So What! Wednesday

Happy Wednesday, friends! You know the routine. This week I am saying SO WHAT if...

• I complained earlier in the week about the scale at the OB office & just ate a piece of s'mores pizza from Papa Murphy's? I blame my husband. His pregnancy cravings are worse than mine. 
• I threatened to give ALL THREE OF OUR DOGS away this morning when they would not stop barking? Seriously. I might lose my mind. It's a good thing they're cute.
• 16 & Pregnant makes me feel like Mother of the Year?  I mean, these kids must be joking...right?! 

• I think this kid may be the funniest toddler ever? 
• my main goal for April was to get G's new room painted and it still hasn't happened? and by hasn't happened I mean his room is still full of storage bins. Oy. I guess the "nesting" thing doesn't kick in as early with the second baby. 
• the new Blogger layout freaks my world out? I don't do well with change. 
• painting my toenails last night was like a partaking in a ridiculous yoga routine? See also: I can't easily reach my feet anymore. 

Go link up with Shannon for SWW! 

a day downtown

Ben works every other weekend so when he is home, we really take advantage of it! On Friday morning we ventured downtown to check out the new Cumberland Park. It is literally right on the Cumberland River & sits next to LP Field. It was so neat! 

This cool kid had a blast running around and checking things out. This park is different than most & doesn't have a legit playground. Lucky for us G just needs space to run! and I literally mean run....walking was so yesterday.

There was a huge slide Grayson loved. I was surprised because my child usually does not like to slide. We had to pry him off of this thing! I went with him too but I will refrain from showing you those pictures. Holy cow...let's just say that being 6 months pregnant doesn't look pretty going down a slide! 

G is ALL BOY. Seriously, he can hear construction work a mile away. ha!

We enjoyed watching an old man fish (with his chihuahua...G kept yelling "JACK! JACK!" ...that's my boy!), looking at boats, and watching things going on across the river. I'll be honest and tell you that my toddler being THIS CLOSE to a river freaked me out. But? Fearless Grayson loved it! 

I love getting out of our Franklin/Brentwood bubble and venturing downtown. If you're a local, go check out Cumberland Park!

25 weeks with Griffin

*How far along?: 25 weeks 1 day

*Total weight gain?: 16 pounds. {I am going to continue to think that 4 of these pounds are in my bra, ok?} 

*How big is baby?: the size of an eggplant
*Sex: another sweet boy!
*Maternity clothes: absolutely. This has been difficult considering I only own spring/summer maternity clothes and we went from 80 degree weather earlier in the week to 48 degree weather this weekend. Crazy!
*Stretch marks: Nope. fingers crossed! Palmers is my friend!
*Sleep: I have slept great the past few nights...fingers crossed that this is a continuing trend!
*Symptoms: is being big a symptom? no? It should be. The whole acid reflux thing from the very end of my last pregnancy is happening. So, that's fun...notsomuch.
*Best moment this week: Spending some family of 3 time this weekend. I'm trying hard to soak up these last few months of G being an only child! Oh, and we are now LESS THAN 100 days away from meeting this baby boy!
*Movement: Griffin moves a lot. This could be trouble:) He really dances around after 9pm...seriously, days & nights are already messed up!

*Food cravings: nothing new this week. shocking.

 *Labor signs: hopefully not anytime soon!
*Belly button in or out: flat. I absolutely despise the popped out bellybutton...not looking forward to that again. I know it's coming soon!
  *What I miss: not too much!
*What I'm looking forward to: I'm pretty sure we picked out Griffin's "monthly picture" animal today. That makes me happy!

G is 19 months old!

...I'm behind. BUT, Grayson is now 19 months old! 

The stats:

Weight: 22lbs

Height: Somewhere between 32-33 inches

Diaper: 4 during the day & 5 at night

Clothing: his shirts & jon jons are all 18 & 24 months; shorts are 12 months. ha! G is SO skinny and all the 18m shorts fall right off of him. Ridiculous!

Shoes: size 5

What's Been Going On:

• G has this new, strange fascination with bandaids. He calls them "bambos" and always wants to put them on his boo boos....but then immediately takes them off. He loves putting them on/off/on/off until the sticky part no longer works and then he gets mad. 
• He LOVES stickers all of sudden. He gets them confused with "bambos" & tries to put them on his scabby legs. We are finding stickers all over the house! 
• Last month at the pediatrician we were told that G needed to start talking more. Well, G took that to heart & has started saying new words and trying to say new things everyday! He now says: football (boofball--ha!), duck, truck, juice, booboo, bandaid (bambo), and we added "baaaaa" to his repertoire of animal sounds. The kid loves his animals!
• He finally uses "mama" correctly! He hardly ever said it until recently & now he says it all the time. It's usually in a whiny voice, but I'll take it:)
• G is sleeping later! Usually from 7:45-8ish until 7:30ish...hoooooooray!
• Grayson can point to his nose, eyes, mouth, ears, feet, hands, arms, legs, and bellybutton!

 All of a sudden, G seems so much older. He has an opinion & is becoming so independent! I wish I could bottle up his sweet & funny personality right now...he makes me laugh all day long!

Happy 19 months, G!

So What! Wednesday

This week is going by fast! I can't believe it's already Wednesday. This week I am saying SO WHAT if...

• I got a little overly excited last night when RaeLynn got kicked off The Voice? As in, I kind of scared the chihuahua. 
• I bought a bag of kettle chips on Monday & the empty bag now resides in the trash can? oops...
• my Kelly's Kids clothes are still set up for my open house because I am way too lazy to move them? Yep, my house looks like a clothing store.
• I feel inappropriate when The Lucky One preview comes on because I think Zac Efron looks HOT?! Isn't he a Disney star and aren't I a married, pregnant mama?! 
• benadryl might become my new best friend? Pregnancy insomnia sucks. Thank goodness G is now sleeping until 7:45. 

Go link up with Shannon @ L.A.I.D for So What Wednesday! 

24 weeks with Griffin

 Please excuse the windblown hair. Also, I think I like this maxi dress from the front a lot better than I do from the side.

 Just for fun before Picnik closes (let's all do a collective sob), here is a comparison from 24 weeks with G & 24 weeks with Griffin. Here are my observations:

• WHY ON EARTH DID WE PAINT OUR DINING ROOM THAT RIDICULOUS SHADE OF YELLOW?!?!
• I'm a blonde. Born and raised. And blonde I will be next Thursday!
• My arms were skinnier with G. hmph.
• My stomach has rounded out a lot sooner with Griffin than it did with Grayson. 
• I had only gained 3 pounds (!!!!!!!!) by this point with Grayson. I have gained at least 11 pounds this time. So there's that...yay. 

Okay, on to the survey!

 

*How far along?: 24 weeks

*Total weight gain?: Last I heard it was 11lbs. I don't own a scale & that's probably a good thing.

*How big is baby?: an ear of corn; Griffin weighed 1.7lbs this week at our ultrasound!
*Sex: another sweet boy!
*Maternity clothes: absolutely.
*Stretch marks: Nope. fingers crossed!
*Sleep: My hips hurt at night so I know I toss and turn. BUT, when I am asleep, I sleep great!
*Symptoms: ya know, normal aches and pains. I feel a lot more pregnant than 24 weeks.
*Best moment this week: getting to see little Griff at my ultrasound! He went from being a sloth baby last time to being extremely active this week. He is a mover just like his big brother!
*Movement: He moves a lot at night. I love feeling him!

*Food cravings: nothing new this week. shocking.

 *Labor signs: hopefully not anytime soon!
*Belly button in or out: in, however, it's already flat. It's pretty uncomfortable. I dread the sticking out belly button.
  *What I miss: not too much!
*What I'm looking forward to: G's new room is slowly getting cleared out & we are ready to paint!

I was seriously SO amazed at how much Griffin looks like Grayson as a newborn. They have the same exact fat cheeks, full lips, and nose. Pretty amazing! I wonder if Griffin will be a mammoth baby like his brother?!

Toddler Discipline: maybe we ARE doing something right.

Toddlerhood. It's tough, y'all. 

Grayson is good kid. He usually listens to what we say & follows directions. But, he has his moments, just like any kid. His moments of head-flinging tantrums, hitting, throwing things, and saying "nooooo!" in his {cute} Grayson way.

I have found disciplining a toddler to be quite challenging. I am a former 1st grade teacher & am used to disciplining kids who understand what I am saying. This is not always the case with a 1 1/2 year old. I'm not big on spanking; if it works for others, that's great. For us? Not so much. We started using the time out method when G had just turned 1. For a long time it has frustrated me because I wasn't sure if Grayson got it. I would sit him on the first step, tell him why he was sitting there, and tell him he needed to sit until he had cooled off.

Sometimes he just sat, sometimes he cried, & sometimes he would laugh. Yes, laugh. In time out. I would like to think that's just the snarky toddler coming out in him.  

I had never really felt like our discipline methods were making an impact....until last night.

The 3 of us were hanging out in the kitchen while I was getting dinner ready. Grayson is obsessed with the pantry and thinks he should be able to pick out snacks all.day.long. Well, he gets into the pantry and sees the goldfish. G immediately starts doing his happy food dance, furiously pointing to the bag of orange fish, & shouting "da! da!" {in Toddler language this means, "I WANT IT NOW! GIVE ME MY GOLDFISH!} 

Ben & I both told him "no"...thus, bringing on the epic toddler meltdown. There was flinging to the ground, crying, and all around pitifulness.  

In between screams, I told G that he could go sit on the step to cool off. Usually, this does nothing. However, right after I said that, G walked off. Ben followed him & sure enough, he went to the step to cool off! Lots of praise followed this incident & I was so impressed that he actually understood what I had said. I couldn't believe he left the kitchen, found his usual step, & sat down to cool off. After a minute he walked back into the kitchen and was as good as new.

My mama heart was happy last night. After all the frustrations that toddlerhood can bring, it was nice to feel like maybe we ARE actually doing something right.