Why o why...

...DOES SOMETHING HAPPEN EVERY GD TIME WE HEAD TO THE BEACH? Yeah, this year, day numero UNO, Little Bit gets pink eye. Now the child has spent 2 years of her life in germ infested daycares and has NEVER caught the eye funk. Apparently the 1st day on vacation is the best time to catch it. NICE! Thank god Sophie's doctor was on call this weekend. I had to drive aroud all of North Myrtle Beach to find an pharmacy but I finally found one and her doctor called in a script. Anyone know how long this thing lasts? This seriously puts a damper on the picture taking. Maybe I should buy her an eye patch and she can sport the pirate look.

10 on T

1. I have a million and one things to do before we leave for vacation and I've yet to do one single thing!

2. Little Bit is doing much better in Ms. PJ's room. Nap time is still a little rough and she's been crying herself to sleep because she wants her Brenda. Poor little thing, it makes me really sad.

3. I had to take Gracie to daycare this morning and I gave her and Sophie M&Ms at 7:40 in the morning! HA! 

4. How much would you pay a six year old to water 5 flowers for a week? I need to employ my little neighbor while we are gone but I feel bad that her mom will probably end up doing the watering!

5. Can I tell you how much it PAINS me to drive my SUV to the beach. I think I need a mini-cooper but Steven thinks I'd be squished on the interstate. Whatever.

6. Have you seen previews for that show "The Baby Borrowers?" I would love to sign Sophie up for that show! Just this past weekend I told my cousin that I should get a tee-shirt made that says "birth-control" to put on her when we go shopping. 

7. I think my child is turning into a hypochondriac. Yesterday morning, her "wegs" (legs) hurt, her belly hurt, her eye hurt, AND her elbow hurt. I think she was trying to get out of going to school!

8. Our trash company is going to get a LOVELY phone call tomorrow morning. The haven't picked up our recycling can in 3 weeks! AND Stephanie witnessed them dumping the recycle can into the same can as the regular trash! A-holes!

9.  Sophie has been obsessed with Shrek lately. I guess there are worse movies out there.

10. Ok, I'm going to do SOMETHING to get ready for vacation instead of surfing the web!

On a side not, I'm glad that this one isn't driving us to the beach!

What's this?

A kid that  LOOKS at a camera! Well hello, Tyler meet Mr. Nikon, you are going to be seeing a lot of him in a few days at the beach!  These two got in a few practice laps at the pool on Sunday. Check out Sophie's pruney foot! 

And for those of you who were wondering about the state of the Juicy Couture dressing room, after my initial shock wore off, I was able to act fast! Thank GOD I just happened to have a few paper towels in my camera bag (I'm usually the most unprepared mom on the face of the planet.) So I mopped up the pee (which luckily didn't seem like pee), then scrubbed it with a wet wipe. I think we got away with it. Unless the sales clerk saw Sophie carry her sopping wet Dora croc to my aunt and say "Here, DeeDee, I peed." 

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.