Pictures I've Taken Lately

I just can't seem to make the time (or conjure the brain power) for clever blogposts with corresponding titles anymore. I'm doing this one with Frazier in my lap pulling my bracelets off so it'll be short, probably hurried and there will most likely be mistakes. But at least there will be some documentation of our life the past few days.Half naked is really the best way to dine. If you're eight and a half months old.This is what happens when you try to put Frazier in the carseat these days:It's embarrassing, I'm not gonna lie.

And speaking of carseats, it's really time to put in our new "big boy" seat...I just don't want to give up the option of taking him out of the car in it when he falls asleep en route home. Sometimes the 15 minutes or so he'll sleep after a ride in the car is the only time he naps.

Setting the Pack-and-Play up as a playpen may be the best thing I've done in weeks. He actually enjoys playing there as long as he can see me.

He'll walk along the edge or sit happily playing with toys for as long as half an hour sometimes. It's been an incredible relief to be able to, say, go to the bathroom without having to worry that he's doing this:...or this...The cell phone is still a favorite plaything, but yesterday he randomly called my friend, Lindsey. So we might have to keep it away from him!Since the time change Josh and the ultimate frisbee group have been out enjoying the long evenings and we've been out enjoying them! Every Monday we pack a snack and a sippy cup and spread a blanket on the field to watch them play.And speaking of blankets...this is one I made. It all started with the splat mat which you may remember from previous posts. It's adorable, but it's become a bit too small for both of us with toys and picnics and friends. Plus the bottom of it was getting dirty and that made me sad as it's a favorite. So it is being relegated to indoor messes only (it may, in fact, live permanently under the high chair) and I made this park blanket out of a vinyl table cloth I bought at Wal-Mart. It's the biggest one they had. I just folded it in half and sewed all the way around the edge. This way, instead of having one side that's felt and one side that's vinyl it's water repellent and wipe-off-able on both sides!We're still working on the sippy cup. Turns out that's a difficult skill to master.

So there's the briefing.

Happy Tuesday!