planning on flying until I set sail on this beauty.  I am looking forward enough to that trip that the flight will be WELL worth it. 

Oh and off topic.  Have you checked out my weight loss blog lately?  You can get to it also by clicking on the button in my sidebar.  My design is complete and it is amazing, Jessica did an awesome job.  I am also starting a new journey over there called Couch to 5K, if you haven't heard about it, check it out! 

Post It Notes - Battle of the Sisters

TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY!!  One of my favorite bloggy days, yay!  It's time for Supah's  Post It Note Tuesday, Battle of the Sister's edition.  I already know I lost (and I had an advantage, I read hers first) but seriously, check my sister's out, they might make you pee a little!

Stay tuned for next week's edition of Superstickies brought to you by Supah!

Vegas Bound

That's right, in a few short hours I will board a plane heading to Vegas.  I think this is the first trip in a long time where I will not be bringing my laptop (Can we say you're out of your mind at $14.99/day Vegas strip hotel?!)  So no blogging from me this weekend.

Please pray that I don't go crazy from missing Parker.  He'll be in excellent care with my parents so I'm not worried about that, just mostly the fact that I will miss him.  Yeah, I'm THAT mom.  Sorry!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  Happy early first birthday to my littlest nephew, Tyson, love you buddy, can't believe you are one.  Sorry Aunty and Dodo won't be at your party but Parker will come to celebrate with you!

Parker, have fun with Grandma, Mommy and Daddy LOOOOOVE you!

Vegas or Bust!

Post It Note Tuesday (Monday Style)

Here it is, the moment we've I've been waiting for all week.  It's Supah's Post It Note Tuesday!
So for real, it's Monday but Supah posted hers early so I figure I can too, right?  Right!




Last week when I found out that Stellan was going to have an ablation tomorrow (Tuesday) I thought I'd do a Post It Note Tuesday dedicated to him.  Well things went awry and he ended up having the ablation today so now I already know the results (talk about a homerun!) so instead of doing one just for him, I have decided to do some shout out post its for some of my fave blogs.  Hope that works for you! 

There are a lot more blogs that I love, so maybe I can do this again, but in the mean time, go check out everyone else's post it's!

I Really Am Just Curious

Fair Warning: I think this might be my first mini-rant on my blog.

Edited to add my final statement at the bottom.

I don't claim to be ANY type of expert, and DEFINITELY not a blog expert.  I have only been here in this "blog world" for a little over a year (which I love by the way) but lately something is sort of bugging me.  This has happened most definitely on MORE than one occasion so I don't think it's something that only the blogs I am reading are facing, and I really am just curious.

I don't chose to read every blog out there, and heck, I'll even go as far to say that I don't LIKE every blog that I've read.  Some you connect with, some you don't, it's pretty simple.  Actually, it's like life itself, you don't like everybody, some you do some you don't.  I'm just wondering though, if you don't like someone that you don't know very well do you go running to their face to tell them what you think are their flaws?  I'm guessing not.  If it's not someone you have to deal with on a personal level you probably just forget about them, at least I do.  (This is not to say I've never said a mean thing, please don't think that I am trying to portray myself as perfect.)

But why?  Why if you don't like a specific blog do you keep reading?  (Please tell me, I really am curious.) And not only do you keep reading, you comment anonymously and say hurtful things?  I get disagreeing, I really do.  You might not agree with what the author is saying or doing.  That's ok to disagree, even to let them know you disagree, but do you have to say it in a degrading way and also anonymously?

I understand being angry over being deceived by a blog.  No one wants to be taken for a fool, but if you just disagree with a parenting style, how one chooses to live their life or the choices they make for their children, does it really affect you?  I read quite a few blogs and don't comment on most of them, call me a lurker, that's ok.  But never have I ever thought, "Well I don't agree with that, so let me bash them for it."

While I care about many children I have read about and even prayed for in the blog world, I don't mind if you do or don't travel with them, let them watch t.v. before they are 2 (guilty as charged), feed them peanut butter before the "proper" age, forward face them at 11 months or anything else parent related.  It does not affect me.  I do have my own opinions for all the listed items above but I am not going to tell you I am right (because I'm sure on some I'm not) and I'm definitely not going to tell you that you are wrong.  I may ask your opinion because I really am just curious, but that's it.

My favorite (please note sarcasm), is not only when people bash another blogger, but a mommy blogger with a special needs child.  (This is where this post came from.)  I have NO idea what it means to be a mother of a special needs child (high maintenance? :-) I might have one of those children).  I barely survived my 4 days with Parker in between the picu and pediatrics.  So for someon who has NO idea what their life is like to judge another mom, I don't get it.  I really am just curious.  Aren't all of us mommy bloggers just that, moms?  If anyone should get it, it should be us, right?   

I know people make money by blogging (awesome!) And maybe this makes others jealous?  I'm sure every mommy blogger out there would LOVE to make money having people read about their children, but most of us are content with creating a "scrapbook" of our lives with them.  Having their life story on "paper" is good enough for us.

I really am just curious.  If you know why people do this (other than out of jealousy) please do tell me because you know  I really am just curious.

The only reason I can really come up with is to just plain be mean.  If that really is the case, then STOP, seriously, STOP.  I am sure unless you were raised by wolves that at some point in your life you were told by SOMEONE not to say anything if you didn't have anything nice to say!

End mini not so mini rant! ;-)

Sticky Note Tuesday

Supersticky post-it notes, post 'em if you've got them!  Visit Supah if you want the 411.




I actually tried a theme-ish style this week.  It is in honor of my weight loss blog, My Road to Healthy.

So here it is, weight loss edition:

Hopefully this will get me motivated again, visit Supah if you want to read more Supersticky notes!