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watch it wednesdays: levi scats

April 3, 2012

You’ve heard of Wordless Wednesdays? That’s when bloggers post a slew of photos without text midweek. This is Watch it Wednesdays, a (potential) new weekly series featuring short video clips of my family.

Inspired by the response of the first two videos I posted (here and here), I’ve decided to feature my mini home movies on a regular basis. These are spontaneous videos I record and edit on my iPhone that would otherwise just live in my camera roll, taking up precious memory.

If I don’t have a particularly entertaining clip to share or if I sense we’re all getting a little burnt out, I’ll skip a week. There are no hard and fast rules here! I could have waited to launch this series until I fine tuned all of the details, but, knowing me, it never would have taken off. I’m willing to go with the flow on this one. Are you?

Enjoy!

my messy eater

April 3, 2012

When we first started feeding Levi solid food, he would bat at the spoon as it came toward his mouth, resulting in baby oatmeal splattered all over his face, arms and high chair tray. Now he wildly reaches for it as I’m feeding him mushy fruits, vegetable and meat combinations, trying to stick the spoon in his mouth unassisted. Every couple of bites I let him play with it…even though that means I’m stuck cleaning up a bigger mess than if I just held the spoon the entire time.

I’m okay with wiping down him and his high chair after each meal, but what really annoys me is when his clothing gets dirty. Look at all of the food stuck to his neck! Somehow that mush migrates onto the collar of his shirts and onesies, prompting frequent post-feeding outfit changes. I thought bibs are supposed to prevent messy clothing! Or am I using the wrong type of bib?

Tell me: How messy are your little ones when they eat?

{top photo taken with my iPhone; bottom photo taken with my DSLR}

march via my iphone camera

April 2, 2012

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in the tub with levi + friday favorites

March 30, 2012

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location, location, location

March 29, 2012

Today my grandmother is moving out of the house she has lived in for 63 years. Can you believe she’s had just one home her entire adult life? When my grandma moved in at age 19, she was already a college grad and a newlywed!

In my adult post-college life, I’ve called six different apartments in three different states home. When I was 25, I even moved back in with my parents for a couple of months.

JB and I have been in our house almost three years now–the longest I’ve stayed anywhere since I was growing up. But this is not our forever home. When my husband’s military commitment is up, we both want to get out of Omaha. Nebraska’s been a nice place to live for the past five years, but the Midwest is not really us. Where we go next will depend on what career path he chooses to pursue. Unfortunately, nothing is definite right now, which is why thinking too far into the future makes me anxious. We have no idea where will be or what we will be doing. Scary stuff for anybody, but especially for new parents.

Are you where you want to be for the long term? If not, where is your dream house located?

{top image of my grandma in her living room circa 1960s; images of Brooke Shields’s living room via Architectural Digest}

video: levi and his rubber ducky

March 28, 2012

Levi was being so funny in the bath last night that I thought I’d make another short home movie to share with you. This one took significantly less time to create than my first video! But I’m still not sure if it’s better to post using Vimeo or YouTube. Seems like a lot of the “big” bloggers out there utilize Vimeo. Does anybody know why?

Mom Confession: I thought I’d be super anal about sterilizing (or at least cleaning) Levi’s bath toys on a regular basis, but I’ve been pretty lazy about it. I feel a little bit guilty about it.

{filmed 3/27/12}

mom’s gonna snap

March 26, 2012

The double entendre on this t-shirt makes me smile. Not a day has gone by since Levi was born that I haven’t taken his photo with either my DSLR or my iPhone. There’s a pretty good chance he’s the most photographed baby on the planet. I just can’t help myself; I’m afraid I’ll miss capturing an adorable/memorable/milestone moment if I put the camera down. So I’ll just have to sort through 896,493 photos from Levi’s first year in order to put together his baby album. It’ll be his college graduation gift!

Are you guilty of over-photographing your baby or do you wish you would have taken more pictures?

a lifetime mom + friday favorites

March 23, 2012

So being 32 years old doesn’t feel so different than being 31–at least, not yet! Thanks to everybody who wished me a happy birthday yesterday on the blog or sent a message on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Y’all know how to make a girl feel special!

Last night my boys took me to a new restaurant in Omaha called J. Coco for a celebratory birthday dinner. JB and I really enjoyed our meals and fancy cocktails, and Levi was surprisingly well behaved for being up a wee bit past his bedtime! The management even complimented Levi on being such a good baby, but we already knew that about him, didn’t we?

I also have some exciting news to share: I’m the newest member of the Lifetime Moms blogging community! My first post, “What NOT To Do Before Your Husband Deploys,” went live yesterday. I am so thrilled to be sharing my stories about being a new mom and a military wife with fans of Lifetime television. I hope you’ll join me over at Lifetime Moms, too!

And now, a few interesting links from around the web:

Three steps for a happier life

Valid reasons why one blogger is anti-Pinterest (I can appreciate #2)

Always wear your invisible crown

It may be time to upgrade my key chain (via Matchbox Mag)

I hope I never have any of these regrets

A funny truth about parenting

Let’s all promise we won’t start wearing ’90s jeans again!

Finally, a big thank you to Courtney for featuring me in her “Becoming Our Parents” blog series.

Have a terrific weekend, friends! What do you have planned?

levi crawls!

March 21, 2012

As promised, here’s the story behind yesterday’s video.

Saturday morning, Levi and I played in the basement while JB slept in. While the baby amused himself in his exersaucer, I began to wonder what milestones JB might miss the next time he is deployed. Will he get to see Levi crawl for the first time? What about watching the baby pull himself up or feed himself Cheerios? What if Levi actually starts to walk while his daddy is away?… READ MORE!

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