Leila was snuggling up with Daniel yesterday while I was taking a shower. All of sudden, my 20 minutes of daily sanity was interrupted with Daniel bursting in the bathroom with Leila laughing. He then instructs her to tell me what she just told him. Of course, Leila doesn't do tricks, so she just ran into the bedroom and hid in the pillows.
He then says, "You will never believe what she just said to me.". He gives me this look that says we are seriously in for it with this one. I ask him what she did this time. He says, "I asked your precious daughter (because she is always MY daughter in moments like these) to give me a kiss. She tells me, "No, Daddy. You give me present. Princess present. You and Mommy buy for me now. Then you get kisses." He pauses... "How do I say no to that?".
I just busted up laughing over that. My precious two year is working Daddy better than many grown women we have seen trolling the bars for sugar daddies. I don't know whether I should be scared or proud.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
The Name Game
I must say that I am thrilled to be having another little girl join our family. What is not as thrilling is the struggle to come up with yet another darling girl name. Oh, I feel like we have exhausted all of our resources to find a name that we agree on, but nothing is sticking. I have a wonderful name picked out that I think goes amazingly well with Ava and Leila. You know, for those moments when all three are getting yelled at together. You want these names to flow well together. Of course, Daniel is not as thrilled about this name choice as I am. He thinks it is "weird". I can not roll my eyes big enough at that one. I am just stuck on this name, though, to the point that I can barely think about anything else as a possibility.
Daniel likes names like Sophia and Isabella (BTW, our cat is named Bella). UGH! I do NOT want a popular name for this child. Both Madison and Ava have extremely popular names. Now, Ava's was completely unintentional. How were we supposed to know that a name would jump over 100 places in popularity the year after she was born? Anyway, I just can not bring myself to choose anything on the top 100 list.
So, he brought home all these baby name books that his boss has been so kind to let us borrow. They aren't the standard books with lists and lists of names. They are the books on picking unique names and names that work phonetically with your last name. My favorite of the pack is Cool Names for Babies which has an excellent range of different names to choose for your child. I like how it is set up in style categories. Of course, the name I love is on every list that happens to include Ava and Leila thus driving my desire to use it. Oh, I just can't win.
My hope right now is that the name will grow on Daniel. After all, he hated Ava up until the last month before she was born. He thought it was too old fashion sounding, and that no one is using it these days. Boy, has he eaten his words on that now. LOL Fingers crossed all that whispering the name in his ear while he sleeps sets in soon.
Daniel likes names like Sophia and Isabella (BTW, our cat is named Bella). UGH! I do NOT want a popular name for this child. Both Madison and Ava have extremely popular names. Now, Ava's was completely unintentional. How were we supposed to know that a name would jump over 100 places in popularity the year after she was born? Anyway, I just can not bring myself to choose anything on the top 100 list.
So, he brought home all these baby name books that his boss has been so kind to let us borrow. They aren't the standard books with lists and lists of names. They are the books on picking unique names and names that work phonetically with your last name. My favorite of the pack is Cool Names for Babies which has an excellent range of different names to choose for your child. I like how it is set up in style categories. Of course, the name I love is on every list that happens to include Ava and Leila thus driving my desire to use it. Oh, I just can't win.
My hope right now is that the name will grow on Daniel. After all, he hated Ava up until the last month before she was born. He thought it was too old fashion sounding, and that no one is using it these days. Boy, has he eaten his words on that now. LOL Fingers crossed all that whispering the name in his ear while he sleeps sets in soon.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Hurricane Leila
I am in clothing overload here thanks to Leila Rose. Oh, man. This is the first girl that has been completely obsessed with clothing. In particular, she insists on dressing and redressing herself about a hundred times a day. Yes, she ignores the box of dress-up clothes we just paid $50 for her to use for dress-up. Only real clothes will do. This has lead to a clothing explosion in her closet. It also doesn't help that I have been using said closet to store all of the girls' clothing that is being passed down. Seriously, it looks like a department store dressing room threw up in her closet. I would have taken a picture to show you, but I did not want to incite the same anxiety in anyone that I feel anytime I go near that door.
This week, I cleaned out what was on the floor, washed, and folded it. It has been sitting in the laundry basket in my living room for three days because I dread putting it back in the closet only to be taken out, worn for ten minutes, and thrown back on the closet floor. So, Leila has been in short supply for clothing. That is when the rummaging through plastic storage bins to attempt to fit into a newborn onesie began. When that didn't work, she made her way to the infant dresses and then the toddler clothes she has grown out of already. Oh, and lets not forget the hoards of 3T outfits from Ava that she has been wearing and tripping over non-stop. She is the Very Hungry Caterpillar of clothing.
Last night, I decided I was fed up with the entire thing. So, I unloaded any and every piece of clothing from her closet and brought downstairs to resort and store. I spent over three hours making piles of clothes in each size. Seriously, we have too many clothes, but it isn't like I can get rid of any of it with yet another girl coming along. I still have not refolded anything. I am dreading that part.
Plus, I still don't know how I am going to keep her out of them once I am finished. I think it may entail buying a locking door knob to temporarily put on her closet door. If anyone has any alternative solutions to this, please let me know. I will try anything at this point.
This week, I cleaned out what was on the floor, washed, and folded it. It has been sitting in the laundry basket in my living room for three days because I dread putting it back in the closet only to be taken out, worn for ten minutes, and thrown back on the closet floor. So, Leila has been in short supply for clothing. That is when the rummaging through plastic storage bins to attempt to fit into a newborn onesie began. When that didn't work, she made her way to the infant dresses and then the toddler clothes she has grown out of already. Oh, and lets not forget the hoards of 3T outfits from Ava that she has been wearing and tripping over non-stop. She is the Very Hungry Caterpillar of clothing.
Last night, I decided I was fed up with the entire thing. So, I unloaded any and every piece of clothing from her closet and brought downstairs to resort and store. I spent over three hours making piles of clothes in each size. Seriously, we have too many clothes, but it isn't like I can get rid of any of it with yet another girl coming along. I still have not refolded anything. I am dreading that part.
Plus, I still don't know how I am going to keep her out of them once I am finished. I think it may entail buying a locking door knob to temporarily put on her closet door. If anyone has any alternative solutions to this, please let me know. I will try anything at this point.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Busy, busy, busy week
We are just finishing up a very busy and somewhat stressful week celebrating Madison's 10th birthday. Yes, you heard me-- 10th birthday. Man oh man, where has the time gone? She was a little older than Leila when Daniel and I started dating. Now, we are in full blown tween mode.
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Wednesday, Madison spent the afternoon out with Daniel. They went to Candylicious to stock up on her stash. Then, they hit the Astros game where Daniel got club level tickets for them. They actually ran into a friend that was there with his daughter and was moved from the nosebleed section to the awesome leather lazy boy chairs they have on the club level. Apparently, the girls spent most of their time laying out there watching the game on the tv sets they have attached to them. No, she really isn't spoiled at all. LOL
The week started off with Madison wanting a new haircut. She donated her hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths charity back in December, but she had not had it cut since. Not only did she need a new cut, but she desperately needed her hair thinned out and layered. I took her to my fantastic hairdresser, and he did an amazing job with her. I can't believe how grown up she looks now.
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After:Sunday entailed a girls' morning out shopping trip to Claire's Boutique to pick out a bunch of new earrings. I especially liked her choice of cupcake earrings. Monday was spent entertaining her, her friends, and the little ones at the pool.
Tuesday, I decided to throw Madison a surprise Webkinz birthday party for her and two of her neighborhood friends. I made my first birthday cake for this occasion. It was inspired by the Wheel of Wow on the site. I also set up a craft for them to make a Starburst Cloud bed for their Webkinz to sleep on. We bought an outfit for each girl to dress their animal in as their goodie bag. Boy, did that go over well.
Wednesday, Madison spent the afternoon out with Daniel. They went to Candylicious to stock up on her stash. Then, they hit the Astros game where Daniel got club level tickets for them. They actually ran into a friend that was there with his daughter and was moved from the nosebleed section to the awesome leather lazy boy chairs they have on the club level. Apparently, the girls spent most of their time laying out there watching the game on the tv sets they have attached to them. No, she really isn't spoiled at all. LOL
Thursday was her actual birthday. She had spent the night at a friend's house that night, so she came home to her birthday spankings and gifts. Nothing big on gifts this year from us since we had made it a birthday week celebration for her. Now, she did go out with her mother to dinner where she was given a cell phone. Just what every 10 year old needs. *eyes rolling* She is thrilled with it, so I guess that is what matters most. Friday was spent going out to dinner to celebrate with my parents at Red Lobster where Madison had her very own plate of crab legs for the first time.
Overall, it was a great week. We are now in recovery mode from so much activity. Anyone who knows our family understands how very active this is for us. It may take us a few weeks to fully recover.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
What were they thinking and keep on thinking...
A friend of mine posted a link to this hilarious list of baby products to royally screw up your children. It is one of the funniest list of crack-pot products that I can't believe anyone would think up let alone spend money to own. You can check out the list here. Maybe I could set up a funny baby registry with some of these things.
Now, there is one of the list that seemed pretty cool. Number 10 is a CD for baby lullabies of the band Metallica. While I am NOT a Metallica fan of any kind, it is cool that Rockabye Baby is taking hip grown-up music and turning into peaceful lullabies for baby. It reminds me of the Frazier Chorus' version of The Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the U.K." Sorry, it is a rare version, and I can not find it anywhere for you to hear it.
Anyway, there are a number of CD's I could see buying and loading up into my iPod to play for the baby. It is never too early to start a child's musical education of what is really good music. You would be surprised at all the music they have on their iPods now. They are learning young. Ask my kids what you say at a Ramones show, they know it. They also know that you don't dance to The Clash. All valuable lessons on what will stand the test of time for awesomeness. While I agree that list of baby products will definitely send my kids into early therapy after I catch them torturing the neighbors cat, I think the music is great.
Now, there is one of the list that seemed pretty cool. Number 10 is a CD for baby lullabies of the band Metallica. While I am NOT a Metallica fan of any kind, it is cool that Rockabye Baby is taking hip grown-up music and turning into peaceful lullabies for baby. It reminds me of the Frazier Chorus' version of The Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the U.K." Sorry, it is a rare version, and I can not find it anywhere for you to hear it.
Anyway, there are a number of CD's I could see buying and loading up into my iPod to play for the baby. It is never too early to start a child's musical education of what is really good music. You would be surprised at all the music they have on their iPods now. They are learning young. Ask my kids what you say at a Ramones show, they know it. They also know that you don't dance to The Clash. All valuable lessons on what will stand the test of time for awesomeness. While I agree that list of baby products will definitely send my kids into early therapy after I catch them torturing the neighbors cat, I think the music is great.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Face Lift
Say goodbye to that boring, ugly blog. I have been dying for a new look for some time. I found a great layout at this site a while ago, but I was waiting to find out if this baby was a girl or not before making any big change. Thankfully, she is a girl, so I could go ahead with the layout.
However, that's when I came to a huge, screeching halt. The blog template would not load whatsoever. Apparently, it had something to do with Internet Explorer. So, I downloaded Firefox, but I still could not get it to load.
That's when my dear friend, Evonne, came to my rescue with her rockin' Mac. Oh, how I am wishing I had a Mac of my very own. Anyway, she was able to load it and play around with it to get this wonderful look. Much, much thanks to you, Evonne. No more boring blog.
However, that's when I came to a huge, screeching halt. The blog template would not load whatsoever. Apparently, it had something to do with Internet Explorer. So, I downloaded Firefox, but I still could not get it to load.
That's when my dear friend, Evonne, came to my rescue with her rockin' Mac. Oh, how I am wishing I had a Mac of my very own. Anyway, she was able to load it and play around with it to get this wonderful look. Much, much thanks to you, Evonne. No more boring blog.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Out with the old, in with the ...old?
So, I admit it. I am the nut parent that goes on and on about not having anymore babies after my last one, but then gets baby fever and decides to get pregnant one last time. So we say....
Of course in my haste, I started selling off many baby items I no longer had any use for since we would be baby free. I started this process in November of last year, and I was still selling off things when Daniel came home on that fateful night in February to announce that he wanted another baby. I sold off many of the pricier items like a swing, play mat, and most importantly infant carrier.
I had found the Peg Perego Prima Viaggio SIP infant carrier in Rose online while pregnant with Leila and fell in love with it. I had to have it. Luckily, I have a husband that is a sucker for expensive, cute pink car seats, too, because he gave me the instant go ahead to buy it. It also helped that I needed a specific size seat for my car so it would fit properly. The cheaper ones were entirely too long. Darn...
Nearly $300 later, it was mine. I loved this car seat so much, and I was really kicking myself for Craiglisting it. I mean, I only got $80 for it, and I was now looking at spending another $300 for a new one. I decided I would just look on Craigslist again to find someone else selling this seat. I did find a woman selling hers, and I emailed her. I explained that I would not be finding out the sex of the baby for 7 weeks, but I really wanted to buy the seat if this baby is a girl and it as still available. She emailed back to say that she wouldn't hold it for me (I didn't expect her to anyway), but I should email her back once I found out. So, I did just that. Lucky me, she still had it, and she was asking $80 just as I had sold mine for. Great, no money lost.
I immediately loaded the kiddos up to go get it from her yesterday afternoon. Thankfully, it was only a 15min drive and not across town. I pull up to the house, unload the kids, and head up to the house. When the seller answered the door, I quickly realized this is the same woman I sold my seat to in the first place. I was buying my seat back from this woman. I guess, she technically just borrowed it from me since I paid her what she paid me for it. Let me tell you how funny that was. I guess I am just thrilled to be reunited with my car seat.
Of course in my haste, I started selling off many baby items I no longer had any use for since we would be baby free. I started this process in November of last year, and I was still selling off things when Daniel came home on that fateful night in February to announce that he wanted another baby. I sold off many of the pricier items like a swing, play mat, and most importantly infant carrier.
I had found the Peg Perego Prima Viaggio SIP infant carrier in Rose online while pregnant with Leila and fell in love with it. I had to have it. Luckily, I have a husband that is a sucker for expensive, cute pink car seats, too, because he gave me the instant go ahead to buy it. It also helped that I needed a specific size seat for my car so it would fit properly. The cheaper ones were entirely too long. Darn...
Nearly $300 later, it was mine. I loved this car seat so much, and I was really kicking myself for Craiglisting it. I mean, I only got $80 for it, and I was now looking at spending another $300 for a new one. I decided I would just look on Craigslist again to find someone else selling this seat. I did find a woman selling hers, and I emailed her. I explained that I would not be finding out the sex of the baby for 7 weeks, but I really wanted to buy the seat if this baby is a girl and it as still available. She emailed back to say that she wouldn't hold it for me (I didn't expect her to anyway), but I should email her back once I found out. So, I did just that. Lucky me, she still had it, and she was asking $80 just as I had sold mine for. Great, no money lost.
I immediately loaded the kiddos up to go get it from her yesterday afternoon. Thankfully, it was only a 15min drive and not across town. I pull up to the house, unload the kids, and head up to the house. When the seller answered the door, I quickly realized this is the same woman I sold my seat to in the first place. I was buying my seat back from this woman. I guess, she technically just borrowed it from me since I paid her what she paid me for it. Let me tell you how funny that was. I guess I am just thrilled to be reunited with my car seat.
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