More Laughs...

Oh Snap!

I just discovered a great website for baby clothes-- it cracked me up this morning and I hope to pick one of these up for a friend who is due later this year... the website is here. Here are some of my favorite designs:

Charlie's 3rd Month!

This has been a bittersweet month for me, as Charlie has become so fun but I have returned to work. I haven't had a "real" work day yet, as I worked 4 half days last week and Friday was a 2 hr. delay-- I think next week will be really hard. But anyway, here's some photos from the past month...

This one just cracks me up, and it's from one of my favorite days with him. He's like a doh-boy, all squishy!Christmas was fun-- he loved to stare at the lights and we considered keeping it up all year! Too bad my camera couldn't capture that better!Suprised!Such a sweetheart. Cheeks getting really fat! He's a big eater, and it shows on his cheeks. He's got to be 15 lbs. at least, now.

I love that hat! Makes me want to learn to knit, but I know it'd be dangerous for me to pick up another hobby!

Lounging...Always sucking on his fingers-- we'll have a thumbsucker for sure.Sweet, as always.Gotta have shades, baby.Another photo I love ...Kicking all the time! Loves to chat with us...

Laughs all the time!! And can pick up his head with much less frustration than before. Loves to stand up (with a little help from Mom and Dad) and look around!

This kid is such a joy! Hope you're all well. Will post Christmas photos soon. Yes, I know it's January!

Charlie's Room

So the nursery was finally clean enough to photograph-- as clean as it's going to be at this point. I wrote before about some of the things we wanted for the room. I got most of my ideas from an article in a British baby magazine. There's a neverending pile of baby stuff each day and he hasn't even slept in this room yet. The room is a little dark and is hard to photograph, so I apologize that many of the photos are blurry. I actually made the nursery set the day before he arrived. I thought maybe if I did the finishing touches on that, he'd come... and he did! The Alexander Henry print is one I love and have a ton of fabric leftover for more projects. Here's the wardrobe, toybox, changing area (we pull out the changing pad). Jeremy's bike hangs on the wall and Charlie's first toy is ready for him to use (it will be a while!)-- the Rody.
This stool by One Step was a gift from a cousin, and it is where we keep our diaper/bath caddy. (I love that bag!!!)A Flensted mobile I love... Here are the shelves with my craft stuff and his books-- only a portion of them-- you know we have tons of books! The embroidery is by my cousin-- so cute and perfect for the room. The hot air balloon is by Nostalgic Bay and you may remember seeing them in the shop windows in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. The chair we painted and covered the seat cushion-- the chair belonged to my great grandfather, and I remember sitting in that when I was very little.
The room has a little alcove just perfect for this desk-- 2 filing cabinets and an IKEA glass desktop. We had a much larger space in our old "office", where we used an antique door (with a plexiglass top) as the desktop. (One side was for computer work, and the other for sewing and crafting). Not as much space here, but it works for us for now.
We've got "Keep Calm" reminders all over the house-- both Christmas gifts from 2007. Made here, history of them here. I have a blue one downstairs near the living room.

This chair is actually pink-- I got it about 5 years ago as a gift. Made my first slipcover for this chair, which isn't perfect by any means (as this chair is an odd shape) but serves its purpose.

Well, that's the tour. I'm pretty bummed that I can't get pictures without them being blurry, I'm going to try again sometime.

I Need A Laugh Today...

Back To Work :(

So next week I return to work, and this week I've been trying to have a nice, relaxing week with Charlie. I'll post again soon-- we have lots of photos from Christmas vacation, but right now I just want to hang out with my little guy.

Charlie will be 3 months old when I go back, and it's amazing to see just how much he's changed already. We're starting to seek his personality peeking out and he's such a sweet guy-- to me! He is a little timid and shy, sometimes fussy with other people, even Jeremy right now, but I hear that's normal. He loves to talk and play, and especially to stand up and look around at everything. Loves bathtime so much!

Jeremy will be home with him for 2 weeks, and I'll start with 1/2 days-- still, I don't know how I'll do it. I hate to miss a second with him, but I'm so lucky I got to be home with him for 3 months. I'm going to upload a million photos to my iPod so I can look at them all day :) Wish me luck!

I'll blog again in a few weeks, but until then, enjoy this new blog I found all about Lex Vegas.