The Best Love

Today my baby is 18-months-old. I can't believe he will be 2 in just 6 more short months. The time is flying by. I love his personality now. He is interested in everything and he pays attention to every word you say. He has grown so much in the last 6 months. He's so tall like his Daddy and has the same big feet. It seems like we keep bumping the size up every month. He loves to talk and if you pay close attention you can understand him. He is such an outdoorsy baby. Now that spring has sprung we have gotten to spend tons of time outside...when it's not raining of course. I love his facsination and excitement for new things. His eyes light up and his mouth forms that "O" - I find myself doing the same thing watching him. My love for Sebastian is more than I could have ever known and my life would be empty without him. I don't have words to describe what a baby does to your life - it's a million different emotions running through you at once - only when you hold your baby for the first time can you ever realize the completion that your life has. I'm so in love with that little boy and pray everyday that the Lord will take care of him and make me the best Mommy that I could be for him.

Today we celebrated turning 1 1/2 years old by playing at the park! Sebastian loves to play outside and he loves the park. I asked him if he wanted to go to the park and he said "yeah" and brought me his shoes and went straight for the door. We had a fun afternoon - it was so beautiful and breezy. We took a walk, swinged, & swinged & swinged, climbed up the stairs and down the slide and up the stairs and down the slide. He had a blast and I had fun too. AND, of course, snapped away on the camera. He don't mind the camera anymore. He either just ignores me or wants to cheese it up, which both work well for me. Hope you enjoy them.

This picture is from last night. I had laid him down for bed and before I went to bed myself, I always go in and check on him. He had put his cup of ice water down his shirt. I guess he was feeling a little hot. Isn't he just the sweetest little thing ever?

Hambone

Sebastian Blayde has always been a camera hog, but lately he has been one by choice haha! When I get the camera out he comes running up right to the lens and says "cheese"!!! It's so cute. It's so hard to get those natural shots now because he wants to pose, but I wouldn't trade that sweet little grin and "cheese" for anything in the world. As I have said before, he loves being outside - even if it's just sitting around. I caught him & Daddy sitting out on the steps Saturday and snuck in that first picture, but as soon as he heard that shutter he jumped up and smiled big and yelled "cheese Momma" "cheese"! These are the moments that make life worth living! Enjoy the pics!

Here's a few pics I snagged while getting Sebastian ready for bed. I love the first picture with those long, long lashes. Such a gorgeous little face!!! He loves brushing his teeth although most times he just chews on the bristles. He was checking out his new toothbrush that lights up. He was investigating it thoroughly before he tried it out.

Beautiful Spring Afternoon

Sebastian just adores being outdoors. He loves to run & play and be free. When I pick him up from daycare on a nice day, he's usually outside being pulled around in a wagon (I think it's Abby & Sebastian's love wagon hahaha) or pushing himself backward in a Cozy Coupe! Everyday he's excited to see me & holds those arms out - I'll scoop him and get a BIG KISS - then he's done. He's ready to get back to playing and he would never leave. Most days it's a huge fight coming inside - he just LOVES to be outside. Today was so beautiful so we stayed outside until supper time. He loved riding his 4-wheeler all over. I got lots of pics of him outside. He is such a ham these days. Always flashing his beautiful baby blues and miles of smiles with those dimples shining. I can't believe how much he is growing. At his last visit with Dr. Dye he weighed 27.5 lbs and was 34 1/2" tall. His vocabulary has grown by leaps and bounds and is counting 1-2-3! He loves pointing to each part of his face - especially his tongue. I could go on and on. I think he is so beautiful and so smart and so perfect!!!

These pics were from earlier today. Sebastian is such a sweetie first thing in the morning. He was trying to take his own picture and kept saying "cheese". This afternoon we were checking out our new biker headware - maybe dad will give him a ride on his motorcycle this summer hahaha (not really)!

Wierdo Diseases

As if this year hasn't been sickly enough, a couple weeks ago we "thought" David had come down with the flu. It was a Monday night, we had gone to bed and he just started shivering, was freezing cold and I felt his head - he was burning up. Told him to stay away from me (lol) 'cause I surely did NOT want me or Sebastian getting the flu. Well, he didn't work Tuesday or Wednesday; started feeling better by Thursday and thought that he had kicked it by the weekend. That Sunday, when he removed his socks to take a shower, a huge rash had developed around his ankles and up his calves. Was the wierdest thing I had ever seen!! Looked like large capillary blood vessels had broken all around his feet and legs. He went along his merry way like whoopie, no biggie - he hasn't been to the doctor in 15 years. The next Monday, he came home from work and it had started to move up his legs. I TOLD him he needed to go see a doctor, but he just brushed it off. Tuesday morning he texted me and told me to make him a doctor's appointment because his joints were hurting so bad that he couldn't grasp a piece of wood in his hands. So, I called the doctor and filled him in on his symptoms, and of course, they wanted to see him ASAP. The doctor said that he had never seen anthing like it before in his life either, but his first inclination would be some type of cross between Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. He went ahead and prescribed him a strong antibiodic and tested him for several things, including Lyme & RMSF. Of course, we had to wait almost a week for the test results, and in the meantime I googled & researched and realized that he had all the symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. He had not noticed ever being bitten by a tick, but I know you can have bites and never know. When he finally got the test results, they confirmed the RMSF and the antibiodics had already started working and clearing up the rash. He is feeling much better now and THANK GOD that it wasn't anything worse. I was a little freaked out at first when the doctor said, "he definitely has an infectious disease of some kind" which can mean a lot and the first thing I thought was he's not staying in my house with Sebastian (lol).

I am glad that we finally got over that issue and have really been enjoying the spring weather -- in between the pouring rain and the cold spurts. As much as I love the springtime, I hate what the spring brings with it----allergies, allergies, allergies. Sebastian and I have been snottin' & sneezing, coughing, burning red watery eyes, stuffed up & congested - it's been miserable. I finally got baby boy to feeling better. He is such a bear when he's not feeling good. Today I picked him from daycare and Kristal told me that he had Fifth's Disease. Of all things - haha! I told her I was getting really sick of hearing that word "disease". He apparently had the "contagious" flu-like symptoms last week amidst all the allergy symptoms and now he has the "red slapped face" rash on his face and little on his hands. If it's not one thing, it's something else!!!! hahaha This is nothing, just looks like a really bad sunburn; however, had finally scheduled a photo session with Ms Sarah. Luckily (rather unluckily) she has a sick kiddo too so we'll be reschuduling that session. I'm hoping to make it to Sebastian's 18-month mark on the 24th and with a little faith, the rest of the year will SLOW DOWN and be less stressful!

I cannot sign off without posting some pics of sebastian. Here's a few from yet another pageant we did on Saturday (yes, he's the King) and playing with Mommy & Daddy this weekend. He wanted to roll around and around in the laundry hamper - he thought it was hilarious!

Happy Easter!

Today is Easter but I don't know how happy we've been today. Sebastian is sick AGAIN! It's been a long year so far with everyone's illnesses & injuries. He started running a fever Friday night/early Saturday morning...it's a blur now. We've been couped up in the house this weekend - snottin' and sneezin' and just plain don't feel good. No birthday party on Saturday (Tyler's), no church, no family Easter dinner at Aunt Kims and no hunting eggs with all those cousins. The Easter bunny did come visit our house and Sebastian got a nice big basket of goodies and he found all his eggs this morning! I managed to get a picture of him yesterday in one of his Easter outfits (had to have some choices hahaha) while he was is a good mood and some pics this morning opening all his goodies. Tomorrow we're going to go visit Dr. Dye and hopefully start getting all better!!! Hope you had a great Easter!!

Oh, Daddy came in the living room and said that Sebastian had turned into dirty laundry. When I went to see, he was "hiding" in the laundry basket playing with my cell phone.

Happy St. Paddy's Day

A little late, but wanted to show off Sebastian's very cool St. Paddy's day attire. I can't believe how big he is and growing so much everyday.

Snow Fun

Sebastian was sick during the last big snowfall that we had, so I was excited about all the snow on Friday. I was sure that we were going to have so much fun out in the beautiful, white snow BUT once we got out there, Sebastian was not at all impressed. He walked along the drive, but he wouldn't touch the snow. So, I picked him up and stepped out into the yard and stood him up in the snow and he was a little hesitant, but he was okay. He was a little in awe watching all the snow fall, but he was by no means going to touch it. I rolled him up a snowball, but he would not touch it. I pulled him along through the snow in his wagon for a few minutes. I loved the snow and hoped that he would be more interested, but I guess I'll have to wait a few more years before I have to drag him out. Here's a few pics from our little snow adventure.