2 Months!

On Sunday,  my beautiful Little Bird turned 2 months old!

She is such a smart girl! She has already learned to roll over from her belly to her back.  She loves to smile and giggle and squeal in delight! She also loves to "talk", to mom, dad, grandma, and her toys. She has even begun to use consonants, and has, on accident, said "Mama"!!!

She is working on learning to sit up on her own and we think she is even beginning to experience teething.

Of course, we had to have her monthly photo session!  I never posted her 1 month photo, so here's one and two months!

The official One Month Picture

The official Two Month Picture

Runner-Up 2 Month Picture!

 I can't believe how fast she is growing! At her two month appointment today she was

Little Bird's Birth Story

One thing I loved doing while pregnant was reading pregnancy, birth, and parenting blogs.  Some things that really intrigued me were the birth stories. I don't know why. Maybe I was looking for advise on how to do it or confidence that if these women could do it, so could I.  (Yes, I was a bit scared of giving birth, I don't know how you could not be.) I just loved hearing these women's adventures and how they resulted in the birth of a beautiful new baby!

As you can imagine, I have waited months to add my own baby's birth story to the stores of various experiences with childbirth, so without further ado: Little Bird's Birth Story. (in great detail!)

Pregnancy Pictures

One thing I meant to do (but wasn't very good at) was to take pictures each week of my pregnancy.  I did take a bunch of pictures and decided to put them all together for you to see how everything progressed!

Major Changes

It has been a LONG time since I posted on here. I know, I'm a slacker! Life got so out of hand last year with the wedding, honeymoon, moving basically three times, starting a new job, and, then in June, this:

Granola Mama

I consider myself pretty modern. I'm constantly attached to my cell phone, I rely on GPS to get me anywhere new, even my grocery list is on my phone (in a really cool app where Ryan & I can both see/edit it on our respective phones!) so what is it about motherhood that has made me revert to how our grandmothers did things?

Don't get me wrong, I'm constantly searching the internet to make sure her poop is the right color or she's sleeping the right amount, I'm not trying to shield her from modern conveniences, but in some ways, our grandmas had it right, and I'd prefer to do it their way, so call me granola.

What does that actually mean, "granola
Mom"? To me, it means parenting more naturally. I know some people have used it to mean being hippie-like, like its a bad thing. I really think using the most natural methods possible for my little girl is the best choice I can make. 

So what type of things do I do? I have created a list of the things which might label me "granola" and will be writing a dedicated post, or multiple posts, about each. So for now, here is my list:

Natural Childbirth

Breastfeeding

Co-Sleeping (really bed sharing)

Baby wearing

Cloth Diapering

Baby Led Weaning (when it gets to that time) 

Attachment Parenting

Now, don't get mad and think that I'm saying this is the only way to parent and any other way is wrong. I am very aware this is one way to parent and is definitely not easy (washing poop in the washing machine every day? Yes, there's definitely an easier way); these are just our choices as to what we believe are best.

Centerpieces, Complete!

(This post was written over a year ago and I forgot to post it! I'm sorry!)

Hello blog world!!!

I'm so sorry I've been neglecting you! I promise to do my best to be a better blogger now that I'm done with student teaching! (Yes, you read that right. I am done with everything I need to do for college!!!!!! )

So, on Sunday I took the huge mess of things that I have been accumulating over last year to make my center pieces, spread it all over Ryan's table and got to work!

Flowers :)

Ok, so I know this summer I posted about flowers and was kinda super confused about what to do for them, but I have made a final decision!!! So final, that we even bought a bouquet!!! It is at my parent's house right now and it is soooooo beautiful!!!

I didn't want to use a TON of flowers because they can get really expensive, really fast, so I also found another way to decorate the reception space that will look fabulous for pretty cheap! (but I'm getting ahead of myself...)