December 19, 2010

The Chunk-inator


Chunko has reached 24 pounds and 31 inches. He has been sick and lost some weight and he hit a plateau for almost two months. But now he's gained a pound, so we're back on track.

He's attempting to stand on his own by pulling himself up and then letting go. He seems more surprised than we are when he actually succeeds and stands on his own for those few seconds. 
He loves pushing things around our kitchen and has officially re-arranged our furniture. He just gets bored and decides that Daddy's cooler needs to be in front of the oven and not neatly by the door. Or that Brother's table needs to be in the living room and not the kitchen. The other day he brought me his high chair because he was hungry and I wasn't moving fast enough. He went to the kitchen, and pushed his chair almost out the front door!

We bought him a walking toy to help him along but he has absolutely no interest in it at all. Like zip, zero, zilch!

He's cruising the furniture now. He walks along one couch and then the other and has been making laps around his brother's table. He's also learning how to climb. He tries to sit at the table (which is so darn cute!!!!) but he can't get his butt on the chair. He tries to get in the tub but only manages to throw his binky's in there. I don't know what his binky has to do with getting his leg up but he feels they are connected. 
I was worried and saddened at first but now I"m excited. I can't wait til our little chubby butt is roaming freely! I already know that in a month when he's in EVERYTHING I'll be eating these words but I'm still looking forward to it. 

Chunko has two little teeth now and I think he's about to pop a third soon. He's munching and crunching and just dying to use his teethies for grinding himself some of our food.


I'm so ecstatic!!! We're going to Disneyland for New Year's Eve!!!!!

It's been too long since we went and it should be so much more fun than the last time. We went when we first moved in together and the kids almost killed each other. Good times. I was thisclose to throwing them off the top of Splash Mountain!
This will be Geekers's second trip and Chunko's first. I know he won't remember too much of it but I know he'll love all the new sights. And I am very eager to take him to the beach. He is going to poop his little diaper when he sees all that water!!! It's the biggest "bathtub" ever and he'll want in! Maybe he'll even walk to it!

We're nowhere near ready for Christmas. We haven't even started shopping yet. We decorated the tree and Chunko tried to eat our ornaments, so we're in the spirit.

So remember people, stay cool...
Cause Chunko is!

December 14, 2010

Cause I'm Blue

Thanks to my AMAZING sister, we got to surprise my step-girl with the "Blue Man Group"...
Being the evil genius kind person I am, I played it up to the fullest. We picked her up and didn't tell her where we going...
We blindfolded her as soon as she got in the car. She didn't know where we were or what was happening. I loved every second of it!!


First we took her to dinner and we had really good food. We played with Benderoos and took a thousand pictures (breaking in the new camera and all). Then we told her it was time for her really big surprise... We blindfolded her again (and I think I deserve credit for not making her eat with it on) and we took her to.....
Haagen Daz!!
The look on her face was so priceless. It was the "I am surprised because this stinks and not what I was expecting but I'm going to smile big anyways" look.
We ate our nummy sugary treats and then it was showtime.
We blindfolded her yet again....

We made her stand in line with it on, take a seat and sit there for 15 minutes with it on. She was trying to guess where we were, who was with us, if something was going to hit her.
We finally whipped the blindfold off and *TaDa*
Blue Man Group!!!!!!
We laughed, we "Oohed", we "Ahhed"
It was so much fun.
We had a lot of help for our surprise and I am so thankful that everyone worked to make this evening so special.
Thanks you guys!

A huge thank you goes to my sister for doing all this for us!!!!

December 12, 2010

I'm Hangin' On

I
Am
So
Effin
SICK!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so sick of being sick, it makes me just... Sick!
I have been runny nose, dry painful coughing for FIVE weeks!
Five weeks of coughing until I have a migraine
Five weeks of Moose Mating Call jokes
Five weeks of coughing until I vomit (ooh sexy) 
Five weeks of Nyquil before bed
Five weeks of not being able to breathe
Five weeks of red runny nose pain

It's too much! And now... I think I've caught somehting else because my nose is running all over again.
I am trying to stay positive and I get excited every morning when I wake up because I swear "today is the day I am going to be better" and then I cough, and sneeze and hack and I know that today is not the day...

Bleh!

On the plus side... I am down to 173!
I would be a high 172 if I could have found a way to lose 1 ounce this morning but whatever... I'm not mad... (I am but I'm hiding it)
I have narrowed down the times I check the scale. I am only allowing myself two times a day. I am eating a bit more but it's hard because I can't breathe (from stuffy nose and hacking cough) and I just do not have an appetite on most days. 
I did have a mini freak out last night... I wanted to paint my nails but I was worried that if I did it was going to add weight. But I am really proud of myself, I didn't weigh myself before and after I painted them and I haven't been freaking out over the "accuracy" of my scale numbers... Yay me! I now have fabulous pink toenails (and nude finger nails)!!!! I feel so feminine.

We got a new camera and I LOVE it!!! I was worried since it's a very simple point-and-shoot but it takes pretty nice shots... I have been taking pictures like crazy... Worse than before. I have felt so deprived (and a little depressed) and I am making up for lost time!

Beware my little pretties, I am back!!!!!