Summer at last!!

I am a VPK teacher in Northwest Florida.  I had my son at the end of February and took an eight week maternity leave. When my maternity leave was over there was only six weeks of school left. Instead of putting my son in daycare for those six weeks we were blessed enough to have my mother-in-law and my mother take turns to come stay at our house to keep him. Needless to say he was spoiled rotten during those six weeks!! Now that summer has started....so has mommy boot camp!

We have had a very relaxing weekend as a family of three. For the first time ever my son slept in his room in his own crib that my husband built for him! He has slept all night for two nights in a row! (Knock on wood)

We are working on a simple bedtime routine of bath, story, feeding, and then bed. My current favorite book is I love you through and through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak.

Such a sweet Book!!


My husband and I both have such a love for reading that we hope reading to him everyday will help instill that same love of books!!

Car Contrast

Last weekend I went on a road trip from Northwest Florida to my parent's house in Central Alabama with my three month old. My husband stayed behind to work and  watch our two dogs. It was a long weekend! I left Friday afternoon and returned Monday. Nater Tater DOES NOT like his car seat. So I was a little worried how the trip was going to go, because my parent's house was not our only stop. I traveled to Auburn (War Eagle) to see three of my good friends Saturday. Then Sunday we went to Birmingham for my future sister- in -laws wedding shower.
I had been trying to think of ways to make riding in the car more enjoyable for Nater Tater. He gets really hot in his seat! I am still trying to think of solutions to this problem. (any suggestions are welcome!) So, while I was in Auburn on Saturday I went to one of my favorite stores: Hobby Lobby! I decided to make a contrast quilt to attach to the back of the seat for Nater Tater to look at. I grabbed several different black/white patterned fabric and some black minky dot fabric for the backing. One reason Hobby Lobby is a favorite store of mine: SALES! They were having a 30% off sale on fabric!



The cow pattern is my favorite :)

 

 







Since I was at my mom and dad's I had to use my mom's sewing machine! I am not used to her machine, but I made it work! I measured my seat to get a rough estimation for how big it needed to be. My seat was 14" x 16". I rough but my pieces 8"x 5". I pieced the fabric together, sewed them, added my minky backing and ribbon to tie it to the head rest. TaDa!

I love little baby feet!

Now my son has something to look at while riding in the car! So far he seems to enjoy looking at it!
Needless to say, I had one tired little boy by the time we got home Monday afternoon! And we get to make the trip again at the end of June for the wedding! :) But this time maybe we will be a little more prepared! As first time parents, we are still trying to get the hang of things! I am told it gets better! We will see! :)