Separation Anxiety

Just when the parents of super were basking in the delight of less wakeful nights and no bags under our eyes Kal-el decides that his sleep patterns will revert back to that of a NEWBORN. Nope not kidding. The love of our lives has decided that waking up oh say every three hours is a good idea he didnt bother to get our views on this nor does he care LOL. It started out a little over a week ago and at first we both assumed it was teething. The following is an example of our nightly routine.
09:00 pm Kal-el goes down "for the night" ...sometimes with a fight sometimes just snuggles to sleep in my arms
11:00pm Screams from crib down the hallway...Either Chris or myself drag ourselves out of bed and try to gently pat his back and soothe him back to sleep. ..put his paci back in his little mouth etc...sometimes he is inconsolable...if thats the case on any given night we carry him back to our bed for a bottle and some teething tablets...he usually falls asleep while we hold him then we sneak him back in his nursery to his crib...
03:00 am Repeat above
04:15 am Repeat half of above
06:20 Curse repeat all of above again
08:00 Sweet baby boy is officially up for the day!
As you can see this can get pretty exhausting for parents!
I soon realised that the teething tablets and all the other teething tricks were doing absolutely NOTHING to rid any of us of our wakeful nights. I checked his gums and all three teeth were all the way through the gums and I couldnt feel any new ones then after some research it hit me. Hello!? was I not paying attention in my child developmental psychology classes? Our little guy has figured out object permanence but still has no concept of time and is therefore having SEPARATION ANXIETY. For babies this means they remember a parents face when they are gone and understand that they still exist but have no understanding if the parent will return or not. Bless his little heart all the clues were right there. Sometimes he would even fall asleep as soon as we picked him up, other times he would just lie there in the bed with us and talk "bababab dadada bababa" and motorboat. He just missed us :( He's teeth werent in pain his little heart was! Separation anxiety passes in a month or two so we will not be using the Ferber/ "cry it out" method. I have done extensive research on this and I consider myself a very educated parent and I just find the method so UNNECESSARY. Plus several studies indicate that other more gentle tactics are equally effective. We moved Kal-el's pack n play in our bedroom last night and he only woke up once. He stood up and peeked over his pen and saw that Mommy and Daddy were right there in the bed beside him and he layed back down and was off to sleep. Dont worry Kal-el we know that you will soon be right back in your big boy crib but in the mean time we wont make you grow up too fast. Looks like Chris and I will need to do our spending time together between the hours of 09:00 and 11:30 lol

Pulling up and dadadada.

Ok so I'm going a little post crazy here lately but it seems like there is just so much happening all at once. I walked into Kal-el's nursery early this morning and there he was ...STANDING! My little man had pulled up and was holding on to the railing of his crib! How exciting :) This of course means that he will soon be walking. He's doing several things pretty early which I find very exciting and very encouraging for my poor back and arms esp if baby boy decides he wants to walk early! I cant wait to see what he weighs at his next doctors appointment. He is also" talking" alot more and trying different combs on us. Yep he's getting pretty fancy with it lol. The other night he was hyper and in rare form I had him on my lap jumping up and down nonstop. The whole time he was babbling at 100 miles per hour. I thought hmm this will be a great time to work on him saying Mama. He got quiet and stared at me like I was a crazy lady as I proceeded to say "mamamamamamamama". He then laughed out loud, got really quiet and then opened his little mouth to speak. Only the words that came out were not exactly music to my ears "DADADADA"...followed by laughs. Umm not funny are you serious?! Say Mommy! Mamama. My husband has obviously been working this with superbaby during the day...I've got some catching up to do. Thats my goal this week! Wish me luck :)

Parking Places!

Sweet baby boy now has two bottom toothies! They came in at almost the same time. Ever since Kal-el was a newborn when he would cry I would look at his little gums and say to him. It's ok because your Mommy's little gummy bear. Like all Mothers I come up with silly phrases and songs for my little one. My favorite references are about him teething. I refer to his little mouth as the parking deck and his little bitty gums are parking places in that deck and one day soon shiny white cars(his teeth) will occupy those parking places and then one day when they are ready to leave they will have to pay him a fee to leave the deck( tooth fairy)! Very far out analogy I know. But I have so much fun with it! Chris thinks its silly to but even he cant help but laugh. I have a feeling that he is now working on getting one of the top teeth in as well being how Chris and I didnt get very much sleep at all the later part of last week. His sleep schedule was like a newborn again it was a little rough but I'm sure equally hard on our little guy. Must be a big white escalade trying to double park..LOL Ok I'll stop...Thankfully things are back to normal this week and Kal-el seems to be feeling great again and luckily these new teeth have been great at assisting superbaby in chewing his rice treats and finger foods. He wasted no time putting them to work. More cars to come..............!

The Moose!

So this year was little mans very first Halloween. I tried to think of a unique and clever costume since early September. Chris and I originally thought about letting him go as Superman since he IS superbaby but we decided to wait til he's a little older and can enjoy the idea of being a super hero. I also debated a Michael Jackson costume for him but decided that you really couldnt tell what it was supposed to be on a baby his age. Then of course there is my absolute fascination with crustaceans and crabs so naturally I wanted him to be a little crabby...haha a little crappy get it? ok anyway...But in the end I choose a simple yet adorable random yet precious moose costume for him while Mom and I were shopping at the baby room. It wasnt to much of a fuss to get on my rambunctious baby boy which was a definite plus.

We mostly took it easy on Halloween. We took baby K by to see his daddy at work dressed as the moose. One of Chris's coworkers sweet baby boy was there also. He was dressed as a little monkey with banana and all. Too cute! I got a couple of pictures of them together. They looked a little miserable stuffed in there suits and being subjected to picture taking and random cheek pinches but who could resist? Kal-el will get to enjoying doing this with his own kids one day. After the visit with Daddy we did a little shopping with Mimsy. We take Kal-el's stroller around everywhere now since he has completely outgrown his carrier. He loves it! Matter of fact he loves anything that makes him feel a little more grown.
Since Kal-el is still a little young for treat or treat and it was awfully chilly outside we all stayed home and watched the Oregon game and snacked on Halloween cookies! Chirs and I cuddled up on the sofa bed downstairs to sleep. Awww how romantic and cozy you say? Umm no Chris was standing guard for the perpetrators that have randomly knocked down our mailbox on past Halloweens but thankfully they never showed up. Maybe my wonderful husband can find another use for the 2x4 with nails super clued to it LOL. Happy Halloween!

Nannie's 77 Birthday

It's Birthday time again with our family! Woo hoo. This Saturday it was my grandmothers 77th Birthday. We had a potluck supper to celebrate this special lady's day. My grandmother has always been a huge part of my life. She is like a second Mom to me. I have so many fond memories of her just as I do Poppa. She has been my shopping buddy for as far back as I can remember. She is such a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and the best cook I know! I remember when my cousin Zach and I would spend the weekends with her and she would always get up and cook us her famous breakfast complete with biscuits, gravy,eggs, bacon and chocolate gravy. Zach and I used to argue over how we wanted our biscuits cooked. I liked mine browned and he ate his a little raw. So she was always gracious enough to make some both ways. My grandmother has always been such a beautiful woman both inside and out. She is so ladylike and feminine. I wish i could be like her in many ways. There are hardly any women of her kind left these days. She has never worked outside of the home a day in her life but she has always worked hard. She handmade all three of her girls clothing in their school years and made sure that they always had three hot homade meals a day. Just as she is a wonderful Mother she is also such a blessing as a grandmother. I was very sick as a baby. I had febrile seizures and she spent countless, tireless hours worrying beside my mother and helping to take care of me. As I grew healthy and got older she and I remained very close and spent lots of time together. I have memories all the way back to kindergarten on grandparents day. I remember being so proud of what a sweet, lovely Nannie I had. One of the funniest school day memories I have was of being in 6th grade home ec. The week we did sewing I was anxious. i had never sewed before and I wanted my project to be as pretty as something Nannie would make. Weeell as I began sewing my pillow case it was pretty obvious that the only way this pillow case would look like anything like what Nan would sew she would actually have to sew it lol. So I discreetly stuffed the material into my purse and took it home that night so Nannie could sew it for me...I know I know I'm awful. Needless to say when the teacher saw my finished project it was pretty obvious that it wasnt something my nubby little 10 year old hands turned out so I was promptly marched down to the principles office where I received a big fat F for my dishonest evil deed. Fantastic! LOL

Nannie has also been on many road trips with me for photo shoots! We have had so much fun and laughed so hard. These road trips usually consisted of just me, her, and Mom. We would go to Nashville, Birmingham, and Atlanta. Nannie is such a great travel buddy, even at her age she was able to help me so much with directions! She also grew to be so open minded about me modeling in little attire which I'm sure was not an easy adjustment at first. I remember the infamous lollipop shoot. Yes, she was actually there. But it was a closed set b/c the shots were for a magazine. Well, that didnt stop Nannie from trying to take a peep. I glanced over and saw her on all fours pulling up the curtain and telling me which way to pose and what to adjust. Too sweet :)

This March Nannie got to add another title to her resume. Great Grandmother which she is equally as wonderful! She loves Kal-el so much and calls him her baby boy. She helps Chris and I so much by keeping him so during the day when we both are at work. They have a really precious bond and I 'm so happy that we all have each other. All the way from 7 months old to 81. What a blessing! We all were together for Nannie's Birthday which we celebrated at Aunt Shanes house. It was potluck and yes of course I'm about to list the food! Mom made a delicious chicken pot pie. We also had corn salad, fried veggies, Mexican cornbread, cobbler, and Birthday cake and ice cream! Yummo :) Nannie has always loved snowmen and angels. She collects both so we try to always get her something related to one or the other depending on the time of year. Everyone had such a great time. Happy 77th Birthday Nannie!! We love you!!

Fun family weekend!

What a great weekend for the Borquez family! We had no major plans we just played it by ear the whole weekend and enjoyed each others company. Friday night we stayed at home and just relaxed. Chris made some homemade chili which was super yummy. We cuddled with baby boy on the couch and had a tv night. Very relaxing. The following morning Kal-el let us sleep in until 9:30. Woo hoo! Romantic morning for the parents! Just kidding lol TMI! Chris had to be at work shortly after we woke up so Mom and I decided to go shopping with little man. We meet Chris for a late lunch at Olive Garden. Kal-el kept trying to reach over and eat our food and drink our drinks. He LOVES his baby food until he starts eyeing what we're having then his mushy food loses most of its appeal! After we all were stuffed with yummy "Italian" food Chis headed back to work and we drug the man child to the mall. This may be the story of his life lol. Kal-el is such a good little shopping buddy. He didn't even fuss. He loves smiling and laughing at me while I push him around. We shopped and ran a few errands then finally gave in to exhaustion and headed for the house.
Later that night we had family night at the drive in. Chris and I had never been before and we both really enjoyed it! Its kind of a nostalgic feeling from the past. There are only a few drive ins left in the nation. We are pretty lucky to have this one close to home. You get to enjoy two new box office features for the price of less than one! The first one showing was Halloween II. My husband enjoys horrors. Me? eh not so much so during the first feature I was staring at my child, my popcorn, the dashboard, the passing cars, the dark grass, all in an effort to avoid the gore in front of me lol. The second feature I really enjoyed. Brad Pitt stared in it. Chris and I both think he is an awesome actor. We both really like his "wifey" too! It was a neat experience and we will definitely go back before it closes for the winter! Kal-el slept through the second movie he really is such a good baby. By the time both movies ended it was nearly midnight. We headed home to put our already sleeping baby in his crib.
Sunday morning we were all dressed and ready for church. Kal-el wins the award for most fly outfit in the house. Seriously his swagger was off the charts lol..and of course as soon as I pull out my camera to capture his cuteness..you guessed it my camera died! Grrrrrr Then the devil struck again trying to make us late when Kal-el literally out grew his carseat practically over night. Luckily we have a back up big boy car seat that he is now just the right size for. So we were finally able to leave. I snapped a couple of pics with my poor quality cell phone camera for your viewing pleasure though lol. After church we went and ate some fried chicken at Bojangles where you get 10% off if you bring your church bulletin. You have to admit some things about the south are pretty awesome! We ate with Nannie and Poppa and Aunt Shane and Uncle Raymond. We all laughed and had a great time. Chris and i headed home and got in our jammies and had a lazy Sunday afternoon with some movies. Later that evening I got a hot bath and caught up on my reading. I am soooo close to finding out the who the killer is in the Creme Puff Murder lol...I closed the night with the season finale of the Kardashians..My only problem with this weekend? You guessed it..It wasnt nearly long enough!!! :D

On the Move!

Kal-el hit another developmental milestone this week! He is officially a crawler. I should mention a VERY independent crawler who doesn't need or want your help thank you very much! lol We are so proud of him he has worked really hard at crawling, the determined look on his face and the grunting noises he makes trying to position his little arms and legs and move ahead is precious! He gets better at it each day. He is also growing before our very eyes. Chris and I did some fall clothes shopping for him and at 6 month old our little big boy is in a SIZE 12 MONTH! Good grief! He grows out of everything sooo fast but we are not complaining, we are just grateful that we have a healthy growing baby boy! I love walking in his little nursery in the morning before work. Most of the time he is already up and I walk in and "catch" him crawling in his crib and playing with his little toys. Every time he sees me he looks up and smiles and laughs at me from ear to ear. I laugh with him, then I pick him up. He gets so excited when I do this that he shakes his entire body and kicks his legs. I have to brace myself b/c hes already stronger than me lol..sad.. I know :) I guess its officially time to start baby proofing everything in sight!