Mother's Day Present

Kathy was having a rough day last Thursday, so Veda decided to give part of her mother's day present early.  The present was intended to make the process of feeding Adele at night a little easier.  Well, as soon as Veda figured out that the chair gives back massages (and it has a ready light at the push of a button), she doesn't want to share with mom anymore...

Adele 8 week check-up

Adele had her first set of shots yesterday. It was a tough day. She bawled for 3 hours straight. I don't know if it had anything to do with her shots... but I know it was my hardest Mommy day on record. When Veda woke up from her nap she bawled because the baby was bawling and then I couldn't handle it anymore so I started bawling. I was very close to calling Todd and having him come home from work. I had the text message written but never sent it because I KNEW they would start crying the minute he got home! Eventually Adele fell asleep - for hours.

Todd decided to give me my Mom's Day gift early because I thought I needed it. I did and I love it. I'll post about that later.

Adele weighed in at 10.04 lbs, head was 56 cm and length of 22 in. She is at 50% across the board. The Dr. claims her head is a little flat on one side (but I can't see it!) so I've been told I need to work on having her favor the other side. I hate homework;) Oh... and she's smiling at me now!

Kisses for Adele

Sunday Funday

As if we hadn't already had enough fun... we got some pool time in before we headed to Connor's bday party at my cousin's house on Sunday night. Happy BDay Con - Man!

Underwood Farms

Jen, Randy and Ella invited us to go with them to Underwood farms on Sunday for family fun and a picnic. What a find! You can pick all your own vegatables and fruit at the farm and they have animals and rides for the kids. Veda rode her first "princess" and Todd kept himself entertained with the pygmy goats walking on the beams overhead. Hilding was also in town this weekend and was such a sport hanging with the Toddlers!

Late Night

Saturday we headed down to LA for a BBQ at Jonathan and Christina's. Veda stayed up WAY past her bedtime because she wanted to watch the Mayweather vs Mosley fight;) Really though... the twins were in bed and she got to play with all of their toys.

Mommy Moment

At least I caught my mistake before I took her to daycare. I didn't get much sleep last night...

FREE money!

I have to share my new revelation! I have been ordering lots of gifts online lately since shopping with two little ones presents a problem in the stores. I noticed the other day at checkout that most (if not all) online order pages ask if you have a promotion or coupon code. So... I googled the retailer and the words "promotion codes" and I found a bunch of sites that post active promo codes that you can use. Tada - instant savings. Who knew it would be so easy. Hope this little tidbit of info saves you some cash too... then you can by me a drink as a thank you;)))

Close-Up

I told Todd he isn't allowed to take colored photos of Adele right now because you can see all the scrapes on her face from where she's clawed herself. She needs a Mani...probably a Pedi too;)

Happy Anniversary Love

We got to go out for dinner to celebrate on Sat while Uncle Ry watched both girls by himself!

Morning stroll

Gotta give Adele a little blog love too...

    

Monkey See, Monkey Do....

Yeah....I'm not even going to explain this...just part of Kathy's daily routine.

and there was a dog!

a little white lab puppy....which was hard to pull Veda away from...I even walked away for about 30 sec and I come back and Veda had kicked the dog out of it's bed and she was laying in it...Kathy was not impressed.

Birthday Party Crashers...

Another Birthday party this weekend for Veda.  Lots of fun stuff for Veda to get into.  Somehow I don't remember parties like this when I was little....I think we got to play with mud and sticks...and there definitely wasn't specialized cup cakes....maybe in Iowa City, but certainly not in Britt, IA.

Art Class

She kind of gets it... again

So Todd returned home last night from a four day work trip. Veda was soooooo excited to see him and Ryan and I were soooooo excited she was in good spirits -- focusing her attention on Dad so we had a break. Todd took her for her bath and she decided that she wanted to perform on her potty for praise and attention. Clearly she understands the purpose of the potty, she generally just doesn't show interest in it and we don't push. So after cheers, high fives and knuckles for peeing in her potty... we put her in the tub.

I have a theory about what happened next and it's not that it was an accident. I think Veda was feeling so proud about her accomplishment that she decided she would top it. Yes - she delivered a category five poop in the tub. After the reaction she got from us for this performance (mass hysteria) I'm sure we left her totally confused about this potty thing. I hope we haven't scared her away from ever using the bathroom for number 2!

Again... I will note we are not potty training. The potty is there in the bathroom if she wants to use it but we really haven't even talked about it lately.

Random fun for a rainy afternoon

Cutie Patootie

This came in the mail from Aunt Darlene. Perfect for when Veda plays in her water table (no more kitchen towels held together with chip clips). Veda wouldn't let me take it off for the rest of the day! She kept checking herself out in the mirror. She's such a princess.

Toes Toes Toes

Veda has a foot fetish. My hands have been full with Adele so when she wants to snuggle she just holds on to my toes. If my feet are on the ground she will get down on the ground and lay her head on my feet. I wiggle them and she laughs.

Adele Ryan meets her Namesake

Uncle Ryan arrived from Japan on Friday morning and will be staying with us for 10 days. The girls warmed up to him quickly and I'm appreciating the extra help... when he's not fighting jet lag!

Happy Birthday to YOU? (but what about me?)

        

Today we went to Veda's baby sitter to join in the birthday celebration for her daughter Ella (one of Veda's little buddies)....Lots of activities, pretty much the ultimate 2 year old birthday party...complete with a jolly jumper, parachute, swings, sandbox, bubbles, and a pinata.  When it came time for birthday cake, Jen put some candles in Ella's cake and everyone sang Happy Birthday...after that was over, Veda grabbed Ella's candles and put them in her cake and basically requested that we all sing Happy Birthday for her...it was quite entertaining to watch her try and sing to herself...