Well....the birds found the bird-feeder....and we have a ton of birds now! While I was making dinner tonight I looked out the window and there were 5 birds out there. We also have seen a big ole squirrel eating out there. Ella saw the squirrel and got really excited and said, "ohhhh can I hold him??" Wellll....no you can't...he's a wild animal! The bird feeder has been a big hit....she loves looking out at it...and so do Josh and I!
On Saturday I had to work....so Josh told Ella a secret....they talked about what they were going to do while I was at work (I didn't know that they talked about it)....so right before I left I asked Ella what kind of fun things her and Daddy were going to do while I worked....and she looked right at me and said, "Go to Lowes and buy mulch." Hahaha...Josh was like Ella....I told you don't tell Mommy! He wanted to surprise me with it......but they did surprise me with one other thing....They planted some seeds in a big planter....more of a fun experiment...Josh said he really doesn't expect anything from it....but it would be cool if they sprouted so Ella could see it....so everyday she looks in the planter to see if her seeds have grown.
Ella has allergies/cold...I'm not sure which right now...it's fairly mild....but I think her throat hurts....she keeps saying my neck hurts and is holding the front of her neck....but I think she means her throat hurts but she doesn't know how to relay that. I did take a light and look in her mouth....I didn't see any white spots (usually means Strep)....so I'm going to give it another day or so....and the few people that I know that have had strep in the last month....were really sick...Ella hasn't been sick....so I'm thinking it's just a little sore throat....I told her she needed to be quiet to let her throat rest...obviously it doesn't hurt that bad as she's a chatterbox!
I have made in the past few weeks...a few times...roasted baby potatoes (yellow, red, and purple) and asparagus...soooo delicious! I never knew I liked asparagus!
I don't have any updated pictures...I will need to work on that!
Last weekend after I worked we went over to the lake so Gigi could watch Ella...and Josh and I went to my parents church to watch a play that my Dad was in (Mom was in it too....but took the afternoon show off so she could watch Ella) - it was fantastic! Gigi tired Ella out....so she slept on the way back to Lynchburg...and woke up just in time to go to our friends house for a cookout....perfect weather Saturday!
Sunday evening I went with a few co-workers to another play at a church called Hyland Heights to see our friend Caison and her family in the play. Again - another fantastic job. Poor Ella was so upset that I left...she's never really threw a fit about me leaving before...but she had just woken up from her nap...and was grouchy...and not feeling well....and she saw me dressed up and was like, "where are you going mama?"...and burst into tears....well Josh said...she threw a fit for 1.5 hours!! Poor Josh! He said really there was only tears for about 20 minutes....then she just carried on screaming and whining....Josh said she was screaming....."I want Daddy to go to work.....and Mama to come home to stay with me. I don't like Daddy! I want my Mommy!" Apparently she carried on for quite some time....yikes! Then she decided she was done...and was fine for the rest of the evening!
Well...I am tired...it's been a long week....and a long battle every night with trying to get Ella just to sit on the big girl potty.....she just might be in diapers FOREVER! :)
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Where Does The Time Go?
I feel like each day keeps going faster and faster! It's been a fairly routine past couple of weeks. Josh was gone this past week from Monday-Thursday - he was in St. Louis for a meeting. He came home Thursday afternoon....which also happened to be his birthday....so I told him...pick whatever you want for dinner and Ella and I will meet you there after work....so Red Lobster it was....and it was delicious! :) Ella had made Josh a birthday card...and she was very excited to give it to him...so much so that she helped him open it...and then snatched it out of his hands and said she was going to color on it some more! :) Since Josh is the hardest person in the world to buy a gift for....I got him some cool Ray Ban aviator sunglasses....he's stylin'! And then just told him to get whatever headset it was he wanted from Best Buy (for his new Xbox One)...
Last weekend Josh helped a co-worker move on Saturday so Ella and I went to Target and did some shopping....I do love that place! :) In the evening we went to our friends house....and Ella got to hold the real Baby Sadie...
She was quite excited about that!
This past weekend Josh, on Saturday, was in a shooting competition...so that was early Saturday morning...so Ella and I got ready and we went to TJ Maxx...I was on the lookout for a bath mat to put in front of the shower downstairs....so I found one...and Ella needs some spring/summer clothes...I have a few things for her...but not much...so I let her help me pick out two outfits...she did a good job picking out which ones she liked! :) We did our grocery shopping too. Then in the afternoon Josh said lets go buy a bird feeder...Josh put up the bird house a few weeks ago that they built...so everyday Ella says..where are the birds?? So we went to Lowe's and let Ella pick out a feeder and which seed she wanted....Josh screwed the bird feeder to the back deck railing...so Ella can look right out the window and see the birds....well when they come...right now they haven't come as of yet...soon!
Today we went to church....we got in the car to come home and Ella said she wanted to go look at bunnies at the pet store....ok...so we did....went to the pet store...and then Josh said...let's go to Cook-Out and split lunch and then go get ice cream....so we did that too! Ella is now napping...I've got laundry going...and Josh is reloading ammo.
I'm going to make a quiche in a few minutes....I don't think I've ever made a quiche before...I hope it turns out ok!
We've been enjoying weather from 65-80 the past few weeks....Ella LOVES it and LOVES being outside....
Josh and I had a date night last night....and by date night I mean we rented a movie (been probably 4-5 months since we have done that!)....we rented thru RedBox...Captain Phillips....which was really good! Based on a true story....very interesting!
Hard to believe tomorrow is already Monday! Where does the weekend go??
Last weekend Josh helped a co-worker move on Saturday so Ella and I went to Target and did some shopping....I do love that place! :) In the evening we went to our friends house....and Ella got to hold the real Baby Sadie...
This past weekend Josh, on Saturday, was in a shooting competition...so that was early Saturday morning...so Ella and I got ready and we went to TJ Maxx...I was on the lookout for a bath mat to put in front of the shower downstairs....so I found one...and Ella needs some spring/summer clothes...I have a few things for her...but not much...so I let her help me pick out two outfits...she did a good job picking out which ones she liked! :) We did our grocery shopping too. Then in the afternoon Josh said lets go buy a bird feeder...Josh put up the bird house a few weeks ago that they built...so everyday Ella says..where are the birds?? So we went to Lowe's and let Ella pick out a feeder and which seed she wanted....Josh screwed the bird feeder to the back deck railing...so Ella can look right out the window and see the birds....well when they come...right now they haven't come as of yet...soon!
Today we went to church....we got in the car to come home and Ella said she wanted to go look at bunnies at the pet store....ok...so we did....went to the pet store...and then Josh said...let's go to Cook-Out and split lunch and then go get ice cream....so we did that too! Ella is now napping...I've got laundry going...and Josh is reloading ammo.
I'm going to make a quiche in a few minutes....I don't think I've ever made a quiche before...I hope it turns out ok!
We've been enjoying weather from 65-80 the past few weeks....Ella LOVES it and LOVES being outside....
Josh and I had a date night last night....and by date night I mean we rented a movie (been probably 4-5 months since we have done that!)....we rented thru RedBox...Captain Phillips....which was really good! Based on a true story....very interesting!
Hard to believe tomorrow is already Monday! Where does the weekend go??
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Stomach Bug
So that bug Ella had...she shared! She was sick for about 4 hours....and that was about it....really was fine from that point on....well Josh and I went to work on Monday....feeling fine. Josh called me around 11 and said...I'm not feeling well...I'm headed home. When he called me....I had been feeling a little ehhh for about an hour...but I thought it might pass....well a little time goes by...and yeah it's not going away...so I told my manager...I don't think I'm going to be able to stay (she knew Ella was sick over the weekend)...I called Josh (about 45 minutes after he had called me)...and said...I'm coming home...he told me to leave Ella at the sitters so we could both rest. I got home and got right into bed....and within the hour....I was super sick. It was so awful....both Josh and I were VERY sick...thank goodness we now have two bathrooms!! At about 4:30....we had to leave to go pick Ella up....I was a little sicker than Josh (if that's possible)...so he said he would go get her....I asked him to get ginger ale on the way home...I would have paid big money to get my hands on a bottle of ginger ale! While Josh was gone...I made my way upstairs to the couch as I knew he would be home with Ella soon. He got home and he went and got in the bed...and Ella was a pretty good trooper....she knew we were sick and did a fairly good job at entertaining herself....the worst part was she wanted dinner...of course she did...she was healthy and hungry! I told her the only thing I could do was make an English muffin for her....poor girl....I could barely handle that. Thankfully she was a good girl...and she went to bed just fine....and as soon as she was in bed...Josh and I got into bed....we were so pathetic...we had all these layers on....3 comforters on our bed...and we were both shivering the bed felt like it was shaking! Ugh....but that's all behind us...WORST 24 hours that I have experienced in a really long time! We were both overdue....we figured it out...Josh was last sick with a bug in 2004 (he hasn't been sick once since we've been married)....I've had a few little things here and there...but not like this bug....but I do have to say....it didn't stick around too long! It did take us about 4 days to get our appetite back. But we're all healthy now!
The rest of the week went fine....I actually had Wednesday off...I had taken a vacation day (planned it a few months ago)....so Josh decided to take that day off too. It was a really low key day. I had my physical set up for 11 - so I went to that (nice and healthy!) Josh and Ella waited in the car. Then we went to Josh's work for a few minutes. Came home and got Ella down for a nap. Then had to get her up....she had a Doctors appointment at 3:45. We were meeting with an allergist. They were really testing to see if she was allergic to penicillin. We talked to him for a while....and he said that since she's already been on 2 different kinds of penicillin and the "reaction" that she had is unfortunately just a side effect from the medication. He was very confident that she was not allergic to it. We talked to him also about seasonal allergies...he said we could test for it...it was completely up to us....but at this point....she's young...I didn't feel it was necessary. We use the zyrtec and it has helped so much...and we run the air purifier in her room...which I think has also really helped. So we're going to hold off on all that for now.
Saturday was going to be another nice day....in the 70's....so we wanted to do something fun. Josh has worked so much in the last 4-6 weeks....we haven't seen a whole lot of him....so he wanted to do some fun family activities! We decided on the zoo in Roanoke. It's a little zoo. It happened to be their "spring fling" this past weekend...so we headed there....
We then went to lunch at Red Robin. We were going to head home and Ella said...I want to go look at toys (sometimes we'll just walk the toy aisle at Target....cheaper than buying new toys!!) Josh said why not....lets go walk off our lunch! We were right by the mall so we stopped....well they have a "Build-A-Bear" store there....and probably about a month ago Josh and I were talking about doing something like that with Ella...I didn't even know they had one in Roanoke....so we walk into the mall and we're walking around....and I spotted it....so of course we had to go check it out!
She picked out which "bear skin" she wanted....
Then she stood on the pedal to help fill the bear up with stuffing!
Making sure she is nice and squishy.
Then at the end....the bear gets a bath to get nice and clean.
They also have about 1000 different outfits and accessories to go with it! We let her pick out one thing she wanted the bear to wear...so she's in a pretty spring dress (and I already checked out eBay and found lots of outfits that run about a $1 compared the $15 in the store!).
So now her bear is her new friend...and she'll say....Can the bear that I made come in the car with me? Can the bear that I made sit at the table with me? She's also very obsessed with her birdhouse....Why are there no birds in my birdhouse?? So tonight...Josh rigged up a spot to put the birdhouse on the deck so she can look out the doors in the kitchen and see her birdhouse. She was thrilled with that. Hopefully we'll see a bird!
Tonight I made my very own mushroom cream sauce to serve with spinach ravioli....I told Josh....this tastes better than Olive Garden! :)
Well...that was our week....we're hoping for a healthy week this week!
The rest of the week went fine....I actually had Wednesday off...I had taken a vacation day (planned it a few months ago)....so Josh decided to take that day off too. It was a really low key day. I had my physical set up for 11 - so I went to that (nice and healthy!) Josh and Ella waited in the car. Then we went to Josh's work for a few minutes. Came home and got Ella down for a nap. Then had to get her up....she had a Doctors appointment at 3:45. We were meeting with an allergist. They were really testing to see if she was allergic to penicillin. We talked to him for a while....and he said that since she's already been on 2 different kinds of penicillin and the "reaction" that she had is unfortunately just a side effect from the medication. He was very confident that she was not allergic to it. We talked to him also about seasonal allergies...he said we could test for it...it was completely up to us....but at this point....she's young...I didn't feel it was necessary. We use the zyrtec and it has helped so much...and we run the air purifier in her room...which I think has also really helped. So we're going to hold off on all that for now.
Saturday was going to be another nice day....in the 70's....so we wanted to do something fun. Josh has worked so much in the last 4-6 weeks....we haven't seen a whole lot of him....so he wanted to do some fun family activities! We decided on the zoo in Roanoke. It's a little zoo. It happened to be their "spring fling" this past weekend...so we headed there....
We looked at all the animals....then we played on a little playground there....and Ella and Josh built a birdhouse (a whole thing they had set up by Home Depot there)...And then we rode on the "zoo choo" train....all in all...it was a fun time! Ella loved waving to everyone.
We then went to lunch at Red Robin. We were going to head home and Ella said...I want to go look at toys (sometimes we'll just walk the toy aisle at Target....cheaper than buying new toys!!) Josh said why not....lets go walk off our lunch! We were right by the mall so we stopped....well they have a "Build-A-Bear" store there....and probably about a month ago Josh and I were talking about doing something like that with Ella...I didn't even know they had one in Roanoke....so we walk into the mall and we're walking around....and I spotted it....so of course we had to go check it out!
She picked out which "bear skin" she wanted....
Then she stood on the pedal to help fill the bear up with stuffing!
Making sure she is nice and squishy.
They also have about 1000 different outfits and accessories to go with it! We let her pick out one thing she wanted the bear to wear...so she's in a pretty spring dress (and I already checked out eBay and found lots of outfits that run about a $1 compared the $15 in the store!).
So now her bear is her new friend...and she'll say....Can the bear that I made come in the car with me? Can the bear that I made sit at the table with me? She's also very obsessed with her birdhouse....Why are there no birds in my birdhouse?? So tonight...Josh rigged up a spot to put the birdhouse on the deck so she can look out the doors in the kitchen and see her birdhouse. She was thrilled with that. Hopefully we'll see a bird!
Tonight I made my very own mushroom cream sauce to serve with spinach ravioli....I told Josh....this tastes better than Olive Garden! :)
Well...that was our week....we're hoping for a healthy week this week!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
70 Degrees/Snow
We had a fairly normal week...Josh had a few days with long hours and a few normal days. I had to fill in for someone on Thursday so I worked until 7pm....then had to be back for 8am....felt like I never went home! :)
Friday night we were talking at dinner how nice it was going to be to have a nice quiet weekend....without any plans, etc. I went to bed around 9:30...I was super tired....and Josh went to bed around 11....I just remember waking up in the middle of the night to this ringing noise....turns out Josh is on-call this month...and got called out at 1:30am!! Ugh! However...his phone rang...and he thought it was an alarm...so he swiped his finger across the screen to turn it off....he said he was laying in bed...and he could here this faint..."hellllo? Josh.....? Can you hear me?" Then nothing....and Josh was like what in the world...! Then the ringing started....now he was a little more coherent and realized it was his phone ringing...he answered it...and found out he was getting called out....so he left at 1:30am....and came home around 6:15am...went to bed for a few hours and got up. Ella slept in until 7:30am...yay for me! :) I got her up and we played for a little while before Josh came up and said he wanted to go out and do something....it was going to be 70ish on Saturday....so we decided we would go to Amazement Square. Ella went one time...but she was like 5 weeks old! :) So...we got ready and headed there. It's basically a discovery museum for kids with a lot of local things incorporated. When we first got there she was very timid and didn't want to do anything....but after about 10 minutes she opened up....
The first section is for 4 years and under....it's a farm scene...
The have a pretend vegetable garden that you can pick vegetables...you can "milk a cow"....I failed at it...Josh was like come on you're the one who grew up on a farm! :) He was able to do it! They had a chicken coop that you can climb in (it's right behind Ella in the picture) and you can gather the pretend eggs up. We stayed in this section for about 30-45 minutes....until she finally opened up and was ready to play!
There are multiple levels with slides all throughout the levels....we found one slide that wasn't too big and she loved it....we did that one multiple times!
They have a huge exhibit all about the James River....
I think she would have stayed here and played quite a big longer....but her shirt kept getting wetter and wetter! :)
It's very interactive...lots of things to do....we checked out a Native American display...
Digging for some artifacts!
It was a fun day....we spent almost 3 hours there...then Ella was saying she was hungry and wanted a corn dog....her almost weekly treat! :) And we got a milkshake to share!
The rest of the afternoon was spent taking naps....all 3 of us! And playing at home.
We got woken up at 2:30am to Ella yelling MAMA! MAMA! Josh was like probably a bad dream...so I went running upstairs...turned the light on and she was sitting up saying, "I'm sick. My tummy doesn't feel good." And she was right....she was sick....all in her bed...Josh came upstairs to help me....I got her bed all changed....Josh cleaned Ella up...we got her all tucked back into bed...I laid down for about 2 minutes...and I could hear her moaning Mama.....so I went back upstairs...and she said, "Mama I just don't feel good...can you please hold me?" Well....not what I REALLY wanted to do...I wanted to go to sleep....but how can you say no to that....so I gather our pillows and some blankets and we camped out on the couch...good thing....she got sick almost every 30 minutes for about 4 hours straight....ugh! I kept waiting for her to fall asleep on the couch....and no such luck! We watched show after show....and actually I found this to be pretty neat....she wanted to watch the Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Filmed in 1977) - I can remember watching that when I was little! And she loved it....watched the whole thing (twice today as a matter of fact!) About 7:30 she was like I'm hungry....can I have some applesauce....I was very hesitant to give her anything....but she was asking for it....she ate it....and kept it down....and really had way more energy than I did! I kept telling her to lay down she needed to rest, etc. Josh finally got up around 9....I wanted to go to the grocery store since I didn't go on Saturday...so I got up and got ready while he stayed home with Ella...she was feeling better but still wanted to be snuggled up on the couch with her Daddy. She took a 4 hour nap today! And Mama took a 1.5 hour nap! :) I scrubbed the bathrooms clean today! And did 4 loads of laundry!
She seems to be just fine now though....so fingers crossed she is!
It's snowing like crazy now....beautiful weather yesterday and now predicted 4-8 inches of snow...we'll see!
I made Banana Bread today...I was right in the middle of making it....and realized I didn't have ANY sugar....and the recipe called for quite a bit....well.....I made it without sugar! I did put some pure Vermont maple syrup in it....about 1/3 of a cup....and the bread actually turned out okay....not quite as fluffy as usual....but not bad.
Well it's 8:20....and since I got a whole 4 hours of sleep last night....I'm ready for bed....I have to go fold my last load of laundry...and get ready for bed!
Friday night we were talking at dinner how nice it was going to be to have a nice quiet weekend....without any plans, etc. I went to bed around 9:30...I was super tired....and Josh went to bed around 11....I just remember waking up in the middle of the night to this ringing noise....turns out Josh is on-call this month...and got called out at 1:30am!! Ugh! However...his phone rang...and he thought it was an alarm...so he swiped his finger across the screen to turn it off....he said he was laying in bed...and he could here this faint..."hellllo? Josh.....? Can you hear me?" Then nothing....and Josh was like what in the world...! Then the ringing started....now he was a little more coherent and realized it was his phone ringing...he answered it...and found out he was getting called out....so he left at 1:30am....and came home around 6:15am...went to bed for a few hours and got up. Ella slept in until 7:30am...yay for me! :) I got her up and we played for a little while before Josh came up and said he wanted to go out and do something....it was going to be 70ish on Saturday....so we decided we would go to Amazement Square. Ella went one time...but she was like 5 weeks old! :) So...we got ready and headed there. It's basically a discovery museum for kids with a lot of local things incorporated. When we first got there she was very timid and didn't want to do anything....but after about 10 minutes she opened up....
The first section is for 4 years and under....it's a farm scene...
The have a pretend vegetable garden that you can pick vegetables...you can "milk a cow"....I failed at it...Josh was like come on you're the one who grew up on a farm! :) He was able to do it! They had a chicken coop that you can climb in (it's right behind Ella in the picture) and you can gather the pretend eggs up. We stayed in this section for about 30-45 minutes....until she finally opened up and was ready to play!
There are multiple levels with slides all throughout the levels....we found one slide that wasn't too big and she loved it....we did that one multiple times!
They have a huge exhibit all about the James River....
I think she would have stayed here and played quite a big longer....but her shirt kept getting wetter and wetter! :)
It's very interactive...lots of things to do....we checked out a Native American display...
It was a fun day....we spent almost 3 hours there...then Ella was saying she was hungry and wanted a corn dog....her almost weekly treat! :) And we got a milkshake to share!
The rest of the afternoon was spent taking naps....all 3 of us! And playing at home.
We got woken up at 2:30am to Ella yelling MAMA! MAMA! Josh was like probably a bad dream...so I went running upstairs...turned the light on and she was sitting up saying, "I'm sick. My tummy doesn't feel good." And she was right....she was sick....all in her bed...Josh came upstairs to help me....I got her bed all changed....Josh cleaned Ella up...we got her all tucked back into bed...I laid down for about 2 minutes...and I could hear her moaning Mama.....so I went back upstairs...and she said, "Mama I just don't feel good...can you please hold me?" Well....not what I REALLY wanted to do...I wanted to go to sleep....but how can you say no to that....so I gather our pillows and some blankets and we camped out on the couch...good thing....she got sick almost every 30 minutes for about 4 hours straight....ugh! I kept waiting for her to fall asleep on the couch....and no such luck! We watched show after show....and actually I found this to be pretty neat....she wanted to watch the Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Filmed in 1977) - I can remember watching that when I was little! And she loved it....watched the whole thing (twice today as a matter of fact!) About 7:30 she was like I'm hungry....can I have some applesauce....I was very hesitant to give her anything....but she was asking for it....she ate it....and kept it down....and really had way more energy than I did! I kept telling her to lay down she needed to rest, etc. Josh finally got up around 9....I wanted to go to the grocery store since I didn't go on Saturday...so I got up and got ready while he stayed home with Ella...she was feeling better but still wanted to be snuggled up on the couch with her Daddy. She took a 4 hour nap today! And Mama took a 1.5 hour nap! :) I scrubbed the bathrooms clean today! And did 4 loads of laundry!
She seems to be just fine now though....so fingers crossed she is!
It's snowing like crazy now....beautiful weather yesterday and now predicted 4-8 inches of snow...we'll see!
I made Banana Bread today...I was right in the middle of making it....and realized I didn't have ANY sugar....and the recipe called for quite a bit....well.....I made it without sugar! I did put some pure Vermont maple syrup in it....about 1/3 of a cup....and the bread actually turned out okay....not quite as fluffy as usual....but not bad.
Well it's 8:20....and since I got a whole 4 hours of sleep last night....I'm ready for bed....I have to go fold my last load of laundry...and get ready for bed!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Happy Birthday!
Monday...our 4-8 inches only ended up between 2-3 inches of messy freezing rain, that turned to sleet, that turned to snow. I ended up being home on Monday...not due to the weather....but Ella's sitter had two sick boys (her own kids) - they had the stomach bug that's been going around...so she very well couldn't watch kids with her own two sick! Worked out just fine...so Ella and I spent the day together at home.
She is in a singing mood these days....
I worked with her some on Monday with "activities." I had looked through a few preschool work books at Target a few weeks ago....to get an idea of things they are teaching that age range...so I made up my own activities. One thing I did was draw two big dots and had her connect the two dots with a straight line. I also made a maze and put one dot at the beginning and one at the end....and I had her draw a line connecting the two dots without going outside of the maze....she did really well! I talked to her about coloring inside of the lines (she's working on that one! She gets a little crazy when coloring and likes to go fast). We did ABC activities....and worked on counting....and my favorite one...we colored a picture together and I said....let's put your name on it...and she said, "ok!" So I went to go take her hand so we could do it together...and she said, "no I do it by myself." And here is Ella's name (without ANY help!)
She completely did that on her own....not bad for not even 3 yet!
That's been our last couple of days...Ella is still awake (an hour after she went to bed)....she just called to me....I went in her room and she was sitting up in bed holding her ears...saying, "what is that??" And she's right...it was loud! It was a loud airplane going by....she is so scared of loud noises...I don't know what triggered that....but she is sensitive to things being loud!
I was going to make taco's tonight...and Ella said..."banana tacos? I like banana tacos." Sure...why not. It's a big tortilla shell with peanut butter, a sliced up banana and a few chocolate chips....she ate it right up....and Josh had a small piece of it (with his chicken marsala)....and he was looking around for more "banana tacos"....guess they liked it! :) Tomorrow night will be real tacos!
She is in a singing mood these days....
I worked with her some on Monday with "activities." I had looked through a few preschool work books at Target a few weeks ago....to get an idea of things they are teaching that age range...so I made up my own activities. One thing I did was draw two big dots and had her connect the two dots with a straight line. I also made a maze and put one dot at the beginning and one at the end....and I had her draw a line connecting the two dots without going outside of the maze....she did really well! I talked to her about coloring inside of the lines (she's working on that one! She gets a little crazy when coloring and likes to go fast). We did ABC activities....and worked on counting....and my favorite one...we colored a picture together and I said....let's put your name on it...and she said, "ok!" So I went to go take her hand so we could do it together...and she said, "no I do it by myself." And here is Ella's name (without ANY help!)
She completely did that on her own....not bad for not even 3 yet!
That's been our last couple of days...Ella is still awake (an hour after she went to bed)....she just called to me....I went in her room and she was sitting up in bed holding her ears...saying, "what is that??" And she's right...it was loud! It was a loud airplane going by....she is so scared of loud noises...I don't know what triggered that....but she is sensitive to things being loud!
I was going to make taco's tonight...and Ella said..."banana tacos? I like banana tacos." Sure...why not. It's a big tortilla shell with peanut butter, a sliced up banana and a few chocolate chips....she ate it right up....and Josh had a small piece of it (with his chicken marsala)....and he was looking around for more "banana tacos"....guess they liked it! :) Tomorrow night will be real tacos!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
What We've Been Up To....
It's been a few weeks...
We purchased a fancy little air purifier for Ella's room.....trying to think of all things that will cut down on her coughing. I read quite a few articles on how to deal with allergies...as I really think that's what she has. The switch to Zyrtec was good...we run the air purifier at night. And her bedding gets washed weekly in hot water to kill the dust mites, we clean her room at least once a week, and well...of course we're only a week into it...but at least we're sleeping through the night!!! Last week Josh and I were only getting about 4 hours of sleep at night due to her horrible coughing and having to get up with her over and over. The worst part of her coughing was at night....and always started at midnight...and would last until about 4....ugh! So after a few days of that....I was whipped...and Josh and I are both super busy at work...I had to work Saturday....and I was exhausted...I came home around 1:30...and it was just about time for Ella to lay down and take a nap....she took a 3 hour nap....and so did I!! :) A full 3 hours...I couldn't believe it....but I was super tired! :)
This past week Josh has been practically living at work...he has a defense expert coming in to review his case and he wanted to make sure he didn't miss anything...so he has been working from 6am - midnight for almost a week straight....he did come home from 6:30-7:30 so he could see Ella and have dinner with us....then back to work he went...
Ella really likes to do what Mama does....one day this week I was getting ready for work and I was blow-drying my hair...next thing I know...Ella is standing next to me....
And she's got her brush and pretend hair-dryer...also doing her hair! :)
Ella has gotten into playing with her dress-up clothes....Josh is not a fan at all of the shoes...but she likes them! She's only allowed to wear them in the living room where the carpet is....
And now she asks to be a princess all the time! :)
Yesterday our friends were having a "gender reveal" party to tell us all what they were having...boy or girl....the majority was thinking boy....but when we all sprayed the silly string and saw the pink....we were surprised....girl it is!!! :) So of course....now I'm in a shopping mode....as shopping for a new baby girl is so much fun! :) Josh had to work today...so Ella and I went to church...and after church...of course we had to go to Target! And picked up a few baby girl things....!
I felt like Betty Crocker today....I made (for the first time ever)...Mozzerella stuffed meatballs served over spaghetti...I was pretty impressed....turned out pretty good! Ella ate a good portion of that! I also made in the crockpot...Chicken Marsala. And I made a caramel cream cheese apple dip....yummm!
We had weather around 65 today...I had the windows open....and now tonight they're calling for 4-8 inches of snow/sleet moving in.....ugh! I'm over winter! So guess we'll see what tomorrow brings!
We purchased a fancy little air purifier for Ella's room.....trying to think of all things that will cut down on her coughing. I read quite a few articles on how to deal with allergies...as I really think that's what she has. The switch to Zyrtec was good...we run the air purifier at night. And her bedding gets washed weekly in hot water to kill the dust mites, we clean her room at least once a week, and well...of course we're only a week into it...but at least we're sleeping through the night!!! Last week Josh and I were only getting about 4 hours of sleep at night due to her horrible coughing and having to get up with her over and over. The worst part of her coughing was at night....and always started at midnight...and would last until about 4....ugh! So after a few days of that....I was whipped...and Josh and I are both super busy at work...I had to work Saturday....and I was exhausted...I came home around 1:30...and it was just about time for Ella to lay down and take a nap....she took a 3 hour nap....and so did I!! :) A full 3 hours...I couldn't believe it....but I was super tired! :)
This past week Josh has been practically living at work...he has a defense expert coming in to review his case and he wanted to make sure he didn't miss anything...so he has been working from 6am - midnight for almost a week straight....he did come home from 6:30-7:30 so he could see Ella and have dinner with us....then back to work he went...
Ella really likes to do what Mama does....one day this week I was getting ready for work and I was blow-drying my hair...next thing I know...Ella is standing next to me....
And she's got her brush and pretend hair-dryer...also doing her hair! :)
Ella has gotten into playing with her dress-up clothes....Josh is not a fan at all of the shoes...but she likes them! She's only allowed to wear them in the living room where the carpet is....
And now she asks to be a princess all the time! :)
Yesterday our friends were having a "gender reveal" party to tell us all what they were having...boy or girl....the majority was thinking boy....but when we all sprayed the silly string and saw the pink....we were surprised....girl it is!!! :) So of course....now I'm in a shopping mode....as shopping for a new baby girl is so much fun! :) Josh had to work today...so Ella and I went to church...and after church...of course we had to go to Target! And picked up a few baby girl things....!
I felt like Betty Crocker today....I made (for the first time ever)...Mozzerella stuffed meatballs served over spaghetti...I was pretty impressed....turned out pretty good! Ella ate a good portion of that! I also made in the crockpot...Chicken Marsala. And I made a caramel cream cheese apple dip....yummm!
We had weather around 65 today...I had the windows open....and now tonight they're calling for 4-8 inches of snow/sleet moving in.....ugh! I'm over winter! So guess we'll see what tomorrow brings!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
And it snows....
Before the snow arrived this week....we ended up taking Ella to the Doctor on Wednesday morning....her coughing was getting worse...and we wanted it looked at since it had been 2.5 weeks....so the Doctor checked her out....ears were fine, lungs were fine, throat was good...no fever...so she said to just keep sticking it out....to switch to giving her Zyrtec every night...we were doing clairtin before....so we switched to that...we keep her propped up at night, humidifier going, etc etc...and she does actually sound better today than she has in a few weeks!
Wednesday afternoon the snow arrived! Josh called me at work and was like we need to get home! It was coming down fast and sticking...he said there is no way the car will make it home...so we had to leave it at my work and he picked me up. It took us 1.5 hours to go pick Ella up!!! (which it normally is right at 10 minutes away)...but the traffic was bumper to bumper going at a snails pace...and people were just pulling off and leaving their cars and walking because the cars couldn't make it up the hills, etc. It was awful. We finally got to Ella and put her in the car and Josh said he was going to go home a different way (the bypass instead of the main way)....which ended up being such a smart decision....it took us about 40 minutes to get home after we got Ella....and we went inside and didn't leave the house! We both got the call that work for both of us was going to be closed on Thursday. We ended up with about 12 inches at our house. Of course we live on a back-road that the snow plow took forever to getting to us....I really think it only went through one time....it was pretty messy. However....thankfully we've had a few warmer days which have helped it melt quickly! :)
Ella is not a fan of the snow at all....she is "scared" of it....and wants nothing to do with it...she won't walk in, won't touch it, etc....which is fine...I'm not a huge fan of it either! :) Today I did convince her to go outside with me and walk around for a few minutes....
Wednesday afternoon the snow arrived! Josh called me at work and was like we need to get home! It was coming down fast and sticking...he said there is no way the car will make it home...so we had to leave it at my work and he picked me up. It took us 1.5 hours to go pick Ella up!!! (which it normally is right at 10 minutes away)...but the traffic was bumper to bumper going at a snails pace...and people were just pulling off and leaving their cars and walking because the cars couldn't make it up the hills, etc. It was awful. We finally got to Ella and put her in the car and Josh said he was going to go home a different way (the bypass instead of the main way)....which ended up being such a smart decision....it took us about 40 minutes to get home after we got Ella....and we went inside and didn't leave the house! We both got the call that work for both of us was going to be closed on Thursday. We ended up with about 12 inches at our house. Of course we live on a back-road that the snow plow took forever to getting to us....I really think it only went through one time....it was pretty messy. However....thankfully we've had a few warmer days which have helped it melt quickly! :)
Ella is not a fan of the snow at all....she is "scared" of it....and wants nothing to do with it...she won't walk in, won't touch it, etc....which is fine...I'm not a huge fan of it either! :) Today I did convince her to go outside with me and walk around for a few minutes....
It was a little colder than I expected...it was windy...so we didn't stay outside for long...maybe 10 minutes...I think she would have stayed out longer now that she discovered that she likes it!
I found something new that Ella REALLY likes to eat...I took a whole wheat tortilla and spread peanut butter on it, sliced up a banana on it, put a tiny handful of chocolate chips on it, folded it over....and cooked it like a quesadilla...she loved it and ate it right up....and I cut up some watermelon...another favorite of hers.
At the Doctor's office they did weigh her....she gained a little weight....finallllllly after almost 4 months of being at the exact same weight....now she's 25.2 pounds....still as light as a feather....but it's an improvement!
I came home on Friday to a dozen roses, a card and a box of chocolates....I think it may have been my first valentines gift in a long time (we normally don't do stuff for valentines)....so that was a nice surprise! :)
I have a new recipe I'm going to try out in the crock pot tomorrow. Last weekend I ended up making 4 loaves of banana bread...so I sent some to Josh's work...and I made for his work....Buffalo Chicken Dip...spoiled boys!
My eyes are getting heavy....time to head to bed!
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