Pumpkin Patch Fun!

A couple of days ago Perri and I went to Dewberry Farm with our playgroup. It was a lot of fun but in the 90s and really windy so my hair looked like a tangled mess and I wasn't thinking and wore jeans, which stuck to me like spandex due to me sweating profusely. Not at all a nice crisp fall day at the pumpkin patch. Anyhow, it was fun.

We rode in a wagon on a hay ride.



Chewed on a pumpkin. Well, Perri did, I didn't.



Gave the pumpkins some pats.


Climbed the pumpkins.


Ripped off the vine and chewed on it.


But wouldn't sit still and smile at me for a picture if her life depended on it.

Hopefully we can go back on a cooler day on the weekend when Craig is home and give it another go. So for now, I am stuck with side shots of her head and action shots of her on the go. Story of my life right now.

What we've been up to

Playing in Emma's water bowl


Climbing the stairs


Looking out the window with Emma


Getting kisses from Emma


Finding daddy's guitar books and tearing them up


Curious about EVERYTHING


Chewing on the window sill


Throwing some fits


But being stinkin' cute!

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?...