I went to Canton and this is all I got...

The title says it all. This was one of my cheapest visits to Canton, but definitely worth it. The weather was beautiful, I had an awesome shopping companion (Thanks Misty), and everything was practically on sale! January is definitely the time to go.

Another tabletop floral arrangement, picture frame, soup and chili mixes, jewelry, 2 pair of shoes for Wyatt and a Johnny Cash Onesie.




I do have a bone to pick with Canton - Where is all the baby BOY stuff?!? It makes me sooooo frustrated to see all the adorable girly girl stuff and your lucky if you see anything for boys. Somebody needs to do something about this. Didn't they get the Memo: Michelle had a boy not a girl!!!

And ooohhhh how I missed that special boy of mine today. I couldn't get home fast enough to see him. When I walked in the boys were playing and this is what I saw. Wyatt was sooo excited to see me. He couldn't stop laughing and smiling. I picked him up and only kissed him a bazillion times!

Update

Wyatt stayed home from school again today. He still had a little bit of diarrhea and we thought his ears were bothering him AGAIN! So he stayed home with David. David just got back last night from a 4 day hunt so he got some great Father-Son time in today. We took Wyatt to the doctor this afternoon and he does NOT have another ear infection. This would have been his 4th ear infection in 4 months, so we are soooo relieved. The doctor thought it was a miracle. She even let us look inside his ears to see what a normal ear looks like. Which is good because I bought the cheap ear nose and throat kit from Walgreens. So next time we think he has an ear infection we can look ourselves and maybe save a $30 copay and a trip to an office full of germs!!! Even though he doesn't have an ear infection he's still pretty cranky but she said his tummy is probably still hurting him. Hopefully that goes away soon!
One of Wyatt's favorite things to do at the doctors office is play with the paper on the bed. I grabbed the camera and snagged a few pics. Sooo cute!

Looong Weekend

Well, our long weekend started on Thursday morning when Wyatt started throwing up after his first bottle. I stayed home with him because David was leaving for a 4 day hunt. I thought it must be a 24 hour bug I'll be back at work tomorrow. WRONG!!! He woke up Friday morning with major diarrhea and a fever. Poor Baby. Its Saturday now and he is fever free but still has the diarrhea. He probably still has it because he refuses and I mean refuses to drink anything but his bottle with formula. I've tried every trick. It's actually been pretty comical to try and trick him. I put a bottle on the floor next to him with flat sprite in it. He got real excited and got the bottle, put it in his mouth, took a couple swallows and practically threw the bottle across the room (Well just maybe next to him but there was true force behind the throw). Then he proceeded to scream in baby language "Get me my real bottle!" So now he's drinking watered down bottles and hopefully today will be the last day with diarrhea. Yesterday afternoon he took a 3 hour nap! Yes 3 hours - I almost didn't know what to do with myself. I took the opportunity to start the 2nd book in the twilight series. Anyway, after the nap he seemed to be feeling pretty good (for a little while anyway) and had quite the "nap hair-do" going on so I seized the opportunity to take some pictures. And that's when all his true colors started showing. See below...

Love the hair. This was after a 3 hour nap!


Yeah, I'm starting to feel better bring on the sweet potatoes!




Oh wait, I think I need a diaper change.


Ok, I'm getting a little frustrated. Notice the gummy cry. Absolutely no teeth even trying to show.



I couldn't resist this picture. Isn't he pitiful.

Sunday Stroll

Bundled up for a Sunday stroll in his new stroller.

The Bumper is Back...it only took 5 minutes.

Update: Wyatt is now on his 3rd ear infection. According to the doctor odds are pretty good he will be getting tubes in the next couple of months. Oh boy. Good news is despite his ear infection he is still in good spirits!

Wyatt's bumper on his bed has been driving me crazy lately. They tell you "Oh no, you should never put a bumper in a baby's bed." But if I didn't I would have 30 pacifiers under his bed because instead of trying to find it in the middle of the night I just get a new one. A child with bruises on his body because he keeps bumping his head and getting his arms and legs stuck thru the railings. However, I also have a gigantic fear of the bumper being in the bed. I have many sleepless nights where I look over at the monitor and his face is right up against the bumper and I have to go move him. So...today I thought I would try without the bumper because I really want my precious, wonderful, amazing sleep back! Well....it lasted 5 minutes. As soon as I put Wyatt down for his nap it got really quiet real fast. I thought there's no way he went to sleep that fast. Oh, we weren't asleep we were gnawing on the bed! I couldn't resist taking pictures. Then, I moved him back to the center of his bed and 1 minute later he was screaming because he had rolled over and hit his head. Ok, that's it. Bye-Bye Sleep, hello bumper. Oh, well. If it wasn't the bumper waking me up in the middle of the night I'm sure it would be something else.

Wyatt decided to help me put the bumper on but....

got distracted by the tag.

That Little Boy of Mine

That Little Boy of Mine

Two eyes that shine so bright,

Two lips that kiss goodnite,

Two arms that hold me tight,

That little boy of mine.

No one could ever know how much your coming has meant.

To me you're everything.

You're something heaven sent.

You're all the world to me.

You climb upon my knee.

To me you'll always be

That little boy of mine.

This poem is from the book The Wonderful World of Boys by Dr. James Dobson. Thanks for the book Kim. I am so happy to be a boy mom!

I want a Wii!

I have been wanting a Wii ever since they came out (I'm the gamer of the family). David can think of other things he would like to spend that money on. Probably something for hunting....ugh that's no fun for me. Well, one of David's friends bought a Wii for his son. So we invited them over for a Wii party and asked them to bring the Wii. The first game we played was tennis. That is my sport and I am so glad they did not get pictures of me. I was swinging like I was on a real court. But it was soooo much fun. I did capture these pics of David and Chris boxing. I was laughing so hard I was crying. I'm still not sure if we're going to a get a Wii , but I'm working on it.

The 1st of many trips to Bass Pro for Wyatt

We really wanted to take Wyatt to Bass Pro the Monday before Christmas for Santa Pics. He ended up getting a really bad ear infection so we waited until the day after Christmas to go. Even though Santa wasn't there we still got to sit in his chair.

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Especially since it was Wyatt's first. He had so much fun opening the presents and eating whatever the presents were wrapped in.

Our Christmas week was very busy. On Monday I had a feeling that something was wrong with Wyatt. Turns out he had a major ear infection. It was a miserable day. Typically when Wyatt is sick we go to the doctor and he is magically better and I look like a crazy mom -" I promise doctor he really wasn't acting like this an hour ago." This time was different. He screamed the entire time we were waiting for the doctor. He cried so much his voice was hoarse the next day. So when the doctor finally came in she got straight to business and said he has a "super bad ear infection." She asked if we had given him any Tylenol and we said yes this is on Tylenol. She left and came back with miracle pain relieving ear drops. And gave us a prescription for the ear drops and an antibiotic. My poor baby. He finally started feeling better on Christmas Day.

Now on to the next day....We had dinner at David's parents house on Tuesday night. Then my family came over the next day for our Christmas with them. Then Christmas Day we went to David's brothers. And Friday we took Wyatt to Bass Pro for the first time. And now I am ready to do absolutely nothing all weekend! We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and we wish you a very blessed new year! Here are a few pics from the last few days.

I promise we really did feed him.

Hanging with Aunt Lindsay while Mommy frantically cleans the house. Yes that is his bottle of saline he is playing with. Whatever makes them happy right?

Morning mom did Santa come?

I love my Taggie book from Nana B!

Do you see something wrong with this picture?

Hanging with Cousin Katie.

Do you see the concentration on his face? He takes after me in getting serious about his presents.

Yeah Mom I see the new bath toy but I am really liking this tissue paper.

No Santa Tears

Santa visited our school today and of course I wanted Wyatt's picture with him. Wyatt has been going through a "stranger" phase so I wasn't sure how this was going to go. As you can see from the pictures below Wyatt had no problem sitting in Santa's lap. I'm sure that will change next year.

Just Because...

I love my boys!

Picture Crazy

I took advantage of the Cyber Deals they had for the after Thanksgiving sale and snagged an awesome Nikon camera. I have gone picture taking crazy. David is afraid Wyatt is going to go blind because of course all the pictures I'm taking are of him. Here are just a few....

O'Christmas Tree...

The Tree and Jolly Wyatt.

Wyatt spotted his exersaucer.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wyatt's first Thanksgiving was great! He got a little fussy towards the end but I think he got a little overstimulated with all the kids. Which surprises me because he is Mr. Nosy at school and loves watching all the kids. He did surprise us with a little trick. As soon as we put him on the floor for "tummy time" he figured out how to "scrawl". He was lifting his hiney way into the air, putting his feet and knees under him and scooting his check on the floor. And he was laughing while he was doing it. So cute! By the time I got the camera out he stopped doing it...of course! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, these are some of the pics from our great day!

What a cute family!

"OK mommy, I know this is my first Thanksgiving 'cuz my outfit says so, but I'm a little hot. Can you change me please!

After his outfit change. He's doing his I'm in a cooler outfit dance!

Wyatt with 3 of his cousins. He loved taking a picture with them.

Roll Over, Roll Over!

Wyatt has mastered the art of rolling over from his back to his stomach. I caught this pic when he was supposed to be taking a nap!

Daddy Time

David captured this picture while they were hanging out when I was making dinner. You can just see how much Wyatt loves his daddy!