10 month and other updates

MY GOALS FROM LAST WEEK
1) loose a pound (I did!)
2) finish the quilt top (done and I did the quilt back too)
3) work out/break a sweat (I did work out/ I broke a sweat cleaning house :/)
4) caulk, scrub, and overall super clean the girls' bathroom (caulked, scrubbed, touched up grout..)
5) make an eye appointment (made and went to my eye appt., In about a week I'll have to go pick up my trial contacts)
6) not to add more projects to my list (of course I added more projects)

Goals for this week:
1) loose a pound
2) finish the quilt!
3) work out
4) Install cabinets knobs in the guest bath and laundry room
5) Finish super cleaning the entry way
6) not to add more projects to my list

Lilian: 10 Months!

 it is really hard to get a good pic of her these days

Eat: Lilian nurses every morning, before every nap, and maybe twice after she goes to bed at night and anytime in between per her request. The only new food she had this month was a little chicken and some turkey.

Sleep: She is down to two naps a day. Those two naps vary on what time they are, but I am hoping she figure out a routine she likes soon.


Size: Right now she is wearing 12 and 18 month clothes.

Stats: She weighs in at 21 lbs now


Likes: Curious George, playing outside, books, dogs, trying to play in the toilet, getting into the cabinets, unrolling toilet paper, playing with her sister, assisted walking, and jumping on the bed (assisted)

Dislikes: anything involving sleep, diaper changes, and getting dressed

Firsts: getting to take a bath without her seat, getting down to two naps a day, she has taken a couple wobbly steps without help, she started eating a little meat, and she has become very vocal of her likes and dislikes (she will yell "done!" when she is over something).

Quick update

Oops... Forgot to post this Monday.

MY GOALS FROM LAST WEEK
1) loose a pound.... I lost 4 lbs some how (not eating entire pans of brownies helped)
2) hopefully get my machine back and start quilt blocks.... 21 blocks finished!
3) stop thinking about working out and do something (no more excuses)... Every time I bounce the baby to sleep I do squats and I even did a few reverse crunches (it's a start)
4) get the new album I bought filled with pics.... The pics are all put in the album, but I still need to do some labeling. I also need to figure out what to do with the stuff (ticket stubs and maps and such).
5) make an eye appointment (I can tell my vision has really declined)... Yea I totally forgot to do this.
6) stop adding new projects to my list.... I started thinking about lilian's first birthday party, which led me to add probably half a dozen projects to my list.




MY GOALS FOR THIS WEEK
1) loose a pound
2) finish the quilt top
3) work out/break a sweat
4) caulk, scrub, and overall super clean the girls' bathroom
5) make an eye appointment
6) not to add more projects to my list

New stuff and resolutions

First the new stuff.

1) Adam will be taking his last CPA exam in February. I am already anxious and excited for it. It is always hard on me when he studies, because I am with the baby literally all day. Bouncing the baby to sleep 3-4 times a day is giving me a serious workout. I also miss spending the evenings with Adam watching movies and chatting (or him listening to me chat).

2) lilian has started saying new things. She said "done" the other day when she wanted out of her high chair. Whenever she starts smashing her food or throwing it on the floor I would say "done" and take her out, Then she started repeating done after I would say done, now she says it on her own. I love it when they start talking... It makes life a little easier for her and me.

3) We are going with my family (15 of us) to Disney in April and I am constantly adding things on my 'want to do list'. Problem is I am adding things fast than I can finish them.
I want to sew a purse similar to this

I want to have something for the characters to sign (not autograph book)

 pillow or mat

I want to order Adam and myself at least one disney shirt (the girls already have several)

I want to get something for the baby to wear when the big girls all get to go to the bippity boppity boutique.

I think doing something like this to match Emma's  disney shirts would be fun. I am not a big fan of bows, but these are pretty darn cute.

4) My had two New Years resolutions. The first one is to not take on too many projects. The second was to complete everything on my 'things I want to do before I turn 30' list. So far the things I have done are
-I have gone to the dentist. I survived. I do get to go back because he wants to (for free :D ) see if he can whiten a front tooth of mine that died several years go. I am pretty pumped about that.
-I have finished cutting all the fabric and have them sorted into blocks waiting to be sewn. My sewing machine will hopefully be back from the shop on Wednesday. My goal is to sew a block a day ( not too ambitious, but about all I can do with two little ones around).
-My goal was to loose 60 lbs (baby weight plus some extra) I have lost 53 lbs so far 7 left. I WILL do it. I was on a roll till thanksgiving and Christmas came around.
-I have started putting our pics in albums. I actually had to buy a second one and extra picture sleeve things today.
-I have gotten everything organized and de-cluttered. We had one very successful garage sell.


MY GOAL FOR THIS COMING WEEK
1) loose a pound
2) hopefully get my machine back and start quilt blocks
3) stop thinking about working out and do something (no more excuses)
4) get the new album I bought filled with pics
5) make an eye appointment (I can tell my vision has really declined)
6) stop adding new projects to my list

9 months

Miss me? I have been gone for a while, but I am back. Adam is now studying to take his LAST CPA exam. He passed his third of four in the fall and then took a little break during the holidays.


I can hardly believe that my little baby is now 9 months old. In just a few short months we will be having a birthday party.

Eat: Lilian nurses every morning, before and after every nap, before bedtime, and then maybe twice during the night. She loves eating solids now. She eats small pieces of fruit and veggies. Most recently we have added full fat yogurt and bits of cheese. She sits in her high chair and feeds herself during all our meals. It is fun watching her eat.... It is not so fun cleaning her mess. :)

Sleep: Lilian wakes (typically) between 7 and 8 then takes a nap at 9:30-10:30, 12:30-2:30, and 4:30-5:30. She usually goes to bed around 8. My big girl sleeps in her crib every night now... Well until she wakes up and Adam brings her to me in bed where she spends the rest of the night (last night she stayed in her crib till 3:30).

Size: Right now she is wearing 12 and 18 month clothes. (she is wearing an 18 month target brand outfit in above pic)

Stats: She weighs right at 20 lbs


Likes: Getting into the cabinets, unrolling toilet paper, playing with her sister, assisted walking, and jumping on the bed (assisted).

Dislikes: diaper changes, getting dressed, when her sister is upset, and having to sleep (she thinks being awake is way more fun).

Firsts: Lilian celebrated her first Christmas. She loved everything about it except Santa. She has gotten good at cruising along the furniture and toys and pushing her walker around. Her biggest new thing is talking. She has started saying mama and dada to the correct people. The only other unprompted things she has said are hi, dog, and monkey (she likes curious George). This past week she started repeating words that we were trying to teach her done, pear, peach, Emma, Nonnie, Babu, Pampam, fish... She is really good at mimicking words. I am curious to see which of the words she will say on her own next.

3 Years Old!!!!!

My baby is turning 3!

October 8, 2009 at 9:08am little Emma Jean was born. She weighed in at 8lbs 11oz and was 20.5in.

Every month I have taken a picture of Emma and now I have turned them into a little movie. Enjoy!

Here is a little about Emma at 36 months...

Eat:
Emma loves to eat (as long as she's not too distracted). Her favorites include pizza, cheese, chicken nuggets, strawberries, chocolate milk, and ice cream (frozen yogurt).

Sleep:
Emma still takes a nap in the afternoon from 12:30-2:30. I am praying she we keep this nap for a looong time. Bedtime for Emma is at 7:30. She sleeps in a twin bed with her 6 Mickey friends. Most nights Emma comes and gives her sister and me kisses then Adam tucks her in bed. Once in bed, Emma tells him to please take the monsters away. Until very recently Emma would say that her Mario (doll) took the monsters away. Side note: we finally figured out she doesn't actually thing there are monsters)

Sizes:
She typically wears 4T, but can fit in some 3T stuff. Her shoes are now 8.5s.

Stats:
Weight- 33lbs 2oz (70ish %)
Height- 39.25 inches (90ish %)

Likes:
Dancing (living room dance parties are a favorite), Acting (Sometimes she is a bird in a nest made of blankets, a cat, or a frog trying to catch flies. Other times our floors are a desert, a jungle filled with snakes, or an ocean that we have to swim across), Reading, Hitting baseballs, Mickey and Friends, Danial Tiger, Playing with her sister.

Dislikes:
Monsters, Scarey sounds, Swings, Carousals, When sister cries, and Waiting for food to cool

Firsts:
A lot of this year has been about life skills. She has learned to dress and undress herself. She has learned to brush her teeth and spit her toothpaste out. She has learned to use the potty and to even take herself. She has also learned how to be an awesome big sister.

This year Emma has learned a lot about the world around her. She has learned about sun rises and sunsets, rainbows, butterflies, the weather, days of the week, and so much more.

6 Months!

Happy 6 Months!

Eat:
Lilian nurses probably every 2-3 hours... honestly I just nurse when she wants so I'm not sure. We have offered her bananas this month... we started by giving her ripe small pieces but they were too slippery for her so I put some on a spoon, but she will only put the spoon in her mouth if she does it herself.

Sleep:
She takes 3 or 4 naps a day... she is a good napper. Now that she started crawling she isn't sleeping well at night. As soon as she gets out of deep sleep she flips over and blindly starts crawling till she rams her head into something then backs up and does it again and again. I hope this ends soon.

Sizes:
Mostly 9 and 12 month clothes.

Stats:
Height: 27 inches (87%)
Weight:18 lbs 3 oz (86%)

Likes:
Crawling, Pulling up, getting into everything, her sister, music, and being tickled

Dislikes:
Getting her diaper changed, not being able to reach what she wants, and food

Firsts: 
Crawling, pulling up, trying food, figured out her sippy cup

Take me out to the Ball-Game

One of the best reasons to throw a party is to celebrate a new baby. This past weekend I was honored to get to help host a baby shower for a good friend. As soon as I found out they were going to have a little boy I knew it had to be a baseball themed party. Here are some of the things I made for the shower... I had so much fun getting to make these. (partial names and addresses have been blurred to protect the innocent) 

The invitation.

Instead of a traditional guest sign in the guest were asked 

to autograph a baseball. 

 

As part of the decor I made three prints and framed them.

If you can see in the pic the letter o and number 0 are baseballs 

and the letter t is in the Texas Rangers font.

I made these wishes for baby cards for the guests to fill out.

 It will be fun to look at them in years to come.

A game we played at the shower designed to match the other decor. 

The prize was cute too, but I forgot. It was a plastic popcorn 

container with a gift card for icecream, a babe ruth, peanuts, 

sunflower seeds,and twizzlers.

Concessions banner in texas rangers font to go over the food table.

 The favor had to be cracker jacks. The baseball tag was done in

 photoshop then I used my circle punch to cut them out.

The shower was fun, even though the weather decided to not cooperate. I was already excited, but now I am super excited to meet their little man!

Other Updates:
-8 lbs to go (needing new motivation to get there)
-just getting ready for emma's birthday party.