Re: Flying by yourself with a baby

A BIG

THANK YOU...

To the nice lady who held Mason on the plane so I could get his diapers/wipes out of the overhead bin...
To the young boy who offered his tray on the plane for my drink...
To the woman who helped pick up the contents of my purse when it spilled in Chicago...
To the grandma who held him so I could get dressed again after security...
To the woman who offered her husband in case I needed any assistance...
To the TSA worker who looked for his sock...
To another man who helped gather the contents of my purse at the baggage claim (note to self: need a purse that closes completely)...
To the man who carried my bag down the narrow airplane walkway so I didn't have to struggle with it...


And many others! I am grateful that people are so kind and considerate. I hope one day I can look out for the mother traveling alone and lend a helping hand!

Coming Soon: posts about the trip!

Thanks TSA

I was looking around the internet at things about traveling with a baby -- seeing as Mase and I are heading to TN tomorrow (fun!). I found this on the TSA website:

"NEVER leave babies in an infant carrier while it goes through the X-ray machine."

Boy, I am glad they let me know! That is one disaster avoided.

CEREAL!

Friday afternoon Mason was laying on his tummy and Matt issued a challenge: roll over and you can have cereal.

(his reaction to the challenge)

To our astonishment, he rolled! (this is the third time he has rolled off his stomach in a month -- since learning to roll off his back he has completely given up rolling the other direction). So, we followed through on our promise and he got his cereal! He is still learning the art of eating off a spoon, but he definitely liked it! His mouth opened like a little bird every time!

Oldie but goodie

The story: Matt had a big paper due about redesigning the palace of Versailles one semester and we went on trip to Tennessee. He ended up writing the paper on the airplane at night - really quickly and perhaps haphazardly (you know how it goes). He turned it in the next day and got it back from the professor later that week. There was only one comment on the paper ---

I hope you can read it (I had a hard time getting it to be bigger!) ...

Erotic, exotic - potato, potatoh -- what is the difference? hahahahaa

He still got a good grade.

I've got a few million laying around, why not?

We saw this in the newspaper last night --- if the auction weren't on Sunday I think I'd go bid on Picasso, Monet, Cezanne, the 19 Ct tanzanite solitaire, the 60 CT sapphire and diamond necklance, or maybe a few of the canary diamonds -- for starters. I mean, what!? We really wish it weren't on Sunday bc it would just be fun to be there! WOW!

Finally... pictures of the nursery!

First, the progression of the room.....


October 2006

December 2006

October 2007

July 2008

August 2008 (stuff everywhere)

September 2008 (getting closer)

So, I realize I should have blogged this a long time ago - actually, it is more like I should have had the room completely put together a long time ago. haha Anyway, here are pictures of Mason's room - without further adieu!


March 2009

Walking in the room...

My stripes... that ended up a little strange. I created an optical illusion! Not sure if the picture shows it well, but the stripes are blue and green -- the same green that the other three walls are... but the stripes look beige. Oh Well!

The wall words! Courtesy of Mom & her new Cricut. They were the finishing touch.

There you have it! This room was a labor of love -- it all came together thanks to MANY people! I can't even name it all but so much of the room is thanks to gifts and the craftiness of others -- my mom made the valance while she was here when Mason was born, Katie made the awesome modge podge letters (you should see an up close picture, SO cute!), the cross stitch on the wall is complements of Mom Haggard, and on and on! I love the room and enjoy spending time in it with Mason - I feel blessed to have such a great space that reminds me of so many people I love!

Balding

When I was 3 months post-partum, I figured I must have escaped it. Then it started. And still hasn't stopped! Post-partum alopecia - I am losing hair! In large quantities! I have already warned Matt repeatedly that he needs to clean out the shower drain before disaster strikes. I find it everywhere -- all over me when I wake up in the morning, on Mason, in his crib, all over the bathroom - I am now vacuuming constantly not because we have a cat, but because I am shedding! When is it going to stop??? I keep expecting to look bald one morning, but apparently my hair got pretty thick during the pregnancy. Whew!