Happy HallOween!

I hope you, err I mean, I hope your kids get lots of good candy.

Month 9

This is my main squeeze. Well, my other main squeeze. Oh how I love his chubby cheeks and chubby legs. He is the sweetest little fellow. He is obsessed with Abigail, his Mommy, and food. His current likes are: crawling anywhere and everywhere. Pulling up on things, laughing and rolling arund his crib. His current dislikes are: baby food and diaper changes.

Oh how I loOve this little man.

Seeing him growing so fast almost makes me wanna have another. I said, almost.

Obsessions

I am always obsessed with something. Not necessarily one thing, but always something.
I currently have many obsessions. Here are a few...

Candy Corn

I love candy corn. It means that Halloween is right around the corner. I can eat it by the bag full. Abbey loves it too. She will ask for "canny corns" everyday after lunch. I love it. She really is my daughter.


Great Jeans

While I was pregnant with Jackson I bought myself a pair of jeans I had been coveting for a long time. I waited and waited until I found them at a great price. I bought them in a size I wore before I got pregnant with my daughter almost 3 years ago. They were my motivation to get skinny (I gained 48lbs with Jackson, way more than 2x what I gained with Abigail). I think good jeans should be a staple in every womans wardrobe. So I have taken it upon myself to find the best pair of jeans. Here in the DC area we have a GREAT place called "The Denim Bar". It carries all different designer jeans. There really is something about a good pair of jeans. So my current faves are Seven for All Mankind, True Religion and Citizens of Humanity. Go on treat yourself, it's totally worth it.



Belle and Boo

Now that Abigail is in her big girl bed. She needs a big girl room to go with it. She has a cute little quilt, curtains, etc but she needed something cute and fun for her walls. After browsing some design blogs and Etsy. I found this darling little etsy shop. I bought 5 little prints for Abbey's room and I adore them. Mandy of Belle and Boo is so talented and I am obsessed with the cuteness that is her work.


Abbey and JackJack

Oh how I loOve and adore them. It's so fun to see them together, loving eachother, stealing toys from eachother, kissing, hugging, giggling. Who knew having kids could be so fun?!

Punkin Patch

It was too hot. 95degrees. seriously it's fall. Abbey had a blast and Jackson just wanted to eat the hay.

I just wanted to eat candy apples, hotdogs, french fries and drink apple cider.

I'll be the judge of that

I'm a sucker.

I watched Oprah and saw Jessica Seinfeld's new cookbook. She boasts that she adds pureed veggies into all of her kids favorite things to eat. I'm not worried about my kids, it's my husband. How on earth do you convince a grown man that sweet potatos and cauliflower aren't going to kill him, that spinach is his friend? Well you don't. I'm buying this book tomorrow and I'm going to try it out.

I'm a sucker.

I hope this is a better investment than the elliptical in my basement.

Oh the terror??

The BIG girl bed

The words "big girl bed", used to make me want to lose all bladder control. seriously. I would contemplate moving Abbey so that I could decorate her room for a big girl. Then I would remind myself that my child was sleeping like a dream in her crib. Why did I want to mess with a good thing?!

Well two days ago I went to Dani's Duds . I found a beautiful BRAND NEW oak toddler bed for 65$. BINGO. I dreamed all night long about Abbey's pretty new bed in her room with her newly refinished furniture. As I took my bed and the rest of my treasure out to my car I could see the other Moms eyeing my bed. It was a steal.

I bring it home Joseph loves it. Abbey wakes up yesterday morning and sees the bed. She loves it. She lays on it, sniffs it, pats it lovingly, they were instant friends. Joseph takes the crib down and places the new bed into her room, places her pretty sheets and blanket on the bed.

I freeze. WHAT HAVE I DONE?!

Naptime arrives. *thankfully we have a dual video monitor* I stare at the monitor wondering what is going to happen when Daddy leaves the room. I hear her scream "AMEN!" in her normal fashion and I think to myself "here goes nothing".
I stared intently at the monitor. She cried out 1 time folks. 1 time. She never left the bed. She peacefully slept for 2.5hrs. Woke up and never got off the bed. She simply looked up at the camera and said "Mom I just awake".

Bliss.

Bedtime was even better. She never even cried out.

My child is MENSA, seriously.

Now let's see how today goes.