Lunch Date

After getting a clean bill of health and shots at our four month appointment, James took me out to lunch!

He was a fantastic lunch date, paired with my favorite meal shrimp and asparagus risotto and Nordstroms mint iced tea.



A sweet ending with the market mint chocolate sticks-yum!


Now he is tucked I his stroller with his cast of characters:



Red Doggie wubbanub, his monkey and Sophie the giraffe. I'm hoping for lots of naps and only one dose of children's tylenol today!

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Sweet Sleep

The rocking of the cart and white noise of all the shoppers at Trader Joes lulled James to sleep this afternoon. I'm not going to lie, I took a few extra laps around the store. With a coffee sample and a chance to explore more options than my regular weekly staples, I couldn't resist.

He's still asleep in the car, and I think we may take an extra long ride home. Some quiet time for momma and much needed nap for James are in order for this afternoon, if only we had a drive through Starbucks relatively close...


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That's Life

I hope my previous post didn't come off as if I were complaining.  I'm totally not.  I feel completely blessed that I get to stay home with James, and LOVE it! 

I also know I'm completely blessed with his sleeping.  He slept though the night since he was one month old, and usually goes right along with our daily schedule.  We had recently transitioned to two - two hour naps with two - 45 minute cat naps, and I'm not going to lie that I was enjoying those four hours of mommy productivity. I was getting to check off all the things (and more) off my to-do list. So I was feeling pretty darn good about myself and this whole stay at home wife and mom thing.

My bestie and mommy mentor let me know from the get-go, "it's all a phase.  Good or bad it's only for a short period of time.  It's so true.  I can't believe how fast he is growing, changing and learning and I want to cherish each moment (and be a pretty good wife to Josh while I'm at it).

We have such a blast everyday and it's amazing how overwhelmingly joyful and difficult each and every moment as a new mom can be.  Just as I think I've got the hang of it-something changes.  Yes, that's life.  I should know that by now...

Nothing beats a laugh so hard it wrinkles your nose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So charming, so cute, so fun.  Not .125 seconds after I snapped this picture was there spit up all over him and the sofa-always keeping me on my toes.

Every minute of every day

Gotta love a baby smile!

Last night, my husband noted that I hadn't written a blog post in a while.  Which is true.  I've wanted to, but right now, I don't really get to do exactly what I want, when I want.  The reason I haven't blogged even though I want to can pretty much be summarized in the last 60 minutes of my day. 

I was starving and have been starving all day as it was 4:15 and all I've been able to grab for myself was a smoothie and cup of coffee, which I was hoping would suppress my hunger and give me a much needed surge of energy around noon until I could find a spare moment to eat something.  I had gotten the swaddle back out of the drawer for this afternoon nap.  We dropped the swaddle last week, which has gone well... 

He's still sleeping though the night, but had regressed back to 45 minutes naps.  Which pretty much means, it's 4:15 in the afternoon and all I've had time to do is sip on some blended up frozen fruit and lukewarm coffee.  Right now, shower is a very distant and ambitious hope for another day and another time. 

But now I have a snoozing baby burrito, which means I get to put something in my grumbling tummy and maybe get a head start on dinner.  As my feet hit the landing, the hardwood is wet, the cleaning people left around 3:30 so unless there was some sort of spill on their way out the door, it could only mean I just stepped in dog pee.  As I look down, that's not all she has left on the floor.  I've walked her 4 times already today, and am fine to just let her run away at this point.  I go to get some paper towels, but can't find any, so have to finagle my way into the storage space under the stairs to get some paper towels, begin cleaning up the mess to see the mess is a bloody mess, which isn't really a good thing.  I assume these doggie stomach issues are brought upon us because my husband has decided (without consulting me) to start Molly on dry food - only it's best to ease into a new dog food - not just pour her a bowl in the morning, which goes uneaten until some wet food on it.  But, "when she is hungry enough she will eat it." 

So I call the vet, to make her an appointment for tomorrow.  I finally make my way to the kitchen and say a silent praise to the Lord that I was smart enough to get some organic frozen veggies and brown rice entree at the grocery store "just in case."  I pop it in the microwave, grab a wet swiffer and re-mop the floor that was just mopped 2 hours ago.  I open the front door to get some sunlight in the foyer to make sure I got everything and Molly takes this opportunity to make a run for it.  So I go after her in my bare feet and after catching up with her, just thankful that I do not have to put James in the moby wrap for this impromptu outing. 

When I get back in, the microwave is done, and I get to eat something-yay!  Dinner prep will be after Josh gets home and can help with walking the dog continuously and entertaining the baby.  I guess I should be thankful he is home this week because he has been gone the past four weeks in a row.  I would honestly just open the front door and let the dog run away if he wasn't here.

How is this what an average hour of my day is like?  This multiplied x the 16 waking hours I have in a day is a glimpse of what my life is like right now.  Some hours are much much worse and some are remarkably better, in fact amazing.  But every second of everyday is full to the brim, and the good is so good it out weighs all the bad. 

James found his feet today

Friday Happy Hour

A little different than it used to be!



Now includes baby talkin with my boy, skinny cow ice cream sandwich, tracking daddies flight over the Atlantic, listening to the toddler station on Pandora, and occasionally (ok-constantly) wiping up spit-up.




If I'm lucky daddy will be home in time for me to make my Friday night Pilates class.

You know...

I've never been happier!

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Things We Love 2-3 Months

Ironic, that I'm trying to change my focus from being on 'things,' and I'm writing a things post. But I've found some life saving products on other bloggers posts like these, so here are the things we have loved as James has been in the 2-3 month age range.

He loves to grab things. The oball rattle is a favorite, My advice, get it at target and not a boutique like me-ha!

We also love the angel dear foggy pillow pictured above

Also a fav angel dear is the monkey blankie. He grabs it and shakes it around, so cute!

He also loves to grab and shake his wubbanub. I love it because we no longer loose his paci.

Tommy Tippee milk bibs were a life saver for our 'happy spitter' or a life saver for mommy's sanity

Also love the Aden+Anais burb bibs, but there isn't a product they make I don't love.

Also we love to jam to our Baby Einstein cd's

We read and read and read some more, James really doesn't discriminate, but really seems to enjoy all the Llama llama books.

There are so many things we use everyday from swaddlers to strollers, and one day I'll do a mega 'things' post, but that seems to cover the bases for now.

My First Mothers Day

Josh and James really know how to make mommy feel special. We spent a wonderful day/ weekend as a family which was so nice.

Josh took me out to brunch at the Sea Pearl just down the street. He had been there a few times for business dinners, but today was my first visit, it was awesome.



Best Bloody Mary's, granted no pickled okra, but the abundance of horseradish and other spices made up for it.

We both started with crab and corn chowder, which I dug into before I remembered to snap a picture, it was fantastic.

I had crab cake benedict, I rarely turn down a the combo of crab and hollandaise sauce. Delish!

Josh had the lobster pot, which was also super yummy.

Brunch was complete with a mango mousse, a nice treat.

After brunch we headed to a park, where we found we didn't have a stroller or sun hat for James. We did have diapers, and got creative with a light blanket to protect his little head.

Despite not being prepared for our journey to the park today, everything else in parenthood is gon so well.

Josh has been on business trips all month, so we've enjoyed spending weekends with daddy.

Being on my own has been hard, but with each passing week, I feel better and more confident in what I'm doing. Plus I survived taking care of the dog and baby by myself with food poisoning. If I could do that I can do just about anything!

I am loving being a mom, and am so grateful that I get to stay home with James. It is so amazing to be there first hand to help him learn and grow. He is just so happy, and it's neat to know that I'm one of the reasons why.

Of course the best moments are those causal ones at home!



I'm so glad that I was able to celebrate my very first mothers day with the guys I love, and I'm looking forward to a lifetime of more!