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wing an epic fit to get mine oh little one this one mommy can completely empathize with that is totally how i feel before my coffee posted by dirkey at 9 07 am no comments saturday january 21 2012 the past few months so it s been quite awhile things have been crazy hectic for the past few months shortly after bug s birthday we found out my mother had breast cancer what a terrifying phone call to get but it really helps you put in perspective what is important thankfully after two minor surgeries and radiation treatment she is now cancer free she still is dealing with hormone treatment and will deal with that for the foreseeable future i don t envy her in this as i ve heard that this can be a very difficult shortly after my mom finished her treatments the hub s mom got horribly ill for awhile we weren t sure if she would make it thankfully she is home now recuperating i m praying that 2012 is a year of health for our family during this time we have really just been focusing on being with our families and helping as much as we can i m thankful i am home and can help when needed i m more thankful that both our mom s are ok posted by dirkey at 10 14 pm 2 comments monday december 05 2011 hiatus so i clearly took a break from the blog and while i was away i realized that i like doing this if only a couple times a month as a chronicle of whats going on in our life so to catch you up the boy turned 1 and now is 14 months exactly today he s walking starting talking more starting imaginative play eating more and is really just a pretty good time right now he s still not a sleeper and i need to try to give him more of a predictable routine but things on his front are pretty amazing i am loving this age and learning to embrace the some of the chaos as he pulls out my pots and pans to cook dumps his bowls upside down to finish food screams just to hear his voice its a different stage that definitely takes getting used to but its so much fun seeing the joy in his eyes as he learns knew things and the comprehension i m amazed by him every single day the hubs and i are doing well we just celebrated 6 years since our first date and 5 years since we got engaged things with weight loss are going well i just added in more exercise in a big way i ve been walking about 3 miles most days for awhile but just added in jillian michael s 30 day shred and wow it kicked my butt i could barely walk the first few days but it felt so good to do something that i haven t done for so long so thats about it for right now hoping to update more on bug s birthday what he s been up to pictures crafts recipes and all that good stuff posted by dirkey at 8 56 am 1 comment sunday october 02 2011 11 months of bug dear buggy we are running quickly towards your first birthday and i wanted to get some of the little nuiances of your 11th month documented you remain to be such a joy to me and your dad you have developed a fascination with the cat we have an outside cat that you are obsessed with you love hanging out by the front door and get so excited when the cat comes to the door when you get excited you quietly and excitedly say oof oof oof which is woof to you it is so adorable everything is woof to you you love animals you do say meow as well but your first instinct is always woof i ve brought you into the pet store near us a few times just because i figured you would like it and i was right you would be happy to sit there for hours staring at the birds lizards fish and love when people bring their dogs in two of your best friends taylor and rebekah both have puppies and you love watching them play together you will sit and just crack up watching their dogs run around we also went to a phillies game with our friends matt and tracey we were able to get some amazing seats thanks to matt and his father your second game was spent in the first row leaning up on the dugout you loved watching the game and everyone near by was amazed at how good you were you would watch the field then look at the jumbotron then look around i think you were just so excited by the crowd there ended up being a rain delay and i got a little momma bear with some people pushing and shoving but you ended up sleeping for the whole rain delay and waking up to watch the rest of the game it was one of those times that i will never forget just a great time with our little family and our friends thankfully i have some amazing pictures to treasure you also lived through your first earthquake and your first hurricane we were out walking one day when your daddy called asking if we felt that felt what we had no idea that there was just and earthquake we were just having fun on our walk it took awhile before i stopped worrying that your dad lost his mind and realized that there was in fact an earthquake i m hoping its your last that same week we had a hurricane coming i like being prepared for things but since i ve had you i think its gone to the next level we spent most of that week picking up things just in case we were stuck without electricity i put you to sleep on the dining room floor just to have you near us then when they started adding tornado warnings in we all ended up sleeping on a mattress in the kitchen i just wanted my boys safe and all together you were none the wiser to all this excitement though and weren t even impressed with our new sleeping arrangements this month you continued getting around more and more you have taken a few steps here and there but you still like to hold hands and hold onto things you love stairs and will take off like a shot towards any unattended stairs you are very good at climbing them the problem is that when you are done climbing you just try to sit down and most of the time you would just topple back down if we weren t there to catch you we ve started letting you just crawl up the steps for bath time or diaper changes to let you get some practice and you love to crawl up and visit daddy in his office when he is at home the look of pride on your face is priceless when you get to the top if its possible you almost start crawling with swagger like check me out you are also starting to love doing things like unroll the toilet paper run for the toilet to play in the water basically you are starting this toddler destructive stuff its pretty funny right now but i m sure it will get less funny soon you also had your first year of the labor day races and i m so excited for the years to come we ve been going to the island heights labor day races all of my life and i have only missed one year last year because i was too pregnant but more than me your granny grew up going to the races and we have so much family history and physical family there that i just can t wait till you can participate you loved watching your cousins do all the races this year and you and cousin lily were scouting out your competition for future races your dad and i raced in the potato relay the 50 yd dash the three legged race and the pie eating contest this year to show you how it was done you had a good time hanging with granny uncle wayne or any of the other family that was around while we were racing i love that you are growing up with such a loving extended family you are a blessed bug you are just so fun bug you are a happy silly sweet loving baby i can t even describe how blessed i feel to be your mama i love that right at this age we can make each other crack up with just a look i can t wait to watch your sense of humor develop because you are so funny right now i can t even imagine how much laughter will fill our house in a few years and i look forward to it well i just look forward to more days spent with you and your dad to be honest now on the eve of your birthday i m going to go up and kiss your sweet 11 month face and nestle you all snug in our bed i love you my sweet boy your mama posted by dirkey at 11 27 pm no comments labels bam bam bug cuteness family life love motherhood photography update tuesday august 23 2011 10 month newsletter dear buggy here we are another month gone by it is going so fast you have changed so much this past month as usual it was pretty eventful and busy with your very first vacation spending time with family and doing our normal stuff i was so worried about vacation it was crazy you have never been the greatest for car rides and my anxiety was high you can get pretty upset and it breaks this mamas heart to hear that so the thought of 12 hours in the car with you was stressing me out we ended up staying with friends in massachusetts on the way up to break things up for you and to visit a bit turns out all my worrying was for nothing you were a champ i was also worried about the sleep situation on vacation we are still co sleeping at home and i worried how you would do in a new situation well once again you did just fine even with three of us on a full bed you did just fine i did so enjoy getting back to our king bed though the vacation was a good one our first week we just stayed around aunt karen s and uncle wayne s house and relaxed it was so great we spent most of our days playing with cousin mason in the lake taking walks kayaking yes even you reading and just having fun together mason took great care of you and kept you entertained during breakfast helped change your diaper helped give you baths whatever you needed he was your guy your smile when he is around is just priceless you also were babysat for the first time ever aunt karen and uncle wayne watched you one night so your dad and i could go on a kayak ride i was so nervous i brought my phone with me just in case but you slept through it all with no problems you loved aunt karen s dog murdock and kept saying your new word woof which sounds more like oof oof we also were able to see aunt kim and bruce aunt kim even found a replacement phillies hat for you in maine of all places we also spent a couple days with uncle walter aunt pam gracie and meghan we went to ft knox with them and hiked around we also went to the top of the bridge with them the view was amazing we could see for miles and miles gracie and meghan loved playing with you too they also gave you baths read to you sang to you they taught me an italian lullaby that they knew you are so blessed to have such great cousins as mason gracie and meghan we also got to share in meghan s birthday granny and pop pop came up right before we came home and you were happy to see them as well you loved their dog shocker i know it was so fun finally bringing you to maine i grew up going every year and ever since your dad and i have been going up we have been dreaming of bringing our own child with us i loved taking you to the places that i remember from childhood it was also sweet introducing you to our friends up in maine they loved you i look forward to watching you explore as you get older your dad and i did a ton of hiking with you this year hopefully we will both become more in shape so we can keep up with you in the years to come you have become quite the climber this month you climbed on top of a portable high chair you then used that to get up on a chair and tried to then climb onto a suitcase on top of the chair i couldn t believe but soon realized that the time for anchoring our bookshelves has come you also took a cardboard box and was using that to cruise around the room i was amazed this month went by quickly and as with all of the ones we have shared with you we enjoyed you so much i love showing you the world around us introducing you to new friends and watching your joy and happiness spread to those around us there isn t a day that goes by that i don t thank god for the great pleasure of knowing you and the privilege of being your mom i love you bug your mama posted by dirkey at 9 15 am no comments wednesday july 13 2011 9 month newsletter oh my baby boy how is it that another month has past i have so enjoyed watching you this month growing and changing its amazing watching someone adapt and change so much to the world around them it inspires me to continue trying to change and better myself as well i love watching you meet an obstacle and see your determination to overcome and get to your goal you are a determined little boy i know that the temptation will be there to control that but i pray that your daddy and i continue to encourage you to be the boy god made you that determination will take you far this month brought about so many changes the biggest is how vocal you have gotten you have been saying dada for a couple months already and mama for not quite as long now you say nana s for nursing which is adorable you also sing along with me when i sing songs and sometimes you just hum to yourself you babble screech laugh and sing all the time i love your little voice you can click your tongue play the recorder and you also will hum while i pat your mouth to make silly noises you also do this funny thing where you scrunch up your nose and breath in and out really fast its so silly you are quite the mimic and we will say things then randomly you will repeat them back to us like payton murdock good boy i wouldn t believe that you were doing it but other people hear it too this month you also took your first trips to the beach you love it you are definitely a bit timid when it comes to the ocean or the pool you like to be right up on me with your head on my shoulders watching and you will sit like that and look at the ocean for a long time if we are back at our blanket that s a different story you love eating sand much to dada s chagrin you also love the baby pool that aunt karen gave you and will happily sit in that for a long time you also will actually nurse and take a good nap on the beach as well which is shocking you are usually too busy in public to nurse or nap after we go to the beach we usually will go up for a walk on the boardwalk and you are even good for that i love that you love the ocean i can t wait to watch you as you get older at the beach jumping waves making sand castles having best friends for a day fun with the smallest three cousins you are so happy its pretty easy getting a laugh out of you i try to make it my goal to get good belly laughs out of you every day and i don t think i ve missed one you are ticklish right up under your chin and on the top of your chest sneezing is hysterical to you whether you are the sneezer or anyone else is you love people and if someone is trying to get a smile or laugh from you you are quick to happily oblige you are pulling yourself up on everything while you have stood before with assistance this month you have taken it to the next level you pull yourself up whenever you can you can also walk with the assistance of hands or furniture and take every opportunity this is the first that we have needed to babyproof but you have gotten into everything this month you love ripping books and paper eating paper and make it your life s goal to grab my phone you have moved from the a...