Why Won't You Eat?

Little Cub seems to be going through a phase.  Well, a couple of phases really.

One phase I call, clingon - as in - he's being extremely clingy and has started crying when I leave him at school.  It breaks my heart, but I know that he starts playing about ten seconds after I walk out the door.

The second phase I call, not eating (hence, the title of my post).  One of Cub's friends, Henry, went through a phase where he didn't eat any purees, only solids.  Cub seems to be going through this phase right now where he wants nothing to do with purees, but the problem is that he isn't swallowing solids yet.  He chews and chews and then spits the food out.  I think he does (sometimes, rarely) swallow SOME solids and he's still drinking lots of milk, so I'm not concerned.  I just really, really wish he would eat!

Here is Cub eating/gumming a pancake this morning.

Wordless Wednesday

Programming Notes

Blog post may (or may not) be published in typical fashion this week.

I have family in town, Buttin is going out of town for a couple of days and things are super busy at work.

I know that I'm behind - I still need to post a couple pictures from last week's visit with Nana and her baby twins and Cub's 14 month letter.  Hopefully, I'll have time later in the week. 

In random running news - I did 6 miles this morning with my group.  My pace was 10:34/mile (speedy for me) and that included a water stop.  My new running friend admitted to being slightly tired with today's pace (although we still finished way behind the pack).  I guess we can still be friends. 

Here are a couple cute pictures of Graby today.  

Misfit Monday

We have some new misfits - gnats!

I returned to work today (after a couple days of being in Houston) to find gnats buzzing around the office.  Honestly, I think it's my fault - I left half a cup coffee in my mug.  Apparently, gnats like coffee. 

I promised (Barbie) to clean up my office by Friday at noon or I'm buying lunch.  Side note:  I did clean up the coffee today, but my office could still use a little scrubbing. 

Here is where I would usually post a picture of Cub, but the Blogger server is having issues so no picture today.

Happy Birthday To Me!

I'm now the young age of thirty-three.  Geez, I remember being eighteen and thinking that any 30-something age was SO old.

I spent most of the day relaxing with my family, but managed to put on a little make up and go to brunch with my baby mamas group.  I ate so much, I needed a nap (which I got).

Here's a picture of Cub today playing (not at all biting) with Scratch.  

OK, I'm off to eat my melted birthday cupcake.  Buttin tried to surprise me - guess the surprise was on him. Surprise! If you leave a cupcake in a truck (when the temp outside is 100), the icing will melt.  I think it'll still taste good.

Filanthropy Friday

OK, so technically it's Saturday.

The past few days I've been in Houston visiting my friend Shannon and her twin girls (born on Cub's birthday). 

We spent quite a bit of our time feeding, cuddling and watching the little girls sleep in her living room.  There's not a lot on TV during the day so we found ourselves somewhat glued to the Casey Anthony trial.  It was difficult to watch, but also impossible to look away.  

Buttin and I enjoy watching true crime - although now that I have a little boy, some of the shows are more difficult to watch.  Some of our favorite shows involve the wrongly convicted.  If Casey Anthony is convicted, I don't think it will be wrongly. 

For this week's Filanthropy Friday, I donated $25 to The Innocence Project of Texas to help the wrongly convicted. 

Playing Catch Up

I have a lot of catching up to do on my blog.

I'll start with today and work backwards on subsequent posts, that seems to make the most sense - kind of.

Today I went for a surprisingly good 9.7 mile run.  It was warm and sticky, but I still managed an 11:26/mile pace.  My new running friend (the one who says my panting pace is easy for her) wasn't there today, so I came in very, very, very last place by myself. 

This afternoon, Buttin, Cub and I went looking at houses with our real estate agent. It was kind of a bust.  Looks like we'll be staying in our current location a few months longer than we originally planned, but now we have lots and lots of time to look and we'll probably need to expand our search.  

Later in the afternoon, Cub went outside in his swimsuit to play with the hose.

Soon after this picture was taken, he pooped in his swimsuit.  I won't publish a picture of the event, but it did happen and I do have a picture of it.