In Denial!

So, our little monkey will be 1 next week...WHAT?!?! How did this happen? Where has the time gone? How can I go back to it?

Our little monster is so awesome these days and really just on the cusp of walking, which I will be the first to admit, scares the crap out of me! How did I go from having a baby to having a toddler in what seems like the blink of an eye?!

Oh well, I guess it is going to happen no matter how much I try to make it stop. In the meantime we are 9 days away from a birthday and 10 days away from a party :o) Party planning is almost complete, I am going to order his cake today (the big one for the guests) and then try and finalize with the restaurant tomorrow or Friday.

Oh boy...my next post will probably be THE BIRTHDAY post! In the meantime, let's reminisce a little about when our peanut was actually just a little peanut!




xoxo,
Jaime

Jack needs your votes!!!!

Please go to the following site and vote for Jack once a day every day until further notice. He was entered in week 2 but didn't win :o( So please, vote, tell your friends to vote and let's get a in for Jack!!!

Here's the site:

Battle of the Babies - Giacomo

I thank you & Jack does too :o)

~Jaime

So much going on...

in this little life of his!

Our little monkey turned 11 months old on Tuesday...I can't believe our little boy, our peanut, will be 1 in less than a month now! He looks more & more like a little boy these days and less like a baby. He plays with toys more, moves around more and is just so much fun. I know I've said it before but I think this might be my favorite age so far. I do miss the times when I could put him down in one place, turn my head for a minute and he would still be there but this is a lot of fun too. I think I get less & less done during the day when he is awake now but we play more so I guess it all balances out :o)

He can now crawl, wave 'hi', pull up to standing on everything & anything, he just started doing 'so big' (which I am so proud of since we've been working on it for awhile) and just a million more things. He doesn't say the typical 'dada' but instead says 'dadadaddy' which I love! He has such a great & fun personality. He loves to find people across the room wherever we are and stare at them until they smile and then he becomes 'shy'. He will wave and smile and then look away like all of a sudden he is shy and it gets everyone all of the time! What can I say, he knows how to work people...already! Yes, I'm aware that we are in big trouble!

Lastly for this post...we FINALLY have more teeth! Jack cut all 4 front teeth just about as soon as he turned 9 months and then we had a little bit of a break. This past week he has cut 2 more teeth, a 3rd bottom one and a 3rd top (which I think is an eye tooth? not sure though). I think he is still getting more though, I hope it doesn't take as long to get more again but I guess we'll have to wait & see.

ok, I think that's all for now. Nothing new & exciting is going on for Joe & I, except we did book our trip to FL for July...we can't wait & only hope Jack is as good on the plane this time as he was at 3 months old...hmmm...

xoxo,
Jaime

My 1st Mother's Day

Amazing! That is how I can describe it right now. I guess when you have your own child/children this day becomes so much more than it ever was. I don't mean because I am now a mother myself, although that is a huge part of it, but because I think I understand a little more than I did before.

I frequent a baby chat site which I did all through out my pregnancy too. Being on there you get to speak to other girls with babies the same age as your own, become friends with some and learn a little about other people's lives. I think in frequenting these boards I have come to appreciate life & the things that I have in my life even more than I did before.

I am very lucky to have an amazing husband who would do just about anything for me. I know I give him a hard time sometimes but I really am blessed and extremely lucky to have found a man that is just so amazing and loves me the way he does. I also have a son, an amazing little boy, who brightens my day no matter what kind of mood I may be in. He looks at me and smiles or giggles or makes any one of his funny little faces and I just melt. I knew being a mom would be great and fun and all these other things but it's so much more than even that. Being a mom, I have grown up a lot. He needs me for everything (even though these days he thinks he's a big boy already) and I think that is great! To be needed the way he needs me is just the best feeling and I hope it never subsides :o)

I have also encountered some girls on the boards who have lost their little ones. For some reason or another their babies did not make it and that breaks my heart. I hope that if any of them read this I would like them to know that I respect them so much! They are stronger women than I could ever be and I think that they have all handled their losses with grace, I'm not sure how they do it but I find it to be amazing.

So to not make this in to a sad post I want to say that I am so very blessed and happy to be a mother and can only imagine that the coming years will be better & better :o)

Happy Mother's day to all the mommies out there and also to all the soon-to-be mommies...hope everyone has a great day!!!

xoxo,
Jaime

Vote for Jack!!!

Jack is entered in Z100 Radio's baby contest called Battle of the Babies. The picture to the left is the one entered in the contest. He would love it if everyone would vote for him so that he can win a cool prize :o) You can vote once a day until Monday and from as many email addresses as you have and please rate his picture at a 10.
Here is the direct link to his picture. I entered him under Giacomo (his official name) so don't think you have the wrong baby :o)

Battle of the Babies - Giacomo

Thanks so much again!
xoxo,
Jaime

"My Grandpa is a Biker"

I've been thinking about my dad a lot lately. The anniversary of the day we lost him is coming close (2 months) and it just seems very unreal still. He was probably the best friend I ever had and will ever had (besides my hubby of course) and I still feel every day that a part of me is missing because he is no longer here. I was a daddy's girl through and through and losing him has been the hardest thing and worst thing to ever happen in my life! My little boy will never know what it is like to be held by him, laugh with him and hug him. He will know though, what an amazing man he was, how loving, honest (sometimes too honest, haha), kind and tough (when he needed to be) he was and he will know all of that because I will see to it. I speak to him about my dad a lot. My nephew called my dad Pop Pop and I think it's perfect for Jack to call him as well so that he doesn't get confused since his other grandpa lives upstairs. I tell Jack about Pop Pop at least once a day, I tell him either something about him or I'll say "oh, Pop Pop would have loved that!". I know he doesn't understand now but it's so important to me to keep my dad 'alive' for him so that he can grow up 'knowing' him.

Anyway, getting to the point of this post, my in-laws were out shopping today and came home (we live downstairs from them) and said they had a present for Jack, something I would really like. I couldn't imagine what this could possible be and then they handed me this little light blue zip up hooded sweatshirt for Jack and instantly tears started to flow. They must hear me when I speak of my dad and they know how much it hurts me every day to not have him here anymore so they got Jack the most awesome thing anyone has gotten him so far. Want to know why it was so awesome? Here is why:
How awesome is that?!?! I only hope my dad is proud and smiling when he sees Jack wearing this!

xoxo,
Jaime

We have a crawler!

Jack has been very mobile for so long now but has not moved forward...until now!! He has always moved backwards, in circles, could go from sitting to crawling position and back to sitting again. It's been great too because nothing was ever out of his reach anymore (hmm...maybe not so great at times, haha). Joe & I were watching Jack move around Friday morning and all of a sudden there he went! And boy did he go and fast! It's like a little switch finally went off in his head and he realized he could go forwards after all. It might be one of the cutest things in the world to watch! As soon as I have video that I can upload I will post it here, just wanted to share for now :o)

xoxo,
Jaime