We’ve been tagged by Poppycat over at Eeney Meeny Miney Mommy…

 Meme after the jump!

We’re both hanging out on the couch so we’ll do it at the same time…

1. What is the color of your toothbrush? Strawberry: Blue & white / Nutella: Lavendar
2. Name one person who made you smile today. S: Nutella / N: Strawberry
3. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? S: Feeding Miles mashed-up pears / N: Driving to a work conference
4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? S: Pigging out on pizza / N: Pigging out on chicken wings
5. What is your favorite candy bar? S: Milky Way Dark / N: Heath bar
6. Have you ever been to a strip club? S: Nope / N: A gay male strip club
7. What is the last thing you said aloud? S: “So be it” / N: “So when you open the trash can, it’s just going to jump out”
8. What is your favorite ice cream? S: Coffee chip / N: Breyer’s mint chocolate chip
9. What was the last thing you had to drink? S: Juice mixed with seltzer /N: water            
10. Do you like your wallet? S: Sure, it’s black leather and does the job / N: Yes, except it doesn’t have a change purse 
11. What was the last thing you ate? S: Pizza with chicken, onions, and bacon / N: Honey BBQ chipotle chicken wings
12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? Both: No
13. The last sporting event you watched? Both: Part of the World Series
14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? S: caramel / N: Kettle corn
15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to? Both: My sweetie
16. Ever go camping? Both: Yes
17. Do you take vitamins daily? Both: Yes, gummies
18. Do you go to church every Sunday? Both: First of all, we’re Jewish. S: I don’t practice / N: I go to synogogue on holidays
19. Do you have a tan? S: Um, redheads don’t tan, we burn / N: In the summer when I sit in the sun
20. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza? S: No / N: Yes
21. Do you drink your soda with a straw? S: Not usually / N: In New York
22. What did your last text message say? S: “Should I order it now?” / N: “If you want to order the pizza at 6pm, I can pay for it”
23. What are you doing tomorrow? Both: Don’t know yet!
24. Favorite color? S: Blue / N: Green
25. Look to your left; what do you see? S: Pillows / N: The Strawberry
26. What color is your watch? S: Silver / N: Black
27. What do you think of when you hear “Australia”? S: Kangaroos / N: Koala bears
28. Would you strip for money? S: No / N: How much money are we talking?
29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? Both: Neither if we can help it.
30. What is your favorite number? S: 88 / N: 4
31. Who’s the last person you talked to on the phone? Both: My sweetie
32. Any plans today? Both: Not anymore, home relaxing now
33. In how many states have you lived? S: 2 / N: 5
34. Biggest annoyance right now? S: crickets that keep trying to get in the house / N: daycare situation
35. Last song listened to? S: ”Gold Lion” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs / N: “Sunday” from Sunday in the Park with George
36. Can you say the alphabet backwards? S: Not quickly, but eventually / N: If I write it down first
37. Do you have a maid service clean your house? S: I AM the maid service / N: Yes, I call her “Strawberry”
38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? S: Black flats from Clarks / N: Black slip-on Sketchers with silver sparkly trim
39. Are you jealous of anyone? S: Not really / N: No
40. Is anyone jealous of you? S: I think perhaps / N: Probably
41. Do you love anyone? S: Very much so / N: Yes
42. Do any of your friends have children? Both: Some of them
43. What do you usually do during the day? Both: Work (i.e. sit in front of a computer for 8 hours)
44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now? S: “Very much dislike” is more appropriate / N: No
45. Do you use the word hello daily? Both: Yes
46. What color is your car? S: Teal / N: Black
47. What size wedding ring do you wear? S: 5 / N: 5.25
48. Are you thinking about someone right now? Both: Not right now
49. Have you ever been to Six Flags? S: 2 of them / N: Yes, 3
50. How did you get your worst scar? S: I slipped on a rock while snorkelling in Bermuda. It was worth it. / N: A mark from chicken pox

Come on, admit it, you sang that blog title, too.  Was rather hoping someone on Glee would sing this in last night’s episode, but oh well.

We seem to be in a break from teething. The whimpering has stopped, and although we can’t see them, 2 sharp little teeth can be felt on Miles’ lower gums.

In the last few days Miles has suddenly become really good at sitting on his own and he’s beginning to figure out how to get from belly/crawl position to sitting and back again.  But he’s become IMPOSSIBLE on the changing table. Thank goodness it’s not every change, but more and more often he flips himself over and tries to crawl away.  Even if we’ve got both of his ankles in hand, he flips his torso.  The other night I ended up holding him nearly off the table by only his ankles.  I am not looking forward to the day when he tries these antics in the middle of a poopy diaper change.

Oh, and we got this cool new toy that when you press on the top of its head it plays a cheery little tune and “crawls” along a hard surface slowly for 15 seconds.  Great motivation for a baby that’s beginning to crawl.  I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone with dogs that play with/destroy toys, but cats would likely be fascinated and entertained by it as well.

Cool things about the 6th month around here:

• Almost crawling
• Sitting up on his own
• Being completely distractable by just about anything
• More and more solid food
• The bottom teeth are coming through!

Not so cool things about the 6th month around here:

• Almost crawling (must babyproof!!)
• Not being able to get into the sitting position by himself, or out of it well yet (usually he falls backwards and cries)
• Is only distracted by just about anything for a few seconds or minutes
• Solid food is sometimes difficult to work into the schedule twice daily because of bottle feedings/naps/teething pain
• TEETHING PAIN. We can feel the bottom ones coming in, they just need to cut through. The poor guy is frequently miserable despite teethers, teething tablets, tylenol, and motrin. Nothing will help until the teeth are finally through.

And now…

for some naked baby olympics!

on your marks…get set….

GO!!!

Upwards facing dog?

And, relax

Tune in next time for the summer water olympics!

Based on his hands and knees rocking, we were sure that Miles would be crawling around 6 months.  Well, he’s not there yet, but he can get where he wants to, if he’s determined.  See evidence below.

Teeth are still not visible, but the poor guy has been miserable the past 2 days.  He whimpers like a tiny puppy and can’t seem to focus for more than a few seconds on any toy.  He’s still eating and sleeping well (knock wood) and can be distracted easily, but as soon as he loses interest in the distraction, he’s back to the whimpering.  We’ve been dosing him with tylen.ol and teething tablets and letting him gum cold things and nubby things.  We’ve thus far avoided dosing him with rum, whiskey, bourbon or any other alcoholic substance, as suggested by some friends.  We hope those chompers break through soon and Miles feel more like himself.

We took a little road trip this weekend and had a blast. We stayed with friends about 2 hours north of us who have a 3.5 month old. Since we got there past the kids’ bedtimes, they didn’t meet until the next morning while we got to have our “grown-up” time in the evening. Miles appreciated playing with all of his friend’s cool toys and playmats, though he wasn’t too interested in his actual friend. Perhaps this was because Miles thought his 6 month old self was too cool for a 3 month old. Soon enough that kind of age difference won’t matter a bit…

All you care about is my playmat?

The next day, we travelled about 30 min into the nearby big city to meet up with the gals from Love+Love=Marriage and their adorable son, Holland. The two boys seemed very interested in each other, and Miles was his charming, smiley self for the mostpart.

Who needs to smile when I can fit my hand in my mouth?

 We all indulged in gourmet chocolate treats (well, the boys just watched) and then walked around the city, shopped and chatted. We hope to meet up with them again in the future as they are really cool people

Sunday’s weather was beautiful, so Nutella and I took Miles to the park for a walk around the lake and a small picnic. Miles’ new thing is that he dislikes socks and tries desperately to pull them off. This is quite amusing to watch as you push him around in his stroller and the socks stick off the tops of his feet longer and longer each time he grabs them. We finally gave in to his sock-less demands and let him air out his toes in the warm day’s sun. Hopefully he doesn’t keep doing this when it’s 20 degrees out. Sorry, Miles…winter is just around the corner…

Reducing my supply has gone more easily than I had anticipated.  I still breastfeed Miles first thing every morning.  But since Sunday (5 days) I have gone as long as was comfortable before either pumping or hand expressing.  As the “demand” has dropped so has my “supply.” Here’s detail of how it’s gone:

• Sunday: breastfeed 8am, pump 6pm, hand express 10pm
• Monday: breastfeed 7am, hand express 6pm, hand express 10pm
• Tuesday: breastfeed 7am, hand express 9pm
• Wednesday: breastfeed 7am
• Thursday: breastfeed 7am

I feel full when I wake up  but the rest of the time I’m fine.  For now, Miles is still breastfeeding well first thing in the morning, and I’ll keep it up for as long as that’s the case. 

Strawberry’s mom stayed over on Tuesday night, so once Miles went to bed we had the opportunity for a midweek date night.  Our exciting date location… the mall.  We induldged in some Godiva truffles and bought Miles the most perfect (and appropriate for him) onesie ever.  It was $2 on the sale rack at B@by G@p.

In other exciting news, we are looking forward to a meet up with the lovely Love+Love=Marriage family on Saturday.  Holland and Miles are birthday twins, and we may all just faint from the power of their cuteness combined.  Once we recover, we’ll be sure to post photographic evidence.

Miles is 6 months old today. Wow. At first, it felt like we would never get here. The first 3 months dragged on…but now we’re here and time has shifted into high gear. It really is nice to be at this point. He’s so entertaining and getting mobile, and you can see those little wheels a-turnin all day long. We know the next 6 months are going to move by at lightning speed, and we’re excited to see all of the many more changes that they bring.

It was Baby’s First Halloween yesterday and we managed to hit some houses in our neighborhood and see some friends. It had been a while since we’ve been trick-or-treating so it was nice to have a good reason We did a family costume of the Flinstones. I was Wilma, Nutella was Betty and Miles was Bamm Bamm. Nutella, the crafty little seamstress she is, made all the costumes herself.

Like the caring parents we are, we are not allowing our 6 month old to indulge in the sugar-laden bag o’ goodies we got, and are eating all some of them on his behalf. Except for the strangest item I think we’ve ever received after a night of trick-or-treating- melted pop-ice. WTF? Needless to say, that one went right into the trash. Miles favorite thing of the night? A puffy little bag of pretzels that he chewed on for a good 5 minutes while we walked (the bag, not the pretzels).

1. I will not miss pumping.
2. I am looking forward to wearing an underwire bra again.
3. I do not feel guilty about stopping breastfeeding.

Well, I made it to 6 months.  That was my goal from before I even became a mother.  Today will be the last day I schlep my pump to and from work.  I’ll pump tomorrow and then that’s it.  Our early morning breastfeeding will continue for a little while I hope, but I’m not counting on it.  I’ve got 2 bags of milk in the freezer and Miles happily takes formula.  I did very well, but now, I’m done.  It’s certainly with mixed feelings of guilt, pride, and relief.

Today was Miles’ (nearly) 6 month well-baby checkup. How is this kid 6 months old on Sunday?? Nutella and I were both able to be there, and Miles did very well. His current stats are:

16 lbs 5 oz (30th percentile)
27.5 in (85th percentile)

Does this officially make him a string bean? The doctor said he looks very healthy, and even though he still sleeps like crazy (around 16 hours a day), there are no signs of anything wrong. She showed us that his two bottom teeth look like they’re going to break through very soon. Then came the shots, and he did so well. He was playing with a toy when he got the first shot, and just as he was going into cry-mode, the second shot was done and it was over. He cried for maybe 30 seconds, then we gave him a bottle and he was fine. Such a good boy! Our next visit will be at 9 months and there will be no shots, hooray!

In other news, Miles has found his feet and loves grabbing them. He is still trying hard to crawl but usually only manages to move himself backwards. The few times we’ve seen him move forwards, he lifts his butt high into the air, standing on his tip toes, and flops forward. It’s very entertaining to watch. He’s also had 7 different types of food now (applesauce, avocado, rice cereal, peas, chick peas, banana, squash) and we’re starting to give him a little more quantity and sometimes twice a day.

Now we’re looking forward to Halloween!