Shutterfly

So its been forever since I've posted. Im awful. But I've seen this promotion for 50 free cards if you blog about Shutterfly. I just hope Im not too late, which may be the case, but as you can tell with the blog, im a little behind. Even with my xmas cards. I've been getting xmas cards in the mail and I always turn them around to see where they were made. Most of them being from Shutterfly. and they are so adorable. I really haven't ordered anything from there before but Im determined to start making these books http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books

for Cole man, since even though I think I love to scrapbook I actually haven't touched a page in over 2 years and it gets to be so expensive and time consuming. but I can't decide though how I want to break things up. do a 0-3, 4-6, type of thing or do 0-6 6-12 or do 1 for a whole year. which im sure i have way too many photos to the last two but Im not sure how I feel about having 4 books a year for the little one.

But Im working on Xmas cards for my parents. Im having a hard time deciding (there are too many I like) but here are a few:

Using 1 photo:
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/mod-ornaments-holiday-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93479">

Using 2 photos:
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/most-wonderful-time-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93479">

Using Fun colors:
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards/fa-lala-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93479">

and simple:
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/shining-snowflakes-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93479">

Oh there are endless possiblities. hehe. this is going to be fun adding my pictures in to actually see what it looks like. Will update with final results.

This just reminds me how far behind I am at uploading pictures. I thought I was organized by putting the pics in folders on my hard drive by month, but after his first birthday party I have pictures coming out of my ears. I just haven't had the time to sit down and deal with it. Maybe I need to get my photobooks put together so then I can be done with year 1 and move on...But do i really want to move on. Hes still my little baby!

update

Well now that Cole is almost 11 months i better update about his 10 months. Ha. We have two new teeth in now. So a total of four. 2 bottom and 2 top. We are currently working on two more top ones. ugh.

Sleeping is dreadful, youve been going to bed around 8 for the past 2 weeks. Just cry a little hear or there. But you get cry at 9 then 10:30 and then are up between then and have been up for the day around 5. What am I suppose to do to get more sleep. omg! I think im going to have to do the CIO method but not come in to console you. You've been able to sleep in our bed with me and I need more space! you bed hog. hehe. But seriously I need to stick to my guns and just do it...Wish I could get some help with this, so it makes it that much harder.

you love to walk back and forth between mom and dad. You took your first steps in the camper with us. Id say September 13th. Then the next night you scared us with Croupe. oh how terrible that night was. I almost took you to the ER but we made it through the night. You had to do the nebulizer which you weren't too big of a fan of. but we managed.

We've gotten you to do Touchdown (raise both arms), wave - even though you are currently on strike, You do vroom vroom (twisting your hands like riding a motorcycle), high five.

You are becoming such a big boy. You eat everything in site, you hang on your mommas leg all day everyday (how am i suppose to get anything done). lol

We bought you your First birthday gift, and you love to get on and off it. even though it doesn't run yet. Just wait baby cakes. Also the castle/slide you have figured out how to go down that as well.

This morning you were going up and down the stairs by the porch like a big boy all by yourself...you are too independent.

You don't talk much but you whine and uh uh alot when you are begging for food!
Can't wait to see what else you have in store for us.

Wow a month gone by

So I am still a terrible blogger. I read my favorites everyday and check for their updates. But do I take the time to write down any sort of memory of cole. no. bad. fail.

I wanted to update myself really about Cole.
His second tooth came through around July 16th. I know this because all I can remember is chads sister came home with her baby and Cole had a 102 fever again. I was worried that she could catch it but i knew it was his teeth.

We haven't seen any since then, our bedtimes haven't been as bad as they were but they are still not good. still cries at least once a night and i am too impatient to let him cry for a long time. The night I get to sleep thru the night myself will be so awesome. I almost think i will feel refreshed. (its been along time since ive felt refreshed)

You turned 9 months old this month and by god you are a completely different baby. You like to stand on your own. And I get a kick out of you standing and plopping on your bum and laughing. we think it is so funny! then you get up and do it all over again.
You like to walk with us holding your hand. Man you are just too little to do this whole walking thing. I want to slow you down, but im excited your learning all these new things!
We went to the zoo for your 9 month bday. That was so fun to watch you. Can't wait til you know what the animals really are.
We went to the state fair on the 15th and you did so awesome! it was a georgous day and we were there from 9 am to 6 pm. whoa! Then on the ride home you decided that you had a set of lungs on you and just yelled and cheered for this little ole football we got you. Hmm maybe a football player in the future (like your uncle bretty). hehe. We went to the Dr. 16th and you weighed 19 lbs 10 oz. and you were 29.25 inches long. You gained 4 lbs and grew 3 inches!! my little man is getting so big!

Cole Crawling

Here is cole crawling on 06/29/2010 at 7.5 months. he started rocking around 6 months and then he did the army crawl for about a month now. hes getting better at the hands and knees crawling. Oh man i have an early bloomer on my hands!

Wordless Wednesday

Cole man

I wanted to update my blog about cole man. I decided that I simiply can't remember his first if i don't write them down and i suck at his baby book so i thought well when i get around to his baby book i will come back to the blog to refresh my memory.

Cole was born at 10:56 pm November 8, 2009. He weighed 8lbs 12.8 oz. Was 20 3/4 inches long. Born emergency c-section as he had pooped inside my belly and we had to get you out as quickly as possible.

1 month - Cole you were very alert little baby. There was a 3 week period in there you didn't want to sleep at night. I had to put you in the swing to occupy your time and let mommy sleep at 2 am. You constantly move. You stretch and grew like a weed.

2 months - you loved tummy time and became very strong. You rolled over from you belly to you back first. When gma carla was watching you. You rolled over while she was in the bathroom. hehe. then gma terri got to see you then finally I got to see you roll on over.

3 months - You constantly rolled around, except you couldn't get back over until one night you were going so fast you did it all in one motion. hehe so cute!

4 months -You decided you were going to hold your own bottle a little earlier than i would like but you are such a big boy. Also we started eating solids. Yum Yum you are such a good eater. you like to also put your own paci in your mouth. which helps momma out alot when i can't see you to put it it.

5 months - We practice sitting up. You master that when you were 5 months old and then when you were 6 months (at your photoshoot) you sat by yourself for a good 15 min. it was so great.

5 months - after you sat up on your own, you would try to get down and crawl. Well we started the army crawl first. You were prolly 6.5 months. You get up on your knees and rock back and forth, you are so close. but the army crawl you get there alot faster.

7 months - You can army crawl whereever you want to go and then you sit up where ever you want on your own too. im so amazed by you.

You got your first tooth (well we found it) June 22nd. you got a 102.9 fever and were so fussy. we were up all night with you. We went to the dr the next day and you were fine. no issues. So we chopped it up to be tooth. You were not a very good baby when that thing was bothering you.

Monday June 28th you took more than two crawls on your hands and knees. you are slow go at it but its full blown crawling my man.

So many first so many more to go...

whiney post

So I never finished my previous post. I need to learn to tell stories quicker and less detail. So im going to ramble today. I have alot going on my mind and need to jot a fet down.

I need to start budgeting better. I feel like we are in a sinking hole and i need to figure out how to get myself out of it. It doesn't help that i can't talk to chad about it because he will just get stressed out and blame me for a lot of things. Thats why im trying to do accounting for all of our transactions to see where our money is really going. (eating out and him trying to be nice and pay for other peoples meals)!!!

I am frustrated with my weight. i am starting the couch to 5k. Last night was the first workout. It didn't seem to be too bad. Just hope these July nights aren't too bad so I can workout outside still and not say i am and then not. but seriously ive been cutting back calories and now walking at lunch time and going to in the evenings. ugh and i have nothing to show for it. obviously it wont happen overnight but damn im tired of it. I have 2 pairs of work pants. 2. disgusting right. well i feel bad for buying more when we dont have the money. and i just want to get back into the clothes i was wearing before! and im scared to death that it wont happen. god i have at least 10 lbs to lose before july 31st - my cuz's wedding. and i want to be back at my pre pregnancy weight so bad!

my gma is in the hospital and will be there for a very long time (need to update another time with her story, omg its a roller coaster ride) but i feel guilty for not going down during the week because by the time we get off work and then get there, eat supper and then home again its way later than i want to be going to bed. plus poor cole man gets thrown off his schedule. plus im liking staying home and either going for a walk or just cleaning up my house. 2 days of nothing to do at night and its wonderful. Even though im doing it only with cole man and hogan. as chad can't seem to stay home and enjoy quiet time. but its prolly better this way so that i don't ring his neck.

and we have a camper. have we used it this summer - twice. i told chad our goal is 2 times a month because im paying for this and its pointless to have a camper if we don't use it. ugh. well june is now over and we never got it out for june. July there are potential dates but we are waiting for his sis to have her baby which will take up the first two weekends. because can't really plan to do something and then poof a baby! there is the 3 weekend which we have something going on sunday but we could potentially go during the week and just come home sunday early or sat. then 4 weekend we have a bachelore/ette party. then the last weekend we have a wedding. Seriously we shouldn't be this busy on weekends. August we have potential first weekend available then mini vacations planned with my family for the next 2 then we have a potential baptism the last weekend. ugh then sept first weekend we have labor day wich we are going on vacation with chads family. then the weekend after that potential baptism if it wasn't in aug. So I forsee that we do have 2 weekends in a month for july and aug. But the hard part is conviencing chad to go.

I hate worring about stupid stuff like this but this is what i have to worry about on top of whether or not im being a good mom and having to determine what coles cries are meaning. im exhausted. just flat out tired!