Nursery Makeover 1 : Natasha 0 My allergies are killing me and as much as I swore I was going to paint Sam’s ceiling today during her afternoon nap a quiet hour with my hot glue gun called to me instead. I did make her two darn cute headbands though, I’ll have to post pics […]
Extreme Makeover: Samster Edition
This week we’re starting two major makeovers in my house. One, I’m moving Sam out of her current nursery (see below)and am redecorating the room across the hall to be her new room. The pic above is a sitting room/upstairs office that’s off of our bedroom. When she was a newborn I couldn’t stand the […]
Hmm, I have no idea what to do here.
Yep, that’s the dog bowls. So I figured that with the food I’ll just have to give Lucy and Parker a certain amount of time to eat and then put their food away but what about the water bowl?? Surely parents have had babies and dogs coexist in the same house before but for the […]
Oh the fame!
WOOT! WOOT!!! Happy dance, happy dance! Ok, it might not be real fame but it TOTALLY makes MY day. My waffle tee onesie was featured on oneprettything yesterday. Man I wish I would’ve checked my email yesterday! I LOVE this site, any of you DIYers out there would love it too. I discovered it around […]
Doing anything this weekend?
If not come join us at the March of Dimes charity event that Shady Grove Hospital’s Labor & Delivery, Mother-Baby Unit, Pediatrics & Neonatal ICU is putting on this Saturday! It’s this Saturday, April 25th at King’s Farm. Lots of free food, face painting for the kids, moon bounce, etc. They also have a 4-mi […]
Separation ANXIETY!
Samster’s got it bad and I have no idea what to do about it. This past weekend while we were in Florida I was hoping to get some time to relax since I’d have so much help with the baby but apparently Samantha had other plans. She’s been getting pretty clingy lately so I assumed […]
Baby Bunny
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend, Samster & I went down to Florida to spend it with my family. Since we traveled last weekend to see P’s family in Indiana he couldn’t go out of town again this weekend so we left him behind. It’s funny, P has never really cared about Easter […]
Party of One
I was catching up on my tivod Oprah and was watching Monday’s episode on “The true side of Motherhood” during playtime today. One of the topics they covered was, “Things nobody warned you about motherhood” I didn’t have to think about the question very long before an immediate answer popped into my head. Loneliness. Now […]
Hug that baby!
As I’ve voiced (quite loudly too) I’m not a big fan of letting babies cry. I think they’re too young to really learn any lessons from it and more important than learning to deal on their own they need to be reassured that a parent will be there for them. Today I got an email […]
I’m baaack!
Baby Dentures?
Perhaps it’s not such a bad idea…just screw all this teething crap and buy the kid some falsies. Hmmm… Well, back in reality here’s what’s going on. Sam has been teething for about 2 weeks now. She’s up ALL NIGHT LONG. Literally, waking every 2 hrs like a newborn. Finally I went to the pediatrician […]
BPA = scary!
We’ve been using Born Free bottles for Sam for quite awhile now because of what I had heard about BPA (Bishenol A) being suspected of being leaked into milk when the bottles are heated. Well it looks like the major bottle manufacturers are finally taking heed and are going to stop producing bottles with BPA. […]
Chinese Hot Pot Tutorial
I think I want to start of fun new tradition for my blog, “Tutorial Tuesday”, they could be cooking tutorials or craft ones…I’m always making something or another so now I’ll just start taking pictures so I can share. Blog show & tell if you will. I love when the craft blogs I read give […]
Daylight ‘Savedme’ Time
I never thought I’d love daylight savings time but I do, it’s totally my new BFF. Yes, for most of the world an hour’s worth of sleep was lost over the weekend but for me it was exactly what I needed. If you read my post yesterday you’ll know that I’ve been having a hard […]
Early BabyBird
I don’t care if the early bird gets the worm, I don’t want the worm. I want the sleep. For a solid week now Sam has been waking up at around 5-5:30a. We’ve tried everything. Letting her fuss in her crib till 6, bringing her to bed, giving her morning bottle early and then trying […]
Spring Overalls
They really aren’t‘ springtime overalls but with the weather being so nice today I didn’t have the heart to call them ‘winter overalls’ even though that’s actually what they are. You see, Sam has crazy long limbs and has outgrown all of her warm pants. The stores are only carrying lighter springtime stuff & I […]
Home at last.
We left Connecticut around noonish and got home at 6:15, thank goodness! Ugh, I was frazzled the whole time that we were going to slip off the road but at the least the interstate was mostly empty. Our yard was beautiful with all the snow! Well, except for the foot prints and dragging shovel print […]
Whoaaaa Samster, it’s a snowin!
Home Invasion
Oh.My.Gosh. Say hello to the Maryland Stinkbug. “Mary” as I like to call her. Formal name: Brown Marmorated Stinkbug. I hate her. She’s everywhere. I’m going to lose my mind. Ughhh, is anyone else finding these little hellions around their house?? It’s been a problem for a few months but then we had some good […]