THREE

i am gearing up for one major bummer of a weekend.

i know it's cheesy to ask, but if you could send some prayers our way, i'm certain it will help. what's best for others isn't always what's best for me. i'm going to keep repeating that to myself this weekend, as many times as it takes.

in the meantime, 

here are this week's babble posts:

is there such thing as stroller etiquette?

a video of some of our favorite songs, 

how i like to dress my boy, 

the ridiculousness of a first-time mom,

and a post on poop and a post on formula.

happy winner!

congratulations savannah, you're our winner!

for everyone else: alison has so kindly offered nat the fat readers 10% off their next order at the little tiny shop when you enter the code ALISONLOVESRATS at check out. hooray!

ARRY POTTA!

brandon and i are major harry potter fans.

since we've been married we've bought two hard covers the day a new potter comes out and then power raced through to see who could finish first.

every sunday afternoon at our house is reserved for harry potter mini marathons.

a few weeks ago we went to the harry potter exhibit in times square.

it was the cost of a nice dinner out and so i had to get my money's worth even though the strict rule was

NO PHOTOS ALLOWED.

one of these days i will see a shrink and he will cure me of my incessant need to break the rules.

pills, let's hope!

and here is me and huck and some kids, gosh they look intense.

I LIKE BEING HIS MOM BEST OF ALL

oh, this age! this age is perfection.

he can reach for me when he wants me. those amazingly chubby arms. when i hold him he holds me back. when he's feeling edgy, he'll curl his upper lip at me and gnaw on the air, squeezing his right eye shut like a grouchy old pirate.

in the mornings after we nurse, he pulls his head back and looks at me with this confident little grin. i can stroke his chin with my finger and he becomes very still, and then we'll discuss all of the things that lay ahead of us for the day.

he knows who he is, he knows who i am, and i can tell he thinks it's all totally rad.

this is the most fun i've ever had in my life.

FROM THE WEEKEND

filming by the intrepid holbsumentarian.