A New Kind of Busy

It's noon. This barely marks the day as half over. Bloom discovered the concept of shoveling everything into his mouth. This morning he found a piece of a carrot from last nights dinner. I used my finger to scoop it out of his mouth. I guess I lost a bead, but found it in his mouth! A piece of bark! Where did that come from? Who knows, but it ended up in Bloom's mouth. I go to the kitchen to rinse a few plates and suddenly Bloom is gone. Not to worry, I found him in the bathroom unrolling the toilet paper. I put a basket of clean laundry down and before I know it the clothes are scattered all over the living room floor. I bundle him up, put him in the car seat, and we arrive at the grocery store only to find he has peeled off his hat, shoes, & socks. I could go on, but you get the point. As exhausting as life feels at times, it is so much more amusing with Bloom around. For now, I find his "mischief" humorous and delightful.

That Kind of Father

Soon after Bloom was born, Heath and I were sitting around with our new little family, and Heath said, "I want to be the kind of father that kisses his son a lot". I think about that statement so often. It honestly makes me melt. I think it speaks so much to who Heath is. And yes, he IS that kind of father! He openly loves and kisses and adores his son. Both Bloom and I couldn't ask for more!

Month 9 in a Nutshell

I made this video for my parents so they could watch it while they are in India. I know this trip will be quite difficult for them, and I wanted them to take a little piece of home. This is a good summary of what my days now look like.

New Year, New Me

I cleaned out my closet yesterday, and here is the pile I am getting rid of! Yes, this is for real. This translated to 6 loads of laundry, 6 garbage bags of clothes, and 1 box of shoes. My closet it really bare for the first time in my life. With the new year I have 2 new rules for buying clothes:

1) Don't buy it unless you put it on and L-O-V-E it! (don't just buy something that is "ok" because it is cheap, and if you totally love it, buy it, no matter the price)

2) If you L-O-V-E it, only buy it if you can think of two things in your closet it will go with.

This is my strategy for having a kick ass closet...and this is only the beginning of the simplifying that will take place in 2011. Let go of the old! Done & Done.

No Big Deal...He's Just Crawling

Official Date: December 30th, 2010
Task: Crawling
Comment: And he looks great doing it.

Christmas in B Town

My new nephew, Amos Pax, was born on December 11th just in time for our visit. We loaded up and took Bloom on his first airplane ride to Bellingham, WA to visit his cousins for Christmas! Three kids and four adults in a tiny space was a real "adventure". Life as we know it is changing; we listened to a lot of crying babies, everywhere we went we had to take two cars, in restaurants we took up a lot of space (toddler, carseat, highchair), we watched cartoons instead of good movies, we went to take picture with the Grinch, and on and on....here come's the cheese...but my heart felt so full the entire time. I still can't get over the fact that my sister and I are MOMS (but the cool kind)! Everyday I had many moments of feeling deep gratitude for the family that I have...it made me feel heavy in a good way, just full. Here's some highlights:

The Lakehouse Adventures

It has been awhile since our last post. We spent the month of July in SD at my parent's lakehouse. Heath built an addition for some much needed added space. It ended up being a little more work and little less play than we had hoped, but it was time away none the less. Bloom grew like a weed and when we came back home 5 weeks later, it was like bringing home a completely different baby! Here are some highlights: