First 100+ Words

So, I've seen several of my friends post the first 100 or so words/phrases their child said and I thought it was so neat... then I started thinking, "man, I should have been a smart mom (like these other moms) and kept a list of the order of T's words." Oh well, that didn't happen so what I did last night was sit down at the computer and type up the words that I could think of that T uses on a frequent basis. Here they are (not including numbers... he can count to 14 or 15):

1. ah-pane (airplane)
2. Alice (Alex)
3. all kean (all clean)
4. all done
5. apple
6. applesauce
7. Aubey (Aubrey)
8. back (black)
9. baff (bath)
10. bai/paci (pacifier)
11. all
12. bananana (banana)
13. banket (blanket)
14. baseball
15. big
16. bike
17. bocks (blocks)
18. books
19. boose (caboose)
20. bown (brown)
21. bread
22. bue (blue)
23. bus
24. bye-bye
25. car
26. cereal
27. Cheerios
28. cheese
29. chichen (chicken)
30. choo-choo
31. church
32. close
33. cold
34. cookie
35. cow/moo
36. cup
37. dadda/daddy
38. dirty
39. Einstiens
40. engine
41. fish
42. gam-ma
43. geen (green)
44. goggie (doggie)
45. Goofy
46. Gordon
47. guck (duck)
48. guck (truck)
49. hai-yo/hello
50. Harold
51. hat
52. heros
53. hi
54. hight (light)
55. hocket (rocket)
56. hockey
57. hocokey (helicopter)
58. hocte (tractor)
59. hogurt (yogurt)
60. hot
61. hot-gog (hot dog)
62. ice ceam (ice cream)
63. Jack
64. James
65. jet
66. juice
67. kitty
68. ma-ee (Maddie/Madison)
69. mail
70. Manny (Handy Manny)
71. milk
72. mine
73. Momma/Mom/Mommy
74. moo-ee (movie)
75. mouse
76. nigh-night
77. no
78. ococopus/opocopus (octopus)
79. Oh Toodles (from The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cartoon)
80. oli (Roli)
81. open
82. ouch/owie
83. ou-side (outside)
84. out
85. ow-sairs (downstairs)
86. Papa
87. park
88. part (fart)
89. pease/pe-pease (please)
90. peep (as in go the the bathroom)
91. pee-pee/pepis (yes, you know what he's referring to)
92. Percy
93. phone
94. pizza
95. poon (spoon)
96. poop
97. pootball (football)
98. potty
99. raining
100. red
101. running
102. sa-wich (sandwich)
103. schips (chips)
104. shark
105. sheep
106. shoes
107. slide
108. snowing
109. swing
110. Thomas
111. toast
112. TV
113. up/uppie
114. wa-er (water)
115. yeah
116. yellow
117. yours
118. yucky
119. yummy
120. Zach/Zack

There you go, the first 120 words in ABC order (as we kindergarten teachers call it). I figured that'd be the best way to "present" them since I don't remember their order other than first was Daddy and then Mama and bai (pronounced bah-ee... who knows where he came up with that one). OH... and I forgot to include our daycare provider's name and the kids at daycare that he'll sometimes "talk" about... that'll add another 5 or so onto the list.

Hope you enjoy these silly pics and that they give you a good belly laugh :) Love to all!!!

~jenn

I Don't Think We're Ready...

Bedding For Our New Baby Boy

So... I have been trying to decide what I want to do for the new baby. Initially, when I was convinced I was having a girl, I decided I was going to get crafty and sew slip-covers for the bumper pads for the crib (as the ones Tegan has are removable, the covers that is)... then we found out we were having another boy and that shot that idea out the window. However, I got it in my mind that I still wanted something new for the new baby as everyone deserves a something new every now and then.

I was the oldest and I still got mostly hand-me-down stuff from older neighborhood girls and garage sales. Don't get me wrong, I love it because it was all "cool" and "trendy" stuff (though I didn't understand that those terms applied to the clothes the season prior, not the current season. HA!) Regardless of the thought that "hand-me-downs can be cool", I went looking online for some new bedding (just to see what's out there) as it's one thing I can get new that will completely change the room without spending a fortune (and subsequently getting me into the doghouse with Brendan). Surprise, surprise, the first crib bedding set I found that I LOVED(which I still find adorable) was $200! I can't say that's too expensive as I've see sets out there for $300 and $400 (or more) but it's really hard to justify that when it's just a bumper pad, a quilt/comforter (that honestly hardly gets used) and a bed skirt AND for a 2nd child of the same sex as the one you already have. SOOOO, then I thought, "Hey, I'll go searching at JoAnn Fabrics or something and find some similar fabric to make my own slip-covers and bed skirt." And that's just what I did. After school on Friday I stopped in at JoAnn to see what they had, not expecting much as the fabric I was looking for is VERY modern & trendy (something Brendan himself said that we'd look back on in 10 years and say we were crazy for buying something that ugly). I found 1 or 2 fabrics that I liked, but not loved, and they were already$35+/yd. Well, to get the amount of fabric I'd need I guessed I'd need several yards and that would put the project up over $100 in no time. Ok... so maybe I'd just stick with what I had...

Well, yesterday I was bored and looking at crib bedding again online and came across a super cute set, with the bright bold colors I was looking for and, get this, it was/is on clearance for $20, and that includes the quilt/comforter, bumper pads, crib sheet & crib/bed skirt!!! Seriously! You can't buy fabric for that cheap! So, after talking to a few friends I decided to "bite the bullet", as they say, and buy it. Well, the deal got even better, shipping was only 97cents and it should arrive within the week. All the customer reviews on it were great and I'm SO excited to see what it looks like in person. Here are the pics off the web:

Whole Set

Comforter

Crib Sheet

Bed Skirt

Bumper Pad

So that's MY exciting news for the weekend... that and we had an AWESOME pot-luck dinner at our house last night with 15 of our great friends!!! Hope your weekend was as great and "successful" as mine :) Take care and love to all!!!

~jenn

Belly Update: 22 Weeks

Well, I am now 22 weeks along and starting to feel a bit uncomfortable, especially after eating. I've been experiencing a lot of braxton hicks contractions, especially at night (I'll wake up and my stomach will be hard as a rock!) but nothing painful there, so that's good. Tegan continues to say "Hi Belly" or "Hi Baby" when I lift my shirt up over my tummy. Then he'll lean in and give it a kiss... and then promptly instruct me to "close" my shirt (i.e. pull it back down). He's too sweet. Feeling lots and lots of kicks, espeically at bed time, same as the case was with T-go when I was pregnant with him. Other than my cravings (still mostly for salty stuff) I'm realizing that these two pregnancies are very similar... except now I'm not so sure I'll develop Gestational Diabetes. For the longest time I was convinced it was only a matter of time before I started feeling the effects of high blood sugar levels after eating too many carbs, but it's not happening and this is right around when I think it started with Tegan. 2 more weeks and I'll be tested again, so we'll see. Hope you enjoyed the pics... Brendan took them :)

Love to all!

~j & Baby M #2