Fall Forecast

Old Navy has really stepped up their game lately. I am loving a lot of their fall stuff, plus the price tag is pretty nice.

The preppy and the sophisticate are my favorite of these three.

And they also have some cute baby stuff.

Michael Jackson skin

Since giving birth to be wonderful Miss A, my body has gone through some **interesting** things... and interesting is putting it lightly... 6 battles of mastitis, a blood clot in my wrist, high blood pressure/extreme swelling, torn tendon in wrist from the repetitive motion of picking her up, a pyogenic granuloma on my face that I had that lasered off and now melasma...

What is melasma? It makes your skin look like this:

Sometimes it is called pregnancy mask. Mine developed the FIRST day we were at the beach this summer. Even with 30 SPF, within 30 min I had brown spots on my forehead, cheeks and upper lip.

And the best part is that it it is impossible to cover up with makeup. I constantly look like I need to wash my face and make an appt with the waxer. Lucky me.

I saw the dermatologist this week and if I want to jump start the clearing up process I can get facial light treatments, laser resurfacing or have a chemical peel done. Yes! Sign me up! Oh wait.... those are out of the budget. Which leaves me with the most affordable option. Bleaching cream.

Yes, the cream that Michael Jackson used to transform from a black man to a white woman. One of the side effects of the cream is being able to moon walk and possibly losing your nose.

Is it in bad taste that I make a joke about a man that recently passed away? Too late.

***That picture is NOT me. No way am I going to post a close up pic of my spotted face.***

Tooth!

We have teeth! Her first tooth finally broke though on 8/31.

Since this photo was taken another one has broken through. She HATES it when we try to feel her gums and she does everything possible to push us away, so getting this picture was a major accomplishment.

In about 5 (or so) years the tooth fairy will come visit Miss A. I loved the tooth fairy growing up - he/she would always leave us crisp dollar bills that had been sprinkled with fairy dust. My brothers and I must have been extremely sound sleepers because the $1's would always be under our pillows!

She already has a couple of tooth fairy related items, one being this bear. I am not much on cheesy stuff like this, but this one is fun. My parents got it for her when she was born... I love that you leave the tooth in the pouch on the back.

(When you think about it, the entire tooth fairy process is pretty nasty....)

There are new pictures over at Baby M.

Gallery Wall

There is nothing like hosting a big party to make you get random house projects completed. Baby M's baptism luncheon/party was a couple weeks ago and it was just the motivation I needed to complete my gallery wall.

Blue Eyed Bride and Mojito Maven have shown us their gallery walls and here is mine.

Right now, it is a mix of engagement, bridal portraits, wedding pics and Baby M's newborn pictures. I plan on rotating pictures on this wall, but at the same time keeping a good mix of our life up there. All of the pictures are framed in black frames with white mats, but they do not all match.

Having a house is like one big project.... next up is refinishing our dining room table and chairs!

Baby Steals & Deals

The Preppy Baby posted this site the other day and I have become addicted to it!

Baby Earth is a great site, but what I love most is the GaGa Deal. Every hour a new item is posted and for every second the item remains unsold, the price drops. They only offer a certain number of items at this price, because at any point the product can sell out. It is exciting to see how low the prices can get.

The Maclaren Quest sale just ended and yesterday there was a Britax sale. Both items ended up selling for MUCH LESS than what we paid for them at Babies R Us.

Mad Men

Mr. and I really want to start watching Mad Men, but we have not seen the first two seasons.... We are currently tivo'ing season 3 with the hopes of watching at some point, but sitting down to catch up on seasons 1 & 2 don't seem too likely. Something about having a 6 month old cuts into tv time.

Here is my question... could we start watching with season 3 and know what is going on? I know a lot of blogland is crazy about the show, so maybe you all could give me some sites to help get caught up.

Pink, Green, Yellow and Black

This is LONG overdue, but here are pictures of Baby M's wonderful bedroom.

My Grandma and mom made all of the bedding and curtains. I have said it before and I will say it again, I am LUCKY to have access to such wonderful and talented ladies. Now if one of them would teach me how to sew...

This purse used to be my Mema's. What you can't see is Baby M's middle name - which was also my Mema's name - is hand embroidered on the purse. Baby M never got to meet her Great Mema, so I am glad we are able to have this little keepsake of hers.

Need something to put the CD player on... Maybe we will just toss the changing pad and put it on the dresser. We never change her on that thing. Maybe because it is upstairs and we are downstairs most of the time. We decided just to get a large dresser and add the changing pad to the top, versus getting an additional piece of furniture. The room is not that large, so adding a separate changing table would have been impossible. Plus, changing tables are obsolete after a little while.

The pink and green banner hanging over her crib is Baby M's first name.

The wall art is framed nursery rhymes.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the tropical monkey print we used for the curtains. Someone (me) miscalculated the amount of fabric to purchase, so I have lots and lots of this stuff left over. Not sure what we will do with it... I think it would look cute on a chair in our game room.

I originally designed the nursery to be 100% gender neutral, since we did not know if Baby M was a boy or girl. Now that we know she is a GIRL, I have been adding touches of pink to girlie it up.

Also, head over to the Baby M blog for some new pictures.

Weekend Recap

Our weekend was a flurry of family, friends, baking, cooking, cleaning, laughing, and baptising! Baby M was baptised yesterday and afterwards we had about 25 of our closest friends and family over for a little shin-dig.

In preparation for the party, I spent all week making these little cake balls. Extremely time consuming, but totally worth it.

And I got to break out some of the wedding gifts.... loving the marble and silver cheese tray. And Nambe trays.... love.

For more pictures that actually include Baby M, head over to her blog. And you can admire the BEAUTIFUL gown that my mom made.

If I "know" you want and you invite to the Baby M blog, just let me know.....