Shopping for baby

I was feeling a little stir-crazy on Saturday morning, so I packed my babe and we headed to the mall. He was so good and patient the entire time. I think he enjoyed all the stimuli.

Strollin' at the mall

Younkers had a yellow dot sale (70% off retail price), so I found some cute summer outfits for Jack - under $5 each!

Hungry baby showing off his finds

Saturday was also Bastille's Day, so my Francophile sisters brought over some yummy pastries from the local French style bakery. They helped me clean up a little and played with Jack. We listened to some old school hip hop and watched parts of a Alfonso Cuarón movie before they left for a birthday party.

Overall, a fun day. Sunday was a little more low key. Not looking forward to going back to work. Weekends just aren't long enough. :(

4 months

My sweet baby is 4 months old already! He is just a joy. He laughs, is smiley most of the time, and fusses only when tired or hungry. He prefers to roll over and sleep on his tummy. 

14.4 lbs and 26 inches of pure happiness

His teacher at daycare told me today that he is the easiest baby she has. He's grabbing toys and putting them into his mouth. We've started feeding him some pureed fruit, but he is still exclusively breastfed.
We love this little guy! He is a lot of work, but worth every bit of it.

Happy birthday to my dear dad!

It's my dad's birthday, and we are sad we are not with him on his special day. He is on a vacation across the Atlantic. But we'll be thinking of him and sending him love and happy wishes on this day.

Smiles for grandpa

Dragi dide, sretan ti rodjendan - sve najbolje ti zele tvoja kcerka, zet, i tvoj prvi unuk Jack. Volimo te puno i mislimo o tebi! Saljemo ti kisses i hugs. Enjoy your day!

Stripes and treats and a jumping Jack

Today we visited my family. Baby boy had a lot of fun cooing and laughing at everyone, and even showed off his almost crawling skills. His outfit coincidentally matched that of his majka and did. So cute!

Jackers and his grandpa - fishermen in nautical stripes

Crawling with grandma - more matching stripes

While grandparents swooned over baby boy, his aunties and cousin S baked some delicious treats.

Auntie Am mixing cookie batter

Aunti Az and cousin S working on "cupavci"

Melting chocolate

Final product

These treats were spongy and covered in chocolate and fluffy and coconut-hairy. I LOVE it!
Later, at home, while hubby and I prepared dinner, baby boy jumped around until he tuckered out and fell asleep.

So tired

We woke him up for a feeding and a bath and then we put him in his crib. Now mama needs to get ready for Monday madness - put away clean laundry, pack lunch and baby's stuff for day care. Wish weekends were longer.

Rainy day

Yesterday morning was cloudy and a bit cold. I put on a light jacket on baby and went out on the back porch.

You may remember this jacket from a previous post. I knitted this baby surprise jacket while I was pregnant. There is something so special about wrapping your baby up in yarn. I am looking forward to knitting more stuff for him - just wish I had more time.

Later in the morning we headed downtown for the Farmer's Market and then planned on going to the Arts Festival, but it started raining so we headed home instead. Sad that we are going to miss the Arts Festival this year. But there will be more. And baby boy will be older so he might enjoy the art instead of dozing off in his stroller.

New watch

This morning I found a box and a note at my desk at work. It was signed by my sweet sisters and my cousin S. Inside the box was this beauty:

I just love it. It is an Anne Klein watch with rosegold-tone case and and numeral markers, soft pink leather strap, and peach-colored genuine mother-of-pearl dial. It really suits my complexion and it goes with anything in my wardrobe. 

I really needed something professional for work. I've been wearing my very practical but ugly heart rate monitor watch. This one is so lovely. Not sure what I did to deserve such a treasure. Thank you girls! This is a gift I'm going to cherish forever. 

Father's Day 2012

Baby Jack had a custom-made card for his daddy for Father's Day. He also made something himself (with mama's help).

Card

Handmade present

 Today we hung out with both sides of family. First we went to aunt Em's where we saw grandma, grandpa, great-grandma, great-grandpa, great-uncles, and cousins.

 Then we went to majka and did's house where I got to see my aunties and cousin S from Switzerland and cousin B from Waterloo.

I was generally in good mood today. Lots of smiles and stories for everyone.

With grandpa

Laughing at daddy

Dancing for mommy

Looks like I'm teething

My sweet baby boy

What a fun-filled day. Now I'm all tuckered out and ready for sleep. Happy father's day, daddy!