Is it really December?

It is so hard to believe that it is December, like almost the end of 2012 and the start of 2013. All the days run together and we stay so busy that I don't really know where the time goes! When I look at Kade, I now see a little man and not a baby. This is his 2nd Christmas! Hopefully this one will be much better than the last! Last year we had to cancel our flight to atlanta and spend it without family and in the ER. We have our flight booked and just set up boarding for boogie! This is the last year we will be going anywhere for Christmas because next year Kade will be older and enjoy it more waking up in his own house. We just took the picture for our Christmas card and I'm so in love with it! We put him in his little car, put a fedora like hat on him with a flannel shirt and tied a tree to the top of his car and made it look like he is driving the tree home from the farm. Afterwards we decorated his tree. Here are some pictures from that day.

Expectations

So when I first started this blog, I had high expectations of myself. I was pregnant and I was planning on using this as a way for my family and friends to stay updated on my son and husband and I. I mean, I planned on writing or updating a couple of times a week, making this like the best thing ever. I really let myself down on my expectations if you look at the last time I ever wrote on here. I guess I never realized that when my son was born that I wouldn't have time or that I would just be way too tired. And now, I'm even more tired because Kade is all over the place now! So now my expectations are to use this blog as a way to document when milestones happen since I am the unusual mom who doesn't write down anything. I couldn't tell you the date that he first sat up on his own, first pulled up to standing on his own, got his first tooth, first started walking, first started running, first started using words or anything like that. I know, I know. I am a horrible mom. J/K but it is unusual for me or majority of the moms out there not to write down dates of any of those. Oh well. So, now I am hoping that I can use this to mark the milestones to help me remember. At least he is only 19 months and has a lot more learning and firsts left. Heck I have a lot more learning to go! Having a child does not come with an owners manual and sometimes I wish it did! There are some situations that I just absolutely have no idea what to do and I just have to wing it, which sometimes is SCARY! Like when he had a 104 degree fever the other night. First thought.... Holy sh*t! What do we do? Do we call the doctor (it was late one Saturday night)? Do we take him to the ER? Do we just give him medicine and play the wait and watch game? I mean, that is a scary situation. But everyday he teaches me new things. That it is OK to act like a kid. That it is OK not to care who is watching when your kid points to an apple in the store and says apple and you reply by yelling ,"Yes, very good! That is an apple". (and I really did yell that at Target). That it is OK to dance and sing with your kid, even when you have no dancing and singing abilities. That it is OK to go up to complete strangers and wave and smile. I mean, those are just a few of the things that Kade has taught me. He can make an absolutely horrible day at work turn amazing when you get home like when he hears you come in the door, he runs screaming "mama mama" and gives you a hug and kiss! This boy is my everything and I am going to make an honest effort now to make sure I document those milestones and important events in his life, because he is growing up before my eyes!

Here are just a few of my favorite pictures recently taken:

So... Here's to meeting my expectations!

Christmas 2011

Ok so I've decided, I'm officially the worst at this! With that being said, we just made it through the Christmas holidays and Kades first Christmas. Needless to say, it didn't go as planned. We were supposed to fly up to Atlanta to spend Christmas with my parents, grandparents, and Jim's mom. We even had my aunt and uncle driving 3 hours to come meet Kade. The trip never happened! There was a virus going around daycare and of course Kade got it right before we were supposed to leave! He was throwing up so much on Friday that we had to go yo the emergency room! So not only was Kade throwing up, Jim also got the virus and was throwing up too! There was no way we could fly out because things would just get worse! So as people woke up Christmas morning to family and presents, I woke up to none of the above and to Kade throwing up! Thankfully now he has recovered from it but I hate that that was his very first Christmas! Here are a few pics of our sickly weekend...

Been a Long time!!

Ok so let's just say that I am absolutely horrible at this whole blogging thing but I'm going to try this again! Last time I was here I was pregnant and we found out it was a boy. On May 9 2011 I gave birth to a 6 lb 13 oz baby boy named Kade Michael Gannon!!

Our lives completely changed that day, but definitely for the better! It's hard to believe that he is now 5 months old! It's amazing how fast babies grow and how quickly they learn new things! I've watched him learn to talk (well just babble, but a lot because he loves his voice), recognize Jim and I and our voices, and learn to sit up (supported now). We are attempting solids and let's just say that it is quite interesting!! It is too funny! It's crazy how much you can love someone!!

Also since I lasted posted, Jim and I bought a house!! We couldnt be happier about it! It's a 3 bedroom 2 bath house in west Boca Raton!! It's so nice to finally live in MY house! We have a backyard for Boogie, which I cant even begin to explain how nice that is! Decent backyards are rare in Boca!

Well, I think that is all I'm going to write for today! So much has happened but little time to write so I just wrote about the main events! And I'll try to be better about posting!!

Its been a while!

Ok so it has definitely been a while since I last wrote and a lot of stuff has happened! First and foremost, we found out that we are having a boy! His name is Kade Michael Gannon. The Michael part of his name is after my dad. We wanted to name him after my dad for all that he has done for us!

                                               Our little boy

My parents came into town the beginnning of December and we went and had a 3D ultrasound to determine the sex of the baby at 16 weeks. Jim was ecstatic that it was a boy! He called it the whole time when all of us said a girl! Now, I am a little over 22 weeks pregnant and definitely feel a lot bigger now! I feel Kade kicking me a lot. Because he is so active it makes me a little nervous as to how he is going to be whenever he is brought into the world! If he is anything like Jim and I were, he is going to be a wild child and we definitely have our hands full! Over Christmas Kade got some really cute stuff! And some reallly cute Auburn Tigers gear!

                                            Little booties and a beanie for Kade!! War Eagle!

You know that he has got to support the 2010 BCS National Champions!! He will definitely be an Auburn fan!! Jim would prefer him to be a GA bulldogs fan or a Texas A&M fan but he will be an Auburn fan!

We are in the process of buying a house now! Let me tell you, that is a headache and a half! Who knew that buying a home and seeing how much you can get pre-approved for so you know what you can afford is a scary scary process! But we have found a few homes we like and our realtor is great so hopefully we will find our first home soon! We definitely need to before Kade gets here because the stairs are already hard on me! We live in a 3 story town house now and going up all those flights of stairs daily make me very very exhausted! Plus I want to be settled in a home before Kade gets here and not after!

Other than all of that, nothing really else has been going on. Just working all the time, getting a bigger belly and Jim and I hanging out whenever we can. Hopefully it wont take too long before I get back on here and write again!