A Christmas Nursery

If you know me, you probably know that I'm a little nutty when it comes to Christmas decorations.  I'm THAT person who always decorates before Thanksgiving.  It's not that I don't like Thanksgiving, because I really do...I just see Thanksgiving as an appetizer for Christmas, if you will.

Anywho, a couple of weeks ago, Elliott's nursery got a Christmas makeover.

Remember when I gave you this sneak peak?

Well, this is what I was up to...

Yup, Elliott has Christmas bedding.  I thought I was being quite clever until I realized that Pottery Barn Kids has already thought of this.  Oh well, mine was a lot cheaper and made with love :)

You may also have noticed that this happened...

Fun fact: you can just take off whatever animals are hanging from your store bought mobile and replace them with cheap (unbreakable) ornaments!  yay!  

You may also have spotted this in the background:

Elliott has his very own Christmas tree!  I was worried that he might try to pull off any ornaments that I may hang, so I came up with some pom-pom garland that I strung myself.  

Finally, I remembered that I bought a little banner kit from Hancock Fabric last year, and I put that together one night.  Now, Elliott has a festive "Noel" sign hanging from his hutch.

He's a happy little peanut in his Christmas Nursery!

Six Months!

How is it humanely possible that Little Guy is six months old today?! It literally seems like we were driving to the hospital in the middle of the night just yesterday.  Also, how is it possible that we still haven't posted his five month pictures?!  To make matters worse, Elliott is usually sleeping when Jeff gets home on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday so we might not even get to take his pictures today :/ fail.

At least I can still write about you...


I feel like this month Elliott has really blossomed.  He no longer sleeps the ENTIRE day (just a nap in the morning and a 2 hour nap in the afternoon).  He giggles A LOT!  Jeff said to me one day, "Elliott must take after you, I think I was a much more professional baby."  I could see that.  Funny.

We have moved onto solids this month.  It began out of a "GI necessity," if you will.  I don't think the poor child could drink anymore prune juice.  We have tried prunes, oatmeal, carrots, and sweet potatoes.  He has become a great eater!  He opens his little mouth so wide in anticipation--it's adorable.  He has to wear numerous bibs while eating, the top layer is usually used for chewing on and gets covered in baby food mush.
 

He began rolling from back to tummy this month (so now he rolls both ways).  I watch him at night on the video monitor--the little booger got Mommy's sleeping habits--he rolls all over the place!  He is still working on sitting.  He can sit on his own for a few seconds before violently throwing himself backwards.

He is getting BIG!  He is starting to wear 9 month or 6-12 month clothes.  He is getting too long for some of his six month stuff.  Except socks--kiddo must have big feeties because all of his socks are too small!  He's still in his size 3 diapers, and there is no indication that we will be going up a size too soon (at least let's hope not, because our next giant shipment of diapers just came in)!

The spitting up is finally on the outs.  He will still have about one incident a day, and when you least expect it, but it has gotten so much better.  Thank goodness!

I'm pretty sure Elliott is the happiest, most easy going baby of all time.  He is so much fun to play with, his laugh is infectious, and his smile can brighten a room!  I can't believe he's six months old--Happy Half Birthday, Little Man!

The March of Dimes

In a couple of weeks, I'm walking in the March of Dimes with the Stroller Strides of Watertown Team.  I know we have a lot going on right now (the devastation from hurricane Sandy, the election, the holidays, etc), but I'd really appreciate any donation for this charitable cause!  You can donate to our team here!  Thanks!

Some Sewing

My sewing machine has been gathering dust since Elliott's arrival.  A few days ago, a friend of the family asked if I would make some tie onesies for her for some baby showers.  So yesterday, I dusted off ole Bessie (I don't really call it that), and got to work.

Lisa,  if you are reading, your onesies will be mailed tomorrow!

While working on the onesies, I got the urge to keep sewing, so I changed the thread over to red and made some Christmas things for Elliott's room.

 More on that later.


Little Man had fun playing with his new doggie while Mom worked.

Is it really November already!?

Happy Halloween and a PSA

First, Happy Halloween!  We celebrated by having a special Halloween Day at Stoller Strides.  All the kiddos dressed up and looked adorable!

Back Row (left to right): pumpkin, Lollipop kid, Little owlie, cupcake
Bottom Row: princess and Batman

 We don't plan on trick-or-treating, but we will be handing out candy, probably with the fog machine.  

I was going to carve both of our pumpkins when I got home today, but I came home to doggie sickness all over the dining room floor.  I think it was probably enough mess for one day.  This is where the PSA comes in....

IF YOU HAVE A PET, AND DO NOT HAVE ONE OF THESE THINGS YOU MAY BE A CRAZY PERSON!

I'm not a big fan of spending unnecessary money, but this is a must have.  If you would have seen what I just dealt with, and you didn't have a SpotBot, you may have hurled yourself into moving traffic.  No joke.  You would have lost me today if it weren't for this guy.  

Go get one.  You'll thank me next time Fido leaves you a present.  I promise.  

Happy Halloween! 

October in Kentucky

Earlier this month we took a trip down to Kentucky.  Little Man usually does great in the car, but then has a melt down when we get to our destination.

While we were in Kentucky, we got to do all sorts of fun things.  Grandma and Grandpa took us to an Apple Orchard off route 8. Elliott had fun posing for lots of pictures.

Grandma also dug out some of Jeff's old toys, and as it turns out toys from 20+ years ago are still plenty fun!

 
We also went to pick pumpkins with Emmie and Aunt Andi at Shaw Farm.  There were some cute farm animals to look at too!

I'm horrible at taking pictures of everything but we did all sorts of other fun things while home.  We went to our friend's Matt and Lexie's wedding, went to Lap Time at the Library with Lilly and Finley, went shopping at my favorite Jeffersonville Outlets and the new Jungle Jims, visited Emmie at work, had some fun family dinners, and Grandma and Grandpa were nice enough to have Elliott sleep over a couple of times so we could catch up on sleep!  It was a whirlwind 10 days, but we had fun!

First Food!

We recently hit another milestone in our house--solid food! 

These photos were taken a couple of weeks ago when we introduced oatmeal.  Since then, we have also added prunes.  He loves them! We plan on starting some veggies this week (that is, if the Frankenstorm doesn't get us first)!