Christmas Parties, Gingerbread Houses - oh my!

Yesterday I was "forced" to attend Miss E's class Christmas Party at her school. We had an encore performance from her school party, which was Monday. It was adorable as you can see by the pictures. Just be happy I'm only subjecting you to a few - I have a hundred!

The party also involved a craft. A craft which became the bane of my existence. I have a third degree burn on my finger and I think the thing cost me $50 bucks - but the kids

had fun!!! Seriously though, I helped hot glue graham crackers to milk cartons and we made gingerbread houses. The kids had a deliciously fun time seeing as half the decorations ended up in their mouths rather than on the houses! Miss E was hoarding m&ms the whole time...she's so much like her momma she squeaks!

You have to love anything that involves tons of icing and candy - right?

Baby J enjoyed the morning too. He got to spend time with Nai Nai and Poppaw. He spent Monday trying to convince Nai Nai she never wanted to watch him again - all he did was scream. So much she had to call me to come settle him down, but yesterday was a much better day. Teething BITES!

I'm going to be playing around with the blog a little today - trying to make it look a little more fun. I may have to contact my friend Diana for a little help!!! :o)

Wow, it's been a long 9 months

It's been 9 months since I posted. Long enough time to have a baby - unless you're an overachiever like me! One week after I posted my last post, on March 6, Baby J was born. He was one pound 11 ounces and way, way, way too early.

I was very sick as well. I spent several days in ICU trying to get my kidneys to function properly and my blood pressure back to normal.

I am happy to say, that while he is still small, Baby J is happy and healthy! I couldn't be more blessed. I have two gorgeous children.

Holy Batmobile Robin, she's pregnant!

J was in charge of a large dinner last night for the County, so he hosted over 500 of our closest friends!  While we haven't been hiding that we're expecting, we haven't shared with most people either.

So, ummm, there was a bit of surprise when people saw me last night.  No matter how hard I could have tried to hide it, it's pretty obvious there's a "baby in Momma's belly" as Miss E puts it. Here's a 25 week pg picture.  Once again, Maureen is the fab photographer!

Big Girl Bed *sigh* She's growing up!

Well, last week Miss E decided that naps were for the birds.  This was not ideal for us because of course, there's a new addition coming into the house and we all will need our sleep then!

While trying to determine what we should do, we decided that it was time to turn her crib into a toddler bed.  She already had a true toddler bed in the room but we thought we'd give her a choice of which one to sleep in.  The first "nap" time turned into a party fest.  We let it last two hours on Saturday and she promptly fell asleep in the car later!

Saturday evening she played for about an hour and a half and then I heard these beautiful words "night night" and then silence.  She had crawled into her bed and fell asleep.  It lasted until about midnight when she awoke and became a little frightened not knowing exactly where she was.  No biggie, we understood that this would take time.

Sunday at nap it was party fest again - but only for an hour.  An hour into the party there was sudden silence!!!  She fell asleep in her bed - again!  SUCCESS!!!  And Sunday night she slept through the night and slept in later than she ever did in her crib!  

Yesterday was the EXACT SAME THING!  I'm sure she will still have her moments, but she seems to be sleeping so much better in the toddler bed than she has for a while in her crib.  I guess it was just time.

My baby is growing up.  Can I be happy and sad at the same time?

Birthday Party

Because J was traveling, we had Miss E's birthday party a little late this year.  It was once again held at the famed playhouse - The Little Gym!

When asked what kind of a party she'd like, Miss E responded "pink"!  When asked what kind of invitations she'd like to send out, Miss E responded with "pink"!  See a pattern?  Same thing happened when asked about her cake and what she'd like to wear.  When looking for the invitations, she did settle into pink and green - so a them emerged.  Thank goodness it didn't look like the wedding in Steel Magnolias.  This was a little better!

Enjoy the famed photographer Maureen's photos - she did a FAB job on them and I can't thank her enough for taking them and making Miss E's bday party that much more enjoyable for me!!!

Preschool Birthday Party - Hello Kitty Style!

Notice how the little stinker is just waiting and waiting for them to finish singing so she can dig into the cupcake! She cracks me up.

Our Superbowl Halftme Show

Some people had Bruce, we had Miss E. I think we had the better show than the rest of the world!