Sewing Adventure

This weekend, while Erik was enjoying some guy time in Jackson Hole at the Snowmobile Hill Climbs, Lily and I headed down to Springville to spend some time with Nana and Grandpa Len and sew some baby kimonos. Lily spent most of the day with Grandpa watching Dora. I think he realized his mistake in introducing the Dora videos around the second hour, but he'll know better next time. But it must have worn her out. She fell asleep on the way home and was pretty groggy when I put her in her bed. This was the conversation we had as I tucked her in:

Lily: I want to read two stories.

Me: I'll go get your blankie and I'll be right back to read them.

Lily: Ok. But I'll fall asleep any minute, Mommy. So you better hurry.

She was asleep before I came back with the blanket. But don't think I got out of reading that story. I was woken up at 4 a.m. to read a story, put her jammies on, and get her two drinks of water.

While Lily was home with Grandpa, my mom and I headed to Joann's to pick out fabric and made a stop at Babies R Us to see about some monkey accessories for the nursery. Then it was back home to start the sewing. The pattern was from the Martha Stewart website, and looking at the picture, it couldn't be too difficult, right?

Read more...

Snippets

Just a few snippets of conversations I've had with Lily in the last few days.

"We lost a boy. His name is Daddy."

"Daddy went to work. I will be so lonely."

"That's how it works, Mommy."

"I will be a good girl this time. Or I don't get my Dora flip-flops." (We're not above bribery. :-D)

"You have a brother in your tummy. I have a sister in mine."

My Life is a Dora Episode

Taking full advantage of some downtime at work Wednesday, I took the day off and Erik and I took Lillian to the Discovery Gateway children's museum in Salt Lake. Apart from at least four separate freak-outs (which admittedly were partly our fault since she was running on no nap and ice cream), we had a nice day. Lily was completely enthralled with all aspects of the museum and jumped head first into the activities. Her OCD proved very helpful while playing in the grocery store, where she showed her aptitude for restocking shelves. And the girl LOVES puzzles. I may have to go buy some more because we sat and did the same puzzle for at least half an hour. Much better use of time than the tv.

Which brings me to the next segment of our story.

Read more...

Comparison

This weekend, we pulled all of Lillian's old clothes out of storage so I could see if there was anything we could re-use for McBean. There were some onsies and sleepers, but that's not point. This is the point:


That little pink onsie was what Lily had to wear for about the first three months of her life. It's preemie sized, and it was too big when we first put it on her. Seeing all those preemie clothes reminded me how tiny she was, and I just couldn't believe it. Now's she's pretty average for a three-year-old even if she is still on the skinny side. And time sure has flown.

Lily's New Room

Lily's new room is officially finished. We kept the frog theme since I was so proud of my frog valances and she's received several frog figurines from people. Lily picked the bedding color from blue, pink, and green. She seems to gravitate toward blues when given an option, so I'm guessing it may be her favorite color. Although when asked, it changes daily.

The wall color is called Pear Green. I have to admit, I was wary once I started painting. It looked neon, and I was afraid it would end up being day-glow green and we wouldn't actually need a light fixture, but after the second coat went on, it looked exactly like I'd imagined. We picked up an inexpensive bookcase and painted it the same color as the wall. I felt so HGTV - making it look like we included some custom pieces in the room. I had originally planned for the vinyl wall art to go on the painted wall, but we decided it looked better over the bed. So I'm still trying to decide if the painted wall needs something besides the paint. I figure I'll give it a couple weeks and see how I feel.

Lily slept in her new bed for the first time about a week ago, and the transition was a lot smoother than I expected. The same day, I converted her toddler bed back into a crib and put the new crib bedding in it so I could show her that her old room was now for "baby brother." She did ask to be put in the crib so she could see, but once she took it all in, she just said, "OK" and headed back to her new room. She hasn't looked back since. We still have the occasional request to rock, but we're slowly weaning her from that since the glider will stay in the nursery. She's getting better about not needing it; the last couple nights, she's been satisfied with having me sit in bed with her for a minute or two.

I really expected to have at least a couple nights of wanting to sleep in her old room or being scared to sleep in such a big bed, but I guess I should have known better since she's not really afraid of anything.

Lily says she loves her new room and seems to be enjoying it. Now on to the nursery...

Why?????

I don't think anything can surpass the curiosity (and originality) of a three-year-old. These are actual questions I have been asked recently.

Why are you blowing your nose?

Why are you painting the walls?

Why did the paint dry?

Why did the paint stay on the wall?

Why is Daddy sleeping?

Why are you going to work?

Why do you have to go potty?

Why are we eating dinner?

Who bought this? (For every item in the house. Every. Single. One.)

Why is the snow melting?

Why are you putting away my clothes?

Why is that dog barking?

Why did the sun go to sleep?

Why does that spell "Wal*mart"?

Why is it raining?

Why is water wet? (OK...not really, but I'm sure it will come up any day now.)

Why are you tired?

I'll give you one guess...

Life...

My blogging frequency has recently gone down the tubes, and I apologize. It looks like I'm lucky if I get two or three posts a month lately. It's not that nothing's going on, really. I feel like we're super busy, but most of our activities are those run-of-the-mill life activities - nothing too exciting.

But in case you care about those run-of-the-mill activities, I thought I'd give a little update. Plus, it may be the only reason I find for posting something in March. :)

Of course most of my thoughts lately have been on our McBean (my nickname for now) due to arrive in four measly months. Yes that's right: we've passed the half-way mark of this pregnancy. The first couple months were not all that enjoyable for me, I'll admit. With Lillian, I only got a little queasy if I didn't get dinner on time. This time around, I was queasy pretty much all day. Eating would make me feel better, but then I was eating ALL the time, which is probably why I found myself giving in to maternity pants way sooner than last time. And the mood swings!?! I think I spent an entire month snapping at Lily and Erik both, but hopefully they've forgiven me. I'm feeling great now, and the doctor says everything looks fabulous. I'm getting antsy to get started on the nursery, but Lily's room has to be done first.

Read more...

This is Us

This is Us

Right now...

    follow me on Twitter

    I'm currently reading

    92 Pacific Boulevard
    It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita


    Leonora's favorite books »

      © Blogger template Shush by Ourblogtemplates.com 2009

    Back to TOP