Did that picture shock you?! I'm becoming a regular Martha Stewart. I needed to rig up the diaper hamper and needed to add some handles to the diaper bag, and some holes to the hamper liner. I also turned a too short onesie into a t shirt. Anyway, The Boss was with me via video conference. Turns out my sewing puts him to sleep. And if you look closely you can see a number of heart meltings in the chunky baby legs, how he needs his blanket by his face to fall asleep, and just plain and simple cuteness! I've lost count of all the heart meltings and we were only half way through the day at this point! And keep in mind that he is not his usual super happy self the past few days as we're coming into a wonder week/big developmental growth, so imagine how many heart meltings I have when he's normal happy chill Carter.
I just remembered at my postpartum check up they had me fill out a PPD (postpartum depression) survey. The dr came back in and said, so doesn't look like you have PPD. To which I said "yeah I think I have the opposite. PPEH - postpartum extreme happiness" Previewing my post above - apparently that feeling hasn't stopped. Either pregnancy screws with your hormones and they don't go back to normal or having a baby changes you like no one can prepare you for. I kinda think it is the latter.
I remember how mad I would get at Joe's socks on the floor, couch, paper shredder. Yes, these things still annoy me, but I don't get mad about them like I did before. Who cares about socks on the paper shredder when you could have a daddy and son snuggling on the couch watching golf. Or going to the park to swing... any excuse to post this picture again!
And who cares if you no longer have any sheets on your bed because one girl dog pushed them all on the floor in the quest to find the perfect place to nap and then got distracted by freshly vacuumed carpet to roll on.
Life is about what you make it. So make it a good one.
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Now for the updates
I still haven't taken Carter's 5 month pictures... I needed new batteries for the crazy flash so maybe tomorrow. Stay tuned for baby butt's pictures... and maybe an actual baby butt :)
Speaking of baby butts, the adventures in cloth diapering continues..... turns out little dude has sensitive skin like his mama. He can't wear fleece or synthetic fabric diapers. This means that our stuffed drawer full of Fuzzi Bunz diapers won't work for Bug. The fleece insides give him a rash from hip to hip. So we've sold all the fuzzi bunz and now we're trying out some new organic diapers. We've found two great day time options but nothing for nights yet. So we're on another quest to find something that works for nights. Luckily I have found the most helpful cloth diaper store owner ever. She has helped me so much and has probably staved me a lot of money trying things that wouldn't work or fit right on Carter.
We went over to a friends house for dinner the other night and I decided that it is time for me to learn to cook. I have the time to cook... it's now or never. So this weekend I made beef and black been taquitos, guacamole....... OMG the
guacamole was so awesome. Even Joe ate it! Then I made marinara sauce. Let me tell you something about making your own made-from-scratch marinara sauce - NOT WORTH IT! 12 tomatoes, whole head of garlic, 1 onion, spices, bake, peel warm garlic, puree, simmer, etc. And it was yucky. Way too time consuming and not cost effective at all. It would be one thing if it was this to die for sauce, but it was far from it. I did make some pretty awesome
meatballs.
The blog that the meatball and guac links take you to is pretty good. 3 of the 4 things I made were really tasty. I meant to take some pictures to prove I was cooking, but never did.
We dog sat for 2 dogs this weekend. They were great dogs but 4 dogs is too many! However Carter really liked Loki - the HUGE bernese mountain dog. We were sitting outside and Carter was on Joe's lap and Loki went over to them and Carter was giggling like a little school girl! Everytime Loki would look at Carter, Carter would crack up with the cutest giggles I've ever heard! I wish we had the video camera. Joe and I were puddles on the floor. Talk about heart melting!
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See the picture above? See what city is in the background? See the two people in the picture? Those two people (+1) might be back in that city soon! Yep, you read that correctly. There is a *possibility* (meaning it could or could not work out) that we could move back to Minneapolis soon. One day Joe and I were emailing and he says "Part of me really wants to share something with you but I'm not sure if I should" I respond "All of you wants me to beg you to tell me. And now you have to" Then he forwards me an email that basically says there might be opportunities for Joe in the Mortenson Minneapolis office. I responded "I am seriously sitting here with tears in my eyes" Even though nothing is for certain just having the possibility out there makes me so happy... I can't even describe what kind of happy it makes me.
Joe still needs to talk to his boss (not Carter :) ) about all of this. But Joe being Joe guess what he has started doing? House hunting. Joe doesn't smoke or do drugs - his addiction is house hunting. As of a few hours ago he decided Woodbury was a good option. I'm sure he'll change his mind a few more times tonight :)
With that I am going to go snuggle up on the couch with my birthday girl (Kody turned 3 and yes I made her a cake) and tell her that maybe she can convince her Nana and Papa to let her swim in their pool when we move back to MN.
