Circus

We took Lyla to the circus for the first time last weekend. The picture below is how she felt about going out with just mom and dad. She skipped and danced her way to the entrance and was so happy.

 With dad during intermission. Showing off her snowcone in an elephant cup. It was incredibly overpriced (no surprise) but she loved getting to pick it out and has drank out of the cup every day since. Worth every penny

 It was 2 hours long, but 98% of the time she stayed in her seat, which is amazing. She doesn't even sit for more than 5 minutes for any show at home. But a few times she couldn't hold in the desire to dance and would go out to the aisle and dance away and then run back and sit down.

The top right picture shows how she felt about the show. She was glued to it. I'm not sure if the motorcycles or the animals were her favorite, but she loved it all and talked about all she saw the whole ride home.

8 Months

 

 

-Started crawling last week. Now is pretty fast and gets around wherever he wants.
-Size 3 diapers
-Moving right into 9 month clothes
-Can stand up if holding onto something, but falls after a minute or two
-Crossing my fingers this doesnt jinx anything....but he's sleeping through the night!!! He sleeps 12 hours, still give him a bottle before I go to bed but not sure if he needs it or not, just scared to not give it to him in fear of him waking up. I'm enjoying my sleep too much to risk it.
-Takes 2 long naps, one short. He puts himself to sleep, just give him the binky, but half the time he takes it out and talks himself to sleep instead and very rarely takes the binky any other time
-Sits up like a champ and is now able to sit in the tub with big sister instead of using his baby bathtub
-Another plus in sitting up: gets to ride in the seat of the shopping cart instead of his carseat
-Super happy and smiles a ton. I know, I say it every month, but he is so easy going and such a wonderful baby
-HATES, I repeat hates, having his nose and face wiped. He screams and cries every time if said action is done more than 2 seconds at a time
-Laughs and smiles at sister all the time. He loves it when she pays attention to him even if she is mauling him
-Eating baby food for 3 meals a day. Eats 1-2 jars at a time, mostly 2, and will eat anything. I haven't found anything that he prefers over another, even peas. He just eats and eats whatever I give him.
-He is growing like a weed, and when I stand him up he is just below Lyla's chin!

Nicknames: Mac, Mac-a-doo, Mac Attack, Bubbie, Mac-aroni, Big Mac, Brother, Little Man, Dude

His theme song: Mac-a-doodle went to town riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called him MAC-a-roni! 

New House Pics

Picture overload of the new place. This is mostly for those who cant see it but would like to.  (Jenn, Heather, Brittney) And to document that at one time the house was clean and organized.

Front Porch, you can't even tell how HUGE that yellow flower-bush is. I got it from Costco, if you have been there recently you have seen it, they are ginormous.

 View of living room from just inside the front door

 

 From the first front room picture you can see the doors at the end of the room. Those lead to Lyla's favorite place: the back porch/yard

 

 This is also from the front door, just to the left. The door leads to a bathroom

 I'm in front of the stairs from the above picture looking. Should have took a pic of the top of our table, I just refinished it and painted the top red!

 To the left of the kitchen is a little hallway with the laundry and the door to the garage

 

 Ignore the cluter, its the last part of my moving in job, but instead just admire the amazing storage space, its one of my favorite parts of the whole house!!

Now upstairs....the closet at the end is the amazing office/craft/linen storage closet. I chose not to show the inside...but it holds a LOT of crap.

 

 To the right of the stairs: our room. Its nothing special yet. Curtains and pictures to be hung, but you get the idea.

 

 Closet to the right, bathroom on the left

 Do you see this? Yes, the closet is too big, so the back shelves are filled with random bags... All of Josh's clothes are on the right, you cant see it blocked from the door

 Boring, but here's our bathroom. Love that we get our own sinks. 

Toilet and shower are behind the door

 

 Kids rooms are across the hall on the other side of the stairs. Here is Mac attack's room

 

   

 

 This is what he was doing while I took pictures of his room, ha. He is getting so big

 Kids bathroom also across the hall. The potty on the right has yet to be used..but set it out just in case

 

 This is how Lyla falls asleep most days for nap since being switched to her big girl bed and can get out whenever she wants. But we put a child lock on it so she cant get out. So she decides to get as close to the outside world as possible and lays next to the door peering out.

 The official reveal of the bed I made for her. I loved how it turned out and really brings her cute little room together. Next project: paint her safety bar white. The blue just throws it all off

 Yes, only one frame actually has a picture. Her room is still a work in progress.

 And that's a wrap. Hope you enjoyed the digital tour :)

 All who haven't seen it, please come soon and visit me.

In Love with Buses

Mom, BUS!!
"Yep, I see the bus."
Hi Bus!
Op, there it goes....
Bye Bus
I love you Bus!

One of these days I really need to take her on a bus. She can't help but point out every single one she sees. Somehow I think in the future when she has to ride one to school every day it will lose its coolness, but for now, she loves them.

Comforting Words from Lyla

Yep, we did it again, moved. I feel like its such a big defeat to actually get your stuff to a new location. Pics of the new place to come. But for now, a little story. Moved all the boxes, just Josh and I, on Thursday. Friday morning we got help for the big stuff, but man we were pooped, and of course I got a migraine. So while laying on my mattress in the bedroom trying to sleep it off, the following happened:

Lyla: (whispering so politely) Mom, you want me to cook you a hot dog?
Me: Silence. Closing my eyes pretending to be asleep.
Lyla: Mom, mom, you want me to cook you a hot dog?!? (still whispering but a little louder this time)
Me: Silence.
Lyla: Yeah, ok, I'll go make you a hot dog mom. Bye.

Not sure if she cooked up a hot dog in her play kitchen or not, but after she left I couldn't help but smile. She came in a little later again and said "Honey, honey, you awake?"