stuff

We start our new daycare on Monday!?! OMG, I am so nervous, scared, sad, etc... It is the first non-family member who will care for E. I just know she is going to *LOVE* it so much. She is going to love playing with all the other kids and doing crafts and learning activities. I just hope the first morning goes smoothly and she doesn't really care to much about me leaving. If I have to leave her crying out for momma... I am going to bawl my eyes out in front of the staff. Not something I want to do. I'm sure they'd expect it from a mother of a 3 month old... not a mom of an almost 18 month old! When I say staff, I mean she has a couple girls who work with her in her home. This woman runs 2 daycares in her home. One upstairs and one downstairs. The home is beautiful. The yard is enormous and covered in toys. We drove by just to check it out ahead of time and are going over there tomorrow night to meet her and get a tour. Then on Friday I took off the afternoon and we are going to go spend the afternoon there. Just to let E play and get a bit more comfortable. God I hope I don't break down in front of everyone. I am so hormonal during certain parts of the month... luckily by Monday I will be just finishing up with aunt flo... (TMI,sorry) so my emotions will most likely be in check by then. (Let's hope!)

Today I met with the woman who does all the daycare licensing in our county. She was able to read me some parent evaluations. This daycare has had no complaints... in over 20 years. That is pretty awesome. The woman I met with said that this provider goes at everything 110 percent. She also told me that often when a new popular toy comes out this provider will go to the store and buy 5 of the item, so that the children don't have to fight over 1. Everything I'm hearing is making me feel better and better about this daycare thing... although I still wish I could be a SAHM. I'll fill you in after our meeting tomorrow. Think positive thoughts for us please!

Ok, totally different topic... I didn't create my blog until a year after my wedding. So I thought I'd go down memory lane and share some of my favorite pictures.

2 of my 3 flower girls...
yummy food...
the girls...
my sis...
the boys...
love this pic!
and this one...
ok, love all these multi-colored ones!
pure bliss...
G's mom...
my parents...

After 2.5 years, I still think I am the luckiest girl in the whole wide world. I love this man. *sigh*

My friend Melissa took all these pictures. She is an awsome photographer... I'd highly recommend her!

G has already gone up to bed... I best be doing the same! Night :)

kids stuff

I found this website after reading about it in a Pa.ren.ts magazine... inchbug.com. It has some really cute kids items... my favs: the mary jane socks, the custom bumpy name orbit labels, the squeeze free juice box holders and the no-spill bottle caps. I plan to order all of these items, minus the socks, this week. They are very reasonably priced and I'm excited to get those name labels before we start daycare... so her sippy cups will be labeled clearly. Resulting in less germy mix-ups!

Can you believe I've had 4 posts in one day. I guess I've got lots to say today. Whew.

country folks

Does this say anthing about were we live! 2 Saturdays ago I was driving through down town and saw this big Jo.hn De.ere parked outside a church with a trailer full of coolers and benches... I think it is a cute idea.

Congrats to Emily and Michael (I have no idea who you are, but your getaway is cute)!

teething and treats

For breakfast E ate a bowl of cereal and a banana... the usual. It was a rough morning. We have a nice big molar breaking through... all she did was whine, whine, whine (but I can't blame her). Nothing would make her happy, except for food and motrin. So this is what she ate for a late morning snack. I am such a good mom it is ridiculous.

No, your eyes are not deceiving you... that is a cupcake, a piece of kr.aft singles and air puff popcorn. And as you can see, she decided to dip the popcorn in her frosting... tasty!!!

Saturday again... already??

This week has flown by so fast! My MIL was here for the week to watch E... and it seemed like we had something going on each night! Monday night I had a Mary Kay party. It was fun, we did pedicures. I had a great party and was able to order lots of fun stuff for myself... I love girly pampering products! Tuesday night I had scheduled an appointment for a car seat clinic. I have been wanting to have our car seat checked out by the pros for some time now and ran across and ad in our paper for this clinic. I got a call that afternoon at work and they informed me that the clinic was cancelled, since I was the ONLY one who signed up?!?!?!?! WTF? I just don't get that. Wednesday I had to get a ride home from my dad, cause we are having car problems (that is a whole nother story). Then G's aunt came to spend the evening with us. She wanted to carve pumpkins with E. Not sure it turned out the way she'd hoped... E seemed more interested in the ball she was playing with and the neighbor guy hauling leaves in his trailer on the back of his 4-wheeler. Thursday night was actually a night of nothing big. We watched Sur.vivor (kind of a gross episode) and Gr.ey's Ana.to.my and then I went to bed. Friday at 5, we had a picutre ordering appointment for E's pics she had done last month. After that we had to go to his aunts house for dinner. It was a nice dinner with yummy food. You can't beat that!

So that sums up our busy week in a nutshell. I am SO HAPPY it is Saturday and I get to stay home and do nothing what so ever. Well, I guess laundry, but that is no big deal.

Tomorrow we are on the go again for my grandma's birthday party at her nursing home. All the great-grandkids are going to dress up in their Halloween costumes, so that should be fun.

I have lots more to blog about... but am going to leave you now with some pics... and will be back later (hopefully today, if time allows).

This was a rainy day before G left for work. E insisted we go out and wave goodbye in the driveway (that is not our camper in the background, that is my neighbors yard).
This is E attemping to spoon out the pumpking guts with G's aunt.

and here she is putting the finishing touches on her pumpking...
I haven't mentioned it in a while... but I do have a password protected blog... if you want the address and password, leave me a comment at the end of this post, along with your email address... please don't be offended if I don't allow you in... I am very selective... blog friends welcome though!

tootaloo for now...

entry to e

You are now 17 months old! You have grown so much in the last 3 weeks, I just can't believe it. You say so many words now... everyday you surprise me with a new one. You must have a vocabulary near 50 words... although you have yet to say a 2 word sentence. But I keep trying! Words you know: baby, mae mae (what you call all cats), elmo, button (belly, computer keyboard and the one on clothes), ball, eye, ear, mouth, nose, toe, mamma, dadda, papa, Hunter, Kt, mote (remote), buhbye, moo, meow, pup pup, more, up, down, jump, uh oh, no, book, juice, pop, numa numa (which means time to eat), nana (bananas)... plus many more. You will also repeat any word I ask you if you can say.

One of your favorite things to do is run laps from the living room down the hallway and back. If mom or dad get in on the action with you, you think it is the funniest thing ever. You giggle the entire time. Sometimes you'll chase us to... around and around your highchair. You think this is a riot.

You LOVE to dance. We have a radio on top of the fridge and when you see it you say "dan, dan". We turn it on and have our own little dance party. I think this is the funniest thing you do.

You are such a good sleeper. You go to bed by 7 every night and usually wake up between 6:30 and 7:30. We haven't mastered the nap changes yet... I don't think you can decide if you still need 2 a day or not. We've tried to just take one mid-day nap... but there are days you are ready to lay down by 9:30 a.m. I'm just as confused as you are on how we should handle naps... but we're working it out together.



You love our cats... you have been pretty rough on them the last few months... but you are slowly learning to be gentle. Some of your favorite things are: elmo, your baby dolls, eating, dancing, being tickled, tickling us, the Bac.kya.rdig.ans, the movie Ope.n Seas.on, being outside, playing with H, your shoes, reading books, mac-n-cheese, green beans, bananas, playing with your princess ball and calling every kid, even if they are 5, "baby". One of these days I'm expecting some smart ass little kid is gonna give it to you and tell you that he most certainly is not a baby!

We are starting a new daycare in 2 weeks. I'm hoping we get there and you are so enamoured with all the toys and kids that you don't even think twice about me leaving. I have a friend who's 2 girls go there and she has nothing bad to say about the place. She says they have a great preschool program. Her 4 year old can write everyone's name in the family and that her youngest who isn't even 2 yet, can count to 10! I'm excited about that and hope you flourish in a more structured daycare setting. I know you are a smart little girl and will do well.

You are, in grandpa's words, "the coolest little girl". I look forward to waking up every day to see you and hear what you have to say. You are so active now that I know each day is going to bring a new adventure! I love you girl.

another cheesy "get to know me" entry...

1. What is your occupation? child support case worker

2. What color are your socks right now? i'm barefoot

3. What are you listening to right now? two and a half men on tv

4. What was the last thing that you ate? peanut butter toast

5. Can you drive a stick shift? no

6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? hot pink

7. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? my sister

8. How old are you today? 29

9. Favorite drink? iced vanilla latte, appletini

10. What is your favorite sport to watch? tennis

11. Have you ever dyed your hair? yes

12. Pets? 3 cats, max, mae and callie

13. Favorite food? mom's potato carrot bake and chicken kiev

14. Last movie you watched? open season (e's favorite)

15. Favorite Day of the year? christmas eve & day (i guess that's 2 days)

16. What do you do to vent anger? cry

17. What was your favorite toy as a child? my little pony

18. What is your favorite, fall or spring? both, hate winter

19. Hugs or kisses? both

20. Cherry or Blueberry? blueberries

21. Living arrangements? a 1 1/2 story 3 bedroom home, 3 cats, g, e and me!

22. When was the last time you cried? last night when i read ~blonde ambitions~ october 16th entry about taking her girls to their first day of daycare

23. What is on the floor of your closet? clothes, shoes purses, my wedding box

24. Favorite smell? fresh baked cookies, e after a bath

25. What inspires you? family, friends, the nuts i work around each day

26. What are you afraid of? losing the people i love

27. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? plain cheeseburgers

28. Favorite car? jeep commander

29. Favorite cat breed? my mixed mutts

30. Number of keys on your key ring? 3 keys - car, work and my parents house

31. How many years at your current job? almost 1

32. Favorite day of the week? friday

33. How many states have you lived in? 1

34. How many countries have you been to? 1, good ole usa

35. What was your favorite country? hmmmmm... i guess there is only one answer

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter." - Dr. Suess

weepy...

I am not pregnant and aunt flo is not on her way anytime soon. Yet I am so weepy today. I just don't know why. Maybe it is the weather. It was rainy and cold today. We were stuck in the house all day long with a sick E. She has a bit of a cough... runny nose. Tried to lay her down for a nap twice today. She slept for about a half hour each time... but woke herself up with her phlemy cough. I love her to death but it gets so exhausting when all she wants to do is whine and wants momma. She wants me to pick her up but then wants to get down. She wants to get on my lap, then wants to get down. She wants to sit on the couch by us, but then she wants to get down. Over and over and over again. While whining. With a runny nose. She was in bed tonight before 7. That explains our day right there. I should have been in bed by 7 to. But this foolish good tv on Sunday nights keeps me up!

I started a post today at 7:16 a.m. It is now 9:11 p.m. My first post didn't save for some reason.

Now it is after 9 and this is the first chance I've had to sit down and really have some time to myself to post. What a day.

I feel again, like this weekend has flown by. Saturday E and I went to a Par.tyLit.e candle party with T, her daughter and her sister. I of course wasn't going to buy anything. I bought 2 things. Nothing spendy (as I'm sure you all know how much that candle crap can cost at these parties) though. I bought a set of 6 square votives in a cherry scent and a set of 4 apple scented aroma melts for this cute P. Lite melter I got from my mom last year...
My friend M who had the party had this cute leaf candle holder sitting on her table and I kept looking through the catalog trying to find it... turns out it was from her wedding and she had a few extras left. So she gave me one! Here it is... isn't it pretty!

Mmmmmm, just sitting here I can smell the cranberry orange candle burning inside! Yummy!

Well I think it is time for bed. I am beat. Here are a few weekend pics for fun...
Jumping on daddy... High 5'ing daddy...
Lately she has been wanting "baby" to sit with her during dinner...
E's cute new shoes... I just love them! She wants them on all the time... even over her footed pj's...
Oh, look at those tired eyes... she looks so sweet and innocent here... don't let her fool you...! :)