Big Boy!

So here's the long awaited Birthday pictures. The theme was Curious George and I had a blast planning the party.

Happy Mother's Day!

11 months

Teagan turned 11 months today! I thought this picture would be so cute on our porch with my little wooden bench, but Teagan would not smile for anything. I can't blame him though, I think he's trying to cut more than one tooth right now. He's been very cranky and clingy. In this last month he has gotten another tooth so he's up to 7! He hasn't tried walking by himself yet. He cruises around the furniture and will walk behind a push toy but as soon as we stand him up and let go he sits on his bum! He's starting to sign more now...he will sign "please", "milk", and sometimes "more". This boy loves to eat too. If he sees his snack container or we put him in a high chair or he just sees food that he knows he generally eats he will start freaking out. We are truly shocked about the amount of food he will eat in one sitting. He also loves being outside. When we're not outside he will stand at the window a lot of the time watching the cars go by and saying "vroom," I can't believe that in a month he'll be one! He's such a big boy!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone! I know I'm a day late but we had a very busy day yesterday. Although it was busy it was also relaxing and fun. Teagan opened his Easter Basket from us after he got up from his morning nap. He went straight for his little Curious George. He has a big one but because he loved that one so much we decided to get him a little one that he can take with him on trips.

We went to Grammy lunch at my Aunt Merna's (which is something we do almost every Sunday) and we of course had a delicious meal! I don't think Aunt Merna has ever made a bad meal. After lunch the dads hid eggs filled with goodies while the big kids played downstairs. We had so many eggs this year that they started to just toss them around the yard. I wish I would've gotten a picture of it...Ryan was bowling with his! Teagan had his own little section of the yard to look for eggs. He loved crawling around and then shaking the eggs he found.

That evening we went over to Ryan's parents for Easter Supper and another little egg hunt for Teagan and his cousin Addisyn.

10 Months

Here he is...my 10 month old boy! He is so funny these days. He crawls around the house looking for us. We can hear him crawl from room to room then stop and say "Ahh" and if we don't answer he goes to the next room. He has six teeth now. Three on the top and three on the bottom. He eats anything we give him and lots of it!

9 Months

9 months 19 lbs 14 oz 30 in long

Teagan turned 9 months yesterday. It's hard to imagine that in three months he'll be one! It's starting to hit me that he's not really a baby anymore. He's crawling all over the place and pulling up to things. He definitely has a mind of his own and doesn't mind sharing it. He says "da da" and when asked what a cow says he sticks his bottom lip out and says "boo". He loves to eat anything we give him and has started to eat quite a bit of "big people food". He now has a cheesy grin when he sees the light on the camera and it is just too cute!

Happy Valentines Day!

I know this is a few days late but I haven't been feeling well so better late than never right! Anyway...I think this was my best Valentines day ever!

Here are the events of the day:
*I got to sleep in a little while Ryan fed Teagan breakfast and then made us some waffles.
*We went to some local Antique shops, we didn't find anything we had to buy but they were all very festive for the day. One of them was even having a cake walk! Every so often they would say a booth number and if you were in that booth you got to pick a cake. They liked Teagan so they told us to go into a booth and then called our name!
*We stopped by McDonald's for lunch.
*I got to take a 2 hour nap and while I was napping Ryan picked up around the house and cleaned our bathroom (more of why later).
*After naps I was banned from the kitchen while Ryan made us dinner...T-bone steaks, sauteed portabella's, baked potatoes, broccoli with cheese sauce, garlic bread, and a salad. The three of us ate by candle lite which Teagan didn't seem to mind eating in the semi-dark. There were flowers, candles, and chocolates for our table decor!
*After Teagan went to bed I found out why Ryan had cleaned the bathroom...it was so I could relax and take a bath. He had candles lite, a warm drink, and some music all set up. I like to take baths but never get to because the tub has to be cleaned before I will do it and when I clean the bathrooms I usually don't have time to take a bath afterwards. So this was a very nice surprise!

All in all I felt very loved and special that day! Thanks again honey you are the best!

I wish I would've taken more pictures of my favorite parts of the day but here are a few of Teagan's first Valentines Day!

These are the Valentines Teagan gave to his friends...Dum-Dum flowers for the girls and candy and paper airplanes for the boys.

We got him a heart balloon and his cousin Addisyn got him a Monkey balloon. He likes to look at them but is unsure of playing with them!

Opening his card from us.

8 Months

Teagan is 8 months now!! It is now time to put away the cherishables because he is on the move and into everything! He is saying a few words "la la, da da, ba ba" and has started to wave goodbye on occasion!

It's been awhile since I've updated this blog, I haven't been really motivated the last couple of weeks. I think December just wore me out! Ryan had a lot of vacation time to use up so he was home a lot. We ended up taking a mini-vacation to Chicago. We did a little shopping the first day and then on the second day we went to Shedd Aquarium. I hadn't been there since I was in fifth grade, but it was amazing how much of it seemed familiar to me.

This is my future...the boys out in the boat fishing!

After all this we did all of our Christmas activities with both sides of our families. We spent Christmas evening with Ryan's mom and dad, sister, brother-in-law and niece. Then my family came up and we celebrated Christmas on New Year's Eve morning. It was a lot of fun to have my whole family here for a couple of days! New Year's Eve we went over to my Aunt Merna's. Ryan stole the show with being the only one to sing karaoke.

Since then we've just been getting back into our routine and just enjoying watching Teagan grow. He's started army crawling about a month ago but has now mastered being on all fours! He is everywhere! I am a little sad that he won't be using his yoga pose anymore!

7 months old

Teagan turned 7 months old yesterday! He loves all his fruits and veggies that we've given him so far. He has started to army crawl and in the last few days he's gotten on his hands and knees but cries out in frustration because he doesn't know what to do next! I love this picture of him...especially because he smiled on his own. Usually Ryan and I have to make fools of ourselves to get him to smile for a posed picture. We are excited to be celebrating his first Christmas tomorrow!! It should be interesting to see what he does with all of the wrapping paper!
Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Tree Tradition

I grew up with a fake tree for a couple of reasons....1. My dad has allergies and a real tree would bother them and 2. We always went to Nebraska to vist my grandpa the day after Christmas for a week. Although I do like the look of real trees sometimes I just think it would be easier to have a fake one. I could put it up at my leisure and not have to wait for a good time that works out for all of us. I don't like the cold so trying to get a tree on a semi warm day is kind of hard to do in Northern Illinois. And if you know my husbands desicion making abilities you know how the day might go! :)

With all of this said though I will more than likely always get a real tree and probably it will always be from William's Tree Farm. See 5 years ago I got engaged to the love of my life on that farm while picking out a tree for his (then) house.

This is the tree we picked out! Our first tree together! Every year since then we go get a tree and one new ornament to hang on it!

So to continue on with the tradition we went to the tree farm to get our tree. It was, of course, Teagan's first time to get a tree and just like his mom he wasn't too impressed to have to get all bundled up!

While we were there we added a new tradition to our list and that was to see Santa! My uncle Lee plays Santa at the tree farm so we thought it would be fun to get a picture with him!

I love traditions, especially the kind that remind you of something wonderful and important. This one certainly does!

Christmas Tree 2009

Day 29

I'm thankful for...realizing my faults and wanting to change for the better!

Day 28

I'm thankful for...quiet babies on 5 hour car rides home!

Day 27

I'm thankful for...fun family time bowling!

Day 26

I'm thankful for...$5 packs of diapers. We got 12 today on the Black Friday sale!!

(Teagan in his diaper fort after we got home!)