Peas and Carrots

"We go together like peas and carrots." That is one of our favorite quotes from the movie Forest  Gump and once I saw this green and orange onesie I knew we had to get it. I didn't purchase very many newborn outfits because I didn't know how big Wade would be, but I knew I had to get this in newborn size even if he wore it just once. We're going on a month now and he still fits into it. (Although now it's getting a little tight and his hands don't fit into the mittens anymore.) I'm tempted to buy a six month onesie if they still have it

While he was still-a week-old we did a little photo shoot with the Chevron quilt that I made for him. I probably took 100 photos but he was just so stinking cute I couldn't help it. 

Calming Wade down with a kiss

Trying out the hat

Everyone was getting in on the photoshoot action

Getting fussy

So handsome!

Wade Benjamin Lichty

After baking a baby for 38 weeks, our son is here! Wade Benjamin Lichty is a perfect precious little boy! Wade decided to join our family a little early, but we couldn't be happier. He is healthy and happy and such a good baby. Mom instincts kicked in immediately and I fell completely in love with this little human being.

The Deets: 

Name: Wade Benjamin Lichty (Wade after Kyle's grandfather and my dad's middle name; Benjamin because it sounded good and we just made the decision between contractions)
Born: 9-1-15 at 1711
Day of the Week: Born on a Tuesday
Weight: 7lbs 13.5oz
Length: 20.25"
Days Early/Late: Wade was born 10 days early (my due date was 9-11-15)
Contraction Signs: Rained all weekend, Full moon Monday night, went on a walk the night before, had BHC while watching SYTYCD monday evening
Bags Packed: Bags were packed the night before thankfully!
Labor Started: My water broke at 0300 and after a quick snack we headed to the hospital.
Hours Labor: With help from Pitocin, I was in labor for about 7 hours
Pain Management: Epidural (Pit is the Pits)
Pushed: One hour
First Feature(s) Noticed: Wade had some chubby little fingers and toes, lots of hair AND he looked exactly like Kyle
First Visitors: NaNa and BaPa
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Lots of Brown Hair
Fingers/Toes: Perfect little piggies, all twenty accounted for
Made it Home: 9-3-15 1235

Coffee & Donuts--Pregnancy Photoshoot

My little sister took some photos for Kyle and I to document the "fun parts" of being pregnant. We took them when I was 32 weeks. I did not want to remember being too pregnant, but we did want some pictures together. Since I loved eating donuts while growing this child and I didn't really give up my Starbucks addiction... so we thought a little Coffee & Donuts themed photo shoot would be perfect. 

Baby Recliner

Everyone needs a rocking chair for their newborn. Whether it's a wood one or an heirloom or a nice lazy boy it's a necessity to rock your baby to sleep AND keep comfortable. We looked at a couple local furniture stores and just couldn't find the right one for us we also checked out IKEA to find something but there was just nothing that screamed pick me. While we are in the cities we made a quick run to the Maplegrove Pottery Barn kids and found the perfect recliner.

Who's delivered a few weeks ago and we decided that we wanted to put it in our living room rather than in the baby's nursery since we've noticed that a lot of new parents spend more time in the living room that in the nursery itself for the first few months at least.

The recliner is a little lighter than expected so we've thrown a quilt over it so that it doesn't get stains or worn out before the baby arrives. We love it and it is very comfortable and so does our dog, Mozzy. He much rather late in the recliner and then on the big sectional that we have in the living room. I feel he only likes it because we tell him you can't be on it and he knows we didn't buy it for him. He is such a plush pup. Already showing signs of jealousy will see how this baby thing goes.

Baby Room

The nursery is done we are so excited!  It makes becoming parents that much more real. Our theme is bears with green accents. It started out as more of a woodland theme with wood slices everywhere  but we went more with greens and subtle wood accents.

Kyle used our diy shapeoko to mill these cute "bear" wall art hangings for the nursery. He used this pretty green toned wood and a wood slice from our wedding centerpieces. They turned out super cute. We found this tin "W" at hobby lobby and thought it would just make a really nice centerpiece above the crib. Kyle's boss made us this beautiful crib out of quartersawn oak and it just really fits the room nicely. It's a transition bed so it can be used for crib now and a toddler bed later. I also made some crib sheets out of my favorite green fabric that matches the quilt that I did (check for posts later) and those turned out super cute! The fabric matches the baby quilt I made with greens and teddy bear oranges.

Kyle and I had really great teamwork on getting the nursery ready and our little boy is just going to love it.

Fresh Towels

So the other day my husband and I were talking about how our towels smell. Since I'm currently being lazy I decided to buy all new towels for upstairs bathroom for my own personal use. Because I deserve that. We made a Target run and bought all new Fieldcrest luxury extra long bath towels. I got them washed right away so we could begin using them and they are literally the best things ever! We decided that when we're millionaires one day will only use fresh new towels. It's that amazing.

Our old towels are not by any means not good they just had a stench. I should've looked this up before but the fix is simple. Your towels lose their absorbency and begin to take on that musty smell that only happens when they're wet. The solution is to wash the towels on the hot cycle once with one cup vinegar NO DETERGENT and then wash them on another hot cycle with half a cup of baking soda again NO DETERGENT. Throw them in the dryer without a dryer sheet and viola! clean fresh towels once again.

So now my guests will have plenty of towels in the bathroom downstairs to use while they're visiting us in the new baby.  Although I didn't buy that new towels they will have some nice once again fresh smelling towels to use.

Apricot Jam Ya'll

Our good friends, Brad and Sara, invited Kyle and I over to experience making Jam. Neither Kyle nor I have ever made jams or jellies before but I have always wanted to! We bought 10 pounds of Apricots (pronounced with a hard 'A' if you have Southern roots like me) and decided to take our chances in an Apricot Jam.

We tried two different recipes, one with liquid pectin and one with powdered pectin. Honestly, they taste the same but the powdered pectin recipe yielded the best results for us. Or at least, the prettiest! 

Our expert jammers had all of the tools that you need to can. You can purchase your own set of tools pretty much anywhere mason jars are sold but here is a link to some at Target. We used pint jars and the recipe yielded around 40. Next time I make a jam, I am going to use quart size jars since it is so good--giving away a pint just seems mean!