Is he walking yet?........Nope

I get that question a lot and no he's not. He's 13 months old and is not walking yet. Some times I think he is getting ready to and other times I think it's going to be a while. He does not really show any interest in it most of the time. The only time he likes it is when I am holding his hand and he will walk for a little while and smile but then sit down. It's like he feels like a big boy for a minute but then sits down because he knows he can go faster that way. He still prefers to crawl to whatever that is around him that he can stand up and hold on to and then he walks that way. He also has a push toy that he walks behind. I've tried where I have him stand up and just see if he will take a step to me. He has kind of done that but still much prefers to sit down. He is a super fast crawler and I think right now does not see the need to walk. He also is a little clumsy when he does walk. So who knows.
So there you go. I am glad that the doctor said he wasn't really expected to walk until 15 months old or I would be worried. It just weird to me that babies walk anywhere from 10 months to 15 months. That is a big time span. I guess if we get to 15 months and he is still not walking then I will worry about it then.
He is getting a lot braver in other areas. He has been able go down the stairs one stair at a time and he used to be scared to. Also, he tries to climbs in the bathtub by himself. Tonight, I was getting him undressed and ready for the bath tub. I turned around to do something and I looked back and saw him with his leg hiked up on the side of the bath tub trying to climb over.

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Exclaimer: the title of this post is both how I am feeling and what the post consist of, read at your own risk of getting the blahs!

The past week has been hard getting adjusted to being back home. I hated going back to work but I got back in the swing of things. I did end up buying a Betta fish that I named "Rocky" to make my office not so depressing for me. Plus I always wanted a fish for my office. Nash's sleep has been messed up. From one day to the next it is not the same. What is weird is on vacation he was kind of in a routine. He also has had a lot of dirty diapers (5 yesterday). I talking gross dirty diapers not that they all dirty diapers aren't gross but you know what I mean. I think he may be teething (which I have realized I blame on everything Nash does that I don't understand). He's been kind of cranky. Part of me thinks it is from teething and part of me thinks he's been clingy because he was with me all week on vacation. Probably a little of both. He is super sweet at times as well. He started kissing me all the time. On vacation he would just pull my head to him over and over and kiss me. What can I say, he loves his mommy. It seems so unnatural going back to work and leaving him 4 days a week again. I really hate it. I think I would get bored if I stayed home with him full time for a long period of time but I would like to have more time than I do have with him. What can you do though, right? Believe me I have looked into it and still would jump at the opportunity if it presented itself. Right now my 40 hour 4 day a week is the best thing I have been able to come up with.
Another thing he started doing on vacation which I hate is hitting himself on his head when he gets mad or frustrated. I tell him "no no" or "that is ugly" but he does not stop. I wondered where he got that from and he may have just started it on his own but then today as we were watching an ELMO video that he saw a hundred times on the Florida trip there is a part in it where these kids are trying to sing a song and dance at the same time and they mess up and say "don't" and hit themselves on the head. So I started wondering if he got it from there? Who knows?
This weekend has kind of been a laid back weekend. One I am super tired because Nash has been getting up early, even earlier than I have to get up on my work week. I did lay out some Friday and Nash played in his pool and water table. I am trying to maintain some kind of tan from Florida. Nash has a little tan himself. Probably not noticeable to everyone but I can tell. He has a little tan line around his shorts. I did get some things done around the house mainly the cleaning and a little organizing that I need to do but there's much more I could and need to get done. I'm sad to start another work week.
(Why couldn't I have been a teacher and had the summers off???)

WHEW!....Sadie gave us a scare.

Sadie stayed at my mom's house while we were gone on vacation and he came home this morning. They told me that the last two nights he has had diarrhea, which is not like him. He usually only has that when he is nervous or goes somewhere new and then it gets out of his system. We went to a birthday party today and when we came back there it was on the floor. We were concerned even more concerned when we saw blood in it. So, I called the after hours vet line who said he needed to be brought in to get checked out. Concerned now led to scared. Sadie is 12 and I know that he does not have a lot of time left so when something out of the ordinary happens it frightens me beyond. I was thinking the worst like he has cancer and we are not going to be able to do surgery and we were going to have to put him down. Yep,that is what I was thinking. Dramatic, I know. Chris was scared too and has been a good dad to Sadie. He took him to the emergency hospital while I packed up Nash and dropped him off at Aunt Pam and Kayla's and then I speed over to the animal clinic in tears. This was a scarey and sad expereince in and off itself. When we were there, there was a family who had a terrible accident with their puppy and were having to have it put to sleep. The whole family including kids were balling. I felt terrible for them and did not want us to have to hear the same news. The only thing that made me feel better is that Sadie was not acting sick like the other dogs there. The doctor examined him and said that he did not see anything that alarmed him but could run more test. We just had these test done a month ago and he was fine so we decided to treat the symptoms. The doctor thought he probably had a parasite and gave Sadie a shot of antibotics and some other medications. We are hoping that this clears it up and that is all it is. We love our puppy and are thankful that we didn't get worse news.

vacation pictures

Dad trying to show Nash that the sand was not so bad but he was not buying it.

Nash's favorite thing to do at the beach.

on our way home

Our vacation was nice. We went to the beach the first night and watched the fire works. Nash loved them and pointed at everyone. We spent a few days at the beach and nash mainly enjoyed taking his morning nap as we layed out and read. He was not crazy about the sand or the waves.He still much perfers swimming in the pool.
We went shopping. Nash really enjoyed seeing all the people and he talked to them. We could tell he missed sadie because he saw a stuffed dog like sadie and loved on it.
We ate at this place on the beach at sunset and I got some good pictures. I will post them when I get home.
We also went to one of those go kart places that had a kiidie area. Nash did his first ride and his parents were beaming with pride as he rode on the baby swings. The lady operating it really liked nash and gave him free rides and tickled his foot as he came around. He also rode the train and merry go round.
The funniest moment by far that I'm not going in detail here was when my sister-in-law got bit by a huge fish at the bass pro shop. You had to be there. Lesson learned you can't pet 30 lb fish and there is a reason the tank is so high you are not supposed to put your hand in.
We had a great time and I throughly loved spending time with my sweet husband and sweet son.
Why does my vacation have to end? It makes me sad.

i can see the sea

We are in AL a couple of hours away. Nash has done amazing well. We have watched world and elmo a million times. Nash has taken a couple of good naps. I think I dislike the car ride more than him. My stomach has been upset and my butt hurts from sitting so long. I did get to get a very good start on my book. Will post more this week when I have some beach pics. The plan is watching fire works on the beach tonight.

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We had these taken at the house a couple of weeks ago and they turned out good.