Weekend Re-Cap #4

I can’t believe the weekend is already over, but the good news?  We are one extra day closer to the weekend again!  I don’t know if it was because I got to see Landon before I went to work, the sun was shining, or the fact that it’s already one day into the work week, but I was in a great mood this morning!  Which, I really shouldn’t be considering the burn all over my body, no, I take that back. 

Just the front.

All in all the week was a pretty typical week for the Schrock’s... soccer games, couple walks, took my car to get new brakes, you know, all the fun stuff.  We did actually do one fun thing during the week: Wednesday night, we took Landon over to Grandma and Grandpa Schrock’s to go play with his cousins, Peyton and Graham while we went to dinner with Kordell’s sister, Kara, his brother Brad and his wife, Mindi.  It was very nice to have an evening out during the week.  A good change of scenery for my

“Wine Wednesday’s.”  

I decided I would get Kordell tickets to the Cub’s game for Father’s Day.  I decided that we would go this weekend instead of Father’s Day weekend since we would be leaving the kiddo overnight.  Not very father like :)  Since I am an expert now at this whole Mother’s Day/Father’s Day thing since I have already had one and he has not, I have come to the conclusion that it is nice to have one little outing without the child for the day and then of course have a little Father/Son (Mother/Son) time on the actual day.  So for a few weeks now, I have kept a secret from Kordell.  Let me tell you, it was tough!  I am pretty good at keeping secrets, but when it’s a fun one like this, it’s reallllly hard!   All I told him is that Saturday the 28^th, we will be waking up very early to hit the road and we will be gone overnight.  He could NEVER try this on me, I hate surprises.  No, I like surprises, as long as I don’t know about it until it actually happens.  I can’t know there is a possibility of a surprise, I would drive myself nuts!  So Saturday morning we drop Landon off at my sister’s house and my brother in law says “It looks like the weather might hold off for you guys in Chicago…”  OH great… we almost made it.  I pretend like it was part of the game, I mean why would he ruin the surprise, right?!  Once we got on the by-pass going the wrong way, he might have actually believed we weren't going to Chicago.  I was having a blast .. he just couldn’t figure out why we were heading the wrong direction.  I was in tears.  Who needs coffee at 7am when you can just play this fun game?!  Long story short, we picked up Jer and Emily and headed to Chicago.  We stayed at our friend Wallace’s apartment.  We didn’t dress in our Cubs gear for the car ride so once we got to the apartment and changed, SURPRISE!  We’re going to a Cub’s game.  He claimed he knew.. guess he caught me looking at Cub’s shirts at Kohl’s a couple weeks ago..

Oops!! 

For the sake of your eyes and my fingers, I will just point out a few wonderful (and maybe not so wonderful) things I learned from the trip to Chicago.  My first Cubs game was a pretty big success!  Didn’t know they sang in the 7^th inning, did know the score until the next day, but boy was it fun!  Don’t sit on the top row of the bleachers at Wrigley on a windy day.  It is a WIND tunnel! 

Next opportunity you have to eat a deep fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich, DO IT.  Always make sure you take a girl with you, better yet,

take one with a good memory!   

No need to pack a cute outfit, you won’t need it!   Don’t believe your driver when they say “once we get out of Chicago we will stop and get you a coffee.”  Be sure the person you sleep next to on a defective air mattress weighs more than you; this way, you will never end up on the ground! 

Ring, schming.  Emily and I still have it, despite the rings on our finger.  Yep, I got a guy’s number while waiting on my husband in the bathroom at the Cub’s game while his friend was trying dragging Emily with him to a bar.  The new must “must go to” in Chicago, Hamburger Mary’s.  Yes, this is a GLBT restaurant and it is AmAzInG!  Where else can you get a hamburger with mac and cheese on it. 

Yes, Kordell was and still is the Mac Daddy. 

After our eventful day/night in the windy city, it was nice to have a little R & R down at my parents lake!  We were waiting to see if we got blown away during the storms, we didn’t so we decided, it’s time.  Landon meet cereal, cereal, meet Landon.  He was SO confused at first.  The first time took a while for him to understand what was happening.  His face was (and still is) priceless.  He chews on the spoon like, “what is this object in my mouth?”  My favorite is when he puts his fist in his mouth and the spoon. 

He is hoping he might get double. 

After the second round, he is now a professional cereal eater.  It is so crazy that our little man is eating disgusting real food.  Yes, I thought it would be a wise decision to give this rice cereal a shot.  Not a good idea.  I guess if you have never had tacos, pizza, cookies, pie, chicken, steak, chips, popcorn, soup, grilled cheese, deep fried PBJ.. (you get the idea) then yeah,

I guess rice cereal would be pretty delicious. 

Sun-day Monday!  (Get it!?) After burning the entire front side of my body in only about 2 hours tops, I have learned an important lesson very quickly.  Even though you don’t feel your skin frying, it is.  Landon got to go swimming for the first time this weekend.  He loves the bath so I figured he would love his little pool too, not so much.  He thought it was cold, I told him to tough it out and then I got in and started crying too:)  We didn’t last long, but boy was it fun.  Since all of his suits are too big for him still, he decided to go skinny dipping.  The best part?  Him standing in the pool.. peeing.. Yep, pretty sure there is not a single person in the world I would knowingly allow to pee in the 5ft by 3ft pool I am sitting in other than my precious baby boy! 

Until next week my friends..

Weekend Re-Cap #3

I have been so busy these past couple of days that I have had zero time to work on this blog, (hence the delay) which I knew would happen sooner or later.  I was going to tell you that it won’t be as long as normal since I am so busy but when I start typing, I just can’t stop.  Sorry!  Which brings me to my first warning:  Next week’s blog will be long, I mean really long.  Why wouldn’t it be??  I’ll have one more extra “fun day” to write about. 

Lucky you (and me)!

This week Landon has decided he wants to start waking up earlier then the normal 8am.  I am not loving this.  We are VERY blessed to have a babysitter come to our house to watch our little man during the day so 99% of the time, he is still sleeping when I leave so I just say my goodbye at night when we put him to sleep and I just leave in the morning.  Sometimes I will quietly peek in his room in the morning just for a little look before I go to work, but I don’t have to kiss him and say good-bye which has really made this whole going back to work thing SO much easier.  Now that the little stinker wants to get up about 7:15, it’s making this whole going back to work thing NOT so easy. 

I try really hard to keep it together while I say good-bye but when I get into the car…  L

Let’s change the topic before I get sad again.  Oh, this one will just brighten my day!  Worst/Best product ever?! 

The Pampered Chef Apple Slicer  

I have such a love - hate love relationship with this little thing.  I use this puppy everyday, yep, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” (which you will see later is a LIE).  So I guess the fact that I have almost sliced off my finger 3 times is actually a pretty low percentage.  Two of the three times some may say were “my fault” (which I can debate) because I touched the blade, but the third time the top part of the slicer gouged my finger.  Warning #2 for the day – Do not use this product on wide apples!  Just to note: this happened last Monday and it is now Thursday and it is still not healed. 

Do you know how hard it is to text without your thumb?!

Wednesday night we were invited to go to our nephew’s Spring Music Program at his pre-school.  What an adventure!  I tell you what, next time you are looking for something to do during the week, look up where one of these may be near you, I promise you, even if you don’t know a single kid, you will have a blast!  I had four favorite kids to watch: 1. The girl with the inappropriate dance moves.  I am not sure if she has seen her mom doing these or really just had no idea what she was doing, regardless, it was hilarious watching her move like that and have no idea what her moves actually might indicate.  2.  The kid in the front row who did nothing.  He didn’t sing, he didn’t dance, he didn’t move. Nothing.  Of course the hyper one was next to him.  She would bounce into his space and instead of moving for Miss Bouncy, he leaned to the side so she didn’t knock him over.  Priceless!!  2.  They had microphones strategically placed in front of the kids and one girl every so often thought it was her own concert and sang into the mic.  The funnier part?  She kept nudging the girl next to her to do it too but being a good little girl – she didn’t fall for it.  And the cutest kid of all?  1.  The cute little kid on the end with his hands in his pocket the whole time… my nephew Cole!  I guess it’s better than him busting out Beyonce movesJ 

Tuesday my mom calls and says her and my dad will be over after work to show us something.. oh great!  What could it possibly be?  New car, nope.  New boat, nope.  New dog, nope.  An RV? YEP!  Duh, they brought it up on Saturday and of course 72 hours later, they had it!  You may be thinking to yourself “I didn’t know the Megan’s were campers.”  Well they (we) aren’t.  I am sure I will have great stories to come but for now just think:  4^th of July, 9+ hour drive, 8 adults, a 5 year old, 3 year old and 6 month old in a 22 ft RV.  Chaotic Fun times ahead! 

Friday night we got to hang out with the soon to be Wingards!  So happy Jer finally got to meet the little man, too bad it was at his graduation open house j/k J  I turned into a bum later in the night though because….Saturday morning I woke up with a sore throat and a fever.  Not a happy camper.  So I drug my self to an urgent care to get some medicine.  The doctor said I was contagious since I had a fever so no loving on my baby..  BOO.  Let me tell you, that was tough!  Kordell did let me kiss Landon’s foot though, shh don’t tell.  So I packed up shop and we went down to my parents for the day and night so Kordell could do some fishing and I could be spoiled rotten.  Nothing better then being treated like a baby by your mom (thanks mom!)  when your sick instead of being questioned by your husband “What exactly are your symptoms again?”  I mean every mom buy’s their sick kid a get well soon cake, right?!   

(yes, it is winnie the pooh.. who knows why!)

 

The weekend ended by spending some time with the In-Laws.  Kordell’s brother and his family are here from PA.  Landon had a blast watching his cousins run all around!  He will be seeing a lot more of these little guys once they move back, he will almost have all of his cousins within 20 min… just one more to goJ  I will have to post pictures next time of the boys together, I am mother of the year and forgot the camera!  What’s new? 

Of all of these amazing things that happened over the week, want to know what possibly might be my favorite?  Getting into my car after Kordell had been driving it and  Keilis – Milkshake was the last song played on my MP3 player. 
Yes, I chose him.

 

Top 10 Thing's We're Lovin' About Landon Right Now.. Part 2

Sorry for the delay..

it turns out, I do have a life on Friday nights:)

And the list continues..

I better hurry up with this list; he is going to start doing 10 more new things that we love!

5.  BIG Eyes:
Not much more I need to say about this - I mean how could you not love these things?! 

Morning, noon and night; these baby blues are open wide.



4.  His Giggle!
What I love most about the giggle is that daddy can do anything to get a giggle!  Wait, I am not sure if I love that or hate that.  Seriously, he can peel a banana, pick his nose, clip his nails, read a book - you name it, whatever daddy does, it's hilarious. Kordell can clap his hands and Landon thinks it's amazing, when I clap my hands, nothing.  Slightly annoying, yet adorable.  There is nothing more precious than making your baby giggle!!


3.  Flying:
Of course Kordell came up with this new fun activity, he's so smart.  Landon LOVES it.  Even if he is fussy, just fly with him and it is instant happiness.  (well, except when you are trying to show someone his trick, then he still cries)  During one of his "flights" was the first time I heard a real belly laugh.  So cute!  I would think this would be somewhat scary for a baby;
apparently not!

2.  Rolling Over:
Remember it was just Monday that I said my next project was to catch him rolling over on camera?  Mission accomplished!  He gets on a "roll" when he starts, too.  The other night as he was going to sleep, he kept going and going.  By the time I even got the camera ready to go, he had done it about 10 times.  It is crazy how 3 days changes everything.  Now, we literately have to hold him down to stop him from rolling in bed.  We love his face when he rolls too.  He looks at you like "Uhh, what just happened?"  He has rolled both ways but hasn't figured out how to go back and forth so once he rolls over he thinks, "Oh crap, I'm stuck again."  He doesn't know if he should laugh or cry so he usually does both.

Ladies and gentleman, the #1 thing we love about our
baby boy right now:

 1 . His Smile!
That's it?!  YEP!  It is everything!  It is unbelievable.  Sure, he has been smiling for several weeks now but now he is smiling on purpose.  The best part of the day is walking in from work, saying hi to Landon.  He looks at us for a minute, thinks to himself "Yep, I know those people" and gives us the biggest smile.  I cannot see him smile and not give him one back.  His smile is so contagious.  They say a smile can brighten the darkest day; I don't care if I lost my right arm that day; the moment he smiles at me, I know
everything will be alright.

Top 10 Thing's We're Lovin' About Landon Right Now.. Part 1

I know I said all of my blogs aren't going to be about Landon, but this one is ALL about Landon.  So, if you don't want to hear about all of the adorable things we are loving about our baby right now, this blog is not for you!  Actually, the next two blogs will not be for you.  After writing this blog, I noticed the length of this puppy is ridiculous, so I decided I will do part 1 and part 2 - Keep you coming back for more:)

For this blog, I could just post a picture of Landon and be done with it because we love EVERYTHING about him, but for the sake of "milestones," we will just list out the 10 things we love right now at 5 months old.  (yes, can you believe he is 5 months old?!)  Which let me note is 20 weeks, to Kordell he will be 5 months in a week and half (5/31)... ahh the weekly debate.  So sit back and get ready to look, read and watch it all!

10. Dressing him however I want:I am pretty sure this won't change for a while, heck, I still dress Kordell how I want!  It's like having my own life size doll!  After this past weekends shopping venture, for some reason I was really into shoes and hats, getting him two of each.  He didn't like modeling for me so I only got one picture.  But how cute is this?! 

I love dress up!

9. Eating - and everything about it!
I could list these out into three separate things we love about Landon, but then it would be 12 things we love and that just wouldn't be right; so I will just lump it into one. We love.. *The way he eats his fist as if it were a T-Bone steak.  No, not a few fingers, the fist.  How he can fit it into his mouth is beyond me.  I am pretty sure people go on the Ellen show with this talent, maybe I should call her.  *The drama as he is eating his bottle.  He acts as if it was the most exhausting day of his life.  His droopy eyes, one hand on his head and one covering his eye.. the life of a 5 month old is beyond difficult.  *The way he "eats" his high chair.  I am not sure if it is because its cold or it may possibly taste good, but he will sit in his high chair for hours (not really) and go to town on it.  We sit him in it while we are eating dinner and I think he may think that he is actually eating what we are, which brings me to #8.

8.  Eyeing our food:I just know what he is thinking.. "Maybe this is it, my first shot at real food!"  Sorry buddy, but we aren't going to start you on steak and cookies.  It doesn't matter what we are eating, he eyes that food so hard.  I think he might think that if he looks hard enough, he might be able to actually taste it.  It is even funnier when we are holding him on our lap eating.  He literately opens his mouth as if we are bringing that piece of pizza right into his little mouth.  Dream on mister.  My favorite was the other night when Kordell was eating a snickers bar...  Landon was honestly shaking in excitement at the sight of it as if he has eaten them for years.  He was just hoping daddy would drop a piece right into his mouth.


7. When it comes to his toys, bigger is better!
He has toys of all shapes and sizes but his favorites are the ones double his size.  Ok, maybe not that big, but way too big for him!  I put out little rattles, teething rings, etc but he chooses the things that I just sat out for looks and that aren't really age appropriate yet.  The things that honestly, I didn't even think he was capable of picking up.  In the tub, he doesn't like the normal ducks, he likes the supersize one.  I don't know if he thinks since he is the same size as him that they may be friends, but he loves that guy!  I don't know why but I just find his toy selection to be quite entertaining. 

Go big or go home!

6. Cozy noise:Every night we give him his bottle before bed and hold him until he falls asleep.  This is my favorite time!!  The noises this little man makes is out of control.  And the thing is, they keep getting louder and more dramatic with age.  As he tries to get cozy and all nestled in our arms he make the loudest moaning noises ever.  It's probably hard to for him to relax when I am laughing so hard!  He squirms and moans for a good 10 minutes before he finally calms down.  It's a riot.

Well folks, that's part one.  Stop by tomorrow to see the top 5 things we are loving about Landon...  Or you don't have to, I'll post it anyway:)

Weekend Re-Cap #2

After my first official week as a blogger, I am pretty much a professional now.  I have decided that the best way to go about my blog is to continue to do weekend re-caps of all the fun and exciting things that have happened to us the past week.  (or at least what we think was fun and exciting!) If I have extra stuff I want to chat about, I’ll just throw in an extra blog here and there as a special treat.  So, here it is:  Weekend Re-cap #2!

Wednesday I got an e-mail from my sitter “He Did It!”  Yep, he finally rolled-over:)  He did it three times for her during the day so I cancelled all my plans for the evening (ok, I lied, I have no life) and played and played until he did it for us, twice!  After me screaming and causing him to cry after roll #1, I was surprised he did it again.  My next mission is to catch it on video.  For some reason, the second a camera comes out, he just stares at it in amazement and stops whatever he was doing.  Typical.

Landon went to his first softball game this past week; he went to cheer on daddy in the 90 degree heat.  He loved it, probably because he slept the whole time.  Wonder if I could fit in his stroller with him next time?!  Our little man went to the doctor this week, weighing in at a whopping 12 pounds 4 oz and 24 ¾ inches long.  That puts him in the 3rd percentile for weight and 32% for height.  I would say “little man” is pretty accurate.  He had to have shots, not a fan.  Can you blame him?  The good news about shots is that it is a sure sign that mommy and daddy will have an uninterrupted night of sleep:) Another exciting tidbit from the week is that I got my very own pair of calipers at work.  Sure, not that big of a deal but still pretty fun.  It is just strange to think I went to college for four years to be a Social Worker (shout out BSU) and now I am talking pcb boards, circuits, diodes and using calipers.
Quite funny how things change.

Kelly was in town this past week!  Between all of her plans and all of our plans, we didn’t get to spend a lot of time together, but at least we could visit for a little bit.  Landon was glad too!! Can't wait to see her again in December!

Ahh… the smart phone.  Kordell made a big move this weekend; he traded in his ol’ flip phone for a smart phone.  Boy does he think he is something!  He is the only person in the world I know that feels they need to warm their finger before touching the phone.  “It’s heat sensitive” as he likes to say.  DUMB.  I guess I shouldn’t be too harsh.  I think him getting the phone and having a distraction made for a happier shopping partner Saturday afternoon.  We had grandma Schrock watch Landon Saturday while we went shopping and out to dinner.  It was so nice to go in and out of stores without a stroller, cart, car seat, etc.  It was even nicer when we heard baby’s screaming in public; not sure why but it just brings a smile to my face:)  The doctor told us we can start him on baby food soon so we went and got Landon a high chair for the big day.  Every night we put Landon in a swing, his bouncy toy, the floor, etc. while we eat and he gets so mad resulting in one of us holding the screaming baby while we eat.  We may have just found the answer we were looking for!  He just wants to be a big boy and sit at the table with mommy and daddy! 

The best part of the week, we cannot even tell you about, bummer!  I know secrets don’t make friends, but sometimes, secrets are better kept a secret.  Let me just say that some people are just downright NICE.  There is no better way to put it.  I wish there was something more we could say to show our gratitude besides:
THANK YOU!

All in all, it was a pretty amazing week.  Hey, I even got to paint my nails Sunday.  Big deal right?  It sure is!  The fact that I actually sat down and did nothing for 45ish minutes is pretty unbelievable.  Sure, they will probably chip tomorrow, but they sure looked cute for the day!

Have a fantastic week – I plan to!

Weekend Recap

Don’t worry; I am not going to blog everyday! I don't have time to do it and you probably don’t have time to read it considering the length of this bad boy! I just wanted to get my first “official blog” posted to figure out what exactly I am doing. Bare with me as I learn the ropes of this whole blogging world. I can’t do fancy yet, one blog at a time:)


I couldn’t figure out what exactly I wanted to highlight from my weekend because I have so much to say, (surprise surprise) so I figured a weekend recap would be best.

Let’s just start with Friday.. A few months back my sister Lindsay and I decided we would surprise our husband’s with tickets to the Kenny Chesney concert in Ft. Wayne. If you know me, you know I do not like country music. I figured, I do know some of his songs so it may not be too bad, plus, everyone else I am going with likes him. So, I sucked it up and went. Not a good idea. I didn’t know the words to the songs so I couldn’t sing a long, the one song I did know and possibly might like, he didn’t sing. Wait, I take that back, I did know some words “sweet tea.” I hate to admit it, but I now have a new favorite song that stemmed from my *yee haw* concert;
Luckily, there was a woman in front of me who seemed to be enjoying herself quite nicely, making for rather good entertainment. Plus, I was with “Good” company, [get it?!] so at the end of the day, I would say it was worth the $25 tickets, plus, I even learned a few things this night: 1. If you are dancing alone and your husband is paying zero attention to you, you should probably take that as a hint and sit down. 2. Billy Currington is a hottie. 3. If a guy is going to wear makeup; he should learn how to apply it. Foundation lines are SO 1997! 4. Always*Carry*Cash!

Ahh Mother’s Day. Yep, I was selfish this year and wanted to be all alone with my Schrockstars. :)  It’s my first Mother’s Day, I can do what I want, right?! I am not going to share every little detail about my special day but let’s just say it was perfect. It started with Kordell pouring me half a box of cinnamon cheerios which I ate every single “o” just because he poured it with TLC. For lunch we had toaster strudels, trail mix, Mio water, fruit snacks, yogurt, cheerios, string cheese and a granola bar sample. (Thanks Meijer!) We spent the afternoon running ERIN’s and planting flowers outside. To top off the day we went to my favorite places, El Maguey for dinner and Flavor Freeze for a flurry!! Some people may think I have a slight obsession with my birthday, but I am pretty sure Mother’s Day has taken that spot. 99% of the world does not know when it’s your birthday but if you go out and about on Mother’s Day, with your child, you’re pretty much famous. Sure, I got flowers and a gift card to get a massage (I can’t wait!) but it’s not every day that when I ask “What are the chances of you getting me a water?” and hearing the response.. “Probably really good.” (k) Or my favorite, “What are you doing?” (k) “Um, laundry” (e) “Well stop! Go play with Landon, let me do the laundry.” (k) Nope, no breakfast in bed, elaborate dinner or sipping wine in the vineyard while being serenaded. Instead, my Mother’s Day consisted of spending the entire day with the two most important people in my life. Thank you to my boys for making my day so special!


Finally, and most importantly:
If you have never saved someone’s life before, next chance you get, I highly recommend it. Your life will never be the same. <3

Welcome to our Blog!

I know, I know.  I have always said, "I will never do a blog.  I don't look at them, I don't like them, blah blah blah."  Well, here I am.  I am not doing this blog for me and I am not doing this blog for you.  I am doing this blog for my son, Landon.  As sad as it is, I don't remember much from my childhood.  Don't get me wrong, it was a wOnDeRfUl childhood, we went on vacations, had amazing birthdays, Christmas's, etc.  I just have a very bad memory and don't remember all of the little details about those vacations, parties and random fun times with my family.  My family will say "remember when..." and sadly, 95% of the time, I say no.  Heck, I don't even know what we did for Thanksgiving last year! Hence, the blog!  I don't want Landon to miss out on anything!  Sure, there are pictures (and plenty of them!) but I want him to be able to read about his childhood too.  No, this blog isn't going to be all about Landon (maybe), but more of a chance for me The Schrock's to document our life!  I don't know how often I will post or how exciting it will be, but this is our life, and we wouldn't change it for the world! I thought, what better day to kick off my blog than Mother's Day.  It is my Mother's Day gift to Landon.  And to answer your question, yes, Kordell picked the name for our blog.  Without further ado, here it is, "Live Like a Schrockstar," as I like to say "get in, sit down and hold on!"