*Atti Today*
February 4, 2010 | Filed Under ABD, Grateful, daily life | Leave a Comment
Today while Atti was napping I started cleaning the house and when he woke up we sat down and had lunch. He had chicken nuggets, banana slices, Earth’s Best Smiley Snacks and yogurt bites. I had PB & honey, caffeine free Coke and potato chips. Part of Atti eating lunch involves him throwing food onto the floor for fun or trying to feed me his chicken nuggets. I’m going to order a mat for under the high chair so I can clean the mat instead of the tile. I love how he eats - he puts the food in his fist and the puts his whole palm of his hand up to his mouth, it’s so cute. There’s also a lot of taking food out of his mouth and putting it back in. When he doesn’t want anymore of something he shakes his head no and if we try to stop feeding him before he’s ready he yells! So funny.Photos taken today with Mac Photobooth.
Happy Thursdee.
*He’s One!*
January 21, 2010 | Filed Under ABD | 1 Comment
We’ve had a little blogging break and now we’re back!
In December we had Atti’s first Birthday party. We had our families over for a pulled pork sandwich lunch and birthday cake. This was Atticus’ first experience with cake (or sugar for that matter) and as you can see he loved it. Initially when we put the cake on his high chair he didn’t know what to do with it. He stuck his hand in the frosting and looked at it, wondering what it was. After his first bite of cake he was hooked! I was taking pictures with my little point and shoot, Tyson was recording it with the video camera, my mom was taking text pictures and my dad was taking pictures with his big dog camera. Quite the little superstar Finch is! Right after this he started throwing the cake on the floor and rubbing it on the walls so I scooped him up and put him in the bath. We can’t believe our little love is one!
Thankful For
November 20, 2009 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
My Bee Eff since forever. Love her like crazy.
*Thankful For*
November 19, 2009 | Filed Under heath photos | Leave a Comment
My siblings.
(February 2008 Tempe, AZ)
*Thankful For*
November 18, 2009 | Filed Under ABD, Grateful | 1 Comment
Thankful for:
A beautiful, hilarious, healthy and happy son.
Happy Wednesday!
*Thankful For*
November 17, 2009 | Filed Under ABD, Grateful, Tysonism, weekend fun | 1 Comment
Have you seen the thankful prompt on Facebook?
Post what you are thankful for each day until Thanksgiving - easy enough!
Today I am thankful for a husband who is absolutely in love with our son and is truly devoted to him. I am also thankful for a girlfriend who captured the love they have for each other! Thank you Mandi!
Happy Tuesdee!
*Halloween 09*
November 2, 2009 | Filed Under ABD, Everly, Family, Good Life_, Grateful, weekend fun | 1 Comment
Mister Finch celebrated his first Halloween this weekend.
We had a neighborhood party on Friday night, he wore his costume to it and then Saturday we had our family photos done by a girlfriend of mine (so excited to see them!) It was so different to be IN the photos and not ordering everyone around, taking the photos. After our photos we went to YaYa and Gpa Banks’ house and had photo time with Dorothy and The Lion- how cute are they!
Atti in all his lion glory:
And after our visit with YaYa and Gpa Banks we went to my sister in law’s house who had a very fun Halloween party (where I won a gift card to Target!) and Atti met up with his two cronies:
Lions, Tigers and Bears OH MY!
(Atti as Lion, Drake as Bear, Zander as Tiger)
Yesterday Tyson and I had brunch at Market Street while my niece babysat Atti for us. We went to Costco for some necessities (hummus, soft pajamas for me and Atti) and then came home. We went on a walk and visited with our neighbors and came home and ate an awesome dinner. Roast, potatoes, squash, french bread. A lovely weekend with my sweet family!
Happy Mondee!
*Ten Months!*
October 17, 2009 | Filed Under ABD, Grateful | 6 Comments
Atticus is ten months today! This is what ten months looks like on him:
It seems everything he can get to has become a jungle jim!
And this is what ten months looks like when I take the laptop out of his reach!
(and yes I am a brunette now and actually really liking it)
At ten months: The past few days has gone from ’salamander’ crawling to full on toddler-crawling. Yesterday he stood on his own for a few seconds and balanced before falling on his bum. He has become more vocal and says ‘mamamamamamama’ and ‘dadadadadadadada’ and screeches and huffs and puffs (when it’s time to nurse) and makes all sorts of adorable sounds I can’t describe. He waves goodbye when someone is leaving (or when we are leaving) and is now pulling himself up onto EVERYTHING. If I am standing he sometimes crawls up behind me and pulls himself up on my legs, he pulls himself up on the couches, the bed, his crib, the walls, the sliding glass door (which he then licks), the chairs in the kitchen, the washing machine, the dishwasher, the nightstands (which he takes all books off of and climbs up on) and stands up inside his crib and ‘yells’ for us or cries for us. He is a ball of energy, it’s incredible to see how fast he can move!
He loves cords of all kind. Cell phone cords, laptop cords, any type of cord - maybe he’ll be an electrician when he grows up?
He weighs in a 20.5 pounds now - he’s in the 40th percentile for weight, 90th for height, 90th for noggin size. It’s so crazy to actually be able to see his neck now! He used to have so many rolls we couldn’t even see it! He is still nursing and has a fruit or vegetable once or twice a day. He hasn’t gotten any teeth yet but we keep thinking it will be any day now.
Yesterday he crawled over to me and put his hands on my face and then opened his mouth up wide and put his mouth all over my cheeks-it was hilarious! I think he was ‘kissing’ me and it made me laugh so hard. He’s so fun to be around.
He still isn’t a great sleeper. He’s getting a lot better at his naps throughout the day and actually going to sleep in his crib isn’t too difficult but staying asleep for an entire night still hasn’t happened. We are trying to not go to him every time he makes a peep and instead ‘wait it out’ a few minutes before we go into him.
His hair is long and I have been told by a few different people (my mom, my sis in law) to cut his hair but to me he’s just a baby, he’s not even one yet! So that hair will stay long for a few more months.
He is an extremely happy baby and the only time he isn’t happy is if he’s too tired or hungry. We are in love with him more and more everyday!
Hard to believe he was this size:
Happy Saturdee!
*Skipping Among The Flames*
October 14, 2009 | Filed Under ABD, Grateful, Grief, Hazel Mae | 4 Comments
It changed me. I am a different person than I was prior to October 2007.
Two years ago (October 1st 2007) I went to the doctor because I couldn’t find our baby’s heartbeat on the doppler. I was 18 weeks pregnant and somehow had a feeling- I had a feeling - I knew this was going to change my life. I knew my little girl was going to change . my . life. I knew she was a girl, I knew it wasn’t time for my little girl.
I went to the doctor. The nurse couldn’t find a heartbeat. She said “I swear I heard it - did you? I swear I did” while I nodded vigorously, trying to talk myself into it…and yet she couldn’t find a heartbeat. She had me go into the ultrasound office. I went into the ultrasound office, jumped up on the ultrasound chair, pulled my shirt up, she put the cold jelly on my tummy, she put the wand on my tummy, I waited. She said “there is no heartbeat……………..there is no heartbeat.” the wind was knocked out of me, I sobbed and screamed and wailed how does this happen howdoesthishappenhowhowhowhowhowhowhowhowthefuck and
I called Tyson. He cried and drove, he came barreling into the room. We cried. We went into shock. We were dying a little bit inside but we were so alive. We drove home. I said “there is alessonhereIjust don’t know what the fuck it is what is it what is it what what what??????”
We went home. My mom flew in. My mom was my saving grace. Absolutely one of two who saved my sanity here in this moment. (One of a handful of people who never disappointed me during this entire process). I cleaned with Pine Sol. Scrubbed floors, behind toilets, didn’t cry. didn’t process yet.) My sister flew in, she was so devastated. I kept cleaning And cleaned. and cleaned. My sister was so sad. So was my dad and my brother and my friends. We checked into the hospital and on the way I called Erin and said you must come here because I need you to help Tyson, I don’t have the energy… Erin sped to the hospital. I labored all night. I got an epidural. Erin and my mom slept on the floor. My nurses were so nice to me. I was so nice to them. I thought they looked like nurses on Grey’s Anatomy and told them so. They treated me so well, so sweet and I appreciated it so much. My girl, she was gone, she was dead and it was meant to be…. she had to go - I delivered our little angel Hazel around 10am on Wednesday morning (October 3rd) and she was so cute - so cute! She had the same chin as my Atticus does. She had skinny fingers like her daddy and she had my feet (not so lucky for her!) She was beautiful and I loved her so. (I Love Her So.)
She saved me.
She saved me. She found me. She kept me safe and true and real and opened me for more honesty than I have ever felt. My little girl saved me from myself. She got me ready for ABD. She allowed me to learn to grieve, taught me how to feel it all -to soak it up and taught her daddy to do the same and to encourage me to grieve grieve grieve. She got me ready for the diagnosis and the blood draws and the fucking shots….ahhh the shots…. she got me ready and I am so grateful I don’t have the words but I say the prayers of thank you my angel girl, my baby girl, my Hazel girl. thank you thank you thank you. Thank you Hazel Mae. Thank you thank you thank you.
For our little girl, Miss Hazel Mae Dymock - light a candle tonight at 7pm for the Wave of Light - she will so much enjoy it, skipping among the flames.
xxxooo
*Yummy Feet*
August 2, 2009 | Filed Under ABD | Leave a Comment
