I feel pretty, and witty, and bright!

Mommy thought it would be a great idea to put me in all pink. Papa told her he never wanted me wearing too much pink.
Geez this is too much even for me, and I was just about over taking pictures- so I let mommy know just how I felt....

The stare off

Today I met Douglas. I think he has a staring problem. And I am not one to back down from a challenge!

15 weeks

That's right, today I am 15 weeks old, and boy am I growing!!! Here is a picture of me laying on papa when I was 5 weeks, and right next to it is a picture of me at 15 weeks. A lot has changed, but I'm still papa's little girl!



Yep, I'm growing everyday! I can sit up just fine now (of course with mommy's help) and hold my head even better. STILL not a fan of tummy time, but mommy keeps trying!!!

Mommy wants a free purse!

So as I am sleeping, mommy is typing away trying to get us a free- ever so cute purse! Mommy says it's for her, but we all know it's really for me!!

Here it is! How cute! And all mommy has to do it write an entry about it? Well she can do that!!!

She'll even share with you the link in case you want to try to win as well! Add momondealz on facebook, follow on blogger, and much more. Go and save yourself some money!


http://www.momondealz.com/2010/03/my-thirty-one-boardwalk-bag-giveaway.html

When I grow up I want to be a conductor...

That's right! I have a knack at play all sorts of sounds and tunes. Sadly I think mommy gets embarrassed sometimes.

Today mommy and I were at the grocery store and mommy took me into the bathroom. We normally go all the way to the end to use the handicap stall because it's the only one my stroller can fit into.

Suddenly I feel the need to have an orchestra in my diaper. To mommy's shock there was a employee who can in just as I was playing my diaper tunes. Oh and I am not shy! I want to make sure EVERYONE can hear the echos of tunes. Mommy didn't know what to say. She just shook her head and opened up the stall. She caught eyes with the employee who looked a little shocked and before mommy could say it was me and not her... the employee was out the door.

Boy- mommy's face was RED!!!

So we finished up shopping and went to check out. And you'll never believe this... that employee was our cashier too :)

My first St. Patty's Day.... terrible.

Today papa left work to take mommy and me to the Dr. to finish getting my 2 month vaccinations. I screamed and cried until I couldn't breathe and than seemed perfectly fine. Papa went back to work and later on when mommy changed my diaper I realized how much my legs hurt from the shots.

Needless to say I broke my mommy's heart. I cried for nearly an hour and a half, non-stop. We sang songs, nursed, rocked, nursed, walked around, nursed, went outside, rocked, swung, nursed, nursed, nursed, both of us crying, danced, cursed at the vaccines, and finally called papa so he could hear what mommy was going through.

If this is what St. Patrick's Day is all about I want nothing to do with it next year. No thank you!

Who are you calling a chocolate chip cookie?!

That's right, I was the lonely chocolate chip on the chocolate chip cookie!

It was a year ago that mommy drove all the way down to the beach (45-60 minutes away!!) to see Dr. Flood. She had been going there since September of the previous year and so she thought it was going to be nothing new.

Every week mommy would go there for ultrasounds and blood work. You see, ovaries are suppose to look like chocolate chip cookies. The ovary itself is the cookie and the chocolate chips are the mature follicles that are getting ready for ovulation. Sadly, most of the time mommy only had one chocolate on the cookie- or none at all!

The Dr. gave mommy rounds of clomid (a drug to get more follicles to produce) and even then she didn't have many follicles :( Mommy would joke and say she only had sugar cookies!

Well, a year ago mommy saw something different. There was a tiny little chocolate chip on her left ovary. Little did she know, that little chocolate chip was going to grow for another week and become fertilized and turn into the most beautiful and precious little girl.

One two three, bubbles you and me!

What in the world is that?! Those things floating in front of my eyes?

They are called Bubble Ooodles and they are just the best. Made of sugar so they are safe for my eyes as well as my puppies, as they clearly enjoy too!

And the award goes to....

My papa, of course!

He is just awesome! He doesn' think twice about picking me up or carring me around. Infact, he is the one that changes my diapers the most, and he actually wants too!!! Mommy is so lucky.

...well nobody is perfect.

splishing and a splashing

Well, not so much splishing, but a lot of splashing!

Papa gives me a bath everynight, and it's my favorite part of the day! Once I hit the water I love splashing my hands and feet, getting water EVERYWHERE! Papa even lets me play with the water coming out of the facuet. I'd stay in there forever if I could, but papa takes me out as soon as I pee!
But there is one part of bath time I am not a fan of....
.....taking that nasty medicine!!

There's a monster in our house!!!

Grrrr Arrr!! That's right. It's me. Mommas little monster!
Boy, being a monster is tiring!!

First time at the park!

What an unexpected surprise I got today!

Mommy got a phone call from her friend asking if we wanted to meet her and her two kids at the park today! It was such a nice day, mommy wanted to see her friend, and I wanted to meet Daniel and Olivia! So mommy put me down for a quick morning nap and hopped in the shower and we were on our way.

It was wonderful! Lots of trees and shade (it was 67 degrees out there today!). I watched the kids play on slides and swing and run all around! I can't wait til I'm old enough to play in the Fun Forest too (that is the name of the park)







After spending time in the beautiful weather we headed home to get ready for our 3 month pictures. This time we went to Olan Mills. Mommy was not impressed by the service nor the lady taking my picture. The sales lady was very pushy and mommy doesn't like that at all!! I on the other hand was out cold taking a much deserved nap!!!

1/4 of the first year is over!!

In honor of me turning 3 months, I thought I'd give you 12 facts about me!!

1.I have now began to notice my puppy dogs
2.I burp like my papa
3.I’m not fat, I’m cute
4.Still not sure about getting my picture taken
5.I wake up happy and with a smile in the morning
6.I go to bed between 9:15pm-9:45pm
7.I wake up between 5:45am-6:45am
8.I enjoy watching Big Cat Diaries on animal planet at 3pm
9.I LOVE it when papa plays with my toes
10. My favorite part of the day is bath time (and food of course!)
11.I have found my GLORIOUS hands and fingers
12.I LOVE watching mommy sing and sign (and dance)to me


That’s right! I am 3 months today! I can’t believe how fast the time as gone by and how much I love learning new things. The weather is getting so nice that I can even go out and play in the sunlight!

We are not sure how much I weigh but mommy is pretty sure I’m at least 12 lbs. We will go to see Dr. D next week, when I say “we” I mean papa and I. Mommy is too scared to go!

oh-what are Big Cat Diaries, you ask? It is a really super neat show that comes on at 3:00pm all about big kitty cats! There are lions, cheetahs, and leopards. I enjoy watching them run across the screen and it’s a nice quiet time I enjoy with my puppies, and mommy too. Sometimes she pretends to be the lion and I be the gazelle….but we all know it’s the other way around! ;)

What will my favorite toy be?

Toys are fun, flashy, noisey, bright, and EXPENSIVE!!! I have jumpers, bouncers, rattles, bunnies, balls, rainsticks, etc. Out of all these at my beckoning call- there is just one type of toy I love the best, and those are my books!

Mommy tells me that books should be every child's favorite toy. You work on hand-eye coordination, words and language skills (even sentence structure!), cause and effect (turning the page), as well as auditory stimulation (hearing the pages turn, or even ripping them...ooppss), I even work on sign language as we go through the pages talking about the animals we see. Sometimes when mommy can't find the book, she'll just read to me from her memory!!!

So now that I am finally in bed and sleeping; mommy is wide awake searching for some of her favorite books from when she was a little girl and from when she worked with all of her kids. I (with mommy's help of course) created a wish list (right hand side of screen), what was your favorite book?

The weeks are rolling on by!

I can't believe it! Today I am 12 weeks (no quite 3 months yet though!) and I am doing so much. I can hold my head up with little wobbling now. I can even hold my balance if mommy sits me up on the couch (leaning against the back cushion of course!). Everyday I am getting better at tummy time and can lift my head up completely for a few minutes! Mommy is so proud!

With everything I am learning and doing, mommy tells me that her favorite part is that I am sleeping longer at night, giggling, and needing less diaper changes (her all time favorite!). All of those are exciting, but even more so it that mommy loves to dress me up and take lots of pictures. She even started making me bows and headbands to match my outfits. She even plans on using old bed sheets she is no longer using to make me some summer dresses for me! I just hope I am as clever as mommy when I grow up!

More Pictures?!?!

Everyone is asking where mommy gets all the pictures of me from. To answer that question, she gets them from EVERYWHERE!

Now that she is staying home with me (which I LOVE!) she knows she has to do everything she came to save money. Now she has cut out a lot of extras she did for herself and putting them toward other things. Such as me!

She takes home photos of me everyday, all day. However, she also wants to get a ton of professional photos too. Now these do not come cheap! Mommy has taken me to Sears and JCPenneys for pictures. She is not so much a fan of Sears, but since she became a member there she gets a free 8x10 each time we go (so she gets me all fancy and takes pictures and mommy picks out her favorite and we get a free photo!). JCPenneys is a different story. We really like them and their prices (of course with the coupon!). We will be trying out Olan Mills next week and the following month we will try one more place too.

Here are some outtakes from the last time we went to Sears:

Night Shift is over!

Now I am not sure what to do with myself... Normally my puppies and I have to stay quiet during the day so papa can sleep. He has been working the night shift for the past two months. Now papa is back working during the day and mommy puts on a show all day long. Well, now if only I can stay awake for half of it!!!

She sings and dances for me. My favorite songs so far are The Ants Go Marching, Getty Up Horsie, Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and I Have a Little Bicycle. But I think mommy's favorite songs are ANYTHING by Rod Stewart. She keeps telling me that he is the best thing since sliced bread...whatever that is. We dance around the rooms, she dips me, and spins me. She even does these weird things with her hands, I am sure I will pick it up soon!

Mommy and I wash dishes together, fold clothes together, AND the weather has been nice the past few days so I get to go outside and watch my puppies play in the yard. Life is good and I am really enjoying it.

But I have to say the thing both mommy and I enjoy the most is having my papa home more often and to be able to see him and hear his voice. I've got him wrapped around my fingers already!