I can tell you with all certainty that Tuesday taking naps has changed our lives! It has been going on a good month now, but I’ve been hesitant really focusing on it because it just seems to good to be true (almost a three hour nap today!). The first two weeks of long naps in the crib I did really nothing during the time because I just expected her to wake up in a few anyway. Instead what I hear now are happy squeals and lovely little baby words (ba BA bob da ahhhhhh mama, etc.). Once I realized that happy nap time was here to stay I put a few of Tuesday’s toys in the crib for some independent play time when she wakes up.
My mom made her this adorable little pillow (all from my shop’s ribbon) for Christmas. It is to bring her good sleep – it’s working (at least in the day time – ha!). Pinky likes to lounge on there. We left Pinky at my mom’s for one night and Tuesday responded by holding up the pillow like, “Where is Pinky?!?!?!”
The other adorable thing is this Christmas present from her Aunt Sciarrino. I have been wanting to get better pictures of it, but every time I think to she is sleeping and there is no way I’m taking it out of the crib now.
Bj and I love to sneak upstairs and listen to her waking up. I like to give her at least ten minutes to play, but we usually can’t wait that long because she sounds so freaking cute! She has this stacking toy totally dismantled and is usually trying to get it back on the peg. I’ve also caught her talking to her toes, tracing patterns with her finger on her quilt, and playing peek-a-boo with her self and her blankie.
Thanks for all the handmade love my friends… the hand written notes are still probably a few days off. But I’m looking for the perfect “thank you” stamp so I can build a stockpile of them for the future!
Celebrating crafts, kids and the everyday through photographs.
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I doubt you remember this way back when, but the other bedroom downstairs actually was my craft room when I first moved in. Now it is Bj's office. I painted it for him, you know right before I crammed all my stuff in there before my cabinets were put in 🙂 We finally got it all cleaned out (I may still have a few things in that closet…), paint touched up around the windows, curtains and pillows made and now:
Looking in from the door. Bj made this little reading nook for Tuesday by using my old stamp shelf.
Easy for Tutu to grab her favorite books.
She loves it. Side note: she also love this simple little notebook I made for her:
With pictures from catalogs and magazines. I cover up the words with these big stickers I got somewhere.
Opposite wall (wide angle makes it look really big). Rug is from Ikea.
Tuesday where are you going? Probably back down the hall to my craft den, she likes to go back and forth talking to us, it is so cute! I'm so glad Bj finally really has a room in the house that is his. He didn't mind the yellow paint, or all my stuff on the corkboard wall, but I think he really deserves to have this space his way. And I like it too!
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Until now I haven’t paid much attention to baby shoes. I didn’t start putting them on her until the fall when I felt like maybe her feet were cold. Besides they were so small that they always slipped off and I found them more annoying than helpful. She has recently started growing out of the smallest size. We had little silver pedipeds and some See Kai Run Smaller shoes that were so cute! I totally did not understand sizes so I just bought the smallest ones I found and figured they would fit her sometime. Well Diapers.com was having a sale so I figured I’d stock up. I got a 6-9 month size pair and then a size 3, and since I was confused I didn’t realize:
That’s basically the same size. The silver are 6-9 month and soft soled. The pink are size 3 and have harder soles (if you click on those links I think my colors are much more true than their site).
The soft soles are much easier for the new walker to get around in, but the thick soles are good for mud.
And soooo cute, if still a little big. I got both of these (and these for next winter) at Diapers.com. The site is pretty nice, you can combine coupons and get free fast shipping (I got mine the next day) on orders over $49 (automatic, no coupon). They didn’t pay me to say this or anything, but if you want you can use the code: AMBE4210 and get $10 off your first order of $49 or more and I’ll get a $5 credit – sweet (boo I guess that is just for diapers, but your first order you still get 10% off and free shipping anyway)!. I’ve just been impressed by their service, and cuteness level of their clothes. Ironically they don’t have any cloth diaper stuff! Oh and if you do want to order by the 8th you can combine one of these: TOUCHDOWN ($7 off $100 or more) or FIELDGOAL ($3 off $60 or more), my referral coupon doesn’t expire for 6 months I think. Here’s a link to the sale page, happy shopping!
P.S. Bj did go and track down the other silver shoes we have so he could get them in the next size. He found them here.
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