Finally downloaded my camera!

Thanksgiving week a few of my old friends from Tally came over for a day and we had so much fun! We all used to work in a bar together and the last time we were all together we were hanging out in a stinky dingy bar with no windows. It was so funny how now we were sitting around talking without beer, without cigarettes, and it was DAYLIGHT and there were babies everywhere! It was great!
Lily and Ana are almost one month apart in age and Dean is only 4 months old.

The video is of Lily during the FSU-Florida game and her best attempt at the Seminole Chop. I've been trying all season to get her to do the chop and she is finally getting it. She's even doing the war chant!

Squirt gun

I have a bucket full of squirt guns and back when David was here he showed her how to use them. Her little hands are too small to pull the trigger without help but there is this little one that is shaped like a grenade that she can manipulate on her own. This is a video of her trying to wake up David.

Charity Auction!!!!

I've got another charity auction up! If you know anyone who may be interested please let them know.

First Lolipop

This was about the week after Halloween but I just haven't gotten around to posting it yet. David and I were standing in the kitchen talking and then all of the sudden I look down to see Lily standing there looking up at us eating a lolipop. I know that doesn't sound strange right off, but she has never had candy before, especially not a lolipop and she is just standing there with the entire thing in her mouth holding the stick just as casual as can be, like she ate them every day.

And the thing is, this was a tootsie roll pop too! Those things are HUGE.

David and I immediately just burst out laughing and I had to get the camera.

I was feeling very generous that day so I didn't take it away from her but I did make her sit down to eat it. I was not about to have to take a trip to the ER over it. So, David dug out the only other tootsie roll pop in the house and joined her ( I was hiding them because they are my favorite and I wanted to save them, unfortunately Lily can un-zip my backback )

Crazy Time

Lily has crazy time most evenings. Before daylight savings kicked in, we used to go out in the yard and play around for a little bit before bathtime, now, it is dark so we play inside. I think that Lily just gets it in her to laugh at this time. It doesn't take much to get her squealing and giggling during this playtime. If no one is playing with her she will just chase after Zelda squealing. I caught this video the other night of a game she and Ross had come up with. If you watch all the way to the end you can get a glimpse of the game she invented that I HATE. The 'let me pull out mommy's hairclip' game. I am growing my bangs out again so if I am not wearing a clip or something than my bangs get in my face and give me a headache. Lily thinks all clips are her playthings and will rip them out of my head.....eeerrrrrrr. Damn me for thinking it was cute to put a clip in her hair!

The cutest thing and then the grossest thing

This morning I've got my laptop sitting on the dining room table so I can get a little work done as Lily plays and she came over to the table and pushed her high chair back away from the table (the tray broke and we've just been sliding it up to the table instead of getting another one....we are so ghetto!) and started saying "eat, eat, eat" then pointed to her mouth. She is so smart! So as I put her in the chair she was saying "ban, ban, ban" and pointing to the bananas. So, clearly she is a girl who knows what she wants!
So, as I was opening a banana she says "poop, poop, poop". So, I stand her back up to see if she really has pooped. Yep, she's pooped all right and although it hasn't happened in a long long time, it was one of those that went all the way up her back. So, in the process of picking her up I ended up with it on my hands! YUCK!
It is such a gross way to start the day but so cute at the same times because Lily is getting so good at talking. When I grabbed a diaper and she said "dipe, dipe, dipe"

This funny little girl!

Lily will be 16 months old this week and she is so fun right now. I totally love this whole parenting thing so far. I am amazed at how quickly children learn and getting to see it everyday is wonderful. There are so many times when I sit down to pay the bills or when I see my friends getting to do things that we can't afford to do, that I wish that I worked a full time job. But then again, there significantly more times that I thank god that I am able to be here every day with Lily.
Lily does so many of the cutest things right now. When I pick her up and hold her in front of me she puts her arms around my neck and then fluffs out my hair saying "hair, hair, hair" which actually sounds more like "ha, ha, ha"
and her word for nose sounds like "nnna"
She is watching us intently. She got my make-up brush the other day and kept repeating 'eye' over and over while she tried to stick it in her eye.
I couldn't find my hair brush yesterday and I asked Lily if she knew where it was and she ran right into the bathroom and opened the drawer where it belonged!
She hugs Zelda and laughs and laughs as Zelda tries to wiggle loose. She picks up people's shirts to find their belly buttons. She moves her little chairs over to sit next to the big people chairs. She hugs her blanket and her babies and says "awwww" when she does it.
Now, there are a couple of not so cute things. She is obsessed with Bananas and will cry and squeal on the floor under where the bananas are kept pointing and saying 'ban, ban, ban'. She has actually pushed a chair over and tried to climb up there for them twice (smart, but too smart for her own good). She also has started to throw tantrums if you have to take something away from her (like that make-up brush she wanted to stick in her eye)
She keeps us all in a good mood right now. :)

I bought myself and early Birthday Gift

I couldn't resist. I had been hinting that I wanted this forever and the other day at Wal-mart I saw it and this model was $50 cheaper than the others I'd seen and it just so happened that I had just finished the most profitable week in my website's history, so....I splurged.

Of course I was immediately punished for my lack of self control.

We got it home and put it together and realized that we were missing the most important piece.... the one that holds it to the bike!

So, we took it all back apart and the next day went out early to take it back.

They didn't have another one so we had to go to another Wal-mart to get it there. Back in the hot no-AC car and back onto the highway and risk our lives yet again because my car shakes like it is going to fall apart the minute I go the slightest bit over 60.

Next Wal-mart. Very friendly guy in the toy department tells me that they are out, but checks the computer and it turns out the Wal-mart that we just left has 11 of them in stock!

Back in the car.

I was not about to go back to the first Wal-mart and deal with that again, so we went to wal-mart #3. So far we had been to Miami, then the Ghetto, and now we are in the Burbs. Well, horray for the Burbs because they have it!

I RE-purchase it and risk our lives just once more in order to get home. By this time it was WAY past Lily's lunch and nap time but she was great. We bought her a giant ball (I have no self controll....I really shouldn't go out in public!) and because of the windows being open it was flying all around the back seat and kept her entertained.

So, get home. Hot, sweaty, hungry and tired. Get Lily fed and down for a nap and start putting this thing together.

Guess what.... NO COUPLER!!! Yes, the EXACT SAME PART that was missing off the first one!

So, I got on the phone with the company and they sent me the part free of charge. I had to wait a week to get it, but it was free none the less.

Not irritant-free... just didn't cost me any money.

So, after all that. Monday we finally go the coupler and we've been riding all over the place for the past couple of days. The weather finally cooled off and it is so perfect right now to be riding bikes.

Lily hates the helmet and it is a little big. Kinda odd that they don't make them any smaller than for a 3 year old. And to think, Lily has got a huge head, can you imagine how big it would be for a normal size kid her age?

There is a space behind the seat that I can fit packages in, so today we rode to the post office and stopped by the park on the way home.

Oh, and Zelda fits in it too! I put both the babies in and off we go.

Halloween

I always used to think that going to the mall to trick or treat was dumb, but that is exactly what we did yesterday. South Florida is lame when it comes to Halloween. This is one of those holidays where a small town would be better. We didn't have any trick or treaters last year, so I figured that we wouldn't again this year either and didn't even bother. Lily wore her costume the whole day and then we took her to the mall after dinner. She was so adorable. There was a little girl there that she made friends with. This little angel walked up to Lily and they just stared and smiled at each other for about 5 minutes. It was so funny. The girl is 18 months old but slightly smaller than Lily. She had an FSU stroller too...how cool!

Lily ran around and looked at all the kids. I enjoyed seeing all the other kids in costumes. I love seeing kids dressed up for Halloween but am disapointed that no one makes their own costumes any more. It has just become so comerial. I know, I'm to blame considering that I sell ready-to-wear costumes, but it just takes all the creativity out of the holiday. We remenisced about some of the great costumes that we had created in the past. David reminded me of a good one he had when Daddy made him a proton pack for his ghostbusters costume.

I was a police officer, Lily was a ladybug, Ross was an old man and David was an inmate. My costume was from my store (I know....no creativity). Ross just pulled together some things from his closet and a shirt from my costume collection. David just threw on a re-run of Ross's inmate costume with a joe dirt wig. I made Lily's out of felt.