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| The sweets. |
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| Laurens special cupcake! Not too fancy but I'm pretty proud of this one :) |
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Mmm Sweets!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Is this for real?
Tomorrow my baby girl turns 1! I'm getting all teary eyed and sentimental over here. And then a mother's day commercial just came on showing a teeny tiny little thing and then BAM he was in college. I seriously think it happens this way, tv doesn't lie. I'm so excited for her but I'm also sad that the baby chapter is coming to an end. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for no more babies, but I just can't believe its been one year.
A year ago I was crazy pregnant, got up went to work, made it all the way until 1:45 when my water broke (at work with students in the room....nightmare!), and around 8 hours later with about 5 pushes total at 10:06 our little lady was born. That was a hell of a day, in a good way of course, but insane.
I'm also carrying a little mommy guilt...we have like no pictures from this first year, well no compared to the 3.45 million we had of Luke. So yeah, we have plenty but I know with Luke things were celebrated way more. But you know what Luke didn't get, some awesome, adorable, heart melting time with a sibling. The two of them together is just the best thing ever. She ADORES him and smiles, laughs so hard, and just wants to be around him. Today when I picked her up at daycare she was all so-so to see me (I did steal her away from her push toy outside, how dare I?) but when we went into Luke's room to get him she spotted him right away, got the biggest smile on her face, and pointed towards him. He came running over smiling right back at her.
So her first year was different and fast and awesome in its own ways. I still can't believe its here already! So much to do in the next few days, operation "soy and dairy free" cake and party food is under way. Keep your fingers crossed it turns out okay and she likes it!
A year ago I was crazy pregnant, got up went to work, made it all the way until 1:45 when my water broke (at work with students in the room....nightmare!), and around 8 hours later with about 5 pushes total at 10:06 our little lady was born. That was a hell of a day, in a good way of course, but insane.
I'm also carrying a little mommy guilt...we have like no pictures from this first year, well no compared to the 3.45 million we had of Luke. So yeah, we have plenty but I know with Luke things were celebrated way more. But you know what Luke didn't get, some awesome, adorable, heart melting time with a sibling. The two of them together is just the best thing ever. She ADORES him and smiles, laughs so hard, and just wants to be around him. Today when I picked her up at daycare she was all so-so to see me (I did steal her away from her push toy outside, how dare I?) but when we went into Luke's room to get him she spotted him right away, got the biggest smile on her face, and pointed towards him. He came running over smiling right back at her.
So her first year was different and fast and awesome in its own ways. I still can't believe its here already! So much to do in the next few days, operation "soy and dairy free" cake and party food is under way. Keep your fingers crossed it turns out okay and she likes it!
Monday, April 22, 2013
Party Planning
Like I have nothing better to do I spent way too much time browsing the Internets and found some really cute ideas for Lauren's party this weekend.
I found a neat idea for homemade treats as party favors - the look will match the party theme perfectly. Hopefully they taste good too. It's basically a chocolate covered Oreo decorated with confetti sprinkles in white and pink chocolate.
Then I saw an idea for a birthday balloon wreath. Here's what I did:
I found a neat idea for homemade treats as party favors - the look will match the party theme perfectly. Hopefully they taste good too. It's basically a chocolate covered Oreo decorated with confetti sprinkles in white and pink chocolate.
Then I saw an idea for a birthday balloon wreath. Here's what I did:
Supplies: straw wreath, 150 balloons, 2 packs of greening pins
Start pinning balloons on to fill wreath. I got this far and ran out of balloons...Zach went out to get me more but they were slightly different colors. So what did I do, take off all of this and start over! Crazy I know.
About 2 hours later (split between two nights so I didn't go completely nuts) and wa-lah, our new birthday balloon wreath.
For about 20 bucks I probably could have bought one even nicer than this but whatever. You win some, you lose some. I think it turned about correctly but I can't say I love it. However we WILL use it for every birthday for about ever, and I don't want to see a balloon again for a very long time :)
Currently hanging on an inside door until party time!
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
HBD
Lauren's birthday banner is complete! I made Luke one for his second birthday and used it again this year, and hopefully a few more years to come. I decided to switch it up a little with Lauren's. I was cutting and pasting and cutting and thinking I wasn't really liking it. Then I finally put it all together and I love it! It turned out super cute and I hope she likes it some day too!
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| Before I strung it all together. |
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| Used panorama on my phone so it looks a little strange. |
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| close up |
Monday, April 15, 2013
Thirty
Day 3 and being 30 isn't so bad.
In the last decade of me I graduated college, got my first real job, lived on my own, got married, bought two different houses, bought my first new car, adopted two cats, and had two kids! Could I have squeezed anything else in 10 years, geez. But it was all awesome and I can only hope my thirties will be just as good.
My birthday started off with soccer practice for the little man - probably needs a blog post of its own but lets just say it was interesting. There was not a lot of actual soccer playing but at least he wasn't the kid hiding in the net and throwing all the cones everywhere. So we'll go back next week.
We had a little family time around the house and I took a nap - like a long one, uninterrupted. Some of you may balk at this notion but for me it was one of the best birthday gifts ever! Celebrated with the kids and enjoyed a little ice cream cake then Zach took me out to a surprise location for dinner! An awesome night out with my husband to end my day. Not too shabby.
Everyone kept asking me how it felt to be thirty and I was all like, oh no big deal, I'm just as young and spry as before, I mean I STILL got carded at the bar...still not too sure how I feel about that. Anyway, yesterday I scrubbed down the deck and railings and power washed everything (looks amazing!) and last night I was so sore. Like crazy sore. So apparently it does feel different being thirty, the needing Advil, taking it easy kind of different.
In the last decade of me I graduated college, got my first real job, lived on my own, got married, bought two different houses, bought my first new car, adopted two cats, and had two kids! Could I have squeezed anything else in 10 years, geez. But it was all awesome and I can only hope my thirties will be just as good.
My birthday started off with soccer practice for the little man - probably needs a blog post of its own but lets just say it was interesting. There was not a lot of actual soccer playing but at least he wasn't the kid hiding in the net and throwing all the cones everywhere. So we'll go back next week.
We had a little family time around the house and I took a nap - like a long one, uninterrupted. Some of you may balk at this notion but for me it was one of the best birthday gifts ever! Celebrated with the kids and enjoyed a little ice cream cake then Zach took me out to a surprise location for dinner! An awesome night out with my husband to end my day. Not too shabby.
Everyone kept asking me how it felt to be thirty and I was all like, oh no big deal, I'm just as young and spry as before, I mean I STILL got carded at the bar...still not too sure how I feel about that. Anyway, yesterday I scrubbed down the deck and railings and power washed everything (looks amazing!) and last night I was so sore. Like crazy sore. So apparently it does feel different being thirty, the needing Advil, taking it easy kind of different.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Catching Up
Life is busy right now. Work, home, family...all busy.
The past few weeks have been beyond stressful at work. Whether you agree with standardized testing or not, its a reality for me that this year they count towards my yearly evaluation. Well, first year of three, kind of confusing and not worth getting in to but yeah, stress.
I'm working on planning Lauren's 1st Birthday party! It's so exciting! I think I have a cake and icing I can make for her that are dairy and soy free and the other day I had a brilliant idea about alternatives to ice cream. Zach took care of the details today and I think it'll be a hit.
The weather has been beautiful. We've been spending lots of time outside, even Lauren is starting to get used to the grass. The house on the other hand is a disaster but who wants to be inside cleaning with weather like that!
Luke starts soccer this weekend and I think he's pumped. We bought him his own real soccer ball last weekend, got some soccer shoes, and practiced running around with his shin guards on. His attention span is all of 10 minutes so hopefully they keep things moving Saturday morning. It could be the longest 45 minutes ever! Pictures to come :)
The warm weather has super motivated me to work out. I've squeezed in some sort of workout 4 of the last 5 days! Let's hope the scale agrees with my efforts as well.
Lastly, tomorrow is Friday and the LAST day of my twenties! Say what?!
The past few weeks have been beyond stressful at work. Whether you agree with standardized testing or not, its a reality for me that this year they count towards my yearly evaluation. Well, first year of three, kind of confusing and not worth getting in to but yeah, stress.
I'm working on planning Lauren's 1st Birthday party! It's so exciting! I think I have a cake and icing I can make for her that are dairy and soy free and the other day I had a brilliant idea about alternatives to ice cream. Zach took care of the details today and I think it'll be a hit.
The weather has been beautiful. We've been spending lots of time outside, even Lauren is starting to get used to the grass. The house on the other hand is a disaster but who wants to be inside cleaning with weather like that!
Luke starts soccer this weekend and I think he's pumped. We bought him his own real soccer ball last weekend, got some soccer shoes, and practiced running around with his shin guards on. His attention span is all of 10 minutes so hopefully they keep things moving Saturday morning. It could be the longest 45 minutes ever! Pictures to come :)
The warm weather has super motivated me to work out. I've squeezed in some sort of workout 4 of the last 5 days! Let's hope the scale agrees with my efforts as well.
Lastly, tomorrow is Friday and the LAST day of my twenties! Say what?!
Monday, April 1, 2013
11 Months
Lauren is less than one month away from turning one! Aaah! Then I'll have no more babies, so crazy. I'm starting to plan her first birthday party already and worked on her birthday banner the other night, yay! She's been up to a lot lately:
- She moves constantly. Whether its crawling, cruising or pushing around any toys with wheels Lauren just wants to go, go, go. She tries to stand very briefly by herself but doesn't have the balance thing covered yet.
- She's not a sleeper. We either get one 2-hour nap a day or two 45-60 minute naps a day. How can this be?? At night she's out by 6-6:30 most days and gets up at 6:30-7 the following morning. Lately this has also included an hour or so feeding/awake session in the middle of the night.
- She drinks four bottles a day, still on the crazy formula.
- She eats stage 3 fruits and veggies and is finally eating some other solids than cheerios. Her favorites: tomato puffs and bananas. She has at least tried green beans and we're still working on carrots and strawberries. As far as protein, she'll only eat the stage 2 meat options.
- She is wearing 12 month clothes and size 2 shoes.
- Her hair just keeps on growing and filling in!
- She tries to do what Luke is doing so I'm using that to my advantage when it comes to eating new foods - he shows her how he eats it and then she gets excited and at least tries it.
- She chews on EVERYTHING! Has two teeth in the bottom front.
- She's been congestion free for the first time in the last 6 months finally! Now she'll turn 1 and we'll have to figure this out all over again but its all good.
- She is very serious but also super ticklish and will always laugh for her daddy and brother.
- She started her transition to the 1 yr old room last week, she won't move for another 3 weeks but she'll slowly spend more time there to help her adjust.
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