I need to be better at recording the cute/funny things my kids do. Knowing me I will forget every single one unless I write it down. 

Mommy: I have two pretty girls!

Emmie: Mommy is a pretty girl too!

Mommy: Aw thanks :)

Emmie: You're Beautiful

<3 10/17/2012

Fish went to find Emmie because it was TOO quiet. You know the kind of quiet that screams someone is doing something they probably shouldn't. He walks in to find Emmie trying to cut open a package of Oreos with scissors. She had managed to get one oreo out and it was sitting on the couch. As soon as she saw Fish, she shoved the package and the scissors away and grabs the lone Oreo saying "I don't want these!" as she ran as fast as she could >.<

10/16/2012

For awhile I could not figure out WHY my child kept shouting "TWO PANDAS" randomly. I was starting to think she was a really really odd child...until I realized she was saying "STUPENDOUS!" lol. 

I'll have to think of some more things she has said lately. 

Emmie is REALLY into dancing & gymnastics it's just about an obsession I'd say now. She wakes up every morning wanting her "ballerina dress". She will not take it off. She tries to show me dance moves all day long...pirouettes, fouettes, first position, second position, grand jette, etc lol She knows them all by name. She will do sommersaults and say she's doing gymnastics. Love it! I cannot wait to get her into one of those classes.

Oh here is another funny Emmie moment.

Tonight I put her to bed and after awhile I heard kicking against the wall in her room. So, I went to open her door and give her the "look"...she gasped "I choose the right!" and flipped over and went to sleep. lol. It was too funny.

Let's see...Ryann will be 6 weeks on Friday. She is about 11 lbs now. She's doing so well will head control. I think it helps that she is a tummy sleeper, so she's use to having to lift her head up and look around when she wakes. She's still pretty chill for the most part. I think she's going through a growth spurt right now, plus 6 weeks is when fussiness peaks. She's been a tad fussy, but nothing that holding her or giving her a paci won't soothe :) She is so full of smiles! I love this kid! Getting a smile out of her is the easiest task in the world. I hope she keeps that cheerful demeanor :)

Ry-Ry showing off her strength lol

Just a lame picture of the person who is always behind the camera.

WAY too much happiness in such a tiny body hahaha

My pretty girl :) She had fun at YellowStone :)

Our little family at Yellowstone. Sporting out babywearing spirit during International Babywearing Week!

I speak baby.

Mommy of 2

Things aren't quite as crazy as I had an anticipated them to be.
We're 2 weeks in and still alive! lol

Emmie is adjusting quite well. She adores Ryann. She is always telling her she loves her and wants to hold her/give her hugs&kisses. The only thing she's having a hard time with is not going on as many outings as of lately. She's getting sick of being cooped up. Yesterday we went to some friends for a short play date and then got lunch and took it to the park. Yesterday was heavenly. When we came home she played in her play room for 3 hours, something she hasn't done in a very long time. She still goes to bed on time most nights and sleeps through the night, so I have no complaints :P
Lately she is obsessed with Angelina Ballerina. She tells EVERYONE she is a ballerina. She wears this black dress nearly all day saying it's her tutu and she loves to attempt pirouets. I can't wait until she turns 3 and we can get her into dance classes!

Ryann is doing great. She's 2 weeks old, 9lbs 22inches and perfectly healthy :) She's a pretty chill kid. Feed her, change her and lay her down and she's good. Hopefully it stays that way :)

Anyways, here are random pics

The girls and I being lazy

Both my babies at 10 days old :)

First time I got them to nap at the same time lol. I think Ryann was like 5 days old here? Maybe?

Daddy and Ryann relaxing at the park

Ryann sporting some Mary Janes I made. And her poor dry feet that aren't dry anymore lol

34 weeks

Yesterday we hit the 34 week mark.
I am huge and uncomfortable :)

Had an appt on wednesday and everything is looking perfect. Blood pressure is great. Weight gain was only 1 pound in the past 2 weeks. Measuring 35 weeks and her heart rate was 155 :)

These next 6 weeks need to fly!



The pics I don't post on Fb

 Here are a few pics that didn't make the fb cut but I still love :)

Love my girls :)

I can only get Emmie to take pics with me if I act like a retard and yell "Yaaaay" or "Ahhhh" or make it fun and exciting somehow. lol

My kid has an obsession with holding people's ears. It DRIVES ME NUTS.

I don't care what anyone thinks, I love my pregnant belly. Stretch marks, varicose veins and all.

Shadow Box Piggy Banks

I saw the idea on Pinterest and loved it, so I had to make our own!

I went to D.I. and found 2 small shadow box frames...I was bummed I couldn't find bigger ones, but oh well, it'll have to do for now :)

I tried to think of some cute quote or one word to go in each box but I couldn't for the life of me think of anything I wanted on my walls for an extended period of time....so I went with a damask print that matched our bedding colors instead.

 

Our walls have been so barren for the past year, it's nice to have SOMETHING hanging on them in our bedroom lol

[btw, I have since fixed the right frame since I noticed after taking this pic that it's lower than the left frame]


 

and please forgive the bright colored linen baskets. haha. They use to hold Emmie's toys, but now they hold Ryann's clothes. Eventually they'll go back to the girl's room.

Crafting Crazy.

I think a screw in my crafting gear has gone loose. I feel like I must be making something every second of every day! It's awful!

But fun too I suppose :)

 

These are bath time dress up dolls I made for Emmie. When we visited Grandma & Papa they had some cute foam dress up dolls that Emmie LOVED...so I had to make her some! It cost my a total of $2.00 and about an hour and a half of my time. Not bad. She LOVES these- as plain as they are :)

 

 

This was just a quick fun crochet project I whipped up. I came across the pattern here.
Emmie would not stand still for me though to get a cute pic, nor would she let me fix her hair >.< Oh well.
 

Daddy and I made Emmie this yarn skirt. She loves dressing up and I couldn't justify buying her a cheap tulle tutu that would fall apart when I had materials at home to make her something that will make her just as happy. Once again, she won't stand still and pose lol

Em's new obsession is taking the couch cushions off and using them as slides.

Not much is new with us...just waiting for this semester to be over and for Ryann to join us!

Diapers, diapers diapers :)

Finally went and bought new needles for my sewing machine. I immediately got to work on this! It's a one size fitted diaper. The pattern was for a pocket fitted, I had made 3 of those before, but this time I wanted a closed fitted with lay in soakers. So I drew up my own pattern for the soakers and messed with the diaper pattern some to not only close up the back pocket, but to add back elastic. I figured if I'm going to use it as a one size on little Ryann when she gets here then back elastic would be a good idea for those poop explosions lol.

You'll probably see a lot more diaper posts since I'm pretty much addicted to sewing again :)