18 Months!

I have a one year old? Really? I can't believe my baby is already that big!  Its insane how much smarter she gets each day.  And her personality is hilarious.  I know at 16 months I went over all the stuff she says and does but I have a few more to add to the list.

She HAS to go to bathroom with me everytime.  And now she actually lifts the lid for me and then hands me the toilet paper.  Hilarious.  Such a good helper.  She also loves to flush.  Now if only I could get her to go on the potty!

She can do a ton of animal sounds now.  Its so funny to hear her do it.  Tonight she did a monkey for the first time.. I said "ooo ooo, ahh ahh" and she says "ahhhh ahhh" over and over.  Love it.  She loves to moo, woof, meow, bauk, and now ah ah ah.  She also is obsessed with airplanes.  She waves to them every time.

Two nights ago she told us she wanted to go to bed.  What the heck!?  She got out of my lap, turned the tv off and then reached up to me.  (she knows to turn the tv off before bed)  I was shocked.  So I took her up and she went right to bed.  I could get used to that!  And it was 15 minutes before her bedtime!  Tonight, Justin said "do you want to go to bed?" and she got right up and turned the tv off and was ready.  Such a good little girl!

Her baby dolls still pretty much take over all her playtime.  She carries them around all day, feeding them, rocking them, doing everything she can with them.  Such a girl in that sense.  She also loves to clean.  I caught her wiping the tv with a wash cloth this morning.  She likes to pull wipes out and clean the coffee table and is starting to get better at putting things away if I ask her to.

She loves to eat cereal with milk, in a bowl with a spoon just like a big girl.  And she is quite good at it!  She always wants a spoon or fork with every meal.  I now carry them in my diaper bag.  She loves chapstick and now has her own hello kitty tubes (I got tired of her ruining mine!) and she LOVES lip gloss.  I finally had to get her some wet and wild clear so she could go to town.  She is pretty good at putting it on her lips, but she likes to do it about 30 times in a row.  Atleast with clear she can't get too crazy.

My absolute favorite is still when she gives me random kisses throughout the day.  I could kiss that girl for hours.  She actually makes the kissing noise now with her kisses which is even cuter.  Boy do I love this little girl.

Here's some pics of the lil darling over the past month...

See the pigtails? Love.

trying to type like mommy

her airplane face.  everytime.

how cute are the overalls? best five bucks I ever spent!

hiding

the giant bruise just adds to the cuteness

can't get over how cute this little girl is.  Love her.

Hot Chocolate

Violet loves to play in our pantry.  She rearranges stuff, pulls everything out, and makes a big mess basically.  Her favorite thing to take out is the hot chocolate packets or the cider packets.  We literally have caught her 5 times in the living room with a chewed open packet and powder everywhere.  She likes to spill it on the coffee table so she can finger paint in it.  Time to move the hot chocolate I guess! You'd think we would learn!

Christmas 2011

I can't even explain how much I enjoyed Christmas this year.  Violet made it so incredible.  The older she gets the more fun it becomes!  She knows who Santa is and gets so excited when she sees him on tv or in a book or a stuffed doll of him.  I went a tad overboard on presents for her.. shocker right.  Toys are so fun!  She actually slept in on Christmas morning, Justin and I and his parents were sitting downstairs waiting for the little princess to wake up.  When Justin brought her downstairs her eyes lit up and she ran immediately to the presents that were set up for her.  She was SO excited.  It was awesome, I loved every minute of it.  She has gotten really good at unwrapping presents as well.  Although halfway through the presents she got tired of unwrapping them and I had to do it.  She was ready to just play!  Can't wait for next year with both my girls!

of course right?

And of course I had to make her a Christmas outfit.  It turned out so dang cute.  Probably my favorite thing I've made.  The fabrics I used were adorable.  Love me some Michael Miller.  The shirt is Target and I just added a fabric circle and a bow.  The headband was probably one of my favorite ones I've made, too bad it really only matches this outfit!  I just bought a giant supply of big chunky beads and charms so I can start making the girls necklaces and this is my first one.  Gotta say, love it.  And she actually kept it on and didn't pull at it, its a miracle.

Yesterday we had a family dinner with Justins side of the family.  We had a lot of fun visiting with everyone and letting the three kiddos play.

Landon

Kendal and V

Justins brother Jason and the kiddies

 And since I'm way to prego for very much decorating (aka too tired), this was the only thing I made.  A Christmas tulle wreath.  Simple and cute.

Santa!

At the beginning of December we went to a local breakfast joint in Loomis, one we frequent quite often, for a little Christmas Party for the kids.  Violet got to see Santa and color and decorate a cookie.  Ok, she didn't do much decorating, mostly eating.  She did great with Santa and didn't even cry.  Towards the end of sitting on his lap she got a little testy but besides that she was great!

7.5 Weeks

Yes it's that time where I am about to count down the weeks, days and hours.  I am 31.5 weeks currently and will be induced at 39 weeks.  7.5 weeks people! Holy cow, I am about to be the mother to TWO children.  Can I just tell you how scared I am?  Like crap your pants scared.  Like run away screaming scared.  I am SO over being pregnant (ok lets face it-- I was never not over it) but I am SO not ready for two.  I can barely handle my one child.  Honestly.  I think that I can't keep up with my housework and projects now?  Boy am I in for it. 

This little lady is Ka-ka-KRAZY in my belly.  Violet was quite the mover as well, but dear sweet Annabelle never lets up.  She will somersault, kick, punch and dance all day and all night long.  Rarely does an hour go by that I don't feel her.  The kid doesn't sleep already.  Remember how little V slept until recently?  Doomed  I tell ya. 

I haven't even gotten anything ready really.  I still need to wash her clothes and put them away, buy newborn diapers and pull out the baby gear like bottles, swings, and all that crap that piles up around your house.  I also still need to buy my double stroller and a couple smaller items.  I pretty much am set because of V.  I have been way too tired to sew and craft so she will only be getting a few of those things.  I have made a few tiny headbands and hats and decorated a few onesies but I haven't gone crazy getting crafty like I did with V.  I would like to get a bloomer/headband set whipped out before she arrives for newborn pics since I probably won't feel up to doing that her first week of life.  We shall see, maybe the Energy fairy will visit in the next week or two.  As for now, I am a walking zombie who huffs and puffs every step she takes.  Literally.  I get out of breath after three steps and have to stop and catch my breath or put my head between my knees so I don't get light headed. 

As for my giant belly- if one more person gasps in shock when I tell them I still have almost 8 weeks left, they may get a nice punch in the nose.  I told Justin I want to make a shirt that says "Yes I have 8 weeks left, yes I am a whale"--- and make the number removable so I can update it each week.  I can't tell you how many people assume my due date was last week.  I have decent sized babies and enough amniotic fluid for me, you and your girlfriend.  Hence the moose belly. 

Here I am at 29.5 weeks...

 

And here is me the day before V was born...

see how big this thing gets??

Snack Time With Daddy

Justin's favorite snack is carrots or celery and peanut butter.  He eats it twice a day.   Violet now has to eat it with him every time.  She is obsessed with dipping things and sometimes the only way I can get her to eat is to plop a blob of ranch or peanut butter on her plate.  Check out my sweeties eating their carrots and PB. 

Window Watchin'

Violet LOVES to climb up into the chair that's right by our front window.  Anytime the dogs bark or you tell her someone is here she runs straight to it, climbs up and looks out.  She gets so excited when she sees someone and waves like crazy.  I think it may be Justin's favorite part of the day when he pulls up after work and sees her smiling face!