Craig with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Mulvey
A visit with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Dow
Saiah, the Astronaut
Craig has mastered the art of crawling. As we all know, gone are the days of Craig, sitting around a pile of toys, content to stay put. Two weekends ago, Jason declared that by the end of that weekend, Craig would be a crawler. Well, he was close. The week after that, Craig started actually moving forward with his rocking of all fours. This last week, he's become a speedy little mover. It's so amazing to watch him grow and learn.
On top of the crawling, Craig also learned how to pull himself up to stand with the couch. You can hear it in his voice when he's accomplished his task, as he makes all sorts of happy sounds. You just know he's completely thrilled with his new find! When you acknowledge his new feat and tell him "Craigy...look at you! You're such a big boy!", he just beams from ear to ear. It's way too cute.
Oh, and kisses! In just the last few days, Craig is giving those wonderful open mouth kisses to us. And when he really wants his mommy, out comes "Ma" or "Mum". Ahhh...melts my heart. <3
Picture to come soon..hopefully. :)
Baby Legs. Baby Leg Warmers. Zootie Patootie. You know what I'm talking about. I love, love these things!! I finally broke down and bought Craig a pair a few weeks back from Mamabargains.com. I think they are stinkin cute and a great thing to have for when he's crawling all over the place.
Imagine my surprise (ok, not really), when Jason put his foot down on Craigy's new attire. No way. What?! But, they're so cute! Nope..he looks silly...like a girl. He won't be going out with those on!! Then, I get the feeling Saiah thinks they are pretty dorky as well. And then, I get the same feeling that my Mom isn't sure what to think about them either.
So...my question to those who read...all two of you: What's your take on Baby Legs? Yay or neigh? :)
The wind was blowing, so we decided to pack up and go down to the field at the school nearby our house to give Jason's fancy dancy new trick kite a whirl. For sure there would be enough wind. Um, no. Sadly, the kite has still yet to soar in the wind. One of these days we'll get it up. We enjoyed kicking around the soccer ball and enjoying the cool breeze nonetheless.
"Mama, take a picture of us!". I couldn't resist. Saiah wanted a picture of her and Craig in their PJ's and she loved that Craig was cheek to cheek with her. Sweet moments.
I truly don't remember ever having a problem losing my teeth. I found most all of my loose teeth quite fun. How fun to use your tongue to push the tooth around. Better yet, was when it was so loose, you could actually get your tongue to go into the whole! What a fun, weird sensation that was. If I remember correctly, I was never one to shoot the gun and try yanking out teeth before they were truly ready to come out. Mostly, I'd play with it and when it was truly at the point where it was ready to come out, I'd give it a few good twists and out it came. Twisting was always the key!
Saiah's first two teeth were pretty normal (you may remember a video I posted of Jason giving it a good yank to loosen the roots and Saiah's priceless reaction). Other than a Dad helping it to get loose, they came out fairly easy.
Not so much with her first top tooth. I don't know, maybe it's because this tooth had a history with Saiah. Back when Scooter was 3 years-old, she was doing some silly dance with both feet in one of my slippers. Well, she apparently lost her footing during a jump, couldn't get the landing down with both feet in my slipper, and proceeded to crash to the ground, hitting her mouth/teeth on our wooden bedframe on the way down. Blood everywhere and a front tooth that was now at an obscure angle, pushing backwards. Oh yes. Fun times. From that day on, it's always been a bit loose, off color, and well, just unique.
I should not have been surprised that Stubborn Tooth, which shall be named ST from here on out, would want to go out in big fashion as well. Picture a pretty, sunny day and Saiah is out playing on her "new" swingset. Wait, she's playing on the slide that is not yet attached to her said swingset. Next thing I know, in she comes hurt. Apparently, she was walking up the slide, lost her footing (gee, sounds familiar), and hit her face on the slide, mouth first, which in turned, knocked her already loose tooth very loose. Did I mention ST has been truly a "loose" tooth for about 5 months now. So...I deem that yep, that tooth is really ready to come out now. Saiah then proceeds to attempt for two hours to get ST out. ST is loose, yet it is hurting her terribly. Just touching it caused a lot of pain for poor Saiah. It's so sad to hear your 7 year old, crying while sitting on the counter, praying for God to please let this tooth come out!! She worked hard, yet it wasn't coming out. Throughout the day, she'd go back and give it a try to no avail.
Next day, brought more attempts. She was able to pop a few more roots. I felt so bad that she was in such agony and I knew that I had to get it out for her. So...I told her I was going to check it and try to get it out. I grabbed some TP to hold on to the slippery thing and gave it a good hard pull. Feeling that it was going to take more than a yank, I had to just keep tugging and pulling. After about three or four tugs, Voila! It was out!! Yay!! I'm pretty sure Saiah was shocked that Mommy pulled out her tooth, but she was super pleased about it as well. I'm hoping it was just because it was ST, and that the other top teeth won't follow it's path.
Last week, we headed over to our nice neighbor, Larry's yard to pick some very scrumptious blackberries. I tell you, it was the nicest, most enjoyable blackberry picking we've ever experienced!! He has it all trimmed so the berries just cascade over the top of his fence. We picked for less than an hour and went away with three huge bowlfuls. I still think Saiah may have eaten more berries than she picked! Craig enjoyed the time sitting and playing on a blanket. Homemade cobblers and syrup for waffles was made with our abundance of the sweet berry. I have always loved how easy it is to find and pick blackberries here in Oregon.
I do believe we are headed back over soon, as I'm ready to try my hand at Blackberry Jam. Oh yum!
Our blackberry goodness!
Grandma and Saiah with their bounty
Since I have soooo many friends that are mommies to babies and toddlers, I think this a worthwile post. Mamabargains is an amazing site that has great deals on the funnest things. Once the deal is gone, they post another one!! I admit, I find myself checking their site a few times a day. :)
Saiah and Craig's Father's Day present to Daddy. Jason thought it was pretty special.
As I sit here, I can hear Saiah singing and talking to her brother. One of her lines is "I wish I could marry you, oh I wish I could marry you!". I find this so sweet. Awhile back she had asked if she could marry Craig. We of course talked about the proper rules of marriage. Nonetheless, it speaks volumes as to how much Saiah loves and adores her brother.
I finally have been able to get Craig to giggle. Saiah and Jason have both been able to, and I finally found my own way of getting the little man to laugh. Yep..gotta love it!! Sorry it's sideways..but still just as cute!
It's official..Craig is off the charts for his weight!! At 10 weeks he weighed in at 16lbs and 7 oz, and lays 25 1/2 inch. His head though is quite normal, in the 50th percentile. I just love all his chunky goodness! His legs are so squishable and cheeks are irresistible!
Saiah is playing her first season of softball. Jason and I weren't too sure if she'd like it, as she's a mover. Playing on a team of 7 and 8 year-olds that have barely held a bat or ball isn't exactly heart pounding excitement. We had to chuckle at some practices because there would be Saiah...in the outfield, kicking dirt and weeds with her shoes, making circles and yes, one time...sitting down!!! I have to admit, those practices were a bit on the boring side, so I don't blame her. As soon as the real games started, she perked up a bit and has been a stellar ball player(hey, I'm her mom, I can gloat!). Saiah has a great swing and is able to connect pretty well with the ball. The coach switches the girls every time so they get to learn all the positions, but Saiah's favorite has been the pitcher position. She doesn't pitch at this age..but she gets to field the balls that come her way and she's not too shabby. It helps to keep her alert when she knows the ball is coming her way!
I'm thankful that she hasn't taken after me in throwing the bat. Yeah...I was a bat thrower. In fact, I gave a catcher on another team some stitches due to my heavy throwing abilities. She happened to be a friend, although...I can't remember if we remained friends post bat incident. Actually, Saiah seems to be inheriting most all of Jason's athletic abilities. I hear he was quite the ball player and to this day is good at sports, despite all the aches and pains that come with participating now.
We are staying busy with Saiah's games alone. Then you throw into the mix Jason's softball games for our church coed team and it seems like all we are doing these days is going to softball games! Fun times indeed!
