Baby Baker

- Oh Happy Daze

Boy Meets World {now World, meet Boy}

Every morning Charlie asks me: “Is his name Baker yet?”
And every morning I tell her: “Not yet, they are still working on all of his important paperwork.”
But today, when she asks, we’ll get to tell her “YES. His name is Baker now!”
We’re happy to finally share his precious face with you all.
Our sweet, silly, giggly William Levi Baker.
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Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a reward from him.
Children born to a young man
are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.
How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them!

Psalm 127:3-5

Dear Will,
We give God thanks for every single day with you. You are SO loved. Not only by God and hundreds of family and friends, but TWO mommies and TWO daddies. God’s protective hand has been covering you since before you even drew your first breath. He has big plans for you, little Peep. You are an arrow, shaped and formed with a specific plan already designed for your amazing life. As much as I want to hold you tight and never let go, I know we have been given a special task. Our task, as your parents, is not for us to ‘collect you’ in our quiver, but for us to train you to travel a straight path when you are older. A path that includes wisdom, kindness, generosity, genuine love for others, and love for God.
Xoxo,
Mommy & Daddy
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Awesome photo cred goes to my sweet friend Holly @ Shutterly Sweet Photography.

- Oh Happy Daze

My favorites {video edition}

It’s been a rainy weekend because of Hurricane Matthew and we’ve been trapped inside because of flooding. The kids are going a little bit stir-crazy and I’ve been putting off doing anything productive in favor of doing anything fun and relaxing. So far I’ve read a thousand blog posts, pinned 50 recipes I’ll never make, changed a few diapers, fed the kids whatever they asked for, ignored 55 tantrums, and said “hands to yourself” about a trillion times. Oh, and I did get one load of laundry done and gave a bath to a certain 1 year old with a serious banana-slime issue…. so that’s something.
The best part of the day, though, was this little giggle sesh {Peep’s face blurred for privacy, but I couldn’t NOT share that giggle with you!}:
And just like the chain of events with a certain mouse and his cookies and milk, once you post a video to Youtube, you’ll probably end up watching five {or fifty} more. I just couldn’t stop the trip down memory lane!
Like this gem, in which Charlie tries to inhale a muffin. She comes by her love of bread honestly.
Or this one, that got her a little bit of fame on the internet
I’ll stop there. I want to spare you the pain of watching all my kid’s home videos. Not as bad as a long Christmas card letter or the dreaded accordion wallet photo conversation, but still up there in the ‘avoid at all costs’ column for most people. You’re welcome.
Ok, wait. Here’s one more I can’t resist because 2 month old Charlie having the sweetest little chat with mommy just melts the heart. Warning: Watching this video may cause any woman {and possibly man} to succumb to the need to snatch up the nearest baby and soak up its sweetness. I urge you to resist, especially if you are in public and have no relation whatsoever to the nearest squishy lump of love.
xoxo,
Ashley

- Oh Happy Daze

Please, no autographs.

Chris’ video of his and Charlotte’s nightly after-bath routine has gone viral.
I’m not completely surprised – Chris and I watched it about 5 times before we even posted it; we could not stop laughing. I guess I always just assumed we think she’s hilarious because she is ours and we made her; I don’t really expect others to adore her since they don’t have the same ‘parent goggles’ we do (making everything she does awesome).
The internet is an amazing place. I, too, am a little famous in my own way. The pregnancy announcement I made when we first announced we were expecting Charlotte 2.5 years ago has been featured on Parents.com and will be featured on another site next week!
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http://www.parents.com/pregnancy/signs/breaking-the-news/valentines-day-pregnancy-announcements/#page=6
What a week for our family’s celebrity status. Please, no autographs.
 

- Oh Happy Daze

Bread.

This is what happens when you don’t feed your child bread very often.

Poor deprived child.
Also to be noted: this is her second breakfast. For first breakfast she had two bowls of oatmeal with mango and apple slices. I think I’m raising a hobbit since she pretty much sticks to the rest of the hobbit meal plan which is: Elevensees, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, and Supper.