Uh-Oh

Apparently I forgot I was grounded from clothes shopping for Lola.  Oops. 

I Heart Change & Vertigo Sucks

Some people love change and others just don’t do well with change.  I think I like change.  It may be one reason I rearrange furniture once a month, hang different curtains, and constantly recover my pillows.  Kebby and I were talking and she just doesn’t like change.  We were talking about why I like it and why she doesn’t.  I think feeling secure is important and healthy and for that reason too much change can be very stressful- Clay and I know that from a lot of experience in our short life together, but little change all the time suits me just fine. 

I changed Lola’s room again.  Surprised?  Probably not by now.  I bought a light color to paint her ceiling, which meant crown molding needed to go up to separate the two since the textured carried onto the ceiling and it would have been impossible to get a pretty line without it… but after I got the paint, Kebby and I were playing with Lola in her room and we decided to take the light, thick rug out of the guestroom and put it in her room.  I have to admit I LOVE it in the guest room, but since she is away and Nick occasionally sleeps over, the room isn’t getting enough attention to hide amazing rugs in there… so after a few days of it being in Lola’s room it has really grown on me!  As soon as we laid it down to see what it would look like, Lola rolled and snuggled all over it!  She loved having soft, plush carpet in her room.  It does give it that play feeling I was wanting it to have!  And then I redid her shelves and added one more so her kitchen stuff could go on it.  Gram got Lola super cute kitchen accessories so we need to make room so her kitchen can be her main toy.

   

The paper books went a little higher because she can’t read them anyhow and her board books are on the other shelf lower.  Then the shelf with the dolls and picture frames can hold kitchen stuff as it comes our way… and then I bought the pink canvas bins for Lola’s toys.  She gets into those easier than the baskets that were there.  I scooted over the chair and kitchen so her shelves are more accessible!  It has really helped!

From Lola’s perspective: Notice the rug!

I moved one of the baskets under her bedside table and a pink doll to help tie in the pink- somehow pink has really made it’s way into Lola’s room!  I am going to put Lola’s blankets in the basket so I can keep her covered up at night now that she is sleeping in her bed! ;)  Last night she stayed in it till 4 a.m.!  Super proud of her… and me for that matter. 

 

Lola likes to sit at her desk (which soon will be replaced with a table) and cook, bake, or pretend eat. 

 

Now about our Wii Fit!

So I have been pretty good lately about getting using our Wii Fit!  It’s so much fun and as soon as Lola goes down for a nap, I run to get it out and do some yoga and Wii fitness stuff!  Well sometimes I do it when Lola is up and she stands next to me and mimics me- it is so cute, so I set her up on it too!

How cute is this? 

They have Baby Stats so I can weigh her in, but it won’t let her do anything else because of her age- but her little Mii character is pretty cute!

If a mom is trying to figure out how to fit some kind of exercise into her daily routine, I would highly recommend this.  It’s a lot of fun, takes no time to set up or break down, and did I mention it was fun?  Before I know it I have been doing things that work all sorts of muscles for 45 minutes!  Clay and I compete and my favorite right now is the snowball throwing- it makes me arms so sore!  This was  a great Christmas gift for us!  It will be fun when Lola can do it too one day!

So this cute shirt was only $1.99 at Old Navy and I got 3 more, two solid, another striped- they have a cute pocket on them and I got them during tax-free weekend!  What a great deal!  They matched her Gap shorts she already had.   Our Old Navy and CP clothes came in today and we got some great stuff for super cheap!  Gap/Old Navy is having 30% off the next 3-4 days- take advantage people!  We may be ordering a few more things.  I can get really good deals online: coupon codes, free shipping, and sometimes online things are marked down that aren’t marked down in the store.  Love good deals especially on clothes…

Weird Story

This morning I woke up thinking I was going insane because everything was moving and spinning and I just couldn’t function very well because the more I moved the more everything else moved.  I know weird.  Me.  But after putting up with that for several hours it finally got better and after talking to the doctor (an actual doctor called me- he’s so old school and I love that!) he said it was definitely vertigo.  I have had that before but it has been awhile and it wasn’t near that bad.  So now I can officially say vertigo sucks.  Really bad.  Poor Lola was practically on her own this morning.  She finally cuddled up with me and just fell asleep watching Sesame Street.  So nice of her- and I wonder if she picked up on the fact that I wasn’t feeling good?  Babies are super smart, especially mine.  ;)   Praying no more vertigo.

Well I think the last few days I have made up for a lack of posting this month! 

Don’t forget to send me your e-mails because I will be going private very, very soon!  I have gotten several e-mails over the last month and am super excited people are letting me know they want to read (or see Lola pictures- Haha!!)!

Pizza Play Date

Does this picture sum up our play date?

No!  It was fun, despite all the “off” faces in the pictures! Enjoy!

(So Laura and Aubrey came over to our house last night instead of our usual CFA play date.  We let the girls play in the water and then eat some yummy pizza!  The girls seem to have fun, although they were both enjoying some alone time too.  At one point Lola just went over to the bucket of water and chilled by herself in it!  After a good bath they got to play some more inside!  Although we lucked out with the weather cooling down- all week may be a great time to enjoy some outdoor time!) Pictures are pretty funny:

Lola was in a bazaar mood and kept making all these concerned and sometimes mad little faces…

Carefully notice what Aubrey is doing here and Lola’s reaction!!! :)

How they both got in here I will never know!

Aubrey is growing extra hands behind her!

Lola keeping to herself- she reminds me of her daddy here!

Well I forgot to take pictures of them all clean- as cute as they look in their bathing suits all muddy- nothing beats a clean, good smelling baby!  Great girl night!

Did I mention Lola loves to color?

So Nick, Clay, and Kebby were watching Lola in the living room while I finished up getting dinner ready and I asked them if Lola was good and they all said yes, but she was being awfully quiet (of course code for “I’m doing something I shouldn’t be”) so I walked around to take a peek and found this!

Yes, that’s green crayon on the couch.  The guys laughed for a minute because they know they are worthless babysitters and Kebby just went on and on about how cute it was because it was the first “uh-oh” of having a toddler.  Haha- so I had to tell Lola that the couch wasn’t a coloring book and take her crayons away and then snap a picture!  I told Nick she can only have two crayons at a time, that away I can keep up with them and she can’t go crazy- but sure enough she had all 24!   Seriously 24 crayons and a 1 year old- just doesn’t mix well. 

On another crafty note, Lola is doing much better in the nursery and is in the 2 year old room (she likes it better) and so that means she gets to do crafts!  Each week she has brought something different home and I just love it!  It makes her seem way too big!  Last week she even got to use glue!  I wondered if she really helped glue then later that day I noticed her skin peeling then realized it was dried glue! Haha- so I guess she is!  And I am sure she wants to glue it all by herself!  Hmmm… where did she get that independent attitude? ;)

Well tomorrow I meet Mother’s Day Out teachers- but still haven’t made up my mind- so we will see. 

Night, Night!

Aunt Kebby + College

Well, it’s official- Kebby left for college today!  Lola and I soaked up a lot of time with her over the weekend and into Monday!  But we already miss her! 

It’s midnight and Clay and I just got through Skyping Keb and getting a personal tour of her apartment via computer cam.  So adorable.  I so wish I was there too!  I called a million times today to get updates and all in all sounds like it was a good day!  Her place was really cute and had a lot of great vintage touches.  When I go visit her soon, I will take lots of pics!  They still need some essential things so I hope to get another Skype tour soon.  :) 

Since Lola was asleep in her own bed while we Skyped, we are Skyping again tomorrow so Lola can get in on all the fun.  I wonder how she will react to see Aunt Kebby on the computer screen.  Haha…  It’s going to be fun and Kebby and I already planned out how we are going to Skype a lot so Lola can still see her Aunt Kebby. 

Clay, myself, and Lola are so proud of Kebby and just know she will love this new stage of life!     Congratulations Kebby!