Visiting Grampy after knee surgery

Today Rick gets to go home after being at the surgical center from Tuesday Morning on. His knee replacement went well, and since he's such a strong-willed guy, I'm sure his recovery will be quick. Reef got to visit Grampy Rick several times at the surgical center and of course the nurses ate him up. Although Reef had a slight cold the whole week, we knew it would be alright to visit for short periods of time.

While Rick was in the shower, Reef got command of the remote and the bed! He wasn't too sure of the whole hospital atmosphere and was wondering why Grampy was laying in bed all day! Hopefully when Rick goes in to get his other knee done Reef won't be too much of a handful as I'm guessing we might be dealing with a walker by April 7th!

GO GATORS!

Jared enjoyed the first half of the game at Lincoln Surgical Center with his dad, but was getting too anxious and had to come home for the second half. Cyndi, Reef, Enzo and I enjoyed the game from our house and had pizza, pie and ice cream as a special treat. Ok, well, maybe Cyndi and I enjoyed those treats along with some adult barley pops as well. Enzo always enjoys his dog food and Reef had some yummy sweet potatoes and rice cereal.

This was definitely a game that you couldn't just sit back and relax to, and if you were, you don't have a pulse! We were getting into it and I was pretty tired! It was fun and exhilerating all at the same time, but I have a happy household for at least another year with the gators coming out on top!

I was taking pictures of Reef in his new gator warm ups and as I was looking through the pictures this one stuck out and it almost looks like he's striking the Heisman pose! I thought it was cute, and of course Jared liked it!

Here's to another year of Tim Tebow!

Busy Guy

Reef has been sooo busy lately crawling everywhere and pulling himself up on anything he can reach. It has been a learning experience on what he can get to and what he SHOULDN'T be getting into. I definitely DO NOT fall into the overprotective parent roll because I think they need to learn, to an extent, the consequences to their actions. Sometimes, though, I am a bit too lenient and forget just how strong my little man is. Take, for example, the other day he was crawling and playing in his room, exploring and I forgot that the small metal shelf that has a few toys on it WOULD NOT be strong enough to support a little monkey pulling himself up on it and what do you know, it toppled over and a wooden toy bonked Reef's little head. Cue crying and terrified little boy! Needless to say, that shelf is no longer taking residence in Reef's room. I went around and tested a few other appliences in his room to make sure this wouldn't happen again!

It has been fun to see Reef developing into a little boy, although it's happening MUCH faster than I thought it would. I knew he was a strong little man, and he's hit his other milestones early, so it's to be expected, but I don't think you ever are ready for your baby to grow up!

First Veggie

Today Reef got his first taste of "real" food: Pureed sweet potatoes! He enjoyed them VERY much, even with having a slight cold that we caught from a friend! Luckily it isn't too bad and we won't be needing to go to the doctor. I checked with the friend and they had been to the doctor and said it will just have to run it's course and it'll take about 10 days to fully go away! FUN, fun. I calculate that we've "had" the cold for about 3 days, so the worse is yet to come.

This morning Reef didn't want to eat much cereal, and I am guessing it's because his nose is quite stuffy and he has a slight cough. He's getting enough milk from me, I'm not going to push it. It should be quite interesting to see how the cold is progressing and how he enjoys the food! I can't wait to start something else....in 3-5 days as is recommended! I'm sure he won't have allergies since neither Jared or I have them, but it's better to be safe than sorry!

Snot bubble

As with most illnesses babies get, you can't avoid snot. Look on the bright side. There are always snot bubbles!

Baby food with Grammy Cyndi

Today Reef and I headed over to Rick and Cyndi's to make some babyfood! I had made sweet potatoes, carrots and squash with my mom back in November and we were getting ready to start fruits and veggies, so I decided it was time to start stocking up our supply. We ended up making green beans, peas, pears and applesauce. It was a good day to be inside as it was QUITE cold outdoors.

We were able to use mini muffin pans and ice cube trays to freeze the batch and tomorrow we will vacuum seal them with my new vacuum sealer I received for Christmas! That tool is going to come in VERY handy, especially when buying in bulk. Sam's Club, here I come! :)

Go Huskers!!!

We headed back over to Joe and Ivy's for the football game and I had quite the ordeal getting my husband out of bed! Reef woke up at 8 and wanted to nurse, but then he let me go back to sleep for another 2 hours and then we were up for the day. Jared on the other hand slept until about 11:30 when I woke him and said that I'd like to get going to watch the game.

We were on the road at 10 after 12. Pretty good for him, considering he took a shnap (shower-nap.) We got there in time to wonder if we'd make it through the game not looking like amateurs! I headed out to get us some grub...$5.55 Hot and Ready pizza! Pizza Pizza! And we watched the game...using the term WE loosely of course as Jared and most of the other guests at Joe and Ivy's took a nap during the game at one point or another! Reef was even able to take a 30 minute snooze during the 3rd quarter.

It was a good day, but long, after a long night before and we headed home before supper to relax. So far, so good 2009!