random goings on

-my car got hammered today by golf ball sized hail and now has dings all over it. why do I think this shouldn't happen to me? why I am I so upset over it? Only thing I can think of is it's MY car and MY paid for car and I don't want MY car to be dinged up and I don't want to hassle with it. Selfish right? It could be a lot worse. (I'll get over it and deal with it)
-we are leaving for FL this weekend and I have the chore of packing up the house for all the stuff Nash needs and I am worried I will forget something.
- Also concerned about the car ride with Nash (like 10 hours in the car-my dinged up car). don't know how that will go but will find out soon enough.
-There have been certain things about a few people that really get on my nerves. I don't mean to sound rude but you know what I mean. There are people that you know and like but there are things/quirks/habits about them that really irritate you or at least that is my experience and it wouldn't help to say anything because this is just a part of who they are and probably won't change just because you said something so you just have deal with it the best you can. (vague, I know but this has been the case here lately in a few people I know and has been bugging me)
-a friend of mine experienced a horrible tragedy in her family and they are going through such a tough time that I can not imagine. There's only so much I can do (pray, be supportive, and listen) but I feel so helpless and know I really can't do much to make the pain go away.
-Nash has been standing up for longer amounts of time unasisted. I know he can walk if wanted it to but he does not know that yet.
-Nash loves his wagon rides and they have been becoming somewhat of a daily routine. once in the morning and once at night for about 10-15 mins. each. He smiles so big when I go to put him in it and is waving "bye bye" as we go to get in it.
-I am anxiously awaiting seeing Nash's one year pictures that he just had done and checking several times a day to see if they are ready to view yet.
-on certain days of my work week a certain co-worker keeps the air freezing and I end up hovering around the heater or going outside to warm up when it is over 90 degrees outside. I know I am cold natured and probably everyone isn't freezing but it is just odd to have to warm up when it is so stinking hot out.
-I got a Blackberry and traded my Vu in and I LOVE IT.
-Recently discovered I am allergic to cantalouple. my whole mouth itches like crazy when I eat it. that's a weird feeling.
-I did venture out to target to return my items for the third time and decided to play it on the safe side and get a gift card. (why is this such and ordeal for me? ........I know because I am anal about certain things and like things a certain way and when they aren't I get really frustrated which probably could explain a lot of other things in this list that is bothering me at the moment For the most part I do a good job of hiding my craziness. I think.)

curly head fred

nasty dry scalp+baby oil and brush=curly hair

Nash is officially on the sippy cup. This weekend we did the transition. He hasn't had a bottle since Thursday. He really likes this Nuby sippy cup with the soft spout. I need to get a couple more. He such a big boy with it. The only time he gets frustrated at it is when the milk is low and he has to keep it tilted up high to get the milk out but he's getting the hang of it.

curses target curses

AHHHHHHHHH!!! I 'm so upset right now. I have ventured out to Target the last few weeks. I think what started it was getting Nash's wagon. While I was there I saw some cute dresses. I love to wear comfy summer dresses to work and I found some good ones. The first night I got two. Loved them both. When I put one of them on it had these snag whole things in them. So I took it back and got a couple more. Yes one of them I got had a couple of whole things in them again (a completely differnt dress). Tonight I took that one back and exchanged it for the very same one. I got there. Saw the dresses. (the previous one I took back they did not have it any longer). Got what I thought was my size at least that is what the hanger said. When I got it home and put it up thinking I was done with target because I checked for wholes or snags. It was an XL instead of a XS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to scream. I did throw up my hands in a little fit and said I am done with target!!! (Not really but I am super frustrated and won't go back for a while)

Mother's Day Out ????

I have been debating on putting Nash in Mother's Day Out for a couple of days a week. I am torn. I keep going back and forth. The place we will put him his is a nice place, they know us, we know them, it is affiliated with Chris's school so he will be right there if he were needed. There are a lot of pluses and I probably would not even be thinking about it if that weren't the case. I definitely would not want him in full time right now if I didn't have to. So, when the two day a week thing came up I thought if I am going to do it now that would be a good amount of time.
Originally in my head I thought 2 years of age is a good time to start the some sort of child care for social interaction and I still kind of think that. I don't think he NEEDS to have social interaction now because developmentally I don't think he is to that stage yet. I have researched it and there isn't much out there. Actually I found a really discouraging article saying the more percentage of time a kid is in day care the higher number of behavioral problems they have.
As you all know my mom and Chris's mom have been watching him and they are willing to keep watching him and enjoy the time they have with him. Things come up from time to time and they have to switch days but we generally work something out. I think I have only had to take off for him not having someone watch him like a day and a half.
So, my thing is I don't HAVE to do this but I want to do what is best for Nash. I know it won't be detrimental either way but like everything else concerning Nash I am way over thinking it. In reality it would all be okay either way probably but I need to make a decision. If it would be beneficial to be around others and have a scheduled day a couple days a week to get used to what is eventually going to be his reality in the next year or two then I want to do it. If he doesn't necessarily need it and it is not going to benefit him than I don't want to.
Anybody want to chime in??? I'm all ears. I need to make a pros and cons list.

wagon

I have been wanting Nash to have a wagon because I thought every little boy needs a wagon. I wanted to wait for his birthday to see what he got. He did not get one for his birthday but I used money he got to go towards a wagon. I didn't realize how expensive they were and he didn't even get the expensive one. I got it last week and Chris put it together today. When I came home he said it was a piece of crap because when you rolled it around the wheels didn't want to cooperate. So, he told me to get in it. I was nervous and thought I would break it. That is what I really should of had a picture of because he wheeled me around the house. The wheels worked fine with me in it. I guess it just needed weight in it. Nash was a little skeptical of it but once he rode around in it he like it so we went on a little wagon ride around the block tonight. It was surprisingly easy to pull him in. We did not go up any big hills though. He enjoyed his wagon ride. It is a two seater with straps, cup holders, and even little storage place so Nash says to all his friends "wanna come take a spin in my new ride?"

water table

Nash got a water table for his birthday and he loves playing in it. We love playing outside in the water when it's hot. I wish we could do it more often. I quickly learned that even when we are just playing in the water table Nash needs to be in his bathing suit because that bucket of water goes every where.

1 year check up

Today was Nash's check up. He weighs 22lbs 11oz and is 30inches long. He has had a cold and when she checked his ears he had a minor ear infection in which she gave us meds for. Nash woke up super early this morning and would not take a nap before his 10:00 appointment today so after he was weighed, messured, and played some he fell asleep on me with nothing but his diaper on. He was OUT. The doctor came in and listened to him and did her normal checking him out and he slept through the whole thing until the shots of course. All and all he did well with those. I made Chris stand with him. I hate watching that. He got three shots and Chris said if I would of saw what happened on the last shot I would not have been happy. Apparently, she stuck him a couple times trying to get the needle in. (argh, mother hen in me coming out)
What is most helpful to me about the doctor's appointment is asking questions about the next stage and I love our doctor. He is doing all his mile stones. I mentioned that he wasn't walking and she said that was okay and really he was not expected to walk until 15 months. That was surprising because I know I walked at 10 months and know other kids who were walking now but I guess there is a time frame in which it's normal to walk and some may be on the later end. 15 months is our next appointment so Nash will hopefully be walking in himself. I am ready for him to walk (I think). He is just so heavy and it's hard to lug him around all the time.
A couple of other helpful things which I always have questions about is food. She basically said that he can have pretty much any thing except peanut butter if we haven't given it to him already. She said if you can mash food between the rough of your mouth and tounge that he can have that. Also apparently when they are one they don't need as much milk. Nash has still been getting his regular bottles. She said he really only needs 16ozs a day. She also advised me on how to do the sippy cup. She suggested when I am with all day to start just giving it to him and cut the bottle out cold turkey and it might take him a while but he will get it. She also said to wait until he gets over his cold before starting that. So, this was helpful info to me and I know some of my "readers" out there are in same boat as me which is why I am passing the info along.
Also, she commented on how surprised she was that Nash had not had an ear infection until now. She said that the average baby has at least 3 ear infections and 7 or 8 colds the first winter. Now that is a lot of sick babies. I am a firm believer that breastfeeding helped Nash not get sick. I breastfeed through until April and now wished I would have been able to keep it up more than I did. Oh well, now we are on whole milk and that is MUCH better than formula. I hated formula from the begining. It stinks. If it is not shaken well it has clumps in it. I just don't like it.
So, there you go! (Wow! I went on way longer than I expected)