10 MONTHS & CHRISTMAS MADNESS

X turned 10 months this past Friday and again I failed to post on the same day.  I also forgot to post a sneak peek for his theme, we've been so busy.  I didn't even finish the props for his picture until the night before. I was originally going to do a Christmas theme, but opted for the superhero theme instead.  Totally at a loss for the 11 month theme, but part of me thinks it may involve alcohol.  No, he's not going to be drinking.  Geez, what kind of mom do you think I am?  Well since I'm typing this on my phone and It's the afternoon & X is awake, I'm going to have to make this update super short.  Nothing has changed or occurred since my last post. He hasn't gone anywhere exciting, or done anything memorable.  Exciting, I know.  Hopefully our next update will be better, for now, here are some of the out takes from X's 10 month shoot.  

2 more days until Christmas!  I'm super excited for X!

O' CHRISTMAS TREE

So the inevitable happened today.  X rolled off my bed.  I'm not going to tell the story of how it happened because I really don't feel like typing it all out, but the poor dude was in tears, and I felt horrible. 

 

This whole situation made me think about and realize a few things.  First, X must suffer alone in his crib from now on (sad face.  I love cuddling with my little guy, getting kicked in the face and farted on in the middle of the night), and second, apparently I'm not allowed to make mistakes.  If something bad happens it's pure negligence.  Finally, I hate backseat parenters.  I didn't ask for your opinion so stfu.  All of this "insight" is something that hasn't just miraculously come to mind.  I have been thinking it for a while.  Another thing I realized that really bothers me are people that let anger consume them.  Something happens and they immediately respond in a rage of fury.  My whole thing is that getting all irate about something that's already happened isn't going to make the situation any better.  Shit happens.  Constantly bitching about what happened isn't going to solve anything.  What it does is pushes people away to a point where they just don't give a shit anymore or causes a person to just constantly feel like they're walking on eggshells, trapped in a prison of self-doubt because of how excessive the other persons reaction to things are.  It's always a vicious cycle.  Incident occurs. Anger ensues.  Animosity grows.  I'm going to do everything I can to make sure X doesn't not end up like one of those people. 

Wow...this blog has really turned into a forum to air my grievances instead of updates on X.  Well...I guess this technically is an X update.  Today you fell of mommy's bed son.  You hated it, but are already back to your daredevil ways.  Boys.

I guess I might as well continue with the X info.  X not only has two top teeth coming in, but also has one more bottom tooth pushing through those gums of his.  So far he's been a trooper with the teething.  He gnaws on EVERYTHING and drools like a water fountain, but other than that he's been cool *knocks on wood*.

The other day we took X to take pictures with Santa.  The guy didn't even cry.  We put him on Santa's Lap and he sat there staring at his beard and glasses.  We looked ridiculous trying to get X's attention, he was so transfixed on that beard.  Santa was a dud though.  Not too jolly that guy.  It might have been because X was carrying a heavy load while on his lap.  Whoops.  I totally smelled the dookie prior to handing X over, but I didn't want to have to go change him and come back.  We were already there.  What's five more minutes?  Sorry Santa.

 

On Monday we got our Christmas tree.  I LOVE Christmas trees.  They smell so good.  The holidays are actually my favorite time of year.  I secretly wish it snowed here so it can really feel like Christmas.  Yeah...because I know how snowy Christmas' are.  Damn So.Cal and our always summer weather.  At least give me some rain.  I love rain.  I feel like colder weather just adds to the holiday spirit.  Well...I guess Aussies feel at home during Christmas in Cali.

Since we finally have our tree up and decorated I spent all last night wrapping X's gifts.  I passed on getting shit-face drunk to wrap gifts.  Is this what being a mom means?  Man.  Next year I'm going to make a game of it and take a shot for every gift I warp.  That sounds like a very bad idea, especially since X had about 20+ gifts...and I'm not even done.  His Gammy really went all out for his first Xmas.  My mom practically bought his entire amazon wish list.  She bought him all these gifts and left them for me to wrap.  So on top of everything her and my dad got him, I also had to wrap the things His dad and I got him.  He's going to be super overwhelmed on Christmas day.  Good thing he won't really remember this Christmas because Gammy set the bar pretty high for future Christmas'.  It's okay though.  You only get one first Christmas.  Woah...could I have said Christmas any more?

To finally end off this way too long post, X's Christmas cards arrived and have also been sent out, so I'm going to post the picture I used for the cards.  This wasn't how I wanted to do the card, and I completely regret not going with my original idea.  Oh well...next year I'll do it.

Well, it's about that time to say g'night.  Eyelids are heavy, back is aching, and I still have a few last minute gifts to order, so until next time, toodles!

9 MONTHS & THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH

Wow...It's been a while since I've actually done an X related post.  Lately it's been a whole lotta bitchin' and moaning on my end.

So, since I didn't post a 9 month update yet, lets get to it.  At X's well baby visit he weighed in at 20.6 lbs and a little over 30 inches.  He's doing great and has a total of 5 teeth with 2 more on the way.  It's amazing how fast babies grow.  I know it's said all the time, but actually experiencing it is mind blowing.  There are days where I still can't believe I'm actually a mom, and here I have an almost 10 month old.  I mean really...where did the time go?

 

X is a ball of energy and keeping up with him is exhausting.  He's standing, although not without support, and I think he's almost ready to start walking soon.  He's also the biggest flirt I know, constantly staring and smiling at random girls.  He's the sweetest little monster around.

This past Thursday we took X to Disneyland with some of my friends and their babies.  X had a blast, but I secretly think that X's dad had even more fun.  He earned a new nickname which I will not mention here, and X received his first pair of Mickey ears.  I usually hate theme parks, but seeing X's reaction to being there and how excited he got on the rides made it all worth the headache of dealing with a massive crowd.  The alcohol at California Adventure and being in good company didn't hurt either.  I can't wait to take X again.  Just kidding!  I've put in my time for at least another 5 years.  He won't even remember these trips.  I'll only go again if it's with friends.  That makes the time and crowd so much easier to deal with.

Well...I'm beat and I think I'm coming down with a cold, so I'll be ending this post here.  I just finished X's Christmas cards so I'll be posting some outtakes from that soon...hopefully.  Can you believe Christmas is just around the corner?  Man, I still have a ton of gifts to buy and I'm running out of time.  It seems like time just goes a lot faster when you have a kid.  Can I push rewind so that I can be a kid again?