1 1/2 (A little past)

My first blog update in over a month... Dexter is is playing hide and seek/ Pee-a-boo with me right now, haha.

We have so much going on right now. It's summer so of course that makes things busier. We put an offer in on a new house about a month ago, still waiting to hear back. We've been checking out child care center for Dexter to start in August. That's going to be quite an adjustment for our little guy.

Over Memorial Day weekend Dexter went to stay with his Nana in in the mountains about 2 hours away. They had so much fun! I snapped a pic as after we dropped him off, he was walking with his Nana to go see the chickens!

He's been spending a lot of time playing outside at the Sitter's. He loves the water!

He's also getting pretty banged up in the process. He is a fearless little boy...

We had his 18 month check-up this past week. He weighs 23 lbs and is 39 inches long. He's low in weight, but tall and since he eats a ton, there's no reason for concern.

Over the past month or so the tantrums have really taken off! Luckily, none in public yet, but I'm sure that's yet to come. Of course it's when he doesn't get what he wants. I'll admit I give in sometimes to make it stop, but for the most part we are trying to ignore it.

This post has taken me over an hour because there have been various tantrums during... awesome.
Now he has my iphone just so I can finish.
New words that he's saying that I can think of off the top of my head:
Purple
Turtle
House
Outside
Toes
Kick
Bite
Plane
Swing
Water
Cracker
Cookie
Milk
Hop (Bunny)
Pretty (my earrings)
Peez (Pizza)
Broc (Broccoli)
Calls himself "Me"
Papa
Nana
Many times tells us when he's pooped or peed.
Says boo boo when he gets hurt and wants you to kiss it.

While I have a few moments, Some Easter Pics...

Miss You, Dexter

I'm sitting in my hotel room (pictured above, pretty swanky) on my third day of four days away from Dexter. I'm at a Regional Sales Conference (large meeting with about 200 or so other Marketing Consultants and such that work for my company from various areas of the southeast). My Mommy guilt is killing me right now. I have to constantly remind myself that I'm not a terrible person or Mommy for working, that many really good Mammas are working Mommies. 

Another thing to note: Being a working mamma makes me a shitty blogger. I always think about things I want to blog about then I never have time to do it. Lots of people use the phrase "I just don't have the time", but seriously when I say that it's literally true. Every minute of my time is occupied with something. 

During this conference I have def been that person that talks about their kid and shows pics at every opportunity, haha!

I can't wait to see his smiling face. I'm hoping my flight gets in early enough on Friday to see Dexter before he goes to bed! 

In other news.... My Sitter is moving to Raleigh (2 1/2 hrs away).....arrgggg! So, now on top of a very stressful work month, I need to find a new child care situation. We are really leaning towards putting him in a child care center. We are going to go check a couple out soon. Besides being freaking expensive, there are a couple other things we are worried about: 

What are the sick policies. And, is he going to get sick even more, or has his immune system built up enough now from being sick so much that he would catch every little cold?

Also, we are really concerned about the foods they offer. 

Time to do some work before bed! 

Gnite.

Keeping my Toddler Fed

One of the things I truly dislike about being a Working Momma is that I'm not with Dexter for the majority of his meals. I use his meals on the weekend to try try out new foods. He is a super good eater. He LOVES fruits and veggies!

Ever since he started eating foods I've tried really hard to make sure that he is getting a well balanced diet.  (Dexter is a vegetarian, like us.) If I was with him all of the time giving the best foods would be a lot easier. I pack his foods for each day the night before. Since I started my new job a couple months ago I have been unable to make dinners very often. I'm working a ton, rushing to pick up Dexter, then trying to get him fed. This makes me a shitty wife. Poor Justin. I used to make dinner most nights of the week.

When I need to give Dexter packaged foods I try to give him mostly organic products. 

Here are some things I keep on hand...

2 in a pack!

These are great to have when we are out shopping or whatever and he needs a snack.

Lately his daily menu has also consisted of oatmeal with blueberries, fruits, veggies, hummus or pb&j sandwiches, raisins, cheese, applesauce, and loves Lentils!

Easter

Mom and Paul (Grandma & PaPa) came down from PA for a few days for Easter. Dexter had so much fun! Of course we have a ton of pics of Dexter playing outside with his new water table from Grandma and PaPa, but they are on Justin's camera and need to sorted and resized.