This girl....

...got in her mind that the dressing room at Juciy Courture (i was looking for some shorts with the word "Juicy" written across my butt, HA!) looked an awfully lot like a bathroom stall. Who  cares that if it was missing one important key feature, the TOILET! Uh yeah, the words "oh she's just playing in the dressing room, what trouble could she possible get herself into" came out of my mouth one minute to soon. I opened the door to find her squatting in the middle of the dressing room, undies pulled down, taking a pee. And looked at me like I was CRAZY when I totally flipped out! How freakin' embarrassing! 

The next day this girl....

...took a tumble into Aunt Amy and Buncle Sean's (notcie the B placed in front of "uncle") pool, taking a few years off of PapPaps life and mine! Yeah it was a crazy weekend and we are all three worn out! Me from shopping with a two year old. Sophie from shopping AND swimming. And  Steven realized that he's 30 and bachelor parties are best left to the twenty something crowd! 

Wordless Wednesday

Ten on Tuesday

I have to admit, these are fun to do! 

1. Little Bit and I have an all girls weekend planned! Steven is helping to host a bachelor party in PA on Saturday so Sophie and I are going to ride up with him. Then the plan is to ditch him and Oscar and head to my aunt's house. We plan on doing some shopping and I'll be learning what's currently "in style" from my two cousins. I'll also be learning how NOT in style I currently am. Although Sophie does look pretty hip.

2. The transition into the big girl room at day care is not going well. This morning Little Bit informed her daddy that, "PJ go bye, bye. I go see Brenda." Yikes.

3. We are 10 days away from the beach, YES!

4. Sophie now has a Dora big wheel thanks to GiGi and PaPa. The thing has more bells and whistles than a Mercedes S class. And unlike a Mercedes S class, it speaks Spanish. 

5. I finally found Sophie a white dress to take pictures on the beach. I must be a lunatic because this year I am going to attempt to take photos of all 5 grandkids on the beach. I think I'll title that little project, "Mission Impossible."

6. Speaking of photos, my friend Jenny has volunteered to be my pregnant ginny pig. I'm going to attempt to take some maternity shots for her. I've already warned her that out of 200 shots, I might get 2 or 3 keepers.

7. I have Friday off because it's "West Virginia Day." I plan on getting a pedicure with my mom, possibly hitting the pool, and yes Sophie will be at daycare. 

8. I went to the doctor today and learned that I weigh 12 more pounds this year than I did this time last year. That's definitely a bummer but I'm sure that I won't lose too much sleep over it. 

9. Steven put together Sophie's new doll house bookcase for her big girl room over the weekend. It's definitely the most adorable piece of furniture in our house and even even looks cooler in person than it does online! 

10. And finally, our most exciting news this week. About 30 minutes ago, we booked 2 roundtrip tickets to Puerto Rico!!! So come December 13-20 I'll be laying on the beach for my fourth wedding anniversary! We are going back to the place we got hitched, the El Conquistador.

Here are my peeps after dinner this evening. Oscar is seriously like 2 times the size of Little Bit but size definitely doesn't matter. Girlfriend tells that poor dog when to jump! 

27 Months

On the day that you turned 27 months old another big even happened in your little world. You started transitioning into a new room at day care. Although it's time, over due in fact. And although you are ready, more than ready, for some reason  a part of me is upset about it. 

Maybe it's because I know how much you love your Brenda and I know how much your little heart is going to break when you have to move out of her room  so that makes my heart break for you as well. Or maybe it's because I look in the older room and see big kids. Really big kids who can carry on philosophical conversations with you (ok not really) but regardless, they don't seem like babies any more. And I'm just not ready to let that part of you go. Granted, you'll always be my baby, my one and only, but sometimes it's like you're telling babyhood to suck it.  But when I least expect it, every now and then you'll lay your head on my shoulder and say "rock me mama." So at least you throw me a bone here and there to let me know that your not a 100% certified big girl. 

You seem to have lots of self confidence and quite the ego these days. Your daddy had you in Walmart a few weeks ago and you felt the need to say "I PRETTY" to another shopper who happened to be walking by. Almost every morning, you admire what you have on said say, "wookie daddy, i really cute!" 

Your little voice cracks us up. You're hopeless with the letter "r", and you sort of remind me of Elmer Fudd, weally you do. And your "Fs" are a hoot. Doesn't every fish eat Pish pood (fish food)? And oh my god, the way you butcher Stephanie's name. It's so out there that I can't even repeat it!  Good thing we know a few speech therapists in case things don't get straightened out! 

We STILL have not set up your big girl room. For almost 2 months now, your big girl bed has been sitting in a box in the basement. We are petrified to give up the jail cell like confines of your crib. I'm guessing that it's a form of child abuse to physically strap you to your big girl bed. But we seriously have to get a move on. We are going to be giving your crib to baby Ruby and she'll be here before we know it! So when we get back from the beach, sitting up your new room is #1 on the "to do" list. 

Lets see. We've now watched 987 episodes of Dora, and  we've listened to 1, 283, 743 Wiggles songs. In fact, cars driving by probably think I've lost my mind when they pass us on the interstate and see a crazy woman "Move Like an Emu" in the car. 

So that my darling has been month 27. Nothing too off the wall.  Oh and one more thing. I hope you never loose this cute little gap between your teeth. It's totally working for you. 

 

Happy Father's Day

This makes #3 for Steven so he's an old pro at this Father's Day thing. So what did he do on his special day? Yard work. Power washed the shed to get it ready for painting and burned a ton of old branches while Little Bit and I chilled at the wave pool. My mom and I  had to drag her out of the waves kicking and screaming but we thought she was going to pass out from sheer exhaustion right in the middle of the pool! 

So would you like to see what Sophie B. got her daddy for father's day? It's like the coolest thing ever, so are you ready?

TA-DA!

Doesn't everyone need them a good garden gnome? And a WVU garden gnome at that! 

Row Your Boat

Now if I were a betting person (like a certain husband of mine who shall remain nameless), I would bet you a million dollars that if you told a little girl named Sophia that she had to wear a life jacket in order to go on a boat trip she would fight you to the death before she would allow said life jacket to come within five feet of her. And then, for spite, she would prove me wrong and I'd have to cough up that million. 

I really thought we were going to have an issue on our hands when we were handed this little beauty. But really she didn't fight it too much at all! Unlike the time I was three and I went on a a little field trip to a construction site with a bunch of other kids and our moms to visit our dads at work. We were told that we had to wear a hard hat before we could go out on the site. Well guess who flat out refused to put such an ungodly hat on her head, and instead sat in the office all day in defiance? Yeah, that would be me. I had a feeling that we would be waving from the dock as the boat pulled away. Wrong! 

Emmy and Sophie B. sharing secrets. 

On Location

We have a fish on our hands. From the time we walked into this place all we've heard is "I go swimming!" So before we could even check into our room we were changed and in the pool and had to drag her out literally kicking and screaming. And this morning, the first words uttered out of Little Bit's mouth were, "I go swimming!" Unfortunately, I'm not so sure there's time for us to go today. One day here us just not enough. But Grammy and PapPap are here to keep Little Bit company while I work for an hour or so. And Steven is on the golf course enjoying his father's day present, golf, golf, and more golf. 

So here's Little Bit getting some air action yesterday in the pool. I'll title this one "Fish Out of Water"!