Thursday, May 6, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
What happens when Daddy feeds me...
We've introduced solid foods to Andrew and he is adjusting to it quite nicely. We, on the other hand, are having trouble getting used to the new smells in the diapers that are enough to absolutely clear a room. How can such a small little thing do so much damage to a diaper? Anyway, I digress... Jeff was feeding Andrew the other day and it was really the first time that Jeff took the entire solid-food feeding from start to finish. I knew it would be fun to watch because our kiddo likes to grab at the spoon which is often full of food and then take his baby-food ridden hands and rub them on his face or reach out to grab anything in front of him. I think the pictures actually tell a better story than I can.
Yes, that is baby food from nose to chest. I think his eyes are saying -
"Um, mom - maybe you should take over..."
The grabbing spoon issue...
All in all - it was a great success. He seems to finally like everything we are giving him. Now as we feed him, he makes this YUMMM sound for every..single...bite. It's a hoot. I'll get it on video to share.
My new favorite pictures
I love taking pictures of my fella about as much as he loves the camera. He sees the camera and immediately is attracted to it and starts smiling on command. It's extremely convenient because it takes very few efforts at getting what I consider to be a really good picture. Here are a few of the latest and I will finish it up with my absolute favorite....at least for this month.
And, my absolute favorite picture of my baby boy is one that he did not even pose for or know that it was happening. I was holding him in my lap and he fell asleep and looked so peaceful.
Buckles To Billions... Not quite.
For anyone who does not know, we've had a belt buckle website for about 2 years now (www.bucklethatbelt.com). It's constantly this "work in progress" that never actually progresses. I am like an army of ants with this project - doing so little that it barely makes a difference at all. Fast forward to April of this year and Jeff decided he needed a "part time job" that made more money so that we could survive his Nursing School venture. We started to brainstorm ideas and after multiple discussions, we decided that Jeff working a booth one weekend a month out at Canton could be a great way to make some money without interfering with his busy school schedule.
Jeff's idea was to "throw some belt buckles on a table and sell the crap out of them" - my idea was just a bit different. Maybe it's my marketing background or the small slice of "girly" that I have running around in me that refused to just throw product on a table, close my eyes and hope for the best. In my mind, it was going to be a little different. When I need creativity, I tend to always go to Jennifer. She is an extremely hard worker that has tons of ideas on how to make a bunch of crap look cute. We brainstormed one night over a bottle of wine and some roasted veggies and came up with a few extra products to buy at wholesale and scoured our homes for cute things to use as a display.
The days of Canton were long, tiring and somewhat frustrating - but I think it's something that shows some great potential. Our location was really bad - for what we were selling. Now, if we were selling plants, metal cows or rugs - we would have been in the exact location that would have been fantastic. But, selling handbags, belts and buckles, blingy flip-flops, jewelry, etc... was a bit more of a challenge.
My dad drove in for the weekend to help out and of course Jennifer was there to see us through all the product we knew absolutely nothing about. Andrew was there as well - and he did fantastic!
Here are a few pics from our weekend.
Jeff's idea was to "throw some belt buckles on a table and sell the crap out of them" - my idea was just a bit different. Maybe it's my marketing background or the small slice of "girly" that I have running around in me that refused to just throw product on a table, close my eyes and hope for the best. In my mind, it was going to be a little different. When I need creativity, I tend to always go to Jennifer. She is an extremely hard worker that has tons of ideas on how to make a bunch of crap look cute. We brainstormed one night over a bottle of wine and some roasted veggies and came up with a few extra products to buy at wholesale and scoured our homes for cute things to use as a display.
The days of Canton were long, tiring and somewhat frustrating - but I think it's something that shows some great potential. Our location was really bad - for what we were selling. Now, if we were selling plants, metal cows or rugs - we would have been in the exact location that would have been fantastic. But, selling handbags, belts and buckles, blingy flip-flops, jewelry, etc... was a bit more of a challenge.
My dad drove in for the weekend to help out and of course Jennifer was there to see us through all the product we knew absolutely nothing about. Andrew was there as well - and he did fantastic!
Here are a few pics from our weekend.
Our booth in Canton
I think we will be trying Canton again next month. It's one weekend a month and it's actually kinda fun. Getting out of the house, setting up a booth and chatting with people all day long is tiring, but energizing. It may get very, very old after 2 or 3 months but at this point it was entertaining and was a great way for all of us to spend some good time together.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Couple Cute Pics
Have tons going on and lots to blog about, but for now - I'll just post some cute pictures of our baby boy. He is going to be 5 months old in 5 days. It's crazy to me how time flies! Andrew is definitely an animated, very happy boy. He is constantly smiling or laughing and we are so lucky to be blessed with such a great kiddo.
More to come soon...
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Andrew vs. Solids
When we were at our 4 month doctor's appointment for Andrew, the doctor said it was time to start introducing solid foods. He suggested vegetables, but after some extensive reading I decided to start him on a Rice Cereal and an Oatmeal cereal before jumping in with the vegetables and fruits. We decided that today was the day we were going to do this. My mom and dad were in town and we made it quite the celebration....at least for us. All Andrew knew was that he was hungry, wearing an especially large bib and could not find a bottle anywhere.
We captured the event on both camera and video so that we could all watch as our little guy gobbled up his first attempts at solid food. Here are some pictures of the event....chronologically.
Let me just say this - he actually gagged. I did not know babies could do that - but he did. Then he spent the rest of the time spitting it out, crying with it stuck on his tongue and just completely ticked that after all of this, he still could not find a bottle. I tried maybe 4 or 5 times and then gave up. My mom jumped in at that point and put a big spoonful in his mouth, which he quickly transferred to the big bib. You would have thought we put cement in the child's mouth.
As frustrating as it was for him, we enjoyed it. And, when he is old enough, he will enjoy watching the videos of this experience. Gotta start somewhere!
We will be trying again tomorrow - fingers crossed!
We captured the event on both camera and video so that we could all watch as our little guy gobbled up his first attempts at solid food. Here are some pictures of the event....chronologically.
This is how it began...
First Bite...hands trying to grasp on to the spoon like it was a bottle.
Little does he know....
Reaction to first spoonful...I laugh every time I look at this picture.
It does not get better for him.
Eyes Red From Crying - but we are still trying.
As frustrating as it was for him, we enjoyed it. And, when he is old enough, he will enjoy watching the videos of this experience. Gotta start somewhere!
We will be trying again tomorrow - fingers crossed!
When it was all over.
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