Readers, I interrupt my normal ramblings about my son and his drool and sleep patterns to bring you a post about one of my hobbies (yes...I do have hobbies!)- music!

I play in a community group and Tuesday night we had a concert. I had a terrible day at school and the concert was late at night, on a night I am usually at home with Scott and Michael. It was rainy and foggy and I was late getting to the concert hall for warmups and I was just in a general cranky mood! It is so hard trying to get out of the house period with a baby, let alone trying to get somewhere at a certain time and actually looking presentable!

So at any rate, I was really feeling sorry for myself the whole concert. My mind wasn't where it should have been and I kept thinking how I would rather be in bed snoozing or catching up on my TV shows. I had been frustrated with my students' seemingly lack of progress in their lessons and rehearsals and I was just feeling blah.

But then during the concert (we shared it with a local high school group), I saw all these great young musicians playing (and playing well!), enjoying their instruments, making music and well...it just made me feel better.



What good is it to be able to make music if you can't have fun doing it? For a super grand finale we joined forces with the high school group (no rehearsals-training wheels off!) to perform American Salute
(click to listen to recording!) and it was pretty darn cool.

So thanks, high school students for helping me realize that sometimes all you gotta do is sit down and play!

I love my little drooly face

Seriously...this drool face is not messing around. This is serious drool!

Where does it come from? The other day I was wearing Michael in his Moby wrap and loading the dishwasher. I kept hearing little pings of liquid hitting the floor and I thought it was odd. Turns out...it is just Michael's drool dropping to the ground. Lovely. His drooling has even inspired me-sometimes I wake up at night and I am startled that my chin is also covered in slobber. Maybe it is genetic. Who knows?

We've been trying to get back into the ol' routine after being out of town for the weekend. Michael has been doing alright, but every day we are home he gets better. Sometimes he is just the happiest baby ever and sometimes he is such a cranky-pants. I think part of it is over-stimulation and tiredness...he is just getting so darn good at being aware of what is going on around him; how could that not wear him out?
Man, by the time I get this all figured out he'll be all grown up!

Weekend Recap

This past weekend we traveled out of town to celebrate three birthdays: our niece, nephew, and Scott's great grandma!

We stayed with Scott's parents...it was so nice not to be the one hosting! Lots of hands to hold Michael and someone else to direct the family traffic- it was bliss! I even took a shower and fixed my hair in the same hour.



Margie spent the morning making kolaches, a Czech pastry. She left some out on the counter for us to snitch and I had never had them straight out of the oven before. They were heavenly!

Michael had so much fun watching his cousin Ellie the whole weekend. She is a firecracker!

On Saturday morning we took a walk by the river. It was sunny and the warmest it had been in months!! It felt good to burn off some energy and get out of the house for a bit.

Michael had a great time riding along in his Moby!

Sunday morning we headed up to Scott's grandma's place to celebrate her birthday. The whole family was there! It was a bit disorganized but then again...I was just happy I was not the one in charge! Betty's retirement home is very nice-they had a nice quiet library where Michael and I could hang out and he could nurse in peace. I want a library in my house!

Everyone was taking photos. I thought it was pretty funny...I wish we would have had people get up and taken real pictures instead of people just sitting in funny chairs. (they were funny...it was like we were too close to the table. It must be an old people thing).

Michael was pooped out and snoozed all the way home!

Pillowcase Dress Giveaway

One of the saddest parts about having a little boy is that you can't dress them up in pink and bows!! :o( Well, I could...but I think I will spare Michael that psychological damage!

My friend Jessica makes the cutest little pillowcase dresses and she is giving one away free!

Head on over to Gia Rose Designs, leave a comment and hopefully she picks you! :o)



You can thank me later!

5 Months

Michael is 5 months old!



Wow...just a few more weeks until we hit the half year mark! What is up with that? I feel like it was just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital!

What can this big guy do?

• a big milestone we've recently mastered is sitting alone- he doesn't even need his hands anymore to help him sit! It is so cool, and he has lots of fun playing with his toys this way. However, we are now entering the problem of having toys all over the floor. I totally tripped going into his room when it was dark and there were toys all over the floored. Lesson learned....although I have a feeling this will be far from the last time!
  

• Michael has also gotten very good at recognizing his own name and where it is coming from. The other night I came home and he was playing on the floor. I said hi to him and he couldn't see me, but boy he was sure looking around to see where mom's voice was coming from!
  

• He is also getting better at picking up objects with his hands. We tried to see if he could pick up some tiny pieces of food off of his high chair tray, but that was not very successful! We'll keep working on that one!
  

He is growing so fast and changes so much every day. I feel like his looks are really changing too...it is so funny! This little guy never ceases to amaze me!

Adventures of Scampy

Today, Scampy gets his senior pictures taken! :o)

We're having a heat wave!

On Monday it was 35 degrees out so Michael and I went to our favorite walking spot- Jester Park!

It was such a beautiful day with the sun shining and the sky a bright blue!

Michael was all bundled up and stayed pretty warm even though we lost his little mitten at the very end of the walk! (don't worry, I tucked his little hand under his blanket and it stayed there!)

It felt so good to get outside...



...doesn't it look like Michael enjoyed it?