Wednesday, March 31, 2010

+2 pounds





Ladybug had her second visit to the pediatrician today and we received another good report. The bloodwork that was done the last visit came back and we were able to eliminate a few shots base on those results. Unfortunately, she did have to get 5 shots in those chubby little legs! I almost cried hearing her wail but the nurse was fast and in a blink it was over. Her smiles came back again shortly after that.

She's gained 2 pounds since our visit 6 weeks ago and now weighs 17.3 pounds, still a tiny little thing. I have a ton of the cutest summer clothes for her to wear, but we've got another few pounds to go to fit into them!

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Scrap Happy $








I spent a lot of time this past week organizing and purging my scrapbook nook. This hobby has been near and dear to my heart for at least ten years so I had a ton of stuff. The trends have changed over the years too so it was time to let some go.

The good news is that I sold all of it at our garage sale today! Several of the shoppers made multiple trips and said ours was the best sale in town. Victory! Plus, this was our very first yard sale at my house and between Coco and I we made over $1200!! Woot!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Family Day






It's been two months today that Ladybug joined us and made our happy little family complete. It really does seem like she's been here forever. I look at the pictures from our China trip and love seeing the difference in her little face. She was so apprehensive of us at first and now her face lights up with happiness and contentment.

I've noticed so many little things that have changed from this month to last:

*She's eating cheerios like a champ! She'll pick them up one after another and pop them in her month. I remember the day she did 5 in a row and I was so proud. We still practice this every day.

*She's clapping! I taught her a little clap, clap, clap tune and now I can just sing it and watch her start clapping.

*She will shake her head from side to side when she doesn't want or like something. Wonder who she got this from? Although sometimes it seems she does it just because she can.

*Ladybug will now say bye-bye when someones leaving. It sounds more like bah-bye but oh so cute. She wiggles her little hand in a wave at the same time sometimes as well. Coco gets all the credit for teaching her this one.

*She'll place things in my hand! This started with a little squirt toy in the tub, but now she's doing it with everything.

*She is stretching those legs out to stand every time we put her down. I also caught her attempting to pull herself up one time!

*The words that she can say are: hi, da da, bye bye, .... still no ma ma!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Spring it On





Spring appears to be making a comeback after the snow melted. I'm looking forward to the next two days off to enjoy the warm weather with Ladybug.

She was so excited to see me last night when I came home from work. I needed that.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Around here









There's a lot going on around here this weekend:

*Chucked the hibiscus that didn't survive the winter and replaced it with some hardy little pansies. Although I didn't read one of the packages and ended up buying one pansie and one petunia. My lack of green thumb-ness is evident.

*Baked cookies from scratch using Coco's recipe. They rocked and were actually quite easy! Perhaps I can pretend to Betty Crocker with these beauties.

*Yard sale tomorrow! Coco is coming over and my parents arrived to help with Ladybug. We are hoping it doesn't rain until at least noon...that's when we usually get bored.

*Highjacked to Coinstar all of T's coins that have cluttered his dresser for the past 5 years. Cha ching!!

Enjoy your weekend,
Deana