Merry Christmas to us!!

Maximus Bradley Rogers was born at 6:45pm on December 20, 2012. He is absolutely beautiful and we are in love. Welcome to the world little man!

Every superhero needs a cape! David's mom made David and his brother capes to try out for the show Wipeout (still waiting to hear if they got picked) and Sebastian got all jealous that daddy had one and he didn't. So Grammie came through for him too and now he has his own cape and wears it EVERYWHERE. Yes, I'm THAT mom with THAT kid. Ugh. I don't understand how an 18 monther already knows he wants to wear a cape. It's a little embarrassing at church though when he's the only kid wearing a cape with a suit on. Awesome. Oh boys will be boys. Love that face!

Less than 100...

...days until Baby boy 2 comes! This pregnancy definitely has gone by faster than with Sebastian. I'm too busy this time to keep track of exactly how far along I am or what size of fruit the baby is. That's a good thing too because last time I drove myself insane waiting. The only thing I'm looking forward to now is counting down the days until I get this fat suit off. I swear I'm WAYYYYY bigger this time. Maybe it's my imagination but I just feel gigantic and so overly round. My hips hurt so bad from the extra weight. I just want my body back. Anyhow, 99 days left and I am SOOOO excited. Now to convince my difficult husband to let me chose the name this time. Afterall, I'm the one doing all the work!! Am I right?!

My sister's curse/blessing

David and I were finally able to find out what we're having on Saturday. Everyone but Autumn guessed it was a girl, but I just KNEW it was another boy. I'm actually happy because I think Sebastian will love a brother more than a sister, but I just hope that our last and final attempt produces curls and frilly bows. For now, we're just happy the baby is healthy and I'm over half done. I'm also glad that I already have all the boy baby stuff so I won't worry about spending lots of money on pretty things that we can't afford. Bring on the brown and blue again! :) Now onto baby boy names. That's gonna be tricky. Sebastian was already a stretch to come up with :)

Merry Christmas...a little early!

SO, I guess it's time to let the cat out of the bag. David and I are expecting another baby on or around Christmas day!! I know, I know awesome planning but sometimes these things can't be planned. :) I just hope the little guy (or girl) doesn't blame me forever for being ripped off at his birthdays. We're super excited and anxiously waiting to find out what the wee one is. We had an ultrasound yesterday to find out the sex but the baby was too modest and didn't want us peeking. That's okay, we can wait another month I guess. I'm just happy that he/she is happy. It was too cute because the baby was pointing and hiccupping when we were watching and we got some great pictures. I'm so excited and ready to not be sick anymore. Hurry up Christmas, I'm dying in this heat!

This and That

It seems like a lot of things have happened lately but I just can't seem to keep this thing updated. I wish I did more because I go crazy when other people don't update their's (cough cough Melissa and Sara). I guess the most EXCITING thing that has happened lately is Sebastian full on walking. He hates to crawl now and will only do it to get to the closest object that will allow him to prop himself back up. It is just too cute to see and he is really proud of himself. He tries to run and trips and falls but other than that is a really steady little fella! He seems to get cuter and cuter every day and learn something new daily. He's also been babbling "ma ma" lately so that's making me pretty pleased. I'm hoping he willingly acknowledges me someday for getting up with him all night from day one. :) He loves any kind of water and we recently bought him a kiddy pool that he LOVES. He doesn't even care that the water is ice-cold, he just jumps in and laughs while he splashes along. He's just at such a cute age. I can't believe he'll be ONE on Sunday. The year has gone by so quickly and so slowly at the same time. We just love our little man.

Hoppy Easter

Sebastian hopes you all had as good of an Easter as we had. I am grateful for the opportunity to sit back and reflect on the sacrifices of our Savior and His resurrection. I am also grateful for the chocolate left behind for us all to enjoy. :)

6:01

Baby is in bed, asleep! I feel pretty good about myself. Here's to hoping in remains quite on this end of the receiver!

Happy 9 months!!

I can NOT believe my baby is already 9 months old! I remember thinking when he was like 2or 3 months that he would never get that old...or at least that I would never survive the sleeplessness that long. And why I'm still not getting adequate sleep, I'm so happy and in love with my little man. He makes everything better and life so much happier. I love going to get him from his crib in the mornings and seeing his adorable face while he jumps up and down and laughs. His laugh is so dorky and sweet. He now have 5 teeth (OUCH!) and can do lots of fun tricks like give you high 5! Love this face...

Okay, so if you love canned baby food this post is NOT for you! I know I'm ranting here but I think that Gerber's and ALL baby food for that matter is the BIGGEST rip off known to man. Each jar of food costs $1.03 (Target) which is INSANE considering how much food babies/toddlers eat. I refuse to pay it and happily make all my own food. And before you think that I'm "one of those moms" don't be fooled. I love convenience in every other way. Cloth diapers? Kill me!! But, I can buy a bag of mixed veggies for like a $1.29 and do you know how much baby food that makes? Approximately 5-6 jars!! One sweet potato or yam? Yeah, that makes 3 jars of baby food. One $49 cent jar of green beans makes 2.5 jars of food. You get the drift. So now you understand why I would NEVER EVER buy that stuff. I think one has to be really rich or really lazy not to be able to open a can of vegetables and mix it in a blender for 30 seconds to save about $3.00. I always thought I'd buy Gerber and all that baby stuff, but I'm quickly realizing how much money you can waste if you're not careful. Besides, making your own food is SO MUCH HEALTHIER for the babies. Food shouldn't have that long of a shelf-life! Join me in banning Gerber's from your cuppard. Sorry again for the lame post, but who else has realized how stupidly expensive that stuff is?

The Crawling/Standing Machine

Sebastian is really starting to freak me out. Last week, I went to get him from his crib in the morning and he was standing up, holding on the rails and jumping up and down. It creeped me out. I didn't even get him out, I just ran to find David before he fell. The crib got dropped 5 minutes later. Now he does it EVERY single nap, bedtime, etc. It's insane. Where did the tiny, helpless baby I brought home for the hosptial go? He's crawling like a mad man and loves to shove as many cords into his mouth as possible before I can catch him. Over the weekend he learned how to crawl up 2 stairs. Yeah, I about had a a heart attack. Good thing I was behind him because he'll just decide he's tired and let go. He refuses to play on the ground now like a good boy and has decided his only mission in life is to pull himself up onto anything possible. He pulls himself on the the chairs, couches, my legs, coffee table, cabinets to pull out all the plastic tubbies. It's so fun and cute to see. The best is when he starts crying and I'll be in the kitchen making dinner or something so he's cry all the way into where i'm at really fast and then pull himself up using my pants until I'll pick him up. It's hard being upset with such a cute little boy. I sure love him. He has become SO fun and loves to laugh all the time. I shouldn't admit this but he says "da da" ALL THE TIME to David and then when I say "no, say mama he just laughs and says "da da." NOT COOL! What a freakin crock. I get up with him all night, feed him, play with him, change 95% of his diapers, etc. and he STILL says "da da" first. Blah. That's okay now that David's back at school all day long I'll have more time to get him back on track! haha

Did I mention that he only likes his jumparoo from the outside now because he can pull himself up and play with the toys from the outside? I think that he think that the inside of the jumparoo is for babies!