My Little Future Razorback

Showing off his arm!!!

His game face.

"Look mom, no hands!"

I got this ADORABLE Razorback jersey at Wal-Mart tonight and tried it on Nash. He looked TOO CUTE in it so we had a miny photo shoot. I am just trying to get him prepared for football season and then his future college career!!!

my visitor

Obviously by the title of this post if there are any males that read this blog you probably don't want to read this post. Females please read and give me any advice, suggestions, your experiences, or what have you. This is not a topic that I particularly like to discuss but it has been such an issue this time.
My periods have been rough since having Nash. I started on birth control a month or so after having Nash. I knew the first few would be tough but they have not gotten much better. Before getting pregnant my periods weren't really that bad, even before I was on birth control. I rarely felt the need to take pain relievers. Now I start hurting a week before I start. I get real irritable around the time I start and while I am on it. I have a constant headache. I feel sick to my stomach. I know they say after having a baby they are worse but I did not think it would keep up this long. I thought it should at least level out by now. The only good thing I can say about them is they are fairly light but I would trade having a heavier one for the symptoms I am having any day.
So, today I called the nurse because I normally just have a tough period get over and don't think about it until the next one. This time I thought maybe I need to switch birth control or they could tell me something. I spoke to the nurse today and explained everything. She basically said that the birth control I am on is the best one for these type of symptoms and to just treat the symptoms with Motrin (a therapeutic dose which apparently is a higher dose than you normally take). I have hardly ever had to take medication for my symptoms but now I have to and have to keep taking it which I hate because if I am on the best birth control for the symptoms I am having why do I have to take extra meds for my symptoms?
My doctor's appointment is not until January and I think I am going to discuss it further with her then and see if there are any better options or is this just how it is going to be for here on out. If it gets too unbearable I may try to get in sooner. Or will it just take more time for it to level out. Something has got to give because it's not any fun and I don't want it to continue from month to month.

14 Months

I decided to do pictures every two months now that he is one instead of every month. So, here are his 14 month pictures. The big thing he is doing is walking as you can see in the last picture. He is doing it more and more every day and seems like around the house he is a walking almost half of the time. The thinks he is such a big boy doing it. He is also saying new words all the time. He likes to repeat what you say. He is saying Word Word sounds more like "wrd wrld". He says "ut oh" all the time. He says juice and shoes. He is getting into everything. He likes to get into drawers he can reach which surprising are a lot of them. Yesterday I came back to my bathroom with him with powder all over the floor. He likes to turn the water on and off in our bath tub. He is also drinking through a straw good and likes doing it. He has a sippy cup that has a straw in it but he still thinks he has to tilt it up and it ends up getting all over him. He has tons of balls that he plays with and he likes throwing them back and forth. He has had this basketball a lot so I say "basket ball" to him and he repeats baball. He also loves to give sugars. He makes the noise "ummmm ma" and also blows sugars. He is so sweet and is doing so much and learning so much it is hard to keep up with all of it. That is a lot of the reason of writing them on this post so I will remember all of it!

splash zone

Today we went to Splash Zone in Jacksonville. It is a neat swimming area that has a awesome kids area, big pool, and big slide. Nash still much preferred the big pool holding on to mommy and pretending to jump off the side and me catching him. He liked walking along the edge of the kiddie area and throwing his shoes into the pool.

I know I am awfully brave posting pictures of me in a swimsuit post pregnancy body so
please be kind. Just wanted you to see more of the kid's area.

That is Nash's sandal flying in mid air. He had the best time taking his shoes off and throwing it into the pool.

My little sister, Madison, and Nash

Madison and Nash went down the slide.

He did not like it too much.

curly

In the front.......

AND THE BACK..........

This is so strange to me because about a month ago when we had his one year pictures done he had one wave in the front and that was it. Then the front started getting thicker and curlier and now it's spread to the back.

I'm not going to lie at first the thought of him having curly hair I was not crazy about it. It seemed like he would have crazy uncontrollable hair but now I love it and think it's adorable. Still trying to figure out exactly where it came from. Chris and I both had straight hair as kids but it got sort of wavy as an adult but nothing like his. Nash's Grandpa John had curly hair as a kid and so did his Poppy so that is all we have been able to put together.
I am planning on letting it grow until it is uncontrollable. Chris and I saw this little boy about 3 or so that had long hair that was curly on the ends and he was too cute. We both said we would love for Nash's hair to be like that. We will see.

some pictures

Nash loves the lap top. As soon as he sees one of us on it he comes over to try to press the keys.

After we took him away from the lap top, he litterally bent over backwards and still was able to get to the keys.

Me and Nash on my birthday.

baby steps

For the past week and a half or so Nash started taking a couple of steps and by a couple of steps I mean literally two steps and then down he goes. We have been working with him and trying to encourage him to walk more. Chris calls me today at work and says guess what Nash did. He said "he took like 15 steps and I videoed it". I thought it was great that he videoed it and was kind of in shock and disbelief so I ran out of the office for a few minutes to see it for myself. Chris showed me the video and Nash did a few nice reenactments and I was so excited to see it for myself.
I have always heard people say "he will just take off walking one day" and he did. It was so cool and it won' t be any time now before he is walking all over the place. He is a fast walker just like he is a fast crawler so I will really have my hands full. He seems to get distracted though and that is when he goes down. I was pretty impressed and proud to see him go from a couple of steps to walking across the room.
Unfortunately I don't know how or have the right equipment to put the video online right now but if and when I do I will post it too. Yay Nash! He's such a big boy and I'm a proud mama bear!