I'd rather be naked

The other day it took Nolan at least half an hour to fall asleep. I could hear him tossing, turning, and being a little chatter box, I couldn't help but smile! When he woke up, I went to get him and this is what I found when I opened his door...


His sock was on the floor, which I know wasn't there when I laid him down for a nap, so I peeked in his crib and found this...



Nolan's pants were off and I
thought,
"this is new for him, he must've
been really bored."
And then I just started laughing.



Nolan was just like "Okay mommy, it's really not that funny now please get me dressed and get me out of here!"

You gotta love a day in the life of a mommy!! :)

Little Linus

People have always asked me, "does Nolan have a comfort item?" He never took to the pacifiers, we tried them but he'd always just spit them out, and he doesn't have a stuffed animal or a blanket that he clings to, until recently. There's this blanket I put in his crib with him at night because it's the perfect size to cover his little body and I don't have to worry about him suffocating himself. It's brown on one side and the other side is white with jungle animals all over it. Well, I went into his bedroom to get him the other morning and in his little hand is this blanket. I thought "hmm... that's new." He had it in the livingroom with all of his toys all day. Last night, Nate decided to cover himself up with the blanket and Nolan didn't like it at all. He stopped playing with his toys, looked at Nate, frowned and grunts. He crawled over to him so fast and ripped the blanket out of his hand. Needless to say, he now has a comfort item. It's so cute!!

These boots were made for walking (in this case, shoes)

Recently Nolan started walking while holding onto his dumptruck, it's one of those toys that help them learn to walk, so we decided to take him to get him his first pair of walking shoes (*TEAR). We went to the Shoe Department and got the last pair of Buster Browns in his size, a size 3 (so small), and on top of that they were on sale for only 8 bucks!! I immediately put them on but he wasn't really into it, he kicked them off. Later that day we decided to let him play with them to get used to what they are.


Here I had just put them on him and he was not into it at all. He was like "Mommy, what are these things?? Get them off me!!"


When he finally got the shoe off he showed daddy and acted as if he was saying "here daddy, I don't like these things on my feet!"

It was a fun day!

Don't you just love a bargain?

Just like every other American in this country, money is tight right now. I started panicking a little bit when I realized we had no spring-summer clothes for Nolan and trying to budget a couple extra hundred dollars towards new clothes just didn't seem possible. One night while I was out for a walk with Nolan, my neighbor mentioned to me that she just bought her son, who is only a month younger than Nolan, a whole wardrobe for only 15 bucks and she found it off craig's list. I thought, "my prayers have been answered!!" The next day I immediately got on craig's to see what I could find and sure enough, I found it!! I'm actually going to meet the woman today and look through the clotehs to see what will work. So thankful that we don't have to spend a fortune on "new" clothes; and let's face it, how many times to babies and toddlers really wear an outfit?? Another great alternative are consignment shops and thrift stores. As long as you don't mind buying gently used items for your little one, or even yourself, this is really the way to go!! Happy shopping!!

Spring is in the air

The weather is finally nice enough that I can take Nolan outside and get some fresh air, he was starting to get a little cabin fever from being couped up for the last 4 months. I decided to take Nolan for a walk and go to the playground, which he absolutely loved!! He laughed and laughed while he was swinging and he absolutely loevd going down the slide, mommy had to stop though because it was starting to hurt my back. Needless to say I think we have to invest in a slide for our backyard, swingsets are too expensive right now! Nolan also has his own fleet of vehicles, a red flyer wagon, a four wheeler, and a dump truck; we may have to build him his own little garage! We spent at least a half an hour just riding up and down the driveway, but when it was time to come inside, he pitched a fit! He was in his glory, outside riding his cars with his mommy! It was such a nice day!