Oh, and He's also Super Xander

One of Xander's nicknames is X-man, but let me tell you, this Superman outfit sure is awesome on him so he'll be Super Xander too. Here's my lil caped hero. And yes, even super heroes need their rubber duckies.

A Good Week

So much going on everywhere. So last week Xander & I went to visit my family in Lake Jackson while Nathan went to Kansas to take care of some work stuff. We got to see my brother and his fam as well as some high school and church friends. It was a great week visiting, but it went by way too quickly.

At one point I forgot my camera so I didn't get the pictures I wanted, but these will do.

Here he is with my niece and nephew, Allison & Jacob


Just before we left, we went to the Sea Center.



Super Heroes


As we were leaving, this gentleman took out a harmonica and played for Xander. He LOVED it. He smiled and laughed (while eating his sock) the entire time.


Then we went and spent a little time with Ivonne and Cara. Xander wanted to walk up the slide not actually slide down.


At the mall.


Now we're back...and onto packing...

Moving and Cooking

So we'll be moving by the end of the month. And in the meantime we have a couple of trips we have to make. Should be fun times. Packing is usually not fun, but I'm really looking forward to getting. Rid. Of. Stuff. I've recently gone through and thrown out a bunch of stuff, and I'm looking forward to even more purging. And when we move into wherever it is that we'll be, I'll try to get rid of even more.

This summer Nathan will be working in Kansas again. I'm gonna be staying in a place in Greenville, where my mom lives, and then in September we'll move into...who knows (in the Dallas area). At this point, Nathan is just ready to be out of here. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the area where we currently reside, but purchasing a home is about double our price range so unfortunately I'll be leaving everything I love around here. Seriously, it's a great area, and that's what's holding me back from wanting a bigger place. Who needs space, right? We have plenty of it. And I can especially say that when a Whole Foods opened up about a mile away. Or something like that. I mention Whole Foods often because I just love it. *sigh* So here's to whatever is coming. Anyway, since Nathan will be working in Kansas, Xander and I will be back and forth from here to there. We plan to spend a couple of weeks there at a time. We'll only get to see Nathan on the weekends, but it's better than nothing. At first I thought we'd drive up every other weekend or so, but making that long drive just for a weekend is just senseless. I have a feeling we'll practically be living there by the time it's all said and done. We'll see.

So I was playing around with my camera and my boy.


On my back as I cook.


And no, I wasn't burning anything (this time). It's boiling water. Xander's face is classic. He looks pretty unhappy, but he actually really likes being with me in the kitchen.

New Car

So last night I ate 4 bowls of Corn Flakes again. And if there were any left, I might have some again. Oh, and that was after I'd had some amazing tacos with lots and lots of protein. It's not like I was protein deficient.

Anyway, Xander was given a new car, and he just LOVES it. Thanks, Ivonne and Cara! It's his new favorite thing.

Quick Trip

So last week we decided very last minute to take a trip to Kansas for a few days to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa.



I've procrastinated cutting Xander's hair, but it was overdue. The long row of Apache hair down the middle of his head is finally better.


The kid loved this swing.


Out and about.

I'm sipping some amazing Youthberry White Tea. Yummm. The stuff is supposed to be great as far as anti-oxidants are concerned. It's great warm, and I think I'll try some iced tomorrow.

I should go to bed. Xander is still waking up every 3 hours or so, and if he poops in the middle of the night during nursing, and if he has a blow-out (which happens all too often these days), and if that blow-out gets on everything, then it calls for being up extra long. The other night it was a good 2 hour nursing session. And he insists on his 7 a.m. wake up. His internal clock works too much like mine...or like mine used to.

But I wanted to post some pics for the family since I said I would.

When we had perfect weather sometime last week, we spent an afternoon just hanging at the park...a park in Richie Rich's neighborhood, where you see blond little girls and their Mexican nannies. Where 47-year old mothers tell you about how they're sending their daughters to elite universities and also send them $2000/month as an allowance. Lol. They're for real, yo.


Then Xander had a 'play-date' with Josiah.

I promise my son isn't stuck up. He just likes to push away sometimes.

And Xander likes to take off his socks and suck on his big toe. And I mean suck...like he thinks he'll get milky way out of it. This was on Nathan's bday at the zoo this week.


This, friends, is one of his favorite toys. The sonaja from his abuelito in Mexico. And his friend, Josiah, liked it too. He kept taking it from him. lol. I should learn to make these and sell 'em.

Yes, We Did

We wore green today to be just like everyone else. That's really not why. Xander started the day in all blue so that we could try to avoid him being confused for a girl again. Then we had some kind of leak in his Fuzzibunz, so I changed him to green and blue, and then I was just matching. Have I mentioned that I love Texas weather at this time of year? Love. It. We spent most of the day outdoors and going here and there. Xander inherited his momma's need to be on the go.



He's so peaceful when we're outdoors.

Not a Girly-Man

So apparently I can't even dress my XMan in gender neutral colors without him being confused for a girl. We get it probably once a week - "What a pretty girl..." "Boy, he's a boy," is my typical response. Usually with a thank you. I tell you, dressed in all blue, all boy clothes, he gets that. Today he was in brown and gray and still got it, though those can be gender neutral. But still. Poor kid.

At the Park

Have I mentioned how much my kid loves being outside. If he starts to get whiny, we do 1 of 2 things - 1)'walk' him (hold him by his arms as he runs his little legs all over the place, and I do mean ALL OVER THE PLACE; or 2)take him outside. If we do #1, he gets this huge smile on his face and shrieks with excitement. Then he starts running, and now he sticks his tongue out as he does it. Cute-NESS! If we do #2, he gets totally quiet as he stares up at the trees, the shrubs and just stuff. Either way, it's not that difficult to make him happy. He just likes to move. So this was us at the park this past weekend. He loved the swing and started fussing when I took him out. Wha????


So I then moved onto a swing with him, where he totally chillaxed and started falling asleep.


So I nursed the child, put him in the other swing, and he got that stare he gets when he's about to go out. He was trying to find a place on the swing to lay his head back. Where do I get one of these?


The great thing is that this park is right across the street from my mom's place. We'll be spending lots of time there this summer. More on that to come.

A Walk In the Clouds...I mean the Park

I know I post a lot of pictures of Xander in his walker, but his excitement when he's in the thing cracks me up. He doesn't walk in the thing; he RUNS and loves every minute of it.



Happiness


Thank you, Jesus, for weather that allows us to go outside without a million layers and blankets. And thank you for this bebe boys who stuffs his head in his hat to fall asleep.

94.5

Oh, so this past weekend my friend, Kauline, was in town for a little bit. Even though she was busy taking care of family stuff, she took a few hours to spend with us. Xander loved her. And I'm pretty sure she liked him too...even after he puked in the restaurant. And it was all this momma's fault for accidentally getting egg white in the yolk I was giving him. His poor little face got all splotchy...then he puked all over both of us. Fun times. At least his face rash went away, and we all left happy campers.





He loves his momma


Out on a walk. I need more of this flip-flop weather. C'mon, Jesus, help me out a little bit.


My little running man needs the outdoors as much as I do.

and he sleeps

name that movie.

but for real yo. only woke up twice last night, and earlier he took a 2.5 hr nap. that's right - he was down for 2 and one half hours. it's amazing what one can do with that kind of time. Jesus, i will never again take that kind of time for granted. okay, i'll so i may, but i'll try not to. 2 loads of laundry, cookies, lunch, and a quick run to the store. then after our walk he was out within 1.5 hrs. unheard of, folks.

Well, the Xman turned 6 months last Wednesday. KUH-RAZY. Nathan & I are both simply in awe of how quickly time goes. And we're simply in awe of life - God's miracle of life. And we want more little miracles and blessings. After 1 child I've heard some people say that they don't know how they could love another just as much. We feel the opposite. I feel like I just want more little people to love. That's not to say it's roses all the time. Not so, but the investment is so worth it, and I see why God calls them blessings.

So here's to our 6-month old.

A Record?

I don't know if we actually have a record amount of snow...but I'm almost sure we did. I know it's over a foot of snow in less than 24 hrs, and that makes for prettiness. Things were pretty yesterday, but last night...



No flash, folks. It was that bright out there from the whiteness.

And then this morning - more wow. It looked like Montana. Even the husband who makes fun of Texans in snow was impressed. That says a lot.



Oh, and there were tree limbs down everywhere...not from ice but just the pure weight of the snow. And one right next to our bedroom window. Eeeeek.

Thank you, government officials, for not freaking out and declaring emergencies or anything. No, for real. They actually got it right this time.

Numero Tres

So apparently we're in 3rd place so far with the snow stuff today. Yep, Dallas has only seen 2 other times when it snowed more. I know. My sentence is very elementary, but I'm repeating it as the weather man said it.

So I took the Xman outside for a little while. These are pics from the first time. The second time, the snow was coming down quite harder, and it was all over us. And it was all over his face. And at first he didn't know what to think of it. Then he didn't like it. Then he cried.

And to all the losers from up north who make fun of us when we see snow, shove off. This is why we live in Texas - because we don't like to live in this all winter long. And we still find it so beautiful when it's a winter wonderland.