what.

i am trying to figure out the parenting thing. there is a whole lot of what's going on in that picture happening around here lately. that's no silly face, people. not being able to play in a loaded dishwasher must be the pits.

sweet love.

hello! here i am! last post i mentioned getting ready for a baby shower. well, after a crazy turn of events that little one we were celebrating came a day after when the shower was to happen. my best friend welcomed her daughter, lydia, into the world almost two months early. 3lbs 1oz and full of fire.

to keep friends and family updated i've started a blog for the mcdonald family. check with chelsea. when chelsea is feeling up to it she will take it over. so, pop over and love on them a bit.

petals.

hello! hello! it's tuesday. i think. yes. happy tuesday! i have been a busy bee making decorations for my best friends upcoming baby shower. so things may be a bit slow around here. buut! this is life. and i like life.

mother's day was good to me. joel gets me. i stopped at the store and gifted myself a potted tulip plant for the occasion. when i walked through the door with it he gave me that smile that says "i'm not surprised. you silly girl." i tend to purchase plants from the grocery store semi-frequently. flowers and food. a good combo if you ask me.

the picture above obviously isn't of the potted tulip. felix likes to pick flowers. i had a little too much trust in his ability to reason that flowers inside the house shouldn't be picked. right before bedtime he walked up holding that stem and smiling from ear to ear. he handed it to me then grabbed my leg. and that was my gift from him. i'll be sad when it loses its petals.

oh julie.

i picked up this floral number at the thrift store. four dollars. only slightly smelly. it was one of those stops you make on a whim. a whim with a time limit. i had places to be but pictures of lovely midi skirts were dancing in my head. i was out and in before the minute hand ticked 10 times.

when you buy something in such a hurry it's easy to second guess. thank heaven above for friends who will graciously give fashion advice via text message in a timely matter on a sunday morning. i have never felt so flowery taking felix to the nursery.

joel took the picture above. i was twirling as a joke. something about julie andrews may have been said. ok. it actually wasn't. but it should have been.

also. i washed the skirt. it isn't smelly any more.

 

piano man.

we have a new addition here at the chandler abode. here is how this little upright came to live at our house.

joel: i think i want a piano.
(three or so days later)
joel: i bought a piano.

and so now it sits in our narrow living room, taking up way too much space. and i love it. i don't come from a musical family. my dad is that guy who sings a little too loud and very off key. i am that girl. so, the idea that felix can grow up listening to his father play and sing is quite thrilling. and whenever his pudgy toddler fingers plink the keys it sounds like the beginning of a sonata.

and then i say to him:
sing us a song you're the piano man!
sing us a song tonight.
well, we're all in the mood for a melody.
and you've got us feelin' alright .

you just got billy joeled.

la la la de de da.

baller.

 we got felix a yay it's monday nine days before you turn 17 months old present yesterday. 

he really likes it. he even kissed it goodnight before going to bed.