Living in your house

Currently, if you came to visit my house, I would be appalled to have you come in the front door.  But I would happily welcome you! 

I may even start keeping a basket of blinders by the front door for guests to put on and wear as I escort them into the common area.  But of course, that family living room has a rubber play mat in the center of it and is littered with toys. Toys that squeak - toys that rattle - toys that roll - toys that light up and dance.

Toys that hurt like hell if you step on them. Toys. Toys. Toys.

My studio has a hodge podge of baby gear and art supplies strewn across it and my dining room has a table partially covered with mail.

My kitchen has a smelly dog sleeping in the middle of it and a Bumbo seat + tray sitting on the counter patiently awaiting a tiny hiney to fill it for dinner.

Yep. That's my house.... nay, that's my home.

xoxo,
Linda

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Beach Baby

Impromptu spring break vacation? Yes, please!! NeeNee got a cottage in Corolla last week and we just couldn't resist the road trip fever.  So Biggie and I loaded up the kiddos and hit the road, sans dads! The weather was nice, very spring-like -- some random heat and chilly winds!  But cold temps don't bother us...when you get to see the sunrise at the beach, any day is a good day.

Lainey did great! I didn't expect any less from her.  

She wasn't sure what to think of the sand and may have tried to eat a sand-covered shovel, but that's okay! She didn't scream or cry so I'd call the sandy adventure a success!

She had a ball "swimming" in the giant tub!   The pool was closed and even if it had been opened, it was too chilly to swim. So who needs a pool when you've got a giant bath tub? Not this girl! *(Looks like we are graduating from a bath seat sooner than I expected!)

But I will say... sleeping in the pack-n-play is not her friend.  Every night, she woke up uncomfortable and every night, I gave in and let her sleep in my bed - which consequently got turned into a pillow fort so that my little wiggle worm wouldn't fall off the bed! But hooray! She slept in her crib all night with no problems once we got home! Looks like I didn't rock the routine too much!! I was nervous that I was creating the world's worst habit with this vacation...woohoo!

All in all, it was a wonderful trip. 

It was nice to just get a way for a little bit, for sure.

 

xoxo,

Linda

Happy Easter, ya'll!

Lainey's first Easter was a wonderful day in our family.  The trio met the rest of the fam at church and enjoyed a great sermon! Lainey sat for the entire service without going to the nursery.  She even joined in on our last hymn and sang the Lord's songs just as beautifully as the choir. 

The Easter Bunny stopped... or hopped... by our house, of course! He made great use of my Grandma's old milk glass basket.  I think a new tradition has been born.  You know, every year you use the same stockings - they're important - it's your stocking.  Well, why not try to do the same thing for Easter?  Yes, Easter baskets are fun to pick out, but this basket is important to me and I'd like it to be important to Lainey.  So for the time being, Grandma's basket has now become Lainey's basket.  This year, EB brought us tons of new flower clips, some snacks, and a new book! EB also brought Daddy some Kinder eggs - straight from Germany!!

All in all, it was a great day spent with our family!  

Here's the photo recap.

xoxo,

Linda

The great debate

The great debate continues in our house - Momma's Girl vs. Daddy's Girl.  Over the last month or so, Lainey has certainly developed some clingy tendencies. Which really means... I can't leave the room.  And I certainly can not let her see me leave the room! {Heaven forbid!}

If we were keeping score, I would certainly be in the lead at this point.  At night, it's all about Momma... which I love, I really love.  But really, kiddo? Let Daddy take the night shift for once.  Now, that makes it sound Lainey isn't sleeping through the night - she is.  Don't get it wrong - the girl can sleep! Generally, it's an 8pm bedtime and 8am wake up.  But on the one-off nights where sleep just isn't happening - I'd love for Daddy to be able to help out.  But it is what it is.  I am sure these things come in waves and give it another month, it will be all about Daddy again.

But for now...

Lainey is a Momma's girl

xoxo,
Linda