brette update

 

 

since i did a little update about our moving situation yesterday

i thought i'd do another update today,

this time on brette.

i stopped doing my monthly recap when she hit a year,

but she's definitely still changing everyday.

let's see...

her hair is getting long with sweet curls in the back.

we're still fighting cradle cap,

but we bought medicated shampoo so

hopefully it clears up soon.

her eyes are a gorgeous blue.

she has a mouthful of teeth.

so many that i don't even know the exact count.

she's wearing a 4 diaper,

and 12-18 month clothes.

 

she takes milk three times a day:

morning, afternoon and night.

she can hold her own cup

and knows the difference between the ones that you

have to tilt your head back

verses the ones with a straw.

when she drinks out of a sippy cup,

she straight napoleon dynamites it.

its hilarious.

she eats breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner.

she can sign for "more" now.

that helps the whole grunting-for-more-food thing she does.

currently, i'm working on "please" and "eat."

i would like for her to tell me the difference between

when she's hungry and when she's thirsty.

hopefully that kicks in soon.

we're working on holding her own spoon,

but its awfully messy.

 

her sleep schedule is changing because of my work schedule.

she still sleeps through the night and

has been getting up around 8:00 lately.

since i go to work at noon,

we've started trying to put her down for

only one nap a day while at jaime's.

i'm crossing my fingers she loves it,

because its definitely a game-changer.

yesterday she slept from noon to 2:35.

and was in bed by 8:00.

so far its working.

 

she can point at things in a book when you ask her to.

where is the dog?

where is the cat?

things like that.

she can also point out things on your face.

where are mommy's ears?

where is mommy's nose?

its so amazing to see her grasp language.

i think she understands more than i give her credit for,

but we are constantly talking and labeling what things are.

she likes to take things out and then put them back in.

she'll take all her toys out and then put them back.

or she'll take every dishwasher tablet out of the box

and then put them back in it.

over and over.

some other favorites:

a winnie the pooh book that plays music

stairs - she loves climbing stairs

bathroom/kitchen cabinets

mommy's shoes

her swing hanging from our front tree

bath time

louie

the cable box

(i couldn't turn it on for like a week after she messed with it. its off limits now.)

 

she's a crawling machine and can pull up like a champ, but

we're still working towards walking and i feel like she's

a long way away from her first steps.

we have a meeting with parents as teachers this week

so maybe i'll get some tips.

 

basically, to sum up,

she's my favorite little girl in the whole world.

baby b.

 

 

housing update

we're not living on the street, yet.

but close.

our buyer got back to us and

we close on our house on september 19th.

my birthday.

happy freaking birthday.

kidding.

kind of.

i am really excited to have this part of the process all done,

but i really really really wish we had our next house picked out.

 

you know when you go shopping "just to look"

and you don't really plan on buying anything but you

end up finding a ton of stuff you want?

but then when you actually need to buy new clothes

you hate everything?

yeah, that's us.

we liked so many things when we could only put in contingent offers.

and now that we really need to find a house,

nothing seems like the perfect fit.

blah.

its definitely frustrating.

and the fact that we just rolled into september,

means the real estate season is coming to a close.

not a lot of new stuff will be on the market for

another 6-7 months.

shit.

 

start sending me listings.

we need help.

 

timber

we had a little accident over the weekend.

brette has started bear crawling.

you know, when she has her hands on the floor,

but instead of being on her knees,

she's on her feet.

well i guess she lost her balance and

face-planted into our hardwood floods.

ronnie saw it and said she had no way of catching herself.

my poor peanut.

she busted her lip,

so by the time i ran out of the room to see what

was going on,

she had blood all over her.

and when i grabbed her i got it all down my shirt too.

we looked like murder victims.

i gave her a cold washcloth

that she sucked on and i applied

light pressure to her lip.

i feel like it took forever to get it to stop bleeding,

but it finally did and she was left with a fat lip.

she looked like angelina jolie's kid.

i wish learning how to crawl/walk came without injury,

but i have a feeling this is just our first of many.

blah.

 

my social butterfly

ronnie called me on his way home from work

and asked if i cared if him and a friend went out to dinner.

um, no.

i kind of called ronnie out in my last post for

never really wanting to do much socializing.

so the combo of a weekend out with his friends

followed up by a night of pizza and beer is

the most action ronnie's had in awhile.

who is the little social butterfly?

i love it.

not just because its good for ronnie to get out of the house,

but because i get a night to myself too.

and it makes me feel less guilty when i call in my turn for a girls night.

plus i took advantage and drove brette and i to DQ

and got us some ice cream,

(by us, i mean me.)

and now i'm in bed,

with a blizzard,

getting ready to read a book.

this is the life.

ronnie really needs to go out more often.

who wants to invite him to dinner next week?

i promise he's a good time.

 

 

weekend bliss

i was gone all weekend.

(another excuse as to why nothing was

shared on my blog for a whole week.)

i rushed home after work on friday,

ronnie and brette were ready and waiting

and we took off for warrensburg.

we made it in time to have dinner with my parents and

spend the night at their house.

 

[side note: my mom hung beach towels over the

window in the room brette sleeps in.

it was pitch black and she slept

 past 8:00am both mornings. 

what. the. hell.

i told ronnie that we are immediately hanging

towels over her windows when we got home.]

 

the next morning ronnie and i left to go to the

lake of the ozarks for the day with his friends.

it was such a good time.

ronald hardly ever does anything with his friends.

i don't know why he's such a homebody

because he has fun once we're there,

but sometimes its hard to talk him into being social.

totally not an issue i understand.

i mean,

he gets a whole day to not

work on the house

mow the yard

wash the cars

pack our house

change a diaper.

nothing.

and its nice to do nothing every once in awhile.

 it was good just to get out of town for the day,

cruise around on a boat and

r e l a x.

so nice.

sure, it was blazing hot and my hair looked like a rats nest,

but i managed to coat my albino skin with

enough sunscreen and made it out without burning myself to a crisp.

plus my hair eventually made it back to normal,

but not without me busting out some scissors to cut out some knots.

seriously, my hair was cray-cray.

and yes, we did go out to dinner after we got off the boat

looking like a bunch of homeless (and maybe drunk) scavengers,

but it was fun.

 

 

 

 

we got back to my parents in time for bed

and woke up the next morning,

threw all our stuff in the car and headed back home

to celebrate miss eden turning two.

and what an adorable two year old she is.

we got to visit with friends we hadn't seen in awhile

and even met new future friends for brette.

plus its always fun to see my family and

hang out for the afternoon.

 

 

 but yeah,

we were busy.

all fun stuff,

so i didn't mind.

 

hope you had a nice weekend too!

 

 

 

write me

did you think i gave up on my blog?

sorry about that.

i've actually started a new schedule at work

and its throwing me off my game.

one of the girls i work with had a baby so

for the next six weeks

i work my regular monday and friday,

but i also work tuesday, wednesday and thursday,

but only from noon to two so i can help cover lunch breaks.

i know it doesn't seem like a lot,

but brette naps from 9:45 until 11:30.

we have to leave the house at 11:30 in order for me to

be at brian and jaime's house by a quarter till

so i can drop off brette and be at work by 12:00.

(ps- big props to my s-i-l who watches brette for me!!!)

i get off at 2:00, pick up brette and get home around 2:30.

and then its nap time until about 4:30.

ronnie gets home at 5:15.

then dinner.

then clean up.

then bathtime.

then bedtime.

and whew.

my day is over.

 

honestly, i have some spare time to write,

but with all the running around i do,

there's not much to write about.

so instead,

i'll just make excuses and share a few snapshots of b.

 

happy?

 

 

 

 

what's behind door #2

there is technically no need for toys.

oh sure, we have fun playing with all of brette's,

but i'm pretty sure we could get by without them.
toys or toiletries?
she picks toiletries every time. 

brette has a particular fondness for bathroom cabinets.

e v e r y d a y  we play in the bathroom.

over and over she takes out all the items to either

study or put in her mouth.

i have found it very useful when trying to get ready.

she just plays at my feet.

we removed all the cleaning products,

but the rest we let her go to town on.

whatever works, right?

 

 

 

 

 

now excuse me, i have about 200 things to pick up off my floor.