11 months

ah man...jordan is now 11 months old. only one more month to go before he turns the big ONE! i'm so flippin' excited for his party that i'm not even thinking about what it represents. because then - i might cry.

what an amazing little blessing i have. i love him so much!

he waves hello and goodbye now and he also blows kisses when i say "love you!" melts me into a puddle. he can also open the baby gate :/ its cute, but the point of a baby gate is to keep them gated lol. i bought a gate with a lock on it today (along with other baby proofing necessities i.e. cabinet latches and a toilet paper stopper thingy) i have the outlets plugged up, so that's good. but anyway, the gate with the lock...its too short -in height- and not long enough. but it works perfectly in my bedroom door! we'll see how long that lasts.

yesterday we went for a walk and the neighborhood dogs were barking like crazy because we took blue (our dog) with us. whenever the dogs would bark, jordan would grunt like he was trying to make a "woof woof" noise. its adorable!! so that's another new thing he can do.

also, my mom has been on crutches the last 2 weeks because someone whacked her in the shin with a softball. again. she ended up with a deep, soft tissue bruise. owee. anyway, its hard for her to lift jordan, so she makes a grunting noise like she's really having a hard time picking him up. so now, when he wants to be picked up, he comes over to whoever and makes that same grunting noise! ha ha! he's so smart...

i think that's all the updates i have on little man! oh yea!

height: just barely under 30 inches

weight: 20 lbs 4 oz

someone remind me to re-schedule his 12 month check up so its not on his actual birthday.

a "short list" kind of day.

1. don't touch my kid. seriously. especially when he's sleeping and especially ESPECIALLY without my permission. i know your creepy hands are dirty. don't do it!

i was in walmart looking for halloween costumes and this MAN comes up to my cart while i'm at a standstill. he moves the visor from over the carseat and pulls the blanket off of jordan. then he....he...HE TOUCHED JORDAN'S FACE!! i turned around and smacked his hands away.

man: hey!

me: you hey? me hey! don't touch my kid!

man: (under his breath) yeesh. the nerve of some people...

me: YEA! NO KIDDING!!!

i need to stop going to walmart. idiots.

2. my son is a handsome boy. NOT a pretty girl.

off to the mall for some body wash. target acquired at victoria's secret. when i finally get up to the checkout, the cashier leans over the desk and says "well hello pretty girl!" i immediately say "he's a boy."

she looks down at her screen because obviously there's something super important on it now. she looked very sheepish. which she should have. because she's an idiot.

seriously. does this handsome face look like it belongs on a girl? and in a JERSEY nonetheless?!?

3. i know. my shirt is awesome. but did you really have to call the entire staff over to stare at the words across my boobies? i don't think so.

i think it speaks for itself.

4. i can't remember what i was going to write here. so until/if i do, those are my complaints. :D

but some non complainy stuff happened too. for instance...

jordan learned how to open the baby gate. i could complain about that too, i guess. but its too darn cute! for now...

in case any of you were wondering....

this is what 2 weeks of a sick baby sleeping in your bed looks like:

stupid faces.

seriously bloodshot eyes

and wishing you could sleep the way you did before you had a baby.

holy wow...

today, i realized how big jordan is getting....

something else unsettling? he's going to be 1. ONE. in a month and a half. that. is insane.

walmart must be the breeding ground for bigotry

today was a fantastic day! until it wasn't. we went to story time with uncle matthew and little matthew and auntie cheyenne. then we went to xoom juice and got a yummy shake! after that, i decided to kill some time at walmart before going tanning. so off to walmart we went. we were walking around and some lady came up to me and was telling me how cute jordan was and if he was mine:

me - "thank you! yes, he's mine."

bigot - "you should be ashamed of yourself for having a mixed baby all alone. you'll never be able to raise him the way he deserves to be raised."

me - (with a shocked look on my face and my hand poised to smack her stupid face) "excuse me?!?"

bigot - "you'll never be able to raise him in the kind of environment he needs to be a well rounded person."

me - "and what was your parent's excuse for raising such a miserable human being? you should be the one who is ashamed. get out of my way."

she looked at me like i just said the most horrible thing anyone could say to a person. yea. i went straight to my car where i cried. i can't believe that people are still like this. i mean, i knew they were - i just didn't know that i would be a target. ridiculous. and i know when he gets into school, someone is going to say something stupid like that to him and that's gonna break my heart.