Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Corbin's 1 Year Post

How have we gone from this...






to this:





TIME HAS FLOWN.
(I say, as I'm typing this almost 2 months later.)

Corbin actually turned ONE in Texas!

So we celebrated at the/a lake after Uncle Scott and Aunt Amy's wedding!

Cake!

Opening presents with his boy cousins!

And we celebrated with Nana and Ba at their new FARM!!

Face Down!

Ummm!!!

And we celebrated here in Canada!!










And Last, but not least, here are the OFFICIAL 1 Year Old Photos:


Oops, wrong baby!! ;)



What a year it's been!!!

What an amazing blessing this little man is to our family!  

This spunky guy surprises us daily!!  His willingness to communicate is CRAZY!!!  (I'm writing this at almost 14 months.)  

He says: 
"go go" when he wants you to get moving!!
"mama" 
"dada"
"caga" Carter
"baba" baby
shakes head "yes"
shakes head "no"
gives kisses
gives hugs
gives hi fives
makes fish sounds
makes food sound (same as fish) (popping lips)
grabs your face to communicate
points

He will use every ounce of his being to communicate something to you.  A clap with a scream and a point perhaps?  Or a grunt, grab your face and point??  He will figure out a way to get his point across.

When he's upset he will let you know and he's NOT faking it, he's feeling it, with real tears.  The boy is sensitive.

Milestones:
First words, see above!
Walking!  He's been taking steps for about a month now!!  But prefers to crawl!

Eating:
Everything or Nothing.  His decision.  Man, picky eater!
Loves (today) guacamole, crackers, yogurt with chia seeds (gotta get that protein in there somehow).  HATES meat.
Still NURSING.

Sleeping:
1 nap!!  WOO hoo!!  Life is so much more simple!
Wakes 1-2x to nurse.  (Judge away!)
He HAS slept through the night 2 times.
Goes to bed SO easily now!  Nurse, cuddle, see ya later!  All that hard work has paid off!!  Praise.the.Lord!

I have to say, the old saying "don't decide the size of your family off of that 1st year of life, but rather on the size of family you want around your dining room table" really resonates in my head.  It was a tough but AWESOME, adorable, cuddly, FUN, loving year.  Time for another!  (just want to see if John reads this. ;)  

Corbin I love you more than you can imagine!  I've LOVED getting to know you this year! You've exceeded all of our expectations and I couldn't have imagined a better addition to our family!  You are such a gift from God and I'm so glad you are mine!!  I LOVE you so much my little bug!!!!

Happy 1 YEAR OLD!!





Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Yet Another Fitness Challenge!

Hey Ladies!

Well I'm on to my third Fitness Challenge of the year!  With the first two I've lost a total of 15 lbs!  Whoot!

I'm now just trying to trim and tone!

I really think having a group of friends (in person or online) doing these challenges together has been the key to success!

For my next challenge (to trim and tone) I'm going to take on Focus T25 by Beachbody.  I've been doing P90X and Insanity in my spare time.  Of course, many times I barely make it through the workout when I hear someone screaming on the monitor.  SOooooo, they just released this workout last month.  It's a series of several DVS's that are 25 minutes long!  (One is longer though, boooo!!  :).

Two of the most motivating fitness mama's I know (one being my SIL, Shae) have already done it and say it's a HARD 25 minutes.  Score!

If you are up for joining a little Facebook Group Challenge of completing this program, let me know!

I'll get you set up!

Sarah

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Brother's Being Silly

The boys have had many silly moments together more recently!  I love it!

Here is a snippit of them having fun in Corbin's bed!

BEWARE of private shots.





Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Big Camera Photo Dump

Man, this time around I rarely get the big camera out and just have long photo shoots like I did with Carter.  I think it's because I'm already toting around so much stuff so the iphone has to do the work.

Occasionally, I remember but then forget to upload them to the computer. Any who...I have a back log.  Sooooo......here they are:


Summer = golf!

My only two pics of Carter on this camera.  He's not a fan of photo shoots these days.  Ha! (he needs his own post very soon!)

Corbin loves the front window!

in action.

Oops, didn't realize this one would be blurry.  I still think it's cute.

Wild man!

This is how he does it...

both legs

arms

up!



Dressed for Stampede!

My Aggie Aunt Andrea made this for Corbin!


crossed feet!

Grin.

No more!!

The back!


Chasing Lucy's ball.

breaking into the buffet.

Eating something...probably off the floor.

Looks like plum??

Naked time! (At the window, of course.)

Baby bottom!

Uh, uh!! (up, up!)