A IS FOR AVOCADO...

So today was sort of a milestone day.  After a long wait, and much anticipation, X finally tried solids. He was ecstatic.  I don't think I've ever seen him so excited.  On the menu tonight was avocado, and as simple as that sounds, the preparation wasn't my favorite.  I'm using a Vitamix to make all of X's food, and while I love that thing, it's really hard...no...impossible, to puree half an avocado.  There's just not enough to get hit by the blades.  After trying to make it work for 5 minutes I finally just added the other half to make my life easier.  I tried to convince X's dad to eat the rest, but I think the fact that I mixed in my breast milk and some formula kind of grossed him out.  I don't blame him.  I wasn't exactly jumping at the chance to taste it either.

X's first bite was immediately pushed out of his mouth, which I expected since Google told me that would happen, and after a few tries he finally got the hang of it, and loved it!  I figured he would, not because my baby is a grubber, but because all I did was eat avocado while pregnant and Google told me (don't act like you don't Google your way through life) that babies will like what is familiar to them, so whatever you ate a lot of while pregnant your baby will probably like.  That and it was on a list of recommendations for first foods.  I know a lot of people start with cereal, and eventually X will try that, but I thought I'd mix it up.   Next up after the three day rule will be butternut squash.  I can't wait to see how he likes that...and of course with that tasting comes another post.

I realize that I haven't made an official 5 month old post.  I know I could have posted this with that, but I didn't want to ruin his first taste of real food with his 5 month post, plus I really, really didn't like the way the 5 month photo turned out.  So not happy with it.  I can't believe I even allowed myself to post it on Instagram.  I really want to delete that post and re-post with a new theme, but it's too late...and I kind of feel like I've been shoving X in every ones face lately with the constant posting.

Welp...It's about that time of the night when I catch up on my trashy TV and start milking myself like a cow.  I am soooo super sleepy, but duty calls.

HOME!

We made it back from San Diego in one piece and still sane!  Yay!  I had intended to update nightly while we were there, but yeah...I was way too exhausted at the end of each day.  Also, my plans for getting drunk by the pool fizzled and I only managed to be teased by a couple of shots and a few drinks throughout the day.  Where's the fun in that?  I wanted to get wasted.  I wanted to veg out.  Oh well.  There's always next time, I guess.  Man, I really sound like a lush don't I?  X, alcohol does not rule my world, I just really like to have fun with it...RESPONSIBLY!  You can too once you're 30 (a winky eye emoji would be great right here).  

So X took on SD.  He slept through most of the activities he should have been awake for, but I guess I would have too had I been given the opportunity.  Being a baby is tough business, but being a mom is even tougher.  I'm not sure what adventure we'll be taking on next, but I know there's a Japan trip in  our sort-of-near future so that should be interesting.  It is definitely good to be home; now I need a vacation from my "vacation".  I really miss traveling.  I'd love to be able to just jet set from country to country, X in tow.  Welp,  a date with my pillow awaits.  Oh how I miss the days of 8+ hours of continuous sleep.

X TAKES SAN DIEGO

So, one and a half days into our little San Diego adventure and all I can say is...whew.  It's exhausting traveling with a baby.  X hasn't been sleeping so well lately either, it's like he's regressing, so pair all those late night wakenings with long days and you have one tired mommy.

Today we went to the zoo, and X loved it!  Just kidding!  The kid slept about 90% of the time!  Who does that?!?  Babies, that's who.  Even if he were awake its not like he knows what's going on.  He couldn't care less about where he is as long as he can 1) eat and 2) sleep.  So we saw all the exhibits I thought he'd like and called it a day.

The adventures continue tomorrow, and by adventure I really mean me sitting my fatass by the pool and getting drunk, X will babysit me this time!  Kidding!  Gosh, learn how to take a joke. 

Well I'm exhausted, True Detective is on and I am NOT enjoying typing this on my phone.  More tomorrow!  

XAN BAKES

Remember the last post when I said I was going to try and post more often.  Well, this is the beginning of that venture.

Yesterday X and I made a chocolate trifle.

For those of you that don't know, I used to bake a lot.  I used to do it all the time before I got with X's dad.  It was sort of an escape for me.  If I had a lot on my mind I would bake away the stress.  Then X's dad came along and, well, the baking slowed to a crawl.  I really don't consider this baking since all that's  being baked is the cake portion, it is however, the closest thing to baking I've done in a while, although I did have a chocolate chip cookie run before X was born.  I'm still trying to perfect that recipe.    I really miss baking.  Once X gets older I'm going to start doing it a lot more again so that we can bake together.  OMG...I totally over used the words "bake" and "baking" in that paragraph.

So, a trifle was made, and during the process of making and baking the cake, and making and chilling the pudding, then whipping the cream, X fell asleep.  By the time he woke up from his nap the trifle was complete and, because I just had to get a picture of him next to the trifle, well...I guess he couldn't contain the curiosity and bam!  Little fat fingers all up in the whipped cream.  I guess that's what I get for putting a curiously hungry baby right next to food.

All in all the trifle was yummy and baking with X was fun.  Sorry...no recipe.  Way too lazy to write that out. 

As for today X and I went for a little stroll, taking advantage of the cool overcast mornings we've been having lately.  I love going for walks with this little guy.  He gets so excited and then falls asleep.  Not much else happened today.  Well, nothing exciting anyway.  

Well as you guessed it, it's super late at night an I am super tired.  I can barely keep my eyes open, and my writing capabilities are seriously lacking because of it so this is where I say G'nightt!

PLAYING CATCH UP

The other day we went to a birthday party and while there a friend came up to me and asked how the blog was coming.  It was then that I had thought about when my last post was made, and realized that whoops...it's been a while.  I had every intention of posting right after X's four month check-up, but forgot.  I'd say that we've been crazy busy, but that would almost be a lie.  Mommy is just lazy son.  Sorry.  Actually It's a mix of lazy and writers block.  You see, I tend to do my best "writing" while I'm in the restroom...taking a shower, brushing my teeth, other things...but once I exit that space, or once I bring Mr. Macky into that space I lose my train of thought and everything comes out...well...like this...aha.  It's not that nothing has been happening either.  There have been events and outings to write about, but I just haven't been able to get in the mood, or get the thoughts down quick enough.  With my excuse out of the way, let me get to it.  

At X's fourth month check-up we found out that he is now 15.11 pounds and 26/26.5 inches.  Now, when I tell people this they seem surprised, like he's big, and when I compare him to other babies he looks big!  But is he really that big or are all the other babies small?  I googled to find out what his percentile is (his doctor doesn't give out this info because of some bullshit reason I've already forgotten) and he comes in between the 50-75% range.  That's not that much more than average right?  I mean, what if he's closer to the 50%?  Anyway, that doesn't even matter.  He's healthy and happy, and that's what's important.  I will say this though.  X has some freakishly small feet for his size.  I hope he's not a shorty like me.  Poor kid.  Drink your milk!Aside from X's doctor visit, he has had, contrary to what I said earlier, a pretty busy couple of weeks. Now, I can't exactly remember when each of these outings/events took place, but I'll try my best to attach a date to them.  First up...Fathers Day.This being X's dad's first Father's Day, I wanted it to be special, but it's hard to plan things when you're lazy and have to work around other peoples schedules, plus we had a birthday party to attend that day so that's what we did.  That and dinner.  Nothing exciting.  Maybe next year will be better.  Let's see how he does next Mother's Day.  That will determine EVERYTHING!  Haha.

The Wednesday after Father's Day X and I had lunch with Auntie Amy.  Now, for those of you that don't know, Auntie Amy and I LOVE to happy hour together (yes.  I verbed happy hour.  And yes, I added an "ed" to verb.  This isn't an English paper, don't grammar police me).  It's been a really, really long time since we've been able to go to happy hour together...you know, since I had a baby growing in me and all; so having lunch with her, in an area we could have had happy hour, at a time when it was just starting, well...that made me miss the good old days, and made it really hard to not just have at it, but I didn't for obvious reasons.  Besides, I only booze it up with my baby in private.  People are really judgey when it comes to that sort of thing.  Damn squares.  After lunch we went to visit X's bestie Jeremy.  What a cutie that Jeremy is.  I can't wait until he and X are old enough to actually play together.

That weekend started off luke warm.  On Friday I went to pick up my new glasses.  Yes son, being pregnant with you ruined my 20/20 vision and I now have to wear glasses occasionally.  I remember always wanting to wear glasses when I was little.  I used to pop out the lenses sunglasses and pretend I was wearing glasses.  OMG...I was hipster before it was hip to be hipster?  I never new how...uncomfortable wearing glasses is.  They make me nauseous.  I hate them already.  On Saturday I chopped off a lot of my hair, and at the time I loved it, but now I miss my hair *sad face*.  While I was getting my hair did (yes I realize the mistake...it's intentional) X's dad was watching X.  I don't want to put X's dad on blast, but I will say this...If X is pissed while in his dads care, X's dad will too be pissed, and who gets the the brunt of the anger?  Me.  It's easy to get mad at people when you're stressed out, but that shit is not going to fly anymore.  What kind of lesson would that be teaching our son?  It's okay to deflect your anger on another person because they're there.  Pshhh.  F that.

  

So yes, as you guessed it, X's dad and I hated each other for a few hours and then made up *eye roll*.  The next day we played tourist and went to Santa Monica Pier and 3rd Street Promenade to walk around and stuff our fatass faces.  Gahh...so vulgar am I.  It was fun taking him there.  I hadn't been there in a really long time.  I remember going there a lot with a few friends late at night.  Once we "borrowed" a friends neighbors grill and had an impromptu bbq at 1 in the morning by the swings.  Another time we met a guy that sang us alien songs for quarters and convinced my friend to smoke something rolled in paper bags that I'm pretty sure was just grass picked off the ground.  OMG I can't stop giggling now.  Those were fun days...when I was young.  Oh...can't forget about the guy with the chicken and the dog.  I digress.  I have so many old memories of that place, but now new ones are taking their place, and the new ones are even better.

On Thursday X's dad and I ditched X with my mom and went out boozing!  So much fun!  I feel that the last statement is pretty self-explanatory so I won't say anything more about this night.

The Fourth of July weekend was pretty tiring.  It was a long weekend filled with outings.  On Friday we took X to the beach again, but this time we took him on to the sand.  He was not feeling it at all.  He hated it.  We are not revising that again until X can walk on his own.  It's a lot of work, the beach and babies.  After the beach we made our way to South Coast Plaza.  I love that mall.  My mom and I used to stay the night at the Westin across the street and just shop for two days straight.  It's an addiction.  If I lived near there I would take X to stroll it all the time.  Note to self, move near South Coast Plaza.  On Saturday we had lunch with X's Auntie Tracy and strolled Old Town after.  We made our way to Pie Hole and man oh man...that earl grey pie is yummy!  After that we headed to my Aunts house for a family get together.  This was the first time X met most of the people there.  I think he was overwhelmed at first, but he got used to the waters pretty fast.  On Sunday we had another birthday party to attend, and after that a baby's one month celebration.  So basically all we did this past weekend was eat.  This is why I can't lose my damn baby weight.  Grr.  Next week we have to go to San Diego, once we get back the diet is on!

So, that's what's been going on in the land of X.  I keep telling myself to blog more, and make the posts shorter.  I mean, who really wants to read all of this?  I would totally just skim over this whole thing if I saw the length of it, but X...you better read it ALL.  I'm going to quiz you on it.  JK...or am I?  Really though...I think I'm going to try the whole, post more, write less thing.  Maybe I'll even try posting more interesting things.  I have a few projects I'm working on, two of them are bigger, and still being conceptualized, but maybe I should post about that.  Tomorrow I'm making a trifle, maybe you'll see that here.  Who knows where the wind will blow.  Well, in order for all that to happen I must get some shut eye.  I only really have alone time at night once X is down for the count, so I'm almost always writing up a post in the wee hours while being milked like a cow, and then editing in the A.M. while I neglect my son in his Nuna.  Side note, while I've been writing this post I've been sort of watching The Box.  I forgot how stupidly bad this movie is, but for some reason I have to finish it.  Probably because I've already invested an hour into it.  The Box awaits.  Until next time. Goodnight!

 I almost forgot one more thing.  #LOVEWINS.  Finally.  I know that there are still a lot of people out there that don't agree with the ruling, and they are entitled to their own opinion, but #loveislove.  No judgements necessary.