HE HAS A TOOTH!!! AHHHH!!!
Last week I went to pick up the kids at Shasta's house, and Caleb came running up to the car, "Mom! Garrett has a tooth!" I almost didn't believe him (I mean....lets be honest.....my kids just don't have very good chances of getting teeth....at 7 months!) Sure enough when I went inside, I stuck my finger in his mouth, and there it was! I just couldn't believe it. I'm hoping this means that my baby boy will not have the tooth abnormalities that my other children have. I have a theory (and it's solely based on my limited knowledge of genetics and extreme speculation) but the theory is that maybe the tooth anomalies that Caleb and Angie have is somehow linked to DOMINANT genes because Angie and Caleb both have brown hair and brown eyes. Garrett has red hair and BLUE eyes both are RECESSIVE genes. Maybe because he has those recessive traits, he won't have any tooth abnormalities. Here's hoping anyway. We won't know until he's older. Still. Angie's first tooth errupted at 10 months. Caleb's first tooth errupted at 2 1/2 years. My mom is CONVINCED that Garrett will have a full-set of teeth. She is just so sure of herself that because he is so different from the other 2 kids that he'll be different in this aspect too. I hope she's right....but I'll wait to see x-rays before I draw any conclusions.
Other news about my "Gher-Bear."
HE's HUGE!!! He is so big that none of his pants fit. He'll be 8 months old in 3 days. I got 2 trash bags of clothes from my sister, and they were ALL TOPS!!! AHH! There were about 3 pairs of pants and every single one of them had holes in the knees. Let me tell you why. Garrett is barely 8 months old and he's the size of a 1 year old! I went to the DI and spent $8 and got him about 5 pairs of pants. They're all either 12 months or 18 months. No I'm not exaggerating. So. Most kids in this size of clothes are crawling or even walking. Not my baby. He's still a baby! Just a BIG one! And can I just mention how RED his hair looks in the above picture?! I just LOVE it!
Next Angie:
The babysitter taught me a new way to do her hair! Don't you love it?! She looks so grown up! I'm hoping that by pulling back the FRONT part of her hair (they're in topsy-tails....SO cute) maybe it'll actually stimulate it to grow finally. Meanwhile she looks like a little doll.
Also, last week our Angie-girl learned how to ride a bike. Just with training wheels....but she picked it up so fast, considering she couldn't even pedal when we first started.
Now she wants to go outside and ride it every chance she gets. Except she's still too little for me to feel comfortable with just letting her go out to the front yard by herself. So every day it's a battle about whether I wanna go outside and watch her ride, or get dinner going in the limited 2 hours I have after work each day before the kids go to bed. She's so sweet, and she is growing so fast.
In other news, Parker got a job interview with "Boise Cascade" in Burley. They're looking for a HR manager. He had a phone interview and then the following week they called him in for an in-person interview. That was a little over a week ago. We're still waiting to hear about whether he got it or not. We're pretty sure it's a significant pay increase....although we haven't been given exact numbers. I've been hoping and praying that he gets it, and the suspense is killing me.
Also my weight loss has stalled. Ok, stopped. I am at 145 lbs. Still 10lbs short of my goal. I plan on getting back to it, but I had a trip to Salt Lake City for a dental conference for work 2 weeks ago, and we did a LOT of eating out. I'm still recovering from that. It was a really nice trip. 2 days away from my kids and husband.....ok that wasn't the nice part. I actually missed them quite a bit. It was my first time away from Garrett since he's been born. And I have to give "kuddos" to Parker....he did a REALLY good job with the kids while I was gone. However, the whole "dieting" thing has been a different story since then. I've lost a couple pants sizes and a total of 17 lbs since I started. I feel really great. I've found that eating late actually affects how I sleep. (NOW I feel old). And it affects my weight! So I've been trying to be really good about that, and get dinner done early and then NO snacking after.
Last weekend we made a trip to Boise to see my family. My kids JUST LOVE going to Grandma Harris's house because there are SOOO MANY COUSINS to play with! I honestly hardly even see my kids while I'm there. Angie peed her pants twice (which honestly just goes to show how much fun she was having because she NEVER pees her pants). And finally Grandpa fixed the tractor! So the kids got to ride in that big o'l thing. My grandparents also came by for a couple of hours to "help my dad." Honestly Grandpa's health is really not so good, and I think it was more to get him out of the house than do much of any "helping."
My mom took me shopping on Saturday for my birthday. She got me a coupld of shirts and a new skirt for church. Parker also bought me a new purse, which I found and paid for myself.....ha. He always knows just what I want when I see it. :)
After shopping, he took me out to eat at "The Cheesecake Factory" for my birthday. We had our stand-by "chicken costiletta" and I even let myself eat half of a piece of cheesecake. Chocolate cocoanut creme. Delicious~
And finally Caleb.
He's doing well in school. Every day he comes home with a layer of dirt on his hands and his pants are a different color.....SOILED. I really don't know how the kid can get so dirty, but ever since the weather started to warm up I've had to bathe him WAY more often, and he can't even wear his jeans twice before they need washed anymore!
He's starting to learn the importance of getting his homework done as soon as he gets home. I think he's finally figuring it out that homework is much harder when it's late, and it's easier to have fun when you don't have to worry about it. He's such a good kid. He eats oatmeal for breakfast every day. Can I just tell you how much I love this? Not instant oatmeal. Oats. Like, I buy it in bulk oats. I add a little brown sugar and cinnamon and he eats a big bowl every morning. I know this saves us so much money on cold cereal. I just love how good my kids eat!
Caleb is also learning so much in church and at family night. He's learning important life lessons, like "you'd better mind mommy right away" lessons. The other day I asked him to not eat on the rocking chair, and so he moved his snack and sat on the floor. I then asked him to come to the counter or the hardwood floor. He didn't mind. Then Daddy came in and reigned in with the punishment. Caleb went to his room for 10 minutes and then after a good talking-to he had to vaccuum the crumbs off the floor. He is so tender-hearted that punishments like this bring on a HUGE wave of tears and sobs. I don't even think he meant to be disobedient.....he just didn't listen. But it's neat to watch him learn. And seriously 90% of the time he's an angel, and extremely obedient.
Daylight savings kinda kicked our butts last week. I told myself I was gonna get up early and run EVERY day last week.....it still hasn't happened. I can barely get out of bed on time....much less any earlier than usual. I think I'll give myself a few weeks to let my internal clock adjust and then we'll try again at the whole running thing. I'm confident if I can get myself to exercise I might be able to shed these last 10 lbs rather quickly.
Sorry this is so long! Peace out.
