Good ol' Jamestown

So I did it! I did what I said I would do...explore the area while we are still living on the east coast. Ronan and I took a short like road trip to the first colony of America, Jamestown, est. in 1607. It was really cool to see, especially because of all the history and because it's on the water. It was very hot today, though, but the wind from the bay waves felt lovely.

It's only a 10 dollar admission fee to see historical Jamestown, and it's good for 7 days if you'd didn't get to see everything in one day. My favorite parts were the statues of Pocahontos and John Smith, the first governor of Virginia.

Jamestown is one of the 3 historical colonies in the colonial triangle of Virginia, namely right next to Yorktown and Williamsburg. I was not aware that the college of William and Mary is literally right next to Williamsburg, but it is. I just love driving around and seeing all the old, ivy league looking brick buildings of the east coast.

Until our next adventure :)

Roadtripping in America avec my bambino

While we're out here on the east coast for a few more months, I'd like to hit the road and see some great 'n historical places. Might as well since the hubby is always gone working :( Let's see, we've been to Williamsburg, Charleston, Savannah...I think next on the list will be either DC or Charlottesville, or both! They're both only a few hours drive away.

Be sure to eat at B. Matthews if you go to Savannah, GA. Great service and great food. And go to Hank's in Charleston, SC if you travel there, AWESOME crab cakes and shrimp 'n grits. The Williamsburg Lodge was just lovely for Thanksgiving brunch, definitely a brunch I will never forget, with so many different types of yummy food, a harpist, ice sculptures, the works. If we were to stay here longer in VA it would definitely become a tradition to up and have Thanksgiving there every year. It's around 60 bucks a pop, but WELL worth it.

Eating food in new places always seems to elicit fond and charming memories for me. Restaurants are great places of restaurants for good times had in new and exciting places.

Til the next town...

That White Line

I just put my son Ronan down for the night with his nigh nigh bottle. I love that white roll that forms at his wrist from his chubby arms and chubby hands meeting and blocking out the sun to his wrists. I love that, my lil' brown Portuguese bug! Thank goodness he got his daddy's nice 'n tan pigment, and not my rosey 'n white skin.

A good way, for you new moms out there, to thin out baby lotion and SPF is to combine a bit of the 2 after you give your baby a bath, instead of all one or the other. That way he is lathered up and protected from the sun. I use Arbonne baby SPF 30 lotion, made from natural botanical ingredients. I also use Aveeno baby lotion, as well.

Pampers diapers are our diddy of choice. Probably in part because that's what the NICU used on him for 2 months, but I've also tried Huggies and Luvs, and they just don't hold up to the soaker son my boy is.

What else, oh ya, Boudreaux's Butt Bath is my choice as well for Ronan's bath time bubbles, great scent, gentle and great clean. I should get an endorsement from these companies, lol.

'Til next time SAHMs (Stay at Home Mommies)!!! Much love :)

Ohhhh how the time flies, it really does

We all get bored, it's a fact of life. Even with a new baby, it's possible to eventually get bored --- I don't mean with your baby, but with the little bits of time here and there in between. But I believe that the speed at which my son is growing and we are living truly triumphs boredom. What I mean to say is that I can't believe my son is already 13 months old, and getting so big and strong everyday. It definitely trips me out to think we were in the NICU with him, praying for him everyday for 59 days straight, and to look at him now you would never know he was a 10 week early preemie, my big boy.

When people ask me how old Ronan is and I reply with one year old, I hear a lot, Oh, he's a big boy for one. Boy has he caught up.

I know I keep harping on the subject of my son, but I guess I'm still dealing with the amazement of how perfect he is now, even with being born so premature. And I guess I'm still dealing with working through all of the emotions of the roller coaster ride we had with him in the hospital most of last summer. We are so blessed, I can't say that enough.

On a side note, to moms of babies out there who are presently teething, if anyone reads my blogs besides myself, Humphrey's Teething Strips are a great self dissolving teething pain reduction measure I really encourage using. Ronan is working on tooth number 5 now, and they really seem to help pacify him when I can tell he's in teething pain.

My boy is ONE YEAR OLD!!!!

He's more than 1 year old, in a couple days Ronan will be one year and one month old, I'm so happy he's doing so well, eating like a pig, living life and loving it. He is SUCH a hap hap happy baby, we are so blessed. To think, last summer was spent in the walls of the NICU day in and day out, hoping for the best, and we are here and Ronan is healthy and I am so thankful, from the bottom and outside and all valves of my heart.

We've been in Charleston the last week since Daddy's ship is in port here in the yards being worked on. Charleston is such a charming and historical town, full of civil war lineage and low country shine. The best restaurant we've ate at so far is called Hank's, an upscale but still laid back surf and turf restaurant with the best crab cakes I've ever had. The tuna tartare was great, too, as well as the shrimp and grits with sauteed spinach, mmmmmmm. Jack's is a good and cheap breakfast place to go if you're on a budget. And the Gibbes Museum of Art on Meeting Street is a calming and fun museum to go to, to take in some of the low country history reflected in portrait paintings, and enjoy a wonderful piece by the Gullah culture history artist Jonathan Green located on the 3rd floor, entitled "Caroline" I believe.

I heart Charleston, and I HEART HEART HEART my sweet 'n strong son RONAN :)