July 24 - July 26

Hi monster!
I can't seriously call you a monster because it really isn't your fault that you are a fussy pants! I think you are having some pain in your mouth so you are just not yourself. But, what the heck do your mom and dad know? We thought you have been teething since you were like 3 weeks old :)

Wanna know something cool? You are starting to eat with us. We are trying to get into the habit of eating at the table at the same time we are feeding you. As we eat things you can eat, we are sharing. It was so cool to "share a meal" with you! One night, we had pureed peaches together. I put them on my chicken breast, you ate them as your dessert. One night, you had corn and potatoes from farmers market. We have shared oatmeal together. Tonight, we shared cream of chicken with mashed potatoes. You really do like to eat more than you like to drink!

Wanna know something not cool? You sure do like whiskey :( You were fussy with your teeth so I dipped my finger in Jack Daniels and rubbed it on your gums. You made your normal scrunched up face and then you were liking it. We joked that you were a little drunk afterwards. We have done it 3 times since Wednesday and each time, it makes you scream less and you get punchy for a few minutes. Today, you were screaming at me and I pulled out the bottle and you immediately were happy. That is the sign of a problem buddy! Your dad says it is a sign that you are a Lang. But, I don't recall any big whiskey drinkers on my side of the family.

Everyday, I think it is the day that you are going to crawl. You scoot and when we hold you, your legs go nuts like you are crawling in the air. Your dad says it looks like you are doing a breast stroke. It will happen soon - even though mommy doesn't want it too.

Let's see - what did we do this weekend? Saturday - we learned how to make Great Gramma's enchiladas. You needed a nap so I left you on the floor to cry for a minute but Gramma didn't like that. She rocked you to sleep and held you during your nap. We made 28 enchiladas then we had some breakfast together. Grampa Keith came over and he hadn't seen you for awhile. He got a phone call while he was there and guess what picture is on his phone? BABY LIJAH :) After that, we totally just relaxed at home - we were LAZY!

On Sunday, your dad threw you in bed with me and we slept in until 10:30!! Then, I went to Farmer's Market with Grampa Keith while you hung out with daddy. Then, we spent the afternoon at Gramma Ruth's. Your Auntie Colleen & cousin Karen were in town from Missouri. You were so good while we were there even if you were so tired. You were flirting and posing for the camera. I was so proud of you because I knew how miserable you were. You woke up at 11:30 just screaming. At first, I thought it was because your leg was caught in your crib. But, you didn't stop screaming and it was pain more than tired. So, we got out the Jack and you were fine until you started screaming because you were tired. You slept with us and you did so good once you fell asleep - you were right in the middle rather than sucked up to either one of us.

On Monday, Mary said you were whiney most of the day. Grampa Keith picked you up because I had a call at 4:30 with the lady that signs my paycheck :) We had dinner together, did a bath and now we are just hanging out watching TV. Pretty soon, you will be asleep and we will get ready to start another day.

We have another busy weekend - we are going tubing and then we have your cousin Tyler's birthday party on Sunday. Hopefully, we can get to Coco Keys one night because we sure didn't get any pool time this weekend because we were so lazy!

I haven't been taking a ton of photos of you but I do have some from yesterday that I will add later. I also have been doing a ton of scrapbook pages for your book and my book.

That is about it baby! Before you go telling your therapist that your mom and dad turned you into a Jack Daniels loving drunk, I should probably just state that you get about 1 drop of whiskey each time :) If you end up loving the hooch, we aren't taking the blame for it yet. I am sure you will blame us for other reasons but it won't be because you got some rubbed on your gums while you were teething :)