Weekend Recap!

It wasn't a very exciting Weekend here.  It was my weekend to work, so the girls spent the majority of Saturday and Sunday with my inlaws.  My parents came down on Sunday afternoon.  My mom watched Alyx, and my dad took Emma out for lunch to a Japanese steak house.  She said they had a blast!  

So let's back up to Friday.  It was super cold and rainy in the morning.  

Alys has been loving playing with all these toys that were Emma's =)

I scored this awesome deal at Target for Alyx for next year.  Speedo neoprene lifejacket for $5.98!  

Saturday I made meatloaf for dinner...and well yeah Alyx loved it =)

There is nothing this girl doesn't like!

Saturday night the girls along with my niece Haley spent the night at my inlaws.

They were all piled into bed getting ready to watch a movie =)

Tonight Emma has her last Field Hockey game of the year.  She loves this sport now, and she already can't wait for next season for it to start!

And it was defiantly Monday morning for me today.  Last night I forgot to get the girls stuff ready for school and daycare.  So I scrambled around at 3:30 this morning to get it ready.  Also I never packed my lunch last night for today.  I left the house to come to work at 4:15 and forgot my debit card at home, and realized I needed gas.  I had to turn around and go back home to get it.  Needless to say I have to  be at work at 5:00 am, and I walked through the door at 4:58.  2 minutes to spare!  Let's hope the rest of the day goes better!  
Happy Monday!

Alyx Grace * 11 Months *

Alyx officially turned 11 Months old on the 5th of this month!  Next month I will be doing her 1 year post!  I know I say this all the time, but this year has completely flown by.  It's crazy.  So happy 11 Months Miss Alyx!

Weight: We've hit 20 pounds!

Length: I'm not entirely certain of length

Hair: I thought for sure she was going to be red, but it's gone to blonde now!  And growing finally!!

Eyes: She's got the bluest eyes ever! =)

Clothing: She can wear some 9 month cloths, but mostly 12 months now

Diapers: Size 3 pampers swaddlers

Sleeping: Still a good sleeper!  She's had an ear infection this week so she's been a little off, but she's mainly sleeping 12 hours a night

Feedings:  She eats all the time it seems! haha  Bottles are around 8ozs but only when she really seems like she needs one.  She is eating basically whatever we eat.  I haven't made a meal yet that she hasn't liked.  She is such an easy eater...so far anyway!

Crawling: She's everywhere!!  She pulls herself up as long as she is holding onto something.  And if you stand her up in the middle of the floor she will stand there with no support but she's not taken any steps yet. 
Talking: Alyx says Mumma & DaDa a lot.  And just as of a couple of days ago she screeches out "Emmmmaa" It's the cutest ever!  

These pictures are getting so hard to take!  She wants to rip the sticker off her shirt, and the only time I can get a headband on her now is for just a few minutes.  I love the headbands, but unfortunately she doesn't! haha

This picture just makes me laugh!  The expression on her face is priceless!  These are toys that I just brought up from the basement that were Emma's.  I cleaned them all up and Alyx loves them!!

Happy 11 Months Miss Alyx!  And Happy weekend All!! =)

Fall Swap Reveal!

Who doesn't like a good swap and meeting new blogger friends?!?   I was so excited back about a month ago to find that one of my favorite bloggers Desiree at Macke Monologues, posted about a Fall Swap!  

I was paired with Ang from MeanAng.  2 East coast girls paired together!  Ang sent me some really great stuff!  

An awesome smelling apple candle, 3 kitchen cloths, some chocolate pumpkins, carmel candy apple lollipops and a Dunkin Donuts gift card!

 

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I love getting to know new bloggers, and it's been fun getting to know Ang.   The carmel apple pops were quickly opened by Emma.  She thinks they are hers! lol  I've been burning the apple candle in my kitchen and it smells ohhh sooo good!  And the Dunkin card is tucked away in my wallet for a day when i'm in desperate need of a good cup of coffee =)  The dish cloths are super cute, and I didn't have any falls ones so I was super happy to get some!  And the chocolates have been hidden from Emma...and Brian.  LOL =) 
Thanks again Ang for all the awesome stuff!  It's been nice getting to know you!!

Two Little Pumpkins

We took our little pumpkins to the pumpkin patch on Saturday to pick out the best pumpkins we could find!  I really wanted to take the girls to pick their own pumpkins right from the patch, but we were a little late this year and they had already been picked.  So we had to choose from ones that were picked.  But let me tell you...they had a ton of pumpkins to choose from!

Alyx was cracking us up with this little head tilt she has going on! haha

She enjoyed sitting in a box full o' pumpkins =)

My girls and I =)

  (And this picture totally proves to me that I need to go on a diet! ha!)

We had a good time, and our next weekend off we will carve them!

Later Saturday night we had gone out for a while with the girls.  When we came home, Brian put Alyx up on the table in her carseat and I went to get her out.  When I took the blanket off her lap I found a small box sitting her lap wrapped in the blanket with her.  And this is what I found =)

Needless to say I cried.  Brian was kinda shocked at my reaction! haha  I don't normally get very emotional about stuff like this, but I guess the timing for it was right and I am pretty much in love with it.  Emma wants her own Alex & Ani bracelet now too =) 

Last night in our house was r.o.u.g.h.  Brian brought Alyx to the Dr this morning...and yet again another ear infection.  I can't even tell you how tired of these ear infections I am.  She has a well child check next week and I'm going to speak to our Dr about seeing an ENT.  I think this is her 6th ear infection since she was born.  I'm ready to be done with it! ha!


Hope you all enjoy your Monday...and Columbus Day at that!! =)

TGIF

It's FRIDAY!!  And Brian and I are both off for the weekend! Woohoo!  =)  I'm not really sure we have any plans other than a little outdoor yard work.  But that is perfectly fine in my opinion.  Sometimes it's nice to just stay home and do nothing.  

Yesterday Emma had her yearly eye appointment.  She is supposed to have one once a year since she was a preemie.  She loves the eye doctor.  And our eye doctor is the best!  And it's kind of a funny story because he was my eye doctor growing up and he actually moved his office to where we are living now.  So I love that we have the same doc, he's awesome.

Alyx lovessss to snuggle with Emma.  Her appointment went great as usual, and her eyesight is still great!!

Alyx has a new love of the dishwasher.  She will stand there and try to take everything out.  Well she has finally learned how to get the plastic stuff out.  So that's our favorite thing to do now.

And we think it's pretty cool to throw the plastic plates around on the floor and drink from the plastic cups.  But at least they were clean dishes!  

Emma insisted on Mac & Cheese for dinner last night.  I complied, because hey it was super easy.  And second, it was a long day at work and after getting up at 3:30 I was exhausted!  

The consensus on the Mac & Cheese with Alyx?  As you can see she loved it as she is shoveling it into her mouth.  This kid loves food.  LOL 

And don't you guys miss TGIF on Friday nights on ABC???  I sooo wish they were still on.  I just know that Emma would love these shows.  She watches Full House on Nick at Nite, but I know she would love the shows Step by Step, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Family Matters.  I know some of these are still on as re-runs on other channels, but how cool would it be to have TGIF come back on Friday nights?!?!  Maybe one day.  Happy Friday all!

Catching up!

Where do I even start??  What have we been up to lately.  Well, I can tell you I have been sick.  Ugh.  I have a rotten cold that is kicking my butt.  We're on a week and a half now with this yuckyness and i'm ready for it to be g-o-n-e.  Emma's had it.  The baby has had it.  Brian feels like he's starting to get it.  I think we just need one really nice day for me to open all the windows in my house and air it out and get all the germs out! 

So on we go.  Emma is rocking at field hockey!  She has come so far since that first day she started when she got into the car and said she wasn't going back.  haha  Now she plays non stop at home.  So Monday night we had field hockey.  And oh my word it was cold!!!

We had Alyx wrapped up nice and tight.  Plus under this she had on footie pj's and then a fleece one piece over her pj's!  She was toasty!

That's Emma in the pink top, pink skirt, black leggings and lime green socks!  I'm so proud of her!!  They have played all their games against our neighboring town.  They are all doing great!!

We've done a lot of just staying home and playing.  Thank god Alyx will still stay in her exersaucer for short periods of time.  If not, I'm not sure how I would get my showers in.  This girl is everywhere these days!

We've also been cooking and baking up a storm here!

Pumpkin chip cookies have become pretty much a staple in our house during the fall months.

I always always use this brand of canned pumpkin.  It's by far the best.  And it's made in Maine.  So if you can buy it where you're at...buy some!  It's amazing!!

We've also made apple crisp...soo good!

This was pre going into the oven.  It's my mother in laws recipe, and it's good!

I've also made corn chowder.  I love soups/chowders on cold days.  And yesterday was a perfect day for it.

We had Emma's Parent/Teacher conference yesterday.  I was really anxious to talk to her teacher about Math.  Emma does really well in school but has always struggled a bit with Math.  And with this new Common core Math that they are teaching...I don't get it!  And to be quite honest, I hate it.  It's frustrating for both Emma and I in the evenings when we sit down to do her homework because i'm not able to help her as much as I should.  So I was really glad to finally talk to her teacher about this, and her teacher actually had a lot of the same feelings about common core math as I do.  I'm hoping that someday they will go back to teaching Math the "normal" way!

And of course we had to take a pic in front of the school =)

Yesterday morning we had a huge thunderstorm roll in.  And it rained and rained like crazy.  I had Alyx up on Emma's bed looking out the window and Gunner jumped up with her.  These two are crazy in love with each other.

<3 Love these 2. 

Brian and I have a date night coming up next week, and I honestly can't even begin to tell you how excited I am about it!  He and I don't get to out just the two of us as often as I think we should.  But with 2 kids, and both of us working crazy schedules, it's kind of difficult some times to find the time.  But I think we really need to make the time more often.  We are planning on going to a taping of a local nite show they do here.  Think kind of light David Letterman or Jay Leno.  Only done by a local guy.  And then out to dinner.  I'm thinking we'll probably do sushi somewhere.  Can you tell i'm a tad bit excited?!? 

It's Thursday so work today, and tomorrow and then we have the weekend off =) =) =)

Some Fall Photos

Can you believe it is October already?!?  I can't even begin to believe that next month we will be celebrating Alyx's first birthday.  Wow.  That's all I have to say about that!!  

The other day I got the bright idea that it would be a great idea to take the girls out and take some photos since the trees are absolutely beautiful right now.  Let's just say all didn't go quite as planned.  Emma didn't want her picture taken and 99% of them she had a complete fake smile...and Alyx.  She was just fussy.  Even with all this, we still got some great pics of the girls!  

(the quality when uploading on here is terrible)

This last one is my absolute favorite!  I'm going to definitely have this one framed for sure!!

Next month the girls are having their photos taken by a professional photographer, and i'm very excited for those pictures!!! =) 

Happy Weekend all!!