our dogs sleep in our room with us. The little one, Josie, is not comfy to sleep with, she spreads out, she's hot, she pushes against you. So she gets kenneled when its actually time to sleep. The big guy, Duke, well, he's royalty, so he sleeps wherever he wants. He is awesome to sleep with, he really is a great cuddle-er and he will even 'talk' to you to encourage you to 'love on' him. Sometimes, he will leave you for his own space and that's ok, b/c you know that it is not personal. ;) What cracks me up about Josie is that sometimes she gets thirsty... so she just hops in the shower and laps up any water droplets that she finds in there. It totally cracks me up to see her do that. I can see the shower from where I sleep in our bed and trust me, it is super silly to see her poke her head around the shower curtain and jump out from the ledge of the bathtub smacking her lips!
For the record, my favorite cup of coffee... Green Mountain Coffee's Nantucket Blend for my Keurig machine. YUMMO!!!
By the way, it is NOT a HOT water heater... it is just a WATER HEATER!!!!!!!!
The Girl is growing her brains by leaps and bounds! She astounds us everyday with what she has learned/developed. The other night, she and C were doing their nighttime routine thing and I was 'setting the stage for sleeping' ie: getting her bed ready, turning on Thomas, and her noise machine. In her hands, The Girl was holding the eyeglass frames to her Mr Potato Head toy and she proceeded to rub the 'lens' on her shirt like she was cleaning them! HOW STINKING CUTE IS THAT????
Do you want some stats on The Girl? She is 20 months old, 35 inches tall and weighs 32 pounds. She has a mouth full of teeth, I haven't counted them but there are a lot in there. :) She is actually leaving a clip in her hair now (YAY!) and ON OCCASION, she will allow me to put it in a ponytail.
Ok, I've got actual things to do today, so I'll have to ramble on another time.
Later Gaters!
~Til next time!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter Sunday
Rainy and chilly.
Bummer.
I bought The Girl's Easter dress probably 2 months ago, but didn't get shoes at the same time. I saw some in an ad a few weeks ago, mentioned to C that I wanted to get those for her for Easter, didn't get to that store. Last night, like a crazy person I'm out looking for shoes. We went to the store whose ad I had seen, no shoes that went with her dress. We hit Wallyworld since it was right there... no shoes (seriously NONE in her size AT ALL!). We went to 3 other stores and finally found some shoes at Target. C and I had looked at these shoes a few weeks, ago but I hemmed and hawed and said no, they are too much of a big girl shoe, I really want the white mary janes that I saw. Well, guess what was the only shoe left at Target last night... the white 'big girl' shoes. So I had to get them. The Girl was really excited about them, kept saying 'shoe, shoe, shoe' when I showed them to her. I put them on and she did this little shuffle w/ her feet... then fell. See, they have a bit of a heel to them. Nice mom huh? Give a toddler who is relatively new to the walking world a pair of wedges. Without further adieu....
The Shoes:
The outfit:
I've got more pictures, but blogger isn't letting me post them right now, I'll try again later.
~Til next time!
Bummer.
I bought The Girl's Easter dress probably 2 months ago, but didn't get shoes at the same time. I saw some in an ad a few weeks ago, mentioned to C that I wanted to get those for her for Easter, didn't get to that store. Last night, like a crazy person I'm out looking for shoes. We went to the store whose ad I had seen, no shoes that went with her dress. We hit Wallyworld since it was right there... no shoes (seriously NONE in her size AT ALL!). We went to 3 other stores and finally found some shoes at Target. C and I had looked at these shoes a few weeks, ago but I hemmed and hawed and said no, they are too much of a big girl shoe, I really want the white mary janes that I saw. Well, guess what was the only shoe left at Target last night... the white 'big girl' shoes. So I had to get them. The Girl was really excited about them, kept saying 'shoe, shoe, shoe' when I showed them to her. I put them on and she did this little shuffle w/ her feet... then fell. See, they have a bit of a heel to them. Nice mom huh? Give a toddler who is relatively new to the walking world a pair of wedges. Without further adieu....
The Shoes:
The outfit:
I've got more pictures, but blogger isn't letting me post them right now, I'll try again later.
~Til next time!
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
yardsales and craigslist...
gotta be one of the best things since the wheel, well maybe at least the Internet! :)
About 2 weeks ago, I was driving home from dropping The Girl off at a friends for a few hours so that I could get some things done around the house when I passed a sign bragging about a HUGE Multifamily yard sale... I did a 'u-y' and followed the sign... but wound up getting stopped at a different yard sale b/c I saw one of those little tykes coupe cars... I jumped out of my car, checked it over (not very well apparently but I'll tell you about that later) I was sooooooooooo embarrassed b/c I had my slippers on and I hadn't even showered for the day yet. They wanted $15 bucks for it, I happened to have the cash on me and I just KNEW The Girl would love it. Sure enough, when I got her home later that day and after her nap of course she was ALL SMILES! :D Now for the bummer part, needs a little bit of repair... C worked on it once, but already that has fallen apart, he's got another idea and we are gonna try that... keeping my fingers crossed that it holds this time.
(Please excuse my seriously messy garage. Thank you!)
Doesn't that face just make your day???
Now for my craigslist finds: I guess its been about 2 months now, but I found this WAY COOL train table and some accessories listed for $50 (totally worth A LOT more than that, but I wasn't going to complain). It was in a town that is close to an hour from me, but I happen to have a friend that lives in that town... after a few emails back and forth between my friend and the seller and myself... bam! its ours and I'm sooooo excited! :D
I'd post some pictures, but I want to do it when the track is all set up correctly. We had it that way once, but ya know how kids are... it was apart before I could get my camera out!
When The Girl is at my friends house they have these great outside toys, a slide, a motorized Jeep (sooooo keeping my eye out for one of those!), and a bunch of other great kid toys. Sometimes when I go pick up The Girl its like I'm kidnapping her when I try to take her away from either the slide or the Jeep. In the toysrus ad last week, they had the slide 'on sale' for $70! HELLO!! It's a PLASTIC SLIDE!!!! I mentioned it to my friend and she said she'd keep an eye out at yardsales or on craigslist for me. So we both have been looking, well last Thursday my friend sent me an email w/a link to a craigslist ad w/ the slide for $15. The seller and I emailed a few times, the ad said there was sun fading and some wear and tear. I asked how bad the wear and tear was, she said it had been heavily used for 2 years by her girls. I said that if my daughter was able to go up the ladder and slide down safely than it was perfect for me. She said that the slide fit my requirements. She also mentioned that there had been other inquiries and she was going with the first person that set up a time to meet. We agreed I'd call her at 8am to set something up. If you know me, you know that if I agreed to do something at 8am then I REALLY must have wanted it. :) I called at 8am, she said I was the 1st one to call to set up a time to meet so it was mine! YAY!!! (we met up at noon, btw) Told you mornings are just not my thing.
Well, when I pulled in the driveway, C and The Girl were already outside, we pulled the slide out and WAHOOO!! we had ourselves on VERY HAPPY little girl! :D Now anytime we pull in the driveway or open the door to the garage she starts pointing and says WEEEE? WEEEEE? WEEEEE? She LOVES LOVES LOVES the slide. I'm sooooo happy I got it for her.
She also loves to send her Madagascar dudes down the slide. Totally makes her day! :D
Please excuse my snorting!!! :)
About 2 weeks ago, I was driving home from dropping The Girl off at a friends for a few hours so that I could get some things done around the house when I passed a sign bragging about a HUGE Multifamily yard sale... I did a 'u-y' and followed the sign... but wound up getting stopped at a different yard sale b/c I saw one of those little tykes coupe cars... I jumped out of my car, checked it over (not very well apparently but I'll tell you about that later) I was sooooooooooo embarrassed b/c I had my slippers on and I hadn't even showered for the day yet. They wanted $15 bucks for it, I happened to have the cash on me and I just KNEW The Girl would love it. Sure enough, when I got her home later that day and after her nap of course she was ALL SMILES! :D Now for the bummer part, needs a little bit of repair... C worked on it once, but already that has fallen apart, he's got another idea and we are gonna try that... keeping my fingers crossed that it holds this time.
(Please excuse my seriously messy garage. Thank you!)
Doesn't that face just make your day???
Now for my craigslist finds: I guess its been about 2 months now, but I found this WAY COOL train table and some accessories listed for $50 (totally worth A LOT more than that, but I wasn't going to complain). It was in a town that is close to an hour from me, but I happen to have a friend that lives in that town... after a few emails back and forth between my friend and the seller and myself... bam! its ours and I'm sooooo excited! :D
I'd post some pictures, but I want to do it when the track is all set up correctly. We had it that way once, but ya know how kids are... it was apart before I could get my camera out!
When The Girl is at my friends house they have these great outside toys, a slide, a motorized Jeep (sooooo keeping my eye out for one of those!), and a bunch of other great kid toys. Sometimes when I go pick up The Girl its like I'm kidnapping her when I try to take her away from either the slide or the Jeep. In the toysrus ad last week, they had the slide 'on sale' for $70! HELLO!! It's a PLASTIC SLIDE!!!! I mentioned it to my friend and she said she'd keep an eye out at yardsales or on craigslist for me. So we both have been looking, well last Thursday my friend sent me an email w/a link to a craigslist ad w/ the slide for $15. The seller and I emailed a few times, the ad said there was sun fading and some wear and tear. I asked how bad the wear and tear was, she said it had been heavily used for 2 years by her girls. I said that if my daughter was able to go up the ladder and slide down safely than it was perfect for me. She said that the slide fit my requirements. She also mentioned that there had been other inquiries and she was going with the first person that set up a time to meet. We agreed I'd call her at 8am to set something up. If you know me, you know that if I agreed to do something at 8am then I REALLY must have wanted it. :) I called at 8am, she said I was the 1st one to call to set up a time to meet so it was mine! YAY!!! (we met up at noon, btw) Told you mornings are just not my thing.
Well, when I pulled in the driveway, C and The Girl were already outside, we pulled the slide out and WAHOOO!! we had ourselves on VERY HAPPY little girl! :D Now anytime we pull in the driveway or open the door to the garage she starts pointing and says WEEEE? WEEEEE? WEEEEE? She LOVES LOVES LOVES the slide. I'm sooooo happy I got it for her.
She also loves to send her Madagascar dudes down the slide. Totally makes her day! :D
Please excuse my snorting!!! :)
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Did I get ya?
Yesterdays picture post was TOTALLY an April Fool's Day prank! I got the one person I was aiming for, so it made it worth while! :D
Seriously though, we are NOT expanding our family!
~til next time!
Seriously though, we are NOT expanding our family!
~til next time!
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