Such a Mean Momma

We love our dog. Even though I threaten to sell him to the gypsies every day - we still love him. 

He spends a majority of his time on the futon in the front room protecting his people from threats like the mail person (EVERY. DAY.) or the garbage men or the across the street neighbor when he's getting in to HIS OWN VEHICLE.

He is a good dog and doesn't bark all the time however when he does bark - it's a scene. I'd managed to just get Alice to sleep and she was sleeping on her own on the bed. VICTORY!

Until someone walked down the street. 

Then the dog decided to protect us the only way he knows how - by barking like a crazy dog and throwing himself on the front window. 

And woke the baby who wouldn't go back to sleep and cried for another hour. 

Momma wasn't happy. 

This is what happens when you bark and wake the baby. You lose your front room privileges.

Now he's lost. He just sits by the front door like "how will I see the intruder?" 

Yeesh.

Until next time...

Stupid Blocks

Since she's a bit more mobile, I thought it would be a good idea to get something for our living room floor to keep her from hitting her head. Walmart had a few different options - Dora, Princess games, Cars and ABC's. We decided to get ABC's and be educational. 

So far they've just upset my OCDness. 

First off - they don't package them in alphabetical order. I mean, come on! 

So I just put them together ignoring the order in order to get them to her faster. 

Only there's 26 and there is no way to connect them and make it even unless you do two rows of two. I don't need an aisle runner. I need a play surface. 

None of this seems to bother her.

When my Beloved got home I told him my issues. He already knows I'm crazy so this didn't really come as a surprise. We laid them out in alphabetical order so the placement isn't even. Seriously - they couldn't include 4 shapes blocks maybe?! Triangle, circle, square, star - BAM!! EVEN!! But no. They needed to make the crazies crazier. 

I'm PRETENDING they did it on purpose to account for my ottoman. Yeah, yeah - let's go with that.

When in alphabetical order the color pattern is soothing.....except for R. The R is off. Seriously!? 

Lord help me. 

We should have bought the princess one.

With a Sheep - Week 18

Our girl is getting so big. She's learning and exploring every day. This week she rolled! A few weeks ago she HATED Tummy Time. It was the worst thing ever! Now when you lay her on her back - she immediately flips over. Laying on your back is for babies. ;)

She's attempting to move around. Right now she pulls herself around in circles and kicks and kicks. 

She LOVES the dog. She will smile and laugh as soon as she sees him. And he's doing so well with her. They were sitting on the couch the other day and she was just kicking and kicking him (she does this when she's excited). And he just sat there. He eventually looked at me like 'ummm.....now it kicks?!' but he never moved. 

She's 34 weeks now and I have a feeling these next few weeks are going to bring big changes. 

Slow down little one!

Today's outfit is from Uncle Travis and worn to celebrate his return from college!! We are so proud of him. The socks came from Aunt Monica and are extremely girly. EEEK!!! ;)

Until next time....

She Rolls!!

She rolled from back to tummy yesterday! She's been trying for a few weeks but couldn't figure out where to put her arms. I was folding towels in her room and she was getting pretty close! I told her if she rolled over while I was putting towels away in the other room she would be grounded until she was 30. Luckily she was still on her back when I got back. 

But she eventually rolled!! This is the fourth roll because it took me forever to get the camera going. It's a little labored because her crazy momma kept flipping her back to her back to start over. Crazy Momma.

The video is chopped up because I had to cut a lot to email it. And I wanted to wait to post it after my Beloved got to see it. 

Later I put her on her back on her play pad and before I knew it - this is how I found her...

She's not quite crawling yet but can scoot really easy on the laminate flooring. We will be in big trouble very, very soon.....

She rolled over for the first time and I was here to see it. That brings me joy. 

The Girl likes her technology

Alice loves things that light up and she wants nothing more then to chew on your phone. You light up a phone in front of her and you have her attention! 

Aunt Tami was holding her and texting and Little Bitty reached behind her head for the phone. 

I was trying to talk to mom on the house phone and she decided she needed that one too.

Seriously.

And she loves the TV and the remote as well. She doesn't know what the remote does but she knows she wants it. 

This probably makes us bad parents. 

Oops.

Mother's Day

This was my very first Mother's day. We celebrated at our house with both of our mothers and my sister. I hadn't slept well the night before so I was only mildly cranky. ;) 

The card my Beloved helped Alice pick out had a string of butterflies that now hang in the doorway to our hall. They're so sweet!

It was a lovely day with no drama except Alice did manage to spit up on Aunt Tami.

It was fantastic. And being the good mother that I am instead of stepping in to help - I took pictures! Of course!

I'm thankful for good mommas and I'm thankful I'm hers. 

Update!

I have an update of this post.

Yep. Jinxed it. 

Been sleeping with her ever since. 

Good thing she's cute. ;)

Sorry I've slacked when it comes to posting. We've had a busy few weeks and I've just been exhausted. We'll try harder - I promise.