kids react to walkmans: video

this is funny. very funny. some of the reactions are pretty priceless.

man, we're old.

interview with a four year old

It's pretty long, but it's all her.

(I apologize in advance for repeating nearly every single thing she says. How annoying am I? Don't answer that.)

Here she is at three.

She's like a real little girl now. I mean, she was then too but she still looked like a baby too. Ack. She'll always be my baby!

These are them.

These are the times I want to cherish forever more.

first ride on a pedal bike. can't wait to see her do this outdoors with more space. like the hair? i love it. also, if you look closely to the image from behind, she's wearing boys (mickey mouse) underwear she picked out. ;)

These are the times I wish to tattoo into my memory.

sleeping beauty loves napping with mama in mama and daddy's bed. who am i to argue?

I know there will come a time when she won't be this... three.

this is my Lovie. this is who she is. right now. age 3. perfection.

I know there will come a time when she won't be so enamored with... everything.

These are the times I cherish...

the times I've waited for my entire life...

the times that make it all make complete sense.

i love

i love watching her when she doesn't know i can see.
i love that i signed her up for something she absolutely loves to do.
i love that she tries so hard to follow along.
i love her hair and should do it more often.
i love that she's so Lovie.
i love feeling so blessed to be her mama.
i love.

TILTW: 1.19-1.25.13

* Three is a really awesome age so far, but also very, very trying at times (bed times, morning times, getting dressed times, when I blink wrong times...). Oy vey.

* I still hate potty training and have admitted to being jealous of those of you with potty trained kids. You can read more about that here.

* Hospice is now coming to my grandmother's house.

* My kid is THE cutest Tiny Dancer.

* Yo Gabba Gabba is so much fun live. I mean, so much fun. Wow. I know a lot of parents aren't keen on "kid music" and stuff, but YGG should be an exception. Really.

* I desperately need to break up with M&M's.

* Lovie's hair keeps some length after a couple of days of it being in twists. Fun! :)

interview with a three year old

the other day i posted an image of the interview.

here's the video:

it ends rather ubruptly because it actually goes on for several more minutes and i have no video editing skills.

oh, and as expected, she and Kaitlin are BFFs again.

the plan is to do this every year with the same 20 questions, give or take some change.

WW: Scenes from the zoo

(i find it quite amusing that my hair matches the penguin. also, Lovie's wearing two different dresses cuz she kinda sorta peed thru the yellow-green one.)

so glad you're back!

Forever now, we've been reading to Lovie any chance we could.

It started right after we found out she was a girl and I picked up a book that soon became my favorite: I Love You So...  I read that book every night whilst Lovie curled up inside of me. And, a couple weeks after she was born (after we got into a groove with her schedule and whatnot), we started reading to her again and soon, it became part of her bedtime routine.

Shortly after learning to walk and turning one, Lovie even started requesting we read to her:

can you believe how little she once was? WOW was she cute. still is but WOW.

Which, of course, we obliged.

Happily.

Joyfully.

Life is amazing with a little one sitting in your lap listening to you read, looking at pages, etc. Amazing and beautiful and perfect.


Shortly after Lovie turned two, bedtimes became a struggle and she lost interest in us reading to her. We implemented a new routine which allowed her to do what she wanted for a couple minutes before bedtime and soon, bedtimes became less of a struggle again.

But we weren't reading.

Occasionally she'd ask us to read on the weekends but for the most part, books just sat on the shelf.

It made me sad; I really missed reading to her.


The past couple of weeks, something has changed with Lovie again. Now, she'll ask, "Can I sit in your lap and you read to me?"

"Of course, baby!" I say, scooping her up and into my lap.

She's such a big girl now. She now sits there and "reads" (or sings) along with me. She now asks questions and points to different things in the book in such a Big-Girl-no-longer-baby way.

And I love it.

Life is amazing with a little one sitting in your lap listening to you read, looking at pages, etc. Amazing and beautiful and perfect.

Welcome back!

May: then and now

from May 2011- after taking my then 19 year old nephew out for his birthday:

from (last weekend) May 2012- at home celebrating my nephew turning 20:

i should've had her jump again- what was i thinking??

WW: bike ride, a video

We took her out on Easter Sunday for her first bike ride outdoors. Yesterday, she asked to go back out with her bike and as we walked and as I filmed, it dawned on me: this child truly never stops talking. Heh. I've known this for quite some time (our car rides are very interesting), but looking at this video and reliving the little time we were out there, really proved it.

I'm pretty sure you should be able to make out what she's saying but just in case, I've translated it below (her side of the conversation, not mine):

you stinky Mama

standing in da dirt?

i standing in da dirt.

you standing in da dirt.

hey do you see da tightrope?

i wanna take da bike off

a tightrope? i too small

i wanna flower

i wanna pink one

you do one. you do da pink flower, Mama.

Daddy has a pink flower?

all gonna make flowers

New Year's Eve

I was gonna do a 2011 review of my blog but... it's just gonna take up too much bloody time, frankly. And I just don't think anyone cares that much.

So instead, enjoy a video I made for Lovie's 2nd year:

2011 was another great year for us. My sweet girl grew so much and turned into quite the little girl (sniff, sniff she's definitely not a baby anymore). And I couldn't ask for anything more.

Here's wishing you all a Happy and Healthy 2012!

the serenade

For some time now, Lovie's been singing and dancing. It started at around 8 months when she'd climb her way up to her activity table and jam out to the music it played.

Ever since then, she's always bopped around whenever any kind of music comes on. At first her dance was a bouncing knees type of dance, then she started to add a step here and there, and now it's evolved into this bouncing-knees-while-walking-with-really-wide-steps dance. I do still need to get this latest dance on video because it's freaking hilarious.

The singing started at around a year, I'd say. She's always been a jibber jabber type of baby, but once she started to form words, she started to "sing". Then one day, several months back on our way home from school, she started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (close your eyes- trust me- and just listen to this video).

Well this past Sunday morning, Lovie decided to serenade us as the three of us were hanging out in her playroom. She sat down near her little toy piano and started playing it and started singing. I happened to have my camera on hand already since I caught a couple of sweet "Daddy and me" photos so I manged to catch some of the serenade on video. Enjoy.

So now when Ms. Thang becomes uber popular singer songwriter megastar, you can say you saw it here first. You're welcome.

Time

I'm still feeling like crap. The worst of it is how incredibly tired I am... exhausted... lethargic... what have you. Too tired to do much of anything, especially conjure up a blog post.

So let's go back in time, shall we?

This time last year, we were trying to settle into our new place, and I was the proud mama of a freshly turned 8 month old who was just... awesome.

See for yourself:

(Actually in that video she wasn't even 8 months old. Still as awesome as ever though.)

(Pickles was the first real food she LOVED. And I mean loved. And how brilliant was she to know to spit out the stuff that may cause her to choke since she couldn't chew it down? Call MENSA, people!!)

I can't believe I used to think she was a big baby. I mean she was but nothing like she is now. Hell, just the other day I didn't even refer to her as a "baby" but rather as "my daughter." I nearly cried as the words left my mouth. I'm so happy and proud of my girl and she will forever and a day be my baby, but the fact is that time isn't standing still for any of us- especially my Lovie. She's very different from these videos. She's a girl now. My girl.

Happy Labor Day weekend!

Wordless Wednesday: Picasso video

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My goodness do I love watching her... be.

Just saying...

Hiiiee

JUMP!

the way she starts her day at school

story time

The other day Lovie and I were sitting at my computer at home watching Wiggles videos on YouTube when my husband comes in (to the office) and asks if I've seen or heard about the video of the newest teen sensation who's video had like 26 million views because of how bad it is.

"You mean Justin Bieber?" I asked.

He chuckled and said, "No, this is a girl... Rebecca Black or something?"

I looked it up and found it and pressed the play button: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

We all sat there watching the video for a minute- Lovie on my lap, the husband to my right in his chair. Honestly, I didn't see anything wrong with the video and made a comment that money was spent making the video; it just wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The husband commented on the sound- the one note the girl used throughout.

Lovie just sat there looking at the computer when all of sudden she raised her hand and started waving it back and forth. The husband and I shot looks at each other like, "WTF?" and then started waving our hands back and forth, too, in support of our little lovebug.

That's when Lovie dropped her hand and started shaking her head back and forth No.

"You don't like it?" I asked, a little confused.

I let the video continue to play and Lovie raised her hand again and waved it back and forth- much like she does to the food on her tray when she's doesn't want anymore, shook her head side to side, and said, "No, no, no, no!"

The husband and I about died. The husband was SO proud at that moment.

I turned the video off and found a Wiggles video to bounce around to instead.


Do you think the song is that bad?

our weekends

every weekend

life is grand

Wordless Wednesday

tell me you've seen this? if not, you MUST watch. NOW!