Crafts!!

Learn how to make a "lil turkey" outfit for your baby by applique!!

DIY-Applique baby clothes

Thanksgiving baby

Check out what I created for baby's first thanksgiving outfit... so much to be thankful for this thanksgiving <3

lil turkey outfit

GeTtIn CrAfTy

Today I accomplished multiple crafts- check out my craft page.

DIY- Changing Pad
DIY- Baby Rice Bag

bassinet vs crib

For the last few days I've been debating putting up the crib or keeping Lincoln in his bassinet, I read quite a bit online about it being based on babies preferences, but that you can keep them in it usually for about three months or until they've outgrown it but with as expensive as cribs are I wanted to get the most use out of it as we could so the debate began to put it up or not... Then the last few nights baby decided not to sleep very well so that was that I was going to put it together and give it a try. Last night was baby boys first night sleeping in his crib and he looked tiny in it but he did Great! I laid him down in it at about 8 pm and he slept until 3 am woke up to eat and went back to sleep until 7 am. I really did get blessed with a good sleeper and such a good baby. I put his bumper on its a breathable mesh bumper and I love it, it looks great with his crib and his grey elephant sheets, all I need now is a crib skirt which I think I might attempt to make tomorrow i'll make a post with what I come up with.

Whats in my Bag (Newborn Edition)

So since the last few weeks of my pregnancy I have had an obsession on what to put in my diaper bag and I don't mean a mild obsession I mean an OBSESSION!! I have read so many blogs on it and pinned so many pins on pinterest and with my baby almost 7 weeks old.. yes it has been 7 weeks already I can hardly believe it this is what i've been carrying in my bag.

 First off here's my bag that I absolutely LOVE, I made it a few weeks ago from a pin I found on pinterest. This Bag is the perfect bag because it is Huge and has a million pockets perfect for organizing all of my mommy things and all of my baby things, okay maybe its not a million pockets but lets be realistic it has 7 on the inside and 7 on the outside so its almost like a million!!

Here is all of the stuff that I pulled out of my bag today.

 

From Left to Right I have some paci wipes which I have found I haven't really had to use very often so far (knock on wood), my baby gas drops so that baby doesn't get fussy and this is the second bottle I have, I keep one at home also so that I don't have to keep putting it in my bag. The little pink egg looking thing is lotion I love this container for lotion because its almost completely flat but holds quite a bit of lotion, chap stick, mascara, eye liner, and pens, mam pacis the only ones baby will take, and a paci leash which might be a reason that I haven't really used many of the paci wipes, this holds tight on his paci and keeps it close!

This is mostly my stuff, from Left to Right again my wallet, then I have a zipper pouch that I keep all kinds of coupons in for formula (which ironically I don't even use), Jo Ann's for all my crafty needs, and  babies R us my favorite baby store with some of the best coupons out there!! Then I have a bigger pouch with my bills, important papers and my address book, I really probably don't need all of this with me all the time but for some reason I can't seem to take it out of my bag?

This is probably some of my most important and most used stuff, from Left to Right, I currently have 3 burp rags some times more sometimes less just depends on how many I refill at a given time, then I have an extra outfit including socks because the first few weeks my baby was extremly good at peeing on his outfits recently however either i've gotten faster at diaper changes or he's held it in better. The striped thing is my Infinity Scarf nursing cover (I made this also) which I'm still figuring out how to use but were getting the hang of it, and my Changing Pad (made this) which matches my bag!    

This stuff is important also Left to Right, wipes, I usually carry between 4-6 diapers in my bag, in the small print bag I have oil absorbing wipes, dirty diaper bags for either dirty diapers or dirty clothes, Tylenol because daddy gets headaches a lot, more chap stick for some reason I have 2 and in two different spots? who knows, deodorant because I get self conscience that mines not working from time to time, a perfume/lip gloss pen duo, and an extra set of nursing pads because I feel like I seem to leak a lot, in the small red pouch I have a carrying case for my nursing shields because my sweet adorable stubborn baby will only nurse using a shield :/, I have one gel soothe, and then a small tube of lanolin, then last is my picture album that I have some of the most recent pictures of my little Lincoln man. 

This is the bag I carry when i'm with my little man but I also have been carrying it as my purse, I have another bag packed with just his important stuff like diapers, wipes, extra clothes, and a bottle for if someone's watching him for me but I feel like there might be a better solution to this delema as well, any ideas on this are welcome. So that's what i'm currently carrying in my bag I feel like I have way to much in here but I don't really know what I would be comfortable taking out, if anyone has any ideas or has a post about whats in their bags leave it in the comments I love reading about that stuff. Oh

Playing dress up

Today mommy made Lincoln try on all kinds of his clothes to see if we could switch out some of his newborn clothes for some of his bigger ones. This brings up an issue regarding babies that I do not understand at all. Baby clothes sizes are one of the most confusing things ever, Lincoln has newborn clothes that at 7 weeks old still fit and then there's 0-3 month clothes some of which fix and some are to big. The 3 month clothes are the same way some fit and some are to big still and some of the 0-3's that fit in one brand there's 0-3's of the same brand that are to big. In order to try to figure out which ones fit right now and which ones don't we decided to have somewhat of a fashion show and Lincoln got bored I guess and fell asleep. Sites like this Baby Sizes don't even help I don't think, if you have other ways to help figure out babies size let me now.

Medical School Update

I figured that I would give an update on our medical school situation at this point and Josh's school in general. At this point Josh is on track to graduate in December from The University of Toledo with a double major in Psychology and Chemistry. He has currently been accepted to the following med schools; The University of Michigan, Ohio State, The University of Toledo, Cincinnati, and Loyola (Chicago). Just recently he was invited to interview at Northwestern (Chicago) and that interview will take place in January. We are waiting to hear from Harvard, Vanderbilt, Pittsburgh and Learner (Cleveland). Josh says he should hear from Vanderbilt in the next few weeks, Learner he should hear from in December, and Harvard he won't hear from until March. As of right now our top choice is The University of Michigan, however a lot could change depending on the other schools were waiting on. This is such a big exciting time in our lives and we can't wait to find out where we finally end up. Once we decide where were going to be moving to we will probably be moving there in the spring and Lincoln will be about 6 months or so and were so excited that we are able to be so close to our families during the first part of his life.

get a glimpse of what Josh has been getting when he gets accepted to a med school! - Josh Michigan Video