Our Summer

I am upset with myself that I have not posted anything since May. Not only is this blog for my friends and family to read but this is a good reference back when i am trying to record things for Corey. He's getting to be super big. Literally, 'a little man' is what I like to call him. He is 19 months now. Walking around like he owns the place. Going through kitchen cabinet drawers, mommy and daddy's dresser, underneath the bathroom sink, in and around my scrapbook room, up and down the stairs. Everywhere except his bedroom! He hates being alone in there but soon he will have to get used to it. Being almost 2 years old, he should be out of mommy and daddy's bed soon but we love cuddling him so, here he sleeps with us because it is us that need him for comfort. He's our little piece of heaven.

I am happy to report that Corey is up to date in all his immunizations until Kindergarten, which for me, is a great feat that I accomplished that for my son. I thought I would be the kind of mommy who says to herself, 'Hey, I'll get them next month or he doesn't need them now, I'll get them done before this or that' I'm a huge procrastinator, so this surprises me. Also not to mention all the people scaring me with the side effects. Corey did not have any!

This has been a really fast summer as always...it goes by so quickly. Because it was pretty eventful. May, we went to the St. Louis Zoo for the first time with Corey. He loooooved it. We had a trip to Vegas in May as well that we won from a radio station to see a group called Paramore in concert at the Hard Rock Hotel. The trip was great and the time we shared without our little guy was needed but by the end of the 4 days, we were really excited to get back to him.

June, we celebrated our 4th year wedding anniversary. Pretty uneventful as well but we know we love each other enough that we didn't need to make a big deal out of it. 4 years together, wow. Plus the 2-3 we dated and were engaged. Its been a long ride but i'm enjoying every minute as his wife.

July, Corey and I took a small trip to Branson with my parents while Chris took a trip with his dad to California. I stayed with my mother in law some of the days while they were away, to make sure she was ok. We had fun times all around.

August, we made a trip to Chicago for our nephews 7th birthday. It was actually Chris and my first trip to Chicago together. We've gone other times but never together and to have Corey with us our first time together was just great! We went to Shedd's Aquarium and Soldier field for family night.

September, we took Corey down the road to the Pumpkin Festival! We went all 4 days it was in town! We had so much fun and Corey loved all the rides he rode with his cousins, uncle, dad, mommy and friends. We had lots of good food. Hotdogs, ribeyes, pumpkin porkchop sandwiches, pumpkin chilli, pumpkin ice cream, lemonade shakeups, corndogs!! Yum yum!! We saw lots of old friends from school and Corey was a big hit with his big smile and huge belly laugh!

We have been hanging out a lot with our friends Kamron, 4 and Landon, 2 and their mom Ashley whom I work with. We have had a lot of playdates and go to places like the zoo and shopping with the boys. We take them to McDonalds and eat lunch of have dinner usually pizza! We love hanging out with them! Its great to have friends to just have a relaxing day together. The boys get along great. I am very happy we have them as friends.

I am happy that I have so many friends and family to share this summer with. It was a pretty fulfilling summer with lots of things going on. For all of you reading who has been a part of our summer, I am very grateful for you all.

Thanks for reading.

15 months:)

We can't seem to sit still these days! Maybe its the fact that COREY'S FINALLY WALKING!! It was a long process for us to teach him how and I have to say we had been very patient. It paid off in the end seeing him walk on his own! 14 months and 1 day old!!

Corey is now 15 months. He runs around and dances and plays hide and seek. Its his favorite game. We have a glass coffee table and he squats underneath and looks up to see if we are looking for him. Its the best thing when he laughs when we find him! Today I found him and I picked him up and he started hugging me but then started attacking me, laughing and biting me...it was crazy! I had to laugh because he thinks its playing around but it did hurt...i'll have to teach him biting is not good! We let him watch Dora and Diego and he loves Sesame Street. Elmo is his favorite! Ok Elmo's my favorite:) I love sitting there cuddling and watching Elmo's World. It is super cute. Corey loves going outside and sitting in the grass and looking at bugs....he is definitely a boy. He likes to explore. He loves visiting his grandparents. We recently went out of town and left Corey with my mom. He did wonderfully there! Nana Norma took all bottles away and now only uses sippy cups!! He got on a schedule and goes to sleep at 8-9 pm. My mom is great with him! Life as a mommy is good....just this week when we got back, I realized that when he says ma-ma, he's actually asking for me and wants me to pick him up! It took awhile hearing that from my son is so rewarding. Chris loves him calling him Dada too. I will say, give Dada a kiss and he turns and kisses him!

Lots of things going on this month and last but as I always end my blogs, I will try to write more often! Hope all is well with you. Thanks for reading!

Where did the time go??

I would like to say nothing has happened these past couple of months so I haven't posted anything. But just the opposite is true. There has been so much going on that I haven't had time to stop and record them and let everyone know how we are doing! We have a 1 year old now!! Corey turned one Feb 13th! It was awesome that it was a Saturday and we could plan a huge party for it! Thanks to all that came, it made his day! We had a lot of fun spending time with everyone and helping Corey celebrate his 1st birthday. He had fun too, although he was pretty tired since I didn't give him a proper nap that day. What can I say? His first birthday only comes once! Here are some pictures! I also have more on Facebook if you want to get on and look:)

He was so super cute! He wouldn't touch his cake until his Aunt Tammy helped him! Putting his face in his cake was the only way he'd eat it! It was a great day!

We are once again just the 3 of us as our house guests finally moved on and out so we no longer have live-in babysitters but its a blessing in disguise since now Corey is babysat by his Grandma Frieda at her house! He has lots of room to play everyday and he's getting to know his daddy's parents a lot better.

He has 6 teeth now and can feed himself really well with those teeth! He still likes for mommy and daddy to feed him his bottle...I don't mind...its an excuse to cuddle him but it does get tiresome when I'm trying to get ready for work:( He cries when we try to give him the bottle to feed himself...I say pretty soon he won't want me to do anything for him so we give in to it...I'm sure by this summer he'll be off the bottle anyway!

Corey's cruising...big time. He can crawl and walk while holding stuff like the couch and tables. Sometimes he'll get up on the bed and actually try to climb up the walls! He's a big ball of energy...I'm just happy he's healthy and happy!

Being back at the office is going okay...I still wish I was working at home and Chris is working lots of overtime so when we get home its dinner....bath for Corey...and a little tv and bed for the 3 of us...I haven't had lots of time for anything else but after our guests left I took all of my scrapbook stuff back into the guest room and now I have a little space for myself and my stuff so I can scrapbook and check email and listen to music. Chris has a workshop down in the basement, he hasn't really done very much in there but he likes organizing it;) Corey has lots of toys and books in his room...his room is a child's dream but he cries when we leave him in there to play, he wants someone to play with...I tell Chris we need a 2nd baby so he has someone to keep him company...maybe soon...don't hold your breathe people, lol! It will have to be something we both want and when we are both ready.

I am going to try to start blogging more often with extra pictures so please bare with me while I find some time to do that each week:) We love you all, thanks for reading!