g3 and the big bear 5 months

Not the bear again!





Okay that's not so bad.

Make sure you get my good side.

how to stay in a hotel with a baby...

When staying at a hotel it is a necessity to valet and have the bellman bring up your luggage... Next at check in request a refrigerator and a crib. Make sure to bring plenty of used blankets from home to place in the crib. This will help comfort the baby. While waiting for the fridge to get cool you can fill the sink with ice and place the bottles in the sink. The sink can also be filled with hot water to warm a bottle. Use one of the beds as a changing station. You can set up your diapers, wipes, butt cream etc... If your baby requires a bath, then place a towel at the bottom of the tub. You know those tubs are dirty. I also rolled towels to place around the baby for support. The baby will think this is fun... Your back and knees will not. To block out the door slamming, phone ringing, drunk talking neighbors turn the radio on. Set it to an in between station where you get fuzz. This white noise will do the trick. If it is winter and the hotel is dry, simply turn the shower on hot. Let it run for a few hours leaving the bathroom door open. This will allow the moisture to flow into the room. After all it is about keeping the baby comfortable. A sleeping baby is a quiet baby.

Carry On!

Snow Day!

Go ahead stay in your pajamas all day! I know you want to.

Brrr!

It's cold outside!

splish splash

Untitled from stacey budke on Vimeo.

The perfect pout

I like big butts

G3 has gone up in size with diapers. He went from newborn to size one, size 2, and now he is in size 2-3.

Let the good times roll

So I finally found the car seat. I spent over an hour placing the baby from seat to seat to make sure he fit. I took the seat out to the car to make sure it fit.

Now I just

have to wait until the fireman can install it.

I think G3 is ready to go!

I like to move it

G3 loves his jumper!

G3 hanging out

Hey! What you doing?

What's for dinner

MMMM! Cereal

Shots

Dear G3


I am so sorry you had to get shots today. I tried to brave for you and not cry. You calmed down when I turned the sink on. You love the sound of water. You got two looney tunes band aids that I put in your baby book. Your weight today was 17.8lbs and your height is 25 and 1/4 inches. You are in the 90% for weight and 60% for height.

Love

Momma

car seat stalker

So G3 is getting too big for his infant car seat. He is not quite big enough for the next size. I need to find a safe and affordable convertible car seat. You think this would be no big deal. I have been to multiple stores and websites. This is like buying a house. They even have new car seat that a race car driver designed for $450. It is suppose to be the deluxe version and the safest. That would be grand if I were driving on a race track. I have found myself stopping complete strangers in stores and restaurants to ask about car seats. I follow them in the store and wait for the right moment to approach. This is getting out of hand. I need to just pick one. I have even gone so far to call the car manufacturer to ask about the rear airbag. Have they tested it with infants? Is it safe? Can I turn it off?

The baby in the picture is sleeping and looks like she loves the car seat.

G3 and the big bear 4months

So long to the breast pump.....

So long and good riddens to the Medela Breast Pump. I am so thankful to not have to hear the in and out suction noise of the machine which resembles the sound of a milker at a farm. Medela, you have oh so cleverly hidden the pump in a briefcase looking bag with your brown and blue color scheme. This color does not work with anything. I will not miss dragging that bag everywhere and I mean everywhere. I have pumped at work, in the bathroom at a truck stop, in a McDonald's bathroom, at my mother-in-laws retirement home,in the back of a church, in a car, at the salon, and in a friends bathroom. I have pumped in 4 different states. I will not pump here or there. I Will not pump anywhere. I will not miss turning up the television to hear over the pump. I will no longer feel like a pervert sitting at my desk at work with my top up and pumping while people walk around. I will no longer miss the extra cord in my car. It is hard enough to manage a cell phone cord and a radar detector cord. Pumping in the car while driving was not fun and sometimes not so discrete. I am sure I almost crashed a line of semi truck drivers. I will not miss the night shift of pumping in the dark...trying to be discrete as to not wake the whole house.

It is with great pleasure and joy that I bid you fair well.


Sincerely

Hell on Heels

Dear Husband

My dearest husband

It is not considered babysitting when it is your own son!


Thank you

Management

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