A new bike!

Tiernan turned into a big boy this week!  Every morning when I got him up, he had grown and learned a new skill!  It's amazing how different time is once you have a parent's perspective on it.

Little Man is quite the chatterbox!  He's still not saying many 'real' words, but he is definitely really communicating with us.  Today at Grandma's house for lunch we kept telling the dogs to "get back".  Tiernan stood at the door and shook his finger and kept saying something suspiciously close to 'back'.  Super cute!  He's also got a FIRM grip on where to go when I ask him if he wants milk (the fridge), if I ask him if he needs a diaper (his bedroom door) and if I tell him it's time to go (the front door).  Everyday he does these things with less and less prompting and guiding.  This morning he slid of the bed himself.  He turned backwards, and climbed down.  That's the first time he's tried it the right way and not just started to walk off the bed in a 'trust fall' that ends with my heart in my throat and rushing to catch him!

He's not, however, too big for my moby wrap, which warms my heart.  He threw a fit at Gigi's today because his poor little body was worn out.  We were in the middle of a card game, so I threw on the wrap, picked him up and cuddled him in, and asleep he went.  I love that.  I will be so sad when he's too big for it.  Those little snuggles are such a rewarding part of mommy-hood.

passed out at Gigi's after some Moby-cuddles

We've pretty much stopped nursing.  It's funny, I never really fell in love with nursing him, and always saw it as a requirement.  I viewed nursing as a function of my body, and never really cared much for it.  And pumping, oh I hated that!  But now that we aren't nursing every day, and we're only nursing during high-stress moments to calm down, or for reassurance, I find that I am missing that bonding time.  I never realized how much I would miss that relationship.  Again, he's turned into a big boy, eating real food, and he just doesn't need me for that anymore.  I know he still needs me for other things, and I don't feel pushed aside or un-necessary, but it's just different now, and I miss the way it was.  It was built in snuggle time.  :)

Jeremy and Candy had their baby on Friday.  William Gage.  We went to meet him tonight, and he is adorable.   Holding him made my heart ache for another one.  Then I gave him back, and came home, and my brain kicked back in and reminded me how perfect my life is right now.  I can't see another child in our lives right now, we've just learned how to balance our personal lives, professional lives, and parenthood with one child.  But if they ever need a babysitter, I am so there!  I do miss when Tiernan was that small.  (Even though
Will was HUGE at 8 lbs 12 oz!)

Yesterday we took Tiernan to Chuck E Cheese for a birthday party for one of my students.  He had a BLAST!  I worried he would be afraid of the giant mouse, but he really seemed fascinated.  I wasn't planning on feeding him there, but he stole a slice of pizza from another guest!  This boy sure loves his food!  Daddy played some games with him.  His favorite was the hitting game.  Of course.  We also played Skeeball.  I was going to let Tiernan walk up and put the ball in the holes, but they put a big piece of plastic over it.  So not fair.  I didn't get many pictures because my camera wasn't charged.  We had a lot of fun though!

Now, the title of the post.  Let's get to the fun!  Tiernan's granny gave him a Radio Flyer tricycle/stroller for his birthday.  It's been in a box in his room for 2 months.  The weather hasn't been that great, and we just haven't gotten around to assembling it.  Well, I made Daddy put it together last night, and WOW!  Tiernan LOVES it!  By the time it was all assembled, it was dark outside, Tiernan was in a shirt and diaper, and it was past bedtime.  The weather was still nice out though, so we decided to take Tiernan for a short ride on his new bike.  We let him go in just the shirt and diaper, it really was nice out and we weren't out long.  We went once around the park, and Tiernan was making VROOM noises almost the whole time!  When it was time to come inside, he was SO MAD!  He cried and cried, he did not want to get off the bike!  We took it to Gigi's house today for another ride, and he still loved it!  Of course, the only photos I took were when it was dark out, and came out poorly, but I will keep trying to get more as we get outside more often with the nice weather.

 

umm, why have we stopped?

Our weekend in a not-so-short nutshell.  :)  I love my job and my week days, but I so live for the weekends with this little man!  Heading off to cuddle up and get some sleep.  Good night!