Well, I caved and put the christmas tree up. Its the first time I ever put one up by myself, and although its leaning a bit, it was pretty easy! LOL I put it up one night, and then bb and I put the decorations on it the next night. She really didn't care too much about putting them on the tree, which I was a little surprised with. She just wanted to help take them out of the box and hand them to me. When I lit the tree up, she looked at it for a bit, and then said "WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW"
I've been trying to expose her to as much Christmas as possible, so I have been singing her Christmas songs pretty much every day. Poor girl! She loves rocking around the Christmas tree the most so far LOL.
Her new word (well she has TONS of new words!) is Pretty. I put her hair in a pony tail (on the top of her head, because her hair is still kinda short) and she touched it and said "Pretty." She also wants to put clips in my hair, or sometimes just messes it up and says "pretty mommy, pretty." <3 Love her!!!!
I took her for pics with santa on monday, and that was quite interesting. There was only one person in front of us, so we colored while we waited. She was laughing at the other people when they were with santa, so I thought it would go fine. When it was our turn, I put her up on Santa's lap, and she cried. She didn't freak out, but she was not too happy. I left her there for a bit to see if she would stop, but then she leaned right over to me and tried to get off of his lap lol! So then the photographer brought some christmas bulbs out and played catch with her, and santa did too! She loved this, but after a while, I asked if she wanted to sit on his lap, and she said "No." The photographer asked her if she wanted to whisper what she wanted for christmas in santa's ear, and she said "No." haha the photographer said that it was a very matter of fact no, and that she knows exactly what she wants and doesn't want LOL So they got a cute pic of her standing next to him. I think I want to take her for pics for her birthday. The way she was playing and making funny faces while she was playing catch, and covering her mouth and acting all surprised, I think she will be pretty fun. At the end of the santa pics, they gave her two treats, and she walked over to santa and gave them to him!!! Man she is cute!
So I have figured out that putting her in her stroller is a much better way of getting shopping done. She is pretty content in the stroller. YAY! lol I have gotten a few more things for bb, but not much for others yet. I will be going out of town on wed, so I hope to get the rest of my shopping done then.
It doesn't look like we will be in the new house for christmas. :( Oh well. Things are moving much slower than I thought, mostly because I can't get over there to help because XH never comes to see bb throughout the week anymore. THATS a whole other story. He says he's going to come this day, then that, and over the last two weeks, has only come to see her if I am working and need him to watch her. Its really getting annoying because I have been sooo open with all of this, and he can come see her whenever he wants, and even stay at my house to spend time with her if he wants to, and somehow I think this is going to come back on me because I don't want to be with him anymore. Oh well. Its his own doing, not mine.
BB's new thing is she will find change around the house and say "money" and put it in my housecoat pocket and say "pocket." ahha.
Today she is very energetic. I spent most of the day cleaning up after her and the place still looks like a disaster. She has pulled a ton of ornaments off of the Christmas tree, and almost pulled the whole tree down this afternoon! She was trying to take a bell off, and it got stuck, but she didn't stop pulling! Good thing I caught it! She is napping now, so I should probably get a french lesson in.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Nov. update
Christmas is fast approaching, and I cannot believe it. I have only gotten LO one gift so far, and nothing for anyone else! I have done no decorating at all yet, and not sure if I will. I love Christmas, and really really want to decorate, but if I am going to be moving into grams place, there is really no reason to decorate here, and then do it there.... I think I will wait and do it there. I am getting frusterated because I do not have the time to work on the house btw work and LO. I really need to get over there and clean! The plan so far is to get LO's room done, and then we can pretty much live there and I can work after she goes to bed. Thank god for my mom and her H because they are doing so much of the work. I feel so guilty!
LO is growing like crazy. She is still a little shrimpy compared to some of the kids her age, but she is growing in my eyes! I put a pair of jeans on her the other day, and standing, they were just fine. She sat down and immediately started to cry, and I looked and they were way too tight and cutting into her belly! They fit the week before! Crazy. She is saying a ton of new words and pretty much attempts to repeat anything you ask her to. love love love her!
She is unphased by christmas so far. I took her to wake up santa last weekend. She loved making all of the noise, but really couldnt figure out what the fuss over santa was. We'll see next monday when I take her for pics with santa! I hope that goes well!
It is challenging taking her christmas shopping LOL she is great for a while, but then wants to run away from me, and if i put her in the cart, she lets out this high pitch scream and laughs, cause she knows I will take her out of the store..... eek! She did that to me today.... I thought taking them out of the store was supposed to deter her from acting like that! Instead, she knows if she screams, she gets taken out of the store, and thats exactly what she wants!!!!!!
LO is growing like crazy. She is still a little shrimpy compared to some of the kids her age, but she is growing in my eyes! I put a pair of jeans on her the other day, and standing, they were just fine. She sat down and immediately started to cry, and I looked and they were way too tight and cutting into her belly! They fit the week before! Crazy. She is saying a ton of new words and pretty much attempts to repeat anything you ask her to. love love love her!
She is unphased by christmas so far. I took her to wake up santa last weekend. She loved making all of the noise, but really couldnt figure out what the fuss over santa was. We'll see next monday when I take her for pics with santa! I hope that goes well!
It is challenging taking her christmas shopping LOL she is great for a while, but then wants to run away from me, and if i put her in the cart, she lets out this high pitch scream and laughs, cause she knows I will take her out of the store..... eek! She did that to me today.... I thought taking them out of the store was supposed to deter her from acting like that! Instead, she knows if she screams, she gets taken out of the store, and thats exactly what she wants!!!!!!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Strange.... I was positive I had written another post after this.....
Oh well!
Things have been super crazy the past few months. LO's great grandma died on sept 28th, and things have not been the same since. There's a bit of a family feud going on, but I think things will calm down soon. H and I are still split, although most people still don't know. I am ready to tell people though. He keeps saying he wants to work on it, but does nothing about it. He doesn't even follow through on the specific things he says he will do.... but anyhow....
I had a great weekend with LO!!! We don't usually get to do anything fun because weekends are usually about catching up. But this weekend, H and I took her to her daycare halloween party on friday night. We dressed her up as smurfette, and she won first prize for funniest costume!!! I was so shocked. She had a ball. At first she was really shy, but by the end of it, she was running around the room and I was chasing her lol. Everyone thought her costume was so cute, and most were laughing at her running all over the place!!
The next day was quite nice. I had to be at grams old house at 330, but didn't have much else to do. I had planned to take LO to the pumpkin place a few times, but never made it. I figured sat would be a good day. Just before I started to get her ready, I read on FB that there was going to be trick or treating at the mall! So I piled her in the car, took her costume with us, and went on the hunt for a pumpkin. I got a pic or two at the pumpkin place, but when you take a 21 month old somewhere like that by yourself, you usually don't get to take too many pictures. Thats one downfall to being a single parent! But she loved it, and picked out her pumpkin. I bought one for her and one for me. It doesn't look like we will have time to carve them this year though! BOO. So right after the pumpkin place, I took her to the mall. In the car I got her costume on, and then took her in. Turns out you have to wait in this massive line to get a treat bag and a map, then you have to go to the stores in order. Yeah right. my 21 month old is not going to stand in line for that long! So she pretty much ran up and down the mall and I chased after her until the line was down, then we grabbed our bag and went to the stores. I had a little bucket for her, so her treats would get put in the bucket. She didn't get the concept, but was cool with it all lol. We didn't go to all of the stores. We were there about an hour,and she started to get cranky. She threw her bucket, and laid on the floor at one point. Yep, time to go. I was proud of myself that I took her though. I am uncomfortable in those situations, because they are all families, and then there's single me and becca. I find it kind of embarressing actually..... But I went, and we had a ball.
Then today, we woke up to snow! LO and I spent the morning making a snowman, and shovelling the deck. Well, she pretty much stood there and watched me do everything... lol she giggled at the snowman, and when I asked her what his name was, she said "puppy." Other than that, she didn't know what to think of the snow, I don't think. Then her dad had her for the afternoon, and I went shopping (OMG :o) and got some groceries. Looking forward to taking her trick or treating tomorrow night, and hopefully getting some better treats than the ones she has gotten so far... I can't eat most of them LOL
Things have been super crazy the past few months. LO's great grandma died on sept 28th, and things have not been the same since. There's a bit of a family feud going on, but I think things will calm down soon. H and I are still split, although most people still don't know. I am ready to tell people though. He keeps saying he wants to work on it, but does nothing about it. He doesn't even follow through on the specific things he says he will do.... but anyhow....
I had a great weekend with LO!!! We don't usually get to do anything fun because weekends are usually about catching up. But this weekend, H and I took her to her daycare halloween party on friday night. We dressed her up as smurfette, and she won first prize for funniest costume!!! I was so shocked. She had a ball. At first she was really shy, but by the end of it, she was running around the room and I was chasing her lol. Everyone thought her costume was so cute, and most were laughing at her running all over the place!!
The next day was quite nice. I had to be at grams old house at 330, but didn't have much else to do. I had planned to take LO to the pumpkin place a few times, but never made it. I figured sat would be a good day. Just before I started to get her ready, I read on FB that there was going to be trick or treating at the mall! So I piled her in the car, took her costume with us, and went on the hunt for a pumpkin. I got a pic or two at the pumpkin place, but when you take a 21 month old somewhere like that by yourself, you usually don't get to take too many pictures. Thats one downfall to being a single parent! But she loved it, and picked out her pumpkin. I bought one for her and one for me. It doesn't look like we will have time to carve them this year though! BOO. So right after the pumpkin place, I took her to the mall. In the car I got her costume on, and then took her in. Turns out you have to wait in this massive line to get a treat bag and a map, then you have to go to the stores in order. Yeah right. my 21 month old is not going to stand in line for that long! So she pretty much ran up and down the mall and I chased after her until the line was down, then we grabbed our bag and went to the stores. I had a little bucket for her, so her treats would get put in the bucket. She didn't get the concept, but was cool with it all lol. We didn't go to all of the stores. We were there about an hour,and she started to get cranky. She threw her bucket, and laid on the floor at one point. Yep, time to go. I was proud of myself that I took her though. I am uncomfortable in those situations, because they are all families, and then there's single me and becca. I find it kind of embarressing actually..... But I went, and we had a ball.
Then today, we woke up to snow! LO and I spent the morning making a snowman, and shovelling the deck. Well, she pretty much stood there and watched me do everything... lol she giggled at the snowman, and when I asked her what his name was, she said "puppy." Other than that, she didn't know what to think of the snow, I don't think. Then her dad had her for the afternoon, and I went shopping (OMG :o) and got some groceries. Looking forward to taking her trick or treating tomorrow night, and hopefully getting some better treats than the ones she has gotten so far... I can't eat most of them LOL
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Birthday Party day!
Today was the lady bug birthday party! BB was cranky as heck before we went (of course!) but she was pretty good at the party. It started to rain so they moved the party inside the garage, but BB is WAY too busy and kept going outside to play in the rain, and, well, I totally let her. It was a warm rain, and it wasn't raining that hard. She was soaked in no time, and so was I LOL But she had a great time playing on the slide, playing with the ball, and even getting on a tricyle and motorized toy ATV, which she figured out how to drive! Guess what I am going to have to get her! She was so busy, I didn't get to eat, and she only got a few cheesies and some juice! No cake or burgers or hot dogs LOL
I find those parties kind of hard, because I don't get to socialize and meet people because my daughter is soooo busy. Plus, I am always the only single parent there, even though most people don't know I am a single parent yet.... I feel kind of lower than the others, and embarrassed that I am a single parent, but I don't know why. I feel like people must think badly of me. Like I must have did something pretty wrong or bad to end up a single parent. I live in a town where there are very little single people, let alone single parents. I have pretty much no options or opportunities to meet people. Not that I am ready to date, but when I am, I don't know how it will work out. I don't even have many friends to go out with to meet people...Anyways, enough about me....
The mother of the bday girl asked about BBs costume, and I told her I made it. She said "You made it? Oh look at you!" I wasn't sure how to take that, lol but it made me happy. Then I couldn't remember if BB was wearing the hat or not at the time, because I didn't make that, and they will find that out if they ever go to the dollar store.... :D I really don't think she was wearing it at the time. I have to say, I was proud of the costume, even if it had no wings lol I felt like a mommy staying up and making it last night. Love my baby girl.
I find those parties kind of hard, because I don't get to socialize and meet people because my daughter is soooo busy. Plus, I am always the only single parent there, even though most people don't know I am a single parent yet.... I feel kind of lower than the others, and embarrassed that I am a single parent, but I don't know why. I feel like people must think badly of me. Like I must have did something pretty wrong or bad to end up a single parent. I live in a town where there are very little single people, let alone single parents. I have pretty much no options or opportunities to meet people. Not that I am ready to date, but when I am, I don't know how it will work out. I don't even have many friends to go out with to meet people...Anyways, enough about me....
The mother of the bday girl asked about BBs costume, and I told her I made it. She said "You made it? Oh look at you!" I wasn't sure how to take that, lol but it made me happy. Then I couldn't remember if BB was wearing the hat or not at the time, because I didn't make that, and they will find that out if they ever go to the dollar store.... :D I really don't think she was wearing it at the time. I have to say, I was proud of the costume, even if it had no wings lol I felt like a mommy staying up and making it last night. Love my baby girl.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
aug 26th-27th
Today was an absolutely beautiful day. I would have liked to take BB to the beach or park or something like that, but instead we spent the day running around trying to find some things for a birthday party bb was invited to tomorrow. Its a ladybug theme and the little girl's mom put on the invitation "you can dress up." I mentioned this to some girls at work, and they started giving me ideas on how to make a costume. I am not exactly the craftiest person in the world... I actually never even thought of using iron on patches and a red shirt.... I'm the kind of mom that would look everywhere for a ladybug costume in Aug, and if I couldn't find it, I would have got pjs or a ladybug towel... anything at all with a ladybug on it, and call it a day... But this time, I ran all over looking for clothing that I could use, iron ons, pipe cleaners, etc etc. as well as a gift for the birthday girl. Well, this is how things go for me when I try to make something (Food or otherwise....) First off, I literally had to go to every store in the town looking for something for her to wear, hoping I could find a ladybug coat, or shirt, or something. But I couldn't find anything. So I went back to a store I had already been to, and got red pants and a boy's red shirt. When I got home, I realized I had gotten the wrong size shirt. So I had to go back into town, which is about a 30 min drive. Awesome. So the first thing I did was trace circles onto the iron ons. I used a black permanent marker and the bottom of a bottle of calamine lotion. How's that for crafty? :P Well, when I went to iron on the patches, the ink that was left from tracing the circles got smeared all over the shirt. I actually thought the iron was burning it for a min! Then, after all of the iron ons were done, I started to peel the backing off. For some reason, the backing came off fast, but it left glue behind! So there I was scraping the glue off of every one of those little spots, with a quarter. Fun times! So even though I finished at 10pm ish, I had to put it in the wash after! The party is at 11am tomorrow, so I have to get it all done tonight. It is still in the wash, so the verdict is still out on how it will turn out.... fingers crossed... Stores don't open until 12pm here on sundays....
While we were shopping in one particular store, bb was getting bored. She was being such a good girl (seriously, shopping all morning, in the car seat, in the cart, back to the car seat, etc) I looked down and there she was getting her arm out of her cute dress she was wearing. I fixed it, but she must have done it 15 more times. Then she got both arms out and took the top of her dress down! LOL I had to laugh. No one saw her, but it was too funny! Mom calls her "teeny weeny nude-eenie" now lol.
She was yelling hi and waving to everyone as we walked through the stores. It was like we were in a parade haha! Everyone said hi to her and she loved it. Some would say she is very talkative, one lady had a little conversation with her and told her she was cute (which she agreed with), that she is agreeable (which she also agreed with) and that she is smart (which she also agreed with LOL)
She is still wearing 6-12 month clothes in some things (bottoms, and certain brands) But she is catching up and is wearing some 18 month clothes, but mostly 12-18 months.
I love that right now,she cuddles in and gives me hugs when I go to put her in the car. I know its because she doesn't feel like getting in her carseat, but I love it. I will stand there for a few min holding her in the parking lot before I put her in her car seat.
I almost forgot! I took her on her first pic nick yesterday after work! We went to Mcdonalds and got some food, then I drove up to the little park behind her daycare, and we had a little pic nick! It wasn't really planned, so I sat on my coat and she sat on her blanket, but she loved it. She actually sat for most of her meal. Then she played at the park for a bit. She loves the slides and teetertater, but really doesn't care about the swings. She always wants me to put her in, but then 2 sec later she says she is all done.
I'm sure there is more I want to write about, but my eyes are starting to cross, and I have to try to stay awake until I can put the load of laundry in the dryer... I seriously just about fell asleep sitting up right there! gtg!
While we were shopping in one particular store, bb was getting bored. She was being such a good girl (seriously, shopping all morning, in the car seat, in the cart, back to the car seat, etc) I looked down and there she was getting her arm out of her cute dress she was wearing. I fixed it, but she must have done it 15 more times. Then she got both arms out and took the top of her dress down! LOL I had to laugh. No one saw her, but it was too funny! Mom calls her "teeny weeny nude-eenie" now lol.
She was yelling hi and waving to everyone as we walked through the stores. It was like we were in a parade haha! Everyone said hi to her and she loved it. Some would say she is very talkative, one lady had a little conversation with her and told her she was cute (which she agreed with), that she is agreeable (which she also agreed with) and that she is smart (which she also agreed with LOL)
She is still wearing 6-12 month clothes in some things (bottoms, and certain brands) But she is catching up and is wearing some 18 month clothes, but mostly 12-18 months.
I love that right now,she cuddles in and gives me hugs when I go to put her in the car. I know its because she doesn't feel like getting in her carseat, but I love it. I will stand there for a few min holding her in the parking lot before I put her in her car seat.
I almost forgot! I took her on her first pic nick yesterday after work! We went to Mcdonalds and got some food, then I drove up to the little park behind her daycare, and we had a little pic nick! It wasn't really planned, so I sat on my coat and she sat on her blanket, but she loved it. She actually sat for most of her meal. Then she played at the park for a bit. She loves the slides and teetertater, but really doesn't care about the swings. She always wants me to put her in, but then 2 sec later she says she is all done.
I'm sure there is more I want to write about, but my eyes are starting to cross, and I have to try to stay awake until I can put the load of laundry in the dryer... I seriously just about fell asleep sitting up right there! gtg!
Friday, August 19, 2011
What she is up to now
She says:
Uh-oh
mine
bubba
mama
dadda
duckie (kind of, sounds more like dada and she flaps her arms lol)
nana (banana)
nite nite (sounds like na na)
all gone
wow
woah
no
yeah
dance (sounds like dan)
bubbles
baboon (balloon lol)
ba (ball)
up
Hi
Bye
Muah
She just learned how to jump too
She "sings" the abc's with me... lol I sign a few letters then I stop and she makes this singing sound. Sometimes she doesn't and I say its your turn, then she does lol
She is starting the tempertantrums phase.... its not too bad yet, but it is coming.... :(
She is also biting, hitting and throwing things.... This worries me a bit... I know every kid does it, but where my hubby and I split up a few months ago, I never know if she is acting out because of her feelings from not having her dada around, or if she is just going through normal stages.... It seems as though they are normal stages at this point, but it's always in the back of your mind... and you always worry about it. The biting may be from teething. She has almost all of her bottom teeth (left eye tooth seems to be on its way, as well as the tooth next to what will be the eye tooth on the right side...) she already has molars. Not sure how many teeth she has on the top, because she doesn't often let me see LOL Brushing teeth is sometimes a challenge too! LOVE HER!!!! :) :) :)
Uh-oh
mine
bubba
mama
dadda
duckie (kind of, sounds more like dada and she flaps her arms lol)
nana (banana)
nite nite (sounds like na na)
all gone
wow
woah
no
yeah
dance (sounds like dan)
bubbles
baboon (balloon lol)
ba (ball)
up
Hi
Bye
Muah
She just learned how to jump too
She "sings" the abc's with me... lol I sign a few letters then I stop and she makes this singing sound. Sometimes she doesn't and I say its your turn, then she does lol
She is starting the tempertantrums phase.... its not too bad yet, but it is coming.... :(
She is also biting, hitting and throwing things.... This worries me a bit... I know every kid does it, but where my hubby and I split up a few months ago, I never know if she is acting out because of her feelings from not having her dada around, or if she is just going through normal stages.... It seems as though they are normal stages at this point, but it's always in the back of your mind... and you always worry about it. The biting may be from teething. She has almost all of her bottom teeth (left eye tooth seems to be on its way, as well as the tooth next to what will be the eye tooth on the right side...) she already has molars. Not sure how many teeth she has on the top, because she doesn't often let me see LOL Brushing teeth is sometimes a challenge too! LOVE HER!!!! :) :) :)
Pooped on the potty today!!
YAY! I haven't really been potty training her. I brought the potty out about a month or more ago because I was letting her run around with no diaper one night to get rid of a bum rash, and she sat in a shoe box and peed! I thought 'ok, time to bring the potty out!' I just have the potty out and I get her to sit on it when mommy is pee peeing. She loves to sit on it, and recently, she wants her diaper off when she sits on it. But she has never peed on it. She likes to wipe her bum and put the toilet paper in it, but that's about it. Oh she also loves to take the potty apart. But she was using it more as a toy, so I was thinking of putting it away for a bit, until I am on vacation in 2 weeks. But tonight, she was in the bath and we were singing and playing. I guess the singing relaxed her, because she started to poop in the tub! She has never done that before! So I asked her if she pooped, and she said yes. I picked her up and there was only 2 little pieces in there, so I put her on her potty and told her to poop. She kept getting up, and I kept putting her back. I started to sing, thinking that helped her before. So there I was singing "mmm mmm goes the little green frog one day mmm mmmm went the little green frog..." over and over again, and sure enough, she started to poop!!! She said "uh oh!" and pointed. I told her it was ok, and I made a big fuss telling her she was such a good girl, clapping, etc. She signed "more" and went back on the potty. When she got up, she seen the poop and I made a big fuss again. She again signed "more" and did it again. She wasn't actually pooping any more, but she loved the attention. Then she put the seat down and said bye bye and all gone lol What a good baby girl.
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