Pictures!

I am happy to share that Vinny no longer sleeps in his swing. He has slept in the crib every night for the past week and three days. I have let him take a nap or two in the swing but the first couple of days we hadn't even allowed him to be in the swing. He was either in the playpen, walker or his crib. He also is getting better with other children. With the holidays coming up me and Jake started going to Biolife Plasma Services and donate plasma to make extra money. I have left him in their daycare three times and he has had no problems what so ever, even when the other kids come up and try to play with him. He usually just stares at them. He is starting to chat a lot. He started off saying hihi about a month and a half ago, then dada for a couple days then it was a constant mama, now its a constant dada. he still says hihi and mama just not as much. I love him more and more every day.

I finally got some pictures on my new computer so I am going to share a bunch of them and an adorable little video.

I'm Back

   Sorry I haven't been blogging. I lost my password and finally figured it out. The last time I blogged I said I was going to start working out. I did workout for a little bit but then it became hard to fit in. We were gone a lot of the time and Vincent was and still is teething so he wants constant attention and screams a lot. I still try to fit in a little workout every now and then. Once spring comes, I should be able to manage a better workout. I will be sure to set a time in the morning to do my workout and a time in the evening to go out for a walk. Until then, I will workout as often as I can.

   Vinny is turning eight months old in two days. He can sit up when someone put him in the sitting position. He is trying to sit up on his own now but can't quite do it yet. He still wont sleep in his crib, sometimes sleeps with me in my bed but usually sleeps in swing still. He now weighs over 20lbs and is roughly 30in tall. He loves to repeatedly say mom. His hair is now more blonde instead of strawberry blonde. His eyes are such a bright blue that nobody ever looks at him without saying something about his eyes.

   I took him Trick or Treating last Thursday. He went as a little devil. We bought two lion costumes but neither of the hoods would fit on him. My best friend, Tiffany, let me use the costume her son had used when he was younger. Tiffany, our friend Jasmyn, and I had met up and took our boys around the town. Vincent wasn't sure what to think of any of it. Whenever someone would come up to the stroller he would just stare at them like he was terrified. The last house we went to was Tiffany's future mother-in-law. As we walked up to that house Vinny was happy and cooing.

I am on a new computer so I don't have any pictures to post today but I will post some the next time around.

Gonna Take My Body Back

I've always been a skinny girl. I am 5'9" and weighed 142lbs before I got pregnant. The day I delivered I weighed 182lbs. I now weigh 136lbs but still have a pouch. I never had that perfect body, in fact I've alwaya had a roundish stomach. Besides the way my body looks I am also disappointed in how out of shape I am. I cannot manage to walk up the stairs to my room, without being out of breath. I have had enough of being out of shape. I want to become healthy. I watch a lot of makeover shows. I really love Extreme Makeover: Weightloss Edition with trainer Chris Powell. I discovered a dvd called Extreme Makeover: Weightloss Edition- The Workout. It is technically for the larger people but it works for smaller people also. It is a great workout and gives me loads of energy.  My legs get really sore after a workout but I still love it. After I finish level 2 I am going to switch to Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. I just don't think that dvd is for beginners so I started off with a different one. I am excited for what may happen in the future due to getting my energy back and self confidence.

Vincent is getting so big. He's trying to set up on his own now. Hes starting to learn new things everyday. I enjoy watching him learn daily.

Green Eggs and Ham

I haven't read to Vincent since he was a month old. Mainly because I only have two books to read him. I have Green Eggs and Ham and Cat in the Hat. I stopped reading them because he would get fussy everytime I started to read. I decided that he would be able to look at the pictures while I read this time and probably wouldn't remember the book anyways. As soon as I started reading he started laughing, everytime I turned the page he would laugh. It made me very happy that he let me read the whole book to him. Tonight I will try Cat in the Hat again. Hope it goes well.

Anickah Marie

my niece Anickah Marie was born july 18 at 2:42 pm. She weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces and was 20 inches long. I went to the hospital to see her when she was a day old. She looks exactly like my sister. I got the hold her but not for long, as I was afraid to because she's so small. I can't wait til this time next year. My nephew will be going on two years old and Vincent and Anickah will be  one. Plus my best friend's son will be three and another close friend's  son will be two. We could all go to the park and let them play.

Fireworks!

I know I am a bit late at posting this but I wanted to share anyway. Almost every little sound scares vincent so we figured that the fourth of july would be full of screaming. We stayed in for a majority of the day. We could hear neighbors' and even the city's fireworks inside. Around 11pm Vincent still wasn't asleep and Jake wanted to shoot off some roman candles that we bought a while ago. I put vincent in the car seat and we all sat on the porch. Shortly after we went outside a neighbor about 4 houses down started shooting off more fireworks. I figured if Vincent was gonna hear them he might as well see them, so I turned the carseat so he could see. We expected them to scare him but once they finished he laughed for two minutes. When we finished with the roman candles and came back in Vincent fell asleep in a matter of minutes. The picture with the rootbeer bottle was taken at my friends, we were on the porch and I asked for a drink and she went to get it but in the mean time a garbage truck was going down the street so I was trying to calm him down with a toy. She handed me the pop and I just held on to it while calming him down and didn't realise it was so close to him.

A Year Ago Today

July 1st 2011, I woke up went downstairs and took a pregnancy test. It came back positive and I immediately started crying. I had no idea what I was going to do. My boyfriend automatically wanted to put the baby up for adoption. I agreed because there was so many people living in our house, the other kids weren't being taken care of. I didn't want to risk the baby being taken by children services. Another reason I agreed was because I didn't want to lose Jake, I didn't think that I could love anyone as much as him. Mid-July, my boyfriend's dad was constantly complaining about our decision. So we went out to dinner and discussed it. We decided we would keep the baby.

Today, Vincent turned four months old. He recently started rolling over. I don't think I could love.anyone more than him! :)

Nobody Warned Me

I always knew that babies suck on their thumbs but little did I know that Vincent would stick his index finger all the way in his mouth. He does it constantly. He gags himself so much, and throws up sometimes from it. It is hard to not let it bother me.

Vincent is trying so hard to roll over now. He can get his top half rolled over, just can't figure out how to move his butt and legs over.
As you guys know, I hosted my sisters baby shower this past sunday.  This was probably the worse baby shower that I ever attended. I had to take Vincent because his daddy was still at work. Then the lady that let us use her house let her one and two year old get into everything, including an ash tray they dumped in my carseat. And my sister's son was there  throwing stuff around the baby repeatedly. I spent my whole time watching kids. It was not enjoyable!

Father's Day

I posted on here about Mother's Day so I am going to posted about Father's day also. So here I go. I know Jake got me a mother's day card. That is all he did for me that day. I forgot to tell him happy Father's Day when he left for work at 4am. He came home and told me that my grandma text him and said happy Father's Day. I was like "oh I'm sorry I forgot to this morning." He looks at me and says "yeah I know, I got you a card and you can't even say it." Uh first off he didn't do anything for me on Mother's day and second off he doesn't even help with the baby so why should he deserve a day to celebrate being a dad.
Here is a picture of Vincent and his dad a while back.

Planning a Baby Shower

My sister is having her third child but first daughter next month. I decided that since she never had a baby shower and this is her first daughter, I would throw her a baby shower. A lot of family is against it because my sister doesn't have custody of her boys. I believe that she it's straightening out her life and have faith that she will be able to keep her daughter and get the boys back. She decided last minute to have a baby shower and I made sure me and her friends got together as soon as possible to start planning. Unfortunately, that meeting didn't accomplish much. Them I find out that she hasn't sent it the invitations with only 13 days before the shower. I talked her into changing the date so that more people will be able to attend. The short if more scheduled for the 24th and I have bought decorations and prizes got the games. Her friend, who's house we will be using, is buying food and choosing games.  Planning this  baby shower has been pretty hard with a baby that demand a lot of attention and prefers to not be out of his swing much. We have everything planned out now. I am crocheting my niece a cute little blanket. The yarn is pink, white and tan, so when crocheted it looks like pink camoflauge. It will be absolutely adorable when finished. Vincent is doing great. He is learning more and more how to use his hands to grab stuff. He tends to pull a blanket up when he is cold, he also figured out how to grab a hold of me when nervous or scared. I continue to love him more and more each day. I am happy to wake up every morning to him smiling at me from his swing. 8 Things You Should Never Say To Your Husband