Mattie: 6 weeks old!

Here' s Mattie at 6 weeks old!! I am tickled that I can put a bow in her hair. She is just the sweetest little one, and I'm enjoying every moment with her. And I couldn't ask for a better big sister than Laney. She's so loving toward Mattie. When Mattie isn't in my arms, Laney always asks, "Where's Mattie Mommy?" She loves her. When she cries, Laney runs to her, kisses her or sings to her. She says, "It's okay Mattie. I'm here." Melt. My. Heart.

Mattie loves the swing and loves to look at herself in the mirror above her.

Nana came to visit this past weekend and here's a picture of Laquita and I with the babies strapped to us. Nana had Paisley, my niece and of course, I had Mattie. Matt and Lauren were at the U2 concert and Nana was babysitting Pais. I was proud of LQ for participating in babywearing. She loved it!! (I have more pics to post of the weekend later).

We have a part of our living room dedicated to toys, however we don't have any walls since there's a door, a fireplace, a long window and a desk also in this play area, so it's hard to even have a play area with toys without everything being in the middle of the floor, where you trip on everything. So, I decided to take advantage of the fireplace and use it to our advantage since we don't have fires in there enough. I bought a large chalkboad at a consignment sale in Raleigh and nailed it to the fireplace so Laney could draw. We don't have room for a free standing easel, and actually this works perfectly. The less clutter the better. I want to paint magnetic paint on it and then black paint over that so that I can use this also as storage for magnetic toys, etc.. The magnetic paint is pretty pricey. I just love making things! I'll post a better picture soon.