Happy Half Birthday!

Forgive the "happy face", he had dropped his spoon on the floor and clearly was not happy. But we celebrated anyways. 



I can't believe my baby is six months old. I really am not sure where the time has gone. I wish I could just slow it all down just so I can really relish in all of it.  Don't get me wrong, there are days when I can't WAIT for bedtime, but these days are just flying by. Birthdays in my family were never a huge over the top deal. We received a few small gifts, but the main focus was being together as a family and you always felt special. With Harvey being our 1st child, Proctor and I wanted to make each milestone special. Hence, the "happy face" picture.


Throughout these six months, I have learned a few things:

• Not all grocery store carts are created equal

• Libbie Market and Anthropology sale rooms are not stroller friendly

• My son has a thing for older women (the 75+ age range)

• My child LOVES to be naked. I mean LOVES it. I only hope I can contain this behavior to the inside of our house in the next couple of years and not have a naked child running around the neighborhood.

• Nursing tank tops are amazing!  Even though I only "nursed" / pumped for seven weeks, I still wear them.

• Some people are just not baby people, which is totally fine by me, but I really don't appreciate the ugly looks while out in public.

• Around 5 months of age the car seat becomes the devil.

• Teething is not my favorite stage. Teeth are stupid.

• Harvey's smile and laugh just melt my heart!

• Everyday is a new day, a new trick, and a new milestone.

• Fall is not my favorite season, but thanks to my post baby body, I am loving the big oversized sweaters and black leggings :)

• I really hope Harvey doesn't start talking in a New Jersey or Atlanta accent from all the Bravo shows we watched early on when he was a baby.

• As a family, we are not morning people.  Harvey included.

• Babies finger nails grow at lightening speed. One day you clip them the next there even longer.

• Being a mom of a little boy is all and so much more than its cracked up to be

• My child is addicted to bouncing. ADDICTED.

• Not sure if its a first child thing, a mother and son thing, but we have a very strong and special bond.

• Formula is way to expensive.  Thanks a lot Similac

• Learning to sit up on your own is hard work.

• There is nothing sexier than seeing your husband hold and spend time with your new baby :)

• Maternal instinct and true unconditional love is nothing to mess with

• Finding cute affordable boy clothes is impossible

• Dr. Ferber has not heard my child scream...

• My addiction to Gap Kids grows by the day

• Having a child completely changes your view on everything :)

• No errand is quick with a child in tow

• Saying "I love you" 200 times a day never gets old!

• Lastly, I need to learn not to write blogs 100% about Harvey :)

Bananaphone!

Raising a child can be bananas, especially when your in the middle of nap strike AGAIN. Thanks a lot daylight savings time!  Ok, that was cheesy, but after you listen to as many Raffi songs as I have in a day you can start to go bananas.  My new favorite Raffi song (just in case anyone wants to know and is actually reading this thing) is "Bananaphone". The words are ridiculous and I laugh every time I hear it.

I recently downloaded a boatload of baby Einstein and Raffi music to listen to while Harvey has his playtime.  So maybe he won't be scarred to badly from all the Britney Spears, Usher, and whatever else is played on Q94 (yes, I am 14 again).  But it's no surprise to me that Harvey loves music.  When I was pregnant, he would go crazy when the radio was on or music was playing.  So during our playtime, he goes crazy and knows the music is coming out of my computer and boy does he try to get to it.  We are not crawling yet, but within the last 24 hours he has gone from kinda pulling himself around to full on army crawl. HELP! And once he really starts getting mobile things around here really are going to get bananas!  So happy banana Thursday!

Blogging Face Lift

So, in attempts to give my blog a face lift and learning my way around the "blogger" world, I have been google searching the hell out of custom blogging templates.  And so far ... no luck.  I really didn't think it would be this much of a challenge, but when you are technically challenged to begin with this is bound to be expected.  I mean I just realized there was a photo button to upload photos on to your post!  Duh, that is not brain science!   But I am learning ... slowly, but surely.  And slowly but surely, I will figure this all out.

True Love

"You always went for the tall, dark, handsome types so who'd ever would have thought the love of your life would be short and bald?"  So true!  Thank you Johnson and Johnson bath time commercial.  Happy Thursday:)