Changes

Here's a little nugget of information about myself you may not know: I don't like change. I never have and it's safe to say I never will. I like schedules, routine, familiarity. I'm not a very "flexible" person, you could say. So for the past like, 6 months or so, C and I have had a pretty good schedule going on. Same wake up time, same nap times, same bed time with the exception of a few sick times that threw the schedule off a half hour-ish. He even sleeps well when teething. But now we're approaching the one-year mark {NEXT WEEK...WHAT the WHAAAAT??} and with the one-year mark comes changes. I cry.

Change #1: naps. For the past 2 weeks, C's naps have really stunk. His first one is about 45 minutes and the second one is sometimes the same, sometimes an hour. Highly unpredictable. So, like with any major life crisis I posted this issue on Facebook and got the following suggestion: time to transition {another word I like to poop on} to one nap. Oh sweet goodness no. NONONONONO. I LIVED for the two 90 minute breaks during the day back when our schedule was predictable and awesomesauce. I'm not ready for the morning to be FIVE HOURS LONG. There just isn't strong enough coffee for that. {but maybe coffee + vodka? no?} But alas, after my crying and whining to B ceased, I decided today was as good a day as any to try this stupid one nap crap. C woke up at flipping 6:30 this morning. Thank goodness it's free pancake day at ihop. We ventured out for our free short stack + like 5 cups of coffee fo me. Went to Target {obvs} and then came home to kill like 2.5 more hours with the likes of the Wiggles, Baby Einstein {don't judge me, anti-TV moms} and lunch and snacks. FINALLY 11:50 arrived and I gave him his bottle and down he continues to be. BUT it's only 1:00 and we need to get to like 3:00 for a successful transition {poop} so we'll see....in the mean time I'm just beside myself with the uncertainty of what's going to happen to our days...
Change #2: Adios formula, Aloha whole milk. Positive: formula costs like a billion dollaz a week and it smells like pure donkey shiz. We will be saving mucho casho. Positive: even the fanciest organic whole milk is cheaper than formula. Negative: I will very much miss my snuggle time with boo boo when I give him his bottle before nap and bed. We're not implementing this change until next week when we go to the doc for his one year appt. PTL I can't handle another change this week.
Change #3: He is a full-time walker. He prefers this mode of transportation over crawling. He can't get up yet from sitting so he just crawls over to some piece of furniture and pulls up and continues on his way. He loves to walk laps around the house and I'm perfectly fine with this method of entertainment. CANNOTWAIT for summer when he can walk those little chunky legs outside.
Ok, NO MORE CHANGES until he's ready for school. OMG I can't think about school or I'll have to be checked into the psych ward. I want my baby back!! This is a fun stage though. He has the best little fake laugh down in his throat. If you've heard it, you know it's the most hilarious thing evrrr. And oh, those curls. I die.
We're dog-sitting for my parents this week while they're in Florida {must be nice}. C is in heaven and Max loves when C eats because he gets snacks.

It's hard to capture him on the go because he NEVER STOPS.

The milk has been bought....sitting ready to be used....