A shopping problem...

I think I have a shopping problem when it comes to buying clothes for Atticus. First of all, I try to be frugal when shopping for his clothes and only buy things on sale; the problem is that places like Gymboree and Crazy Eights tend to give good deals all the time and they send me these nasty emails that tell me I am a terrible mother if I do not buy these clothes for my son immediately to make sure he is always dressed adorably! Okay, not quite, but I seriously need to remove myself from their email list; I get emails constantly that lure me into their website.

Anyways, I actually do not have a lot of clothes for him that are long sleeved or very many pants and it is starting to get chilly in the mornings. In fact, the first 2 days of the cold front I took Atticus in a short sleeved, short panted romper with no socks. I knew it was chilly but also knew it would get warmer plus he stays inside most of the time at school. I know they go out, but I've seen them only out when it's warm enough. However, when I got to school each day, I noticed the other children and even the teachers dressed in jeans/pants/long sleeves. Hmmm...should I be getting a hint? He was not cold by any means, but just in case I dressed him in pants and long sleeves today.

I digress. So, earlier this week I got one of those tempting emails and decided to make an order. I couldn't stop putting things into my "cart". So, about 10 minutes later, I had ordered 4 long sleeved onesies, 1 romper, 1 sleeper, 1 pair of jeans, 1 pair of pants, a button down and a sweatshirt. And I waited to tell Vic until the order was already made. heeheehee...

Today we got our fun package! This purchase was mostly owl-themed.
I can't wait to dress him in these things. Let's hope he doesn't outgrow them (or they don't shrink) too quickly. I sure hope we have another boy in out future because we are going to have plenty of clothes for him to wear.

P.S. The white onesie above says "Owl always love my mommy". Of course you didn't expect me to pass that one up, did you?

And just so you do not go to bed tonight feeling deprived, here is our little boy and what he did this evening before bedtime...
1. Watched the Rangers play in a World Series game with Daddy.

2. Play with Daddy's face - one of his new favorite things; but goodness those little hands can really squeeze and pinch!
3. Grow up before our very eyes (our tearful, sad eyes because he is growing too fast!).
Goodnight!

Rice Cereal vs. Oatmeal

As I have told you, Atticus began eating rice cereal at the beginning of October. He eats it once a day, usually about 6:30 each evening. He looks like such a big boy sitting in his high chair! He can get pretty messy with just rice cereal, so I can only imagine what eating real food will be like one day. Each evening as he takes the first bite, he gets this terrible look on his face that says "What are you feeding me? This stuff is terrible!" Then he realizes he does like the bland, mushy food and just keeps popping open that mouth like a little bird ready for more. In fact, I've even had to refill the bowl a couple of times with just a little more food because he gets very unhappy if he has run out of that delicious stuff. So, he thinks rice cereal doesn't taste too bad and is pretty content.

Until last night. That is when we tried baby oatmeal Atticus. Loves. Oatmeal. I could be wrong; he could have just been extra hungry or in a good mood last night, but he gobbled that stuff up! I have to admit that it does smell a little more enticing. So, oatmeal is preferred over rice cereal.

First Rice Cereal Feeding:
Our first try at rice cereal was on October 7th. We hadn't setup the high chair, so he ate out of his bumbo. On this night, he really thought he needed to grab the spoon and feed himself. We thought it was so cute so we let him hold onto the spoon....to then grab it from him quickly when he tried to shove it down his throat. Then, towards the end of the first feeding, he found his toes and just couldn't quite take his eyes and fingers off of them. So, while I could call the first rice cereal feeding a success, he did have a hard time concentrating.

A Morning Rice Cereal Feeding:
I will also add that sometimes it is nice to just feed in him a diaper and nothing else. Sometimes, he get rice cereal everywhere, despite how big his bib is. So, here he is in a diaper and nothing else ready to eat!
And here is our happy boy just hanging out in his high chair waiting to eat dinner with the rest of the family (okay, let's be honest here; even if we try to do this all at once, Atticus gets priority over Mommy's warm food...but that is ok!)

Atticus

Good Morning! Just last night, my friends and I were talking about how we are behind on blogging, so this morning I'll just throw some thoughts out there! Since my last post, Atticus got over his cold, though it took about a month and one round of Amoxicillin. We also started rice cereal once a day and these past 2 weeks have had to go on 1/2 formula and 1/2 breastmilk during the day at daycare. Otherwise, we are still nursing. Rice cereal has been fun; from day one he just opens that little mouth as if he knew exactly what to do; our pediatrician told us that he would start watching us eat more closely and sure enough, he does. Also, everything is still going in our mouth these days....everything. And, what's more? We have our first tooth coming in - it began popping through on the 15th of October. Atticus is loving all toys. He will lay on his tummy and reach for them, but sometimes just pushes them away instead. So, he will reach and reach and slowly move around until he can inch his way to that toy. He concentrates so hard! He is also loving the jumperoo we borrowed from our friends, the Wagners. He just bounces and bounces, as he is doing right now as I type this. He is definitely moving around more...I'm afraid the days of leaving him laying on the living room floor to play while I do things around the house are over. He starts at one end and in about 30 seconds he has rolled all the way to the other end of the rug; sometimes that makes him end up at the couch; sometimes the entertainment center where he then likes to reach for the electronics. Time to babyproof our home? I think so. He does only roll repetitively one way - to his right. He can go to his left but only one roll; multiple rolls head towards the right. Let's see - what else about Atticus? He has a pretty normal morning routine. If we are up around 5-ish, we eat and then bounce while I do things in the kitchen. Then, we head to the bathroom and he stays in his rocker while he plays with toys. Then, somehow over the hubbub of shower noise and hairdyers and shavers, he is lulled back to sleep until it is time to dress him and head to his school. At school, he has been taking 3 hour naps in the morning. At home this past weekend, he also took long morning naps. So, that is nice. We have enjoyed also putting him in our bed in the morning when we do not go to work to go back to sleep; while we do not plan to let him sleep with us regularly, I just love to let him snuggle up in the early morning hours in our bed to sleep for a couple more hours!

Oh! And Atticus is responding to his name now! He can look one way at something and if Vic or I say his name, he turns his head the opposite direction just to see us. Okay, I know there is more Atticus news, but I have to get ready for work.

Pictures to come eventually....Sarah