Red Eye

WKF and I are getting ready to head to the airport. Here we come rubber city! We may be offline for a few days...

Funny Confession XXIII

I never separate colors and whites. Not even lights and darks. I throw it in, and I hope for the best.

You Snooze, You Lose

I loaded WKF into the car to go swimming. By the time we got to the pool, he was passed out - completely asleep. I then took him for a one hour walk in the stroller, while he slept. I kept thinking he'd wake up...he didn't. Eventually I wheeled him right up to the side of the hot tub, and I hopped in.

Eventually the little guy woke up...and we went for a swim together. But not before I had a great relaxing soak in the tub!

LC captured this for me, she and little SC were at the pool having a swim as well.

Baby Bro does Europe

O's baby bro just returned from a Euro vacation. Here he is with their grandmother in Southern France.

He also hit up la Tour Eiffel,

walked in the country side with their dad- I think this is in Normandy -
stopped in a beautiful seaside town...no idea where, but it looks lovely -

and he toured London. He sure makes a cute tourist!

Little bro, we can't wait to see you at xmas! Thanks for sharing your pix! xoxo

Goooooooooood MORRRRRNING Vietnam!

Daddy-O Love,

Are you checking my blog from Vietnam? WHY NOT?! I told you that you should! We miss you so so so much! Thanks for being so great. Hurry home, OK?

PS - Does it really looking like this in Vietnam? Google images tells me that it does...

PS Again - let me know if you want to guest blog from your trip....we all want to hear about Vietnam!!!

xoxoxo

Love,

Your Baby's Mama and your Baby

A Hat for Winter

It is snowing on the mountain and O and I just got our season passes!

I love this little hat with goggles. This would be so cute for our little mountain man....he is going to need some hip lodge wear....I think we'll be spending a lot of time in the snow this winter!

Ten Baby Things I Love

I am no expert, and I try to be minimalist about baby things. Now that I am 5 months into motherhood, I thought that I would share a list of good stuff (10 things) that we have discovered.

1. Light weight travel baby bed - we used this as a bassinet around the house for the first few months, from time to time we still use it in that way. It has also been amazing for travel, so much better than a pack and play for a small babe. It folds up into something about the size of a lap top. This bed made our trip to Europe super easy...it has also been to Tahoe. We also carry it along to dinner parties...little WKF can sleep just about anywhere in his travel bed.

Here it is all folded up:

Here it is as a bed:
P.S. - this thing is only $29.99 - I don't think any parent can afford NOT to buy it...

2. baby legs. These are fabulous. My bff gave me about 10 pairs...and I wasn't sure we'd need/use them. I was wrong. WKF wears them all the time (on his arms and legs). Its great to throw them on before a walk, or overnight if it's cold. I hear that once crawling starts they are great little knee protectors. These make a great gift.
3. baby sling. I have several of these. For some reason I am always photographed with this black and white one, but I also have an adorable green & brown one, and an adorable brown & pink one. They are fashion and function. WKF loves to be "slung". As a newborn, the sling was worn everyday. Now we wear it for walks, etc. There are different carries for different ages. The peanut shell website has great instructions including links to instructional videos about those carries. Like the baby legs, these make a wonderful gift.



4. baby monitor with video. This has been great, definitely worth the money. Having a handheld video has saved us so many trips into his room to check on him; esp as new parents learning about his little noises. It is also fun at night now that he is moving around, trying to roll, and playing with his stuffed monkey.
5. baby uggs. Adorable, high quality, and functional. Love these. Great gift.
6. baby swaddle WKF was swaddled every night until recently. We would either use a fleece one with velcro like the one pictured here:

Or we'd use these lovely blankets which were a fab gift to us from our wonderful neighbors.

Here is WKF swaddled up. I love this picture!

8. Comfy chair. We got ours at IKEA and I had custom covers made for it. Worth it. You want to love your chair. You will spend so much time in it.

9. Blog! Keeping a blog is good for me for many reasons - its kind of diary-ish/journal-ish, it lets family/friends keep up with baby, and it is a good outlet for other (non-baby) thoughts and interests. I know that my blog has become more baby-centric since this post, but I sure try to keep it balanced which I think is so good for my head (and probably good for your reading pleasure too).

10. Most important of all...a hands-on, ridiculously supportive and dashingly handsome Baby Daddy. I may need to create a separate post with tips on finding one of these. This one is so so taken. Ahhhhhhh I love my boys!

Inspired

No doubt the new President is inspiring.

Want to know what he inspired me to do?

He inspired me to tell my kid (someday, when he asks) that he can have a dog. Just as soon as I become President of the US!

I think I'd lean towards a goldendoodle too.

Kids Rooms

Cookie has a great slideshow online, showing fab rooms for kiddos.

Below are 2 of my favorites.

When WKF is a bit older, perhaps we'll redo his room into a "big boy" room. If so, I'd love to incorporate the gondola and mountains from the first room, and the firepole & bunk & climbing wall from the second room.

Funny Confession XXII

Hubby is out of town. Babe is in bed. I am wearing hubby's tighties and I am making a batch of brownies, for myself.

Hey, I won't fit in there

WKF is looking a little distraught in this photo because he just realized that he won't fit in his Dad's suitcase. Daddy-O is leaving in the morning for a long biz trip. Boo.

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