Oh Yeah!!! Snow Baby!!!!

After a long day of Christmas shopping it started snowing!!! Just what the Dr. ordered. Snow just puts me in a good mood! :-) It is a good thing that I decided to get Cute Pants a snowsuit today cause it was just in time for the first day of big snowfall. She, of coarse loved it, as much as a toddler could but soon became mad that she couldn't move well and kept falling. As I was getting her dressed I had a Christmas Story moment cause Cute Pants could barely move and I thought it was funny and cute. Anyway here are some cute photos of our short time in the snow.

I am almost done shopping and tonight I start to wrap!!!!

Cute Video Take 2

Alright it should work this time around. I hope! :-)

18 Month Check Up.

Tuesday was Cute Pants 18 month check up and she is doing great!!!! Weighting in at 21lbs 8 oz!!!! Yay for weight gain and a good amount too! We are super excited and could not be any more happy that she has finally started to eat well. The list of words she can say and say clearly is getting longer every day. Some of the most recent and funny are poopy and butt. I know my child already has a potty mouth but it is so cute to hear her say it and eventually be able to tell me when she needs a diaper change.

I think the true point of success for our family was to just stop and let things go. To not worry about the every single day eating habits but the overall improvement. To listen to my mother instinct because it is ALWAYS right. Dr.'s know squat when it comes to your child. Oh and that the recommend milk intake for a child her age is way to much for her little tummy. Yes, my little girl will always be little and that is fine by me. Like mother like daughter. :-)

P.S. My lovely hubby is re-rendering the video to be a better quality and I will be re-posting it shortly so check it out. Seriously funny stuff!

Overload Of Things To Say

We had Thanksgiving with my in-laws this past Saturday and we had a good time. Good food, beer and family. I love the holidays. It just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

We are going to my sisters Thanksgiving day and spending the weekend there for some good old family time. Going to go Christmas shopping with my mother and all my nieces. I also have some good news! We have a new addition to our family. My sister had her baby on Oct 30!!! A healthy baby boy coming in at 6lbs 1oz. Many congrats to her and her family. I have yet to meet the little guy but I am hoping to swing by her place some time this weekend since we will be in the area.

In other news Cute Pants has her 18 month check up tomorrow and I can't wait to see how much weight she has put on. I am thinking she is at least 21lbs but it is possible that she is more. She is eating great and we have stopped feeding therapy cause there was really nothing left for them to suggest. We are going to reevaluate her in January and go form there. We are down to 14 to 16 oz of milk a day and one nap. She is talking up a storm and really just being a ham!! Just look at her.....she is sooooo adorable! (Excuse the stained mismatched clothing. My husband let me sleep in that day and apparently he is blind.)I have been working like crazy lately and it is starting to show. I am feeling very tired and my body hurts. This weekend off is much needed to say the least. Christmas is near and you know what that means, right? Decorating!!!!!! I have already started and my home is looking and smelling great! Thanks mom for the scented wax burner! I love it! Last year this time Cute Pants was 6 months old and just to remind myself this is what she looked like then. Looking back on those times makes see just how far Cute Pants has come. Last year was HARD!! So this year I am thankful for my family. Thankful that this holiday season I will not be spending my time in a bedroom with a screaming baby who refuses to nurse. I will be living it up and making good memories with the ones I love the most. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Fall Fun!

There was a very nice day last week where I took Cute Pants out to play in the leaves and I was able to get some great pictures of my girl having fun. Here is the end product. A great day of fun and lots of love!

Halloween

This year was our first real Halloween. It was fun! I wished I didn't have to work but I did so we had to wait to go out till 6 which is super close to Cute Pant's bed time aka crabby time. We did have a good time nonetheless. We went to maybe 5 houses before the meltdown happened but it was a first and a great first!! We all loved it and wish we could do it over again. Here are a couple of photos from the evening. ( Not my best photography cause my daughter is a born runner and hard to catch.) :-)

Pumpkin Farm

Here are photos of us at the pumpkin farm. It went well but not great. She was not happy that we brought along her uncle Paul and aunt Erin but she eventually had some fun. She ended up passing out on the hayride and missed picking out her fist pumpkin but there will be next year. Also any suggestions on how to get her to wear a hat and gloves would be great. Here in Wisconsin we have some pretty cold, (I mean freezing) ;-) winters and I am going to need her to wear a hat and gloves. At this point she down right refuses to keep them on longer then a second and gets super pissed if I try putting them back on. So any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.