playing catch up

First Mother’s Day (as a mother) Ever!

Look who’s old! That guy!

Here’s some more random FL pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

florida vacay

so little guy had lost of “firsts” this past week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first time on an airplane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first time on the beach, which didn’t work out too well. (fat sweaty baby + sand and salt water = not so awesome) harry didn’t care so much, it was mostly his mama that cared. but doesn’t he look super cute in his fedora and plaid swim trunks??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first time on a really long road trip. you can tell how well that went by the look on my face. yeah it was going awesome.

 

yep we went to fort walton beach, FL with the Fabrizio fam and my little sissy Sarah. it was really fun and the beach was gorg. Sarah helped so much with little guy in the car and took some beautiful pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

see? beautiful right?

it was a great week and it was really fun to hang out with my sissies and those other yahoos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

see what i mean?? yahoos.

seriously every cute picture that us girlies tried to take, there was a monster in the background always trying to mess it up. we did manage to get some cute ones though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aww, we love eachother. if you look closely at the one of sarah and i, you can see that i had to photoshop donny’s stinkin’ head out of the picture. here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

there is (or should i say “are”? i am never sure)… there is/are a lot more pictures and a lot more stories to tell. but i’m sure grandparent’s heads are about to explode from all the picture-y goodness in this post. i will let you digest this one and i’ll be back with more later.

mini road trip

it’s official. Harry hates being in his car seat. I’ll let the videos explain.

mini road-trip take one from Mary McAllister on Vimeo.

mini road-trip take two from Mary McAllister on Vimeo.

on our way home he started freaking out so I sat in the back with him. we thought maybe some soothing music would calm him down. nope. only made him more frantic. we decided to give a fast song a try. so james and i whipped out our a cappella version of “bohemian rhapsody”. yes, you can only imagine. he loved it. we spared him from hearing more a cappella songs from his crazies (james and i) and just turned on my ipod. we played such songs as “how bizarre” “dancing queen” “good vibrations” “jesse’s girl” “where do you go my lovely”. (yes, i admit to having all of these gems stashed on my ipod). he loved all of them. here’s “how bizarre” as it was playing. you can tell that i really know the lyrics well. good thing Harry doesn’t mind.

mini road-trip take three from Mary McAllister on Vimeo.

and did you notice that Harry is wearing a different outfit on the way home? yeah, he spit up and it went all the way down to his feet and came out of the bottom of his pants. poor little guy! don’t worry, we gave him a bath as soon as we got home.

ah adventures.

party on.

it stinks that these pictures are blurry, but i’m still in love with them.

holy crap this makes me laugh (obviously)

cutest trick ever! from Mary McAllister on Vimeo.

i’ve been told its time.

i know i haven’t updated in over a month a long time . i don’t even feel a little bit bad about it either. my time (and energy) have been being spent on a much more important duty. my beautiful baby boy. and boy is he beautiful.

he is 13 weeks old and weighs 14 pounds. yeah… he loves to eat. he loves to play with his daddy and kick his legs in the bath. he likes to go on walks and he loves being outside. he is so strong. we swaddle him at night and every time i go to get him, he has his arms out. sometimes he even manages to get the blanket completely off his body. i don’t know how he does it because we wrap him up tight.he loves to snuggle with us. especially his daddy.  

He was given his baby blessing on March 6, 2011 by James and it was beautiful. 

He loves to kick it no-pants style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

he thinks he’s got it rough as a baby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yeah, i work him pretty hard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and here’s one last one. i just think it’s freakin awesome.

Happy Valentines day

life-consuming

here’s a quick picture summary (with a few comments) of what has been consuming our lives for the past few months:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giants win the world series!! James has been a fan forever. He turned me into a die-hard fan. I even watched a game by myself while he was working. I know! Fear the Beard!

And my face and the rest of my body continues to balloon out in all directions. (See following pictures… and previous picture.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was reading a blog that said stripes are great camouflage for a pregnant belly. I don’t think my striped shirt was hiding anything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think? And some of my favorite little girlies came up with the perfect hiding spot for their little toys in my cowl neck shirt. They called it a swing. I love them.

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally… the nursery. There are a few more things that I’d like to add, but at least the little buster is going to have a gorgeous place to rest his head at night. Yeah, I’m totally bragging. So what? I made the bedding, thankyouverymuch. It was frustrating, tedious work but so worth it in the end. You like?

(ps- I don’t know who I’m referring to when I ask “you” questions in my posts)

 

10 more weeks.

i’ve made it to 30 weeks. this pregnancy has really thrown me for a loop.  i’ve pretty much had anything and everything in the sickness department. people from church have thought we’ve moved because we haven’t been in so long. no we haven’t moved. not for at least another year. little buster is doing just fine. he is growing and taking whatever he needs from me. i am more than happy to give him whatever he desires. as long as he is doing awesome, i can deal with anything. and he is doing awesome.

i have had some major fun in the past few months too. james and i went to hawaii and it was the trip of a lifetime. it was the perfect last hurrah before our worlds are turned upside down and change forever. i also snuck in a quick trip to houston to see my sissy and her beautiful family. james has officially quarantined (is that a word?) me to west texas. i guess i’m to the point where i really shouldn’t be traveling.

little buster loves to move. i think his favorite past-time will be dancing (inside joke). i have a super awesome waddle. i get weird looks all the time from old ladies. why is it always the old ladies? i think they still think i’m 15. oh well.

quick thought

i know i haven’t updated in forever, but i just had a quick funny. ya know what’s super fun? having to go to the grocery store, by yourself, while being huge and pregnant, and having to buy an enema. just picture that.