3 months!

Happy FRIDAY!

Nolan is THREE months old today!! And he has reached his first huge milestone in his young life! He can put his entire fist in his mouth! We couldn't be prouder! 

He starts out with his thumb...

  

Adds another finger...

 Ah heck enough messing around.. here we go whole fist...

 This isn't my first choice..but nobody would give me a pacifier...

 And the fist is in the mouth! :) 

I intervened at this point because I was afraid he'd start choking.

Now to end on a cuter picture..

Happy 3 months my baby boy!! 

Pregnancy quotes

So I found the list of quotes that I wrote down that people said to me during my pregnancy.  Some were funny and some of them were almost the death of people.  I figured I would share them since 400 of my friends are pregnant right now and I know some of them are getting outrageous comments as well! :)

"Wow you've really BALLOONED!"

"It's ok to drink beer once in awhile! It will help you sleep better at night!"  (pretty sure she was telling me to get drunk and pass out)

"Your boobs look like they are going to attack me!"-Carrie Jaeger (haha!)

Stranger: "How far along are you?"
Me: "6 months"
Stranger: "WOW! You look bigger than my friend who is 9 months along!"
Me: "Awesome!"

Work Lady: "You look like a giant bumblebee in that shirt!"
(And then every time i walked by her office she would yell out "BUZZZZZZ!")
I'm pretty sure I almost whooped ass on that day.

Lady who brings me mcdonalds at work..
Me: "No McDonalds for me..trying to eat healthier".
Lady: "Oh my gosh you are taking this pregnancy thing WAY to seriously."
Me: "umm thanks?"

We were at a concert and they were playing "Rockin the beer gut" song.  A drunk guy blatantly turned around and nodded at my stomach and rubbed his own.  Hans thought this was fantastic and died laughing.

"You could feed an army with those boobs!"

Hoping all you pregz out there are getting some great comments as well! :)

RECAP..

HAPPY MONDAY!!!

  Here are the noteworthy things that happened this last week....

Monday: Sucked! Always does!

Tuesday:
 Nolan struggled sleeping all night and I finally got him back to sleep around 8 am.  That's when I saw the Fedex truck parked outside our house and the Fedex guy running up our steps. I knew in 5 seconds he would be ringing the doorbell so I bolted to the door swinging it open..and then I felt the draft..Yep no pants.  Wouldn't have been so bad if the Fedex guy didn't blatantly look down and give me a creepy smile!  Oh and the dog barked and woke up Nolan anyway...Fail!

Tuesday night:
Hans made me the best dinner of my life for Valentine's Day! I also got chocolates and the Ninja blender that I wanted so DESPERATELY...although it's Monday and it's still hasn't made it out of the box yet.

Wednesday:
Nolan had the biggest poop of his life.  It went through his clothes and all over me.  I gagged profusely but miraculously lived to tell about it.

Thursday night:
Hans was sleep-talking and poking me and saying "HI MR. Fancy pants!" and flirting with me in his sleep.  Which means in his dream he was flirting with a man.  Basically Hans came out of the closet Thursday night in his sleep.

Sunday: Our microwave/stove went out!!!  I was ticked because my spaghettios were in there and the meatballs didn't even get warmed!!! Hans was ticked because it may cost us $1000 dollars.  Maybe he should get his priorities straight.

Nolan turned into quite the flirt this week..

 My aunt Linda and cousin Ryan babysat Nolan for me!

Looks like he has a bright future ahead of him..

 

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Vday! This post is short because I got a NINJA for Valentines day!!!  Best husband ever!! Now off to blend stuff!!!

Dog for Sale..but not really

 Happy Sunday!! Today's post is about our dog Banks. Banks has had a pretty fun life up until the baby arrived..

From his cross dressing days..

To his Halloween costumes..

But now his fun is somewhat over. I've stopped dressing him up and he is obviously devastated.  Here's some of the habits Banks has picked up since Nolan was born..

#1    He steals Nolan's socks.  It took Hans and I a month to figure this out. We just thought  they fell off Nolan easily..until we caught Banks in the act stealing them off Nolan's foot.  P.s. Notice how Nolan poses cutely even while he's sleeping!

#2   He eats Nolan's dirty onesies.  At first I thought this was demonic and hateful.  But then I realized he only ate out the necks because that's where Nolan's milk spit up was.  It still makes me super mad. (sorry mom this is one that you got him)..It was cute when it had a collar!

 #3  WHENEVER I lay down a blanket on the floor for Nolan- Banks IMMEDIATELY goes and sits on it like it's for him.  

However although he's acting out he's definitely loving his little brother..

I guess we will keep him.

   

Valentines Day Shoot #1 = FAIL

Happy Wednesday!! So I thought it would be cute to do a Valentine's Day shoot for Nolan and send out VDay cards...to my 5 followers! :)  So I dressed him in his "Professional Ladies Man" outfit and got started.  Maybe if I were more creative OR better with the camera OR had a more willing target things would have turned out better...

                                       My first mistake was my angle..

 

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 My second mistake was choosing a naughty subject to shoot..

                                     Right away he tried wacking the camera away...

                                               
                                He definitely wasn't working with the camera..

                                         
                                          My hope is slowly diminishing at this point..

                                                 Point of no return..

                                            And then came the yawn....

                                

                    Maybe he's just not cut out to be a professional Ladies man!

Tomorrow's shoot will be better.. can't be much worse!! :)

Back to work!

Happy Tuesday!! Since my last post I've started work... I was lucky to even find clothes to wear to work as almost all of my dress pants buttons popped off from trying to squeeze into them while pregnant. They are all waiting patiently to be sewn back on by my mother in Wisconsin..Hurry mom I need pants! I can't afford to buy clothes for myself anymore as Nolan just bought over $60 worth of clothes at Old Navy...

Nestle has been given Hans this whole week off for his "father" maternity time.  He does things a little differently then me but Nolan seems to be surviving.....

At first I was really upset about going back to work but it doesn't look like I'm missing too much fun while I'm gone. Stay tuned for my next weeks post of Nolan's Valentines Day Photo Shoot!!

Wedding in Minneapolis

Happy Tuesday! Sorry to my 3 followers as I've not had a blog post since last Wednesday.  I'm sure you are losing sleep over it.  It was a busy weekend with Nolan's first long trip to Minneapolis.  He was a perfect angel sleeping basically the whole way there and back.  I (who am usually a huge complainer on car rides) was actually pretty good too as I had the HUNGER GAMES books to keep me entertained (if you have not yet read this book I highly recommend it!!)

Here are a couple of pics to summarize our weekend..

Nolan meets someone his size..Airykah Swenson's dog "Lovey" and we also realize Nolan is still too small to be put in a one of those seats..

Nolan gets snuggles with his God-mama Kirsten..and was really embarrassed about me taking a pic of it.

Lovey had a near death experience with Airykah's ass while Airykah and Katie giggle at Nolan.  This is one of the many reasons why dogs hate babies....

Nolan meets Va-Jenna (previously a baby hater) and I was stunned at what a natural she is!!  Nolan even let a big poop while she was holding him and she only flipped out a little! She even watched him by herself while I went to the bathroom! She's totally having one someday..

Nolan laughs at Grandma Miriam at the church before the wedding..

Katie and Tj get hitched..

Nolan passes out after the wedding (BEFORE the reception..which is opposite of how his mom and dad roll)

Airykah then takes full advantage of him passing out and turns him into a nerd (yes just like we used to do to the passed out drunks in college)

My husband arrives at the reception from the wedding party bus and is completely tanked..

There was a life size picture of their dog Tipper at the reception.....

Hans and I are seated by three little brothers (the ushers) at the head table of the wedding and Hans' falls completely in love with them and name them our "Minions"

Hans and his "Minions" up to no good..

Unfortunately this is where my camera ends as I took it up with me to our hotel room to check on Nolan with his Grandma G.. 

Oh! we did get a picture with two of our Minions though from the professional photographer they had there!

All in all a verysuccessful trip!

The start to many weird illnesses..

So happy Wednesday part 2! (It seems weird to have a blog with only 2 posts so I may do 4 today..you better read them all!)

Here's a little of my health background and what Nolan has to look forward too..

I've had a lot of strange phobias and illnesses throughout my life.  None of them serious, all of them extremely embarrassing.  A lot of them were imaginary stemming from my mom who put them in my head.  For instance once I had a spot on my tongue..after googling and concluding I had mouth cancer I went to the doctor. It turns out I was allergic to my toothpaste.  After not brushing my teeth for 2 weeks it completely healed! ;)  Another time at bible camp my forehead swelled up with a lump the size of Afghanistan.  While I did not have access to google I just got all the other campers opinions on how I probably had less than a week to live or how the lump was going to explode and my brains would come flying out.  My mom came to pick me up to take me to the doctor and her diagnoses were about the same as the campers.   I was a goner.  Turns out some benadryl and a half an hour later I was allergic to a bug bite.  Now I could really go on for blog posts about my strange illnesses but I instead would like to keep some dignity.  Maybe if you are my really good friend and have not yet heard about my IBS (and no it does NOT stand for  irritable bowel syndrome) then give me a few margaritas and I will share that story and MISdiagnosis with you!

Now Hans isn't so lucky either.  The kid has had pink eye more times than I can count (he claims it is his bodies way of getting sick or from dust in the air--WE ALL KNOW it is actually from getting poop in your eyes..google it!)  Anyway he has also been lactose since a baby.  Which is where Nolan comes in.  Poor Nolan inherited his milk allergy from his Pink-eyed daddy!  My breast milk is like poison to him! (yeah it makes me feel really good about myself)  Even after we were both put on pills and I cut out dairy from my diet he still could not drink my milk.  Not a problem, Hans gets a year supply of free formula through his work Nestle. But wait, Nolan can only drink one special kind that isn't made by Nestle and is $26 a pop!  Which brings me to the conclusion that A . Nestle sucks! and B. Nolan has his first weird illness/allergy of many.  Poor baby.

Baby Genius

Happy Wednesday!!

Here's a little story for you..

Two weeks ago when Nolan was only a month and a half old he ROLLED OVER!  Now while I'd like to claim he is just super ahead for his age..the truth is that he was just annoyed with me.  I don't see how anyone can ever be annoyed with me...besides maybe the fact that I talk to much, can be slightly bossy, get overly excited, and my husband would probably say I can be slightly dramatic (if you want to see dramatic watch Jerseylicious, Real Housewives of Orange County, or the Bachelor...all my favorite TV shows..I will admit I've picked up a dramatic line or two from watching them).  Anyways back to Nolan rolling over.  So sometimes it's hard to entertain a one month old..so that's where the musical stuffed giraffe on his stomach came in handy...

He started doing his sqwacking (which according to spell check is not a word!! What?! I always say sqwack! Mom --Am I just spelling that wrong?) of unhappiness so I was just going to take a picture and remove the giraffe when....

He swatted the giraffe to get it off him  (dramatically) and....

he rolled over!! Now if I wasn't lucky enough to capture it on camera I wouldn't have believed it either.. but there you go! Dramatic Baby Genius!!