Mr. Harrison 18 months

My BFF Mr. Harrison hasn't made an appearance in quite a while so it's time for an update:

Shirt: Children's Place Skinny Jeans: Old Navy Tie: Homemade

He has gotten so big. And he still loves posing for the camera all the time. One time I brought it out when he was having a temper tantrum and he immediately stopped crying and started smiling and posing. Seriously? Seriously. He is adorbs.

I have been missing him now that I am back at work. How do any of you working mamas do it? Any tips on coping with missing your babies?

Shhhh!

My dog is an awesome dog. She can be very cuddly, doesn't jump up or bark hardly at all and is the sweetest thing ever. Except... for when someone comes to the door. She goes crazy and growls and barks. Which is actually kind-of nice for when unwanted robbers may come lurking. But not so great when the baby is asleep.

With Harrison finally starting to nap more regularly {kinda}, my door has been frequently knocked upon and my doorbell rung (and I usually never had anyone come to the door prior to baby). Luckily, it has yet to have woken the sleeping baby {NEVER NEVER EVER WAKE THE SLEEPING BABY!} But, I knew it would inevitably happen.

Therefore, I decided to make a sign to put up, that way I can at least try to avoid him being woken up as much as possible.

I thought it was pretty cute and with the way my door handle hangs and the size of the sign, hanging on the doorbell is pretty much the only place to put it.

I figured that someone still has to knock. How else would I know someone was there? But, at least the doorbell wouldn't be rung.

wrong!

I guess this sign interprets to "PLEASE ring the doorbell THREE times just in case we didn't hear you the first time!!!"

I guess my sign is a little too nice. What do you think?

Biker Baby Nursery Part 1

YES!!

I have finally {finally} started working again on Harrison's room! My trip to Goodwill really got the ball rolling and with a little help from El Guapo aka the Hubbs, I was able to put up the shelves that I painted this week.

Now it all started with some brainstorming if you remember back to {this post}, where I finally came up with a theme for little H's room. After some collecting and thrifting and painting and pure inspiration (I'm really thrilled with my jacket idea), I finally pushed myself to get things

going.

So here are the shelves all finished and hung up:

I am so lucky to have such cool Grandparents. The motorcycle signs belonged to my Grandpa and I love their vintage vibe! He collected these among many other really cool things.

The motorcycles on this shelf also belonged to my grandpa.

And here is my absolute favorite part...

Check out the biker baby (okay more like toddler but whatev) jacket:

I know you probably thought that it would be this huge thing that was so hard to put together but it was literally hang the frame and then hang the jacket in the center of the frame.

I don't care, I love how it looks!

And then there's this awesome sign that my Sister-in-law Clarisa made for me. Seriously! She just came up with it after she found out that I liked the saying.

This book and motorcycle again were my Grandpa's. I'm telling you, coolest grandparents with the coolest stuff!

And as for that other basket? It found its way over here to hold some extra blankets, books and snuggly animals:

Now I put this post down as part one because while I may have made some progress there are still things to consider.

Such as this big empty wall that is in need of some letters {courtesy of my other Sister in Law Camille once I get a hold of her):

I also need to find or make some curtains for the window and I really need to work on a bed set or something.

Anyways, I think I'm pretty happy with how the room has turned out so far. What do you think?

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Goodwill

I was able to go thrifting at Goodwill this past week to see if I could find some shelves for Harrison's room. I seriously scored with some awesome shelves PLUS some extra things that I hadn't expected to find.

I found two of these great baskets that are really BIG and only cost me $4 each!

I also found this frame which is perfect for my jacket project for Harrison's room as well! Plus the shelves of course.

See those toys hanging over there? That's why these baskets are awesome! You'll see.

I painted the shelves white but they looked pretty boring.

So I sanded the edges. Much better!

As for the baskets, they got a fresh coat of spray paint and one is now in this little corner!

I still need to hang the shelves and the frame as well. I'm really excited for how Harrison's room is going to look when I'm done with it. I will post more later, once I finish it up.

Anyways that's all for now.

And look at those smooshed little lips! I love it :)

Opposite Day

No. My baby has not been screaming for several hours a day for an entire week.

No. I did not cry almost every day.

No. I did not eat an entire pound of bacon by myself.

Birth un-announcements

Before Harrison was born, I made this cute Lumberjack beanie for him. I was running out of yarn and didn't have enough of one solid color to make the entire beanie so I decided to put three (or was it four?) colors together for this beanie. It was pretty simple. I just started with a regular beanie and then added the sides, ties and top little fuzzie.

So, when he was only a few weeks old I did my own little photoshoot with it and used the pictures from it to create a birth announcement...

that I never sent out...

oops.

I loveeee this picture and I'm really bummed that I never actually ordered all of the announcements and sent them out. It's been a little crazy, what with the:

-Umbilical Hernia (no big deal)

-Overactive let down (that's my deal but it makes him cry and not eat unless I lay down)

-Lactose intolerance (kind-of a big deal. I miss my cheese!)

-Eczema (sad deal- poor baby!)

-Reflux (scary deal because sometimes he sounds like he's choking a little on it)

Kind of a lot to handle on top of everything else that comes with being a mom. So here is the picture that never got sent out. Maybe I'll order it on a canvas?

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mornings

If you look around my room in the morning, you can usually spot this....

cute little baby feet taking a snooze during some tummy time.

just one of many favorite things in my day with Harrison :)

Howdy

I'm finally back into my crafting mode. I had a bunch of white onesies that were sitting in Harrison's room so I decided to bust out my sewing machine today.

Is it sad that I actually had to wipe it down because it had a layer of dust on it?

I had some cute bandanna material that has been sitting around for like 6 years {don't ask me why} and it gave me an idea:

As I was making this little onesie the phrase "There's a new Sheriff in town" kept running through my head. I'm a nerd.

Other cute ones:

And my new obsession, {SOCKS}:

Seriously, the socks make the outfit. Hands down.

This little chunk is getting cuter each day. Who would think that such a cutie could scream your ears off for half of the night?

who me?

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