Part 1

Happy Father's Day to all the father's out there. Friday we started the celebration of Father's Day weekend for Ben. Bridge and I took him out to dinner at Outback Steak House!!! If you know my husband then you know he loves a good steak. This is the first year that we have had the privilege to celebrate father's day for our amazing husband and daddy!!! Bridger is so lucky to have such a wonderful man in his life to show him and guide him threw the world of life.

Today we all got up and decided to spend some quality bonding time snuggling in our PJ's and not getting out of bed till 9am. Bridger is very chatty and so we both got to love on him all morning.

Then it was off to Steve's Cafe for one of the best breakfast I have ever had. Ben order huckleberry lemonade and an omelet and I had a breakfast burrito. There menu was to die for and I can't wait to go back and be a little more adventurous and try some other things.

When we got home Bridger and I took a 3 hour long nap and daddy got caught up on his tv shows. Then it was off to Old Navy to do a little shopping before we head back to Omaha. Daddy got to stay home while I took the baby and enjoy a nice long nap.

We got home and I had more planned for the day so it was off to shower and get dressed. We headed over to a friends house to have a few drinks and then off we went to daddy's favorite place of all time.... Les Bois (horse track). Daddy won a race so we broke even for the night and everyone was in good spirits.

So far this father's day has been a great one and we are so blessed to spend everyday with our son Bridger. Happy Father's Day!!!

Part 2 to continue.....

The lazy Sunday's

It might not be officially summer yet but around here we are antsy and ready for the pool.

Here are few pictures from our impromptu photo shoot of Bridger's summer pool attire. Enjoy!

Today has been one of those lazy Sundays. Dad is watching baseball, Mom is getting caught up on her sleep and baby boy is doing a combination of both. More fussy then normal so I am guessing that it might be a growth spurt again. He is fighting his sleep more then normal and going through milk like crazy.

 We left the house this morning to head to the grocery store and I wish I would have gotten a picture of the donuts that we bought. They were great and they were HUGE. The name: TEXAS!!! They say everything is bigger in Texas and boy were they right. These donuts were enormous. 

A few things to document about Bridger:

• Loves his fist and fingers. At times when I am trying to feed him he gets those things in his mouth and get MAD when nothing happens.
• When he is overly tired he will arch his back and throw his head and in complete melt down. There are only a few ways to cure this. Daddy has the best hold and will "shhh" him to sleep and if dad's not home he goes to his swing and instantly that will sooth him.

49 degrees

Wow this weather has been crazy lately. Today it was 49 degrees and rainy all day. We spent the morning over at Grandma and Grandpa  Parsons since most of the garage sales were rained out.

When we got there Ben looked through the paper and found that the Northfork Whitewater
Championships were going on today up past Banks, so off we went to catch it.

Sleeping hard on our way up there.

Love spur of the moment adventures with my boys.

Look at those cute lips.

Daddy and Bridge in his Bear Suite

Mommy and Bridge

We had blast and Bridger did great. It was packed full of people and even though we weren't able to get to the waters edge there was still so much excitement going on from up top.

All the excitement building

Lots of colors

I've got to hand it to those guys, it was freezing cold and raining the entire time we were there and they were still going at it. Here are some pictures from the day. Enjoy!

 

 Have a great Sunday!

Time to go home!

Jinxs

I totally jinxed myself. Last night Bridge was up pretty much what felt like the whole entire night. Around 9pm he threw up all over me and it consisted of chunks. Poor guy as soon as I changed his outfit and daddy had him he did it again. Not sure if I over fed him or what the deal was but it was perjectile and off we went to change into outfit number 3, a bath and lots of rocking. He was so tired but just couldn't get to sleep and stay asleep. We were back to waking every 2-3 hours and crying every 10-20 minutes when the paci fell out. It made for a VERY long night and one tired momma this morning. But with a baby you can't sleep in, so off we went to school to work on planning and preparation for next year.
My team is going to implement Common Core so I have been reading up on that most nights and trying to organize my calendar year accordingly. We don't technically have to have it fully implemented till the 2013-14 school year but I thought it would be a good idea to get started and work out any kinks that may arise. I am super excited about these standards and based off of what I have read it seems like this will give every child a baseline of what they need to learn and accomplish by the end of the school year. That way every child (no matter what school, district or state) you live in you will be learning about the common core standards. As a teacher it makes it very challenging when students come in mid-way through the year and have no clue what you are talking about and the expectations prior were not the same as mine. This means additional one-on-one time with that child trying to get him/her caught up and filling in the missing holes. Anyways I will get off my soap box and keep telling myself to stop working so much and just enjoy my summer. Lets be honest though... do teachers really get 3 months off of work??? Haha no not at all, but I sure love to laugh at those people who think so. If only they knew.

Day 2 of summer break and it is officially COLD and gloomy on this June day. It's somewhere in the 50's and I have my sweatpants and sweatshirt on. I can't believe this weather, yesterday it was 90 and today in the 50's.

Off to quickly take a long hot bath before the baby wakes. Enjoy this picture of Bridger and I sound asleep at 6:30am after a long night up.

mommy failure on the first day of summer break

Today marks the first official day of summer break for me and Bridger. I am not officially checked out of my room (procrastination on my part last Friday- I was too busy socializing with the girls ) but will be tomorrow when I go in and do our big plan and copy for the next school year.

Today Bridger and I decided that since it wasn't very sunny out and I couldn't find my swimsuit... not sure if I left it at the hospital??? we would stay in and get the house super clean for daddy. We set off this morning strapping Bridger into the Baby Bjorn and got to work on vacuuming. Bridger loved it. By the time I was finished he was pretty darn tired. I laid him down for a nap and off I went to finish up the house. Laundry, dishes, more laundry, bills, organizing, straightening, rearranging... the list could go on and on. Meanwhile, I spent most of the day trying to stick to the 90 sleep pattern with Bridger. It seemed to work pretty well. Even though tonight he has been up for more like 120 minutes instead of 90 and then a nap.

As luck would have it I had a mommy failure (I'm sure there will be more to come) but boy did this make me feel sad. Bridger and I decided to run and get some errands done this afternoon before Ben got home. First we stopped at the eye doctor to pick up my contacts. I buckled Bridger back up and off we went. As I was getting ready to pull out into traffic Bridger started crying, so I pulled out the bottle and poured the formula from the bag into the bottle. He was in such hysterics that I reached back to give him his bottle and luck would have it I didn't put the nipple on and the entire bottle dumped on Bridger's head and body. I have never heard that boy scream so loud. Poor guy. I parked my car, put my hazards on and quickly got in the back seat and took him out of the car seat. I didn't have any blankets to dry him off since I was doing laundry, so the next best thing was to undress him completely naked (except for his diaper) and strap him back in. Poor guy was so upset and I felt horrible, the whole time driving BACK home (my to-do list NOT COMPLETE) I was crying with him. How could I have forgot to put the bottle back together. As soon as we pulled in the garage I got him out quickly started the water in the tub  and gave him the best bath ever. We sang songs smiled at each other and mommy told him how sorry she was. It wasn't much time after that that I got him dressed and rocked him. He was out! So tired after that accident. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Not happy

Tired after a long drive home and bath

A few things I need to document before I forget:

• Bridger is almost 15lbs according to my scale
• Nicknames: monkey, monk er
• Loves to suck on my chin when he is hungry
• Loves to roll to his tummy. But can't quite roll back over, he gets very mad once he ends up on his stomach.
• Can wear some 6 month clothing.
• Says A-goo all the time in the morning.
• Has slept through the night only waking for a quick 15 minute feed at 4pm. Love to sleep till 8:30am
• In order to ride the in the car he prefers someone in the back seat attending to his needs (usually mommy while daddy drives)
• Still sleeps in mom and dads room in the back and play. We have shifted from sleeping in the swing all the time to the PnP.
• Loves his hands, uses them to suck on. Still hasn't figured out where his thumb is yet, so it is the entire fist that goes into his mouth.
• Still has beautiful blue eyes.
• Can hold his head up and follow things
• Loves to smile

who would've thought...reflecting time

Those were the words that came out of my husbands mouth this evening when we were in the kitchen making dinner tonight. As we were getting ready to sit down for dinner we took a moment to reflect on everything that has happened in our lives since we have been together (6 years). We will be celebrating our second wedding anniversary in July the same weekend we celebrate our little boy getting baptized.

It feels like yesterday we just had Bridger.Then again it feels like I was just pregnant and before that it feels like we just got married and moved out to Boise, Idaho.

9 months pregnant

In labor

Bridger and Daddy, 3 months old

Bridger and Grandma Parsons, 3months old

We feel very blessed that we were given the life we have and after spending memorial day/weekend with family and friends we feel even more greatful for the people in our lives.

4 days and counting and a baby turning 3 months TODAY

I have 4 days left of school this year and I took today off to be home with my little guy on his 3 month birthday. So far this morning he has rolled over AGAIN on his play mat without any assistance. I wish I would have captured it with the camera but I was present in the moment. Sometimes I get to caught up taking pictures that I don't notice what is going on around me. So today I promised myself that I was just going to enjoy every moment with him. I can't believe how fast the days go by. It seems like yesterday Ben and I were rushing off to the hospital to have this little guy and now he is holding his head up and rolling a bit. Right now he is fast asleep in his swing allowing mommy to blog right now and get daddy's father's day gift finished. :) Tonight we are heading over to the cousins house for a little get together for memorial day. The pool opened up today in the neighborhood but unfortunately it is cold and rainy here today so it looks like we won't be swimming anytime soon.

A few things about school this week.... I have a little boy named Jack in my reading group and he has come such a long way (reading no words) to reading over 150 sightwords and leveled reader books. We really became close this year and he is my little cowboy (gotta say that I hope one day Bridger will love to wear his cowboy boots, tie and vest as proudly as this young fellow does). Anyways he knows how proud I am of him and on Tuesday he came to school in his full outfit (Mrs.Parsons favorite) and couldn't wait to show me his new belt buckle. I knew I had to get a picture to capture the moment. I will miss this group of 1st graders. They have come such a long way and I am a very proud teacher.

Happy Friday!