Maverick is Ten Months Old

Loves

• Bike rides
• Wrestling
• Splashing in the tub
• Playing chase
• Getting into stuff
• Refrigerator, dishwasher, dryer

Ten Month Checkup

• Weight 18lbs 13 oz 26%
• Height  28.5” 34%
• Head 45cm 37%

Sleeps

• From 7:00-5:00 wakes up eats and then sleeps until 8:00
• Takes two-three, 1-2 hour naps

Eats

• Stop nursing at the end of nine months after he bit me like ten times!
• Eats 3 bowls of rice cereal with applesauce and whatever we eat for lunch and dinner.
• Takes 4 bottles a day

Wears

• 6-9 and 9-12 month clothes
• Size 3 diapers

Milestones

• Stands on his own
• Can climb off the couch backwards
• Claps his hands

   

My favorite thing you do is whenever you get excited and can’t handle it, you lay flat on the ground with your face down and start laughing and kicking your feet as fast as you can.

What Happens When You Put Dish soap in the Dishwasher…….

A couple of days ago we ran out of dishwasher detergent and I grabbed some dish soap and filled it up. As I was filling it up, I thought, “Stupid me, why haven’t I done this before?! It has got to be cheaper!”.

About ten minutes later I heard an excited scream from Lincoln. Bubbles were pouring out of the dishwasher and Maverick was swimming in them while simultaneously drinking them up.

Several towels later, my floors were sparkling clean!

Dear Mrs. Jennifer Sheffield

Today I received a text from my best friend Katie back in Idaho. Her mom had called her completely concerned about our little family. She was sure we still hadn’t found a place to live and were living in our car.

 

I have only met her once, but the fact that she was praying for our little family made me realize I needed to blog about our new apartment!

So this is for you Mrs. Sheffield!

We are alive and well! We weren’t able to get the duplex that we wanted in Lake Stevens and were devastated, mainly because we paid $50 for a background check and the lady never planned on renting to us! Then three days before we had to move out, I found an apartment complex in Mukilteo. Scott works in Mukilteo and it is a super expensive place to live(I’m talking freaking expensive!). Because we were so last minute they needed someone to move in immediately and the price was a little cheaper than our current place! We moved in two days later!

We love it here! We live right across from the library and walk there three times a week. It takes Scott five minutes to get to work and the beach is right down the street. The boys share a bedroom and for the first time in a year, Lincoln hasn’t complained about going to bed and he no longer wakes up scared in the night. I’m going to have them share forever!

The Boys’ room

The boys’ closet

 

The Kitchen  

The living room

  The master bedroom

There is a laundry room and two bathrooms. We somehow squeezed ourselves in and we like it better than our last place because the table isn’t in an entire different room than the kitchen.

Now everyone can know we are NOT homeless!

Soccer-Mom

Lincoln started playing soccer a little over a month ago and he has already improved so much! His first day he kept running in the wrong direction and was all over the place. Now he does really well at the games they play. He is the smallest kid out there and the youngest. It is ages 4-6 and he turned four two days before the cut off. He is the cutest boy out there and man do Scott and I both glow with pride watching him!

I can’t believe I am already a soccer mom!

On Camera?

Have you ever gotten one of the shopping carts that shocks you as you’re pushing it? I have. Scott hadn’t.

The other day, Scott and I were grocery shopping and we each grabbed a cart to carry a kid in each one. Yep, we have already advanced to a two-shopping-cart family. Anyways, as the cart began to roll, it would send a little shock to Scott.

“Ouch! The cart shocked me!” he said as he pushed it. I just laughed and told him how that happened to me once at Wal-Mart. A few minutes later he received another shock and then another!

After several more shocks, Scott let go of the cart, “Alright! This has got to be a joke! There has to be cameras somewhere” and he looked around the store but all he received was a big laugh from me and another attempt to tell my story about getting a shocking cart before.

Every few feet Scott would demand to know where the cameras were and when we made it to the end of the store he received one more shock.

“I know this is a joke! I know I am on a show!” and he looked down under his cart and noticed an extra milk in his cart(it was actually his ice-cream) and very loudly he demanded, with his arms in the air, “Alright! Who is messing with me?!?! I know someone is messing with me! Where are the cameras!?”.

We made it threw the check-out line, to the car and all the way home and still no-one showed us their camera. It was probably the only time I have enjoyed grocery shopping. Scott left completely grumpy and disappointed. He was really hoping to be on camera.

I’m just hoping for future shocking carts.

Maverick is Nine Months

  Actually he is almost ten months, but I am that far behind! So here is his nine month update

Likes

• Snuggling face to face
• Lying on his belly and snuggling with the ground
• Getting kissed
• Eating everything
• Climbing into the refridgerator
• Unrolling the toilet paper
• Smacking the T.V
• Playing outside
• Talking in a really deep voice
• Being chased
• Playing with Lincoln

Dislikes

Getting dressed and diaper changes

Milestones

• Got two teeth at about 8 Months and handled like a champ. He is really a happy baby and hardly fusses at all.
• Can climb onto Lincoln’s bed
• Shakes his head “No”

Nicknames

• Mavo
• Monster Mav
• Destructo-Baby

Wears

• Had a big growth spurt and wears 6-9 and some 12 month clothes.
• Size 3 diapers

He HATES staying still!    

Maverick is such a fun baby with LOTS of personality! Every time he sees us he starts smiling and laughing. He is such a wiggle worm but then he also loves to cuddle and will still let us hold him like a baby!  Whenever I go to grab him he crawls away as fast as he can while laughing! He is already a work-out for us as he is always on the go and not scared or shy at all.