Caterpillar Killer

Rock-a-bye Baby!

You parents out there who are ready to pull your hair out listening to Baby Einstein nursery rhymes and lullabies, I may have the prescription to restore your sanity. Is there really a way for you to listen to lullabies along with your child and have both of you in melodic bliss? Yesterday, I would have told you "No." But today I can enthusiastically answer "Yes!"

Emily, Rex, and I were at USA Baby looking at strollers and on our way out I noticed a conspicuous CD display. I walked by and did a double take. "Did that really just say what I thought it said?" After a second look I realized I'd read it right "Rockabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Metallica" I began scouring the offerings and found lullaby renditions of Queen, Nirvana, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, and even Led Zeppelin. I was sold. We walked out with the Queen CD.

Still a bit skeptical, I plugged it into the CD player and was instantly gratified at my purchase as I watched Rex drift into Bohemian Bliss and found myself singing along to the instrumentation. Each song is slowed down and sounds just like a typical lullaby. No lyrics, just soft, soothing instrumentals.

Check it out at www.rockabyebabymusic.com, or you can buy them at USA Baby. The website has links to the tracks so you can preview the music. You won't be disappointed.

Bruises, Bumps and Scrapes

Until this last weekend, Rex was only crawling tummy style. He would scoot forward on hands and knees and then pull his tummy across the floor. It usually took him a little while to get places and it was rare for him to do anything that would hurt him. Well, this has ALL changed. He has started crawling on hands and knees. The very same day, he decided he could sit up on his own (and not fall over -- well, very often).

Then I left the room for literally 2 seconds and came back to him standing up next to the couch.

Guess he's learned how to pull himself up to things. With all of this learning has come numerous owies. As evidenced in this picture (see forehead):

He uses anything and everything as a pull up bar, including me. I'm just a means to an end. I'm starting to feel like one of these:

He especially loves the door stoppers. He really feels like these were placed strategically throughout the house, purely for his enjoyment. And boy does he enjoy making some noise with these.

And, much to Mom's amazement (and dismay), he discovered the stairs!

And he can climb them! Time to get a gate.

More pictures of the owies. Also...he's getting his 3rd tooth. Not on the top like most kids, but next to his 2 bottom teeth. Strange...

Just spending some quality time with Harley.

Sew What?

I'm no seamstress, but I am trying to learn. This was my first big project. It's a 72" x 72" quilt for our living room. Like I said, I'm no expert...but I'm happy with the way it turned out.