Friday, May 27, 2016

Happy 8-Month Birthday!!

ADub is 8 months old today!!  This month has been a very busy one from final exams to graduation to job interviews, and I am so grateful that my little dude has been by my side for all of it (okay, so maybe he sat at the hotel while I was in my interviews....but you get it).  ADub, you make me live life in such a wonderful and different way; I want to be an amazing, crazy, and successful mom for you.  Happy Birthday, Baby Dub!!
Accomplishments this month:
  • ADub is waving hello and goodbye; oftentimes wacking the individual who is holding him right in the face.  He really should come with a caution sign.
  • ADub experienced his first illness with a fever, fussiness, and yes, my friends, even a rash.  The poor guy had roseola.  I look at it as an accomplishment; immune system, keep building your army because we plan to take on the world (baby steps)!
  • Last month, I really thought that he was going to crawl, and yet, he didn't.  This month was the month, but no, crawling has still been a stepping stone we just haven't jumped to (or crawled to).  However, he still scoots himself across the room to reach that toy, that Maya tail, or that Mom (who happens to be the sucker who will pick him up).
  • We have moved on to more solid food; Cheerios happen to be his favorite.  He attempts to pick them up and transport them to his mouth, but I'm not sure that we've actually landed a single one successfully.
  • He has started to learn sign language, but for some reason, he still just screams when he is "finished" eating.  Translation must be a bit off.
Say CHEESE!!!
I celebrated my first Cinco de Mayo.
Pops had a heart attack last year on Cinco de Mayo.  Pretty amazing that wasn't his last, so he could be here for my first.
Don't mind me.  Carry on.  I'm not headed for your donut.
Eating can sometimes be exhausting.  Does this recline?
Maya is trying to learn her ABC's as well.
The Dub boys.
My first high chair sit in.  Don't mind my pajamas out in public; comfort is everything.
AAAHH!!!
SHE DID IT!!!
Celebrating Mother's Day with my mom and my grandma.  They're both pretty classy ladies.
Dad claims this gift would've been something I would have given mom, but honestly, he didn't consult me (or Maya) at all.
What time is it? Pool time!!
Who needs teething toys when plastic bottles do the trick?  Does this diaper make my head look big?
My weekly outing to McAlister's....NOM NOM.
I've got the outfit; now I just need the safari.
My safari today included seeing a squirrel (which Maya proceeded to hunt up a tree), geese, ducks with their ducklings, and some other humans.
FAMILY SELFIE!!!!
Dominating this high chair thing.  The ladies really dig it.
The real problem with America?  Not teaching our children table manners at a young age.  Thank goodness Mom and Dad started early for me.
Maya is actually pulling off that emoticon 
Didn't know it was a real thing, but she proved me wrong.
Some day I'll probably just think Mom is crazy, but for now, she is AWESOME!
Flying solo with my Momma to the great Lonestar state.
I'm pretty sure that the diffuser on that coker should be flaming at 72 degrees and completing the process with a triple axle.
Pool time with Daddy-o.
This was one of Dad's college buddies.  We really didn't know what to think of each other.
I visited my first brewery and my first food truck down in Houston.
These ladies are some of my mom's best buds.  Soon that pretty little lady in the pink will be my girlfriend/cohort/amiga and the little guy in that belly will be my BFF/partner in crime/sidekick.
Pardon my language, but this girl was the shizniz.  She let me dump an entire glass of water all over her.
This picture is a bit of a train wreck.  E-pants got dumped on, and I attempted to grab the mariachi man's guitar.
Flying home.
Future drummer boy....or chef....who knows?
Flirting but wearing a shirt that says "Pals before Gals."  Might want to rethink that one.
The only time I will ever let Mom dress like me.
What would life be without these people (including Maya) following me around??