Happy Birthday Little Man!

Today is Cooper's first birthday. He turned 1 at 12:05 pm. It is kinda a bitter-sweet day for me. Yes, we are starting a new exciting chapter in his life, but my baby is now a toddler. (Of course he will always be my baby).

I tried to think of ways to mark this huge milestone on my blog. I decided to make a list of things I'm glad I did with Cooper and will be repeating with baby #2 and a list of things I wish I had done differently and will change next time around.

Things I Am Glad I Did:
*breastfeeding. This one is a biggie for me. Its the most important.
*co-sleeping(I will be making some adjustments on naps though)
*consignment sales!
*lots and lots of snuggle time despite "spoiling" him
*baby-wearing. I love my "kangaroo pouch"

Things I Will Do Differently:
*I'm doing some research on cloth-diapering. We will see about that.
*introduce solids later (more on that later)
*let baby sleep on his or her own some during the day so they will nap by his or herself
*not let my husband teach the word boob! LOL

Well that's all I can think of for now. We may discuss this more later though :)

This year has been the best, yet the most difficult, in my life. Cooper, you are the best thing that ever happened to Mommy! In the many years together ahead of us, I promise to always try to parent you lovingly and fairly. I love you baby boy and I hope you have had a great birthday!

Walmart Parking Lot!!!

Do people not know what the arrows in Walmart parking lot mean?? Today I saw THREE different people going the WRONG way down the same row!!!for future reference the arrows point the way the front of your car should be pointing! How hard is that??? Ok rant over....

Baby #2

No I am not pregnant! But recently I have decided I want to have another baby.

The last couple months of my pregnancy and the first few months after Cooper was born, I said he would be my only baby. I was happy with him and that was all I wanted. (Plus I was more than miserable). My husband on the other hand says he wants to have 11 boys (enough for a football team) and however many "cheerleaders" we have to have to get 11 boys. I hope he is joking, but I doubt it. We will NOT be having this many children! I'm not sure exactly how many I want but definitely not that many!

The past few weeks I have really been wanting to add on to our family. Jerry was ready to start TTC again 6 weeks after Cooper was born! NO!! I will be starting college this month to get my RN. If I get pregnant anytime soon I will go to school during the pregnancy, but as soon as the baby was born I would not go back. I want to be in a better place financially before we bring another life into this world. I want to atleast finish my RN and start working towards my IBCLC. So for now baby #2 will have to wait!

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
(Its sparkling juice lol)