"old bubba"

A few months ago for some reason Haylen started calling his grandmas "bubba", we are not sure why, since nobody ever told him too, he just picked it up on his own. I know that "bobba" is grandma in Ukrainian, but nobody in our family is Ukrainian, and besides he says 'bUbba' not 'bObba".
I think its really cute, and no matter how many times we would tell him to say 'grandma', it would always come out 'bubba' so now that just kinda stuck.
Anyways yesterday I was uploading all our wedding pictures and this picture of me and my grandma came up and Haylen says "OLD BUBBA", lol, I thought it was so cute that he knew she was 'elderly' haha. I LOVE how Haylen  has his own thoughts and knows how to express them now. (The happy thoughts anyways!)  He is so fun!!

Isn't my grandma beautiful!! Love her!!

2012 New Years Resolutions

*Blog every day! I have the worst memory ever and I LOVE reading my old posts, so I decided this year I am going to write something down every day, even if it is a single word, it will be done! (Obviously I am already 11 days late starting, so wish me luck!)

*Do not use the microwave! They are SO bad for you!

*Say 3 Things I am grateful for everyday!

*Hand wash more dishes, to save water from running the dishwasher with only a few items in it! I HATE hand washing dishes so this too will be a challenge!

*Spend more time with my friends! I have realized I am a horrible friend and never make time for them in my life, so this year I will be more social and venture out of my house a little more!

*Read a book from start to finish! Sounds simple I know, but I don't like to read!

*Budget my groceries, and make a meal plan every time I shop

*Use coupons and try and only buy sale items at the grocery stores

*Organize and clean my crafts room

*Get my scrapbooks up to date!  I have an overwhelming amount of pictures that need cute little homes

*Organize all my recipes into a nice little book

Update

I keep saying that I will become a better blogger but I kinda just suck at it. I am always so busy that I never make time to blog, which is dumb b/c the reason that I have a blog is so that I can look back and remember these times in my life, so it really should be a priority to sit down and write about it!! The other reason that I sometimes don't take the time to write is b/c I think I write about the same thing every time....Haylen...and think that not everybody constantly wants to hear about him....well too bad for you!!....I blog about my life and he is the biggest part of my life so if you wanna keep reading then enjoy!!

Haylen is now 14 months old!!! oh boy..... It feels like yesterday I was saying, "I can't believe he is 2 months old" and now he is 14 months!! He really does get more fun each and every single day. I just love that little man so much. So what has this adorable little boy been up to lately? Well I'll let you know

1) He LOVES his puppies, gives them hugs and kisses all day long. He even uses Kalla as his own personal chair and loves to sit on her.
2) He pats his chest to call the dogs....gives them a hug once they come, the says "Get" ha ha
3) He loves to blow kisses and has for a few months now
4) High 5's are his personal favorite!! Every night when I put him to bed I say "Haylen do you know that mommy loves you?" (he nods his head yes) Then I say "Do you love mommy" and he nods his head yes again.... Then I lay him down and he has to give me a high 5 before he takes his baba and goes night nights!
5) Brushing his teeth is another one of his favorites, he will brush them all day every day if I let him. Once he is done brushing he then throws his toothbrush in the sink.
6) Potty!!! We are working on potty training. He has his own little potty and 2 or 3 times a day I will ask him if he wants to sit on the potty. If he says yes then he will sit there for about 5 minutes (brushing his teeth of course) But if he says "no" then that is fine, I will not push him at all, he is only 14 months old. But I figured if he wants to sit there then great!! Oh and he has yet to actually "go potty", but I think sitting there is a great start!
7) He goes to bed at 8pm and sleeps until 8:30 am every night!! Its WONDERFUL! Ryan and I get to spend lots of time together and I get lots of stuff done this way
8) He loves to Clap and say 'yeaaaa'
9) His words are "mama, Tab (Nice I know), dada, baba, get, mmmm (for snacks)" that's about it... He nods his head yes or no and usually gets the right answer when you ask him a question
10) He is still a great eater!! I don't know how he is not 784 lbs already with the amount that kid eats!
11) He now gets time outs and has to stand in the corner if he does something he knows that he is not supposed to (I know I'm such a mean mom!) ha!
12) He loves to color, he still puts the crayon's in his mouth a lot, but I have found him with a pen and paper laying on the floor coloring.....how adorable!!

Well that is pretty much all that I can think of. I was meaning to do a "1 year" post of all the things he can do....but hey now we get a 14 month old post right!! Oh and how weird is this.... I haven't been taking very many pictures lately....all throughout November I don't think I have taken a single one of him....So I will post the pictures that we took in October of Haylen and I because I LOVE them!! (and besides its a sin to do a post with no pictures right...!)

Halloween Dinner Party

As you all know I LOVE Halloween!!! Its one of my favourite times of the year!! To celebrate I hosted my 2nd annual Halloween Dinner party, complete with fully editable but DISCUSTING looking food!!

ENJOY

"Used Ashtrays" 

 "Monster Snot"

 "Severed Fingers"

"Monster Eyeballs" 

"Blood" 

"Rotten Flesh Strips" 

"Scabs"  

"Human Flesh" 

"Baby poop" 

 "Mice"

 "Booger On A Stick"

"Blood"

And Of Course 2 more pictures of my adorbale little Elvis to leave you with a smile!!

Elvis baby!!

Elvis would like to wish everyone a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

p.s. I'm way to proud to be humble and I have to brag that I made his costume with the help of my wonderful and very talented mother in law!!

Opinions

My opinions on opinions is that everyone should keep their opinions to themselves. I'm breaking the rules on this rule and am going to give you my opinion on the topic because I think it's beneficial and everyone can learn from it....maybe that's why people voice their opinions all the time, who knows what goes on in some peoples heads. But I think if your opinion is going to help the topic or help someone else or if asked for then by all means be completely honest and give it. But if your going to give your opinion to be a cow, saying your one of those people 'who always speak the truth and give your opinion no matter what' then you need to learn to shut your mouth. Let me give you some examples of what I mean, since I probably have you totally confused,

Example #1: "OMG that dress looks horrible on you, its the ugliest thing I've ever seen" - From a loud "I'm gonna speak the truth no matter what" girl you run into at the mall
However if she were your friend and you asked her for her opinion and she says its ugly and doesn't suit you, then great, thanks for the help.....otherwise she just made you feel like a pile of cow dung right?

Anyways, this all comes from being a new mommy. Everyone is going to have different opinions on everything and how to raise your kids, but sometimes you just don't want to hear what other people have to say.

Example: "OMG I can't believe you don't give your kid sugar, its not going to kill them" ..... as if its a horrible thing I don't feed my son junk food. And your right its not going to kill him to have it, but its not going to kill him if he doesn't have it.

Well for the past year I have been hearing "do this, don't do that, do this" and I have learnt to listen to what people say, and do what I think is best for my son and be proud of what I am doing for him and truly believe it in. More example you ask? well for instant, Breastfeeding, seemed to be a big one. Not everyone is on bored with the subject, especially when it comes to my family, which makes it even harder. I am officially done nursing my son now since he turned 1 year old, and I am VERY proud to say that I nursed him for a full year!! (pats on my back!) Breastfeeding is by far the best thing you can every do for you child, and you will constantly hear "thats gross" or "thier too old" etc... Other examples are letting him sleep in my room. Haylen was 4 months when I moved him out of the bassinet in my room and into his own room. I heard over and over "why is he still in your room" and to be honest I would break down and cry every time I thought about putting him in his own room, up until the day I did!! That day I thought "hey maybe Haylen can try sleeping in his own room tonight" and he did, and we never turned back he's been there ever since, and I was totally at peace with it. I have just decided that YOU know what is best for you and your baby and no matter what your parents, in laws, health nurser or siblings say, you do what you know is right for your baby, stick with it and be proud of it!!

I have been extremely emotional lately, because I have been feeling the pressure to take Haylen off the bottle, (at 10 months I started loosing my milk and started him on the bottle, but still nursed him once a day until he turned 1, but now he is a fulltime bottle junkie) Well after spending 3 days crying on and off when I would think about stopping the bottle, I started thinking, WHY, who says I have to stop bottle feeding my baby??? sure that is what they recommend, but they can shove that recommendation right but their butts, b/c I am not ready to stop snuggling my baby boy while he sucks back on his "ba ba."

So to conclude this long and confusing post, here is the moral of the story(s)

KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!!

ENGAGED!!!

Ryan and I are getting MARRIED!!!August 27th was our 4 year anniversary and since we were heading out of town that weekend to go camping we spent a special day down at the lake on August 25th were he popped the big question. Ryan had this big idea of renting a boat to take out on the lake, since it was a little breezy that day I was being a baby and not really wanting to go, well he convinced me and I'm sure glad he did. Haylen was sitting on my lap and Ryan said I want to give you your anniversary present now, so he reached into his pocket and I'm sitting there thinking "oh no he's not going to ask me to marry him is he".....lol...... well he sure did and of course I said YES!!! The whole ride back I kept saying "so were actually going to get married, like we are actually engaged?!?!!?" lol I'm such a loser, I'm surprised he didn't take his ring back and throw me over board! I guess someone had to hold Haylen while he rowed our butts back to shore, so he had to keep me around!!

We have no idea when the big day will be yet. The only thing that we do know is that it will be August 27th (we want to keep our anniversary date the same....cheesy I know!) so the wedding may be 2011, or 2020....who knows, I'll keep ya posted!!!

Walking Midget

My "baby" is a full out walking machine now!! He's 9 and 1/2 months and EVERYWHERE!! A week before he turned 8 months he took his first solo steps!! Yes my kid is a prodigy child!! The past month he has been walking all around while holding on to my hand.....only one hand though cuz he needs his other hand to touch everything he See's (he defiantly gets that from his mama!) Well all that practice paid off for him, and he is into everything! He has figured out how to open all our cupboards and drawers, so if you leave him alone for a milla second who knows what you will find him into. Yesterday I found him licking smooched strawberries off the floor, and today he found a piece of dog food and was munching away on that like it was the best thing ever!!


Oh and other exciting stuff.....HE FINALLY GOT TEETH!!! yes TEETH....3 in one day!! What a trooper eh! Needless to say that the past 2 weeks have kinda been a nightmare of a cranky, fussy, rashy, swollen gums, crabby boy, but we made it thought it, and he looks cuter than ever with his top 2 and bottom right teeth!! His other top left (next to the front 2) and bottom left are just under the gums and should be popping through any day now too!! I just can't believe he got 3 in one day, poor guy!


Well I know I always say how much I love being  a mommy and I think it can never get better than the present days....but seriously it does!! I LOVE the 9 month age!!! Haylen is so in dependant and adventurous. I just love watching what he is going to do next!! At 9 months He is:


1) Walking on his own
2) Sporting 3 shiny new teeth
3) Crawling (he walked before he knew how to crawl)
4) Eating whatever mommy and daddy eat for supper! I love this since I made all his baby food before and now I just have to cook one meal we can all enjoy!
5) Dances every time he hears music
6) Waves bye-bye
7) Signs along to some songs
8) Says dada, and mama
9) Is still being breastfed, which I am very proud of!!
10) Loves to talk to his grandma on the phone, he gets a huge grin on his face every time he hears the phone ringing knowing its most likely his grandma Max. He also puts all remotes and phones to his ear and pretends to talk on them
11) He plays peek-a-boo by turning his head really fast away from you then back at you!
12) He knows how to make people laugh, and loves doing it
13) He loves watching video's of himself and smiles and laughs at whatever he's doing in the video
14) Sleeps between 8 and 11 hours at night
15) Goes to bed between 9 and 10
16) Weighs 20 lbs
17) Has to step on everything that is on the floor as he passes it
18) Pulls all my books and everything off my bookshelf while I blog or facebook
19) Drinks out of a cup
20) Loves playing in the bath and outside
21) Loves playing at the park, the swings and slides are his favorite
22) Loves going for walks, mommy tires to take him every night for a walk
23) Is a nightmare to change his diaper, he has no time to lay down for 4 seconds to change his bum.....poopy diapers are a joy!!
24) He feeds himself everything...I mentioned he eats all our food, but he has to feed it to himself
25) If you have food, you also have  a new bbf!!

My own Personal Nose Picker!

Yup that's right, I no longer have to pick my own nose, I have someone to do it for me!!

I honestly think that is Haylen's new favorite thing to do.... At nap times I lay down with him either on my bed, or rock with him in his room, either way he for some reason feels the need to have his finger up my nose. I've kinda gotten used to it, except when he takes it out then trys to shove his finger in my mouth.....Agh, I don't eat snot!!! and I don't wanna start!! my kid is a freak! It also sucks when he decides he needs to scrape the inside of my nose and try to make me bleed. He also is in a pinching phase and likes to pinch the flub on the back of my arms!! I don't know why he trys to hurt me.....must be payback for always picking his snotty nose when he was younger!!

Anyways, he's getting cuter and cuter every day, here are pictures from his aunties prom to prove it!!

June Pictures!

I have been the worst blogger ever lately!!

Here are some cute pictures of my little man to put you over until the next post!!