A walking One year old and a Kindergartner

It's so weird right now, so weird. I currently have only two children at home! Two. I'm used to three and right about now I would have two screaming boys at each other's throats and the whole me having to mediate. But not this morning, this morning I woke up at 6 and got my Kindergartner up at 630. Yes, my Kindergartner! He ate breakfast and got dressed, then off to the bus stop we went. It's located at the entrance of our neighborhood and we live in the back, so we drive down. He waited at the bus stop with his new friend and got on the bus without ever looking back. I'm so proud of him, he will do great, I know it. I however am nervous. Mainly because I can't wait to hug him and see how his first day went. Tomorrow we'll repeat the process. 

Then in this whole same week, B turned one and wasn't walking. Then yesterday he decided to start out of the blue! It totally came out of nowhere, not coaxed either. We (me, J, my mom and step-dad) were just hanging out and B stood up, then stood for a minute and took off. Nobody trying to get him to walk to them or anything. All on his own! Then he proceeded to make his walking farther and farther the rest of the day. I can't believe it! We joked he wouldn't walk forever because he was so hesitant. He just needed to get that last nerve and he did :) My baby is walking and my other baby is in school!

D is adjusting so far. He went pee on the potty already, unprompted! I hope with G in school that potty training will become easy and not a hassle. I think be being able to have more focus on just D will bring ease to him. Lets hope for an easy process because I honestly think he's getting even more ready by the day. 

A video of B walking yesterday:

G all set for school with his Mario back pack
and Sonic t-shirt. Oh and a crazy baby brother behind him.

A little break, please?

So today B and I spent a good portion in Urgent Care. Why? Because my sweet little baby has an infection in his finger. Yup, his finger. See I went through an infection with D at the same age, granted two totally different types but still an infection around their 1st birthday. I don't like this.

It looks like it was caused by a small cut or crack in his skin. He doesn't walk yet so he still crawls. We have 2 brothers, 4 cats and 2 dogs. Gunk gets around no matter how much I try and sweep the floors. So, it became infected. He is now on an antibacterial and hopefully it will help. We have to attempt to keep it dry and clean as well as bandaged. So far I have replaced the band-aid like 5 times. Once before we even left urgent care! A 1 year old isn't going to keep it on if he doesn't want it on.

So he is okay, it never once bothered him. He woke up from his nap and I noticed his finger was red. I didn't think anything of it, I figured he's teething he was probably sucking or chewing on it. Then I noticed it was a bit bigger then it should have been. So I called J over to look at it and he said it looked really infected and that there was a puss pocket. Great. So, I packed him up and off to urgent care we went. I don't take lightly to infections. If you know the ordeal with D, then you understand. So yes, even a little finger infection is very very serious to me. Ever since dealing with D's abscess, I have been a wreck when it comes to them. I don't take any sickness lightly. I mean, I am not over zealous or crazy, but I watch it and if it seems to be serious or need attention, I take them to the Dr. But my children have that sense of day because they never do these things on a week day, when their Dr office is open. So I tend to go to Urgent care. Or sometimes the ER.

However, he's okay. He'll be fine and hopefully it goes down. I will be making his 1 year appointment and will have her check it out then.

Going to see if I can't get my sweet baby to bed because this mama is tired!

B is One!

A whole year has gone by. Very fast, it's still not settling in that my baby, my youngest is now a whole year old. Crazy. For the longest time I swore that child was going to stay in my uterus forever, he finally decided enough was enough and on this date last year, he was finally born at home.

It has been a great day. He woke up at 630 and while it wasn't ideal (I was hoping to get stuff done before anyone woke up, I was up at 615) it was nice to have time with him. Then I started doing dishes and he of course likes to hang out in the dishwasher. So, I put on Despicable Me for him and he sat, amazed at the colors and the minions. He even laughed at a few parts with them. It was adorable :)

He had a great day. Enjoyed his little cupcakes and was gifted a wooden block train, 2 outfits and a pair of pj's from grandma and papa, $25 and a sweet card from nana (great grandma) and a home made knot tie blanket from mama and daddy as well as the big brothers. It was a small birthday gathering, but we had a good time. He kept crawling all over his gift from grandma and papa that the brothers finally stepped in and helped him open it up.

He isn't walking yet but wants to. He does dance in place which is quite cute. But he's so so so close. He's the first of the 3 to not be walking before 1 and you know, I'm okay with that! A little longer of keeping him as a baby, not toddling so he isn't a toddler. Yay +1 there, haha.

Like the same fashion as last year, the weather was the same. Not as humid but just as hot. It's bittersweet. I know we're not done yet, but we are for a few years. So he's our last baby right now. To have him be One is kinda hard to imagine. Silly, yes, but still hard.

He was on the local news also! They do birthdays for the 1st birthday and 10th birthday. He was also the only birthday today! So extra special :)

The above photo was taken a few days ago on a gift from grandma and papa, the ducky aka quack quack chair.

One year ago today..

Just born!

Happy 1st Birthday sweet baby boy. We love you so so much.

The Great Birthday Debate

What do you get an almost 1 year old who has a crap load of toys from his brothers? No, honestly, what do you get? We have no idea. I had one but J thought it would be better for Christmas and I agreed. So we're back to square one. We made him a knot tie blanket, Owls. I'm in love with it and I hope he loves it as much as his brothers love theirs.

But as far as a gift, what do we get him? We don't need to get him anything big or fancy. Just something for him. He's sharing everything (even when we ask them to leave his toys alone) and we would like just one thing for him to play with. We know that'll be hard given brothers who think they can have everything but not share, but we want to try.

I'm at a total loss! I'm in denial that he's already turning one, then on top of my denial I have to face it with this whole gift thing.

My baby is NOT turning one and will NOT need a gift. I guess that'll solve the problem haha.