My Little Angel

My Crib...

Madison has, hands down, the coolest crib I have ever seen. It's quite unique in the fact that it's round. I saw it while browsing baby rooms online, and I had to have it! Grandpa Bill and Peg gave it to us as a shower present, and we've been in love with it ever since. There's only one problem.... Madison hasn't slept in it yet.

Don't get me wrong, Madison LOVES her crib! She plays in it at least twice a day, reading books, kicking the player piano, watching the fish bobble up and down.... she loves it!




So yes, Jason and I are still welcoming Madison into the 'family bed'. And yes, we still get the 'face' every single time we tell someone that Madison sleeps with us. The 'face' (as Jason calls it) is that disappointed, disapproving, 'oh my god, you do' face... the one with raised eyebrows that quickly scans the room to find others making the same face so they can share in the 'oh my god' reaction. We actually find it quite amusing at this point.

Isn't it all just a crap shoot in the end anyway? I mean really.... if there was an absolute prescribed method of parenting that created the next best thing to Jesus... wouldn't everyone be doing it? Instead, we all do what we 'think' is right and what we 'feel' will make a difference based on the books and web alerts that we are continually bombarded with as new parents... and then we brag about it in 20 years if it works... insisting that our parenting methods were superior to all others!

But in the meantime, we'll just continue with our peaceful, snuggly night, with our snugglebug right in the middle of us (the middle 4 feet to be exact)! And hopefully brag about our decision 20 years from now....

Boo!

So, what first-time mom isn't a little behind? It's amazing how many people I ran into over the holidays that just LOVED the christmas photo card I sent them. It took about 4 people before I realized that they were referring to the Halloween card that I just sent out in November. I reassured them that their Holiday cards would be arriving right on 'new-mom' time, sometime in February!

Yes, I have a little catching up to do.... I'll begin with Halloween. My little snugglebug was, by far, the cutest thing around! I couldn't decide on one perfect 'first Halloween' outfit, so I bought 6! They were a steal at Old Navy (and coming from a psycho costume sewer--- there is no way I could've made these costumes for less than I bought them for!).