Hodge Podge

In the past 2 weeks I have been out sick 5 of the 14 days.  I had a really bad cold the first week and the next week Hunter had a stomach virus in which I caught one day of his stomach virus.  So its been pretty rough.  The week that Hunter had his stomach virus, he would not eat at all during the day at day care and Sean had brought him to our pediatrician one afternoon and told us to feed him in small portions and try and keep some liquids in him as much as possible.  Sean had also worked Overtime (OT) a few of those days that week so I was having to leave work early to go get him from day care and try and feed him. He  would eat from me but not from a bottle a day care.  Then during the night he would wake me up every 3 hours to eat to make up from not eating during the day.  So that week was a disaster.  Not to mention that I went to get him early from day care on one of those days and my stomach had started hurting and I knew that I had caught it. Sure enough, I was sick that whole night.  Sean was at work. So I was taking care of myself and him.  I’m so glad that this is over with.  We had also brought Hunter to his pediatrician’s office twice that week and then I needed to take him this past weekend because he had a croup cough and was really congested.  I decided to bring our pediatrician’s office some donuts on Saturday on our way to taking him because at this point they know “The Hapgoods”.  Just say that name and they know.  I walk in with donuts and they looked at me as if there had not been any other patients that have ever brought them anything just to thank them.  They loved it and were very appreciative.  I told them that its from Hunter and it was his idea and that he wanted to thank them for taking good care of him.  I have to say that Hunter will not be waiting anymore in the waiting area for now on anymore...haha.

Enough about being sick. I’m so over being sick its not funny. I really do feel like it is the story of my life right now.  On a happier note, Hunter has finally cut his first tooth! He also has another one right next to it on the bottom that he is working on too.  I think that was another reason why he woke me up several times during the night in the past week. Poor baby.  I can’t imagine what that feels like.  I actually didn’t even realize his first tooth cut through until he was breastfeeding! Ouch! We had to have a little talk after that but now he understands and doesn’t hurt mommy anymore =).  He is also sitting up without any support at all.  Its so cute because he curls his little toes and feet towards his body to keep his balance.  He loves to get on his play mats now and just explore all of his toys and then in the meantime he looks to find Millie.  He loves Millie!  I think Millie just hasn’t quite figured him out yet but does go to Hunter and gives him a few sniffs here and there and that’s when Hunter starts to smile and crack up.  Then Millie walks off and you can see the expression on Hunter’s face that he is saying, “Hey, where you going? Come back!”.  Hunter is definitely loving the world around him and is very interested in anything that he can get his hands, look at or hear.  One afternoon it was raining pretty hard, so I took him out on our patio so that he could hear the rain hit the roof of the patio and he just stared and looked all around to try and figure out the sound.  He looked up and down and kicked his feet to figure out what it was until we went closer to the patio door where I think he put two and two together because he felt the rain. 



I finally cut my first tooth!  Wow, and it looks like I'm growing out of my little chair! Dang!



Our House.  We are still on a rollercoaster ride with this one.  We do have some buyers right now but we are trying to figure out if they are legitimate buyers or not. I know. Sounds fishy but they want to put down like 20% on an FHA loan that only requires 3.5% down.  According to our agent, that usually means that they have bad credit. So therefore, if we have to put our paperwork back into the system again, assuming that they DON’T have bad credit we may end up not getting approved because of them. So we are stalling a little to see if we can find some real-deal buyers. Ugh, such a mess.  Either way, Sean and I most likely will buy a new house instead of renting this time since we have a little more time to look for one.  I’m ready this time. Half of our house is packed up and I’m ready to move out now. 

At the end of April, Hunter’s Grandma out in California is going to come visit us for a week! Yay, to not paying day care for a week! Haha.  She nor Hunter’s Grandpa (Sean’s biological father) has not met Hunter yet. So this will be a real treat.  She will only be coming to visit because Jim has to take care of his business but it won’t be long before he gets to meet him because we will see them in July when we go to meet them in Las Vegas along with Sean’s brother and sister.  Then my dad and stepmom, another set of Hunter’s grandparent’s will be out to visit in May for a few days so we are looking forward to that too.  I’m excited for our family to see Hunter grow.  Especially the ones that do not live here.  He changes so much.

I like when mommy pushes me around in this!



Laundry time!



Eleven's

My friend Trisha tagged me in a blog Questionnaire back in the beginning of February and just realized that I never played along with it. So anyway, the rules are:

• You must post the rules & (link up who tagged you).
• Post eleven fun facts about yourself on the blog post.
• Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you've tagged - (I don't want to do this because I don't know anyone personally in the "blogworld" who would do this). Tag however many people you want.
• Let them know you've tagged them! 
 

11 Fun Facts about me:

1. I love to organize things and I can't stand cluttler (I hope Hunter is just like this!)

2.  I really love to go fishing - deep sea fishing that is.

3. I can't stand feet. Even my husband's after he gets out of the shower.  I don't like for them to touch me at all (Hunter doesn't count).

4.  I moved down to Miami with everything that I owned at the time shoved in my car on  9/11/06.

5.  I met Sean in Mexico while on a cruise and did not really like him at first but after we exchanged phone numbers and I returned back home, I realized that I did like him and the rest is history.

6.  Before I was pregnant, I figured out that I really love to read! During my pregnancy, I read about 35 pregnancy/parenting books alone.

7.  I can't stand to pump gas.

8.  I love to garden. Especially vegetable gardening. 

9.  I am a homebody.

10. I have never learned how to play an instrument.

11. I graduated college with a B.S. in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology and I am currently working as a Legal Assistant.

Here are my 11 Questions that Trisha asked of me:

1. If you wrote an autobiography what would the title be?

"How I Learned Everything the Hard Way"

2. Who was your first kiss and how was it?

Doug Myers – not so great.. hey we were 13 and it was at Andrea Tapia's 13th birthday party!

3. What's your favorite date spot?

On our boat fishing together and drinking a cocktail..or two!

4.  If you were an animal what kind would you be?

Hmm, I hear this question a lot but I have nev er really decided on it.  If I have to choose, I guess I would say a shark.  For one, I could swim and two no one could ever try and eat me!

5.  If you had a choice, what reality show would you be on and why?

I wouldn't mind the Jersey Shore just because I used to be alot like them back in my days and would totally bring back memories but only temporarily though.  Hangovers are the worst! I wouldn't mind be a Real Housewife. No job, live in a huge house, take care of the kids and get to cause drama with other women over the pettiest things. 

6. What would your mid-life crisis purchase be?

This is tough only because I never splurge on anything.  So I'm thinking maybe a wardrobe change or a plastic surgery of my choice.

7. What is your biggest fear?

I hate to even think this but it would be either losing my son, Hunter or my husband, Sean.  They are my whole world!

8. If you could live anywhere in Europe where would it be?

Denmark! It’s voted the most happiest place in the world.

9. What has been your most embarrassing moment?

 I don't have any embarrasing moments...jk, I really can't think of anything in particular.  I have definitely had lots of "blonde" moments though. I'm sure my friends back at home have a million stories to tell.

10. What would your explanation be if your child/future children asked about the birds and the bees?

The truth.  I wouldn’t hold anything back – obviously it woud depend on their age but I would tell them exactly how it works. Hey, that’s how they were made. Nothing to hide. Kids need to know these days.

11. What is your most priceless possession?

I’d have to say all of our photos, memory books/ Hunter's baby book, things that Sean and I kept from when we met in Mexico and all of our love notes that we leave for each other all over the house!

Feel free to ask away after reading this.

My big boy!

Hunter is going to be 6 months old on the 8th and I can't believe it. I know I say this every time he grows another month along but so much has happened since he was 5 months.  He sits up without any support and when he gets tired he slides down on his tummy and moves his right leg in an inch-worm kind of way and that is how he has been scooting.  He only does this when me and Sean aren't watching.  It's funny because I will have to watch him from the kitchen when he does it so I am unable to take a picture or video record him of this but we put him at one end of his mats and in less than a minute he winds up on the complete other end.  Usually Millie is right there at the end of the mats watching him and I think Hunter is so interested in her that is why he goes over to her.  Yeah, speaking of the pets Hunter is more interested in Marley and Millie just as much as they are with him. Marley likes to swat at Hunter's feet when he is on his belly and his feet are moving in the air. Which is hilarious. He isn't hurting him just patting of his paws at his feet and Hunter laughs sometimes when he does this..I guess it tickles him.  He is also using his arms to push himself up a lot more (in preparation for crawling) and he pushes buttons on his toys.  I think that he is such a big boy now because he sits up in his high chair and eats from a spoon.  Its so cute.  I Skype'd with my mom the other day to show her how he eats from a spoon and she was making fun of me because half of it would come out of his mouth. I told her that it wasn't me its how Hunter eats! Even though I only put a small amount on the spoon he ends up spitting half of it out so that when I take the spoon to scrape where it went (usually at the bottom of his lip) that is when he takes his full bite.  He's so funny.  So dinner time for him has become part of his pre-bath routine.  He is a mess by the time we are finished.  He's learning though. In the fruit department, he has eaten pears, apples, bananas, avocados and prunes (just a couple of bites on this one!) and in the veggies he has eaten sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, carrots and squash.  Not bad in his first month. He loves all of them and hasn't turned his head for any of them so I am hoping that he will not be a picky eater like his Daddy - actually I'm going to make sure that he isn't! My mom told me that I was a really good eater and the only food that I did not like was lima beans. Gross! Still to this day I will not eat them.  

I know it looks like he isn't happy about eating his sweet potatoes but I promise he loves them .

Hunter has always loved his bath time so now that he can sit up (with some assistance) we have been putting him in the tub without his little chair that he sits in and he loves it! He splashes so much.  He gets so excited and starts to laugh when we put him in there to play with his toys.  

I love my bath time!

Rollercoaster Ride

As of yesterday, Sean and I received news that the buyer of our house did not qualify for the loan on our house. Yep, so we are back at it. Our house is back on the market. We are actually having 2 people come by the house today.  Good news is that we don’t have to go through with moving as of right yet and we now have more time to actually find a house that we can buy instead of renting for awhile. Which is also okay with me because even finding a house to rent was becoming a struggle and we were getting nervous of the time frame of when we needed to sign a lease and move out.  In the back of my mind, I had a feeling that something was up with this whole situation of our house.  Everything just didn’t seem right. The buyer had known that our paperwork was approved like a month ago and they hadn’t even done the inspection on our house so me and Sean were a little uneasy that they didn't try and make an appointment to do this already.  Then the fact that we just weren’t really finding a house to rent. I knew that our situation wasn't going to happen like it was supposed to.  It is true, nothing ever goes according to plan with selling a house.  There’s always a delay with paperwork, the closing date is never usually the day that they say (our’s was March 19), the buyer doesn’t qualify or people just simply back out.  We have spoken to our real estate agent about asking for pre-qualification prior to getting into a contract – which Sean and I thought was the norm and taken care of prior to signing a contract and he has now agreed to do this with us for us. I guess we learned of this the hard way.  The other aspect of this is that when the next buyer comes along we will have to re-submit our paperwork again and it will go through the whole process again with our lender. So that is a little bit of a downside but we are fairly hopeful regarding this because our investor, Fannie Mae (and Freddie Mac) have recently come out and said that they are approving of short sales fairly quickly because they do not want to lose anymore money like they have been doing the past few years.

Anyway, since half of our house is packed up in boxes we are planning on this weekend of putting it into storage.  I can’t live with boxes stacked everywhere! Hunter is going to start climbing up them along with our cat, Marley.  All in all, I’m a bit relieved. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders.  I knew that moving was going to be hard but when you have a baby in the mix it makes it extra hard. I can’t imagine having a larger family and trying to move while working full time.  Whoooo, just thinking of that makes me anxious!

We’ll keep you posted.

Too late...looks like Hunter has joined Marley!