Happy 10 Months Sadie

Just a bunch of iphone photos, but its something. Some of them were really cute. Like this one of you trying out your little rocking chair at Grandmas house. You loved it, until you couldn't get off.

I love your innie outtie belly button. Its one of my favorite parts of you.

Sometimes I find you like this during your nap. Or you are on your tummy on top of all your blankets.

We shared a smoothie yesterday. Drinking out of a straw is awesome.

Yarn can still entertain you for a long time. Long enough for me to make a square or 2 before you get tangled.

We had a treat after my dr appointment. You were so well behaved. Mixed berry frozen yogurt! I don't think you liked the cold part. You liked the sweet part though. You had many bites, but wouldn't smile for me. I ate most of it, cause your sibling told me to. :)

You are tasting everything now. I let you taste my coconut curry with chicken and beans. You liked the beans, but then spit out the chicken. You aren't a fan of chunks of meat yet.

So there you are, 10 months old now! Your birthday is coming up soon, so I better get on making things for you. 

Unexpected Visitor

This morning was like any other. We were sitting in the living room, talking about Sadie - who was playing with Tony's jeans. We were talking and playing with Sadie until Tony asked "Is that inside???"

Whoa! Whats inside!?!? Where??!?! He pointed at the window across from us, and lo and behold, we had a small visitor. I couldnt tell what it was, but immediatly, Tony told me to take Sadie into the bedroom for now. As I did, he called back to me and told me, it was a cute little bird. He had no idea how to deal with this.

I shut the bedroom door, bathroom door, and came running in...with the camera. I totally know how to deal with these situations :) So as he was trying to shoo the chickadee back out the window, I was snapping pictures of our new little friend.

 (the first sighting of our visitor)

 Sadly, our friend didn't stay long. Maybe just long enough to get warm and then get out. Too bad he couldn't be our budgies friend. Looking back, I feel bad for not feeding our guest...

the trials and tribulations of sewing...

The last time I sewed really was when I was in eighth grade. Ah home ec. I was terrified of the sewing machine. I was afraid I'd be the only one to break it. My projects were terrible looking. I didn't keep any of them.

So fast forward to today. This year the crafty gal in me decided to give sewing another chance. I'd been reading blogs about crafts and sewing and all the really neat things you can make. I asked for a sewing machine for Christmas, and one appeared under the tree for me.

It was beautiful and terrifying all at once. I realized that I forgot how to operate a sewing machine, and then what happens if I break it? It sat in the box a while and when I unpacked it, it called to me. "MIRANDA, USE ME!" "MAKE PRETTY THINGS WITH ME"

and I ignored it.


Until Coley came over. She got me started. We practiced threading the machine (which I am still terrible at, so I dread changing colours) and I got a bobbin filled. That part is fun.

So now I'm sewing. I made a gift bag on my own. Its terrible. It took 3 attempts before it worked out. I should remember to read directions all the way through--cause when you don't, its just bad news.

This is the end result:

Crappy camera phone pictures for now, but if I used the good camera, it would show all my terrible mistakes :) I am going to do this one again, and practice.

Hello little one

Man time is flying by little one. 17 weeks now. Wow. Heard your little heart beating at the doctors office today. It was wonderful. So far we are doing well, blood tests are all good. I am very much relieved that the the doctor said nothing about my weight. Less stress is good for us baby.

Ultrasound is in 3 weeks, and I cant wait! I want to know if you are a little boy or girl. I don't care which, but I am dying to know. You better not be camera shy!

I'm learning to sew. I hope to sew you something, or make you something special. We'll see how my skills are after a few projects.

Random thoughts going through my head...

This is in point form, cause its how I roll right now:

-I should work out more, like every day more. I lack motivation. My doctor said that this baby will most likely be a c section if its not a small baby. This should motivate me more to work out, but sadly, I'm stuck working out a little here or there. Come on motivation!!!! Get out of the house crazy!

-Small baby = not as healthy? Not sure how I feel on the whole, trying to keep this sucker small. Doctor said exercise will help, but really? I have my doubts. I read a blog on a momma who worked out religiously at the gym with a fairly extensive regimen, and what happened? She still ended up with a 7lb 11 oz baby, and thats just a tad smaller than Sadie.  I know exercise is good, so I'm still going to give it a go, but I hate stressing every single doctors appointment about my weight. I feel like a cow, and its not even half way I think.

-So far eating healthier is going ok. I've cheated, had birthday cake, and pasta, but now its back to soups and salads and terrible cheese sandwiches.

-I miss eating sliced meats. I hate walking past Subway. Darn you Subway and your delicious meat filled sandwiches. All I want is a delicious cold cut combo with black olives, lettuce, and mayo.  My stupid homemade cheese sandwiches with tomatoes and pickles don't work anymore.

-Sadie is teething something fierce. Evenings are the worst. Every night after dinner, she is clingy, pink cheeked, and whiny. I bumped her top gums with her plastic spoon during dinner, and red eyes and wailing ensued. Lets just say, dinner was over, and I got to hang out with her all evening. Orajel didn't cut it last night, so tylenol it was. 

-We are trying to get away from bottle feeding, and use the sippy cup more. It just doesn't fly with her yet. That's ok with me, she will get the hang of her sippy cup soon enough.

-Also trying to get her to self soothe more at night. Its getting easier at nap times, but at night its a little different. Sharing a room hinders this, especially when all you want her to do is shut up so that your tired husband can get proper sleep before his exams. Very much looking forward to moving so we can work on sleeping through the night in separate bedrooms, or maybe cut it down to 1 feeding a night.

-I can never spell seperate right. Same with definatly. Stupid words on my spell check. Thankful I have spell check though, so you don't have to see my mistakes as much.

-I'm right brained, married and married to a left brained man. I've always known that, but I love this poster, and had to share it with you all.

-This weekend, I celebrate my birthday with the family in chilliwack. There will be cake as far as I know :) more cheating. Don't care cause its my birthday. Tony is taking me to dinner and a movie. I'm thinking we are going to see The Adjustment Bureau. I love Matt Damon.

-Also want to find this book "I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids". I've heard great things about it. 


That is the end of my thoughts, maybe later I will post Sadie pictures or something fun.

Day at the Park

It was such a beautiful day today. Sunny and not terribly cold out, so what better way to celebrate it than by taking Sadie to the park.

 I sat her down on the edge of the sandy area and let her sit and watch the kids. She LOVES babies and kids. She sat and watched for all of 10 seconds before squealing "EEEEEEE" at them and flailing her arms around. She was enthralled by them. Just sat and squealed with the biggest grin on her face.

 Then she discovered new things, like sand, and rocks and maple tree seeds. Had to taste everything (as normal). I didn't care that she was tasting things, as long as it wasn't big enough for her to choke on. 

Once the swing was free, we plunked her in and she has the time of her life. She laughed and screamed, and loved it. At first I thought she was just laughing at a little girl that was near by, but that girl left and she was still laughing when Tony was pushing her.

 I'm so happy that there is a park near by with lots of kids. She will be going to the park a lot this spring and summer.

Milkmaid Braids

Its been a long time since I've done something different with my hair. Today was the first day since before Sadie was born that I straightened my hair, and I did a crappy job. Lets just say that even when the child is strapped into her bouncy chair on the bathroom floor, she can get into all kinds of trouble. She was very good for the first half of my hair, and then by the second half, she was bored.

She threw her toys on the floor a while ago, and now wanted them back. She leaned all the way forward, so that when I turned around to see what she was grunting about, I could see her hands touching the floor.

Well, I up righted her, and within minutes, she was at it again. So I took her out, and let her stand against the tub. She loved that. Thought it was bath time, and squealed, and kept squealing until she lost balance and fell over between the tub and the toilet. Poor girl was quite startled, but managed not to cry. I plunked her in her bed and listened to her cry at me while I finished the rest of my hair. It didn't take long, just a few minutes.

We played for a bit, and then while she napped, I did my hair up following the video that  Sometimes Sweet had made. Not too bad, it keeps it up and out of the hands of a small girl, who likes to try and pull my hair out to try and eat it. I will have to practice more though.

shape ball

Brought this out for her the other day as she is almost old enough to play with it. She loved peeking inside it to see what was rattling around inside.

In other news, I'm trying to think of birthday party things for Sadie. Shes turning 1! I think it will be a Very Hungry Caterpillar theme. Cupcakes, candy and snacks, and a special cupcake for the little girl.

Hello little one

Its been 15 weeks now. You are getting bigger, and its showing now. My tank tops aren't fitting me like they used to. You are making them stretch out and ride up. Its not making me happy, but its ok.

I have a doctors appointment coming up, and I get to hear your little heartbeat. That always makes me happy.

I took a 15 week picture and thought of not posting it, but I took it, so I might as well. So here you are so far:

 I brought your sister down to see the big mirrors. We worked on her neck muscles infront of the mirror after I took some pictures of her. She loves looking outside. I cant wait till its sunny, and then when you are here, we can all go to the big park.

I've been thinking of names for you, but nothing serious. I just flip through the name book every once and a while, looking at old favorites and things. We wont name you until your daddy is done school, so less stressed out.

lets touch the camera lens!

ACK! This deceptively cute girl decided to use her cuteness charms to touch the camera lens. Thank goodness for lens cleaning cloths.

Sick, blech!

It hit yesterday. Tony wasn't feeling so well. He was tired all the time and grouchy, and he was stressed about an exam coming up on Monday. Well, I got the neocitran, the buckleys cold pills, and the puffs plus tissues with vicks in them (gotta have the good stuff when you are sick).

He laid on the couch, or slept in bed and only came out to whine about how he was sick. I made homemade turkey noodle soup and I think that helped a bit.

Well, today I'm sick. I woke up to feed the small child at 2 am in the blessed morning, and realized that I could barely swallow. My throat was so sore and glands were all swollen. After she ate and went to sleep, she allowed me to sleep until 7.

Baby is fine so far. Shes happy, she had a fit last night cause her mouth hurt. She has a top tooth that has just appeared. She was clingy and cried at the drop of a hat. Poor gal. Needless to say, she had some tylenol and went to bed early.

My plan for today is to be useless on the couch, drink soup and green tea, and then later watch the Oscars. Maybe make more turkey noodle soup if I feel like it.

Red Velvet Look Book Video

Red Velvet Lookbook // Spring 2011 from elsie flannigan on Vimeo.

Such a cute collection of dresses. I also love how she did the video.

Granny Squares Update

So I've been neglecting my crocheting, and its sad. I dont have near enough for a big blanket for Sadie, but I have enough for a dolly type blanket. The goal is still to make a big blanket for Sadie though. This is what I have so far.

And then I had a little helper come and help herself to my squares.

This is what a label maker is for...

Happy 9 Months Sadie

From slithering, to creeping, to crawling, you are always on the go now. You love being naked, or almost naked, so what better way to celebrate being 9 months old than getting to play naked for a bit.

You blabber on to yourself or me early in the mornings.

You get into so much trouble. I've had to fish many things out of your mouth. Vacuuming is now a daily thing, cause otherwise I find you gagging on bits of felt or stuff you find in the carpet.

You have a love / hate thing going on with solid foods. Some days are good eating days, like this morning, it has started well. But some days you refuse to eat. You frustrate me. Today for snack in the living room, you had banana, and you loved it. You also loved using my pants as a napkin.

Speaking of fruits, I found you a wooden set of fruit that velcro together. I loved these when I was little, so I was so happy to see them at winners. You love them too. You gnaw on them like real food almost.

Happy 9 months sunshine.

Happy Valentines Day

I made Tony a felt envelope with his name on it. It kinda sucks, but I'm still practicing with my sewing. Haven't sewn in a while, so it was fun, and I had no machine issues--which made things even funner!

I ran out of white felt, so Tony gets more pink. 

So once it was finished, I filled my handmade envelope with his favorite candy and a card that I made. 

Its a tradition that we make cards for each other. I don't care that hes not artsy, I love his stick people cards.

I have plans on making a better envelope, but not today. Today is for hanging out and relaxing. Tony is on his reading break, so he gets a week off. :) I plan on making fancy dinner tonight. 

Pickle Fiend

This was her first taste of a delicious dill pickle. First she had to figure it out. Flick it, wiggle it, squeeze it (pickle juice everywhere) and then taste it. She loved it. She played with it, but mostly it stayed in her mouth until I had to take it away.

It got mushy and started to look pretty hazerdous to her health. I took it away and it was like her world ended. There were big sad crocodile tears and much whining. Alas child, it had to be. Soon distracted with my cell phone, and she was over it.

A couple days ago, we went out to White Spot for dinner. I was silly and forgot some toys for her. Shes easily entertained, but that evening, she figured out that she could entertain herself (and possibly the whole restraunt), but yelling. She loved it. She hollered, and squealed with delight when everyone at our table, and the surrounding ones looked at her. We fixed that by feeding her dinner of peaches, but she was done lightening fast and back to yelling.

Beth's pickle fixed everything. She was entertained long enough so I could eat. When the pickle was dead, she played with a spoon and was content. Thank you Beth for the use of your pickle.

its a miracle!

We got the house clean -- kinda. I shall explain. So there's "clean" and then there is "quick-hide-the-crap-and-make-the-surface-look-nice" clean. The surface is "clean" :) I cheated. But I mean, I let things go around here, and a "real clean" would take too long. Especially when I had company coming over.

So my helper and I did a load of laundry. There is always more, but its nice to have clean clothes instead of "semi clean" ones. She sat there quite content pulling out warm clothes and sucking on them. They have been marked now.

The one thing about cleaning day is Sadie HATES vacuuming. Shes not fond of any loud noise, but this isn't that bad. So I sat her as far away from the dreaded beast as I could get her - her high chair. Well, as soon as I turned it on, she had her arms up in the air and was yelling " EH! EH! EH!" as if to say "Help! You've abandoned me and this terrible monster that you drive around my floor is after my feet!"Poor gal. She yelled the entire time. She didn't cry though. See, shes not that afraid.

Oh, and I talked to my friendly neighbour lady who has two little girls and the amazing stroller that is parked next to mine. She did a demo on her stroller--which is SO AWESOME! I swear, the big guys in the corporate world had moms design this sucker. *swoon* Too bad its probably just a dream stroller.

Oh, and I got the moby wrap in the mail today. It works amazingly, so I will take a picture to show you when we go for our walk tomorrow.

slacking

I've been slacking on a lot lately. Slacking on blogging, taking pictures, doing dishes, laundry and probably everything else. Also slacked on Sadie's neck exercises (explained in this post) which means we need another physio appointment. I felt pretty horrible after her appointment. I could have been doing more, but I haven't been carrying her around a lot cause shes getting heavy. And now I'm kinda whining about carrying a heavy baby when really, shes not heavy at all for her age. Shes actually petite.

I will be back to cleaning and blogging soon, just gotta get motivated to do it. It helps a lot when Tony isn't home. I clean way better when I am alone. 

So maybe when this crappy rainy weather backs off, I can take baby out to the park and take pictures of her.

Oh, I found out that the family that moved away when Sadie was born, is back in our building again. They had 2 little girls in a one bedroom when they moved, and now they are back after snagging the 2 bedroom in our building. Very cool. I wondered who the family was that had the green stroller parked beside mine in the laundry room. I have totally have stroller envy. She has the phil&teds double stroller that I love.


I think that a few lemon drops will be a reward for me cleaning the kitchen today. Oh I love them (beside them are rootbeer drops- also love)