Archives for 2011

the week ahead on b&d

August 15, 2011

How was your weekend? Can you believe it’s already the middle of August? The summer is truly flying by!

Today I’m over at Elizabeth Anne Designs Living sharing my inspiration for Levi’s nursery. Since we’ve been changing, dressing, feeding and letting Levi sleep in a bassinet in our bedroom, we’ve hit the pause button on decorating his room. Once we get around to hanging art on the walls and tidying up the shelves, I’ll post the big reveal!

This week I’ll be sharing two fantastic guest posts, including one from Bridgett of Perideau Designs. I’ll also be posting Levi’s “official” one month portrait (we celebrated last Friday!) and photos from his first big outing to the Iowa State Fair.

Stay tuned, friends!

{photo taken August 13, 2011}

four weeks

August 9, 2011

I can’t believe that Levi was born four weeks ago and that in three days he will be one month old. While I am still adjusting to the dramatic change in our lifestyle, it’s getting harder and harder to picture our lives without him.

{my photo taken today}

this week in photos

August 5, 2011

Little Levi turned 3 weeks old this past Tuesday. An easy-going baby, I think he’s going through a growth spurt because he’s been unusually fussy these past couple of days. It also seems as though he’s starting to really look around and check out his surroundings. He’s definitely more alert than he was last week! Unfortunately, he often chooses to be alert and awake when we want him to be sleeping (nap time and night time), and when he’s overtired it’s that much harder for him to fall asleep.

It’s hard to believe that on Monday I transition from “new mom” to “working mom.” Thankfully, I get to ease back into it with two weeks of part-time employment. Since I work from home I’ll still get to be with Levi, although I hope to find a nanny who will come to the house and help out. JB and I briefly considered bringing him to nearby daycare center, but I just can’t stand the thought of being apart from him so soon. I’m addicted to that face!

When did you go back to work after having a baby?

out and about with baby

August 2, 2011

At Levi’s two week check-up last Tuesday, the pediatrician gave us the green light to begin taking him out in public. His first stop? The supermarket! (JB and I still need to eat!) Because we fed and changed him before leaving the house, Levi slept for most of our shopping trip. He was so well behaved!

This weekend Levi experienced Costco for the first time. When he got a bit fussy towards the end, we popped a pacifier in his mouth and he conked out. A trip to Target was also on the agenda that day, but first we had to bring Levi home to feed and change him. Eventually I hope to be able to tend to Levi’s needs while out and about but right now the process of feeding/changing my little man can take up to 45 minutes and typically results in breast milk dripped all over me and him. Neither of us are ready to take the boob show on the road.

How did you handle those first outings with a newborn? How old was your baby when you began running errands with him?

{my photos: top photo taken at supermarket; bottom photo taken at Costco}

levi’s newborn portraits

August 1, 2011

Two weeks ago, when Levi was just six days old, Corrie Suhr from Kameron Bayne Images came to the house for a newborn portrait session. If you remember, Corrie also shot our maternity session. The resulting photographs from that afternoon exceeded my expectations, so I was eager to see what magic she’d work on Levi.

I’m proud to say that Levi was a natural in front of the camera. I fed him right before Corrie began shooting, and he stayed sleepy and content for almost two and a half hours. He allowed the photographer to manipulate his tiny body into sweet little poses and even gave the camera a sly smile from time to time. Since he wasn’t wearing a diaper, we did have a couple “open air” incidences — he peed once on JB’s lap and once on top of a table — but Corrie warned us that that might happen, so we were prepared with burp cloths, towels and wipes. Thankfully, there was no projectile poop during the session, just a couple of giggle-inducing “sharts.”

Again, I’m so glad we chose to have Kameron Bayne Images photograph Levi as an itty-bitty newborn. Although I will be taking plenty of pictures throughout his life (I’ve already taken about 2,000 on my DSLR and almost 550 on my iPhone), I wouldn’t have been able to capture such precious images of Levi so young. Even a week after his delivery I was still tired, sore and hormonal. I was in no condition (nor do I have the skill set) to stage such an artistic session, and I know I will forever cherish the photos Corrie took of him that morning.

Click here to see additional photos from the session. Corrie will be back when Levi is six months old to take another set of portraits. By then he will be so big!

{Top image of Corrie snapping an iPhone photo of Levi taken with my iPhone.}

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