G as in Giraffe

Back to my bear alphabet and today we have the letter G as in Giraffe...of course :)

If you want to check out the past letters here are the links:

E elephant
R  racoon
S sheep
A ant
o  ostrich
S see lion
A albatross
L lion
N  nightingale
D duck

 These Bear Alphabet letters are a cute touch for every nursery, pick your child letter or write the full name!
Just drop me an email for any option!

Another beautiful sunny day here at ocean beach, the baby is sleeping next to me ( on the swing of course!!), hubby came home earlier from the office...it is a nice Friday :)

Alex, 15 weeks.

It took me three morning naps to complete :) here it is, the first (of many!) portrait of my baby.
He is much more beautiful in reality... it is always so very difficult to portrait the people you love.  However I am happy with the final work.

Alex, 15 weeks.

The list of things to do for him is still long: write in his book, put in order his THOUSAND photo (apparently I can't stop my self from taking tons of daily pictures!), make a baby calendar, do more drawings and sketches of him and with him, and more! But the portrait was on the list! SO I am very glad I can tick one off :)
He is actually still napping this morning, THANKS TO OUR BABY SWING!!!! the best baby presnt ever ! Couldnt live without it! ;)
 Time to clean the house and make some lunch!

two days to THREE MONTHS ...the two of us

When you have a baby and especially when you spend your whole day and your whole time with the baby ( like me!) is normal that your mind is just thinking baby stuff...
 It would probably easier at this stage to start writing a baby blog, instead of an art blog.
Talking about poop ( yes he pooped today! after two days of no-poop-what so ever- but-super cranky- baby) naps and sleep or better NO SLEEP.
We started a new sleep routine few day ago. Basically is the same as before ( batch, feed, lullaby, bed) but it starts earlier. So that around 8 pm I can do something for my self :) like eating, or cleaning up :( or maybe drawing if is a lucky day (as it happened tonight!)
Anyway....I did not expect that it would take so  much time to put a baby in bed! Between tow hours and one hour and half. The same time I used to spend to do a couple of quick study in my PRE-baby-life.


Here is a quick study done today during the afternoon nap time.
My baby is almost three months.... I absolutely adore him.
Our life is much more beautiful with Alex around :)

The two of us.

Super Swaddle!

SWADDLE, a word that was totally unknown to me till 4 months ago, when hubby and I went to our first and only new parent class. They had us practicing on a doll that day, way easier than with the real thing! :)
What matters is that swaddling works!! At least it did work with our baby.
 Here is our super baby burrito all swaddled up!

Big Love! Small Sketch!

Just a quick post to let you guys know that we are alive!! :)
Finding time to draw is getting more and more difficult, especially since I started school again. (taking an history class though...no practice!).
But the good news is that Alex is adjusting well and he is starting to establish a nice daily routine. He is a good sleeper at night but unfortunately he doesnt like to nap that much in the day time.
Here is a very quick drawing from yesterday. No time to finish it or to embellish it so I will post as it is and I would rather do a new one if i get some more time.

I love this baby so much!!! Having him smiling is always the best part of my day .

Things change...

Driving is not the same anymore ....

Crying record : 45 minutes ...  55 km

From Palo Alto to San Francisco, yesterday .   

Painful!

Three weeks of pure love. Digital drawing.

Three weeks today of pure love.
This motherhood experience is so much more than anything I was expecting. More love, more responsibilities, more smiles, more awaken hours (much more!), more happiness.
I am loving and enjoying every moment of it.
We are slowly getting to establish a normal daily routine that hopefully will allow me some drawing time too. Of course Mona fun time has priority on my art time! She is dealing so well with the little one...being patient, understanding, loving and protecting.
 Happy Monday everyone!

 Three weeks of being a mom.