wanted: a lesson in swaddling

you know you are not good at swaddling when you find your child like this after his nap:


(for those who may not know- the baby's arms and legs are supposed to be inside the swaddler. this is even the "dummie proof" kind of swaddler)

sorry Tripp- we will take some lessons and get back to you on that swaddling

future Cardinals hall of famer

Here is Tripp practicing his slide. I am pretty sure in his head he is imagining that is he playing for the Cards and he is about to score the winning run of the World Series. Don't worry Tripp, the umpire said you were safe!

space bags!

today Nelson got me these great things for organizing my clothes- they are called "space bags" and they are great. if you have ever found yourself watching infomercials, you may have found yourself learning about the awesomeness of these bags. you put your big pile of clothes in, suction the air out, and you are left with a much smaller pile of clothes (in the pictures the bags all turned out flat- mine did not but that is probably because i did not try that hard to fold my clothes before putting them in. sometimes you only have so much energy). i am not sure if these pictures do it justice, but here is my own advertisement for the space bags:


before


after

deliciousness

there is this great cupcake store here in st. louis- the cupcakery. while james and steph were here, we introduced them to it and ate some of their delicious cupcakes. good thing they got a few extras so we can enjoy them over the next few days! i would definitely recommend going there if you live close by!

pics of Tripp

a good friend from work who loves photography took some pics of Tripp and us yesterday.
enjoy!

best burp cloth and bib

i am pretty sure i don't need to explain why these are so great

just looking cute