oh, the little things

take a metallic-colored pinwheel and daddy playing with it, and this is what you get:

trying out this food thing

we tried out rice cereal with cayden last weekend. overall, i'd say that it went pretty well. it took a few tries for him to figure out what he needed to do with it.

push it back out the mouth? hmmm, nope. mush it around in my mouth? getting closer. swallow it? yes! that's it! oh, wait, now i think i'm gagging. what is this stuff they're shoving down my throat?

it was quite the experience, and we quickly learned that no shirt under the bib was a good idea. this stuff got everywhere! his hair, the bouncer, his pants, the floor – you name it and it was probably there.

since then, we've tried it one other time. he screamed like a banshee. so we stopped and gave him his bottle, and all was well. i think we might try again today. wish us luck that he's more receptive!

well, hello world!

looks like i'm getting some hits from brazil and one from the phillipines. awesome! please drop a note and say hi! and thanks for visiting. and, you know, keep coming back...

anxiety.

ok, so as you know, our home is currently on the market. we had a couple come look a few weeks back. according to their realtor, it's the best townhome she's ever shown. unfortunately, we never heard back from them.

then, on tuesday night, we had someone want to see the house – with 5 to 10 minutes notice. gah! we had dinner on the stove, and a napping baby. there was no way we could get the house picked up and out of there in time. so we showed it with us there, with laundry sorted on the family room floor and with dinner cooking on the stove.

and guess what? in the eight houses this guy saw, we were in the top four! amazing, right? and guess what again? he's coming back to see the place this afternoon! yay! i made a huge detailed list for jeremy of things to do while he was home during lunch. (he says he almost swallowed his tongue when he saw my list. i can't help it. i'm detailed. and organized. it makes lists long.)

anyway, so now i'm anxiously excited that this guy wants to see it for a second time. could our house really sell this time? fingers crossed that it does. and if it does, i want an area in our new home that looks similar to this (photo grabbed from the new online mag lonny. you should seriously check it out.)

new header

so, my sweet friend, caroline, had a little bit of a blog makeover last week (or maybe earlier this week - who knows anymore?). and it got me to thinking... i can totally make over my blog. at least a little bit. so her new look inspired me to at least create a custom header for mine.

anyone that knows me has to know that gray/orange are one of my absolute favorite color combinations. love it. so that's where that plays in... and well, let's face it. anytime jeremy and i go out, we have to grab a cart to put our precious cargo in. target? yep. publix? yep. old navy? yep. home depot? yep...

so that's how it all came about. love of colors, and playing off the title of the blog. thoughts?

(and i promise, i have cayden photos to post. we tried rice cereal last weekend, and there are a couple of photos to share from that experience. we haven't gotten him to eat it since then though. all we get are screams. one day at a time...)