40% Hipster 60% Clueless

Don't act like you don't know it's true-

It's totally cool to be a hipster.
It was cool in high school. It was cool in college.  Who knew it would be cool in "mommy world" too?
Me? A hipster? That's  ONE. GIANT. JOKE. 
I have always been a very boring simple person when it comes to style. 
I like pink. I like lace.  I like the occasional sequin.
I'm very girly, don't get me wrong. But the whole- putting thought into what I am wearing thing? That's reserved for special occasions, NOT the grocery store. 
And music? I love ALL music.  I listen to music. But music isn't my life... That's kind of a hipster requirement right?!
But when it comes to parenthood - you know, the mommy stuff, I'm like 40% a hipster... I think.
For real though...  I CLOTH DIAPER. Hipster right? Granted... it's only during the day, when we are at home, not travelling.. or running errands.  Okay so I cloth diaper 60 50% of the time.  50% hipster.
I make (made) my own babyfood (We have moved on to solid finger foods) Jack only ate "pouch" food like 3 times. EVER. This = 800 Bajillion hipster points! Super hipster-y.
On the other hand... We don't co-sleep (Bubba is a bed hog) I only breastfed for 3 months (wish it would have been longer) I turned down a hand-me-down Moby Wrap (Regret it to this day) Sometimes I let Bubba cry it out (GASP!) And we foolishly registered for a Baby Bjorn instead of the Ergo (rookie hipster mistake)
I'd love to be that 100% hipster mommy.  But it's just not in the cards for me! 
Basically what I am trying to say is that I LOVE how diverse mommy-hood is.  There are so many different ways to go about being a parent, lots of which produce WONDERFUL results!
In the words of one of my favorite "mommy bloggers", AP, I like to think I parent "a la carte" I pick and choose from different theories that work for us and our family! 
It's still really cool to be a hipster mom though... Maybe I'll be a hipster grandma?! 

That's one happy 40% hipster baby though... 

Thank Goodness, It's Friday!

Bubba and I didn't get to go to the library for story time today because his annoying friends "cough" and "runny nose" have decided to overstay their welcome. I was sad because I look forward to the socialization with other moms, but the only thing worse than a sick baby is 4 or 5 sick babies..

So we played at home. Bubba LOVES his highchair - have I mentioned this? I swear we had highchair time all day today. He's also developing this little attitude. It's sort of sweet, sort of terrifying. He does this fake whiny cry when he wants food. He talks and talks and talks. I love his sweet little voice. While he plays he will whisper to himself and then out of nowhere squeal with delight. It is so much fun to see his motor skills improve right before my eyes. He's so close to being able to hold his own bottle. I think it will be bittersweet once he figures it out - but he craves the independence. He is so determined and strong-willed (I wonder where he gets that from.. his Mama and Daddy don't have those personality traits at all! ::insert sarcasm::) He's growing so fast I feel torn between excitement for all the fun things to come and sad that he isn't so teeny tiny and dependent anymore. 

It's weird, or maybe it's not weird, but I miss breast feeding A LOT. I thought that would go away by now.. it's been 2 months.. but my hatred for washing/making bottles and the loss of that bodily connection makes the transition hard, even now. I regret not researching more. Not taking the necessary steps to "keep the flow". There's always next time right? 

While the first week at the new place has flown by for me - it was a long one for my hubs. He added 20 minutes onto his commute and was SUPER busy at work every day (YAY! This is good news because a busy employee = a necessary employee.. job security in MI - not so great). Needless to say he's a tired guy who is great enough to come home and help with Jack, dinner, whatever. So I decided to show a little hubby appreciation and make one of his favorite treats..

cream cheese filled snickerdoodles

I found this recipe here. It's wonderful! Tonight I added mini chocolate chips because a) I had 1/4 bag of them in the cupboard and b) who doesn't like a little chocolate?

Happy Weekend :)