Post Partum Insomnia

It's incredible the different things that can happen to you after you give birth. Ive discovered so many different after effects in the post partum period either through personal experience or that of friends and family.

Currently, dealing with insomnia. I'll be exhausted, get into bed and I can literally lie there for hours before I finally can fall asleep. And even through Justin has been sleeping through the night for well over a month, I still wake up a couple times a night. 

It's 1:10 am and my baby is going to wake up in 5 or 6 hours and I am still tossing and turning.

It's seriously a cruel joke. My baby is finally sleeping through the night, but I can't!  Hope you aren't reading this at 1 am because it means that you might be suffering from insomnia too!

Major Handmade Cuteness

I love handmade things. So much love, creativity and thought goes into every handmade piece.  However, handmade generally comes with a heftier price tag because of the time and effort that goes into each piece. I know this first hand as I use precious nap time to work on my goods. So, for now, we ooh and aah until this momma saves up enough to buy some of these handmade goodies for baby J.

Liz Taylor Handmade Etsy Shop

Liz Taylor Handmade Blog

Really? These are amazing. She also makes pandas and bunnies and owls and birds. And how ridiculously awesome is that chevron quilt? I think quilters are amazing people. 

Such Great Heights

If I had emoticons on here, it would be that yellow happy face with hearts for eyes. I've seen a lot of different handmade teepee's, but this one probably is my favorite one. If our house were bigger, this would be in Baby J's room already. I wouldn't be opposed to putting a mat inside and letting him use this as his bed when he's older. 

Kokokoshop

I don't know about Justin, but I need one of these on my bed and on the couch and maybe up on a shelf  somewhere. This pillow is perfection.

   

Juniper Wilde

Okay, I know I just said that handmade goods are expensive and so we're saving up, but I have to admit that I bought these when they went on sale. They're still pricey, but they're super soft organic cotton and the prints are to die for and even though I'm on a SAHM budget this year, I.could.not.resist. We have the goodnight pillow which Justin loves to chew on and that lightning blanket is so reminiscent of Harry Potter that I could not, would not resist it's awesomeness.

Hookaway

I'm crafty, but crocheting and knitting were never my thing. I didn't have enough patience to practice and so when I see things like this, I am baffled ...and slightly jealous. I would love to add one (or many) of these to Baby J's wall. 

Hope you're having a beautiful Thursday!

And all of a sudden...

He's a week shy of 7 months. Where did the time go? When Bub was first born, I knew exactly how many weeks/days old he was. In my sleep deprivation, the time could not pass fast enough. Now that things are more settled and predictable, time seems to be moving at the speed of light. My little Boo is becoming his own little person and growing up so fast.

Sometimes I'm baffled by the idea that God is not bound by time. No schedules, no routines, no gotta-be-here-by-this-time. Such a foreign concept since my life ran on bells as a teacher and nowadays, I have to keep a schedule for Boo.  I think we get glimpses of eternity. i sense it most when I want to cherish a moment forever. When I am holding the baby and he rests his head on my shoulder, feeling safe and content, I want to hold onto that moment, but memories, videos and photos only offer a glimpse and doun't fully capture the tangible and non-tangible details. It reminds me that this world is not our home. We were designed for another home where we are not bound by the limits of time. I can't wait to experience that freedom, but for now, I'll cherish each and every special moment I have with this guy.

Overhaul

When I had the baby, I knew I'd have to shut down my Etsy shop for a little while. I was sad take a hiatus, but at the same time, the baby was my first priority. What I thought was going to be a 2 month shut down, turned out to be 6 months as we battled (and are battling) with short naps. However, I reopened to shop thinking it'd be quiet for awhile and I could take some time to create some new sashes, rephotograph and just overall do a little overhaul of my little corner of the Internet. But on the day I reopened my shop, I started to get orders!   This is happy news for a stay at home momma!

I have a long to do list of things I want to do, but I am hoping to use a little more social media with my shop. Although people general have a separate Facebook page, I know a lot of people merge their personal and business Instagram accounts!  So, I got to thinking... how would I merge a personal and business IG account? What would I call it? Just keep it as joanteng22? Change it to whenlovehappens? Or best yet... change it to when Joan happens?!

Visit to the City

Chris has the travel bug and will go anywhere I'm willing to go, but with baby in tow, traveling is more work than fun at times!  I saw this in the cyberworld this week and it made me laugh.

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But, we did plan a trip to San Francisco. It was hard and tiring, but lots of fun. Here are a few snapshots of the weekend.

  Dinner with Michelle, Geoff and Tim at Le Colonial

The view of SF from our hotel on the 39th floor.

Guided tour of the top floor with a 360 degree view of the city.

Twin Peaks! Haven't been there since Frank and Kathy got engaged!

The Painted Ladies at Alamo Square.  

What ever happened to predictability? The milk man, the paper boy, evening tv.

And what happens when you ask your husband to put some sunblock on the baby.

Hope you had a beautiful Memorial Day weekend!

Mother's Day

Happy belated Mother's Day to you all! It's my first Mother's Day and I wasn't expecting to really do much except our traditional lunch with my Mom and aunt and our families. After all, it's my privilege to be Boo Boo's Momma!

But Chris rose to the occasion and planned a staycation down in Huntington Beach. It was the perfect weekend with lots of sunshine and love!

The first order of business was a 90 minute full body massage while Chris watched Bub. We had a beautiful dinner at the Californian. We hung out at the pool with piña coladas (virgin of course! Just like our dating days!). Loved spending the weekend with my boys.

Still Alive

Yes, we are still alive! I know you were worried, but we are here. Everyday is so busy and it's hard to find time to myself to do things like blog, craft or shower.

I used to shower twice a day. Once in the morning and once at night. But since I've had the baby, I've had to adjust to taking one shower a day. I know. First world problems.

Anyway, with J in our lives, it's been crazy, tiring, fun, frustrating and overwhelmingly beautiful. I'm head over heels for this little boy and it's just like they say, I don't know how I ever lived without him.