I've been terrible updating this.

Ever since Greg's been out of work, I have gotten less accomplished.  Today, I threw him out.  It's just Jaden and me.  And I'm cleaning.  Seriously.  EVERYTHING is getting cleaned.  Remember in previous posts about how I call Greg a hurricane?  Well currently it looks more like a tornado.  I can't wait to get everything cleaned up!

Jaden is doing so good.  We started him on solids.  He loves squash and peas.  Carrots aren't a top favorite, but he'll eat them.  Green beans are a no go.  And today we tried some apples.  Hopefully that will help him poop (sorry, TMI!).  It's been 6 days and he's starting to be grumpy.  (wouldn't you if it's been almost a week?)  He's still breastfeeding like a champ.  He loves his momma milk.  And he is starting to get possive over them.  When He's really hungry he will grab my shirt and open his mouth wide.  I think it's cute, but I have to stop it.  That's apart of nrusing manners.  He can't do that. 

He is also starting to talk!  OMG!!  So far he only says "da da" and what I think is "yeahhhhh" *his voice goes high towards the end*.  He babbles and gets upset if you don't talk back to him.  It's so cute.  Not only that, but he is able to pull himself up to a standing postion for a while now.  And instead of crawling (which he can do poorly...can't figure out that only one arm can be up at a time) he wants to cruise around!  My little man can't start walking yet!!!! :(  Oy.

Wedding stuff is going great, thanks to my wonderful bestie.  She really has taken charge of everything.  Jenn, you are awesome! 

The last dress has been bought.  The cake is ordered.  I'm waiting for confirmation on the new venue.  The music is being taken care of.  The food is on the back burner, but that's coming along well.  Centerpieces just need to be bought and assembled.  Greg and his men still need their threads, and that's coming up soon.  Guest list is almost 100% completed.  And the invites are going to be ordered this week. 

For now, I'm going to get my butt in gear and clean.  I only got a few hours before the manchild comes home!

Until Next Time:
~MommyToBee

Forgive me, for I have been slacking.

With Greg not working he has been up my butt lounging around while I try to get everything done for the wedding, take care of baby and pretty much do everything else.  He says he's "trying" but I know he's pretty depressed.  I know it's hard, but I need him out of the house.  I can only take so much of my fiancee before I want to punch him in the face.  He's a lovable guy...but good grief.

We hit a snag with wedding plans.  With Greg losing his job, we can no longer afford the Holiday Inn reception hall.  With barely any income, all our extra pennies need to go to saving for the wedding.  However, even if we didn't need gas for the jeep, or insurance, or needed to eat...we wouldn't have enough.  Our cell phones would be cut off, Jaden wouldn't have diapers, and quite possibly we wouldn't even be able to afford soap.  I'm not saying with are destitute, but life happened.  Money is gone.  We have to stay on top of everything.

I know we could just post pone the wedding.  And I would be okay with that...except for the fact that I am ready to be married.  Sounds cliche, but I am sick and tired of not being married to the father of my child.  Yes, him and I have our problems, but we are doing great so far.  He has done more for me without complaining than any other man.  He is my rock.  My love.  The one I wanna be with.

Jaden has been so great.  At his last appointment, he weighed in at 19 pounds 3 ounces, 27 3/4 inches long.  Since then, we started him on solids.  He loves peas and carrots, green beans are another story.  He is starting to crawl, although he hasn't gotten it down quite yet.  Actually, he sort of prefers to stand up and cruise.  :(  My little boy can't be this grown up!

Well, now it's off to try to motivate Greg into looking for wedding stuff or to go out with his nephew driving.

Until Next Time (I'll have more to update, promise!)
~MommyToBee

A brief update before a long post.

These past few weeks have been very hard.  Let's see...in the process of trying to make the decision to let Greg's Granny go, one of her daughter's passed away due to a blood clot to the lungs.  While Greg's Granny is still on life support (which, if you ask me is very inhumane) I'm glad that she isn't "here" to see another one of her daughters slip away.

Christmas was pretty good.  Jaden and Greg made out like bandits, just like I predicted.  I'll have to post pictures, but not right now.

Greg and I are going to start our wedding plans!  *shhhh...my mom doesn't know yet.  Nor anyone except Jenn.*

But, I might kill him first.  That's always a possibility.

Jaden has been sick...along with Greg and I.  While I've been the slowest to get over the bug, Jaden needed an x-ray and Greg acted as if he was dying.  So while I was cleaning up my (how do I say this nicely?)  sick...I had to tend to my soon to be 4 month old and my 29 year old babies.

Someone I went to school with recently asked me about breastfeeding.  :D  I'm pretty stoked that she saw from facebook that I at least have a little idea what I'm doing. 


I suppose that's the short of it for now.  I'll post more later when I'm not so tired and such. :)


Until Next Time:
~MommyToBee