For little miss Getty!

There is a beautiful baby girl named Getty that my friend Stacey introduced me to. I have never met Getty in person, just through her blog, but I do know Stacey and she has put so much into helping Getty. Getty has SMA1-Spinal Muscle Atrophy and it is the #1 genetic killer of children. Well Stacey put into motion an album to benefit the Getty Owl Foundation. There is a preview of the album here and you can also use that link to purchase the album on itunes. It came out on Tuesday and last time I checked it was #7 of the top children's albums on itunes, let's make it #1!!!

Album cover:

Getty on her 1st birthday a couple of weeks ago:

(photo credit from Getty's blog)

Zelda participating in Getty's virtual 1st birthday! (Zelda partially ate the bday sign!)

Friday! Woot!

This week in baby news: I have broken down and resorted to CIO (cry it out). The most hated and controversial forms of baby torture. We are not having that bad of a go at it. The first night she woke up she cried for 40 minutes til she fell asleep then the second time she woke up only for 10 minutes the third time she woke up it was 2:30am and thought she had gone long enough without eating. Then she woke at 5am for the day. Last night the first time she woke was at 1am!!! She cried for about 15-20 minutes and went back to sleep until 3am at which point I fed her and she didn't wake up until 7am! I was prompted to try the CIO thing from a woman on my baby forums that was in a similar waking every 2 hours situation and in the middle of the night fell down the stairs and spent the night in the ER. We don't have stairs, but the point being I am too damn tired and I don't want to fall while holding the baby.

We are also having issues with Zelda eating solid foods. She almost completely refuses. She clenches her mouth shut so you can't get the spoon in. On the rare occasion you can trick her and get her to smile or willingly open her mouth. I have been on the same jar of stage 2 baby food for a couple of days. I have been supplementing with puffs and fruit in her mesh bag (which is crazy messy). She really tries to feed herself so I took some pictures yesterday of Zelda 'feeding' herself prunes and oatmeal. It is up on the back of the high chair and not shown in the picture is it all in her hair.

P.S. Tomorrow is my birthday (I'll be 29), I'm sure your gifts are still in the mail :)

Zelda Friday... on Saturday!

So I kinda forgot/ ran out of time to post yesterday. I have a big craft fair coming up in a couple of weeks and I've been making stuff any free chance I get. We didn't hit any milestones this week, but she is rolling from her stomach to her back a lot. She has rolled a couple of times from her back to her belly but her arm gets stuck under neath her and she doesn't know how to fix it. No pictures today, just a VIDEO!

New craft... thoughts?!?

I have a big craft show coming up in a couple of weeks and I've been wanting to make more than just clothing. So I pumped out about six pairs of reversible car seat belt covers. I'm thinking of pricing them at $9 a pair. Along with being reversible they have a layer of batting in between to give a little cushion. Below is one set with a picture of both sides. I would REALLY love if you could comment on them, good or bad - or if it's just not something you would buy! I am on the fence about making more and need some feedback. And I know you're wondering who that gorgeous model is - it's Zelda Simone!

It's Friday!

Last night was the most difficult night on record. Zelda was up almost every hour and from 3-4am and 5-6am she stayed awake the whole hour. The doctor says we need to let her CIO (cry it out) at night. She goes to sleep great, we put her down awake and she talks to herself her a few minutes then dozes off. It's the staying asleep part which is proving to be tricky. Tonight before we started our bedtime routine I fed her oatmeal - which she usually gets in the morning. Hopefully that really filled her up and might help her stay asleep. She is into trying to feed herself, but it's not going so well.

Oh, I forgot to mention today is Zelda's 7 month birthday! She went to the doctor on 3.10 and these are her stats:

6.5 Month Weight = 15lbs 10oz
5 Month Weight = 14lbs 4oz

6.5 Month Height = 26 3/4"
5 Month Height = 25 1/2"

6.5 Month Head Circumference = 17 1/8"
5 Month Head Circumference = 16 1/2"

My mom went home on Wednesday, but here she is with Zelda!

Amy Butler....

... has bedding?!?! OK so I don't go out that often and when I do, I am not shopping! When my mom was here we made a trip to Home Goods. I immediately fell in love with a sheet set I saw from afar. Upon closer review I was so surprised to see that they were from Amy Butler! Totally understandable that they were made by her since I love most of her fabric.

I don't want to make my bed up all nice and take a picture so I am giving you a stock photo of what the whole bedding set I got would look like (I just got the sheet set, though).

My Loot!

Yesterday my mom, Jon, Zelda and I ventured out to the antique mall. It was awesome! There wasn't any 'great' deals, but I did get a few things that I really love.

First up is my yellow pyrex bowl - $7.50

Large Owl Salt & Pepper shakers - $14

Skull & Crossbones Salt & Pepper shakers - $18

Axe & Stump Salt & Pepper shaker - $12