Little Kong: Summer Time Life - the past few weeks!

Soooo I took a little hiatus from blogging. Mainly to avoid frustration from my computer not allowing me to upload any pics to my blog!!! I'm pretty sure its on its last leg so I don't want to push it. So I gave up, threw in the the towel, and said to hell with it!! Yep, that was my attitude. BUT then I missed it and know that I'll kick myself later on in life for not keeping up with the Jack updates....knowing full well that I'll want to look back and see what life was like during the summer of 2013.....so its time to get back at it!!

These days I'm in full on BIRTHDAY mode, I mean when did first birthdays get to be such a ~~big~~ HUGE deal??? I'm pretty sure Pinterest is the root of all of this birthday madness :) Pinterest is taking over my life....just kidding.....sort of! Too many good ideas that in my mind are easy and I think "no problem" until I set out to do them and then quickly find myself thinking "what the hell was I thinking"??!! So I've settled on a Where the Wild Things are theme and will somehow work that into a raging backyard bash, and I say that because with 85 people invited so far it better be nothing less! Yes that's right, I said 85 people.....my anxiety is already through the roof, and every time I think about it I get this feeling in the pit of my stomach reminding me of how unprepared for this I am. Actually I'm pretty on the ball, I've been making to-do lists for weeks now and slowly checking things off....its going to be GREAT. The craziness in my house right now is actually all of the home improvement projects we are forcing ourselves to get done before the big day. Right now (and for about a week now) I have NO counters. The new ones are supposed to be getting installed this weekend (FINGERS CROSSED). However can I tell you how incredibly difficult and inconvenient it is not having any counter space with a baby??!! NOT fun! Needless to say this is when owning a restaurant comes in really handy :)

In Jack news all I can say is....where has my little baby gone??? He's such a little man now, in the past few weeks he has gotten taller, taken his first steps, has really developed quite a little temper at times, and is learning how to seriously use his lungs to the max!!
He took his first step on Father's Day, he didn't really know he was doing it though....I was coaxing him with a spoonful of whipped cream :) Then he went for like a week without doing it again and then one day he decided that he was going to walk across the room to Daddy from Mommy. He JUST began taking a few steps here and there on his own yesterday though. I caught him walking from the middle of the kitchen to the pantry and then he took a few steps towards me while I was on the other side of the room. So its only a matter of time now until he's running all over the place.

Chubby thighs & Daddy's little helper

Jack is now eating mostly everything we eat. I'm trying to decrease the amount of actual baby food I buy now but its still so convenient especially when we're on the go all day to throw a yogurt pack or smoothy in my bag, love those things and boy do they come in handy!! Even better since he can hold and suck on on it, feeding, himself.....so self sufficient now!

Look at this baseball tummy, and such a big boy standing all on his own!