The Year of the Hugo

The past break was full of funness, amazingness, and overall greatness (the only one that is an actual word!). As I woke up the morning of Hugo's birthday I couldn't believe that I had a one year old! How does the time burglar sneak up on me like that?! It has been the greatest year with my guy. I always knew I wanted to be a mom, but I just didn't realize how awesome it would turn out to be. I wouldn't trade all the rough nights, throw ups, or blow outs for anything because it has been so worth it. There's not a day that I don't smile or laugh because of him. There's not a day that I don't think what a cool little dude he is. There is not a day that I am not grateful that he is in my life.

So, here's to you, Hugo!
Here's to your infectious belly laughs.
Here's to your crazy, cockatoo hair.
Here's to your wonderfully, delicious chubby cheeks.
Here's to another year of you!

Fall Time

Fall blew in today. It decided to blow right in today with cool, crisp weather without even asking me if I was ready for it! It's a good thing that I (read Taylor) unpacked my winter clothes already or fall and I may have been on bad terms with each other...

So, with baby Hugo's (I will call him a baby while I still can!) birthday around the corner I have been busy preparing for his birthday parties. Nothing too crazy, but I had some decorations from my past classrooms that I can recycle so I have actually so far only spent 5.00 on his birthday. However, that is bound to increase since I still have to get stuff for his cupcakes and what not.

Anyway, with the chilly fall wind the spirit of gratefulness has also fluttered into my bones! I am so grateful for so many things, but on top of my list I am grateful for a healthy, wonderful family. I am grateful for the small things that bring a smile to my lips and things that make me bubble over in laughter. Truly, the list of things I am grateful for is endless. Too many times I catch myself wishing my life was different in some aspect or the other, but I live the good life. I really, really do! I just need to appreciate it!

Anyway, the bed is calling me and it is late. Goodnight!

Photo Fun

I noticed the lack of posts is directly correlated to when I began to work again! ha! I won't make promises about trying to be better...

Life has been fun. I enjoy my weekends so much. Taylor and I try to go on walks and have an open weekend. I just don't like it when there is too much to do. We recently rearranged our apartment (when I say we I mean Taylor) and I love it. It almost feels like we've moved into a new apartment. I'll have to take pictures sometime soon to show y'all.

Hugo is doing wonderful. :) When he turned 10 months it was like he just decided he was ready to do all sorts of stuff. The day after he turned 10 months he began to cruise around, get himself off the bed by himself, and clapping. Now, he signs, "talks" on the phone, says no, waves hello and good-bye, turns the lights on and off, grabs the dog's tail, loves to play in forts, and unfortunately he loves to play in the dog's kennel and in the dog's water bowl (yuck!).

My favorite part of the day is when I get home and Hugo crawls rapidly on his chubby arms and legs and repeats, "mamma, mamma, mamma" over and over with excitement as if to say, "Where have you been all my life!" Then he nuzzles in my neck and tickles my chin with his soft hair. It's what I look forward to every day. That's what gets me through the day of teaching angsty tweens (so much drama). That's what helps me remember all the good things in my life. Taylor included of course. Anyway, here is my really chubby, cute baby.

8 Months old!-

I haven't been very good at blogging about Hugo's monthly accomplishments and even this post is a week late since Hugo turned 8 months last Saturday. whoops!


Hugo currently is:

-Crawling...as noted in the post below
-Pulling himself up to standing position
-babbling like crazy (he's been doing this for awhile)
-dancing (especially to that car commercial with Eminem's Lose Yourself song on it)
-Clapping toys together to discover sounds
-eating solids, but doesn't really like it quite yet


Hugo lovessss

-Being with mommy
-Trying to pet the dog
-Anything that rattles
-Pulling his high chair around the kitchen (I think he likes the scraping noise?)
-balls
-using all of his six teeth to gnaw on anything!
-big boy baths in the tub
-showers with mom
-playing with his hair!! There's so much of it now on top and he just reaches up and plays with it. It's very soft.
-being tickled
-spoons

Hugo does not like:

-when his Uncle takes his toy. He makes a grunting noise and goes after it. His Uncle Armando, however, is much more agile than he is (he's 5 months older). Poor, Hugo.
-when mom leaves the room
-being put down for a nap even though he's tired
-hats or when clothes are put on.


It's been fun and exciting to see Hugo grow up. He's really just a great babe all around. :)













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Mobile

Look who's mobile! Commence Project Turtle (or also known as baby proof the entire house!)!!





He's been working at it for awhile, but it was Wednesday night when he really started to take off. He never army crawled, but rolled around for awhile. He used his long length to lay out and grab something far away. It's been a lot of fun, but a little bit stressful since the apartment is far from safe (which Hugo made abundantly clear as he crawled around and got into everything!). That's been my job yesterday and now today. ;)

Go baby, go!



Of course he doesn't come for me, but for a bottle (and the bottle wasn't even his! All that work and no pay off!).

Sum(mer) fun!

So summer has been so fun. I've been really enjoying my time with Hugo and I think he has too. :) We had a family reunion. It was a blast! We had a talent/No talent show, an Iron Chef competition, swimming, and of course pictures. Hugo had fun with all the little ones (there were 9 of them under 7!)





(Hugo's cheeks make him looks sad, but I assure you he is a happy baby!)

We also celebrated the Fourth by going to see the awesome fireworks in Granbury! They were awesome and Hugo did great for being up so late.


And the fun didn't stop there! Can you believe it!? We love chick fil a and we decided to get a free meal by dressing up as cows. It was awesomely fun and we have awesome friends who are willing to dress up as cows and go with us.


Hugo's ears came out more as bat ears, but isn't he the most cutest cow/bat baby eveeerrr? He makes my heart melt into butter. :)




Speaking of the Hugo, that kid is big! I wish he wouldn't grow up so fast, but at least I'm getting stronger from it. At his 7 month appt he weighed in at a healthy 21.7 lbs and is 29 1/2". He's 89 percentile for weight and 97th percentile for height. He's still my little baby!

Hugo's first real food!

Well, tonight was a very exciting event for the Seibold family. Hugo had his first taste of rice cereal! Exciting, I know, but he really seemed to enjoy it. He was probably really thinking something along the lines of, "why did you guys wait so long to give me the goods?" Anyway, here's the video, hope you enjoy!

Hot, hot, hot!

Sometimes it's too hot to even wear a shirt...





But I bet ya don't look this good... ;)

Currently...

Currently the lights are low and baby Hugo and Reli are asleep.

Currently all the Seibolds peeps are enjoying excellent health.

Currently I am in my bed under some covers ready to sleep.

Currently there are no dishes in the sink and the kitchen is clean.

Currently I am in summer vacation and about to embark on my first full week off of work and look forward to several more.

Currently I am so, so happy and I just feel sooooo good. :)

Growing up

This week started off as really yucky, but now at the end of the week I just feel really blessed. There are so many things to be grateful for and I'm first and foremost grateful for my son. He is so adorable and fun. He is such a sweet baby. I can't believe that tomorrow he will be 5 months! It's crazy. It's passed in a blink of an eye. I thought about this, while sitting in the back seat of my car just staring at my son sleeping in his car seat. I thought about how I need to just enjoy every single moment possible. It all goes by so fast.



Shout out to Courtney who made this onesie!

Hanging out

The Seibold's are big time home bodies. We just love to be at home and chillax. So, nothing really interesting happens to us! But, we do have a cute, little baby that we love to take pictures of. He is now 4.5 months and I can't believe how fast time is flying! He is so long and chunky. I just love it. I put away a ton of clothes the other day. Now there is more space in his dresser. Anyway,here's what Hugo has been up to:

P.S. I went running for the first time since I was like 4 months pregnant yesterday....I am sooore. It doesn't help that my classroom is on the second floor. Oh, well.

Video rehash

I've got a few videos I've been meaning to upload but I haven't. But I have the time now so here we go! First of all, Hugo is really laughy and talky. He has many things to say and he has different noises for different things. When he's looking at something really intently he makes a certain noise. It's funny. Anyway, here are a few videos! (grainy videos b/c I don't have a smarty pants phone)


This is the noise Hugo makes when he is really concentrating in something that's in his face--Usually his hands or a blanket.





If you're only going to watch one video...watch this one! I love Hugo's laugh. It's infectious!



Hugo and his cousin who is 6 weeks younger than he is! I love that they could grow up to be best friends!

Coming out of the fog...

Hellloooo out there! It's been awhile since I've blogged. Mostly because life has been busy and then the last few weeks I've been stricken with the flu and then other things, but I'm all better now!! This is the second day of me being happy and healthy! Hugo is four months now!! And he is THE most fun! He is laughing a lot now and playing with us and he talks and talks and talks. He grabs things (he lurves to grab my hair), slobbers a lot, kicks, and likes to be in his johnny jump up. His favorite toy is a blanket. You give him a blanket and he just plays with it and does the funniest noises. Seriously, couldn't have asked for a better, happier baby. He still sleeps really well and doesn't wake up in the night at all. He's just my cute little baby! Although, he is so long and big now. He is the same size as my parent's 8 month old! I think he is close to 18 lbs now and around 27.3/4 Not too sure. we'll see when he goes to the dr in april.

Hugo's excited dance

Now that Hugo is a couple of months old he is doing all sorts of adorable things. He is awake more often, makes great eye contact, tracks very well with his eyes, he coos, smiles, and sometimes laughs. :D However, my favorite thing is when he gets excited. He does the cutest little dance. He flails his arms and kicks his legs and smiles. He'll do it for 10 minutes straight. I actually thought of taking a video of it finally and got the last couple of minutes of it. The video was with my phone so it is not the best quality. Here is the Hugo Dance:

Lost camera and photo shoot

In the move I lost my camera with a ton of cute videos I wanted to post of Hugo... I'm sure it will pop up somewhere.


Well, Taylor and I moved to our own place! Can you believe it?! I bet y'all thought we'd be at my parents forever. hehe Well, we probably would still be there if my parents weren't planning on adopting 4 children! Can you believe it? I am so happy with the decision and I am excited to have four new siblings! I have always been the youngest and it is part of who I am, but now I am the middle child! Whoa. I'll have to get used to my new role.

Anyway, yesterday I had a photo shoot with Hugo (with my nice camera that I hope I NEVER lose!) and loooved the results. Hugo has been smiling for a week or so now and I love it. I love the cute, gummy smiles. My nice camera is fast enough to catch them too. I also like his cute baby stares. So, here is our beloved Hugo (we call him, "the boss"). What a great baby!!