Talent? Maybe not...haha

So I have been trying to be more "service oriented" lately. I'm not trying to brag, as you'll soon see I'm having a little trouble getting off to the right start. One of my good friends, Manda, who lives in the same complex was really stressed out and I tried to step in and help.

Her Mother-In-Law was coming for the weekend to watch their baby for a few days and Manda was stressed about getting the laundry done, house cleaned, food ready ect. Not to metion that it was going to be Mom-In-Law's birthday. I noticed an opportunity to serve so I offered to make a birthday cake for her so she wouldn't have to worry so much about the birthday part.

At first I was going to make a traditional cake. I found a recipe for yellow cake and chocolate frosting at allrecipes.com (best website EVER!!!) and had it all made. Then my imagination got the better of me. I hadn't used my cake decorating kit since last christmas with Adam and Sheena (so fun!) and so I thought I could add a little color and snaz.

Well one thing lead to the next and this is what I created....

When she came to get it I was so excited and proud of myself for such a work of art, then I found out she would be taking it to a family birthday party...oops. Maybe roses or balloons would have been more appropriate for impressing the in-laws. :) I'm not sure if it counts as service anymore, dang it! Better luck next time :)

Later that day we passed a cake shop and Zac assured me that they would probably hire me on the spot if they saw the cake I made. "they'd probably pay you at least $100/hr!" Zac was always the person that believed in me.

PS- Decorating cakes is hard! I plan to get very good at it though, my frosting wouldn't stay firm...any suggestions?

Teagan's friends...

Since we've moved down here I feel so lucky to have found some other stay at home mom friends. There are two other Ladies in the complex with babies, one is 5 months the other is 14 or 15 months. Teagan LOVES to play with them, especially the older one. So yesterday the two older ones were playing and they kept stealing toys from each other hitting and yelling and such. As new moms I have to admit that we weren't quite sure what to do. I don't think Teagan is old enough to understand "love and logic" or time out yet...or is he?

They play really well together for a while and then there is a little swat and they go back to playing...how do you teach a 10 and 15 month old to play nice? What have you tried that works or do we have to wait. Is there a book out there. I am open to any suggestions and you will not hurt my feelings...Both of us moms are awaiting your replies!!!

I'm so grateful for blogs so that I don't have to try to raise a child blind!

We finally got him walking on video, I decided that it takes two! Last night there were a few times when he took 7 steps! I know I'm totally getting excited over something that isn't that big of a deal, but I really can't help myself. The other one is of him dancing. He waves his arms cause when we sing I always do actions so that is what he associates with music...so funny! Enjoy!

It's the real thing!!!

I don't have time for a big post, but I have to document this momentus day! Teagan took 3 steps without any help today! He walked from the automan to the couch. Usually when he tries he face plants or falls on his bum, but he wobbled right over and I'm just dying that it wasn't on camera!

I will have my camera ready and the next time it happens I'll post a video. I guess he'll never crawl, and I've come to terms with it. I know the psychology studies say they won't read if they don't crawl, but I'm pretty sure he'll be okay. Yeah for Teagan!

Pumpkins, and not so scary scarecrows

Yesterday we discovered a gem of San Diego...Bates Nut Farm. It is like 20 min away and in the fall time it is a huge pumpkin patch with some fall activities. We went for the first time and had so much fun! The happened to be having a scarecrow making contest so we got to see all of the really creative ideas that people had for their scarecrows. Here are just a few of the keepers:


That is one of the most attractive farmers I've ever seen! Owow!
The amount and size of the pumpkins they had was amazing! There were hundreds, maybe even thousands of pumpkins of all sizes and Teagan was in love with them! He went from pumpkin to pumpkin, then he'd bend over and eat some straw then play on the pumpkins again. He was in heaven!

They had all these farm animals that you could look at and feed corn...Teagan really like this beautiful Turkey. Just think, only 2 more months til we can eat him!

Help!

So at first I was so excited that Teagan could pull himself up on everything. He seemed so much happier, but I've learned the bad side. A few days ago he started pulling himself up in his crib. ahhhhh! The first time I walked in and he was standing he had this HUGE smile and you could tell he was so proud of himself, but now anytime he is awake in his crib he stands up.

I used to be able to rock him a little, sing a song, and lay him in his crib and he'd just roll around until he fell asleep. Now he stands up and wakes himself completely back up. Do I just let him scream until he sits/lays back down? I can't rock him to sleep every time, he just wakes up when I lay him down anyway so I don't see the point.

Usually in the mornings he wakes up a few times and then puts himself back to sleep until 7 or so. This morning he was was making noises before six. I just layed there like usual, waiting for him to go back to sleep, but I could tell he was wide awake...and really happy. I walk in and in his pitch black room he is standing up in the crib blabbering on. I laid him back down and was greeting with shrill screams and I knew that both of our mornings were going to start then. His happiness last about 4 minutes and lets just say it was a rough morning. Apparently he's like his mamma and needs his sleep!

What do I do? You've all been through this right? Is there a way to get them to stay layed down? It seems like once he stands it is all over. Maybe I can put spikes on the crib bars so that he can't grab on and pull himself up...maybe that's a step too far. jk I'd love to hear any suggestions that you have.

Crawling-sort of

So I couldn't get the video to work in the other post, so hopefully this one will work. I'm afraid he'll learn to crawl soon and then I won't remember this stage! Sometimes if he wants to bring a toy with him he'll hold it in his teeth while he scoots around. Then he breaths through his teeth REALLY hard, I seriously laugh so hard! This kid has me laughing more everyday!