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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Citrus lane // January 2015

January 2015



 Here is what Cort got in his January 2015 box!
  • Red Dip plate, I'm starting to get Cort to use a plate so this will be very nice!
  • Earthworm, As soon as he saw it he didn't want to let it go! He likes twisting it around and playing with it!
  • "Are you my Baby?" Book, This is a very cute book, it has two different pages on the same page to turn through,                                                                            Cort has really been enjoying books lately! ----->
  • Hot Chocolate on a Stick. This is there "Mommy Gift" It will be fun one of these cold days to have a nice cup of hot coco!
$9.99 Dip plate
$11.00 Earthworm
$8.99 Book
Total $32.97


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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

11 month update // Cort

I'm so happy to be Cort's mommy! He is such a smart, silly and lovable little guy! 
I think this everyday, but Wow! He's growing up! 

New this month.
- Learning to use a fork. 
- Claps his hands.
- Sleeping through the night.
- In a toddler bed.
- Has five teeth.
- Said "hot" and pointed at the stove.

I've read that at 8-10 months is a good time to introduce silverware to babies\toddlers. 
So at 10 1/2 months, the first few times he just chewed on the fork and didn't even want to try the food on the fork.
But now he tries to eat with a fork and is kinda getting good! I'm trying to get him to use a plate too. but that just ends up on the floor...


Since moving Cort to his toddler bed [To read why he's in a toddler bed. read here.]
He's slept in his bed all night long almost every night! It's so wonderful! 
Once or twice a night he'll wake up, cry/whine for a moment then go right back to bed, 


Cort is starting to really like books! He will pick up a book and come over to me, 
hand it to me and try to sit on my lap! It's so cute! I'll leave him playing in the living room while I'm making supper and I'll look in on him and he will be looking page by page at his books!


Plans for this month.
  • Start introducing cow milk.
  • Plan Cort's 1st birthday party.
  • Work more on saying please & thank you
  • Play outside more.



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Friday, January 9, 2015

My Child's Birthday Tag | 1st Birthday Planning!

1) How old is your child turning?
Cort is turning 1! On February 12th.

2) Do you have any birthday traditions?
Nothing specific, Just spending time with family and friends. 


3) Are you having a small or large party?
I'd say medium.

4) Number of guests?
This year we are having just immediate family, which ends up being about 35 people!

5) Do you have a party theme? 
Woodland animals :)

6) Are you going to make any of the decorations? If so, what?
Nothing to crazy, just some little things!

7) Will you be serving food at the party? If so, what kind?
Yes, Tacos and snacks.

8) Store bought or homemade cake (cupcakes)?
Homemade cupcakes! 

9) What kind of cake? Ice cream?
Chocolate with chocolate frosting & vanilla Ice cream.

10) Are you getting your child any gifts? If so, what?
We are getting Cort THIS red scooter/tricycle! 
He has accidentally seen in in my closer and screamed with JOY! 
So I am so looking forward to giving that to him! [don't worry we got it on black Friday for a really good deal!]

Cupcake holders & toppers!
Candy/trailmix cups!


Here is a Video of me showing you what things I have so far for Cort's Birthday party!
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

What I ate Wednesday // 1-7-15


BREAKFAST.

 Scrambled eggs, bacon nice and crisp & a English muffin with REESE'S spread!


LUNCH.

 Spicy Chicken sandwich with Frys.

 Recipe
Cut two chicken breasts in half both ways.
then add season salt and grilling seasoning, 
cook in a frying pan till cooked. 
add a slice of pepper jack cheese till melted,
Butter the buns, warm in a frying and lightly browned. 
add bacon, lettuce & add any other topping you'd like. Enjoy!


DINNER.

 Homemade pizza, breadstick and broccoli /w cheese


If this is somthing you enjoy and would like to see more of...
leave a comment and I might do it again! :D


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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Q&A

I asked for people to ask questions.
Well I got one, But its a good one!

Question - "Do y'all plan on anymore babies? If so, how soon?"

 Answer - Yes we would love more babies! I would love to make Cort a big brother this year, whether the baby will be born this year or not we will see!
I'm so excited to see Cort growing up this year and all the things we will do together this year! (I am not pregnant right now)
Do you have any question's? Feel free to leave them down below!

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Why I'm switching my 10 month old into a toddler bed.

Why I'm switching my 10 month old into a toddler bed.

OK so I will start at the beginning, 
after we announced we were pregnant John's parents offered us the Crib John slept in when he was little, and also his mother slept in, we took a look at it and it looked nice & sturdy  and really cool, it was all metal and not huge like most cribs these days seam to be, so we said yes and got it all set up in Cort's room.


Then a few months after we had Cort I realized that the sides of the crib were about 10 inches shorter then a standard crib and the mattress wouldn't go down.  
oh no! That would be a problem when Cort learned to stand up in his crib, and sure enough Cort learned to pull up & stand JUST turning 6 months, 
I walked in his room and he was leaned over his crib and looking over the side! 
I was afraid he would fall out! I knew that was not going to keep him in there much longer.

So I stated researching what to do, we didn't really want to go out and buy a new crib because they are pretty expensive to get a nice one,
so I looked and looked and found the answer! Montessori style bed!


Basically it's a mattress on the ground, 
I Totally Baby proofed everything in the room & I put pillows all around it so if he rolled off it would just be on the pillow, and gradually removed one pillow at a time till there was none. 
It has worked SO well for us, there have been times that I've laid him down, he wakes up, crawls to the door crying, stays there a few min, then goes back to his bed & falls asleep! I feel like he's so much happier now that he's able to go to & from his bed, now when he's napping after I think he's napped enough I'll just open his door and when he wakes up he'll walk out with a huge smile on his face! So from 6 months till now (10 1/2 months) we've been doing that, but we knew we wanted him a traditional bed for when he gets older, 
my dad found a really nice toddler bed at goodwill and we put that in our spare room till we think he'd be ready for it, after talking to John I thought it would be best to wait till he was over a year, 
just because I didn't want him rolling out of bed and hurting himself, but after seeing how well he's been getting off the couch I decided it was time, I also didn't want him bumping his head against the wall so much. 


He took a nap in there yesterday and slept for a hour and a half, then woke up slid off the bed and walked to the door, last night was out first night with him in there and he did great! Slept from 9:00pm till 2:30am then I nursed him back to sleep and he slept from 3:00am till 7:30am just a normal night!

I feel like With me moving him at such s young age he will get used to sleeping on a normal bed and will be a lot less likely to fall or roll out of bed as he gets older. This is definitely not for everyone, but it worked well for us. I don't think we will do this with all our other kids, but for Cort it worked good!






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