This is Oscar. I love him. He loves, very much, to be outside.
…he also likes to be naked. (I like his baby back wrinkles myself).
…this is Oscar’s mama. She loves Oscar too. She is one of my oldest and very best’est friends. She is also very very tiny. Oscar was not. :)
…this is Oscar smiling. It melts me into a puddle every time I see it.
Below is Oscar’s house which is pretty much the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. It’s like walking straight into a design magazine…no detail is left undone. Stacy also handmade all of Oscar’s crib bedding, his mobile, hand dyed all of his clothes, made vintage baby onesies out of John’s old rock and roll tees, and pretty much re-purposed everything in her house herself…oh and did I mention they actually gutted and re-did their whole house themselves. Yeah, she knows I hate her just a wee bit for it. BUT I do know who to call when I want my own vintage crib bedding and onesies made. I will be sure to keep her busy for life. I keep telling her she needs to submit images to Apartment Therapy…it’s just too beautiful not to share.
Stacy and I met in high school. Many many years ago. I cannot count how many hours we spent at Barnes and Noble - she would be reading design books and magazines. I would be reading up on photography. We would sit for hours and hours and discuss every last detail of our weddings, what kind of house we would live in after we got married, what our children would look like, what their names would be, how many we would have. They were just dreams then. Now they are becoming our realities. Long after other friends came and went as they sometimes do…Stacy was still there. When life didn’t look as pretty as we had dreamt it would be, she remained a constant. She is the friend that I know will always be there no matter what. The friend that I don’t have to talk to every day, but we pick up right where we left off. The friend I still sit with and dream even bigger dreams with. She is my forever friend.
When I heard that the baby boy we discussed so many years ago was finally here, I cried. He is perfect. Beautiful. A mix of both his mommy and his daddy.
…and he doesn’t know how incredibly blessed he is that he landed in the hearts and the arms of the parents that he did.
To Oscar…welcome to the world beautiful boy. To Stacy…thank you for being such an amazing forever friend. Loves to all of you…
