take the picture already!

Josie's idea of a photo shoot fail.

Ok mom, just tell me when!

Maybe try from over there... I don't like that angle.

I said on three! That was on two!!

Oh look at that double chin. One more time...

Seriously lady, what are you doing. 

Here, give me that. I'll just do it myself.

This is me. Done with you.

All is well when the pacifer joins the party.

whole lotta baby

"Why would you leave me to die like this?"

 "I'm busy now, just hanging with Dad"

 "And then we went on a walk and then I ate my lunch and then I took a nap and then..."

 "Oh hold on, this tastes good"

Heart to heart. So much to say, so little time.

"Oh, hey mom, did you need something?"

Don't those baby blues make your heart melt?

Car Seat Cover. Done.

You, sewing machine needle, almost won. But I pushed on and came out ahead in the end.

In my crazy crafty way of thinking (these days) I decided to make this myself because it looked do-able. Is it? Yes, but that doesn't mean mine turned out to be perfect. Here's the finished project after 2 or so hours of decent progress and a happy attitude and another 1 hour of pure torture and sewing machine angst. Turns out that sticky tape velcro doesn't need to be sewn on after being applied. In fact, you might just ruin your needle or in general make you never want to sew.ever.again. 

 Ta da!

Favorite part - the buttons sown on the imperfectly shaped handle thingys.

Yep! Good enough for me...good enough for now. Maybe some day I will try again and it will look like a grown up did it. :)

Sick little lady

• pink cheeks
• fussy
• slight fever
• insane amounts of fist/my hand/anything in sight in mouth
• tugging on ears. a lot.

So... could be teething or could be an ear infection. If she's disgruntled tomorrow morning then we're going in. To the doctor that is. We have an appointment next Monday, but I don't want to go through the weekend with a sick baby. If it is an ear infection it can't be that bad. She's more fussy in the evenings and generally happy and smiley in the mornings and afternoons (so Grandma has told me).

So what is not fun about all of this? Well, all of it. Especially the whole can't-console-my-baby-and-now-she's-asleep-when-she-should-be-awake thing. A full night's sleep after this weird afternoon nap would be greatly appreciated.