Haircuts, vomit and lookalikes

At almost 14 months Hurlee got his first (long overdue) haircut. You read correctly... the mullet is no more. After much harassment I finally took him to Whipper Snippers and got a trim :) He loved playing in the waiting area, but freeeeeaked out when they started giving him a haircut. I guess it's just something he needs to get used to though, he has lots and lots of haircuts in his future. After his traumatic haircut, I took my stylish little boy to get a treat. The bakery owner gave him a free miniature sugar cookie. He didn't even eat half of it, but he looked so proud holding it.

The weather is absolutely beautiful today, but the Jones fam will not be enjoying the sun. Hurlee has a little tummy bug so we are probably home bound the whole day. On Thursday night he threw up EVERYWHERE but was totally fine Friday. But this morning he has been throwing up again. I feel so bad for him! he is such a trooper though and being so sweet. He'll act perfectly fine then just go into a fit of throwing up then go back to acting fine. We were supposed to go to our friends engagement party after Shawn gets home from work but looks like we are staying home. I'll spare you the pictures ;)

LASTLY. Check out this picture of my mom at 19 or 20. Twinsies??

Holidays and 2011

Things have been especially wonderful in the Jones house, We are allloving the break from school! A lot has happened since my last post, including Hurlee's first birthday! Hurlee turned one year old on November 19th and we spent the day in Santa Barbara having lunch, crus

hcakes and walking around the zoo. He laughed at the orange little monkeys and weeven got to feed a giraffe. His favorite part was the play area in the middle though! To my surprise he didn't want anything to do with his cute little birthday cupcake, OH WELL! He's a healthy eater already I guess.

School doesn't start until the 24th so we are really enjoying our last couple weeks off. Taking lots of family outings and hanging out with friends, it has been WONDERFUL! This next semester is my last at Hancock and I have 16 units to take: critical thinking, chemistry, political science, U.S. history and speech. Should be interesting, but I am so excited to be finally finishing up. Our college applications are out and still waiting to hear back from them. Last week we celebrated Shawn's 22nd birthday, which was very fun! His birthday fell on a Thursday, which worked out perfectly since that's his day off. We went up to SLO and took Hurlee to the Children's Museum. Afterwards we went to CPK with a gift card he had received as a present - delicious! The next night, my mother-in-law was nice enough to babysit so we could go out to dinner to Rooney's (with gift certificate #2 woohoo!!) and then over to our friend Matt's house.

Well readers.... we officially have a walker on our hands. Hurlee is walking all over the place and I love it! I have been taking him to the park and it is a lot much more fun now that he can toddle all around. He loves walking over to the other kids and sliding down the slide. Although this stage has it's disadvantages, overall it's fantastic! Each stage is so different and I love the change of pace. He is becoming quite the eater and completely weaned onto table food and cow's milk. I love not breast feeding anymore - I seriously feel like I have so much more time! but the weaning process was difficult for me. I am so happy that I made it the first year, but I really enjoy that he eats food when he's hungry and drinks cow's milk when he's thirsty now.

Finger Foods and Getting Old

I absolutely love that Hurlee is FINALLY really getting into finger foods. He loves eating slightly toasted wheat bread, turkey, avocado, pasta and cereal. As long as I cut it up into small pieces he doesn't seem to have any trouble with it. His two favorites are wheat bread (loves his morning toast) and turkey (slow cooked turkey is great because it falls apart so easily!). He is still eating "baby food" three times a day but I try to follow it up with some finger foods and it has been working out pretty well.

Well,

I have always heard that stress ages you. That being said, this morning I pulled out Shawn'

s first grey hair. When he first came out of the bathroom and showed me I was convinced that it was a blonde hair and the lighting was tricking us... but ALAS it was definitely grey. I snuck the picture on the left a few days ago and think it's cute, sleepy boys.

I can't believe it is alllmmmooostt Halloween. I am looking forward to dressing Hurlee up. Any good ideas?

quick post :]

Hurlee's most recent obsession is grabbing my face and biting my nose. What a weird-o.

stats!

I forgot to include Hurlee's measurements from his 9 months check-up, kind of outdated now :/

He weights 22.5 pounds and is 31 inches long :) Quite the arm full! The picture is Hurlee waiting in the exam room. He wanted to leave so bad!

oh! and I forgot to mention in my last post (the picture reminded me) Hurlee doesn't use a pacifier anymore! He has completely lost interest in it, which is fine with me!

Hello old friend

I cannot believe it has been so long since my last blog, I have definitely been slacking. I can already tell that this is going to be a long one (I'll try to title-ish each paragraph so if a certain topic doesn't interest you.. you won't even have to waste your time reading it).

Summer Vacation:

We had a great and busy Summer. We went on two vacations that were tons of fun.

Th

e first was staying at the lake with friends for a few days. Hurlee did so well on the boa

t and in the heat. He was realllly unhappy on the car ride up and back though, lots and

LOTS of crying. Also, the two nights we stayed he was pretty much up all night (ahhh!). BUT overall we were so happy that we went. The second vacation we went on was amazing! We drove up to the bay (Hurlee also hated that drive) and visited my sister and

brother-in-law. They were the best hosts! We toured the tea gardens, went out the dinner and shopped around. And one of the nights, Jenna and Brandon babysat Hurlee so Shawn and I could go on a date in the city, it was AMAZING! I was shocked at how mellow Hurlee was, he loved all the new sites and scenery ( and especially loved his auntie).

School:

Well as my husband put it, this whole school thing is really putting a damper on my summer vacation. School is back in session (going on week 4) and so far so good. I am taking two online classes and two in person. So far the classes aren't super hard, just very time consuming. I am staying pretty much on top of my school work, but house work has definitely taken a hit. With Shawn working and schooling full time and me Hurlee-ing and schooling full time we are definitely keeping ourselves busy. So far it just seems like a big balancing act.

JOJO:

Hurlee will be ten months tomorrow and it's true, IT GOES BY SO FAST! He is a very active baby and is always curious and exploring. He starting crawling at about 7 months so he is an old pro by now and I am wondering when he is going to start walking, YIKES! He is surprisingly social and loves flirting with people (waving for their attention at restaurants!!). I will occasionally show him videos on youtube of babies laughing and he cracks up, I wish I could know what was going through his head. He also is crazy about animals. He loves petting them and even squealed with excitement when he saw a giant bunny on our neighbors lawn. Overall, he is a super calm baby and normally only fusses when he is tired. These last few days have been kind of unusual though. He has been super whiney. At ten months he only has two teeth so it could very easily be teething.

Scheduling:

So starting about a month ago, I put Hurlee on a nap schedule and it was the best decision! It is so nice and convenient to know when and about how long he will nap everyday. I was having such a hard time planning activities because he would nap at different times everyday and could only fall asleep at home (definitely not a fall asleep in the car seat kind of baby). It normally works out that he takes two naps a day. One short one in the morning (around 9:20) and a longer one in the after noon (around 2:20), then bed time around 8:30 (solid food at 7, bath at 7:40, and asleep in crib by 8:30). It's wonderful! During his first short nap I get ready and clean up around the house, and during his second I will work on a little homework. Hurlee sleeps through the night more often then not, but still has his little spells. You seriously do not appreciate uninterrupted sleep until you have a baby.

Breastfeeding:

I am so proud to say that after ten months Hurlee is still breastfeeding. Once I started breastfeeding, and saw how hard it was, I really didn't think I would be able to keep it up. I exclusively pump (long story), and it has progressively gotten more and more difficult. My goal was 6 months, then when I there I wasn't ready to wean so I decided 8 months and then wasn't ready to wean so I finally said 10 months. But now that I am at ten months I really am not sure what I want to do next!! I can see with school starting it will be hard to keep my supply up (not lots of time to pump), but hopefully with his increase in solid food it won't matter too much that my milk supply is decreasing. The kitchen will definitely be closed at the 1 year mark though! Although I hate pumping (very mechanical and lacks connection), I love giving Hurlee breast milk.

Blanket:

Hurlee is a full blown blankie-holic. He has a light blue blanket that he sleeps with at night that he loves. It is chenille on one side and a satin look fabric on the other side. He eats it, cuddles it and plays on it. Man, if I would have known he was going to be a blankie baby I would have gotten him a nice one!

Will add more pictures soon, just too late now.

6 month photos.

www.remedyphotography.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/hurlee-carter-jones/

Check it out! Our friend Luke was nice enough to come over and take pictures of Hurlee. He was a bit of a grumpster at first and wasn't too placed about being waken up for his modeling debut, but eventually came around.