Nine Months

Age: 9 months

Height: 29 1/2 inches (officially)

Weight: 22 pounds 6 ounces (officially)

I am so proud of my little guy. He is getting so big and learning so much. He finally got a tooth in. Just one. But it is there! We have seriously had swollen gums for the past four or five months, but no teeth. It's funny to hear the occasional crunch when he actually gets to use his tiny tooth. He loves to brush it. He has a baby tooth brush and this training tooth brush that's all rubber. Yeah, enough about teeth.

He is a wonderful kiss giver. He usually gives you a few kisses when you ask, and occasionally he will just get in your face and give them freely. I love them. It has got to be my favorite thing in the world. He plays peek-a-boo all on his own now. Usually it is with a door. He'll sit on the floor and play with you while you are on the computer. Sometimes he plays with a blanket or his hands, but those options usually don't cover his face.

Isaac is standing now. He knows he can do it, but he looks so unsure of himself when he realizes what he is doing. He moves along furniture quickly and has no problem getting from the coffee table to the couch, via stand and lean.

He loves visiting with people. He knows faces he sees on a regular basis. Family and so on. He gets excited when he sees them. 

We've packed up all the nine month clothes. He is wearing the 12 month stuff and I need to pull out the 18 month stuff. We also had to invest in a new car seat. Our infant seat has a max weight of twenty two pounds. So now we have this giant seat in the car, which according to Brett, Isaac hates it.

That's about all. 

30 Things: January 2012

Let's start by saying that I am happy that I decided to not add "blogging" to my list of things to do this year. And by blogging I mean posting in a timely and or consistent manor. Look, you saw my lists, I will obviously be busy this year. Not to mention the typical wife, mother, human being busy that most people already are.

And now I am rambling. 

Here are the accomplishments for January. By the way... I can't even being to tell you how awesome it is to feel like I actually got something done. Something productive, something I wanted to do, something fun. Rambling.

4. Make laundry soap - So I'm a little obsessed with Pinterest. It is my way of getting away from my crazy brain. I got this recipe from a pin I came across for some laundry soap. I read the reviews and was convinced that it would get my clothes. It totally works. It is totally cheap to make. It totally makes my house and clothes smell wonderful.

5. Do one Pinterest inspired project per month - I could have done the whole two birds with one stone deal, aka laundry soap. But instead, I made chalkboard paint. I put it on my giant jar of laundry soap as a label. You can totally customize your color for the chalkboard. Awesome.

16. Make and keep a cleaning schedule - Life is crazy. So the house isn't always the way I want it to look. But I read somewhere, probably Pinterest, that if you clean a little bit every day, for about thirty minutes or so, your house will always be clean. I broke the rooms in the house down into six days worth of cleaning. Monday through Saturday, as best as time allows, I clean specific spaces in the house. When I stick to this plan it totally works. Now obviously dishes always need to be done and every night before bed I have Isaac's stuff everywhere. So those kind of things get done daily. But a clean home makes me feel so good.

17. Relocate dog kennels - Dogs totally stink. Especially mine. Their kennels are so ugly so I hid them in the office closet. So now only one room how the house smells like an old bag of Fritos. 

19. Try a new recipe once a month - I made Loft House Sugar Cookies. Pinterest. These came out just as good as when you buy them at the store. Magically, when you make them at home they contain zero calories. This is because they take three freakin' days to make. No joke. I started them at like 8:00 PM. Then I realized that the dough had to set for at least two hours or something. So I decided to work on them later. Day two. I baked them and made the frosting. Obviously they needed to cool completely. Duh, I mean people hate hot fresh cookies. Frosting, bah. It is supposed to sit for a while to let the flavors come together. Day three. Frost and enjoy. Which I did. Too much work.

The stuff Brett and I worked on.

4. Glue down the vinyl in the master bedroom - After Isaac was born, we replaced the flooring with vinyl wood looking planks. They are wonderful, easy to clean, and totally keeps the room cool. Some of the planks needed re-gluing. Anyways, someday I will show you how the floors look. No time these days for uploading pictures.

24. Have date night once a month - We went bowling with some friends. It was fun. We suck at bowling. The end.

29. Plant a tree - We did this. Then Emma, the dog, ate it. She has eaten like a million of our citrus trees. It's a touchy subject. We won't speak of this any further.

We have a little catching up to do on a few items. Some of the monthly goals we had, we were unable to accomplish, but better luck next month.