catch up

i took off work most of last week and we headed to temple for charlie's last week of his rotation there.  the trip was super busy....with something to get accomplished every day!  we spent the weekdays in temple, with trips back and forth to college station.  luna visited the vet school (clinic) down there as we are trying to find out the reason behind her chronic vomiting (yuck).  she has been doing this for a very long time and it has become worth the effort to try and find out what is going on.  the doctors there were wonderful, but after lots and lots of test, we still have no answer.  we may be taking her back down there in a couple of months if the medicine they gave us does not work.  charlie's mom (mema to smith) met us in temple and took good care of all of us!  she motivated smith enough to crawl for the first time.  we are glad we are FINALLY crawling...he was so ready...no more frustration when put in the floor :)

we went to waco one night while staying in temple to do some baylor reminiscing.  this also happens when not in the vicinity of baylor, by the way.  anyhow, it was the first night of welcome week and there were 'kids everywhere.  it looked so fun, and we decided we would like to go back, but with smith in tow.  i assume it would be a whole new ball game that way!  

after the end of charlie's rotation, which he got rave reviews for, we headed to dallas to see lots of new babies and old friends :)  we stayed with tara and isaac, who were amazing hosts!  smith was able to meet his new girlfriend, ellery, who he adores already.  she was such a good baby at only 8 weeks old AND sleeping through the night (i was envious to hear this)!

tara and isaac had a pool and this is what smith and charlie were up to:

while i was up to this:

meeting my roomie from college's sweet, sweet baby boy, aaron!

i also got to spend some quality time with another roomie from college, and her precious girl, caroline...who seems so grown up now and i love her to pieces...

my weekend was only made sweeter by the fun i had handing out some of my handmade goodies/gifts to their new owners.  there is nothing, nothing more exciting to gift than something you made especially for someone.  it was super rewarding for my new addictive sewing behavior :)

we had such a great mini vacation!!  smith and i are super happy to be back with charlie for 2 FULL MONTHS!!!  it seems too good to be true!

weekend in review

so, the weekend was fun!  we had a busy time with both 'nice' aunt shae and 'strict' aunt shae :)  they were great and loved on smith a ton.  i decided to review the weekend in pics instead of writing a lot about it.  

here are some pics from the park....day one 

we played in the backyard a lot....in the a.m. and p.m only so we didn't melt in the heat

day two we went to the splash pad...where grace and george went crazy and smith just watched.  it won't be long before he joins in the fun...for sure by next summer!

luckily, for me, there was also some down time after trying my best to wear everyone out!

i loved my weekend.  it made me know life with 3 kids is totally do-able....crazy or not.

party time!!

i've got grace and george (my brother's children) this weekend.  they are out on a vacation with the rest of my family, except charlie, smith, and me :(  anyhow, i am pumped for this weekend and hope to have some good stories at the end of it.  i may not have much success on sewing projects or keeping the house clean for that matter, but those things can wait.  i love it because they love smith so much....and are so sweet to him.  we had lots of kissing during smith's nighttime bottle tonight:

on another note, i lowered smith's crib mattress tonight.  he was freaking me out on the video monitor, trying hard to get up to standing.  when i sit him in there, he can pull up, but hasn't yet from a laying down position.  however, if you know me, i say 'better safe than sorry' and went ahead and lowered it.  goodnight all, wish me luck for the weekend :)

WONDERFUL wednesday

smith and i had an amazing day...really, close to perfect!  he was so, so good with naps like clockwork and a very happy mood all day long.  i was able to get a ton done on my second grocery cart/high chair cover.  in fact, i am very, very near done.  that is what i love about doing a pattern twice.  the second time around, it is so much faster.  here are the two fabrics that i am using for this 'boy' gift.

smith tried cottage cheese for the first time today.  i mixed it with peaches...he thought it was OK...most things he eats, so, as usual, he ate this right up.  we have been working on him eating peeled, quartered grapes by himself.  i took a tip from my super baby food book and rolled them in his cereal to make it easier to grasp and not so slippery.  in the book, they also say this is safer b/c slippery foods can be sucked into his 'windpipe' too easily.  so, i got a video with his very first successful transfer from fingers to mouth...it was so exciting!

i ended my amazing day with fresh veggies from the garden (dressed with salt, pepper, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar) and a toasted and buttered piece of sourdough bread.  it was simply delicious...usually simple meals are! 

 oh yeah, and then a run on the treadmill with enough joy from the day to actually make the run fun as well....weird, i know.

i love you smithy...thanks for making my day wonderful!

poo, tooth #7, and weekend

so, charlie and i have been trying (without success) to get a video of sweet smith while he is taking a poo.  it is pretty priceless and i have finally succeeded.  i will admit, it is not an oscar winning performance as there are much better ones than this, but at least you get the idea.  the rumor is, charlie used to make a very similar face when he was a baby.  no comment on whether he still does :)  without further ado, here is the video (oh, and the noise you here right before he makes 'the' face, is not what you think it is...it is me making a noise with my lips...imitating the one he just did at first of video):

also, man....we have had a rough week.  smith is just having a difficult time coping with the fact that he is now the old, ripe age of 8 months.  hahaha.  no, but since his 8 month b-day, he has a new fussiness that was not there.  this morning, i noticed a SEVENTH tooth (on the top) for my boy.  so, that makes 2 new teeth in the matter of a week. i might be fussy too!  i would also say that he seems a bit frustrated.  the boy is soooo ready to crawl, but cannot get it to work out for him yet.  i feel sorry for him, but just try to continue to encourage him.  it is a bit difficult because as i sit in front of him, trying to coax him to me...the dogs think i am calling them.  this doesn't work out so well, as they get right in between me and the boy.  poor pups, they want to be loved so much!  

i have continued to work on my projects and promised a few pics of the finished product.  here are some things i have completed:

above is the front of the girly high chair/grocery cart cover and below is the side and back of same cover

above is a tie onesie..i made the tie and tag, not the onesie :) and below is a couple of baby blankets for friends.