lazy hang around day

Today was a really chill day for Julian and I! We woke around 7 and i made us some pancakes, Julian just loves pancakes, waffles and oatmeal..they are his favorite breakfast foods! and its been a while since i had pancake mix... so it was sorta a treat! :)

We played for a while, and i picked up around the kitchen a little bit-- Julian had his late morning nap then we went to the pool for a while. :) it was nice to be in the cool water.. my son is a water bug just like his daddy! & loves to be out doors like his mommy so the pool is a perfect outting!

didnt have a second set of hands to snap any pictures of usin the pool, so no pictures for tonight.
thats pretty much what our day consist of besides lots of cleaning and fussing. Julians front two teeth are almost out and oh golly he is just was not the happest camper today!

So he is down to sleep early tonight.

more tomorrow.

xoxo
jonnilin&julian

weekend..

ps. the blog before this one.. was actually a video taken on friday. My son refuses to use the walker we bought for him... he uses this toy haha.. :P oh well, at least hes using SOMETHING! Isnt my baby the cutesstt! :)

Ready for a laugh!?

Friday night Josh and myself were just sitting around.. and i was still craving seafood. Gosh i miss the food from Louisiana sooo much! So we ended up inviting some friends over for games.. but after talking bout my craving one of our friends asked if they would buy some crawfish would we help eat them!!!!!! ... Let me just say they DO NOT taste nearly as good as the ones we are use too, but it did take care of my craving.

a friend did the cooking with with the agreement of me cleaning the mess, so i was relaxing in the livingroom with some friends. I decided i wanted to see how things were coming along.. and i was taken back with laughter!!... so funny to see crawfish being boiled on my stove and a GUMBO ( from package ) being cooked in a sauce pan! HAHAHA

i must say, for the gumbo being a package thing not homemade it was pretty good.. wasnt as creamy as i like but still had pretty good flavor!

haha.. the way virginians boil crawfish! & make gumbo!

too funny.. i promised next time to make a homemade gumbo, i learned from my momma so i know its good! :)

but as far as crawfish..maybe next time we can have them shipped from Louisiana..so they can get a taste of the REAL STUFF! :P

Saturday we had a sunday school picnic.. it was so much fun..but oh soo HOT! i snapped a few pictures of our day..

this is a pictute of Josh, Brandon, Craig and Chris playing football while waiting for a open bbq pit!


Josh & Chris being big kids!


lol my goof

snuggle bunny was just waking up

Sunday i was being silly after church. I was taking my shirt off, Josh gave me a "ohh baby" look and asked what was i doing. and he got the picture and joined in.. ha

us being US!

we are silly.. :P

PROUDEST MOMMY!

THIS WEEK...

Monday was Josh's two baseball games, incase i havent already told you... hes playing on our church team!

We look forward to these outings..its tons for fun for Josh to play a sport he likes and have us there to support him.. i enjoy talking to my church friends, and Julian has many friends that come and play also! :) its just so much fun.

I had been forgetting my camera, but this Monday i made a point to grab it..

waiting to bat

playing second!

wishing he played as good as mommy..haha!:)

Julian and I went swing while daddy and the other teammates were warming up! Julian loved the swing.. at this park they had the baby swing so he got to sit in it alone! :) he laughed the whole time!

we had lots of fun!

SO a while back, long before Julian enjoyed playing with trucks and any other toy besides infant stuff.. i found a truck outside. It was near a dumpster and noone was around to claim it, it was in mint condition and would walk when you rolled it. I thought it was so cute so i picked it up brought it home, cleaned it really well, then gave it to Julian. Just recently he fell inlove with the truck, its now the first toy he grabs..and hes learning that if he pushes it, it rolls and talks!!

Tuesday, Julian had his nine month healthy baby check up! He weighed 23 lbs! hes such a chuck! and was in the 97% for his weight, height and lenght, so at least hes portional. The doctor isnt concerned at all, says hes healthy as can be and hitting all his milestones PLUS some! :) yay! I asked the doctor about his sLeep habits, considering my 9 month old had only slept through the night ONCE.. i wanted some advice. He asked me bout Julians nap schedule(which i thought was perfectly normal judging from the research i read and information i got from a book that a sleep specialist wrote, Healthy sleep, happy baby) 2 naps a day, one morning, one early afternoon both lasting about 2 hours each. The doctor informed me that i was giving him to much sleep time a day and thats why he was sleep waking at night.

Althought i thought the doctor was wrong(ofcourse) i was going to give it a try, im desperate at this point. He adviced one nap a day lasting no longer than 2 hours!!.. Yesterday was day one..and boy was it hard! Julian was cranky and wanted his nap..but i fought him and did everything in my power to keep him up and entertained!.. Nap time came and he went straight to sleep with out a peep! he slept just at 2 hours and woke in a good mood! :) prolly happy mommy finally let him go to sleep..haha. Then night time rolled around, he had dinner, bath bottle book and bed..like normal.. but unlike normal he didnt go straight to sleep... he cried for a good hour and a half..and i would go in to retuck him in and reasure him i love him.. and walk out. finally he conked out around 9, i watched the LSU game and hit the sack myself. i was expecting Ju to wake up soon, but i drifted off to sleep and next thing i knew it was 5:10 am and Julian had woke for the first time!!! he had done it, slept all night long!.. i was so happy! Usually in that time period i would have woken up 2 or 3 times...but i actually got 8 hours of sleep STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and more importantly, SO DID MY SON!.. :)

He ate his ba-ba..and went back to sleep til 830, man this is so wonderful, i pray this continues!!!

a pic of my angel sleeping..ps. julian loves this blanket.. he hugs it almost every night. THANKS MELISSA :)

mm' so peaceful!

xoxo jonniLin & juju

Father's Day

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

This morning Julian slept til 9:30! Josh and I had planned on going to Sunday School before church but didnt set an alart because Juju normally is up long before 9:30! well today he suprised us, so we didnt make it to sunday school, we actually slept in! But we did make it to actual service. :)

After we planned to go to mount trashmore for a picnic but it was really rainy looking in virginia beach so we came back towards home where there wasnt a dark cloud in the sky, we we decided to go ahead on base to a really nice park on the lake to have our picnic.
take a look at some of the pictures i snapped..

my boys!

:)

swinging is fun mommy!

my boys looking into the water

these two own my whole heart! :) Happy Father's Day hunny! Julian and i love you very much! xoxo

hot date

Last night i made plans for us to go out on a date together.
Lindey came over to babysit Julian for us around 5:30..we headed over to Applebee's for dinner then went to water the hang over.. it was such a funny move, we laughed our butts off!
it was a really good night... & was way over due.
heres a few pictures from out.."date"

Brady Bunch

so a oh so kind friend of mine decided yesterday to give my son 6 hamsters!..6 of them! i was freaking out...what am i gunna do with 6 hamsters!? no way jose... i made josh get rid of 4 of the 6 i decided julian could have two of them. he seems to think they are cool..before going nite nite last night he stood up in his bed & watched them run in thier wheel.. haha.. it was cute. i think we are naming them molly & raven. idk where the names came from but it popped in my head so that it shall be.



WE SOLD OUR CAR! PRAISE GOD! finally.. josh's work car is gone..!!!!!! we cashed the check and paid off our credit card debt! and had a lil left over so we decided to go and purcase a few clothing items for our selves, we were all in need! instead of going to the mall we always like tjmaxx first, name brand stuff for cheap! here are some of the outfits i picked out for julian!.... kennith cole, reg. $48.. I GOT IT FOR $16!! one pair of shorts with two shirts that you can switch it out with!


i also got this eddie bauer diaper bag.. its so cool

chris came over this morning to drink coffee and have toast with us.. he was playing with julian ... here a video...

packiinnnnggg..
i give away alot of julians clothes to friends in need..whom have boys.. but lately i've been watching alot of what i give away. i am not sure why but i have a very strong feeling that our next baby will be a boy!.. so i started packing the items away in plastic boxes..and already have a whole one filled up! we are excited at the thought of having our second and last baby! maybe before deployment we will concieve..or when he comes back? not in any kind of rush, as long as its done before i start my radiology training.. :)

cardBOARDboxFUN

ahhh..a long day became alot of fun at the end. we had someone who wanted to come look at josh's work car that we are tring to get rid of.. so we went over to chesapeake where we are keeping the car... to my friend tabathas. she was not home, but just bought her baby furniture and had left the boxes out under her front porch.... OUR EYE GREW WIDE THE MIN WE PULLED UP! kids in a candy store..haha

julian and myself played inside the boxes rolling around in the grass it was tons of fun..



then daddy had his fun..
josh pulled julian around tabathas yard on the cardboard..





we all had so much fun playing with each other! :)
what a good day! :)

mommy & julian dayyyy

tuesday was so much fun! julian and i just sent the whole day playing and spending quality time together. no house work, no reading, nothing but my juju! :)

this is one picture i took from our play day, it is by far one of my favorite pictures of my darling son!

then we had lunch, he was being such a goof, i had to snap a picture of him because he was hissing at me! i laughed thinking to myself," yeah baby you got vampire teeth..haha..But EDWARD CULLEN ONLY WISH HE WAS CUTE LIKE YOU!" ;)

gosh this little boy is my whole world..:) :) my total heart!

lockdownnn

julians digging has come to a holt..
mommy locked the fridge and oven today while julian was napping. After last night, us baking chicken and me making a cake.. julian threw the biggest fit to go pull on the oven doors- josh and i decided we cant and will not fight him anymore.. we simply was putting a end to all of it.. bought locks!!! julian is so confused, and threw a even bigger fit when he couldnt get it open after tring over and over! haha..

partycity...

Today was a busy day for our little family. Julian and myself woke up at 7:30ish to start our day..daddy stayed in bed til 11. After Julians first nap, we decided to head over to Party City to price their birthday party stuff, to see if we would get a better deal than what we were offered on the sit, Birthday in a box. We actually would have come out with a deal by going through party city, but while in the store changed our minds on the theme. we liked the Handy Manny theme because Julian loves the show..but we also would not have had a cake pan plus there is a good chance Julian will want it next year or the year after when hes old enough to tell us what he wants. Handy Manny is really for older children so we decided to do a more "baby/1st" birthday theme, and went with the "My Friends Tigger & Pooh 1st birthday theme!" im so excited. while we were in the store Josh came across one of those rink a dink toys that make noise when you rotate it, omg Julian thought it was great!.. heres a video of him cracking up laughing at it, and us killing ourselves laughing at hiM! After Party City we went to ToysRus to try and get a present idea, which nothing topped the rink a dink toy, GO FIGURE... Julian showed no intrest in ANYTHING..but he sure did love the $2.00 party favor thing.

Once getting home Josh cooked us a lovly dinner, man did it hit the spot. i sware he is such a chef, i wish he would persue it!! and best part he LOVES doing it. Also tonight, after dinner i baked Josh a early fathers day cake. idk he wanted cake and i felt like being a lil crafty..so i made him a sheep cake. haha. i know im a nerd! :P sorry its side ways, but i dont feel like going back and rotating it :P!

before bed he was doing some talking, so i thought i'd capture some of it on video..

ouchie, bo-bo

so last night josh was cooking dinner and i had been cleaning up around the house and playing with julian. i sware my son is so clever, he gets into everything if not the first try the second!-
Tonight he decided it would be fun to try and climb up the vacuum the moment mommy and daddy were not looking. OF course it only takes a split second, and needless to say..his climb wasnt a success! The vacuum came down right on top of him.. leaving him with a battle womb!


poor baby! :( but the good thing bout it is, he learned his lesson. Never before had he been afraid of the vacuum..but this morning(i vacuum every single day) when i decidied to repass the vacuum considering i didnt finish yesterday, julian screamed bloody murder at the sight of it! i could NOT turn it on with out him screaming unless he was sitting on my hip! haha.. soo he helped mommy vacuum today, and i guess from this day forward this is how i will have to vacuum my house. :P silly boy.

also.. he found the toliet paper roLL.. wonderrrFUl!


he is so much fun! i enjoy every second i get to spend with him & thank god for blessing me with him every chance i get. :) he def. is my pride and joy!

Hopefully we will be ordeRing his birthday decor next month- i got so many fun ideas flowing in my head- and so excided to throw it for him & make his cakes! :) its going to be plenty fun!

xoxo danfords.

icecream sandwitches!

Today was a full day, Julian had been sleeping in til bout 9ish but decided to wake at 7 today. BUMMER!
Cleaning started bright & early and good thing it did because daddy suprised us by coming home early today without notice! :)
Julian was pretty cranky again today- i noticed his top two front are both tring to come out at the same time! :( poor baby. so josh & myself shared our ice cream sandwitches with jujubugg..and trust me he did not complain HE loved the cold on his gums.

As for myself, I have a sense of change that has come upon me the last two weeks, its not complete yet but i feel like so much weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Its nothing I put alot of effort into changing- i mean some parts I knew needed work,but for the most part it is just a humble, loving, relief, and i pray that every soul could feel such a feeling. So today i celebrated with in myself by letting lose and taking in my happiness & change.

School is creeping up, im so excited to begin the classes to persue my hopes and dreams of being a success in my career! I truly feel blessed that i get to remain home with my son and not work and have the worry of attending school on top of working and being a good mommy to my babyboy. I cant thank Josh enough for doing what he does to support our famiLy.

Julian had trouble getting to sleep tonight, and i wasnt able to tag team with Josh because Josh was at his baseball game, so i decided to give juju a freebee and rock him to sleep. i missed doin that so much, but know i dont want to go back to doing that everynight. he has gotten so big, and heavy. he grasp onto me just as he did as a infant, checking ever so often to make sure his mommy was still there and didnt leave him. i cant begin to express how thankful i am to have such a wonderful beauitful son. i was watching discovery health last night and there was a baby on there that couldnt be held. she would stop beathing, and her heart would stop, so much could go wrong in a pregnancy and childbirth. i thank god for my blessings everyday, but still i can not get a grip of the total picture, how truly bless i have been with in the last two years.

:)

i have pictures from today but dont really feeL like loading them right now, Jon & Kate are about to come on so perhaps i'll load them with tomorrows' update.

xoxo danfords.

ChuRch

today was church day!

Josh had work last night so when he came home he picked up some krispy kreme..mm'yum! i think it was to motivate me to get out of bed fast..haha. we got dressed and headed on to service! :) Julian got to wear his new outfit mommy bought for him!





i had been working on a roast since noon yesterday. When we got home we pigged out,roast cream patatoes, along with the groceries i cooked in my roast(patatoes, carrots, onions, bellpepper). it was sooooooooooooooooooo GOOD! i was suprised it came out so well considering it was my first time!

Juian def is cutting another tooth, only this one is playing hide N seek- I CANT FIND IT TO SAVE MY LIFE! the rotten diapers, spitting, sticking his tounge out and blowing spit everywheres, horrible sleeping- all signs lead to it. So i had josh run to the store to get more tylenol, and he came back with a "special" for julian!.. A shirt that says," my moms hot" haha i thought it was cute! his crankiness was really bad tonight so he got bath bottle TYLENOL and bed. hopefully that helps.