Perri's New Ride

After church on Sundays we always run errands and bum around before we come home and that usually includes my favorite place, Target. We ventured over to the toy aisles, as we so often do now, and found this cute little toy. You can ride on it as well as turn it into a walker where she can push it around. She isn't loving the walking idea with it but has somewhat figured out that she can push herself around with her feet when she's sitting on it. Though, she's much more interested in the toys on it than anything else!

Perri is turning into such a little sweet heart but also has quite the mischievous streak. Any time she is getting into something she shouldn't be and I say her name, she cracks up and takes off, and will then stop and sit and give me the biggest grin, then take off again. It melts my heart when she smiles at me like that but it's so funny that she knows she shouldn't be doing something and takes off when I get onto her. She's such a smiley, happy little girl and is one of the most ticklish babies I have ever known. She will belly laugh anywhere you tickle her, from her back to under her arms, under her chin, even her little legs. It is so funny!

Sometimes, she will be playing, or eating, and all the sudden start looking at her hands and turning them over, just mesmerized. She'll then wiggle her fingers back and forth, turn her hands over some more, then go back to playing. It's hilarious. I wish my hands were that entertaining. And yes, if you look closely, that is a piece of cheese stuck between her eyes.

And here is what happens every time after I get Perri out of her high chair. Scavengers! Emma hits up the seat while Amos gets what he can thats leftover on the tray. Don't worry, I clean it afterwards!!

Back from the Dead

(Please excuse the soaked neck/chest area and scraggly hair..)

We are alive, I promise!! We've just all been sick this past week and now recovering and back from the dead. The week before last I went in and got Perri in the morning and as I walked into her room, got a whiff of something not-so-sweet. I walked over to her crib and there was Perri, laying down, happy as can be, but covered head to toe in red throw up, as was her entire crib, bumpers and sheet. Needless to say, she went straight to the tub and the sheets and bumper covers went in the wash. (The red was from something she ate the day before with tomato). I wish I would've gotten a picture of it but it was so disgusting and Perri was completely covered in it so I didn't have time to run grab my camera. She must have done it in her sleep because she never cried out or fussed in the night. After her bath I went down and nursed her then sat her in her high chair to feed her her breakfast. Then she threw up again. And again. But, she was acting totally fine and didn't have a fever so I was baffled. I went ahead and called the doctor and they suggested that we come in since we were planning on going to Arkansas the next day. We went in and they said it must just be a stomach bug and there wasn't much to do. Big waste, I know, but I was just being on the safe side. You would've never known she was sick because she had the best time in the waiting room playing with toys and trying to climb in the blinds.

Since she was acting fine and didn't throw up anymore, we decided to head on to Arkansas. We made it there fine and then that night I woke up in the night feeling awful. Thankfully mom had some medicine that knocked me out until the nausea passed. Mine lasted a few days and just when I started feeling better, my mom and dad both got what we had, but much much worse. Then, Craig came on Wednesday and by Saturday he was super sick as well and is just now starting to feel better.

So, that is my excuse for a lack of blogging and updating more on little girl.

But now that she is well, she is keeping me on my toes and is into EVERYTHING and when I get onto her for getting into something that she shouldn't be into, she takes off as fast as she can, cracking up the whole way. It's pretty funny but not so funny that she thinks its hilarious to get in trouble.

Checking out what's in the bins in her room.


She has also discovered the stairs. Baby gate shopping is on the agenda for the weekend.

Off she goes


Tackling the first step.


This isn't so hard!


Piece of cake!!

Anyone have any suggestions on baby gates? I have been looking into them but we really don't want to have to screw a baby gate into the stairs but the ones available that don't bolt to the banister are limited. And I can't seem to find any that don't bolt and get good reviews.. annoying.

And anyone have suggestions on dealing with separation issues? No, not for me, but Perri haha. She loses it when I leave the room or someone takes her from me and going to the gym is proving difficult as she does not want to be left and some days will cry the whole time I am working out and they end up getting me, only for her to turn into a happy, smiley little girl as soon as I go get her. I understand it is normal, especially since I stay at home with her, but does anyone have any suggestions on working on this? Thanks in advance, we need it!!

I need new makeup

So I have used Clinique for about, well, forever, and am really not liking it anymore. I used to use the Glow Loose Power and loved it because it had a little shimmer/bronzer in it and they discontinued it. So now I am using their basic loose powder and I absolutely hate it and need suggestions on something else!!

Sooo, please tell me what make up you use!

I'll update on little girl soon (who is now all over the place and absolutely wearing me out..), but am in dire need of something else so thought I'd post this first!!

New pics

Short post but here are a few new pictures of little girl!










I took about a billion pictures of her in each outfit but she is so hard to get to look at the camera and is much more interested in everything else going on than getting her picture taken!

Finger food help!!!

Okay mommas, I need your help! Little girl has now decided she is too big for baby food and insists on only eating things she can pick up. And she doesn't want me putting it in her mouth either. She'll push my hands away and snatch it out of my fingers and feed herself. Soo... I need some recipes/ideas for her for healthy meals she can feed herself.

I've always used this web site, but I need more ideas for her! Miss priss is even eating things she didn't like as baby food but because she can pick them up and feed herself, is enjoying them quite well, i.e. peas. Little stinker. And Emma is enjoying this too. She stands around her high chair in hopes of some food hitting the floor, which it does quite often. Have I mentioned she likes to throw everything?...

I'm alive I promise!!

Wow I'm a bad blogger, really bad. Honestly (and embarrassingly), I come up with all sorts of blog post ideas in my head and when it gets down to me being on the computer, I always choose to do something else on the internet than sort through pictures to post and write out what's been going on. Anyhow, maybe someday I'll get better about this. This is Perri's memory book of some sorts since I just won't take the time to scrap book so hopefully I can get some things documented better on here.

What we've been up to:

1. Perri FINALLY cut her first tooth on Friday, the 24th. I could see it under the gums for a while and she was being so stinking fussy and clingy and wouldn't nap and I knew it would be here soon, then finally the little sucker broke through. She's doing pretty well with it now that it's through and No. 2 looks to be coming soon. She's not gnawing the heck out of everything like she had been so I guess it's not hurting her too much anymore. Though, she is still fighting naps pretty hard. I'll try and get a pic of her little tooth soon. She is super protective of it and does not like me touching it or looking at it. Guess I wouldn't want people prying open my mouth and sticking their fingers in it either so I don't blame her!

2. She's now dropped her morning nap and taking one afternoon nap. She had been getting up at 7:30 then going back down for a nap at 9 and then another in the afternoon, but started cutting back the time on naps so I started letting her sleep later, and she's sleeping now till 9 or 9:15 and then taking just one afternoon nap. I really am liking it better because it gives us more time to be out and get things done and she's adapting to it pretty well.

3. Perri went to her first birthday party on Friday. She would've gone to one a few weeks ago for our friends Angela and Matt's daughter, Payten, but we were out of town. Our friends Hillary and Luke, who moved down not long ago from Anchorage, had their daughter's party on Saturday. Selma turned 4 and had a princess party and it was absolutely adorable. Happy Birthday Sweet Selma, we hope you had a great birthday!!
See below for pictures.

4. We've been going to the pool a lot and thankfully, little girl has taken quite the liking to the water and splashing and playing in it. The first couple of times in May she hated it and screamed and I ended up holding her the whole time but now she'll sit and play and splash and even sit in her little floaty for a while. Certainly not the old days of laying out and reading and relaxing, but that probably won't happen until we no longer have kids at home cause even when she's swimming I know I'll always be on the lookout for her. Oh well, atleast I don't have to hold her the whole time! We usually go with Angela and her kiddos and some other friends so it's always a good time talking and letting them play.

5. Last night Craig and I got the luxary of going to The Fray concert sans baby! This is seriously the first time we've been out by ourselves besides shopping since Perri's been born. That's what stinks most about having no family around and no free babysitters. My mom is in town for a while and Craig's work got tickets for the interns to go to the concert. Angela's husband, Matt, works with the intern program and told us they had two extra tickets and did we want to go with them? Uhm YES!! And mom was in town to keep Perri!! It was a fun night out and mom said Perri did beautifully and went to bed no problem. Thank you SO much mom for keeping her and letting us have a night out and thank you ConocoPhillips for the tickets haha. It was out at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion and it was so pretty and peaceful out there! It's literally in the middle of the woods and has water surrounding it and is literally the nicest outdoor venue I've ever been to. Luckily we had seats and didn't have to sit on the lawn. It was pretty hot but the seated area is covered and had huge fans to keep a breeze going. The concert was fun and they were really good live! I also enjoyed one of the opening acts, Jack's Mannequin. I'd never heard of them but they were pretty good. The Fray even did a cover of Kanye's "Heartless"... pretty good! Sadly, I didn't bring a camera so no pictures from that.

I'll try and keep updates more often so don't forget about us and keep checking back!!

P.S.- Please keep Amber in your prayers. She is a sweet blogger I correspond with occasionally and she just posted that they found out she has a brain disease. Her family has already endured more than most of us ever will with her daughter Kyleigh's complications and health and now they found out Amber probably will have to have brain surgery. Visit her blog and you can read all about her little girl and keep up with their story.

Enjoy the pics!! (Warning, there are lots!)


I love this picture of her. I played with the color of it a little bit so that's why it looks like this. She looks totally bald here but her hair is actually growing quite a bit. It's just so blonde you can hardly see it. Did I mention she has super white blonde hair??Weird


Swinging at the park before we went to the pool.


A cute picture in the swing


Prunes and oatmeal. Think she made a big enough mess?


Looking out the window with her buddy Emma.


Payten stopped mid-dancing to take a picture.


The Birthday Girl.


Selma getting her castle cake.


Our Princess.




Chewing her wand.

Finally home!!

Wow, I've been gone a long time! We were in Tahoe for a week and came home for 5 days and then headed up to Arkansas for a friend's wedding. My aunt and two cousins were coming down for a bit so I decided to stay with Perri for a week, and then that turned into staying nearly two weeks.

A couple of months ago we found out my dear grandpa had cancer and was to have surgery to remove it and I wanted to stay a while to be with he and my grandma as well. These two are both 93 years old and just such amazing people. While we were in Arkansas I made sure to get some pictures of them both with Perri, as the last time we were there she was only 3 months and she's changed SO much since then.





My parents wanted to come down for a few days so instead of doing the usual meet Craig halfway, they drove us all the way down and spent some time here with us. One of the fun things we did that Perri really enjoyed was going down to Galveston for the day and to Moody Gardens to the aquarium there. I wasn't sure if Perri would like it much or not but the aquarium was perfect. She loved watching all the fish and seals and pengiuns and it was so fun watching her little face light up with excitement.


Hanging out with her daddy at the aquarium
Checking out some fish
Getting a better view
Watching the fish with her Pops

We had such a fun time in Galveston! Thanks mom and dad for bringing us home and staying a few days with us!!

Also- my grandpa's surgery went well but the dr. ended up having to remove cancer from the whole right side of his head. He's now at home and thankfully not in pain but starts radiation in a few weeks, which will be 5 days a week for 6 weeks. Please keep him in your prayers, as he is in amazing shape for 93, but still, he's 93!!