H54F: Baby Edition

Hello everyone!  I know I've been a bit MIA the past week but that's because baby Jude finally decided to join us!  After a little over 13 hours of labor my little one was born May 24 at 4.26 PM.  I won't lie, most of my Five is about him.  Enjoy the cuteness!

As always I'm linking up with Lauren over at From My Grey Desk.  Join us!

1.  My dear college friend and sorority sister Ravon and her "mister," as she calls him, Ronnie went on a mini-vacation for her birthday and while there they found this adorable onesie for Jude.  How fitting is this Beatles onesie?  They brought us breakfast and presented us with this amazing find and I can't wait for Jude to be big enough to wear it.  And by can't wait for him to be big enough, I mean that I just want him to grow enough to wear it and then stop growing.  He has already grown 2 inches since birth and I just want him to be little and snuggly forever!

2.  My beautiful son, Jude Harrison, sleeping peacefully in his hooded bear blanket.  The husband found this blanket on one of our trips to Buy Buy Baby and tried to be sneaky and slip it into the basket.  He needn't have bothered trying to be sneaky because I would have snagged one myself if I'd seen it first.  I'm pretty sure that it was even on my registry.

 

 3.  The husband and I love taking naps and snuggling with our sleepy baby bear.  Sleep is still a bit elusive to us at this point so we take every chance we can get.  It's even sweeter when we can cuddle up with him while he naps too.

 4.  Completely random, but yes, this is a picture of a peanut butter and banana sandwich.  I include this because I have not been able to eat peanut butter since getting pregnant with Jude.  It is really the only weird pregnancy food thing that I experienced but man did it suck major (insert your choice of profanity here) to not even be able to eat a pb&j.  I mean, come on. This sandwich marks my triumphant return to the land of peanut butter.

 5.  Last one of my sleepy baby.  Look at all that hair!  Yes, he gave me lots of heartburn in the first trimester and this acidic-gassy sensation in my chest the last two trimesters.  I even had the acid stuff while in labor.  It was awful.  Seeing him with all his beautiful hair makes it not so bad though.


I'm planning to write a series of posts that talk about my labor experience and being mother to a newborn, complete with more adorable pictures of my little one so stay tuned!

Hope everyone's Friday is as awesome as mine!

High Five for Friday

Lots of good things happening this week!  I met with my son's future pediatrician, which also happens to be the same man that took care of my husband and his younger brother.  I told my mother-in-law if he was good enough for her to trust him for the past 26 years, he's good enough for me.  The husband and I also went on the birthing center tour at the hospital so we feel even more prepared now that we have seen what's up.  I'm still trying to push this kid out while I'm sure he's inside enjoying his cushy water bath, albeit more cramped now as he's nearly 7 pounds.  But I'm still feeling well enough for work and I only have 6 more days until maternity leave!  Woo hoo!

Anyway, it's Friday!  So again I'm linking up with Lauren over at From My Grey Desk and bringing you 5 of the awesome moments from my life this week.

1.  One of my co-worker's girlfriends had twins a few months ago, a boy and a girl.  Sadly, the babies are growing up and out of their clothes already and Chris gave me this huge garbage bag full of boy clothes for my little one.  I'm so grateful because you really can't have too many clothes considering how messy babies are and everything is super cute.  This piece is my favorite because, living in Lexington, you are a UK fan or you keep your mouth shut, so Jude has no choice but to love UK and all it's basketball glory.  It's kind of funny because Chris is a University of Texas fan (we don't discuss this in public) so I know he was just itching to get rid of this beauty.

2.  Don't laugh, I know this may seem silly but this bag of carrots seriously makes me happy.  Another coworker I have has a husband who works on a farm and brought home a load of carrots large enough to make even Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh weep with joy.  I mentioned that I could take some off her hands and she brought me this gallon bag of fresh, organic, homegrown carrots to enjoy.  I've been trying to think of all the ways I can use them and carrot cake is at the top of my list.    

3.  My first Birchbox arrived!  You can read more about the loot inside here.  I have been using the lip tint, hair tie, and nail polish and absolutely love everything.  And they are shipping me a new sample of the face moisturizer!

4.  So at work we often see games and puzzles come through that people want to get rid of and unfortunately opened puzzles are automatically considered trash because we don't have the time to count all the pieces.  Customers usually just have us keep them because they don't want them either.  This Yellow Submarine one came in and I immediately called it for my own, pieces there or not, I had to give it a shot.  The husband and I have been working on it every night and it's been a great way to spend some quality time together.  We don't get tons of time together during the week and this lets us listen to music and actually have conversations with each other.  Even when we aren't talking, it's nice just to be side by side working with each other.

5.  I posted a picture of my oldest cat last week and feel the need to introduce you to my other one, Momo.  Yes, they are named Appa and Momo after the animals in Avatar: The Last Airbender.  The cartoon, not the crappy movie M. Night Shamalamadouchebag ruined.  The personalities of the animals in the cartoons really fit well with my cats.

Hope you all have had a great week!