Pool Time is Summertime

I have a little fish in the making. He loves the pool. He is a little too confident about jumping into the pool. He will now jump off the diving board. Brave and no fear. I would like him to have a little fear of the pool. He scared Michael the other day and jumped in without his vest on and Michael went in right behind him. Luckily they were getting dried off and right together but it scared Michael. Mason was in the shallow end and I guess just thought I got this. Heart attack!We need to work on keeping our mouth closed while swimming. He is good at spitting out the water, but sometimes he drinks it. His new favorite thing is “drinking” the water or trying to at the step. We are always right with him and the normal no no that’s gross comes out…what does Mason do…laugh. Grrrrr. He always smiles and laughs when I say no to him. Mason’s best friend came to swim the over the weekend. It was fun. M wasn’t too sure about the pool but had fun playing around the pool. We decided they need to come over more often to get him used to it. The boys were dancing to the music here. It was so cute. They have dance party at school at least once a week. The teachers say Mason loves to dance. Aren’t they the most adorable little boys ever!

Momma Moments

Linking up today for some momma moments. The greatest time in my life right now is being a mama to my monster of a toddler. Don’t get me wrong I love him dearly, but he is getting very opinionated. He is totally a bipolar, drunk old man. Happy one second and having a total meltdown the next second. But honestly I am loving every meltdown. It is so hard not to laugh at him and to tell him I understand why you are upset but get over it. Haha.

I am having a major Mama issue right now and would love to hear any ideas on how to fix our newest issue. Mason has discovered how to undo his chest clip on his car seat. This morning he had it undone before we even left the neighborhood. Luckily I noticed stopped the car and fixed it. Told him no and left. We made it the rest of the way to school without him unhooking it.

He sometimes says “too tight” before pushing the button, so I normally will loosen the straps just a little and buckle him in again. The other day before I could pull over in a safe spot he had his arms out. It is occurring daily now and I am a nervous wreck. I am looking back a million times which cannot be safe. I am so afraid we are going to get into an accident. I know some people have said their kids figured out how to get out, but I was thinking at like 3 years old not 18 months!!!!

I also think part of our problem is that we have officially taken away the pacifier except at bedtime. So, now he isn’t sitting in the car seat all relaxed. He is needing something to do even for the 10 minutes it takes to get to school. I should add that we do not allow iphone/ipad/tablets in the car as a source of entertainment. I know he will want it soon enough, so we have been holding off on using that as a source of any entertainment. We haven’t let him watch TV, so if it is on at home at all he isn’t really interested in what’s on it…unless it is sports related. Total Boy. My point is I would love to hear options to help him stay strapped into his seat and keep him entertained without the aid of his pacifier or electronics.  

Once was a peaceful little rider, who always fell asleep thanks to that paci.

Check back Thursday for his 18 month post after we visit the doctor to hear measurements.

Confessional Friday: A Day in the Life

A day in the life of the Sperry Family. First, we are a family of 4 with a four legged baby and of course our 18 month old two legged baby. So this is a day in the life of our crazy life chasing around a toddler.

Our alarm goes off at 6:30 everyday. My husband normally starts hitting snooze immediately. We usually snooze until 6:45-6:50 unless Mason decides to get up early. Today, I jumped in the shower first. Yay for showering before noon today! When Mason wakes up before 7am, I don’t always shower before getting him ready and taking him to school. I should add some days I just don’t want to get out of bed…Monday was one of those days and I woke up when Mason did at 7:15AM. Yikes. We were a bit rushed. I typically get my shower and hair dried before Mason wakes up. Mason wakes up between 7:00-7:15am. I don’t let him go past 7:15AM. I usually hear him stir and go to the kitchen to grab a cup of milk. While I am getting milk Michael and Gabby head upstairs to pick up Mason and give him some extra loving. We change his diaper and get him into clothes while he drinks his milk on the changer. We all then go downstairs. Mason normally destroys all of the bathroom drawers while we finish getting ready. D-STRUCT-O! My once clean bathroom is now a huge mess.

Between 7:21-7:30, Michael puts Mason into the car seat for me, while I refill his milk cup, and I head off to take Mason to school. It takes me 10 minutes to get to school from our house and I normally talk to his teachers about his morning and night. Mason gives me a hug and kiss and normally doesn’t cry when I drop him off. He is too busy playing with his bestie.

I am back to the house by 7:45-7:50. I go into my home office and start logging into my computer. My company’s security is tight and it takes me 10 minutes to get my computer ready for me to start my day. While the computer is logging in to the proper sites, I go into the kitchen and make myself some breakfast. Today, I had a bagel with cream cheese and a Red Bull. I will eat a bagel or toast and normally have a red bull or dr. pepper in the mornings. Today is a crazy busy day. I have a million meetings including two presentations to give. YAY!

Work Outfit. Notice the Mason drool on the mirror. Mason loves him some Mirror Baby.

11:30am rolls around and I am starving! Michael came home today for lunch, and I love when he gets to have lunch with me. We usually sit at the table or go outside and eat by the pool. It is a great time for us to talk and visit without Mason pulling us into seven directions. I love this time. We talk about work and life. Usually it is spent discussing anything but Mason, but today we have a discussion about Mason’s allergies. We think he might have developed an allergy to blueberries now. We cannot decide if his diarrhea is because of teeth or blueberries. We make a decision to avoid blueberries until after his molars have come in fully to verify or get it tested in September when we return to the allergist, whichever comes first. We also spend some time discussing a few upcoming trips on our family calendar. 

By 12:30 we are both working again. Boo. Work. I try to focus on my presentations. I am super sleepy this afternoon and really want a nap. Even though I work from home, I actually work…I know that is shocking to some. Don’t get me wrong there are definitely benefits to working at home. Instead of breaks walking around an office I spend breaks changing out the laundry or putting the dishes from the night before in the dishwasher. I get on the camera at Mason’s school about 10 times a day to see what he is up to. It is super glamorous to work from home. I really miss out on socializing with coworkers and getting out of the house everyday. I biggest highlight of the day is going to get the mail! 2pm is when the mailman arrives at our house…yup…glamorous. 

Between 4:50-5:00 I leave the house to go pick up Mason from school. I get to school and Mason runs from across the room to see me. This is new! I love it! Can he do this when he is 16, please? I talk to his teachers about his school day. I get a daily report but like to hear it directly from the source.

We are back home by 5:30 and Mason plays in the car while I wipe down where he spilled some milk. Michael isn’t home yet, so we play in the car until Daddy gets home. It is such a nice day, that we quickly change into our swimsuits. Mason loves to swim and be outside. When he isn’t confined to his highchair he is at the door yelling Out-Side. And there is normally some Mommy or Daddy hand grabbing and dragging of us to the door and even placing our hand on the handle. Too smart for his own good. We decide to eat leftover pizza that I had to order for lunch when I had meetings from 10-3:00! Instead of creating a meltdown we eat outside by the pool. Mommy and Daddy have a beer with dinner…long work day.We are outside and swimming for about an hour. Here is my attempt at getting a picture of all my favs jumping into the pool together! 7:00PM, we get out of the pool and take Mason to get ready for bed. This is a fight with Mason. He wants to stay outside and swim. We have tears! I take him upstairs and quickly grab a paci. This immediately silences the cry. He makes his I am sleepy noise. It is something he has done since he was a newborn, the second he gets his paci, if he is sleepy he makes this specific noise. Diaper change, pjs on, time for a book. I grab his blanket and turn off the lights. His cute little arms tuck under his body. Sign #2 that he is sleepy. 5 minutes of rocking and he is done. 8pm…boy is out for the night.

8:01PM Mommy and Daddy have silence. Tonight we have a show we both love…Suits on USA Network. Love it! We go get ready for bed and turn on the DVR. By the time we are both showered (pool=extra shower) and our teeth brushed we know enough of the show is saved that we can zoom through all of the commercials. After the show is over we veg out to HGTVs House Hunters International and talk about our future beach house! Some nights we don’t make it to see which house they pick. I always hate when that happens, because the next morning I seriously think about it.

There it is…a whole day in our house. It isn’t always pretty but it is what it is…OURS!

 

Boys and Water

We planted some new trees in our front yard a few weeks ago. To keep new trees alive you must water them constantly. We have a big helper when we get the water hose out. He runs after his Daddy and tries to take the hose to our trees. It is so adorable. He is a big helper. Soaking wet and laughing. He is dancing in the water. Those baby blue eyes just melt my heart everyday. I love how blue they are. We can be out at the grocery store and people will comment on his eyes. The boy is going to have a complex about those eyes. Helping to water the plants is his favorite thing to do…next to swimming in the pool. He might actually be part fish. He also thinks these buckets are just waiting for him to splash in and play with. He even tries to drink the water out of the bucket. Always on the move. Welcome to Toddler World. Moving, running, playing, and exhausting his Mommy.

4th of July Weekend

We had a pretty eventful and fun weekend. We started the weekend visiting with family in the front yard while the kids ran around and the neighbors shot off fireworks. It was great, relaxing time. Friday morning we headed to the lake. I love going to the lake because our cell phones don’t work and it is a mini get away. Plus we get to go out on the boat, swim, eat well, and visit with friends. We also have Nana and Papaw at the lake to help with Mason, so Mama and Dada could go out late and watch the fireworks. I love getting to go do stuff, but I was glad to sleep in my own bed. I think Mason was glad too since he slept until almost 8am. Yikes!

Yay!!! The Lake is AWESOME! He jumped off the boat every 5 minutes. Napped on the boat and even loved honking the boat horn.I love his towel that Nana got for him. I am going tomorrow and purchases several for the kids at our pool. It is perfect. The group who went to watch the fireworks. It was a perfect cool evening…wait is it really July? We saw a million stars and the moon light guided us home.Baby Free. Thanks Nana for allowing us to get out on the boat and watch the fireworks. Playing catch. We have been working on him catching the ball. Balls! I love Balls!Daddy and Mason on the porch. Love them!Mason and Chico. Mason was trying to get Chico to go into the dog door. Chico had other ideas. Kisses.Mason kept saying Go Go Go…or as it sounds. Doe Doe Doe. Visiting the neighbors deck.Morning Fog on the water. My baby and me. Got to love how happy he is all the time. I hope everyone had a great 4th Holiday and enjoyed the long weekend.

Happy 4th of July

Have a great and safe weekend!Way back in the day…after our wedding we have a ton of leftover sparklers. So at the lake we had a little fun writing our names.

Weekend Daddy Free

Daddy went on his annual boys golf trip. We stayed home and played. Michael’s cousin came down to stay with us, and it was great. It is nice having a little extra help when you have a crazy toddler running around. When he wasn’t acting like a crazy kid, he was awfully cute sleeping. We had several naps together. I love a good snuggle with Mason. He is on the go so much any more that we don’t really get a lot of snuggles. While Daddy was away we went on a lot of walks around the block. Mason loves outside. It was a little cooler this weekend, so we didn’t get into the pool. Poor Mason doesn’t understand why Gabby can get into the pool anytime and he can’t. Plus he is getting so brave and wants to jump into the pool constantly. Such a peaceful baby. Mason loves Gabby sooooo much. He really likes to try to ride her, but he is happy laying on her. She tolerates him doing this. She will move when she is over his love. On Sunday, we were waiting for Daddy to get home and Mason was sleepy. He was trying to stay awake, but he gave into it. 5 seconds later…asleep!We took a nap while we waited for Daddy to come home. Love this little boy more than anything…He just makes me so happy!