That's Random.

Rob's mom got Charlie a "Rody" for Christmas. Its basically a blown up plastic horse type animal that kids can rock on. It's made in Italy. That's all I know about this toy. We haven't blown it up yet because I think Charlie would just fall off of it since he is in a climbing phase.

Anywho, I am looking forward to having him play with this but the kids on the box are kind of creeping me out.

Example #1 - Why is she frowning? Shouldn't she be smiling because of all the fun she is having with her Rody? You're not selling the Rody to me, Creepy Girl #1. As a mom, I feel kind of bad calling a girl creepy. But c'mon..smile or something!

Example #2 - This kid looks like he's about to get a whippin'. It makes me feel like using the Rody is bad. Very bad.

Example #3 - Ok, really? You are now resorting to going the sexual route? Yes, you are smiling now but that just looks wrong.

I promise to share pictures of Charlie riding his Rody when the time comes. I also promise he will be smiling and not looking sassy.

Superbowl.

Facebook told me that the Packers won the superbowl. I didn't watch any of the game but we did go over to our friend's house to watch the game. For me, that meant watch Charlie and make sure he did not get into any trouble.

Here is Charlie last year on his First Superbowl day:

And today, here is Charlie kicking a ball around.

He met a friend, Wrigley. He liked Wrigley until he popped his ball. After the ball popped, Charlie wailed for awhile. We bought the ball only 45 mins prior to the popping incident but it seems he grew attached to it. I'll have to pick him up another ball at babies R us one of these days.

Remember Me?

I hate when I don't blog in awhile. I think its harder to blog when you lose your momentum. Things have been super crazy at work and by the time Charlie is down for bed, I have only the amount of energy to watch  a few minutes of Teen Mom 2 or Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion (part 1 and 2). A girl's gotta prioritize.

I'll be back, and hopefully soon.

Happy Birthday, Mimi!

My mom's birthday was last week and we had ice cream cake at my house after work.

Then this past weekend, we went to the beach with my sister's family and my mom and dad met us down there on Saturday for lunch, some hanging out, and dinner to continue on the birthday celebration. We were blessed with awesome weather - very high 60's in January. Most pictures below are from my mom - thanks for letting me steal them, mom!

 Quality of pictures below are not excellent but they cracked me up. This is the look Charlie gives me when he acts like a "drama queen" and needs me to hold him. I <3 him!

Hospital Underwear.

I heard about the hospital "mesh underwear" on a mommy board. It seemed women either hated them or loved them.



As you can see, I loved them so much that I brought six pairs home with me and wore them for weeks. They are like boy shorts but they're not cute and the waist band goes about 1 inch below your boobs. I think I liked them because they were comfy and didn't rub against my c-section scar like normal undies would.

So all you moms out there, were you a lover or a hater?

Sippy Cup Success

I've tried to have Charlie drink from a sippy up and he is FINALLY doing it. What did it take? A $15 sippy cup, that's all. (eye roll) This kid is going to be expensive something tells me. We got it at Buy Buy Baby and since he actually drinks from it, we went back and got two more using a coupon from Babies R Us (buy a sippy cup get one half off, score!).

Presenting the Thermos Foogo Sippy Cup (lippy part is very soft and squishy)

 Sippy in action

So Behind!

I feel like I haven't blogged in awhile and feel very behind on things. I know I'm probably the only one who cares but it still bugs me. I like to document whats going on so our family (and Charlie some day) can look back at the memories we created or just look at some random post that has absolutely no deep relevance to anything but mama blogged about it anyway!

I'll kick off the posting extravaganza with a couple pictures from the beach house about 3 weeks ago. We were supposed to come down for the weekend Rob's sister Kathy and Michael and Charlie's cousin Carla but that was around the time Charlie was going through the allergic reaction aftermath. So instead of coming for the weekend, we took a day trip for lunch and for a play date. I realized when I got home that I barely took any pictures (I hate when I do that - or don't do that, you know what I mean?!). So....here are a couple that I did capture of the cousins...

I'll kick off the posting extravaganza with a couple pictures from the beach house about 3 weeks ago. We were supposed to come down for the weekend Rob's sister Kathy and Michael and Charlie's cousin Carla but that was around the time Charlie was going through the allergic reaction aftermath. So instead of coming for the weekend, we took a day trip for lunch and for a play date. I realized when I got home that I barely took any pictures (I hate when I do that - or don't do that, you know what I mean?!). So....here are a couple that I did capture of the cousins...