life with a new baby
Holidays and Special Occasions
Nature’s beauty
Jul 20th
These are some pictures I took on the Fourth of July Weekend. Oh, and the last picture? The one where Nathan is smiling happily at the camera? Yeah, that lasted about three seconds. Until he realized he was in the GRASS. The mean, evil, child-eating grass. That ended up being only one of two pictures I could take of him sitting on the lawn that day.
Changing it up
Jul 6th
I hope you all had a wonderful July 4th!
We spent the day taking it easy and relaxing after a nice lunch with Paul’s grandparents. And even Nathan joined in on the chilling out by ONLY POOPING ONCE. He’s been pooping 3-4 times a day lately, and let me tell you, THAT GETS OLD. Who likes changing multiple poopy diapers a day? Certainly not many of us, me included.
We didn’t get to see the fireworks because we found out, once it was too late, that the fireworks in our town were going to be held on Saturday instead of Sunday. Saturday, however, we were watching the UFC fight, which was great, by the way. It was probably too late for Nathan anyways since they don’t start until around 10:00 at night, and Nathan is in bed by 9.
There’s always next year, though!
But today, our festivities are officially over. Paul has gone back to work after five whole days of being off. I always feel a twinge of sadness when he has to return to work, especially after a long weekend. I am lucky to have an amazing husband that loves to spend time with me and vice versa! I married a family man… exactly who I’ve been wanting my whole life.
So, in other news, I’m thinking about switching up my postings a little bit. Instead of writing at the same time Monday through Friday, I’m going to start posting whenever I have something to post about… whether it’s multiple times in one day or just once every two days or whatever. I’m still trying to find the right fit for me and what works best with my schedule with Nathan. We’ll see how this goes.
Oops!
Jul 3rd
So I totally forgot to post something yesterday, and I feel really bad. Like I just ate a whole chocolate cake all by myself. Fortunately, over indulgence in chocolate cake consumption is not why I forgot to post. It was because Paul and I had a date together last night, and with all the hubbub of getting Nathan’s things packed for an overnight stay with Paul’s parents, it completely slipped my mind.
Which, as usual, our date night rocked. We had a nice dinner at an Italian restaurant and later enjoyed our usual past-time of playing pool together. And conversations about our little guy didn’t dominate the evening, although we couldn’t help ourselves- we DID talk about him some. But how could we not when we have a kid with cheeks THAT chubby?
But alas, the world is still turning. So I guess it’s not that big of a deal that I forgot. But still. The guilt is eating away at me. So to make up for it, here’s a cute video of Nathan for you to enjoy.
Who knew crawling could be so loud?
May 24th
Nathan is up to taking five whole steps at a time now! He doesn’t take that many steps very often, maybe once or twice a day, because he still prefers to crawl around. I don’t blame him. That kid can really zip around all over the place! His little hands and knees slam down into the floor, sounding more like a herd of elephants than a lone little boy. And he’s fast, too. As fast as a cat being chased with a water sprayer. A lot of times when he’s not sure if he wants to crawl or attempt to walk somewhere, he’ll raise his hands high in the air then will slowly squat down then will bring his hands down on the ground with a resounding thud.
Yeah, he likes seeing just how loud he can be!
In other news, my mom and I were finally able to get together, and I gave her one of her Mother’s Day gifts I ordered. It was a glass rose, and I got it from an online store called Crab Apples. It was lovely and she really liked it. So instead of me describing how pretty it was, here’s a couple pictures:
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
May 4th
Ok, first off, MOM, if you’re reading this… STOP! You’ll spoil your surprise! You can come back and read this AFTER Mother’s Day.
I’m one of those people that has a hard time finding the right gift for anyone. I can never seem to find what I’m looking for at an affordable price, plus it takes me FOREVER because I pretty much meander aimlessly around the stores, a glazed look in my eye, randomly picking items off shelves that I think might have potential.
So if any of you out there are like me and have absolutely no idea what to get your mom for Mother’s Day, I think I may have a solution. I received an email just the other day from a wonderful lady named Michelle who sells home decor, gifts, and all kinds of stuff in between in her online store called Crab Apples. She cordially invited me to check out her website, so I headed over there and, guys, let me tell you- it’s Really Freakin’ Awesome. She has lots of cool stuff that is all $19.95 or less. OR LESS! And you know that the whole time I’ve been blogging, almost nine months, I have never, ever done any reviews or recommended products off of someone’s website. THAT is how excited I am! I have seriously just found not only a website to buy stuff for myself, but my new gift place as well!
And the really cool part? The products listed on her website are just the tip of the iceberg. She has even more items in catalogues that aren’t listed on the website… so of course, I asked her to send me some of those catalogues. I even talked to her on the phone about my particular order, and let me tell you, she is quite possibly one of the nicest people I think I have ever talked to.
Besides myself, of course.
And yes, I TALK TO MYSELF. And I am quite sure I am not the only one!
And nowadays, it’s so refreshing to talk to someone every once in a while who’s nice, you know? I get so tired of rude people. People pulling out SLOWLY in front of me while I’m driving. People cutting in front of me in a checkout line. PEOPLE GIVING MY BOOBS THE EVIL EYE.
Yeah, I don’t get it, either. It’s like they all think that my boobs are there SPECIFICALLY TO PISS THEM OFF. Yes, they are real, and no, I never wear low-cut shirts in public, so I’m not sure what the Death Looks are all about. Now, back before I got pregnant, in the Days Of Normal Boobs, I could sport a low-cut shirt any day and still manage to receive less dirty looks than I do now. There is NO WAY I would wear anything low cut out in public now, and yet people still stare.
Some people never cease to amaze me.
I have my pregnancy with Nathan to thank for this damned curse “gift”. I find myself often wishing that they were one pregnancy result that I could return. Nathan, of course, I’ll gladly keep. I’ll even keep the stretch-marks… JUST LET ME GIVE THE BOOBS BACK. Just an exchange for some normal ones would be nice.
So anyway, I can’t tell you guys exactly what I’m getting my mom just in case she happened to miss reading the first sentence because well, and that’s something I would totally do.
Accidentally. Of course. I like surprises and I think it sucks when one gets spoiled.
Anyway, I’ll let you guys know what I got my mom after I give it to her, and I am already quite sure that she’ll really like it because I’m telling ya, Crab Apples has some really cool stuff that I am totally diggin’.
Weekend wedding
May 3rd
One of my dear friends got married this weekend! It was a lovely outdoor wedding, and thankfully, it didn’t rain too hard… unlike what my fellow Tennesseans to the west are experiencing right now with the crazy flooding in Nashville. My friend wore a wedding gown that her grandmother sewed and wore to her own wedding, then passed it down to her daughter (my friend’s mom) and then my friend. Pretty neat. I did a different type of editing on some of the pictures I took. I didn’t want them to look like everyone else’s, so I went for a glowy, dreamlike look to give the pictures some individuality and softness.
Her father giving her away
The groom takes her hand
Bride and groom saying their vows
Holding hands, happy to be husband and wife
Don’t Eat the Slide!
Apr 12th
We love Spring in East Tennessee. The weather is gorgeous, the temperature is comfortable, and it’s revitalizing to get out and do things after being cooped up during the winter. So Paul, Nathan, and I took a drive, found some cool spots to explore, and managed to get some pictures in the process.
We didn’t have anyone to take pictures of the three of us, unfortunately. Nathan isn’t interested in the camera at all unless someone’s face is right beside it, so in every single picture, he’s looking away.
Or he was trying to take off our sunglasses. He’s like the human version of Curious George; always into everything, always exploring his surroundings, and always touching and drooling on everything those little hands can pick up. Including our sunglasses.
Imagine my horror when, at the very moment I snapped this picture, Nathan leaned over and put his mouth on the slide. I was all like, NATHAN! DON’T EAT THE SLIDE! And Nathan was all, But it’s germy and grimy and I MUST TOTALLY CONSUME IT.
Besides spending awesome time with my husband and son and thwarting Nathan’s attempt at total playground consumption, you wanna know what the next best part of the day was?
THERE WAS NO POOPING. Not while we were out and about, anyway. It’s a very nice day indeed when you don’t have to clean a poop diaper in pubic.
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