Sleeping Baby

Have you ever just sat and watched your baby sleep?  It's such a peaceful experience. It's also an emotional experience...at least for me.

As I stared down at my baby boy I realized that there was nothing baby about him anymore.  He's already advanced at least a year physically and his growing independence is made known any chance he gets.  I began to well up, but then suddenly laughed instead at how ridiculous my so-called baby looked in his diaper lying there in his crib.  Here's a child who looks more like a 3 year old who hasn't made it through potty training yet.  His feet are dangling between the rails of the crib because he can no longer lay in any direction he wants.  My mom doesn't call him Baby Huey for nothing.

It doesn't get any sweeter than this:

 

And those first moments after waking up are just as sweet:

I am so sad to see my baby growing up.  Can I blame these emotions on my hormones?

Happy Fourth

July 4th is THE biggest weekend in Myrtle Beach. The possibility of even getting a glimpse of my husband this week was pretty much slim to none.  I also knew even getting out to pick up a few things at the store would prove to be chaotic with the millions of tourists swarming the area.  So I thought Evan and I should disappear for the weekend and spend the holiday with my family in Pinehurst.  At least I could count on having a juicy hamburger to celebrate our independence.

Evan spent the last few days demanding Papa to read him books and begging Mimi to play in the tent.  He showed off his collection of cars as if they have never seen them before and proudly recited the alphabet waiting for their approval.  As always, he was hours of entertainment for everyone - even my brother's dog, Marley. 

This week we will be preparing for Evan's 2nd birthday.  It's hard to believe so much time has already passed.  It seems like only yesterday that I wanted to commit myself due to Evan's miserable behavior.  How things have changed - and for the better.  He's nothing less than angelic now. :)

From Chevron Art to Robots

I'm one of those suckers that will read about projects that appear so easy to accomplish but find out quickly that things aren't as easy as they seem.  Which brings me to this project - DIY Chevron Art

The platform bed in our guest bedroom was screaming for a piece of horizontal art to be hung above the headboard.  I looked into various prints and paintings but just couldn't find something that I really liked and that I felt was affordable.  In my search I did come across a DIY art project on the blog Decor8 that I thought would be perfect.  All it involved was a canvas, a tube of acrylic paint and some painter's tape.  The steps were as easy as marking the chevron stencil onto the canvas, taping the points that you marked and then painting the remainder of the canvas - voila!  It's art.  Here was the final product on the blog...

Being as imperfect as I am, my pattern followed suit.  Marking the pattern and then applying the tape within the marks proved to be a difficult task for me.  After trying again and again and failing I finally decided to just free hand it and be happy with an imperfect piece - that's real art anyway, right?  So without further ado...

There she is in all her wondrous glory!  The imperfections make me smile - they really do.  But with a great sale at Michael's it cost me only $20 to make this bad girl and that is all the perfection I need.

Evan's "big boy" room is also underway.  I will post some pictures of that ongoing project as well.  The design inspiration for his room comes from the Land of Nod's Robo-Bedding.