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.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
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.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Going to try to get back into writing this blog!
A few times over the past couple of months, I have thought about writing in this blog. But I always thought that I didn't have enough time to write about everything that has happened. And then more stuff would happen, and I get further behind in writing. So I am going to start writing about what is going on currently.
Today, I was thinking of taking the baby to daycare so that I could get a few more things done around the house on my day off, but when I got up, it was actually nice out. We haven't had much of a summer in the way of weather, so I decided to keep her home and take her to the beach. It would be the first time I have ever taken her to a beach, and she is almost 19 months old! It took forever to get everything packed and get her ready!! I was getting a little frustrated, especially when she kept running away from me when I was trying to put her sunscreen on! But we finally were ready to go. She looked so cute in her bathing suit and skirt!!! By the time we were ready, the weather had clouded over, and it looked like it may rain. But I thought, its not raining yet, seize the day! So we drove for about 45 min and got to the beach (O.P.) Its pretty private, which I love. She went right over to the water and put her feet in, then hands, etc. She also started throwing rocks in the water and loved the sounds they made. That's probably the first thing that made her smile. She was very serious today for some reason! But she had a ball playing in the water, throwing rocks and shells, and walking barefoot in the sand.
We were walking down the beach, and a woman yelled out to us. When I looked up, she was very far away, walking with a dog, and waving. I thought that was weird.... But waved and kept on our way. About a half an hour later, she was closer, and baby was at the water concentrating on playing with rocks and shells. I noticed the dog running towards her. He didn't look to be threatening, but was running towards her pretty fast. I was knelt down beside her. She didn't notice the dog until he was a few feet away from her and it scared her so bad. She actually screamed "AHHHH" and shook :'( I felt soooo bad. Even thinking about it now, just the sound of that scream :'( it was terrible. I picked her up and comforted her and said look at the puppy, what does a puppy say, etc and she was fine. She was even pointing and waving to him.
A little while later another couple came by and they were talking to her and waving. She loved it and waved back. We stayed for about an hour, but had to leave because 1) mommy was silly and drank coffee before we got to the beach... and 2) baby threw her hat in the river and mommy didn't have another one.....
BB had a little nap on the way home, and when I got home, there was a msg from a friend saying a few of our friends were meeting and taking the kids to a playground if we wanted to meet them. BB was sound asleep in the car, and she usually sleeps for about an hour and a half to 2 hours, or more.... and then I had to feed her lunch. It was 12 and they were meeting at 1230, so I knew I wouldn't have time. I FB a msg saying I could'nt, and bb woke up right when I hit send. So I took her in, got her changed, fed her and drove back into town to meet them. It was fun. BB took to the little water park, which really surprised me, since she doesn't like water on her head in the bath. But at the center of this park were a bunch of buckets high up that would fill wtih water and then dump a ton of water, hard and fast. She kept wanting to go towards them, but she is still small, and that would flatten her lol. So I had to keep pulling her away from them and steering her towards the water that sprays up from the ground, which she loved. We got a freezie for her and a baby ice cream for me, which she got a bit of too lol. Then she started getting a bit tired, because she really didn't have a proper nap, just in the carseat. We played in the little playground for a while, and one of the girls' dads played with us. He kept saying how he couldn't believe how much bb understands for her age. He had her sliding down the slides and peeking out of the tube that connects the slide and the stairs. We had a great time. Then it was tempertantrum time when I wanted to hold her and head to the car, and she wanted to be down and running around. She fell asleep in the car again, and kept sleeping even when I put her in her crib. She only slept for about a half an hour at home, which was fine. Gane me just enough time to start supper, etc.
My mom and step dad came over for a quick visit. They had a great time watching her "dan" ie:dance and she learned how to jump yesterday, so she was jumping and giggling. Absolutely love that girl.
Today, I was thinking of taking the baby to daycare so that I could get a few more things done around the house on my day off, but when I got up, it was actually nice out. We haven't had much of a summer in the way of weather, so I decided to keep her home and take her to the beach. It would be the first time I have ever taken her to a beach, and she is almost 19 months old! It took forever to get everything packed and get her ready!! I was getting a little frustrated, especially when she kept running away from me when I was trying to put her sunscreen on! But we finally were ready to go. She looked so cute in her bathing suit and skirt!!! By the time we were ready, the weather had clouded over, and it looked like it may rain. But I thought, its not raining yet, seize the day! So we drove for about 45 min and got to the beach (O.P.) Its pretty private, which I love. She went right over to the water and put her feet in, then hands, etc. She also started throwing rocks in the water and loved the sounds they made. That's probably the first thing that made her smile. She was very serious today for some reason! But she had a ball playing in the water, throwing rocks and shells, and walking barefoot in the sand.
We were walking down the beach, and a woman yelled out to us. When I looked up, she was very far away, walking with a dog, and waving. I thought that was weird.... But waved and kept on our way. About a half an hour later, she was closer, and baby was at the water concentrating on playing with rocks and shells. I noticed the dog running towards her. He didn't look to be threatening, but was running towards her pretty fast. I was knelt down beside her. She didn't notice the dog until he was a few feet away from her and it scared her so bad. She actually screamed "AHHHH" and shook :'( I felt soooo bad. Even thinking about it now, just the sound of that scream :'( it was terrible. I picked her up and comforted her and said look at the puppy, what does a puppy say, etc and she was fine. She was even pointing and waving to him.
A little while later another couple came by and they were talking to her and waving. She loved it and waved back. We stayed for about an hour, but had to leave because 1) mommy was silly and drank coffee before we got to the beach... and 2) baby threw her hat in the river and mommy didn't have another one.....
BB had a little nap on the way home, and when I got home, there was a msg from a friend saying a few of our friends were meeting and taking the kids to a playground if we wanted to meet them. BB was sound asleep in the car, and she usually sleeps for about an hour and a half to 2 hours, or more.... and then I had to feed her lunch. It was 12 and they were meeting at 1230, so I knew I wouldn't have time. I FB a msg saying I could'nt, and bb woke up right when I hit send. So I took her in, got her changed, fed her and drove back into town to meet them. It was fun. BB took to the little water park, which really surprised me, since she doesn't like water on her head in the bath. But at the center of this park were a bunch of buckets high up that would fill wtih water and then dump a ton of water, hard and fast. She kept wanting to go towards them, but she is still small, and that would flatten her lol. So I had to keep pulling her away from them and steering her towards the water that sprays up from the ground, which she loved. We got a freezie for her and a baby ice cream for me, which she got a bit of too lol. Then she started getting a bit tired, because she really didn't have a proper nap, just in the carseat. We played in the little playground for a while, and one of the girls' dads played with us. He kept saying how he couldn't believe how much bb understands for her age. He had her sliding down the slides and peeking out of the tube that connects the slide and the stairs. We had a great time. Then it was tempertantrum time when I wanted to hold her and head to the car, and she wanted to be down and running around. She fell asleep in the car again, and kept sleeping even when I put her in her crib. She only slept for about a half an hour at home, which was fine. Gane me just enough time to start supper, etc.
My mom and step dad came over for a quick visit. They had a great time watching her "dan" ie:dance and she learned how to jump yesterday, so she was jumping and giggling. Absolutely love that girl.
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