The Blame Game

I thought I would write a blog letting all of you know that Tader was naughty this week. He is to blame for breaking his first bone. I know what you are all thinking...."how could a 5 month old baby break a bone?" "What bad parents Dawn and Tom are for letting something like this happen". Well to ease every one's mind about my parenting abilities I must tell you that Tader didn't break his own bone, instead he broke Grandma Bobbi's pinky toe. Grandma was over on Wednesday night helping me hang pictures throughout my house and with all of the chaos that was going on, I guess Tader forgot to put his toys away. This whole situation made me realize how difficult parenting is. Tader says that Grandma put his bouncy in the middle of the room and Grandma says that Tader did it. As a parent I don't know who to believe. One is blaming the other and I have yet to get a consistent story between the two. I don't know if it is mother's instinct or what but something deep down inside of me tells me that Tader didn't put the bouncy there.... I could be wrong, he could have lifted his chubby butt out of the bouncy, moved it to the middle of the room then climbed into his walker without anyone realizing. Maybe Grandma made him mad when I wasn't looking. Maybe he thought "lets see how Grandma likes someone messing with her?" Regardless of who's fault it is, they both made up and Grandma was brave enough to come back over on Thursday to show us the damage. Tader took one look at the toe and felt really bad for her. She could barely walk and the pinky toes was black and blue and about 2 sizes larger than her big toe! Ouch!

Baked Lays Commercial

Here is Slade's first commercial debut!

Lifeguard WAY OFF Duty

Just thought I would attach my latest photoshow that I made for Slade. Boy has this kid gotten chubby!

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/ud4FY7iC

Mothers Day Take One

I had my first mothers day yesterday and it was great. It started out with Tader waking up from 2-4am. I guess he couldn't wait to say Happy Mother's Day to me. Tader has been sleeping through the night without a hiccup for a couple weeks so it was a little shocking to get up with him again. The rest of the day went perfectly, I got to spend time with family and even had a little time to myself! Mother's Day should happen every month.

95% Stinky

Well Tader had his 4 month appointment last Thursday with his new Dr. Office. After the whole St. Lukes vs. Mercy hospital catastrophe we switched doctors, not to mention the fact that my son had RSV and his old Dr diagnosed him 3 times with a cold....But I am not bitter. Slade seemed to really enjoys his new doctor....Okay wait....I hate when people say stuff like that. First off the Kid is only 4 months old and would love a serial killer if he smiled at him. Lets rewind, mom really likes the new doctor and needs to say things like "Slade seemed to really enjoy his new doctor" to boost her ego for changing pediatricians in the first 3 months of his life. The visit did go flawless though. When the Dr walked in, I think she took a double take. She saw this 5'2 118lb women (give or take 20-30 lbs) holding this 5'2 118lb baby (give or take 20-30 lbs). She had never met Slade prior to this visit, only me and I think she didn't expect to see me holding the jolly green giant. During the visit, they weighed him and he weighed in at whopping 17lbs 4oz (90%) he was 26 3/4' in height (95%) and 80% for head circumference (don't remember measurements, I just kept thinking "So glad I didn't push that melon out of me").
Tom's version of the appointment (even though he wasn't there) goes like this.
Weight, 90th percentile
Height, 95th percentile
Head Circumference, 80% percentile
and Stinkiness 95th percentile
Priceless!