Transition

I am moving the baby from his bassinet in my room to his crib in his room at 4 months on Feb. 23.  Any advice?

Mom's Groups

So I have been checking out mom's groups.  It may be early since my baby can't "play" with other kids...but I am trying to lay some ground work and make friends myself so that I can find friends for him to play with when the time is right.  So basically if I hear of one I go.  So far I have 2 groups.

The first group meets every Wednesday from noon-2pm.  I love this group because it is perfect for me right now.  "Technically" it is a breastfeeding support group where we are suppose to support everyone in their breastfeeding struggles and be able to ask questions or share what has worked for us.  What really happens is that we sit in a circle, put our babies on blankets in front of us, shake rattles at them, and chat.  Perfect...just what I need.  I love it.  There is one lady in the group who I kind of 'clicked' with.

It is hard making friends as adults!

So far I have not done anything with anyone outside of the noon-2 on Wednesdays.

The second group is a little more 'fly by the seat of our pants' group.  We had a mom's only breakfast together on Saturday and basically after that...one of us it suppose to make suggestions of activities and it is more loose.  However, all their children are way older...in school already...there were 3 women who had 11 month olds...but they also had older children.  So, we will see what comes of that.

Now, I want to go back to where I said 'making friends as adults is hard'.  Why?????

3 month pics

Randoms

 

Well it's time for randoms again....I am queen of the random after all.

 

From the previous post....I have decided it is too soon for my baby to go to the "fun splash" with the other babies....the poop in the pool and then into his mouth is just too much to handle for me.  However, when my mom comes into town in Feb (24th) I may take him to the hotel pool if it is pretty empty.

 

 

I got a jogging stroller today...it is this exact one:

 

 

 

 

 

Same color and everything.  I hope it is a good one.....now we just need good weather and a baby who can easily hold his head up to use it.  Maybe 2 months or so....(weather and strong neck)  Wow...jogging strollers are heavy!  I will definitely only use it for exercising...I will use my other one for errands because it is much lighter.

Tomorrow is my mother's group...I look forward to it all week.  I am actually joining another mother's group and that first meeting is Saturday.  The first meeting is mom's only...then babies can attend all other get togethers...my dad will watch my baby because my husband will be at work.  I like to be able to talk to other moms.

I am now addicted to Downton Abbey....love it!  So interesting and fun to look at the pretty clothes....why can't I have a ladies maid who will do my hair every morning :(

I tried Chiptole for the first time today....I will be going back to that!

Playroom and Question

So we made the decision to remodel the basement into a playroom.  A basement remodel is much needed....it is really old and out dated and not touched in years.  So I have been pinning ideas like crazy.  I know he is only 3 months old, but I am planning for when he is older.  We have a pool table down there that we are debating selling.  The room will be nice, but it is hard to get rid of a pool table.  We will see. Also hauling it out will be a pain!

Now a quick question.  I have joined a mom's group every Wednesday.  Two of the moms have invited me to a "Fun Splash" baby group at local pools.  I figured my baby is too little for this.  But, one of the mom's baby is 3 weeks YOUNGER and the other mom's baby is 2 weeks older than my baby.  I called my doctor's office and they recommend waiting until he is 6 months to dip him in a pool.  They said other babies poop in the pool and they don't want that getting into his mouth.  I think 3 month's is too young.  I would consider at 4 months but I also think that is too young.  What do you think?

Random Pics Just for Fun

Beau's Baptism

 

The only time he cried all day!

 

 With his godparents...one is my brother and one is my best friend

 With his Uncle Aaron/godfather at the reception...ya' know..telling stories and lies!

 The man of the hour at his par-tay!

 Cake and presents!

 Guests

 

 

 

My baby was a rock star...he was so good all day.  The only regret I have is that I don't have one 'good' picture of him all by himself in his baptismal clothes!

 

 

 

I found this pic later on my camera.

When we were unloading at the end of the day...I opened the back hatch to my suv and his balloon floated away and got stuck in this tree :(  I was going to deflate it and put it in his scrapbook.

Random

Well, back again.

I am trying to write a blog post about my son's baptism...but I can't get pictures to upload, so I am going to wait until blogger lets me put pics up to do that.

Not much going on...my brother's girlfriend is coming over soon to watch Beau as I go to the gym.  Can't wait to get my work-out on.

Tomorrow I am going to get a massage which is a Christmas present I received.  I am a little nervous about laying on my boobs because of the milk issue.  Will this be a problem?  Will I wet the table?

Yesterday we had a little outing.  We went to the library, coffee shop (which my brother's gf works at so we visited with her...so loves Beau and will be having my niece in April), then my grandma and I went to Subway and then back to her house, and finally the grocery store.  He was a perfect angel the whole time.  If I schedule long outings, usually I have to stop at a grandma's house to get a good nursing session in in the middle of the day. 

I received this today.....

 

I ordered it about a week ago...I will try it out tomorrow so I will let you know how it goes.  I have never spent so much for eye shadow...it better be good stuff!!!!!!!!!! :)

 

 

 

We are thinking about going to a movie tonight but I don't know if I want to leave him with a sitter twice in one day (remember the gym)  so we probably won't.  I wish I could bring him to a movie with me.  So we might skip it...maybe.

 

 

Why does blogger let me post a pic from the Internet but not from my private pics so I can do the baptism post??????????????

Useful baby item that may come as a surprise to you!

You want to know which baby item I bought for fun, but turned out to be one of the most useful items I own????  This maybe a surprise.....

My moses' basket!  I use it all the time!

I brought it to Thanksgiving dinner and he peaceful napped in it while I enjoyed dinner.  I brought it to an all day Christmas party and he napped twice in it.  I brought it to Christmas eve and he napped in it.  I bring it into the kitchen and he lays in it while I bake.  I use it everyday.  We even took pics in it.  I am so happy I bought it.  Definitely worth the money.  It is so light weight that we don't mind taking it with us places.


In other news....he is going to be baptised this coming Sunday (also the baptism of our Lord...pretty cool date)  There will be about 50 family and friends there and we are having a luncheon after....I can't wait for him to be the center of attention!