Eating with Judah

I am not a huge fan of messy faces, but I have to admit I am biased when it comes my son.  I just think his messy face is oh so cute.  This precious picture depicts Judah eating his lunch one day while being enthralled by whatever was outside the window and not caring about anything except for his food and entertainment.

Side Note:  Seems I may not have internet access too much longer or at least very limited use, but I will do my best to continue to update everyone on my pregnancy, the new baby, and my beautiful son and wonderful husband just as very best I can.  Thanks for reading!

Judah's Favorite Blankie

Judah has become very attached to a particular blanket that I had traded for on Etsy a while back. I decided to trade for this piece because I knew it would be incredibly soft.  I had to pick the least girlish print and this is what I came up with.  Judah adores things that are snuggly soft and on this particular morning he didn't want to let go of it at all, it was so cute.  So on this day it accompanied him to breakfast.

First Belly Picture, Second Pregnancy

I finally got Timm to take a belly shot of me.  I am at 14 weeks and 4 days pregnant with baby number two.  Keep in mind we had a late dinner : )

That Funny Face

Judah has the sweetest face on Earth.  Don't you agree?

Tasting his own "homemade food" gets Judah so pumped!

Tasting real food gets him pumped too!

"I must get close to the camera!"

Mom's personal favorite: That sweet smile.

Pretty Paper Peonies

I was asked to make centerpieces for someone's bridal shower in the near future and really had no clue what to do, until I came upon a neat post on Pinterest.com, paper peony flowers.  This is not a tutorial, but if you'd like to know how I made these centerpieces you may feel free to contact me or search online.  The pictures below are not the finished products but rather the step before.  I need to purchase some vases for these floral creations and arrange them properly, then they will be finished.  But until then, I just wanted to share with you what I created and encourage you to make more things by hand. Enjoy!

These little beauties will be interspersed within the white flowers.

A close-up of one of my flowers, particularly focusing on the underneath wrapping.

Pony Boy

One of Judah's favorite songs is "Pony Boy."  It is just a quick little rhyme that you sing while you bounce your child up and down on your knees as they smile.  He or she usually gets a big rush out of the very last bounce when you say "WHOA!" and give them a little drop between your knees.  It goes like this:

"Pony boy pony boy, won't you be my pony boy    

Here we go, to and fro, riding across the plains

Giddeeyup Giddeeyup Giddeeyup, WHOA!"

Here is Daddy and Judah getting ready to sing the song.

He loves it so much!

Judah has another favorite place he likes to bounce during the song, its on our legs.  What a work out!

Often Judah will climb on our feet unexpectedly and say "Pone" and that's our signal to sing the song!

"Pound It!"

One of Judah's favorite new phrases is "pound", as in when you say "pound it" and do a little fist bump. Since he's learned this new trick (from Grandfather Freitas), there is not a day or hour that goes by without seeing Judah raise his fist in the air and hearing him say "Pound!"