Max's First Meal...almost

I swear...I'm really trying to blog more often

I can't believe how time has been flying by. Work has been so busy and I have been working on a big project which was completed today. Whew.


My life has been like this: (I know - its SO exciting.)
- Wake up at 6am to pump for Max's day at the sitter.
- Feed Max when he wakes up around 7am.
- Get him dressed and ready for the day.
- Entertain and play with him for a little bit. Get online for work, calls and emails.
- Run Max two blocks to the sitters.
- Come back, work and not lift my head up until an alarm appears reminding me to pump.
pump.
- Back to work. Eat lunch. Work. Pump. etc etc until 5pm.
- Run over to Paula's to pick Max up.
Let the good times roll....


Here's a cute pic of Danny and the little man on 24th Street, after having dinner at Sushi Bistro. Love love love this pic of Max wearing my sunglasses.

So today I went to Whole Foods determined to get Max some rice cereal. Danny and I have been debating when to start him on solids. At his pediatrician's office, there are 2 doctors. One said to wait until he was 6 months and the other one said we could start now. Gah doctors always contradicting each other. He's just turning five months. The reason to wait, would be that it gives his body a little longer to develop more digestive enzymes. However, I feel like a good indication that he's ready to start on "real" food is that he always is chewing on his fingers/hands. Also, when we eat dinner, he sits on the table in a bouncer and stares at us while we eat. Max is already almost 20lbs (roughly) so he's not starving :) I say 'roughly' as I weighed him last week on the Wii Fit Plus and he was 18 lbs. 5 months and 18 lbs - he's going to be a Big 'Un Ok getting back to his "first meal" - We weren't able to give it to him tonight as he was too sleepy and almost falling asleep at dinner. Tomorrow night it is. I got the Earth's Best Rice cereal - anyone use this before? It seemed to have gotten good reviews. Look at me - I'm such a mom now - I am fricken reading reviews of rice cereal! Cmon now! as Sawyer from Lost always says, "Son of a Bitch" Actually, I am secretly addicted to reading reviews of EVERYTHING. I live and die by reviews....and coupons.

As the Cheap Ass Bitch will agree, I am a deal finder. I found Max a Jumperoo this past weekend on Craigslist. I've been on the thriftstore circuit finding lots of great clothes and books for Max. He's growing out of clothes so fast, I just can't see spending alot of money on them. However, I have found some darling stuff at thrift stores. Thrift Town on Mission Street is my favorite so far. I am very careful not to get any older clothes as some of the zippers or buttons can contain lead. So no cute vintage Levi's jean jackets for Max. Only Gap jean jackets from last season. He's still styling. H&M has some absolutely darling stuff too...and its not too costly.

I've noticed that I have no time to shop for myself - and when I do - I end up shopping for Max. This has really put a damper on my deal finding of designer goods. This means that I have been doing alot of shopping online. Actually I do a lot of shopping cart filling online. I never seem to be able to convince myself to purchase. I monitor the items that I like such as this cute cardigan... But once again a slave of reviews, read the 1 review and was deterred from buying.

ahh I forgot just how good Hoegaarden beer is. I'm having one while I blog and Max's sleeps. This is the life.

Ok MM is going to look for some bargains while enjoying the rest of this Hoegaarden

xx

Potholes can suck it!!

So in my last post, I mentioned that I wanted to talk about:
- Potholes in SF
- Graffiti in our hood, no more Bart Simpson
- Max! Sleeping more, updates on 4 mo old visits, to vaccinate vs. not vaccinating.

Potholes can suck it: On Mother's Day we are heading back from Palo Alto after having a great meal with the family. I exit the Potrero exit and head up Ceaser Chavez, which I have done a thousand times before. This time however, I hit a MASSIVE pothole which popped our front tire. Thankfully, I was able to make it home before the tire went totally flat. What a great way to end my first Mother's day! I was fuming. We had extended warrenty which covered problems such as popped tire/bent rims and was able to get it fixed no problems. I went onto my fav local blog, Mission Local and filed a ticket with the city. They have a Google map where you can tag and ticket issues in the hood. Little did I know, that in filing a ticket it submits it to all the government agencies. I made a snitty little remark mentioning that I'd like to see some Tax Dollars at work for a change - and the pothole was fixed 2 days later! To quote He-Man, "I have the power!!"

Graffiti: On Alabama and 22nd, the corner is continually tagged with our local gang insignia. They cross one out and write another - which goes on for ages and it only covered up when the building owners paint over it. The reason I see this every day is I walk by it to drop Max off at his babysitter Paula's house. The graffiti that never seemed to get painted over was a character that looked like Bart Simpson. I loved seeing this "tag" with stand all the gang tagging. So the other day, I turn the corner and felt my heart drop. Bart had been covered up. Noooooo! But it was covered up by a group of guys commissioned to cover up the entire wall with art. The wall is still being worked on but looks amazing. I mentioned to one of the guys that I was sad to see Bart Simpson gone and he mentioned that he was going to try to work it into the piece. Yay! Bart lives on!!

Last but not least - the little man has been sleeping so great. Happy Days are here again! His 4 month old visit went very well - He's getting so big at already 17lbs and 27" long. He did well with his vaccines, which is the most painful thing for me. The first time he got a shot I made the mistake of watching. The needle was so long going into his little leg. It was traumatizing for me! But he was a champ.


Max has been able to almost sit up - thanks to the Bumbo. He's getting stronger so fast.
Quite the happy little guy - always smiling and laughing. His new thing is sucking on his fingers. Does not like pacifiers whatsoever.

MM out. Be back soon. xo

Feliz Día de la Madre!

The Madre had a great first Mother's Day. We got up early and hung out with Max for bit. Those morning cuddles, smiles and laughs are the best thing. Being that we were up early, we decided to head over to Berkeley (as it was raining in the city). I had never been to Tilden Park before so we decided to take a drive. By the time that we made it to the park, which is nicely tucked behind the Padre's alma mater, it had stopped raining and the sun was peaking out.

Auntie Morgan was in town so we got to hang out with her a bit. She got to "wear" Max around the block.

The best part was watching her blatantly check out a cute hipster on a bike. I think she forgot that she had a 17lb darling little baby strapped to the front of her. Classic.

rarrr. I was going to write a bit more tonight but Danny just started "Moon" and I want to watch!! Ok stay tuned - I need to blog more about :
- Potholes in SF
- Graffiti in our hood, no more Bart Simpson
- Max! Sleeping more, updates on 4 mo old visits, to vaccinate vs. not vaccinating.

MM out - be back soon my trusty readers. x