October 3, 2018

Currently in October {a link-up}

Wearing...I got this nylon bag at Target for $25. I love nylon bags and my favorite was from Nordstrom, like 5 years ago. It's been worn to death at this point and has been washed many times. It was only like $30 and then it was discontinued. As much as I like my Longchamp bags, I'm always so disappointed when I use them because they don't have pockets.  




Collecting nothing. In fact, I'm getting rid of as much as I possibly can. Every time Scott leaves the house, I find something else to throw away. I'm only kind of kidding about that. I actually have a breast pump and about 600 milk storage bags that I'm trying to GIVE away and no one on the local "for sale" pages is interested. 

Making.... I made some barbecue chicken in the crockpot the other day. 



1 1/2 t. onion powder, 1 1/2 t. garlic powder, 1 T. mesquite seasoning, 1 cup (give or take) Sweet Baby Ray's bbq sauce, 1 pound chicken breasts

Put everything in a crockpot on low for 6 hours. Shred.


Taking the opportunity to sleep in. For several weeks there, I used the excuse of "you just had a baby...you can do this/that, eat this/that, etc". Now, I'm in the place of "it's been 3 months, get your life together, please". However, the one area where I need to start being kinder to myself is concerning sleep. Let me be clear: I do not nap. I despise sleeping during daylight hours. I think it's a waste of time altogether. So, I've realized that I need to start sleeping in later. You see, for the last 8+ years, the latest I've ever gotten out of bed on a weekday is like 7:00am. For the last 4 years, I've been up by 5:30am, getting ready for the day ahead. If I'm only going to be getting 5 hours of unbroken sleep a night, I'll hit a wall by 10am if I don't let myself sleep in. That way, sleeping until 8 or 9am most days as long as the baby's still asleep, I can function until bedtime. For the record, I think "sleep while the baby sleeps" is absolute crap. That relies on the premise that one can fall asleep on command. I read a blog post the other day about how a person's parents and in-laws took turns staying with the mom, dad, and baby for the first several weeks. Under those circumstances, the new mom really promoted the "sleep while the baby sleeps" advice because she could sleep whenever she wanted. If there's no medical reason for all that extra help, that. is. weak. Grow up. 

(In the same vein, I'm lucky that I don't have to worry about showing up to a job each morning, exhausted. But that also means we have no childcare, no family support, etc. There's pluses and minuses here.)

Planning....A baby's Halloween costume? We're not going anywhere or doing anything for Halloween. It will be cold. Does a 3 1/2 month old need a costume? Or will a cute Halloween outfit serve the purpose?



I was thinking this from Amazon. It could double as a snowsuit.  


Linking up with Anne in Residence!

And with Kristen!

13 comments:

  1. Love that bag! I have a Longchamp and yes, it does need pockets! The bbq looks good! My husband prefers pork but I prefer chicken bbq.

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  2. my crockpot has been working overtime and the soups/stews i've been making are delish.

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  3. A baby? Just get some cute Halloween jammies & stay tucked in for the night & you get yourself some candy :)

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  4. I think a cute Halloween outfit would be just fine. Yum... BBQ chicken!

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  5. I want a digital crock-pot so badly. Both mine are manual and it sucks because I can't set them before work because it would all be VERY overcooked. My best friend and her husband are game geeks so their 1 yr old is dressing up as Pikachu. It is THE cutest costume ever!

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  6. "It could double as a snowsuit"- lol! I think some festive jammies would work just as well. And I remember when I got a Longchamp bag; I returned it immediately because it didn't have pockets.

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  7. A cute onesie I think would work while his parents munch on candy

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  8. Yes to a costume!!!! :) He will cute in anything though.

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  9. I bought that bag in navy over the summer and it's already been on multiple trips with me - a great buy! And I am SO with you - I hate napping! It always annoyed me so much when people would say "sleep when the baby sleeps". Sleeping in sounds like the perfect compromise to me :)

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  10. I really like that bag! I have never been the type to nap in the daytime...but I do tend to naturally have rather early bedtime and early wake up time. Which works pretty good with Cyrus except sometimes his idea of wake up time is like 4:30 which is a little early for me. Ah well!

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  11. That bag is cute and looks like it could hold a lot!

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  12. I don't know if a 3 month old needs a Halloween costume or not, but it's super cute and he's only going to have his first Halloween once. I'd go for it. You'll get some super cute Kodak moments. :)

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  13. i don't like bbq or chicken lol but KC does, so i will give that a try - looks super easy. i've always heard 'sleep when the baby sleeps' and thought well that's great if you can sleep on command.. i'm sure after a baby you're more tired than usual, but i don't fall asleep easily so i can't imagine i'll be able to just snap my fingers and fall asleep. i like the idea of a halloween outfit instead of a costume, but it's your kid and your halloween, and it's the first! so you do you lol

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