catch up time!!!

So things haven't really been as slow as this thing makes it look like. We've had a seriously busy summer and fall, but with almost losing all of my photos of Kylan and ALMOST being in tears about it. I lost my motivation to blog. BUT... (yes there is a but) my wonderful husband saved the day (AND my photos) so I can share some of our summer fun with you (again sorry for the delay/procrastination, whatever.)

Kylan helping daddy open his birthday presents. Happy Birthday Corey! (Kylan is 3 mo old)

Kylan sporting the outdoor style during out stent up at Uncle Tom's cabin. (we helped finish the kitchen)

I give you..."squishy face"

and prequel of "squishy face"

 The fam @ 4th of July fireworks

 Kylan "chillin'" @ 4th of July

Kylan passed out after fireworks

 Kylan at the shooting range

and the rest of the shooters.

We're Incredible!!!

Happy Halloween!

This is what I do

So I've decided not to be an insecure parent any more and to prove it I'm going to tell you all the things I do.

I hold my baby, a lot, because I like to and if I were a baby I'd like to be held a lot too.

I use cloth diapers, on what I would consider a regular basis, in conjunction with disposables (because sometimes when you're out and about it's better to throw it away rather than smell up your car). They're great because they ALWAYS fit, I can load them to hold more if I need to (some nights he pees more than others don't ask me why) AND I don't have to feel guilty for changing his diaper because I feel like I need to even if he's only a tiny bit wet.

I let Kylan sleep with me, between Corey and I. I get more sleep and so does he. He has his own room with his own crib in case he'd like to sleep in it; in fact I put him in it sometimes for naps and the begining of the night, but in the end, he sleeps with me.

I wear my baby when I need both hands: loading the car, unloading the car, running errands (way better than packing that big heavy carseat around) & making dinner.

I let him play on the floor. He likes to crawl/skooch around and pull himself up on stuff. I'm raising a good little explorer.

I bring him rock climbing & camping with us. He loves to chew on sticks Corey has whittled. I let him play with dirt and dry grass and I clean him off when we're done.

I nurse my baby anywhere and everywhere it's necessary and I DO have a cover as a courtesy not as a necessity.

I don't currently feed him food. I feed him when he's interested, so when he's interested in more solid food I'll feed him more solid. He HAS had a banana because HE was interested and not because someone else was interested in his reaction.

I talk to my baby. I play games with my baby. Most importantly, I love and care for my baby :-)

back to technolization

So we have not had Internet at our apartment for the past monthh, and we survived. We have it back now so I'm hoping to actually ba able to post some of our summer time adventures.

Saying Goodbye To Virgil Twitchell

On September 3rd my family gathered together to say goodbye to a great man, my grandfather.  He lived a good and very full life teaching many in all of his years.  My dad's father passed away in WWII when dad and his brother were very young.  Virgil took the two boys and Vivian their mother in and raised the boys as his own.  My dad never knew his real father, but to him Virgil was his real father.  Goodbye Virgil you will be missed........ until we meet again.