Time to drop the crib

This is how we found him during nap a few weeks ago.  He was so very proud of himself!  This morning he figured out how to knock his cameras down and turn on his own music in the crib.  He is so busy all the time!

Spring Cleaning and Sex Toys

We all know you clicked on my blog today to read about the sex and not about the spring cleaning.  Don't lie, we know.  The story all starts with the cleaning though, so bare with me.  I know that it is clearly Summer and not Spring, mostly because of the way my makeup melts off my face the second I walk outside. But when you are the mother of an 8 month old, somehow you can be an entire season behind and not have a clue as to how that happen.  Since we don't have a pool in the backyard, we stay inside most of the day and this makes me want to clean, purge, organize, move things....you get it.  This week has been closet clean out.  Our bedroom closet is filled with all the crap that doesn't have a home.  Like old computers, suitcases and boxes that I have never gone through since the day we moved in.  

                  Warning: We are about to get to the sex part

In this pile, I found a stash of sex toys and other lude items that were given to me as a joke at my bachelorette party 4 years ago.  It was all part of a scavenger hunt competition and some of the girls got very creative.  Anyway, I put the sex toys in a bag and put it in the trash and forgot about it.  Well, today my sweet cleaning lady came to me with two bags in her hand.  She asked me if they were trash and when I looked in I saw all the sex stuff!! I was mortified and quickly said YES, yes, of course they are trash.  I tried to explain to her that they were a joke but I know she doesn't understand half the things I tell her.  She just smiled and nodded sweetly like she always does as I got redder and redder and sweat started to bead up on my forehead.  

Then she asked, "Can I have them?" 

Now that caught me off guard.   I said sure and then I guess to try to make the situation less awkward, which I am not quite sure that is possible, I just started giving her things.  I thought, maybe if she takes home a lot of normal things that will out weigh the crazy stuff in the sex bag and she won't judge me when she figures out what all of it is.  I hope she comes back next week.  She can do wonders with a mop.

Playroom Update

We have successfully moved the dining room over and added foam tiles down in half of the room for Cooper to crawl, drool and fall on.  Mission accomplished.  But wait, the other half.  Now what? Oh and we have to remove the formal looking drapes and the sharp super pointy metal stars, just in case...baby steps or shall I say, army crawl (Cooper's preferred choice of travel).

Foam for Drool

Other half...hhmmmm

Sand

Bobby: Cooper don't eat that.

Bobby sits there, patiently waiting for the 7 month old to process the English he has just spoken to him.

Cooper: Ba Ba Ba

Bobby: Or do.

Cooper puts a fist of sand in his mouth.

Reason #45 mommy can't relax on the beach.  :)

Beach!

We just got back from 7 amazing days at the beach.  We learned how to travel with a 7 month old...next time take Benadryl, lots and lots of benadryl.  We realized how much we rely on all of our gadgets here at home.  AKA places to sit baby where he cannot escape. But more importantly we had so much fun with friends and with each other.  Low key, no makeup, showers outside, beach sunsets every night, gourmet food by Chef Cherie.  Seriously, I want her to move in.   Just what we needed. 

I'm tired of hearing myself scream

Cooper loved the waves and the sand. Honestly, we were a little worried that we ruined the kid already.  The first day we took him to the beach he konked out fast asleep, instantly.  Cooper goes to sleep to the sound of the ocean every night.
              We have we created a beach narcoleptic!
We pictured him at 7 running to play catch with the other kids then suddenly falling out asleep before he could reach the shore.  Panic people.  But the next day he stayed awake so our fears were subdued, slightly.

7 Months!

Today is Cooper's 7 month Birthday!  

We celebrated by sitting in a highchair at the restaurant.  It was a first and he was ecstatic! 

So excited in fact that I thought he might just jump himself right out of the chair.

A new house!

We are getting a new house without even moving!  Yeah, okay so we aren't getting a new house but we sure are moving everything around.  I cannot say it enough, life changes when you have a baby.  Life changes.  Its good and hard, and good and fun..... and change.  If you know me, you know me and change are like WHAT!?!?! Anywhoo, I love an excuse to buy furniture, decor and things to make the kid smile.  Oh yes I do.  So now, the formal living room is the dining room.  Yes, we had a formal living room.  The Herbolds had a formal living room.  We drink out of red plastic cups and eat off of paper plates...we are anything but formal.  The "formal" furniture is now in our bedroom.  Not content with the placement yet but Bobby says I need to think about it for at least a day.  He knows where this is going....wait move that here, no move it there, okay put it back, wait uh never mind, do I even like that?....smart guy to make me think about it for at least a day.

The dining room will soon be Cooper's swanky new playroom.  I gave in.  The child gets a playroom and I think its going to be great for everyone.  I spend more time setting up and tearing down his stations than he spends playing in them. And he is so very close to crawling.  I need a place to trap him in.  Kind of like baby jail, but fun.  A playroom we will have.  This is uncharted territory people.  Wish me luck!