I'm sure y'all have all heard this amazing 6th grader playing Paparazzi on this piano. 6TH GRADE! He's like 7 (ha jk)!
Here are some things I would like you to note when you watch this the 2nd time (because the first time you're jaws going to be on the ground watching this kid).
1. This kid is awesome. 2. The "too cool" girls in the background (I will touch on this after the jump) 3. The blonde girl totally crushin on this kid like he's Bieber. (except this cool is way cooler than that girl Bieber in my opinion!) 4. HA! What the teacher lady said at the end about Lady GaGa.
Um yeah, wow right?
So those girls. Those silly girls. They are way too cool for school.
Little known fact- I have played violin since I was 5 years old. I thought it was so untotally cool because every one else always said it was. And I was good. But I hid it. Until high school and I loved playing in the Charleston Youth Symphony. Who cares what those snotty rich popular kids thought? I can play music they've never heard of. Just because you're rich and have pretty clothes you think you can be mean to kids with actual TALENT?! This kid is amazing and he's now a super star. He was on ELLEN today! I bet those girls wish they weren't such brats. I bet they'd say "I was there, he's my friend" OH BUT WAIT we saw you on the video and you're being mean.
Kinda feeling bad for being mean to the 12 year olds here, but honestly. When are we going to stop glorifying rich snotty kids that are too cool for school and give attention to kids doing something with their lives, showing off their talents (in NOT JUST SPORTS, but that's another issue all together), being amazing and showing they don't care if people think they're uncool.
*AHEM* off my soap box.
Anyways, love this kid. He rocks. 25 year old girls were passing his video around the internet yesterday. We would stick him in our pocket if we could.
And I hope that blonde girl gets him. They'd be cute together!
Today is Mother's day, and OBVIOUSLY I pink puffy heart this boy.
(Why do I look prettier in the mirror than in pictures??)
God never ceases to amaze me when I look at that little boy's face. He picked Austin out just for me. He knew exactly what to do and He gave it to me.
So on my first Mother's Day I'm starting "i pink puffy heart". Tell me what YOU pink puffy heart. Leave a comment or link to a blog post of your own!
What do i pink puffy heart even more than that face?
Sorry my shorts are all jacked up. One million imaginary dollars to the person who guesses what episode of Friends that is in the background!
These giggles and shrieks are priceless.
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I am so excited to do my first cloth diapers review and giveaway!
I'd first like to thank Danielle Friedland for introducing me to this awesome company and diapers. She was a major sweetheart and sent me 4 covers and a dozen prefolds as a pay-it-forward gesture! I passed the covers on, but still use these prefolds daily! Thanks so much Danielle!
ANYWAYS! Bambino Mio was born in Europe and in the last couple of decades has expanded their awesome brands overseas, now represented in 50 countries! They bring you other awesome products like Dekor (which is ironically the diaper pail we used when we used disposables! Funny right?!).
Here's a little vlog about the system, how cute Austin is, and just a few words about fit and function! Yes I know the lighting sucks, we won't use the changing table with the red cover again, I know I look like CRAP, I know Christopher made a weiney joke that I didn't catch until just now, and yes I am going to beat him when I see him next... Oh and I'm PRETTY SURE It's Bambino ME-O, not "Muah". I'm an idiot.
Okay that was rough huh? Well at least you got a good look at the diaper and Austin ;)
I was actually sent a MioIntro kit that will be coming out soon. It includes the cover, 3 prefolds, liners, and Miofresh.
I talked about the prefolds and the cover in the video, but in case you can't watch it, I'll give you the run down! The prefolds are bleached and very pretty and SOOOO absorbent. The cover is super soft with Velcro, but not the crappy messy velcro like some cloth diapers. The leg gussets are really deep and keep breastmilky runny poo in with no problem.
The liners are really awesome. I don't use them much now, but I DEFINITELY will when Austin starts eating solids. You just lay the liner in on top of the prefold and you can flush it with solid waste when you change the diaper! I don't see much point in using them while Austin still has liquidy breast fed poops, but if your babe is formula fed or eating solids, these are definitely handy! They also act as a wetness barrier and baby won't feel wet with the liner. Austin doesn't really care about being wet and when he wears prefolds he doesn't stay in them long. We just use them when we're around the house so as soon as he pees we change.
The Miofresh is Bambino Mio's detergent. It is an antibacterial detergent that is going to cut your bills down by using COLD water! No more emptying that hot water heater ;) It has a fresh scent and Austin's sensitive bum has had no problem with it!
Bambino Mio has a LOT of different options for your diapering needs. You can buy a cover, a pack of prefolds (or nappies as they say), a MioIntro Kit like I described above, a kit for each size, an entire birth to potty training set, or mix and match!
Bambino Mio also carry swim diapers like I mentioned in the video, pails, wipes, training pants, potties, & all the essentials to cloth diapering.
You can visit Bambino Mio for a list of retailers in your area or online to purchase a Bambino Mio of your own
OR
Win a MioIntro kit HERE!
Bambino Mio is offering one of Baby Bumble B's readers their very own MioIntro Kit.
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I'm skipping Boy Mama Mondays in the Snips, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails event since I'm holding the very special Mother's Day CafePress Giveaway HERE.
Austin has been rolling for a little while, but I never get it on camera. I got it finally, along with his favorite word, "Mama"! Okay, I know, he has no clue what he's saying, but he says it, and M is hard to say, half the battle, right?! I've been working on it with him ;)
This past week I looked back at my little baby Bumble B. He has hit 8 pounds, and is double his smallest weight. I look at him and I can't believe that he was half his size. I also could never in a BAJILLION years imagine carrying or giving birth to a baby his size. I was 9lb 4oz, my poor mom...
One Day Old One Week
8 Weeks Old
What a blessing he is!
My smily little baby boy. (The end is the best part! I laugh every time...)
When I decided what kind of mom I wanted to be, I just listed off things I like. I like to hold my baby, I like cloth diapers, I think slings are cool, and breastfeeding is really cheap.
I love holding Austin. I tried a year and a half to get pregnant with him, lost 2 babies, feared my entire pregnancy that I would lose him, had to leave him in the Level 2 NICU for 2 weeks... Why in the WORLD would I ever put him down? You can't spoil a newborn right?! Consider Austin the most spoiled rotten little cutie you have ever seen in your life... But I don't care. I spoiled him and I will continue to. He's going to be 40 weeks this week, he's allowed to be born now, so may be I'll stop carrying him since my uterus isn't supposed to be anymore! Or may be I'll just keep waiting for Christopher to get home to shower and brush my teeth ;)
I love cloth diapers. They are cheap. They are super duper cute. I don't know why everyone doesn't use them... Throw them in the washing machine at dinner, hang them up to dry over night... Done... So easy. It's not like I'm doing anything but holding Austin all day anyways! I have time for one extra load of laundry every 1-2 days!
I love slings. I hate those stupid bulky heavy infant carriers. I love holding my baby (as discussed above...) so my Baby K'Tan sling is perfect. It keeps my little man snuggled up to me and keeps us both pretty warm! It's so easy in the store and I can cover his face so that he doesn't get germs. People don't ask to hold him when he's in it, and if they were to and I didn't want them to, I could say "sorry it's really hard to get him in and out" (which it is kinda) (BTW this is for back when he was really early and I was more afraid of germies than I am now!). There are a few other baby carriers out there that I long for, but for now my Baby K'Tan is perfect!
Here I go, I will admit it... I did NOT want to breastfeed. I thought it was weird. I thought something sucking on my breasts was going to be odd and strange. I decided halfway through my pregnancy that I would give it a try. Why in the world would I turn something down without trying, especially since it is FREE?! I went to a breastfeeding class and BAM I was sold. Watching those little babies nurse was so heart warming and gave me fuzzy wuzzys! When I had Austin and he was in the NICU pumping was all I could do for him. That was the only thing that I had that I could give him that no one else in that place could and it made me feel so incredibly special and like FINALLY I was helping him. When I look down and he's all droopy eyed, falling asleep, so content... My heart melts. I don't know what it is about it, but I really love it. Plus it's cheap, and I now weigh 10 pounds less than my prepregnancy weight, and I chalk it all up to breastfeeding!
So far everything I had hoped and wished for has worked out for us really well! There are labels I could use (attachment parenting, crunchy, etc) but instead I'd like to just be Katie, Austin's mommy!
In Bumble B news, Austin is getting so big. He smiles and he squeals when he's excited. He squeals at me and Christopher when we're playing with him and tickling him and being silly, and he squeals at his seahorse. It's so so funny! He's a pretty happy baby. I wish more of his awake time was during the day and less the middle of the night. I feel bad for making him go to sleep or leaving him awake and going to sleep when he's wide awake, but what can ya do?
His eyes are getting bluer (I hope they stay!), he's smiling with gorgeous dimples, he has the most beautiful skin, he's picking his head up and turning it, he's grasping things, and his fingernails grow faster than anything I've ever seen!
A has gotten over his lazy feedings and is now eating between 50-70ccs a feeding (2 ounces is 60ccs)! He is so alert in the morning feeding (8am) and it's so cute to see the sweet funny faces he makes. It's nice that he's on such a great schedule. Once he gets bigger and healthier I probably won't be so lucky, but he's pretty predictable now. He always poops in the middle of a feeding, so he gets two diaper changes. One before and one during/after. The milk fortifier that is adding calories to the pumped breastmilk makes his poop stink though. Yuck! I'll be glad when it's just plan breastmilk again!
Yesterday A and my favorite nurse took care of him. She and the neonatologist said I could hold A as long as he was in his little bundle and up against me. He had 2 hats on, his pajamas, a long sleeve shirt under the pjs, blanket, and then snuggled with me under my fleece jacket. It was absolute bliss. I was the happiest girl on the face of the earth!
A lot of people have been telling me I needed to leave the hospital and do something. So Christopher and I went to Target. On the way out he said "Well I hope you don't burst into flames. He opened the door to the Jeep and said "Now this is an AU-TO-MO-BILE." When he turned on the radio he said "Now this is a radio. There are NOT more people in the car." Hehehe he makes me laugh!
I was good for a little while. Then halfway through Target I felt just completely and utterly depressed and DONE. I was ready to go back. We stopped to get chinese. Once we got back to the room I felt a little better. We ate and I went to my little man. That was not fun. I did it, and I won't again. I'm not leaving this parking lot without my baby again, at least not for longer than a couple minutes. It's so unnatural and was just really hard.
On a may be down note, A only gained 10 grams yesterday. He's gained 10, 40, 40, and then 10 again. I guess he was keeping himself warm a little while I was holding him. So it looks like the isolette treatment today. I told his nurse that I understand he needs to be in the isolette today, but I will hold him after his feedings until he falls asleep. Anyone that knows A knows that he only eats and sleeps. He falls asleep within 20 minutes of eating. I feel like I am abandoning him when I put him in the isolette still awake and I'm not holding him. I don't think that's too much to ask for, and so I made that clear this morning and his nurse seems fine with it.
Although he didn't gain much weight, he did keep his temp up. Plus when he was in the isolette, his temperature was in the 99s instead of the 98s. So he's maintaining his temp a little better and still gaining a little weight. I think that is a good baby step forward. I am looking forward to talking to the neonatologist today and talk to him about that and see if he agrees or if I'm being TOO optimistic...
I have something even BETTER than a dailt A pic. I have a VIDEO! Lucky duck ;) You'll probably figure out his name as well if you're smart enough lol
Even though Bumble B is still in utero, he already has favorite things. He told me so.
Miley Cyrus. No kidding. Christopher and I watched the Hannah Montana movie the other day and he danced every single time she sang! It was so cute! His first crush! My BFF Ashley and I are going to see her in two weeks, so I hope he's excited. Hold on let me ask him... Yep he's excited.
FRIENDS. Probably not too appropriate for a child... Christopher and I don't have cable and watch seasons 1 through 10 over and over and over and over and over... and have been for YEARS. It's weird I know. But when Bumble B is movin and shakin and I pause the TV to try to catch his movements on camera, he stops. Start it back up, he goes again. He gets really excited when we first start to watch every day!
Monsters. Duh.
Strawberry NERDS.
He does NOT like when I poke him and prod him. Here is a video of my self-prescribed day of modified bedrest last week. I wasn't bored or anything. I always draw flowers on my belly (note FRIENDS in the background...) It's kind of hard to see since it's a Blackberry camera. Check the bottom right corner at the beginning and a little later on. His foot sticks out ;)
