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What the H is wrong with this sippy cup {per Elli}

at least she has some manners.

#momwin

and yes. i tried these myself... and you can't suck a single thing out.
they are clearly made for aliens.
giant aliens.

Thursday Randoms

1. Lindsay, the Bachelor. "If it doesn't work out, call me." These were the last words uttered from this girl's mouth to Ben. Talk about awkward. And whatever happened to the after rose ceremony where they bring that second woman out {her}. This is a first in Bachelor history. Did she vanish or what?
2. Bachelor Ben. You know what I don't mind Courtney. I've never really liked her. But I really don't mind her the more I watch her. She's just a different kind of girl, and you know what? Why hate her for it. People are just being overly dramatic and just let the girl rest. And as far as what I thought about the after rose ceremony? I hope they actually work out. Really. They both have issues to sort through... but I can tell deep down there is something there between the two of them. If only the media would just let them figure things out on their own.
3.New Recipe. I tried this pinterest recipe. Followed it completely, but used Turkey pepporoni. My mom, Andrew, and E ate it and it was a hit between the 3 of them. I agreed. So we will definitely be making it again in our household in the near future.
4. Recipe tab. Speaking of recipes, I added a "Recipe" tab to my navigation bar above. All the way to the right. There I will post links to some of my favorite recipes. The newest ones will be added to the top. And if you ever try a recipe, let me know what you think!
5. Stroller walks. It is absolutely amazing. My daughter now enjoys walks in the stroller. Before? She was always itching to get out... and halfway through the walk I would have to take her out, put her on my hip all while pushing a stroller around. So now? I am over the moon happy. And this 70 degree weather? Well it is the best thing EVER.
6. Climbing E. She's all of a sudden into climbing the coffee table. Nothing else really. Besides the couches. But girlfriend is so funny because she knows she isn't supposed to do it. Yet, she does it anyway. So that is the look she gives me when she hears me say.... "Elliana..." in my mom voice of course.
7. Collages. A lot of you asked me on the last post {and previous posts} on how I make my collages, or edit my pictures to have color on the side and text. I actually use Paintbrush by Mac. If you don't have it, you can download it for free {google}. It really is awesome and I used it all the time. In fact, I used it to design my blog. If many of you have it and still don't know how to use it to do things like that, let me know, and I can put a quick tutorial post on it.
8. Chicago. 1 month to go!!! Family vacay numero uno, coming right up!

Future Posts

Mama Fail Moment: Monday March 19th
Watermarking Tutorial- Tuesday March 20th
#4 Color with Chalk {25 before E turns 2}- Wednesday March 21st
Thursday Randoms- Thursday March 22nd

4am appears to be the new 7am. My internal clock is jacked.

This morning {February 22nd, 2012} I woke up at 4am {since then, I've been doing it more often... more on that later}. Wide awake. UP. First, I begged husband to go downstairs, hurry, and get me something to drink. I always do this. And after much begging, poking, and prodding, he finally huffed and puffed downstairs and brought me diet dew, per request. And after downing the drink, I was ready to get the day started.

I first headed to the computer. Worked on a couple blog posts, and browsed pinterest for a bit. After getting my blogging fix in, I headed downstairs. Loaded the dishwasher, cleaned the kitchen, "tidied up" the downstairs, and threw in a load of laundry.

E must have heard the commotion because she was up super early this morning at 630. I went and got my snuggles in, changed the diap, and brought her downstairs to fix her sippy cup of milk.

Then we headed upstairs to wake up the husband who had since pressed snooze one too many times.

And one of the first things he said to me? "Can you go make me a PBJ sandwich please."

Sure. So we did that. Popped in baby Einstein {aka baby GENIUS}, and made hubs a PBJ and filled a little baggy of grapes. And although you may think this is his lunch, it is not. It is simply part of his breakfast.

 By the way, my husband is a man child. But, I really can't hate, because I too, along with the E princess love the protein and fruit on wheat. Breakfast of champions.

Moving on. It's like 715 now and I decide it's time to make the chicken noodle soup so it would be ready for our lunch. Chop chop the veggies, chicken, get all my pots out, get the water going, turn on some music {not really}.... I was in the zone. And the delicious smell just kept me going.

By 9am, both babies were fed {i mean...E and the husband}. The house was spotless. Lunch was cooking. Two loads of laundry done. And the dishes were cleaned.

ME? And E? Were ready for the morning nap. And although it took me about an hour to fall asleep.... eventually I did.

And to my surprise when I woke up? It was BEAUTIFUL out. Gorgeous. So baggy eyes and all, I dress the bambino and we are out the door within minutes. And we spent the next hour and a half running around the house, enjoying the beautiful outdoors.

E particularly enjoyed getting the mail. And when the BLUUM box came for her, which she knows its for her, she was ready to rip into it. That and the rest of the mail.

That was fun.

Here, E and Carson were having a little conversation through the door. Although, I have to say, I think she was having all the fun, and he was pretty distraught over the fact that we were outside and he was not. We are cruel.

Clearly, he is enjoying himself. Just as much as Elliana is.

 I made E run a few laps too.                   What? Gotta work off those peanuts and fruit!

Took a few breather breaks.

Drank water and ate snacks. Refueled.

And did more prancing and prowling around.

This has definitely been the best winter yet, weather and all.

Especially when the days start at 4am.