2 Months.

I can't believe my baby is already 2 months old. I swear I am going to blink and he will be walking and then I will blink again and he will be graduating high school. It really is amazing how fast it all goes. I am so in love with this boy exactly as he is to the point where I have become completely obsessed with documenting every bit of it. Thank goodness I am doing project 365 because I don't want to forget a single detail from this time. I really have become a mad women, grabbing the camcorder anytime he does anything. I try and take mental pictures when there isn't a camera nearby. I just wish he could stay like this forever. We really are so very lucky to have such a happy baby and I stare at him in awe, my heart filled with love and gratitude everyday. I'm not sure what we did to be so lucky.

This past month he has really started to get a little personality. He loves sitting and making faces with me and has begun to try and mimic my faces, which is so adorable. He also has started having little baby giggles and coo's frequently. He spent like 20 minutes the other night just laughing at the ceiling while I was reading him a story. It was so cute. For some reason the kid loves the ceiling in my studio. It's a good thing it will be his nursery in the coming weeks.

As you can see he is also getting so big. We obviously keep him well fed =). He's up to 12lbs now. I've been taking a picture of him in the crates every month to show how he grows in relation to them. The image on the left was taken when we was 8 days old and the one of the right he was one month:

He's wearing the same onesie in the 2 month picture as in the one when he is 8 days old.

Things are really starting to look up for us. We have been getting more sleep which is wonderful and I finally got a diagnosis on a bad health situation I was going through and am starting to heal. Hooray!

Week 8

My baby boy turned 2 months today and I'm in shock. Here's a peek into his 8th week:

JULY 22- Morning bottle

JULY 24- Playtime with Mama (please excuse my pajamas and morning hair. Having a new baby means never looking presentable.)

JULY 25- Saying goodbye to Drunkle Jeoffrey. I cry every time.

JULY 26- On his new blanket Mama had made for him by Bittybug Boutique.

JULY 27- He wanted to show his Pop-pop how good he looks in pinstripes! My Dad's a big Yankees fan. His Dad is not, Sorry honey!

JULY 28- The changing pad. His favorite place ever. Seriously.

Week 6 (Project 365)

JULY 8: Hanging out on the bed 

JULY 9: Auntie Kristin's Surprise Birthday Party

JULY 11: Looking out the window

JULY 12: Tummy Time

JULY 14: Playing with ribbons (these pictures make my heart SO happy)

Weeks 1-4

I want to catch up on some of the images of Zachary that I haven't yet shared here. That way I can go down to one weekly post that shares all 7 of his 365 images from each week and I can get back to some of my regular posts and even add some new ones that I'm excited to start!

So without further ado here are some of the stragglers from his first 4 weeks of life:

June 13 (his feet are on a beautiful afghan that was made for Zack- so beautiful!)

June 17 (the day our poor little guy got sick and we went to the ER)

June 20

June 21 (with his friend Filbert)

June 23 (his first time in his swing)

June 25 (tummy time!)

June 26

June 30

Tomorrow I will be sharing his images from week 5 and then Friday week 6. Hope your Wednesday is going fabulously!

Sail Away.

This picture was taken when Zack was just 11 days old but I haven't had the time to do these little doodles until now. It's amazing how big he is getting so quickly. With how much he eats though I'm not surprised. My sweet little chubby boy =)

Though I am sad that he is getting older each day I am enjoying that with each day he interacts a little more. We can now play and he will smile and coo and kick his little legs with excitement. His favorite toy is a wooden spoon that I tied ribbons from, a game I found from a Gymboree book. We do a lot of the same things everyday around the same time. We swing on the porch swing, go on walks, take a bath, play with toys, and then at the end of the night I sing to him while we slow dance for a good 30 minutes as he dozes off. It's pretty sweet. 

I try to sing to him a lot as I did when he was in the womb. It seems to calm him and make him happy. What I didn't realize until the other day is that I am now starting to sing everything instead of saying it. Little bit embarrassing but also a fulfillment of one of my greatest wishes: to live in a musical. I'm just glad no one is around to witness it and thankful he is unable to tell. 

My brother is here for the next week and I couldn't be happier. Zachary and I are really enjoying the time with his Drunkle!

My Dream Come True.

Posting here has become a lot harder than I thought it would be. Eating and other mundane tasks have become a lot harder than I thought they'd be too. I suddenly have to wait for a single short-lived quiet moment just to be able to go to the bathroom. These are my small victories every day now. And the days I get the dishes done? Forget about it. I'm running around the house doing my best Rocky impression looking around for my well deserved cookies and medals because that my friends is a big deal. Ah, my new incredibly beautiful life! And it truly is.

I have been dealing with a lot of health issues and problems in these last 5 weeks postpartum. The most recent being that I came down with mastitis and spent Monday with a fever of 102.7. There is a lot of other stuff too that I'm not sure I want to speak about. It has been a tough time to be honest, but I still can't help but sit there on my porch swing everyday in awe of how incredibly blessed I am. I look at this beautiful baby boy in my arms and nothing else matters. He is quite literally my biggest dream come true. The one thing I always knew I wanted was to be a mom and here I am. Living my dream. Having Zachary makes everything in life more than worth it.

So, every time I start to get a little "why me" with all the things that keep piling up in these last weeks I just look down and there are a pair of the most gorgeous almond-shaped blue eyes staring back at me and poof it's all gone.

PS. Aren't these crates amazing? Our roommate finds the coolest stuff sometimes. He found these on a curb during Spring Cleaning.

The Ladies Love A Man With A Guitar.

Since his Daddy is a musician and plays a guitar I thought it would be cute to do a couple of pictures with a guitar for him.

Things are starting to get into a routine here and getting easier. Our little hungry, hungry hippo is now going 3 hours between feedings which has been amazing. I love my little chubby bunny!

I would write more but I've got a little fussy baby being a squirmy wormy in my arms and typing one-handed is one of the harder things I have learned to do with one hand.

Hat from Bittybug Boutique.  

The Smell of Pine Tar and Maple Syrup in the Morning.

What's that you say? That's a strange blog title? Yes, well that is what I smell like ladies and gentleman. That's right. Pine tar and maple syrup. Ah, the lovely scents of postpartum. When I just smelled like maple syrup it wasn't so bad. Just made me want pancakes. Now, though it's a whole new disgusting menagerie of fragrances. Why do I smell like that you ask? Well, the maple syrup is from taking Fenugreek. The pine tar is from Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap which I have been using for an awful rash I have had since I gave birth. It's called PUPPP (warning: don't google it) and is common in pregnant women but not common postpartum. It now spans my entire body and is making me pretty miserable. I have tried everything and I'm still itching like a dog with fleas. Yes, I just compared myself to a dog. Hello Mommyland, goodbye shame. 

I'm sorry for the lack of posting lately. Life with a newborn is a 24/7 job. It's a miracle if I get time to pop a Lean Cuisine in the microwave for dinner. And sleep? That hasn't happened since a couple of days before I gave birth. It's amazing how you can function off of 2 hours of combined sleep a day. Well just look at this face and you'll see why. No matter how sleep-deprived, itchy, frustrated, or in pain I am I just look at that little face and all is beautiful. 

I have been taking a picture everyday so I will have to share more on here. I promise to leave out the lovely details next time though =). 

My Little Baby Bear

Since his nickname is Baby Bear I thought it would be only fitting for him to play the part. =)

Now only if he could hibernate like this at night...

Bear Hat: Pine Meadow Crafts

Who does he look like?

The nine months you are pregnant are spent trying to guess what your baby will look like. What characteristics they will draw from each parent. Then, the moment that little love of your life finally arrives every little detail is inspected to see who's nose, eyes, lips he got. When I first saw him I thought that he looked like Daddy, until I remembered the newborn photos of me I had found a few weeks before. Luckily, I had them with me in the hospital so we could look at them. Sure enough I made a little mini-me. Well, a little me with Daddy's feet.

Witness Exhibit A:

Hope your Monday is absolutely wonderful! Mine couldn't be better with this sweet boy by my side =)

Scrabble Sundays: Zachary James

I want to start off by saying a huge THANK YOU for all of the sweet SWEET comments on my last post! Thank you for all of the congratulations and sharing in our joy! I read every comment and they really warmed my heart. <3

Zachary is ten days old today and getting bigger every minute. He is the sweetest, happiest baby. He spent most of yesterday asleep with a big smile on his face. Too cute for words! We are just spending these moments soaking in every bit of our first days with our baby boy. It already feels like it's going so fast. I want to make sure to take it all in so I never forget how beautiful this time is.

The blanket in these photos was hand crocheted by our friend Holly for Zack. We absolutely love it! It's so incredibly soft and is big enough that we kidnap it for ourselves. She made the most beautiful gifts for our boy. I will have to share the rest later. Oh, and she is expecting her own little one. Congratulations Holly!!

Zachary James

As some of you might have guessed by my absence, we had our baby!! On June 3rd at 9:49am we welcomed our beautiful baby boy Zachary James into this world. There are no words to describe the love that I felt in my heart the instant I saw this little man. My heart is filled to the brim with love. I have spent the last few days just starting at him, so incredibly in love. He is covered with kisses all day long. Every little face he makes melts my heart, and he has so many of them. His smile is the highlight of my days (he's a big smiler).

These are just a few pictures that I managed to take amongst the recovery. There will be plenty more little newborn photos on there way. I am hoping to do a 365, a picture for every day of his first year. I don't want to forget a single moment of it.

I will be sharing a little bit about our birth experience soon. I promise nothing gory. We had him naturally. Yes, all 8lbs 10oz of him. It was the most painful, beautiful and rewarding thing I have ever done. He is my biggest and best accomplishment in life.