Check out Brandi

Aren't you so proud of Brandi and her "real" job. She stopped by the other day in the dead-mobile. No bodies of course.

But she was wearing her suit and looking all grown up.

I can't believe that they trust her to drive this thing!

Can you believe what people will do for money?

This guy will tattoo a company logo on his arm for only 5 grand!

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A day with a BOON

A few days ago Lily got a Balloon from Publix. We always get one when we go there and most times she plays with it just long enough for me to get the groceries put away.
Not this particular day. I don't know what it was about this Orange Balloon... but she held on to it the WHOLE day. We got it at around 10:30 AM.
This is Lily eating lunch with one hand because she is clutched onto that balloon with the other. Approximately 12:30PM


This is Lily settling down for her nap after Lunch:

Yeah, I'm not sure the reason for the golf bag, but she insisted it be in the bed with her too. I kept checking on her to make sure that she wasn't getting tied up in the balloon string. Isn't she sweet? still clutched onto that balloon while she sleeps.

She held it the entire rest of the day. That evening I took her in the shower with me because I was too lazy to give her a bath. Guess what? Yep, the balloon took a shower too.
She slept with the balloon again that night. However, I waited until she was asleep and took it out of her hand because I was afraid of her getting caught up in the string and choking. The next morning she woke up asking for the balloon. Almost in a panic.
Finally she lost interest in it about mid-way through the next day.

US vs. Zim accent - which will Lily get?

I always figured that Lily would have an American accent because she is bombarded with Americans and encounters very few Zimbos. Well, so far, she has an African accent.

If you couldn't tell, in that video whe is saying that she prefers a Zebra to be called a ZEB-ra, rather than ZEE-bra. This next one is the way that she says "water", it sounds just like Ross.

The word "Bath" is very funny to me. If I ask her, she says "bAth" the American way, but if she is talking to Ross, she asks for a "BaHth". So, if I ask her if she would like to get in the Bath (and pronounce it like Ross would) she will correct me to the American version. It is sweet that the realizes the difference.

cute videos

Mini Me

If you can't tell what she is saying it is "ye ye meh hole" translation, Lily Mitchell. We were practicing naming everyone's name because I want to make sure that she knows Ross and I's names too so when Zelda walked over she made sure to say Zelda Mitchell too.

She has really gotten quite expressive lately. She took a bite of her dinner and spit it back out then I got the camera. (Why does she never have clothes on when I video her?)

I love to tell the story about how a police officer I met one day years back says to me "oh, you are dating Ross from Shenanigans? He runs like a gazelle".... well, I think Lily is taking after her dad.

Chuck E Cheese, Kentucky Derby & sock monkey

A couple of months back I joined a SAHM group and it has been great. I don't really know anyone very well yet but it is nice to finally have some people to talk kids stuff with. They are all much better mom's than me, but we are starting to fit in. They all exchange recipes and post notices about toy recalls. Me, I just try my best to keep healthy food in the fridge and let Lily play with anything in the house that isn't sharp.

So, there are playdates set up for parks and stuff all over the county just about every day. Earlier this week we met up with the group at Chuck E Cheese.

Lily was awesome! She is usually shy at first but as soon as we walked in the door she said "car. ride". We ordered a little pizza and once we finished eating she had warmed up enough that she wasn't clinging to me anymore. She wasn't afraid of the rides that move and even figured out how to put the coins in the slot and buckle her seat belt.


It was really sweet.

Last weekend we went to Mike's anual Kentucky Derby party and won the bonnet contest yet again! I won year before last, Lily came in 2nd last year and this year we took #1 & #2!!

Lily was very well behaved so I was very proud of her.

A couple of weeks ago Lily had an explosive poop incident while in her crib so I just pulled all the sheets, blankets and everything including the pillows and stuffed animals and put it all in the wash. Well, my 32 year old sock monkey that Lily LOVED didn't make it out of the machine. I couldn't bear to throw it out because I loved it probably more than Lily did (hence the fact that I still have it!) so I made Ross throw it out for me. Being the eBay junkie that I am, I found a seller on eBay selling sock monkey kits and I bought two.

I feel so much better about the whole thing now because Lily was so sweet during the making of the new monkey. She identified the socks as socks but once we put stuffing in them she knew right away that it was a monkey. She slept with it the first night when all it was, was a tube with legs. The next day I had completed the arms and tail but hadn't sewn them on yet and she was even carrying around the arms saying "monkey arms". It has been amazing watching how excited she has become each step in the process. I sewed on the ears and she screamed with joy yelling "ears. ears. ears".

Armless & faceless monkey baby above, Complete monkey baby below

New outfit

Thanks Grandad! Look what we got in the mail.

Brandi made me do it

Brandi made me post this on eBay, check it out

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but, before you go, remember, this is BRANDI's item.... not mine!