Then she thought I was funny too! Or she was happy to be holding up that big ol head.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
That baby in the mirror is funny!
So I had to post more photos of Caroline looking in the mirror at herself. She loves it!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Activity corner
Caroline loves to play in her new activity corner that Meghan helped set up this past weekend. We rolled out her quilt that Nana B made and set it up next to the mirror. Caroline thinks that the baby in the mirror is simply hilarious.
Our Bumbo is also in the corner. C is not a huge fan of it yet but she tolerates it for a little while. I think her butt is too skinny to fill it out and be supportive. Regardless we had some Bumbo time today and Caroline grasped her crocheted rattle with her big ol' hands.
She is getting pretty good at swatting and grasping separately, especially her simple montessori toys (again, thanks Megs). But she has a ways to go before she can truly seek out a toy and grab it.
Finally we love love love our butterfly mobile. Caroline likes staring at the butterflies more than either of her colorful newfangled activity gyms.
Our nanny comes tomorrow and Thursday for a few hours to meet the girls and get the lay of the land. I am looking forward to some time to prep for the return to work, but am not at all looking forward to being without my sweet lady for entire whole days next week.
xoxo
Our Bumbo is also in the corner. C is not a huge fan of it yet but she tolerates it for a little while. I think her butt is too skinny to fill it out and be supportive. Regardless we had some Bumbo time today and Caroline grasped her crocheted rattle with her big ol' hands.
She is getting pretty good at swatting and grasping separately, especially her simple montessori toys (again, thanks Megs). But she has a ways to go before she can truly seek out a toy and grab it.
Finally we love love love our butterfly mobile. Caroline likes staring at the butterflies more than either of her colorful newfangled activity gyms.
Our nanny comes tomorrow and Thursday for a few hours to meet the girls and get the lay of the land. I am looking forward to some time to prep for the return to work, but am not at all looking forward to being without my sweet lady for entire whole days next week.
xoxo
Sunday, January 29, 2012
A visitor from Texas!
This weekend our friend Meghan came to visit! She left her sweet babies with Casey in Houston and basically kept us fed all weekend.
Caroline got all dressed up in her Marc Jacobs booties and new hair bow to meet her Auntie Megs.
For lunch Caroline got her first Clyde's experience!
For dinner on Friday, Megs made us pork chops. Dinner on Saturday included Cousin O and the kids, and featured pot roast and veggies (and tons of yummy desserts).
Caroline likes to be close to the dinner action, which cuts down on sadness a bit.
(This photo makes me think "I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip flops, so I bought army pants and flip flops.")
We also are getting better at swatting at dangly things. It is still not super deliberate, but she can do it and gets REALLY excited with herself when she connects. Here is a video of her in action. It isn't great, so blame the videographer (me). Also blame the blogger (me) if it doesn't work.
Meghan left today to head back home, but not before making us some delish homemade cinnamon rolls!
xoxo
Caroline got all dressed up in her Marc Jacobs booties and new hair bow to meet her Auntie Megs.
For lunch Caroline got her first Clyde's experience!
For dinner on Friday, Megs made us pork chops. Dinner on Saturday included Cousin O and the kids, and featured pot roast and veggies (and tons of yummy desserts).
Caroline likes to be close to the dinner action, which cuts down on sadness a bit.
(This photo makes me think "I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip flops, so I bought army pants and flip flops.")
We also are getting better at swatting at dangly things. It is still not super deliberate, but she can do it and gets REALLY excited with herself when she connects. Here is a video of her in action. It isn't great, so blame the videographer (me). Also blame the blogger (me) if it doesn't work.
Meghan left today to head back home, but not before making us some delish homemade cinnamon rolls!
xoxo
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Cloth Diapering, Part 2 - washing and nighttime
Washing.
It is not gross to wash the cloth diapers and no, the poo does not get on all of your other clothes through the washer. It does smell if you let them sit for too long however. So far since her business is pretty harmless, we have the following wash routine:
1. dump all the diapers and bag in the washer
2. put a scoop of Rockin' Green detergent in the compartment
3. set washer to "heavy duty" and select prewash and second rinse
4. hit start
5. dry on warm
6. hang any diapers with staining on clothesline
I use a ribbon as a clothesline since I don't have twine! (I also haven't had any diapers that were in need of some sun this week...I waited and tried and almost faked it for the photo, but I needed the diapers in her drawer.)
It is super easy. Since I am home all day it is not hard to wash this stuff every other day or so. It takes a little time to stuff pockets, but no more time than it takes to say, fold a shirt.
Thats it! So far I love them. Caroline has mostly avoided diaper rash, though she did get a bout of it once she started sleeping through the night (for 8-10 hours) at 8 weeks.
Speaking of sleeping, I have her in a disposable still at night. I had been using a one-size funnibunz pocket, which worked great when she was only sleeping for 4-5 hours at a stretch. However, on our trip to Atlanta at age 8 weeks to the day, Caroline slept 8 hours. We did not bring cloth on this trip. Since then, I am scared to put a cloth diaper on her at night because I value this new sleep too much, and the plastic diapers are soooooo absorbant. So for the past week and a half, we have used the disposables at night. I hope to get my courage back soon and switch, but like anything else with a new baby, you do what you can when you can.
She just looks so cute in her Bumgenious.
And a big shout out to the Donnellan ladies for ordering me some new Bumgenious! I cannot wait for them to arrive :)
It is not gross to wash the cloth diapers and no, the poo does not get on all of your other clothes through the washer. It does smell if you let them sit for too long however. So far since her business is pretty harmless, we have the following wash routine:
1. dump all the diapers and bag in the washer
2. put a scoop of Rockin' Green detergent in the compartment
3. set washer to "heavy duty" and select prewash and second rinse
4. hit start
5. dry on warm
6. hang any diapers with staining on clothesline
I use a ribbon as a clothesline since I don't have twine! (I also haven't had any diapers that were in need of some sun this week...I waited and tried and almost faked it for the photo, but I needed the diapers in her drawer.)
It is super easy. Since I am home all day it is not hard to wash this stuff every other day or so. It takes a little time to stuff pockets, but no more time than it takes to say, fold a shirt.
Thats it! So far I love them. Caroline has mostly avoided diaper rash, though she did get a bout of it once she started sleeping through the night (for 8-10 hours) at 8 weeks.
Speaking of sleeping, I have her in a disposable still at night. I had been using a one-size funnibunz pocket, which worked great when she was only sleeping for 4-5 hours at a stretch. However, on our trip to Atlanta at age 8 weeks to the day, Caroline slept 8 hours. We did not bring cloth on this trip. Since then, I am scared to put a cloth diaper on her at night because I value this new sleep too much, and the plastic diapers are soooooo absorbant. So for the past week and a half, we have used the disposables at night. I hope to get my courage back soon and switch, but like anything else with a new baby, you do what you can when you can.
She just looks so cute in her Bumgenious.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
The new and the familiar
This weekend was pretty eventful, as Caroline met new friends and got to hang out with the Nichols clan for some food and fun.
On Saturday, my friends Asha and Leah and their kids Rehka and Nolan came for a visit to meet Caroline. We played in the basement and caught up. Both Asha and Leah are due with their second children in May! With the two toddlers it was hard to take pics, so all I have is a few shots of C from before everyone arrived.
Look at these skinny legs!
On Sunday we had lunch at Catherine and Eric's with the Nanas, Papou, James and Amanda, and Cousin Olivia. C had some good grandparents time.
(She was totally smiling in the above shot...promise)
We hung out and ate soup and sandwiches.
O was as sweet as ever!
Then Caroline hung out as Catherine and I sewed a door snake. I wish I had a photo of our door snake. It is quite functional.
It was John's idea to rest her there BTW.
After sewing time, we had photoshop time and learned lots of fun tricks. Of course there was no time to put any of our new skills to work since it was home, dinner, bath, bed.
On Saturday, my friends Asha and Leah and their kids Rehka and Nolan came for a visit to meet Caroline. We played in the basement and caught up. Both Asha and Leah are due with their second children in May! With the two toddlers it was hard to take pics, so all I have is a few shots of C from before everyone arrived.
Look at these skinny legs!
On Sunday we had lunch at Catherine and Eric's with the Nanas, Papou, James and Amanda, and Cousin Olivia. C had some good grandparents time.
(She was totally smiling in the above shot...promise)
We hung out and ate soup and sandwiches.
O was as sweet as ever!
Then Caroline hung out as Catherine and I sewed a door snake. I wish I had a photo of our door snake. It is quite functional.
It was John's idea to rest her there BTW.
After sewing time, we had photoshop time and learned lots of fun tricks. Of course there was no time to put any of our new skills to work since it was home, dinner, bath, bed.
Until next time, xoxo
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