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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.

father: billabong banded fedora; leather vans; lira mayor striped blue tank; 

asos bright blue shorts // son: kidscase infant striped blue tank; imps & elfs blue infant shorts; serena & lily menagerie bookend; tip toey joey surfy baby sneakers

i love when a father and son dress similarly (see here, here, & here), so i'm always trying to find combinations that work for dustin and holden.  i'm obsessing over infant boy tanks at the moment so although they currently aren't a staple in dustin's closet, we might be adding a few here and there.  

WHAT'S IN MY DIAPER BAG.

gucci diaper bag (my last big purchase for myself before the little man arrived) // 
1.  fuzzibunz cloth diapers // 2.  gucci changing pad // 3.  sakura bloom sling for when i'm tired of carrying him // 
4. chewbeads necklace fashion for mama, teether for baby// 
5. squirt water bottle that i was given at the hospital to use with wipes// 

6. grovia cloth wipes // 7. an extra change of clothes // 8.  tommee tippee sippee cup with easy flow  // 

9.  bulb syringe for emergencies  // 10. aden and anais blanket for coverage during breastfeeding // 
11. indestructibles book for entertainment // 12. plum organics baby food for on the go // 
13.  attachable boon spoons for plum organics packets // 14. hevea panda teether // 15.  b. toys car keys // 
16. wooden sun // 17. babylegs leggings for protecting knees when crawling // 18. hand sanitizer // 
19. make-up for mama // 20. bobby pins to throw my hair up when needed 

FAMILY STYLE.

mama wore: the hatter company fedora, f21 skirt, steve madden sandals; dada wore: rvca shirt, vans jeans, rainbow sandals; little man wore: zara hat, zara shirt, h&m jeans, saltwater sandals.

what an amazing feeling to celebrate mother's day as an actual mother.  my first mother's day was a fabulous one that included a little extra sleep (every mother's dream), a homemade breakfast, some flowers, a few gifts (including an amazing water bottle with holden's face on it!), a trip to a museum, swinging at the park, a manicure, a pedicure, and lots of laughs and love.  i feel like such a lucky lady to have these two boys in my life. 

HUCK FINN SUMMER.

i think it's going to be a huck-finn-feet-freckled-nose-browned-shoulders-evening-outings-late-night-giggles-carefree type of summer.

NAVY & GOLD.

mama wore: love aubrey dress, steve madden sandals; 

baby wore: target sunhat, baby gap onesie, old navy shorts

as a new mum (we use mama and mum interchangeably in our household), i don't get many opportunities to wear my party dresses anymore.  our nights of holding hands, stumbling home in the early morning hours, bursting in the door in a fitful of giggles to raid the kitchen before crashing into drunken, fitful sleeps.  but regardless of the lack of crazy nights out and appropriate spaces in which to debut gold polka dots, i couldn't resist purchasing it.  so i relied on flat sandals to make it relevant for a summer day, a walk in the park, and running through sprinklers.

A LITTLE BUG.

 

on monday, i was struck down with the stomach flu or possibly food poisoning.  we attended a cinco de mayo party hosted by one of the mama's in holden's playgroup and it seems that half of the people at the party were afflicted by the same thing.

i woke up feeling nauseas and of course my first thought was omg, i'm a pregnant.  i started counting the months to see how far apart holden and the new baby would be, figured the baby must be a girl because i never experienced morning sickness with holden, and started worrying that i was going to experience horrible nausea throughout this entire pregnancy...and then i started feeling worse and worse and realized it was not pregnancy, but a stomach virus.  can't really tell you if i was disappointed or relieved.  dustin left work early and came to my rescue, scooping up the little man and taking over for the entire day.  i got into bed at 2:00 pm and didn't emerge until 6:30 pm and you know what, i think that was the single longest period of time that the boys have spent together alone.  which is odd since holden is now eight months old and the fact that he hasn't spent four and half hours alone with his father is kind of absurd.  if you can't tell, i have the teeny tiniest problem with letting go.  

since i still hadn't fully recovered yesterday, dustin stayed home from work again and took care of holden.  he did all of the heavy lifting, diaper changes, feedings (of solids), playing, etc., and i could tell that these two days made them closer, made for a stronger bond between father and son, and is something that needs to happen a lot more often than it has been.  while i selfishly want to spend every minute with dustin out of the two days that he is home for the week, i think that i need to start letting go and letting holden and him have some alone time.