Cabott 5 months

My Baby Boy and Me

It's 3 a.m., they're all asleep,

and no-one's here to see.

As we rock slowly back and forth,

My baby boy and me.

His little hand is feather light

Tucked up against my chin.

I hold his tiny hand in mine,

and stroke his baby skin.

The house about us creaks and groans,

The clock hands creep around.

He snuggles closer to me still,

And makes his baby sounds.

I love these quiet hours so much,

And cherish every one.

Store memories up inside my heart

For lonely nights to come.

All too soon he'll be grown up,

His need for mama gone.

But until then I still have time

For kisses and for song.

Time for quiet hours like this

With him cuddled in my arms,

Where I wish he'd always stay

Protected, safe and warm.

And yet I know the day will come

When his tiny little hand,

will be bigger than my own.

He'll grow to be a man.

But until then he's mine to love

With no one here to see.

As we rock slowly back and forth,

My baby boy and me. 

Cell Phones for Children

A friend of a friend had this comment on there FB page: my daughters very first cell phone got stolen the first week she had it in 1st grade. she swore it was in her bag, and then we started being able to see the cell records being called. ended up being an adults number and when we started calling it they kept hanging up on us. ridiculous. we obviously had to shut it off and get a new one. :( 1st grade!!!

My only thought was "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING SENDING YOUR FIRST GRADER TO SCHOOL WITH A CELL PHONE DUMB A**?"

But that's just me. What do you think about children and cell phones? What is the right age to let them have one?

First Cereal and Veggies

I love his little face I could just eat it off!

Cereal has been a BIG hit with the little prince. He has loved it from the first little bowl of it and howled for more when we were done. He loves to try anything we are eating and reaches out for cups to try drinks too. When I started with adding veggies into the mush mix he literally tried to eat the spoon and bowl too. He manages to get it everywhere as you can see in the images. Cabott is a great eater. At his 4 month check up he weighed in at a WHOPPING 15 LBS! I am told this is normal, but after have two babies in the 5th percentile for weight and not even hitting 20lbs by 15 months, he is a BIG BOY to us :) His smile lights my days and his snuggles warm my nights.

Put a bird on it

This past weekend I was in Virginia with Cabott for my friend Emily's wedding. Cory and Winter told me over the phone that they had a surprise for me when I got home. I am a hard one to surprise. I ask questions, I figure it out, I am not always pleased with the surprise.

As soon as I walked through the door I wanted my surprise. I was excited because I had no idea what it could be and Cory's grin said it was a good one!

I opened our bedroom door to these...

 

 Cory had painted, accented, and stenciled our bedroom walls. SURPRISE!! and I love it. It is so beautiful in there now, I just want to sit in there all day. Three of the walls are painted the lighter color which matches our sheets. Then this wall is darker with the light color coming through where he stenciled. These 'windows' are horizontal across the top of the accent colored wall, above our bed. Cory created the stencil from tape and his brain. HOW DOES HE DO THAT?! He is so creative, I just love it! We don't have a head board and the bed was a mess cause I had just got back from my trip so that's why the images are only of the 'windows.' You'll just have to trust me, it's beautiful.

Judy the great

I have wonderful grandparents. This young lady is my grandma. For my kids this is Judy the Great.