shouting hallelujah
These boys.
The original baby in my life, my sweet godson, is getting pretty big these days.
(And check out those feet!)
(picture via his mama)
Augustine graciously allowed me a tutorial yesterday in his award-winning School for Baby-Wrangling. Lessons included:
- baby-chasing, both indoors and outdoors
- determining if babies can eat and enjoy dried apricots (they can)
- vegetable gardening with babies
- baby tickling techniques
He also gave me a bunch of exciting things for Pip. He is a very generous baby.
Got to be country mice with our godson yesterday, along with his mom, dad, and uncle. It was the 250th annual Hardwick fair, and Augustine won “favorite face of the fair,” an award he accepted with much modesty and philosophy. A little ice cream, a grilled dinner, and mostly just soaking up the sunshiney space between sweaty July and crisp September.
He is cool. And his mom is pretty OK, too.
Augustine was embarrassed and upset to be the only man who had to attend Galentine’s Day.
How to throw a book-themed baby shower
1. book page wreath, instructions here
2. custom catalog card generator (I used this for the party favor tags), but with a bigger budget, you can buy blank catalog cards on Etsy
3. instructions on how to make a repurposed memory book (originally for weddings, but it seems like it’ll make a sweet baby book, too. I used a copy of Sea Star of Chicoteague older than my dad)
We kept our theme pretty loose, and also incorporated small story book elements, especially from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which inspired the invitations.
We threw a book-themed baby shower for Colleen and little Peanut last spring, and today I wrote a post for my librarianly blog about it.
We are trying to help our godson grow up to be the next (first?) American pope, but he aspires to be a noble and expert cabby.
Augustine goes on an adventure with his gender-progressive pacifier.
