Here I Am!

I'm back in action, blogging action that is! I got my new computer. Finally... I got my Mac =) I'm so excited. I got all my pictures on here from the 4th of July and Jo's 2nd 1st birthday party. There are sooo many so I'm going to try and post the best of the best.

Let's start from the beginning...

I arrived at my house to find my cat... shaved. Jewel has loooong looooong persian fur so she has to get shaved in the summer time so she can be comfortable. Look how funny she looks!

She used to be a huge ball of fur and now she's this skinny minny,

Jo didn't hesitate to start exploring and going through everyone's drawers haha she's very nosey...



Then the next day we headed to my Uncle and Aunt's for Jo's 2nd 1st birthday party and a 4th of July celebration. My aunt did such a great job decorating for Jo's party!



Okay so I just have to say this... I really think I NEVER take a nice picture. But I have to admit, I REALLY like the next 2 pictures of me and Jo. I really think these are the best pictures we've ever taken together and the best pictures I've ever taken period haha.





Here is my sister, Allyson, and Jo...


Jo only took like a 30 minute nap that day on the way my Aunt and Uncle's so after awhile after we arrived, it was time for her to take another nap. I went upstairs to my Aunt's guest room and I didn't want to bother her for a blanket because Jo REFUSES to be rocked to sleep without being wrapped in a blanket so I went into the closet and used a towel haha I thought it was so funny looking I had to take pictures...



Then it was time to decorate the cake! My aunt got these cute candles that spelt out "Happy 1st Birthday"




What you see in the next picture is basically what went on all day. Jo was ultra clingy. Which is totally understandable because there was about 60 people at the party and none of which Josephine really recognized. I really think it was all just too much for her because when I would take her inside where there was hardly anyone she would be perfectly fine. Look at the dirty look she's giving everyone while we sing Happy Birthday to her haha I love it.



Then it was time for... you guessed it, cake! Ofcourse Jo was all game...




After cake, comes presents! This was the first time Jo was actually interesting in what was in the bags and wrapping paper instead of just being interesting in the bags and wrapping paper and that's it haha. You can see her in these pictures actually opening her presents instead of saying "ooooh paper..." but ofcourse there was plenty of that too.








I started taking Jo inside toward the end of the day because like I said, she was a lot more comfortable away from all the comotion...




There is one thing Jo loves to do while in her car seat and that is put her feet in her mouth haha but not before taking off her shoes and socks... yes, by herself! Well on the car ride home from my Aunt's and Uncle's Jo was in an especially feet eating mood... because that's ALL she did...








Once we met Rob at the half way point and got into his car Jo instantly fell asleep. I love these pictures because I had put a blanket on top of Jo and while asleep she pulled it up o the side of her head and cuddled with it...


And here are some random cute pictures taken since getting home from that weekend away...






Well that's all for pictures. Nothing much has been going on around here. I went to the dentist today and found out I have to get all 4 wisdom teeth taken out... sooo not excited about this! Tomorrow we're going to the DMV so I can convert my RI license to a Massachusetts license... with my official new last name on it! Very exciting, I guess it's about time I got around to this haha.

Hope everyone else had a fun and safe 4th!

No Computer!

I can't update the blog with pictures until Tuesday night because I ordered a new computer (a Mac, yay!) and it doesn't come until Tuesday. I had to give my old computer to my Dad when I left RI and so all we're left with is Rob's computer and it's having issues as well so all you can do is really go online, it'd take forever if I tried to put my pictures on here!

So we'll see you on Tuesday! I have a TON of pictures to post so stay tuned! =)

Disaster...

Well, we're here. Vomit free might I add! But the ride down here was quite disasterous. Everytime I go to RI we meet my mom or sister in Walpole, MA which is about 40 minutes away from where we live and about 30 minutes away from my house in RI. Well, it took us TWO hours to get to Walpole! There was such bad traffic! There is this one really long tunnel in Boston that is actually a few miles long and we were in that same tunnel for about 45 minutes! Jo didn't fall asleep until an hour and a half into the drive. This was the most stressful hour and a half for me! Jo did NOT want to be in her car seat, she was so cranky and I just thought we were never going to get anywhere. I was so relieved once she fell asleep! Meanwhile... I've never had to pee more in my entire life.

So we get to Walpole and me and my mom don't just get in her var and leave because I want to take a break and get Jo out of the car for awhile. So we run into a Kohl's. I need to pee, badly. This happens to be the BIGGEST Kohl's ever. I ask where the bathroom is and it was all the way in the back, I never thought I'd reach the back this place was so huge!

After I pee, I realized I forgot to bring my baby monitor. I know Kohl's has a baby department so I figure I'll buy one to just keep at my parents. Well, it's not the kind of baby department I thought they had, it was just Kohl's. So I call my sister and ask her if she can go to Wal-Mart on her way to the house and pick one up.

Then I realize it's 5:50! Jo never has dinner later than 6 plus I gave her a really early lunch so we could leave on time. We leave, get to RI in 20-30 minutes, and Jo has dinner. I give her a banana and I turn around to make her something else and when I turned back around she was done with the WHOLE banana haha she was hungry!

Well that extra 30 minute nap really made a difference. Jo was WIRED last night. She didn't even get tired til 9! Usually, well... ALL the time, she can't stay up for a second longer than 7:30. I think I'll stick with the one nap a day :)

Jo slept in her little tent last night just fine. Today is the parade and Jo's 2nd 1st birthday party!

Road Trip...

Jo and I are going to RI for the next 2 nights for Josephine's 2nd birthday party! I'm a little nervous because there is a lot of driving involved, I'm hoping this trip is vomit free! haha I'm confident we can do it because I figured out that everytime we have to drive it'll be atleast TWO hours after Jo has eaten or drank anything. And on the way down when we meet my mom half way we're not just going to hop in her car and continue to RI we're actually going to take a break and go in a store for awhile or something. I'm also PRAYING Jo will fall asleep on the way to the half way point today, if she's asleep it's guaranteed to be vomit free! haha wish us luck! =) I shall update as I go along but expect A LOT of pictures when I get back!

My Little Artist/Chef...

Jo was a Mummy ADDICT today. She wouldn't go to anyone else and at some points wouldn't let me put her down. If I did she'd crawl over to me so fast and stand up and hug my leg and whine. And as I carried her around she layed her head on my shoulder, it was the sweetest thing. She sat on the couch with me and played with some toys but she would be nuzzled in my arm.


Jo wore another birthday outfit today haha as she will I'm sure for numerous days to come. Here she is standing on her new step stool today so she could play with her new easel, which she LOVES.




Jo seriously LOVES her new kitchen. Her Nana got it for her since she loves the kitchen upstairs so much. She seriously takes her cooking SO seriously, it's hilarious to watch. In the morning when we walk into the kitchen from the bedroom she gets all excited and points at it and starts squirming to get down and then she gets right to business.



Then we went back to the easel haha and Jo tried on her new sunglasses since Mummy broke her other ones, oops! Seriously, how adorable are these? (P.s. Yes, that is green marker on Jo's face. I let her write on the dry and erase board with actual markers, EXTREMELY supervised, as you'll see in the video at the end of the post.)





Since Jo was being a Mummy addict and not letting me put her down, it was very difficult for me to get dressed this morning. Finally, around 11:30 or so, I couldn't take it anymore. So I came up with a brilliant idea! I gave Jo these containers and lids that she always goes after in the "baby cabinet" (the cabinet I keep everything of Jo's but don't let her play in because I don't want all her stuff thrown all over the floor AND I keep all her food in there so she'd be emptying it all and what not... I learned that the wrong way.) Once she saw these in her crib, she forgot all about having to be with me every second and was perfectly content.



Yesterday at Target, in the dollar section, I go Jo a pink tutu, a princess wand, and cut matching hair elastic. Here she is with the hair elastic and wand but I didn't get a shot of her in the tutu. What I really need to do is get a picture of her wearing her birthday crown with the pink trim, the tutu, and the wand all at the same time! haha now that'd be something!


I've been wanting to give Josephine blueberries all summer long but they are SO expensive. Here they are $4.99 for a teeny tiny container and I just can't justify the purchase. I don't know why I didn't think of this before but I tried frozen blueberries! You definitely get more for your money. I just popped them in to the microwave for a few seconds to get them thawed but at the same time keep them cool and Jo DEVOURED them. I also bought frozen strawberries, even though the strawberry prices aren't that bad you still get more for the money and there is no added sugar or anything like that, the only ingredient is strawberry! But it sure made a mess, Jo's hands are STILL a little purple from dinner...


Then we had some fun with Jo's matching hat and her new sunglasses. Me and my husband were looking at the pictures once I put them on my computer for the first time together and when we got to the 2nd one you see here we both were HYSTERICALLY laughing. I seriously couldn't stop, there were tears coming down my face haha