Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Happy Birthday, E.J.!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Nursery Pictures!
I love the gingham curtains in her room. P.S. I highly recommend getting blackout curtains, these are wonderful as they darken up the room so well once they're closed.
Kathryn is one lucky girl with quite the baby wardrobe.
To maximize space in her room for the time she's in a crib, we put her dresser in the closet, which works out really well. It turns out that if you grow up in new house, closet space is much greater than if you grow up in a house that was a hundred years old (literally). Growing up, I could barely fit my clothes in the closet , never mind an entire dresser!
View from her window. Once we do more yard work and it's not so bloody hot and allows grass to grow easily, she'll have pretty view of green grass surrounding the pond.
Had to throw another picture of my sweetie in there :)
I also adore her shelves. Yes, that's right, I haven't put pictures in the picture frames yet, just waiting on picking out the perfect ones to put in there. I also think the bottom shelf needs one or two cute accessories, but I'm holding out until I find something that works.
No, you're not crazy, the "t" and "y" letters on the top shelf are crooked. They can be screwed directly onto the wall, but in the catalog I saw them just propped up on the shelf and I liked the look of that. The only problem is that the "t" and "y" don't have flat bottoms. However, I kind of like them being crooked and think it gives the letters some "character", if you will.
I'm obsessed with this canvas picture I found online. I think it looks great in her room. Plus, it's not too baby-ish, so she can having it hanging on her wall for a long time. Apparently Kathryn approves too because she gets so excited when she checks it out!
The dresser, bed, and desk were E.J.'s childhood bedroom set. Someday we might paint it white to make it a bit more feminine. Also, you may notice that there's no changing table in her room. A lot of friends discouraged me from getting one and I'm glad we didn't end up buying one. We use the twin bed as her 'changing table' and just always have a changing pad on the bed. I don't regret for a second not getting one because it would take up more space and it's not a piece of furniture that you can use once she grows out of it.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Big Day!
To sum it up, it was a GREAT day!
Monday, Monday...
Nothing much new to report, which is probably a good thing though!
When I got home from work Friday afternoon Kathryn helped me with some laundry. She's already so good with helping out around the house ;).
While E.J. was working on Saturday, I made a last minute decision to take Kathryn to the outlets on the outskirts of Houston. We had a BLAST! It was great to just get out of the house and do something different. She was so great, too. Here she is just hanging out (and modeling my sun glasses) as I tried on some jeans. (She was way more patient than I ever was waiting for my mom in the dressing room)
Sunday was fairly uneventful. After the three of us went grocery shopping and ran some errands we took it easy for the rest of the day. Some of us took it easier than others...
Wishing you a great week! More updates soon: Kathryn goes to her 4 month apppointment on Friday!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Weekend...continued.
I think Ms. Kathryn's appetite is definitely increasing as she's now drinking a full 8 oz. bottle when she's hungry. She's better a little "off" from her usual sleeping schedule and has woken up a couple of times over the past few nights, which isn't really like her. It leads me to believe that she might be ready for a little rice cereal now that's she's turned 4 months. We'll see what the doctor says at her four month appointment in about 2 weeks.
We got home late Friday night after the dinner at my graduate advisors house and she was sleeping for about an hour then woke up suddenly crying. She seemed really upset and I thought maybe she had a nightmare? (Random thought: But really, how is a mom to know if it was definitely a nightmare...that happens to be a pet peeve of mine when a mom will say, 'she was definitely having a nightmare last night'(or a tummy ache etc.). How the heck do you know for sure? Babies can't talk!But it was nothing a bottle and some cuddles couldn't fix (Disclaimer: Excuse the dark circles under-the-eye look. It was 11:30 on a Friday night and I had washed my face and had the after affects of lingering mascera)
Saturday we did some tummy time. Look at that strong neck!
Is it Friday yet? :)