Here are some more pictures of some of the bows I've made. I'm thinking of doing a ton and going to a craft fair with them....I don't know if I'll be able to part with them though... lol

So, I've been on a crafty kick again. I have probably made over 20 sets of bows in the past two weeks!! I am so happy with the outcome of most of them. Here are some pictures of the better ones.

There doesn't seem to be enough hours in my day to do as many as I would like. Luckily my boss has been taking some time off, so I've been able to send the girls to school and finally have a day or two to myself. It's been nice, quiet and relaxing.

Daddy daughter dance....

The school that Izzi and Sophie go to held their first annual daddy daughter dance on Feb. 12th. I of course was SOOO excited about it and couldn't wait to doll Izzi up and send her off with some good quality time with Jason. here is a picture of them getting ready to leave. Why he put her on the kitchen table with shoes on is beyond me, but I digress. It made for cute pictures, and it's nothing a little Lysol wipe won't get rid of.






This is after they had their jackets on and ready to go, so I told them to strike a pose. Had a little tear in my eye with this one....so cute!





And this is a picture that was taken at their school when they arrived. From what I hear, the night was a blast. The dance was from 7-9, and they stayed the whole time! Izzi loved dancing, and even at one point looked at Jason and told him to go stand with all the other dad's while she continued to dance with her classmates. She is the social butterfly I never was, go her!

There was also a time when they played some Tinkerbell song and all the little girls just stopped and sang to it (one of the teachers really likes Disney and is a great singer, so the kids know the songs well); I heard the next week that Jason became all teary eyed when he saw her singing it. Nothing like seeing your child grow up to fast in front of your eyes! Wish I could've been on a wall for that moment. Sweet...
Here's to many more Daddy-daughter moments to come!

Ode to Sophie

By far, Sophie is the happiest baby I think I've ever met! And I don't think I'm just saying that because she's mine. This kid smiles morning noon and night! I LOVE getting her first thing in the morning, she's babbling away in her crib, I walk in there and she just beams the minute she sees me. Even on only 45 minutes of sleep all day long at day care, she is still all smiles! She has become very mobile over the past week and a half. She is able to pivot herself around in circles on the floor many times in a row and is starting to move backwards too. Her abilities to reach for objects in front of her has excelled ten fold too. She is able sit on her own for about 5-10 seconds before tumbling over...too cute. I made sure with this one not to put her on hard wood floors when learning how to sit....I'll never forget when I tried taking a picture of Izzi with her sitting and having her fall backwards and smacking her head on the floor...bad mom. lol Her favorite thing to do is to hold her feet. The second I put her on her back, she is instantly grabbing for her toes and sucks her socks/feet like crazy. It's soooo stinkin' cute. I just laugh every time she does it. She is just such a joy!

Here is a video of her from the other day just being her happy little self.

This past weekend we spent it celebrating Izzi's 3rd birthday at Monkey Joe's. It's a huge place that has about 7 or 8 inflatables, where kids jump, play and basically get worn out! I ended up having to take a later opening in their schedule than I would've initially wanted, which was from 12:30-2:30. Izzi is usually down for her nap at 1-1:30, so I was just planning on bringing her home right after and putting her down. Well..as life happens, her nap didn't. We didn't end up getting out of there until about 3ish, and Jason's sister Heather ended up keeping Izzi there for another hour. By the time she came home, it was close to 4. I was still planning on putting her down for a little cat nap, but I was talked out of it. UGH...never ever again will I let her go without a nap. She was fine until it was bedtime. She pulled the now usual getting out of bed several times, finally stayed in bed, fell asleep right away for only about a half hour, then was up for another 45 min. or so crying and getting up. She finally fell asleep again around 8:45ish...and then was up from 1am until 3:30 am crying and getting in and out of bed. Needless to say, I'm exausted today, which also seemed like it was the LONGEST DAY EVER! Izzi and Sophie were on total different sleep schedules, so I had no down time, and J was on call so he wasn't home a whole lot today. Oh well....what are you going to do, right?



I am blessed that Izzi likes her sister. She has never been mean to her, and always loves to make her smile and giver her hugs. Too cute.



Izzi had fun on this blow up chair in the room her party was held at. Here is a picture of Izzi with her two cousins and my friends daughter (from left to right: Annie, Izzi, Elena and Abigail).



Here's another picture of Izzi and Elena...it was hard to get them to sit long enough to get a picture..there's a whole lotta energy in those two!



And finally, here is Izzi in her birthday outfit, which I picked out a few weeks ago and fell in love with. I think it's stinkin cute, however, I've had a few people tell me that it's "ugly" and "interesting". I don't think I'd ever tell someone that I thought something they bought was ugly, I was just amazed how honest people can be. Oh well, my kid, my taste, I loved it!

Looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, it's been a hard weekend and I need to get back to adults and normalcy. ;)

Fun with the girls.....

Man did the weekend fly by! Izzi, Izzi, Izzi....how do I not duck tape you to the bed? We have been having MAJOR issues keeping her in bed as most of you know. So...on Wednesday night, Jason had to run an errand and I was home alone with her. She, as usual, gave me a run for my money with staying in bed. After about 45 min., I had to walk away from her to compose myself. I decided to put the baby gate up in front of her door....she rammed it until it came off. I decided to put it in the inside of the door frame, she climbed over it (after ramming it several times and having no luck). Then, I decided, that's it, I'm going to put two baby gates up, one on top of another. It's about 4 feet high. I did this, then went downstairs to cool off....I could hear her ramming into it over and over again. Then...it became very quiet. I went up to the landing to watch from the stairs to see what she was doing. I sat very quietly on the stairs peeking through the stair rails at her door....when I see out of the corner of my eye...Izzi walking out of my bedroom! She had scaled the 4 foot baby gate fence I put up and jumped over it!!!!! I wanted to laugh and scream at the same time...there is some determination! I took the gate down at that point, if she could climb it, she would do it again, and possibly hurt herself. What a little...well, I'll let your imagination run with that one.





Every Monday night, Jason is at class work, and his sister comes over with the girls and helps me with dinner, and lets Izzi get some much needed energy out playing with her two cousins. Here is a picture of them from the other week. They were taking turns jumping off the couch onto some cushions, over and over. The energy...if I could just have an ounce of it!!


This is Kylee



This is Izzi



And this is Abigail

Hope everyone has a great Monday!!!!

Happy Birthday to my Izzi-bee!

Well, it's Izzi's third birthday today...wow, ok, that really did go quick. Everyone always says how fast it would go, and I never really felt it at the time, but I do now. This was one of Izzi's favorite presents. It is from her Grandma and Papa (my parents). A very cute rain coat, with a matching umbrella and boots. I had a hard time getting them off of her. Boy did she look cute in them. Now, all I have to do is wait for warmer weather and some rain.


I still don't think she really understands what "birthday" means other than cake. She enjoyed opening the presents, but she didn't really get "into" it. She loved being sung to, so everyone who called and sang to her, thank you!!! Her little face just beamed with the phone pressed up to her head. Too cute. So, here's to a year of growth, hopefully to a year of learning how to stay in bed and to a year of giggles.


The other morning Izzi really begged to get into bed with Sophie, who just smiled and smiled at her. She just loves Izzi, especially when she talks to her. Speaking of cribs, I would love to put Izzi back in one. She, every night, gets out of bed several times. We've tried just about everything. The whole "silent walk back to bed" (over three hours one time), taking her beloved luvies away, trying to reason with her, spending more quality time with her, put baby gates up in front of her door (she rammed them down or climbed over them)even spanked once(never thought I'd spank my child). I don't know why, but she just wont stop. We dread bedtime every single day. She never used to be like this, and I can't remember if it started before or after Sophie was born. All I know is that I can't WAIT for it to stop. So, if anyone has an adult sized crib, let me know, I might just buy it from you!



Ah yes, my little Sophia. My peanut...she has finally learned how to flip over from back to front. I've been working on it every day since the past weekend, and tonight, she was able to do it several times, so maybe now she'll start sleeping at daycare....oh please oh please start sleeping at daycare. This whole getting her home at 4:15 and being asleep for the night by 5 is sad..I miss my little girl. I'm glad I only work part time or else I'd be having major withdraw from her! Well, it's been a LONG day and my headache doesn't seem to be getting any better, so I think I'm calling this an early night. To bed, to bed, to bed I said.......