the guests have left the building

everyone is gone now and i am a bit sad. i love when we have company. especially the helpful kind. i love my cousin lisa, she is sooo sweet for coming to visit all the way from cincinnati. the 1 year fiesta would not have been the same without the world famous chicken cups. yummmm. the cotton candy and snow cones were pretty cool too.

          we had the best time at disney on sunday. even though lisa and my dad let presley fall in the mulch while i was in the bathroom and then got all of the dirt off her before i came out- we still had a great time. although i am never eating i n france again. did i mention that presley said pa paw before she said grandma. i personally think it is just easier for her to say. i don't think grandma thinks that though.

monday we went to see the pediatrician to get our one year shots. yes, my angel is finally a year old. where did the time go? well, i am not one of those mothers who forget. i still remember every sleepless night and every day going out and her screaming in the car even though she was clean and had been fed. 

anyway, no shots came b/c of yet another ear infection. in the left ear again!! the dr. said if she was still getting them after she was two that she would have tubes put in her ears like her mother. i hope and pray that my child wakes up today as her old self and she feels much better. 24 hrs of antibiotics are in her system now. it is 9 and she is still asleep. 

everyone is here and accounted for

the family has arrived and we are already out and about in sunny florida. today we are in haines city visiting presley's great- grandmother. they are out getting some lunch , presley is finally taking her nap and i am trying to but not able to as i am starving and waiting for them to bring me lunch back. zoe came with the parents and she is not enjoying any of this. she won't even come and sit on the couch with me- she is just laying by the front door staring at it- waiting for her best friend to come back.

tomorrow night is bingo and i haven't told brian he is going to babysit yet but i am really excited about it!! oh yea- they are home with my food ! g2g

sick baby:(

my baby girl is sick today. i am so sad- she has a snotty nose that is no match for the bulb suction. now she has added a little cough to her illness. if there is no improvement we will call the doctor tomorrow. i feel so bad. every time we go to church or hang with friends at gymboree- presley gets a cold. 

i know this is part of having kids i just feel bad for my baby girl. she doesn't know why she doesn't feel good or why she is sneezing so much. she has gotten better about getting her nose wiped. she doesn't touch it with her hands if she sees me coming with the kleenex. 

the only thing we are doing today is going to the grocery store. which isn't really that much fun but at least we are getting out of the house. 

today's schedule

the fam comes in 5 days. oh my there is so much to do. presley's bday party is in 8 days. don't even get me started on how behind i am with that one. i wish my sister would come to tampa and surprise me for the birthday. that would make me sooo happy. 

today we are going to the park to play with the triplets and then going shopping this afternoon for some maternity clothes for me (yes, i can no longer fit into most of my pants) and a birthday outfit for pmeister. what an exciting day. tonight brian k. is coming over for dinner so presley won't be so scared when she sees him at church this weekend. how embarrassing is that- your friend stops by to say hi to your kid and she literally starting shaking and crying. i didn't know she could do that- i have never seen  that before. anyway, i hear her waking up finally- off to the park!!

rock star

is this not the cutest picture ever! presley will wear her sunglasses for about 9 seconds and then they are flying across the room but dang- she is so stinkin cute when she wears them. not to mention her camo pants. we were off today to gymboree to show all the other toddlers just how walking and climbing are done. two new words were introduced too! presley said clean and goodbye. did i mention they were in the appropriate situations? i am currently looking over photos to put in her scrapbook and cannot believe how much kids grow in such a short amount of time. it is truly amazing. 

next week the grandparents come down for the birthday party that i only invited 8 people to but now it has turned out to be quite the shin dig. i think the last count was around 30. Lord, please let it be sunny so that everyone will be in the pool and not inside tearing things up and staring at each other. 

amen.

4 ladies lunching

i had so much fun today. if i recall- this is the first time since my daughter was born that i went out with just the ladies for lunch. thank you girls for making it such a great time. it was  so nice to be able to eat lunch with 3 other women and talk. not trash talk or gossip- but talk. i found out so many new things about my friends- tracey- you are so funny, lori- you have it together way more than you think and lesley- i love getting to know you more. 

so, my husband also had a great day- he got to do a ton of chores around the house in anticipation of my parents coming for presley's birthday party. now it is 8 p.m. and he is about to go to bed. my hard working man! i am going to try to talk him into watching our new netflix movie- it's such a chick flick. shhhh. lol. 

strawberry fest

presley and her great uncle kyle that share the same birthday. here they are at the strawberry festival- in plant city, fl. pres isn't so sure about uncle kyle. the strawberry king and princess- how cute are they!

spill proof my ass

i don't think they should sell cups that say "spill proof". that implies that when the child turns the cup over, throws it on the ground while in their highchair, rolls it down the stairs or chases the dog with it that it won't get juice on anything. that is simple not true. liars, all liars.

what have i done?

today we trekked it down to hyde park in the pouring rain to get some new gear for presley's room. hundred's of dollars later we were home and brian was rearranging furniture, pulling things out of boxes and well, basically making a huge mess. presley of course loved the boxes and the plastic wrap that i constantly watched her play with so as to make sure she didn't accidentally ingest any of it. 

2 hours later, her room is completely rearranged, new sheets, towels, rug, lamp and blanket are in place. yea. my system of diaper changing and putting on clothes will be completely rerouted. but what the heck, pdog seems to like it and brian loves it. 

now, i am looking around the room thinking- it just needs something else. i decide to go ahead with my idea of painting flowers on the wall (growing up from the floor). i drew them with pencil first- stepped back and then realized- that looked like crap. however, when you try to erase pencil from the wall- it doesn't look so good. in fact, it looks like total shit. now i have talked myself into going full force and i am buying the paint to go on the wall tomorrow to finish the flowers. we will see what happens.

love the mornings

i love presley in the mornings. she is so snuggly and sweet. her favorite thing is to sit on the couch and watch elmo or the wiggles thanks to grandma traci. her smile totally melts my heart. does that ever change? she has 8 teeth now- such a big girl!

back in the tpa

we are now home from our trip to memphis. we had a great time. jessica's shower went over very well i think since my mom cooked all the food and i did nothing. it was a great time had by all. jessica didn't even seem to mind having the memphis tiger game on during the whole thing. it was a little unnerving having to wait for half time before we could open the gifts. but whatevers. 

the plane ride home could have been a lot worse. i did get to change my first dirty diaper on a plane this time. that was interesting. i won't go into details. the actual breakdown didn't really kick in until the last 15 minutes of the flight. once all of the lights came on presley was back to her old self flirting and staring at strangers. 

today was filled with laundry and cleaning up the house from the boys staying here. presley is now in bed (yea!) and i am actually painting my toes and surfing the net. i know i should be doing more laundry and the dishes but i am finally a grown up and grown ups get to do what they want. (?) sorta. is my life really as boring as it sounds? oh well, i am off to put the second coat on my piggie toes.