Weekend Re-cap #13

I am tired. 

No, not just needing a little nap, but another 30 hours of sleep, straight.  I only recall feeling this way maybe two other times in my life.  I am talking the kind of tired that you wake up and stumble out of bed, have to hold on to things in order not to actually fall down.  The kind of tired that you actually feel sick because you are so tired.  The kind of tired you don’t even attempt to put on more makeup to hide the bags under your eyes because no amount will help.  The crazy thing is I woke up Monday morning 10 minutes before my alarm went off and yet, I still was late leaving for work.  Everything seemed to be going in s.l.o.w m.o.t.i.o.n.  As I was running late on my commute to work, at one point I just faced the fact that I would probably be arriving late; I was honestly too tired to even attempt to speed because that would entail me having to use some sort of strength to push the gas pedal harder.  I didn’t even attempt to turn up the radio to try and wake myself up because again, I would have to use some sort of muscle to lean forward to adjust the volume.  Not worth it.  Instead of getting a DWI on the way to work Monday morning, I really needed a ticket for DWT (Driving While Tired). You may be asking yourself, why in the world is she so tired?  I didn’t get much sleep Saturday night.  I went to bed around midnight and got up at 7:30.  Yes, that is correct, 7 hours of sleep and this is the affects.  Let the record show, I did make it to work on time, in fact, with one minute to spare.  What was the first thing I thought of?  MAN, I had 1 more minute I could have slept!   

As some of you may have seen/heard; someone in the Schrockstar clan left our computer outside overnight the other night.  Big deal right?  Well it is when that particular evening there was a thunderstorm!  I honestly have no idea how the computer survived.  Kordell took the battery out in the morning and left it to dry all day.  He plugged it in at night and just like that.. it worked!  Seriously, I would like to thank HP for saving me (KORDELL) another 600 bucks.  In fact, I may just pop over to the website and give them a thumbs up.  Another thumbs up I would like to give for the week is to Kathy Megan – yup, my mom!  Landon’s babysitter started school this past week and her class is Tuesday afternoons so babysitter #2 fills in.  I came home from work and the dishwasher was put away, laundry was done, the microwave and stove had been cleaned and Landon’s “baby” clothes have been sorted out.  Are you kidding me?!  She was only there 4 hours!  I can get used to this!  Sure, she put the spatulas in the wrong spot (they go in the spinney thing on the counter next time J ) but who cares, I will take it!  She said she ran out of time but was going to start working on windows, bathrooms and the laundry room closet.  I think Tuesdays are my new favorite days. 
If only she could cook.

Thursday evening Kordell told me, we have plans Saturday so just be ready at 8:45am.  Um, sorry, that does not fly with me.  I hate surprises!  So for the next 2 days, I asked 457,482 questions and 0 of them were answered.  Annoying!  I take that back, I did ask what I should wear and Kordell says “Capri’s.”  Little does he know, I don’t like capris.  Once he told me about this surprise, I recall over hearing a conversation that him and his mom were having on the phone the other day, discussing the size diaper Landon is currently wearing and then Kordell says “Don’t worry, I will bring some.”  Ok, hint #1.  I knew we were not staying overnight somewhere because I didn’t need to pack a bag and he would never attempt to pack me an overnight bag.  At least I would hope he wouldn’t attempt it!  Hint #2, it’s local.  As I was discussing this “surprise” with Emily at work the other day, she found this to be quite entertaining.  She always is bubbly and happy but she was acting awfully excited about my surprise.  Hint #3.  Saturday morning, just as I thought, we dropped off Landon at Kordell’s parents and picked up Jer and Emily.  (Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Schrock for watching our little man!!)  As we made our way into the lovely state of Michigan, I was pretty sure we were going to the casino.  I don’t gamble, but I still don’t mind going.  (great place to people watch)  Well, I may put a dollar in the penny slot but once I lose it, I am done.  Then get depressed thinking how I could have gotten a McDonald’s diet coke with that dollar and it would have been way better!  As we continued driving, I started to see the most beautiful sight… grape vines.  Ohhh yes.  We are going wine tasting before the casino!  A little give and take, wine for the ladies, casino for the men.  I was wrong, it was a full day of wine tasting!  What could be better?!  How about spending the day with a true wine connoisseur, Jeremiah Wingard (vin*gart).  Yes, he was impressing us all with his German tongue; or was it French?  It was Guverswnaga!  One of the wineries was having a festival that day so there were live bands, food, lots of people outside in the sunshine and we decided to hang out inside in the dark basement.  That’s ok, our new BFF Jonathan was down there; I just love nice people, especially employees of a winery!  Thank you to my amazing husband for planning such a fun filled day and to my wonderful friends for hanging out with the ol’ Schrocks all day. J

 

Oh wait, did I say they just put up with us all day?  I lied.  Yep, we went ahead and turned this into a 24 hour event.  It’s about time I got to sing Wonderwall on rock band again!   We had such a fun night hanging out with our friends – acting our shoe size, not our age.  Good times.  I just wish we would have bought that dog book at one of the wineries so we could have played “lets make up what this dog is thinking” all night long.  I am just glad Kordell got the
 V neck message so he didn’t feel left out! 

After our 24 hour kid free craziness, we were ready for some Landon lovin!  We just LOVE this age, he is so fun and silly.  While we were getting ready the other day we hear “dong….dong….dong…”

And so it begins.  Endless hours minutes of entertainment.  Who needs a babysitter when you have a door stop?  I think I may install one under my desk at work and just bring Landon with me every day.  No one will ever know!  Now that he is crawling around he is getting into everything; even things you would never guess to be amusing.  For example, the rubber tie that wraps around our computer battery.  The other day, he had managed to get it around his leg.  He likes the house arrest look.  After I took this picture, I noticed he is also getting into the drawer on our coffee table.  Little stinker. 

  

When I first saw this video, I thought to myself, really, this it is?!  But.. then I watched it again and again and again.  Of the 2.5 million hits on you tube, I am probably 2 million of those; my husband being the other .5.  Carrie Underwood is the only person in the world who can do nothing but walk for 4 minutes straight in a music video and it be amazing.

Weekend Re-Cap #12

For the first time ever, I was excited to go to a soccer game!  Why you may ask?  Because I got to go with Kordell and not just watch him play or coach from the stands.  We went and watched the Northridge Boys soccer game Tuesday evening, which they lost. (probably because Kordell is not the coach anymore).   While Kordell went over to say hi to the team, Landon and I went to go find a seat.  We found an empty section and sat there.  Apparently no one goes to JV games so by the time the Varsity game started, we were surrounded by feather extensions and braces.  Yep, I sat in the student section.  Oh well, my little chick magnet liked flirting with the high school girls.  (again, we are talking about Landon here, not Kordell)  All in all it was a pretty good time, except for the 45 min I left to get Subway.  Note to the Subway people; next time Northridge has a soccer game, you should probably schedule more than two workers! 

Since we had the soccer game Tuesday night, we had to change our dance class at Schrock Studio’s to Thursday evening which meant it was only me and Emily that were able to dance.  So I figured, why not make it a date!  So the soon to be Mr. & Mrs. Wingard joined us for dinner after Emily and I danced.  Yep, that’s right.  We had our own little dance party, just the two of us.  You may think that would be pretty awkward, but it wasn’t.  Well, until she wanted to show me a new dance and instead of me trying to do it along with her, I creepishly watched her dance. 
That my friend, was awkward.

Just a few days ago I posted the top 10 things we are loving about Landon at 7 months and already he has started doing two more things that I have to add.  I also recall saying "I don't think he will have a problem eating any food."  He does.  I am not sure if his face was worse or mine but Turkey broth baby food is NASTY!  I don't blame him for not eating it.  It is just is so amazing to me how quickly he changes and learns so many new things.  I remember in that blog that I said he would be crawling any day now.. Well, he is! 

He just kind of started scooting along on Monday and by Tuesday, he was making his way across the room to get what he wanted.  Each day he is traveling farther and getting much faster!  It is so funny to see where he makes his way to and the things he is starting to get into.  I have a feeling one day we will leave the room and come back and all of his books on the book shelf will be scattered all over the living room floor.  The other day, he put two and two together and figured out he can dump over his toy baskets.  That is his new favorite thing to do, and then of course get all of the toys out! 
 This is how I found him the other day…

The other new thing he has picked up within the past day or two is fake coughing.  I know exactly why he does it, to get a reaction.  You know what, he gets one every time!  I always act so dramatic and hold him and love him and treat him like he is “So Sick!” and he loves every minute of it.  It cracks me up.  Sometimes I cough back and we just go round and round.  The other morning I heard him doing it in bed on the monitor, he just wanted me to come in there and get him up, little does he know, I am smart.  He’s not really sick, just really darn cute!

Ohhh Saturday.  This little lady has made my blog not once, but twice this week!  Miss Emily Boston had her work bridal shower at a co-workers house on Long Lake Saturday.  We were supposed to have a booze cruise but since the weather did not co-operate, we just stayed inside.  No one seemed to mind.  After the shower we met up with more co-workers at a local establishment; I think the locals were mad we took over.  I always find it funny to hang out with work people outside of work.  Not at a Christmas party but an actual non-work event where you can really be yourself.  People always seem to be amazed by me outside of work; I must pretend pretty well during the week!  A sure sign of a great time: Bean Burrito and Cinnamon twists from Taco Bell on the way home! 

Sunday Kordell had a baseball game in Ft Wayne so Landon and I did the normal Sunday stuff: clean, laundry, grocery shop, etc.  We got to Meijer and my little shopping buddy was in a great mood so I decided, nope, I don’t need to take in a pacifier, toy, or a snack.  Bad idea.  After about 20 minutes he starts fussing and crying and I panicked.  This was my first public “breakdown.”  So what do I do?  Run to the baby section, grab a container of puffs, rip it open and ahhhh..  Instant relief!  These tied him over for a while until we got behind coupon natzi at the checkout.  Here’s a little hint.  If the person in front of you has a trapper-keeper (or whatever the kids call them these days) in their hands, turn around and find a new lane!   My new thing I like to do is play in the toy aisle when I go grocery shopping with Landon.  If he smiles at a toy, I buy it.  Major problem.  Another problem I have?  I am a sucker for those bright orange SALE tags on all of the toys.  It may not even be on sale, but the second they stick an orange sticker on it, it’s in the cart.  I find it funny to show Landon the toys he has at home in the toy aisle, he gets so excited like “Hey, that’s my toy!!”  He had fun playing with his new toys once we got home; that was until he broke one of the keys on a toy… guess that’s why they put that orange sticker on it in the first place.  Junk.

As Landon and I were laying outside on our blanket Sunday afternoon eating grass listening to Adele radio, this song came on.  Usually when people attempt to sing their own version of someone else’s song, it's a flop. Not in this case; love it!  

Top 10 Things We are Loving About Landon At 7 Months...

I decided to forgo a weekend re-cap this week.  Not because I don’t have anything to say, because trust me, I always have something to say.  It’s not because I had a bad week or good week for that matter, but because this week, I just could not get enough of my baby!!  No, not Kordell, Landon.  I even cancelled some weekend plans so we could stay home with him and boy am I glad we did!  So, since I was completely obsessed with Landon this week (in the healthiest way possible, of course) well, I guess I shouldn’t say this week because I am pretty much obsessed with him every week, I will dedicate this blog to him. 

Brace yourself.. it’s a long one!

Top Ten Things We’re Lovin’ About Landon At 7 Months..

10.  His Teeth!  All 2 of them.  The other day as I was feeding him and making him laugh, I thought I saw some white on his gums like some teeth might be coming in.   Once we looked closer, two were already in!!  I love every time he smiles (or screams) seeing those bottom two front teeth.  He is such a tough little cookie, no fussing at all.  We didn’t even know.  Hopefully the rest come in that easy!  Sorry, no picture for this one.  Have you ever tried to take a picture of a 7 month olds teeth?  Impossible.

9.  The way he rolls his way to wherever he wants to go, obstacles and all.  It is so cute watching him roll and roll and roll.  He is getting really creative with it too.  He will see an object and roll towards it and then turn his body to roll a different direction to get to it.  He is even starting to push backwards to move, won’t be long before he starts crawling!  We put up a baby gate a few weeks ago that if he really wanted, he could actually fit under.  (safe, I know) We didn’t think it would be that big of an issue because he tends to just stay in the living room, but the other day when I was playing with him, this is where he got to…
 sneaky little man!

            

8. The way he puts his face right up to yours and stares.. Creepy? Yes.  Adorable? Yes!  It is the weirdest thing he does but we find it adorable.  He usually does it before bed as he is calming down while we hold him; he puts his face right up to yours and just stares at you.  We aren’t talking for a second or two, try about 4 or 5 minutes.  Sometimes he even goes as far as to touch your face with his face and stare at you in the eyes.  We try really hard not to laugh but seriously, how can you not?  

7.  His talking.  He doesn’t do it a lot but when he does, he just talks and talks and talks.  He must get that from his Daddy.  (yes, that is sarcasm)  Just in the past few days, a few people have made a comment, “does he even make noise??”  Not much but when he does, he doesn’t stop.  Even better, when he gets excited, he kicks his legs and screams.  Loud!

6.       The way he eats anything, everything and is so dramatic about it all!!  Now that he has been eating “real” food, he is so funny to watch.  Every single thing he has eaten, he loves; even grass.  Is this a problem!?  Our favorite thing is watching his face as he eats food.  Each time he puts something in his mouth he make a face as if it is the most disgusting thing he has ever eaten, yet, he eats it.  What is even funnier to watch is his him feeding himself.  He is starting to get a lot better but sometimes he will have a puff in his hand and misses putting it in his mouth but yet he thinks it is in there and “chews it.”  One time he even made a noise as if the puff he was “eating” was so delicious.  Hilarious!

5.  Him and his BFF.. Jackson.  Yep, as much as I LOVE my dog, so does Landon, really!  It is really cute watching those two together.  Jackson has come to the rescue many times, especially when I am getting ready in the morning and Landon wakes up.. I just set them next to each other and they can entertain each other for hours… or at least 10 minutes.  (They both have short attention spans)  The best part is, Jackson does not care that Landon beats on him and pulls his hair.  Landon cannot take his eyes off of Jackson, in fact, on our walks; he stares at him walking the whole time.  I am starting to get jealous of their relationship.  When I get home from work he is starting to get more excited to see Jackson jumping around going crazy than actually seeing me L

4.  He loves feeling things… He is so into textures right now and feeling all sorts of things.  My favorite is when we are driving in the car and he scratches his car seat.  He doesn’t just scratch and stop, he will constantly scratch for a good two minutes.  He does this on everything!  Scratch, scratch, scratch.  I am not sure if it is the noise he likes, or the actual object he is scratching.  He really loves scratching the green circle I mistakenly placed on his wall right where his head lays on the changing table.  Oops.  That sure does make it tricky to change him when he’s flipping over to scratch it! 

3.  The way he plays peek-a-boo and thinks it’s a game 24/7.  He is constantly on watch for someone to pop out behind the couch, the door, etc and say “Peek-a-Boo!”  You actually don’t even have to move for him to laugh at this game.  Sometimes I just turn my head and look back at him and say peek-a-boo and he finds it hilarious.  The other night when I was holding him he kept peeking over the couch as if someone was back there playing peek-a-boo with him; I was home alone.  That’s always comforting.  One of our favorite things he does which is absolutely hysterical is a version of peek-a-boo and a version some other sort of dramatic game.  He will be laying on the floor and grab any blanket, cloth, etc and cover his face with it and starts fake crying and starts frantically kicking his arms and legs as if he is trapped and can’t get out.  Then, you move the blanket and he starts laughing.  We fell for it once.

2. Zerbert attacks!  If you don’t know what a zerbert is, google it. (Kordell was unaware)   I always give Landon zerberts, he loves them everywhere but especially on the mole/birth mark he has on his belly.  We call it his zerbert mark; we get a giggle every time!  Not only is he into receiving zerbets, he likes to give them as well.  Sometimes we have zerbert wars.  If you hold him he’ll give you a zerbert, you give him one back, he gives you one, you give him one, you get the point.  The other day he gave my mom one and freaked her out.. we are going to have to teach him not to zerbert strangers!

Even though these are all our favorites, for the sake of the countdown.. the number one thing we love about Landon right now...
  

1. His Giggle!! He is so easily amused.  He could be eating food and be so fussy but the minute that spoon turns into an air plane, watch out!  He is a giggle man.  He has started this new thing where he scrunches up his nose and breaths really hard, I think it is his way of laughing really hard.  The other day, all I was saying was “ha ha” and he thought I was the funniest person in the world.  (I know, I am) He giggled for a good 5 minutes every time I said it.  Daddy tried saying it later and Landon look at him like, “Really Dad?! Mom is so much funnier..."

Weekend Re-Cap #11

 What a pain the neck.  Literately!  It is so annoying how a simple pain consumes your entire life.  It’s probably because I am not able to turn my head so every two seconds when I need to, I am reminded that it hurts.  I have no idea what happened but last Monday afternoon it hit.  I went to the chiropractor Wednesday and Friday and found out I have several pinched nerves in my neck and upper back.  I am not one to take pain medicine, I do only if I cannot possibly take the pain a second longer.  In fact, I think 7 months ago (when Landon was born) was the last time I had taken any Tylenol.  Let me tell ya, I have taken something everyday this past week.  Somehow I managed to even hold a pen and type while two of my fingers were numb from my pinched nerves.  Sunday I actually woke up and felt good, I could move it, no pain, no pills.  That was until Sunday afternoon, I was holding Landon and it hit again. 
So here I am, back to work, back to pain, back to pills.

Kordell spent all last weekend and even took a few days off work to install his brothers hardwood floor in their new house.  Yep, we have new neighbors!  Well, kind of.  His brother and their family moved all the way from Pennsylvania to Middlebury!  We are so excited to have them so close.  I didn’t have cousins that close growing up so I am so excited for Landon to have almost all of his cousins within 20 minutes now.  Now we just have one more we have to work on getting here!  Until then, we will just have to go on
vacations to visit her, oh darn!

Guess what Monday was?  The first day of Northridge Soccer Practice… and guess where Kordell was?  On a walk with me and Landon J  After 8 years, Kordell hung up the ‘ol coaching whistle and I would be lying if said I was sad.  Don’t get me wrong, it was nice for a while to have some nights to myself, but every Saturday from July until October was always busy with soccer so I could never make plans.  We were never able to go away for our anniversary because of soccer, so this year, we are going away and I am so excited (but that’s a different story for a different blog!)  It wasn’t a big deal him being gone every night at practices or games when it was just me, although, I may have started missing him just a little towards the end of the season. (don’t tell him I said that)  Now that Landon is here though, that’s a lot of time away from the little guy.  Besides practice every night, there were usually two games during the week and a team dinner so he wouldn’t even be able to see his son on those days, so sad.  We both are SO happy to have him home with us!  He has been teaching Landon how to play soccer so one day he can coach again when Landon is on the team!  We are going to go as a family next week to cheer on the boys at
their first soccer game, from the stands!

 

With Kordell being home so often now, he has been spending a lot of time down in Schrock’s Dance Studio, I mean the basement.  He has slowly been working on finishing the basement pretty much since we bought the house (4 years ago) but we haven’t really been in a rush to finish it.  We are now.  Well, I should say I am.  I did have an April deadline for the basement to be finished but as you can see, it is now August and it is not.  I figured by April he would be playing with more toys so he will need a toy room to put his stuff in, I was right. Toys are quickly taking over our living room.  Toys seem to get bigger and louder as they grow!  My new deadline for the basement is December.  Someone will be turning the big O-N-E and will need to have an indoor birthday party so, December it is!  This weekend we got the toilet, vanity and counter top.. I think it’s close to being done.  But, I have said that for weeks.  I am not sure how many times I have told Kordell “I’ll go ahead and have the carpet people come this week” and I get the same response “Ok, if they want to come help me with other stuff that would be great.”  Someday soon… I just know it!

Even though I loved watching Landon swim and play in the fountain at my parents friends lake place, my favorite thing that happened this week happened Sunday.  It doesn’t seem like much, but it still makes me smile just thinking about it.  One of my friends reached out to hold Landon and he turned away from her and put his arms around me!  (Sorry Kristin!) I LOVED IT!  He has never cared before who held him or if Kordell or I left the room, but not anymore.  For the first time he actually wanted me! 

What an amazing feeling! 

Last week when I was reading my blog to Kordell I said “do you like it?”  He said no because I didn’t talk about him enough.   Well, I am pretty sure this one makes up for that.  And with that being said,

I will dedicate this song to him. 

Weekend Re-Cap #10

I always say that we live such a boring, uneventful life, but that has not been the case these past few weeks.  They have been so chaotic, to say the least!  But finally, I feel like I can sit back, relax and blog!  In fact, Sunday I even sat outside for a while and got a little sun.  That was until there were 5 cops, 4 squad cars and a cop dog surrounding my neighbors house.  Apparently the two Verizon Wireless employees passing out flyers at 4:00 on a Sunday afternoon in my neighborhood looked like they were breaking into someone’s house.  I always hate when burglars dress up and wear a blue-tooth; totally obvious!  Regardless, I have missed a few weeks of re-caps and even though we now are back to our boring lives and I have some free time, I don’t want to go back and figure out every little thing we have been doing.  I will just point out some of the highlights and lowlights of the past few weeks.

The furthest back tidbit I find exciting is Landon’s 6 month doctors appointment.  I am not sure why I find these so exciting, he sure doesn’t!  I probably wouldn’t either if I got stuck with 4 needles and had other inflicted pain.  Ouch!  My little man is not so little anymore.. he has moved into the 5^th percentile for weight now, he’s a big 14.8 pounder.  He hasn’t gotten much taller.. still around the 20th percentile (25.7”)   The doctor told us he is projected to be 5 ft 9”.  Crazy to think my little man will be taller than me one day!  The doctor also told us all of the wonderful things Landon can be eating now that he has hit that 6 month age. I think Landon slipped him some cash; he is in heaven.  Peas, carrots, prunes, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, puffs and even pizza (well at least the crust)…. He loves everything.  I am pretty sure he won’t have a problem with any food. 

He’s a little tank!

A few weeks ago my baby-sitter thought she had sprained her ankle, but as she kept walking on it, it got much worse.  She went to the doctor and found out she broke her ankle and had to have surgery!  This is not good for her, or us!  When this happened, Landon went to my sisters one day, my mom and dad’s one day, Grandma Schrock came to watch him one day, I took off work one day and then my mom watched him on Friday. I hated every day of that!  (Except of course the day I was home!)  I felt horrible passing him around like a little rag doll.  I don’t think I have ever been so stressed in my life.  Thank you SO much though to all of the wonderful people who helped out watching him and all of the people who offered to watch him.  It is such a hard thing trying to find someone to watch your child and especially in such a short time frame.  We were very lucky to find someone to fill in while our sitter is recovering.  She is a blessing!  Now I can finally breathe knowing he is happy and in good hands! 

We have done a lot of great things these past few weeks, got our first family pictures taken, had my mother’s day massage, (a-mazing!) had the in-laws over for lunch, hung out with our friends, rocked the Schrock’s dance studio, got a few steps closer to finishing the basement, went out on the lake a few times.. but since I am a slacker, I am not going to talk about it all.  See this whole blog thing is a great idea, if I actually do it!  

With that being said, I will be back as planned, next week… 

 I might WILL!

 The Schrockstars

My Main Man Landon 

The Boston Girls

Fun In the Sun 

The Only Frog I'll Kiss 

Jer, Kordell and Dave 

I find it funny that about 99% of the songs I have posted on here have been country when I don’t like country!  But.. for the sake of this song, it does have Ludacris in it…

 I knew I liked it for some reason.