About

Amanda. 26. Louisiana.

I'm slightly crunchy and do the whole breastfeeding, baby wearing, cloth diapering, unmedicated childbirth thing.

I experienced my life's most defining moment when I gave birth to my sweet baby boy, Nolan, on October 23, 2011.

I married my best friend, Mike. We have been together since I was 16.

My African Grey parrot, Pepper, says the most random things from "Nolan Nachoes" to singing porn music "Bow-chicka-bow-wow".

Join me as I figure out parenting.

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19 hours ago | 9 notes

5.25.12

Nolan started waving.

5.27.12

Nolan began and mastered eating Cheerios.

3 days ago | 10 notes

I have a penis in me

whodatbaby:

It’s a boy!

The morning of the ultrasound Mike and I talked about our gender predictions. We both thought it would be a girl because most of the first children in his family are girls, I’ve been craving lots of fruit and because the Chinese gender test said so.

However, I did have 2 dreams that…

5.26.11 - The day I found out Nolan’s sex.

Via Who Dat Baby
4 days ago | 5 notes

Fun Fact Friday

I have to eat my oatmeal cream pies in a different room, or I’ll get harassed by a parrot.

4 days ago | 10 notes
I don’t know why I waited this long, but I finally let Nolan sit in the shopping cart instead of being carried in the ergo. He could see better than in the ergo, so he really enjoyed yelling at people and flirting with women.

I don’t know why I waited this long, but I finally let Nolan sit in the shopping cart instead of being carried in the ergo. He could see better than in the ergo, so he really enjoyed yelling at people and flirting with women.

5 days ago | 7 notes

Pepper’s Phrase of the Day

“Did you just grab my ass?”

He picked this up while we were on vacation….

5 days ago | 17 notes

My baby isn’t such a little baby anymore, but bacon is still bacon.

6 days ago | 6 notes

7 Months Old

  • Weight: 19lbs 8oz (is in size 12 months)
  • Height: 28”
  • Head: 17”

Nolan:

  • Babbles and says “Mama”
  • Loves imitating sounds, such as growling/yelling and motorboating
  • Pulls himself up to stand and will take a couple of steps
  • Sits steadily
  • Crawls very fast
  • Enjoys climbing
  • Is getting better at falling ‘safely’
  • Loves baked cinnamon apples, broccoli, chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers…
  • Can drink out of a sippy cup
  • Can open drawers and is getting into everything
  • Will pull blankets off his head to play peak-a-boo (and will try to find me if I hide)
  • Enjoys banging objects
  • His attention span has gotten much longer and it is obvious he is learning cause and effect (pulls lever on gumball machine to get a prize / pushes buttons to hear music…)
1 week ago | 4 notes
Hand project I’ve been working on. I made the prints when Nolan was 7 weeks old.

Hand project I’ve been working on. I made the prints when Nolan was 7 weeks old.

1 week ago | 8 notes
Good morning!

Good morning!

1 week ago | 8 notes

Pepper says, “That’s not my ass.”

Edit: We started reading a book to Nolan called, “That’s Not My Monster.” Pepper started saying that. Then Pepper started saying, “that’s not my monster, hairy eyebrows” - a line from the book. Then one day it sounded like Pepper said, “that’s not my monster, hairy ass,” which later became “that’s not my ass.” We didn’t teach him to say any of it, he picks up sentences he likes and creates his own sayings.

1 week ago | 8 notes
Time for a new Tumblr icon.

Time for a new Tumblr icon.

1 week ago | 3 notes

I’m so excited to find out Dolly’s Imagination Library has been started in my town!!! It wasn’t available when Nolan was born. If you want free books mailed to your child monthly, see if the program is available in your area.