Week to Remember

Every weekend, I look back and say, "what DID we do this past week?"  I did pretty well capturing events from this past week so here is a quick overview of our activities.

On Sunday, we had a tennis end of season event.  It was gorgeous outside and I decided to dress Art in shoes.

His shirt says, "Daddy's Wing Man"

He loves to kick his feet when he wears shoes.  It must be the weight of them that intrigues him.

He decided to chew on my foot and I had to get a picture.

The neighborhood where we play tennis has a baby swing.  He enjoyed the ride and we hope to get out in the spring so he can swing more.  (I really hope we can find a new home so we can attach one of these to a deck or get a playset for him!)

Daddy is making him laugh by pulling on the racket.

Getting ready for bathtime.

He has graduated from the baby tub.  I tried bathing him on my own with him sitting in the big tub, but he lunged forward and gulped some water.  It scared both of us.  We decided to get this tub and boy, is it fun! It is perfect for him so he can play with his toys.  He already likes bathtime, but it makes it more enjoyable for everyone.

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On Monday, Gigi mentioned my name and Rowan was running around the house asking for "Winnie" (it's what we told her to call me). They took a trip over to visit. 

Both babies needed to relax so Gigi is reading a naptime story.

At lunch, we let Arthur taste some clementines.  He usually doesn't like the mesh feeder, but loved the oranges.  I let Rowan feed him.  She kept trying to take it away, but started to understand that it wasn't polite. 

Once he was finished, he was a sticky mess.

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On Tuesday, we met Natalie and Cullen for a walk down at Piedmont Park.  I didn't time it too well so he got hungry halfway along the path.  By the time I fed Art, Cullen was hungry.  We called it quits and ate lunch earlier than planned. It was in the 70s that day so it was beautiful.  We sat outside for lunch!

Since I didn't feel like I got a good workout in, I was motivated to go explore another new park on Tuesday.  We ran at the East Cobb Park, but the loop was too short so we went along Roswell Rd.  There was a nice wide 5' path there.

Changes

So, you have probably seen a few changes to the blog recently. I have decided to put more effort into it and turn it into my new job. I have always been a structured person and feel like I need to have more of a creative side. This is how I am going to develop my creativity. I started editting videos and now hope to start editting photos as well.

I have been inspired recently by many people to keep up with a blog and feel like this is something I can do. I also feel like people are curious as to what a stay at home mom does. (I even wonder what I do day to day!) This will help me capture those moments with Arthur and help me remember the good times of his infancy!

Here are the changes you can expect to see:
*More blog entries each week
*More pictures showing our adventures
*More detail overall including life at home

I love glue sticks

When I sit at the computer, I sometimes put him in my lap. This is what he does while I type. you can see how we had to adjust a few things in our desk.

Amazing

Here is a video of us from last week at Nanny's house. The first part is Rowan and Art playing. The second part is Art pushing up trying to crawl.

Rowan calls Art Spike, but in the video she actually calls him Arthur. Part of the day, she walked around saying, "Art, Art, Arthur." We don't know where that came from because Gigi and Papa usually call him Spike.

Playtime

Here's a few from the past week.  He's been doing very well and sits up for quite some time on his own.  He will eventually fall over, but it is because he tries to grab something behind him.  He has been pushing up on all fours and will army crawl for one or two times before tiring.  He will be crawling soon.

We always wait for Dad to get ready.  Here he is sitting up in bed.

I keep trying to get him to play by himself so I can help him establish his independence.  He did pretty well the other day, but caught me taking a picture of him.

To Nanny's House We Go

Yesterday, Rowan, Art, my mom, and I took a trip down to Covington to visit my Nanny and Great Aunt Kathleen.  We learned how to make chicken and dumplings.  I really hope that I can re-create Nanny's masterpiece.  Dinner was SOOO good!  No other southern cooking place can compare. Just to make your mouth water, we ate squash, fried okra, black eyed peas, and the tastiest chicken and dumplings ever! Can we go again, please?

Whenever I go to the refrigerator to fill a cup with water out of the dispenser, Art turns and lunges forward.  He loves to drink water.  Here he is reaching for my glass.

He can practically hold the cup on his own and bring it to his mouth.  (My hand is underneather just in case.) 

He loves glasses and kept trying to take them off of Great Aunt Kathleen's face.  She put them on him and he didn't like it.

I had to get this picture.  Rowan put my nursing wrap on and was carrying around her baby.  Classic!

Last Saturday

Last Saturday, we went looking for houses.  On the way there, we stopped for lunch at Chick-fil-a.  Art got to hang out in the booth and eat his applesauce. He liked looking at the cars going through the drive through. 

The hook on chair by Phil and Teds is amazing (other than the straps not staying put).  We have gotten so much use out of it.  It is so easy to carry because it folds flat into a messenger bag and I know it is clean. 

His high chair puts Art right up to the table and out of the aisle.

We had some friends come over last weekend with their kids and their daughter got a chance to feed Art.  She's 10 and has never fed any babies so she was so excited.  It gave us a break, too!

Art was mesmerized with the Nintendo DS.  Here he is with Amber and Tyler.

Here's a funny story from the night.  After dinner, we went upstairs to hang out and I had to feed Art before his bedtime.  I did the usual with my wrap where Art is covered up.  Tyler, who is 7, said "what is he doing under there?" His mom, Kim, said, "Don't stare. We'll talk about it later."  Oops...I guess that will be a fun conversation the next day!