Tortola

Well…all parties survived Momma’s first time away! 

It was a total bummer that Jimmy had to miss the trip.  When it was planned months ago he was scheduled to be off, but unfortunately his schedule got moved around.  That made it even harder to leave our little guy even though he was in great hands with NanJan!  It was good for me to get away for a bit and I had a great time with my family.  The house we rented was amazing!  Hopefully Jimmy can make the annual trip next year as he has missed the past 3!

We relaxed at the house, did a bar crawl on Jost Van Dyke, grilled out, visited Smuggler’s Cove, had a delicious dinner at The Sugar Mill and enjoyed a few too many adult beverages.  Too much fun in paradise!

Peanuts

At Charlie Banks’ 9 month appointment his ped gave us the go ahead to try all foods except honey.  We came home and I decided to let him try a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch.  Low and behold ten minutes later the poor buddy was broken out in raised hives and had me in a panic!  Several appointments with the allergist, skin and blood tests later and we have a high risk peanut allergy diagnosis. He gave blood like a pro.  I’m not going to lie and say we weren’t bummed out about it, but it’s not the end of the world and could always be much worse.  We are stocked with epi pens and pray that we never have to use them!

10 Months

What a silly boy Charlie Banks is becoming!  He is so funny these days.  His giggles just melt my heart.  He is into everything and pulling up on anything in sight!  He is a good eater for the most part, but is quick to drop anything he’s not crazy about over the side and immediately look at me to see what I am going to do about it!  ha!  He is a ham and is just too dang cute and fun!  He is definitely saying “momma” and its pretty adorable.  I am pretty confident that he knows what “no” means.  He claps when we say “yay!” and waves hi and bye!  He LOVES to come crawling into the bathroom every morning as soon as he hears the water run to brush his teeth with me.  He also loves the blow dryer and thinks its hilarious when I blow it on him.  He is holding steady in the 25th percentile for weight and 50th for height.  I can’t for the life of me wrap my head around the fact that he is already 10 months old!

Falling in Love with Baby Taylor

We threw a cute shower for one of my good friends Eleanor this past weekend at my house.  She is due with a sweet baby boy the end of January and we are so excited for her!  I was really happy with the way my cookies turned out!  The flowers were so pretty and the food delicious.  She got lots of cute things for Easton!