remember this?

remember this post from this morning? lies. all lies. i can't believe i jinxed myself like that. griffin has had a rough day. he's barely slept. he's only eating 3 ounces at a time, and he is just screaming because he's so tired. he finally fell asleep 10 minutes ago. we'll see how long this lasts for.

don't let this face fool you

he may look like the sweetest thing of all time in this picture, but today he is the crankiest of babies. i really hope a tooth is coming in, because he's just being rude.

4 month old Griffin

(hanging out with auntie Laura)

4 month old Griffin weighs 11lbs 13oz, is afraid of the garbage disposal, and sleeps through the night (like 90% of the time). He sits supported pretty well, and he loves to stand on your lap and stare in your face. He has the cutest personality, giggles a lot, and loves to flirt. We just love him so much, and I can't believe he's already 4 months. He's growing up too fast!

this face...

... is the best. so much love for this little guy. and for the bigger guy that helped me create this little dude.

3 month old Griffin...

... likes to keep his fists up, loves bath-time and has started to play with his toys. he giggles, and smiles a lot more. every morning when i get him out of his crib i get the biggest smile. it's the best. he has started smiling at scott, and scott couldn't be happier! scott got the first giggle, too, and now he knows his son loves him. he's the best thing that's happened to us, and i can't believe he's already 3 months old! we sure do feel lucky to have him around.

waiting for giggles

i have wanted griff to giggle for awhile now, and it finally happened. last night he gave us some pretty good giggles while scott was playing with him. unfortunately i was too slow to capture any laughing last night, but we got some on video this morning!

nicknames

Griffin has an absurd number of nicknames already.

Griff

Griffy

Gryffindor

Monster

Hungry Monster

Angry Face

Baby Face

Man Face

Milk Face

the Beast

(as in, "the Beast awakens!", which is Scott's favorite thing to say)

a tale of two griffins

griffin in the morning

griffin in the evening

funny birds

how cute is this calendar? i think it would be so amazing in the baby's room

and yes, as always, i found it on etsy

cute onesie overload

i think it's only appropriate that our little gastro baby gets to wear a digestive system onesie

and for all his doctor appointments, how cute is this stethoscope screen print onesie?

both onesies by katyandzucchini on etsy.

nursery

scott & i are starting to really think about the nursery. we've done nothing to prepare the second bedroom for the baby yet. our first step is to strip the wall paper, prime the walls, and paint. we're waiting to get it all together because scott's parents and brother are coming into town on tuesday for a few days, and we didn't want to be in the middle of painting while they're here (the baby's room is currently our guest bedroom). i kept thinking we had lots of time to get everything ready, but the days just keep slipping by me and i know that all of a sudden it'll be baby time and we won't even have the crib set up! i guess that's kind of the problem with not knowing when you get to bring your baby home from the hospital; you don't feel like there's much pressure to get things ready for the baby. anyway, i've picked out my crib sheets online, and crib, and have decided to get a few things from ikea, etsy, my friends, and sister to furnish the baby's room.

this is the bedding i picked out. isn't it adorable? these colors will be showcased throughout the room. blues, greens, yellows, oranges, etc. the bedding is from land of nod

scott & i own this ikea dresser in the 6 drawer style (and in black) and we think it's great. i love this beige one for the baby's room. we'll be headed to ikea to pick it up soon. we registered for a changing top to put on the dresser for the baby. i didn't want to get an actual changing table, so this was our compromise. now we can have something that the baby can grow into instead of needing to buy another piece of furniture in a few years.

isn't this polar bear print cute? i found it on etsy.

i want to put this framed poster in the baby's room. my sister has one in yellow that i might frame and hang in the room. i love these posters, and i think that the sentiment is something that scott and i have been able to resonate with for the past few months. it reminds me that we can't control everything. and this baby is definitely proof of that!

so, scott is a little wary of this idea, but i like it. instead of a mobile i want to hang different colored poms on the ceiling above the baby's crib. i found this shop on etsy that allows you to pick your own colors of poms. i want to buy the ten pack of poms and pull colors that would mesh well with the crib bedding. i think scott will like it once he sees it.

i don't know where i'd put this. but it's just so cute!! again, another find from etsy.

i've mentioned before that i want to put a shag rug in that baby's room. here's yet another white shag rug, but this one is from target. my sister has this one and it's great (and the most inexpensive option, which is probably good since it'll get spit up on).

these last two photos were taken by my wonderful friend mandy, who lives in portland. i want to frame them and put them in the nursery because they perfectly match the colors of the bedding... and because i think that they are amazing and slightly whimsical.

and that's our nursery. on paper, at least. we'll see what it turns into in the short amount of time we have before this baby comes!

a is for atticus

naming your baby is hard. really really hard. every time we think we're sure of a name, i change my mind. scott says he doesn't care, but i bet he just wants me to pick a name and stick to it. we were set on jackson. totally set. we even had settled on a middle name. scott was calling him jackson every time he talked to him. i love the name jackson, but i don't want my child to be called jack. so, unfortunately, jackson is out. because jack would definitely be a nick name. and i can't control that. i ended up buying a baby name book the other day called "a is for atticus". it features a bunch of baby names based on literature. we found a bunch of names we like, and now we just need to decide.

here's our list so far (in no particular order):

jackson

griffin

nash

tristan

owen

wyatt

finn

jude

asher

beckett

blake

dash

miles

ryder

giant whale

being pregnant is strange. it feels like someone stuck a balloon inside of you and is slowly inflating it (that is literally the best way i can describe it) and when you think it can't get bigger - it does. the worst part is that i still have a few months to go so i'm going to just get a whole lot bigger. most of the time i feel like a giant whale (literally i tell scott that at least three times a week). we read this book called "your pregnancy week by week" and there are lots of "dad tips" in the book. one of them was all about how your partner is probably feeling very unattractive now (yup!) and how you should take her on a date. so, the other night we went out to dinner. i wore a black long sleeve t-shirt, black leggings and boots and you couldn't tell i was pregnant from straight on! it was amazing. i didn't feel like a giant whale. the waitress even told me that i look "adorable". which was really nice to hear.

everyone talks to you when you're pregnant. how far along are you? when are you due? do you know what you're having? i understand that it's nice because these people care and just want to know and talk to you. but it makes you feel like the only thing you're good for is growing this baby. that no one cares about you as a person... it's just all about the baby. we went to the store on our way home last night and 4 different people talked to us/me about the baby and the pregnancy. scott was so weirded out by it, but i told him it's like that all the time. it's a super weird thing to go through.

i'm registered on thebump.com and it's fun because every week they email you a "what's going on with baby this week" newsletter and you get to see what fruit or vegetable your baby is as big as. for about 23 weeks the size changes every week, but eventually it just starts to change in months. 25 weeks (what i'm at now) is technically the first week of your 6th month of pregnancy and baby is the size of an eggplant (image via the bump).

he feels like he's the size of an eggplant. i can see him roll around in my stomach now. the kicks are harder and more frequent. he's developing a schedule, and i've been told that whatever their schedule is like in the womb it's fairly similar when they come out. according to thebump, the baby is developing a sense of equilibrium and learning to distinguish upside down from right side up. isn't that so weird?

little tiny baby clothes

gymboree has clothes for "up to 7lbs" (which is preemie sized), then they go from 0-3 months (which is 7+ pounds), etc. i was at the mall today and stopped by and got a few of the dinosaur onesies, but everything there was so cute! i was so happy to find some teeny, tiny clothes for our little guy.

i love this little tiny dinosaur hat. they also have it in elephant pattern. so cute.

cute little elephant bodysuit. they have adorable little elephant pants, too. and onesies. love.

adorable little baby sweats in size "up to 7 pounds"

i'm so happy i found this store today. it was nice to buy little things that jackson will be able to wear early on (when we bring him home).

just fun.

i just love these knit plushes, courtesy of sandra juto

YES.

these jeans

this shirt

and these boots...

wardrobe for next year's christmas card! too cute.

oh, and if anyone doesn't want to get me anything off the registry, then looking at the stuff i post on the blog is a good option! i love all this stuff.

nursery rugs

i have been looking for a rug for the baby's room for awhile. i really want a soft sheepskin style rug, or an amazing shag rug (in white or an off-white color). something that the baby and i could sit on while i read to him. something that just looks cozy. i think i've finally found it. west elm has a great sheepskin rug.

i love it. it's perfect for the baby's room. there's also a great shag rug at crate & barrel that is so soft and fun. but i think the west elm rug is my favorite.

baby animal print

i love these baby animal prints. i think they'd look adorable in the baby's room. scott likes the giraffe, but i love the lamb one (though the giraffe is very cute).

adorable baby shower invitations

isn't it cute? image via bon a tirer letterpress

baby registry

this is a lot harder than i expected. right now i have a registry at target for most of our baby needs, and then at land of nod for some more stuff, and then at giggle.com for some more miscellaneous stuff. i feel like that might be too many places for a baby registery, but i can't find everything i love on one website! ah!!! thoughts? target has all the basic stuff we want, land of nod has more stuff and the bedding we fell in love with, and giggle has just random stuff that we love (like the sleepsacks i can't find anywhere else).