December round-up

Baby Nelson,

You had a fanastic Christmas!! We kicked off the holiday season by volunteering. My friend Erin, you and me went to deliver christmas cookies to a nursing home. We made all different types...walnut cranberry, snickerdoodle, chocolate chip, peanut butter....and of course, none were sugar free. Since, like, over half of the residents were diabetic, we had to leave the cookies up front for the nurses to sneak to the non-diabetic residents so the diabetic ones didn't feel left out. Face palm. Fail. But, we know better for next time! :-) The residents LOVED you. Apparently, a little baby is the elderly version of crack cocaine. One woman specifically asked to be rolled into the dining room by her aide and in a very serious tone asked me "Did you steal this baby?!". When I told that in fact, you were not a stolen child, she seemed relieved and told me about her own 5 sons. You got to meet a 100 year old lady who just loved you and in fact you got your picture taken with her. We will print out the picture and take it to her after New Years as a suprise! She was born Aug 10, 1910 and you were born July 27, 2010....amazing 100 year difference. We went room by room and you met all types of wonderful, interesting people and you got to listen to their stories. You did great. I cant wait to go back with you and I hope that we can continue to volunteer together year after year my sweet boy.

You had a wonderful Christmas! You got way too much stuff. We all went overboard because this is your first Christmas ever and stuff for you is really, really cheap. Ask me again when you are 14 and want every electronic thing at Best Buy. My favorite gift for you was this awesome high chair that your Grammy got for you! It has a toy in it so that you are entertained while I shovel food in your mouth :-). It works too!!! You love eating solids. Your favorite food is pears and mac and cheese. You know how to make a mess with your food!! By the time you are done eating, it looks like someone got murdered. You have stuff on your hands, arms, face, hair, forehead...but you have fun and you are a great eater. What more could I ask for?! Im having fun trying new foods with you and seeing what kinds of things you like and don't like.

Your daddy likes feeding you too!! He and you have been having a lot of fun this holiday season ...watching Eagles games together, going shopping together, eating a lot of good food!

We are excited to ring in the New Year with you! A lot has happened in 2010 and I am thankful for every second you have been with me. I am excited for 2011 and watching you grow and change as the year goes on. I wonder what kind of blog post I will write in December 2011?

I love you baby of mine. You are my favorite gift.

December Updates!

Hi Babes,

Since your mother has ADD, sometimes I dont post as much as I should. So, I will do a quick round up of things that have happened this month

You spit up into my laptop and broke it. Luckily, Mommy had insurance and got a new laptop for free. So, in a way, thank you for your excess vomit. :-)

You LOVE, LOVE, LOVE plays. We went to a puppet show w/Aunt Maureen at the library and you really like it. Although she did almost throw down. She was greeting you and saying hello and some Wicked Witch of the West started touching her and telling her to be quiet. I heard a loud "DO NOT TOUCH ME" and "I'm going to say hello to my nephew if I want to" among other things. I love that woman.

You also went to Crossroads Christmas play and LOVED IT. A stranger even commented on mesmerized you were and what a good job you were doing sitting still. I turned you away for a scene b/c they had strobe lights and I didn't know what could happen if a baby looked at strobe lights. You didn't care if you had a seizure...you did everything humanly possible to turn back to the show. Since you like shows so much, Im really going to be on the lookout for more opportunties to take you. I love knowing that something as simple as a play brings you so much joy.

You are spoon feeding now. So far, we have tried sweet potatoes, turkey, applesauce, bannanas, and pears. You LOVE pears the most, followed by applesauce. I'm trying to get you to eat the meat better by mixing it with sweet potatos. You thought that was antrax and spit it out with a vengance. So, we will not be trying that again. Like your mom, you probably have a sweet tooth. You prefer sweets (fruit). So, so far I've given you a sweet tooth and a birthmark. Go Mom.



The other 1 billion parts of your apparance and your personality are your dads!!! Like my friend Mandy said when she met you, "He is scooped from his daddy's butt." You look and act so much like Sam. Both of you are really observant. And, both you look serious...even look mad...when in reality you are just chilling out. Exhibit A: Santa. You met Santa today. And, while most children smile or laugh when sitting on Santa's lap....you, my sweet child, look like you want to take someone into a back alley and make them pay. You look like you are in the mafia!! But, you were just hanging out. You weren't mad...you were just taking it all in. But when you smile....you have the best smile in all the world...just like Sam. I just need both of you to smile when I point a camera in your face!!! Both you and dad act like smiling for the camera is going to give you a disease.

The sweetest memory of the month so far happened yesterday. Your dad always gives money to the salvation army bell ringers. He does this each and every time he sees one. We were at the store and I was checking out. your dad went up the salavation army lady. I was gathering up the packages when I saw him put a dollar into your hand...and he lifted you up so that you could give the dollar to the lady. My eyes filled with tears. What a wonderful daddy you have Abiel, who wants to instill good values into you.

You did breakfast with Santa earlier this month at Frisch's Big Boy. You enjoyed it and we want to make this a family tradition! You got to sit on Santa's lap and you even got to meet Big Boy. I thought you might cry because although Santa was nice, Big Boy looked like he had been rode hard and put away wet. His costume looked like it had seen better days...he had heroin hands...they were all back on the finger tips. However, you reached out for him. I hope this means that you are loving and accepting of others, or it means that you are fearless ....I really hope this does not mean that you have an affinity for things that look like they belong in a trailer park. You did great, my love.

I got a bunch of books that will introduce you to the bible stories. I am so excited to start reading them to you. Mommy got a book for herself too..historical fiction...my favorite. This will be the first book I have read since you were born!! I mean, a book for fun. All  I do is read text books, I miss reading for fun. I really hope to get back into that and maybe one day we can read books together. Reading is a joy I hope to share with you....you love to be read to, so, I think we are off to a good start!

You are the best gift I could recieve this holiday season. Love you my 4 month ...almost 5 month old boy!

Just a quick update...

Abiel,

Your mom has ADD (please don't have ADD, please don't have ADD, please don't have ADD....) and because I do, I can't get my shit together and post when I need to. So, I will do a short recap of the happenings-as-of-late:

-- Biggest happening: You have MRSA. I even got sent an offical letter from infectious disease control about your MRSA. I dont know if that should go in your baby box or not, probably not. I have to give you special medicine twice daily. Thankfully, you are good about taking your medicine. I hope this gets you better, my sweet boy. I am sorry that you have this, I wish I could take it away and carry it for you.

-- You had your first thanksgiving!!!! You spent it with Caressa and Steve and their 2 children. This time last year (around thanksgiving) we found out that we were expecting...now we have our own precious butterball to love. Im so thankful for you!

-- You shit on your Aunt Maureen. What is it with you and pooping on people? She kindly helped me out in a pinch and watched you for me one day. And, you returned the favor by crapping on her. :-( Thankfully, she still loves you. And she updated about it. And it was wonderful.

-- You love to put stuff in your mouth. It is so cute, but, so scary. Putting stuffed animals in your mouth = win. Putting sharp crap in your mouth while my back is turned which I am paranoid will happen = anxiety disorder for mommy.

-- You fell off the bed!! I wanted to call CPS on myself when this happened. Thankfully, you are ok. Unfortunately, this is the day we all discovered you could roll multiple times. By rolling off the kind size bed. Yes, you may use this ONE TIME for a get-out-of-jail-free-card. Use it wisely, my son. Use it wisely.

-- We got all your Christmas presents, and wrapped them already!! This is GREAT considering I usually dont get my act together about Xmas until, like, oh, Christmas eve. They are all wrapped and everything. I hope that you like them, eventho I know you have no idea what is going on. It's special for me to do this for you. I can't wait until we get our Christmas tree. We always have real trees. I can't wait for you to look at the lights!

-- You drool on everything, all of the time. You are a drool fool. :-) You are always soaked. I have to change your bib and/or outfit several times a day. Where all this saliva comes from, I have no idea.

-- I love you. I love your laugh. I love your big, chunky thighs and baby rolls. I love the way you stare at me and go "goo". I love your smile. I love your precious eyes when you stare up at me when Im feeding you. I am just so in love with you and I look forward to every, single day with you.