Sunbathing

We've just been soaking up the sun lately. Enjoying it while it's here. Tony's already brown. I'm as white as ever. Ashlynn's still as cute as a bare naked button. :)

Mohawk

Oh yeah, she owns it. Hehehe.

Beginning of the Bumps

So.... nothing could really prepare me for how sad and guilty I feel about my baby getting hurt, for the first time, due to my negligence. I like to sit her on my bed to practice sitting up because when she falls over, it's a soft landing. Well, today I placed her too close to the solid wood bed frame at the foot of my bed. I looked away for two seconds and heard the sickening thud of her poor little face hitting that wood. She, of course, started screaming. I rushed her downstairs to grab some baby tylenol and a frozen go-gurt. She stopped crying to watch my face, which was very sad and crying too. I'm embarrassed to admit, but I sobbed longer than she did. Sooooo sorry Baby!!! She enjoyed her cherry flavored medicine and sucking on the cover of the frozen go-gurt (glad I bought those). She's acting totally normal now. I just hope she doesn't get too big of a fat lip since we were planning on taking some family photos tomorrow. Ack. I still feel so terrible. :(

This picture was taken 25 minutes after her first bump. Guess babies are pretty resilient, huh?

World AIDS Orphans Day

After reading this woman's blog posting today, I just have to share.

Please take time to click the link and read. :) She's got some great points.

http://fullhousehandshearts.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/05/there-areover-15million-children-orphaned-by-aids-around-the-world-equivalent-to-the-number-of-people-living-in-new-york.html

Calling ALL Mothers! Advice, PLEASE!!!!!

Well, I've heard that putting your child's carseat in the middle (away from the doors) is the safest. But, the middle seatbelt in our car doesn't hold the carseat base still very well. Should I just put Ashlynn near one of the doors, where the seatbelt holds her still? Or should I keep her in the middle and let her tip sideways?


"Mom? What's going on?"


"Did you take that turn too fast again??"

Top 7 Things NOT to Feel Guilty About...

(Hope I'm not infringing on copyright laws by putting this on here) I got this from my Feb. Parenting Magazine. It made me laugh, so I'm sharing. It used to be the top 10, but there were a few that I thought were dumb. Don't feel guilty about:

1. Having the impulse, after discovering your kid has used your $20 lipstick to draw a giant plum-colored pig on your dining room wall, to call up Brad and Angelina and ask them if they'd like to take in one more. (Nevermind that I'd never spend that much on a stupid lipstick and would definitely take a picture of the pig!)

2. Returning the fancy but useless baby gift to the department store and spending the credt on shoes for yourself. (Maybe I haven't been a mom long enough, but I think it's waaaaaaay more fun to shop for Ashlynn)

3. Introducing your sister's kid -- little miss organic-only -- to her very first Twinkie. (Hahaha! I would soooooo do that!)

4. Setting up playdates just with kids whose mothers you like. (Seems like a no-brainer to me!)

5. Calling your jiggly belly your "mummy tummy" ten years after childbirth. (Well, that is what it is. Right?)

6. Insisting on grown-up music in the car (I'm already doing this with Tony, who seems to like loud teenage-boy music...heehee)

7. Knowing, really knowing, with every fiber of your being, that your kid is the cutest on in her class picture. (Or in any other picture, for that matter!)