Learning to walk

I've been trying to catch Noah in action for awhile now and finally was able to grab the camera in time to get him learning to walk. I see visions in my near future of having to run after this little guy.

While we are in the process of purchasing a new car seat for Noah, he still loves the infant carrier we have. He thinks it's hilarious that he can crawl into it and rock it back and forth. And I, of course, like the fact that it entertains him for a good five to ten minutes.

At the Hop

Last night I helped out with our Girlfriends at the Hop event for church and my friend, Tess, came along for the poodle skirt fun! I wish I had taken my camera with me as I could have also gotten photos with Lucille Ball and the Fonz!

Noah was so funny. He kept yanking on my skirt before I left the house. And why wouldn't you wonder what this gigantic pink thing is mommy has on?

Eye Candy

Thought I'd give you some inspiration today from Amy Atlas. I absolutely love what she does with a table setting and the ideas just start pouring out of me when I look through her photos. I'm not much of a Halloween person but these photos sure make me hungry for those scary treats!


Even though this photo has zilch to do with Halloween, it was to pretty not to include.

All photos via Amy Atlas' site.

5:40 p.m.

Waiting for Daddy to come home.

With many trying to conserve their waste, I thought this handmade product, the Savvy Snack Bag, was a great idea. I cannot tell you how many plastic sandwich bags we go through a month. What a waste.

If you haven't heard of Twitter...well, it's just the latest in the blogging, let you know everything about me at any given point in the day, world.

Martha has a craft of the day. With fall coming up I thought these fall craft bag ideas would be a great start for gift giving.

Moms are geniuses. Really. And I enjoy supporting them. No matter how hard I try to keep our child's things looking nice and new, it's usually bound to be spit up on, rolled in dirt or torn apart. I love this idea of a nice way to cover your baby carrier. And oh so chic too!

Lady Pfaff meet Viking

Did I mention before how much I like Craigslist? People trying to get rid of "their" junk to be someone else's (mine) treasure. I had been searching for a serger. A nice serger for a really wonderful price. I couldn't believe it when I found one I was interested in but it was still priced for more than I was willing to pay. The lady was willing to give it to me for what I thought was next to nothing. I think I might have used the pity me card...I can't remember! She had hardly used it (looks brand new) and just wanted someone else to get the benefit of it instead of it collecting dust at her home.

Anywho, I'm now the proud owner of a Huskylock 936. I tried to read reviews on it before I purchased and it seemed to pass with flying colors. If you know otherwise, don't tell me. I've been told numerous times I need to take lessons to really learn how to use it so I guess that's my next assignment. Oh yeah, and to get really long tweezers to help with the headache of threading it.

***Oh, and an update on how Noah did in the nursery while I went to MOPS Thursday. Let's just say I made it through one out of the two hours before getting called to come get him. He did well. It was poor timing as it landed smack in the middle of his nap time. We'll keep at it though.

An update

So no new photos to put up. I'm really just too lazy to actually connect the camera to do it. It feels like I've been running around all day. At this moment, I am sitting on the couch resting while I have a happily entertained child watching Baby Einstein and chewing on the DVD package. No, he should not be doing this. Yes, I will go get it from him. And yet I argue with myself. Will it really hurt him? He is quiet right now. Then that little voice in my head comes out, a good mom would go and get it. Okay, okay. So now I'm off to go and take the package out of his little hands (and mouth).

Before I do, an update from his 9 month check up. Not sure why they put the paper on the exam table where he sits. It just gets ripped up and ends up in his mouth where I then have to wrestle with him to get it back out (all while trying to talk to the doctor as if nothing unusual is going on).

Noah is doing great! His iron test came back normal. He is 19.12 lbs and 27.5 inches long. Little baby is slowly becoming a little boy...sigh.