tuesday tidbits

** the bean slept from 10 pm to 3 am last night.

** precious husband and i woke up startled that he had been sleeping so long and checked numerous times to make sure he was still breathing.

** bean is still very cranky in the mornings.

** man that kid has a set of lungs.

** for a closer, in depth look at our photo shoot, check out the photographers blog post.

** precious husband had to report for jury duty this week.

** and he was picked to sit on a jury.

** yes ash, i know you hope for jurors like ph.

**it is supposed to be 80 here on saturday.

** i am not sure i am ready for 80 degree weather yet.

** i wore non-maternity pants for our lunch outing today.

** i thought this was a good idea, but about half way into my drive realized that i may have jumped the gun just a bit.

** perhaps it was the muffin top they created.

** guess i was excited about the 4.5 pounds i have lost, i still have a ways to go.

** 8 more string blocks to make, then on to sewing them together.

breathless

a glimpse

last night after three attempts to get the bean to go to sleep, i crawled into bed and breathed a sigh of relief when my head hit the pillow. i was off duty, the day was over and sleep was just around the corner.

as i settled in, precious husband, who had been watching the back of his eyelids for some time, snuggled up to me. he then said " did you take your medicine?" i realized he was asleep and i wasn't sure what he was talking about so i replied " yes". he then asked again " you did take your medicine?" i think to myself, what is he talking about. so, i ask, "what medicine?" his response "your grumpy medicine."

what do you think is he trying to tell me?

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this morning i am in the nursery trying to get the bean to take a morning nap, which by the way was a complete disaster. after an hour and a half of him falling asleep, me putting him down, him waking up 10 minutes later, i gave up. he is currently in the baby k'tan fighting the need to sleep.

but i digress, while the bean and i were doing our dance, b came in the room and was nosing around. he walks up to the crib, peers inside and starts sniffing the air. he is looking for the bean, i say to myself, how cute. i then notice that the hair behind his ears is starting to stick out, a sure sign that wildness is just around the corner. he is also staring very intently into the corner of the crib and starts to whine. it then dawns on me that he wants the stuffed moose that is in the crib.

i sure hope that the bean picks his blanket to be his "lovey" and not a stuffed animal.

thief

for the past two days we have had two incidents of theft here on newberry lane. all iphones, computers, electronics and jewelry are accounted for, but the bean is down two stuffed animals. we do however, know who the thief is, a 130 pound, 4 legged white ball of fluff. yes, b is guilty as charged.

you see great pyrenees love stuffed animals and toys. i can not tell you how many are buried in our back yard. b will dig one up to show us and then rebury it. my parents pyrenees, bella also buries her babies, but she leaves the heads above ground so they can breathe.

you would think that i would notice such a large thief, but he is sneaky.

yesterday he went into the bean's closet and took his new stuffed monkey. he did this while i was in the room, but i was busy with the bean. he then proceeded to bury it in the living room. well, he went through the motions of burying it. we don't have the heart to tell him that we can see it. several hours later he "dug" it up to show me his treasure. i just looked at him and said, "well i guess it is your monkey now."

oh b....

this morning i was downstairs on the computer feeling pretty happy with myself because the bean was napping in his crib for the third morning in a row. when all of a sudden i hear this strange noise coming through the monitor. i hit the video button and all i saw was snow. weird. i listened a little longer and heard the bean, since i could not see him i decided to go upstairs. when i reach the top of the stairs i see b coming out of his room, he had opened the door, and he was nudging the sleepy turtle on the floor. you know the turtle that shows stars on the ceiling, it has a hard shell and a soft head. b had the turtle out on its back and was trying to get it to play with him. he had this wild look in his eye. i picked it up and he started hopping and jumping trying to get it. i had to quickly jump into the nursery and close the door fast, he was on the move. i promptly hid the turtle in the closet where he cant reach it and closed the door. when i let him in, he was looking for it and was most upset that it was gone. needless to say the bean woke up.

oh b.......

tuesday tidbits

** the spring like weather we were having last week is gone, its cold and rainy again.

** having long hair and a newborn makes you destined to have spit up as your newest hair styling product.

** i am learning to celebrate the small victories, like bean taking a 45 minute nap in his crib two days in a row.

** i can now get dressed at record breaking pace.

** the baby k'tan carrier is really brilliant. bean sleeps like a champ in it.

** and i am able to do things like blog, knit and sew.

** its a win, win.

** watched alot of march madness over the weekend.

** we are routing for cornell on thursday. but they are playing kentucky.

** but anything is possible, that is why its called march madness.

** weight watchers is well weight watchers.

** despite my attempt to keep my diet coke consumption low, it is slowly creeping back up.

** i guess there are worse things.

** poop is still a major topic of daily conversation.

** i am not sure how i feel about that.

** we had the bean's photos taken last friday by this fabulous photog.

** i go look at the proofs on friday.

** cant wait to see them and share them with you.

** there were some awesome moments, which equal awesome pics.

half way there

my brother L, asked me to make him a queen size quilt for his bed. he wanted something that was urban and modern with shades of black, grey and white. he left the design and color combination up to me. i decided to try a new technique with this quilt, paper pieced string blocks. the final quilt will consist of a combination of solid blocks and string blocks. in order to make this happen, i need to make 40 string blocks.

as of this afternoon, i have 20 more blocks to make. thankfully, i have figured out how to sew these blocks while baby wearing,

this is what each string block will look like when sewn together. i love the way this looks and can definitely see another string block quilt in my future.

stay tuned to see how this quilt progresses.......

bean moments