Jan van Eyck (1432)
Present Day
Ok, I was being silly :) heehee. Did you find the resemblance between the two pictures?
Just one month left to go, I think we pretty much have all of the baby stuff set up. Here's a snap shot of the baby room. Notice a pink tennis racket on the wall? :)
We also set up the baby mobile. We got this one because it has friendly smiley characters. Also, it has branches where I can hang high contrast pictures. In this e-book, The New First Three Years of Life, it says that babies pay more attention to bold contrasting colors. There are websites that show you how to make your own mobile.
We also got a travel system that has baby seat and stroller. Wesley was wheeling it around to test out the ease of mobility. We did some research on-line, read the users reviews, checked out Graco website, and went to the Baby R Us store to test out the product. We tested to see if it's easy to fold and use, We choose this one because it has the newest safety features and it has a 180 degree rotating canopy shade for sunny Florida. We also felt the fabric and liked the cushion on this one and the stain resist colors.
It's getting harder to move around and I'm starting to get braxton hicks contractions. Before we can't go anywhere with the baby and before our annual membership pass expires, we went to the Ringling Museum at Sarasota to check out the Egyptian - To Live Forever special exhibit. (I think the museum is free on Mondays but call ahead to confirm). This is as close as we can get to Egypt. They did a really good job setting up the exhibits like you're walking into the dark secret room. The sarcophagus from ~ 1,000 B.C. are so mystical. It's amazing the Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2,560 B.C. while the Acropolis of Athens was built around 500 B.C. and the Great Wall was built around 200 B.C. A staff at the museum made a joke that I'm going to be a mummy. Get it? :)
I came across an article about this painting at the museum. I noticed Mary was breastfeeding baby Jesus (not bottle feeding in the public). During my birth class, seems like some people think public breastfeeding is a taboo, even though mothers are discret about it. It's legal and there are many benefits to breastfeeding instead of bottle feeding. Please be nice if you see a mother decide to do so.
Paolo Veronese, The Rest on the Flight to Egypt, circa 1580
The grounds of the museum are so beautiful and we were very lucky to catch a beautiful sunset...
