Baby H

I've been meaning to do this post for awhile, but have been putting it off for various reasons.  A month ago yesterday I posted about Baby H, the PF's adorable little muffin.  He is now a month old, and still adorable, but his little life has changed drastically since that last post.  Baby H has been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1, which untreated can shorten his life to around 8 months.  There is a new drug that was just approved in December of last year that he has been approved for, and this has a good chance of not only extending his life but improving its quality.  He had his first treatment last week, tolerated it well, and even showed some improvement.  SMA often affects babies' abilities to breathe and feed, so he was put onto a feeding tube right away, and yesterday had more treatments for breathing and they got more equipment to help him at home.  He's such a little fighter, and his mama is the most fierce mama I know.  His daddy, too, but I don't know him as well, and can only speak about the PF really.  She told me the other day that she just does what she has to.  I told her that's enough, and pretty much the definition of a hero in my book.  She jumps in and does whatever it takes to advocate for her boys, and she is amazing.  I know she's tired, and I can't imagine everything she is going through, but she amazes and inspired me on a daily basis.

I tried to figure out what kind of shoes to put with this post.  It seems kind of frivolous to talk about shoes when a baby's health is on the line.  But life continues, and Baby H, like all of us, needs happiness, even if it is in the form of shoes that might make us smile.  In fact, Baby H gave me the inspiration for the shoes.  In a picture the PF posted on Facebook the other day H had his "new wubnub pacifier moose" that he'd gotten in a recent care package.  How often do you ever get to use the phrase wubnub pacifier moose?  Clearly his shoes needed to be moose:

Plus, moose are strong and fierce, just like Baby H and the PF.

If you want to know more about their story, you can go here, the link goes to their GoFundMe page.  Please read his story and support them however you can.  That might be money, that might be prayer, that might just be learning more about SMA and how it affects families.

Hooray Baby H!

I should be proof-reading articles right now, but I need to take a quick break and give my brain something else to think about for a few minutes.  Plus, the PF had her baby on Friday, and I haven't done a post on it yet!  Baby H came into the world around 4 am Friday morning and is doing well.  He spent a couple of days in the NICU just to make sure he was breathing properly, getting proper nutrition, and taking care of a bit of jaundice, but he got to go home yesterday, so there is even more reason to celebrate.  He is such an adorable baby, and his mama has been flooding my Facebook timeline with all sorts of baby spam, which is AWESOME.  He has a whole head full of blonde hair.  So much so that the PF can mold it into a teeny tiny faux mohawk!  Big Brother J seems to be doing well with this new addition to the family.  At least he looked awfully pleased and proud in the pictures of him holding his new brother.  I probably won't get to meet Baby H for a long time, so I'm grateful for all of the pictures.  And now, of course, there must be shoes to celebrate.

 These are simple, but adorable.  I like now soft and snuggly they look.

I've posted these before, but I still love them, and the came up when I typed in Baby H---- Shoes, so I had to post them again! 

These also came up in that search.  The internet must know it's PF's baby!

These aren't my favorite, but I love the color, and I don't often see helicopter shoes, so I thought that was fun.

These are my favorite.  I know you're shocked.

There you go.  5 pairs of Baby H shoes for the first 5 days of his adorable little life.  Welcome to the world, Baby H!

PS--if you haven't clicked on the links taking you to the glossary, please do so.  I need more sets of eyes telling me if I've forgotten stuff or gotten stuff wrong.

Henry!

Today I learned (because the Pinterest Friend learned) that the Pumpkin Seed is actually a Henry!  So now she will have 3 boys, counting her hubby, in her family.  It's Facebook official, so I'm not giving any spoilers by posting it here.  Tonight's shoes are in gratitude for baby boys:

I do love me some plaid.

I love these. The gray parts look like dapper, little vests.

He would, of course, need a matching sweater to go with these.

So snuggly for a little Idaho baby!

I love all of the colors of the foxes.

I mostly found "girl" owl shoes.  What's up with that?

And of course some adorable hedgie hogs.

Yay, babies!  I'm having a sleepover at the seester's tonight, so I'm off to snuggle with Flower and Laughter while we watch the new season of Fixer Upper.

Happy Thanksgiving!

My 30 Days of Thankfulness are kind of going by the wayside, not because I lack things for which to be thankful, but because I'm having such a nice time at home that I keep getting sidetracked and forgetting to post.  Like yesterday, I hung out with the parents, Double A, and the Bean, and then the girls had a sleepover, and I was in bed before I realized I hadn't posted.  Which is silly because we wore awesome pjs that would have made for a great post:

As I said on Facebook yesterday, yes, I AM that auntie who forces her nieces to wear matching pjs with her.  Here is a slightly different view:

This is fro tonight, and see that awesome sock peaking out from my pjs?

Yep.  Totally owl thanksgiving socks!  It's quite the fabulous theme I have going on.  I actually feel slightly guilty for posting all of this cute owl stuff where the Pinterest Friend can't see it, when she isn't here to participate.  But really, it's her own fault for getting me obsessed with owls in the first. place. 😋  Speaking of the PF, she sent me this recently:

 

Flip flop turkey!  Hilarious and adorable.  Which brings me to the earrings I wore today for Thanksgiving:

Ridiculous(ly adorable) turkey earrings.

Today I am thankful for so many things:  time with family, good friends, yummy food, silly accessories, the list could go on an on.  Rather than keep you (or me) up any later, though, I will just show one more picture, which is of our first Thanksgiving meal of the day:

The girls decided they wanted a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving this year, so we had this around 11:30 and regular Thanksgiving tonight.  Good times.  And Good Night.  I hope your day was filled with blessings.

Owls

I'm assuming you knew (or guessed) that this post was coming.  I already did fox and hedgehog shoes for the Pinterest Friend's Pumpkin Seed (the PF's PS?), so of course I have to do owls as well.

These 2 are very similar, and I think I've posted them both before, but they are just so colorful and happy that I had to post them again.

 

I'm wondering if these were specifically cut out of fabric that has a variety of owls, and if so, what do the rest of the adorable owls look like?

I love these colors.

I think I've also posted these before, but I just don't care! Because cuteness.

I had to give you both pictures so you could see the different angles, AND that they are corduroy! I love corduroy.

I also love owls, and the PF and her PS.  It's a love fest.

HedgieHogs

The other day when I was looking for fox shoes for the Pinterest Friend's Pumpkin Seed, I also came across several pairs of hedgehog baby shoes.  The PF's hubby is apparently a fan of hedgehogs, so I figured I should do a post for him, too.  Also, Scout is a fan, as I have written before, so this isn't my first hedgehog post, but it is the first one of exclusively baby shoes.

I've done these before, but they're so stinking cute I had to include them again.

They say "give me a hug."  Heehee.  Hedgehog shoes could easily be porcupine shoes, I feel like.  I just love how smug these little guys look.

 

I know.  They're all the same shoes just in different colors, but I love them all, so you have to see them all.

 

These are funny to me.  They remind me of some sheets I had as a kid that had big mushrooms on them.  Or was it a blanket? Or both?  Ahhh...the 70s.  Anyhoodle.  Why are the mushrooms so much bigger than the hedgehogs?  I still think they're awfully cute, and I love the colors.

I was superamazinglyfantastically grumpy today, so these cute hedgiehog shoes helped with that a little bit.  I hope your day was less grumpy, but if it wasn't,  hope you too were helped by some hedgehog cuteness

Foxes

The Pinterest Friend has announced it on Facebook and given me permission to mention it here, so today's post is in honor of her and her little Pumpkin Seed, coming in May of 2017!  Yep, the PF is going to have a baby!  Which means that every time I see anything baby related with owls or foxes on it I have to stop myself from buying it.  It doesn't mean I can't share them here, though, so today we're going to with fox baby shoes.

They're all just so stinking adorable!  I love how dapper the foxes in the 4th and 6th pictures are.  Pumpkin Seed does not need 6 pairs of fox shoes (probably...I would never judge if PS really DID need 6 pairs of fox shoes), so I'll just window shop (blog shop?) for now.  Congrats, PF!  Now please move back to California so I might spoil that baby in person. :-)

Foxes and Owls and Shoes, Oh My

Today is the Pinterest Friend's birthday!  Hooray!  Because she is the PF and cool like that, SHE sent ME presents.  Oh silly PF.  Here they are:

I think I've posted the puppy shoes before, but didn't know they were part of a series.  I just don't know why they are so sad.  And why the kitties and zebras look surprised.

These are adorable.  I don't really have a desire to wear fox shoes, but if I did, I think these might be the ones.  I'm sure there's some event where they would be appropriate.

The rest are my gifts to the PF, fox and owl shoes:

 

They're all Zazzle, and they're all adorable.  When I win the lottery or become a rich and famous podcaster (hahahahaha) I will buy everyone adorable but crazy-expensive Zazzle tennies in the theme of their choice. 

Happy Birthday, PF!  I hope your day was superfantabulous!

I also want to acknowledge that today is the birthday of one of my best friends from high school.  Sadly she died about 6 years from a brain hemorrhage.  She was way too young and left behind a husband and young son, her father, sister, and 2 brothers.  The world misses her big laugh and crazy sense of humor.  I regret that we lost track of each other for awhile and had only just reconnected via Facebook but hadn't had a chance to see each other in person (even though we were living in same town) when she died.  RIP, my friend.

Memory Lane:  2013. 2014. 2015.