dan's baby clothes

dan's aunt carol saved a bag of dan's baby clothes and gave them back to us! she used them for her boys (dan's three cousins), then gave them to one son when he had a baby. they took such great care of them that they are in perfect condition. dan just put jack in a pair of osh gosh b'gosh engineer striped overalls!!! it is too precious for words. i was very sad when i had to put away all my baby clothes because jack was a boy and couldn't wear them. it is just lovely that jack can wear his dad's baby clothes.

big bad seventh grader

andy is entering seventh grade this fall. we, amazingly, have not waited until the last moment to buy his school supplies and clothes. as it stands, he already has two pairs of tennis shoes and we are supposed to buy him another pair because he doesn't have "gym shoes". the little swindler! he sure knows how to work it. "it" meaning he knows how to work his father and dan's mother, his grandmother. if i would have gotten my gram to buy me shoes, then went and spent a large amount on shoes, and then had the audacity to ask for gym shoes you know what my father would have said? he would have said something like this, "you need a pair of "___"like i need another"...

of course, andy has exquisite taste in shoes. boys skate shoes are so graphically arty these days. i remember that vans were cool... but they were pretty plain. not "audios". they have loverly graffiti. although i do think they look a bit clunky on the foot.

i actually bought a new pair of shoes for myself recently. not audios. black/white polka-dotted open-toed wedge heels with thin little ankle straps. only $5.74 at target. they make me feel glamorous.:) like a movie star. they are terribly impractical. i'll probably twist an ankle and kill myself. but, gee whiz, i'll look smashing.

dear little jack...

i was feeding jack yesterday morning. i was wearing my turquoise robe. i raised jack up to my shoulder to burp him. he immediately shot hot milk onto the delicate hollow of my throat.:) oh, the joys of motherhood.

the baby is calling...

jack is upstairs calling for me. i swear he says a derivation of "mama" already. anyway, i just thought of something. some of you remember lauren from pcc and might have noticed i have a link to her blog. what you might not have realized is that on her blog is a link to her "etsy shop". that is the etsy site and she sells her paintings there. yes! you could own a lauren original! i haven't bought one yet... but i regret not snapping up the koi painting or the espresso and cherries painting. SHOOT! i don't know why i didn't. anyway, don't be like me... buy lauren's stuff, turkey! she is a lovely artist and she might be ultra famous some day. wouldn't that be nice?

my old baby

while i was down here on the computer i heard jack upstairs making some "a-goos". he sounded different! his voice sounded deeper. can that be possible? i rushed upstairs to videotape it. jack is 2 months old today. he is my big boy. i dressed him like a sailor today. like a sailor from down by the docks. not a gene kelly sailor. later we are going garage saleing. no sailing. the end.

jack's first souvenir?

i forgot to mention that when we visited the gardens last saturday that my mom bought jack a tiny little curious george. it is adorable. it is jack's first souvenir.

unless you count the duluth hoodie the jansma's bought jack for a baby shower gift. i would say that the sweatshirt was a shower gift. no count-y.

money, money, money!!!

i just got paid. after maternity leave of 6 weeks unpaid, and one week waiting for the next payday... i am finally paid again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am going to buy cat food, sleepers for my baby, lettuce... you know, the luxury items.:) it is so exciting.

WOOT!

that's what nora says about passing her whatever-you-call-it test and now being a nurse. woot, indeed! way to go. just wanted to pay homage to one of my very best friends. she is an inspiration to me. she is the coolest artist/security guard/nurse/wife/mother/gardener/seamstress i know.:)