Safina Helping in the kitchen! She loves hanging out while mommy cooks and cleans! She was stirring some marshmallows in a bowl!
Wow 2010, so weird! Woke up late this morning, thank you Safina! Snuggling on the couch watching the big fluffy snowflakes fall down, they are so pretty! Trying to get the motivation to shower and go shopping! The fun kind of shopping, not for food! Hope everyone had a fun and safe New Years! HUGS!
Day 53: January 2, 2010
Quiet morning, just hanging out. Then we ran a few errands, and Safina was sooo good, so we let her ride one of those electronic car rides in the mall, she really enjoyed it! After that we headed home for a nap! Tony and I decided to do some re-arranging and get the house back in order. I now have a studio upstairs, since the basement wasn't going to work, and he has a man cave in the basement! Uncle Andrew came over to watch Safina so that Tony and I could go to our office holiday party! (hahaha it was just the 4 of us, but we had a great time!) We went to a restaurant called Merge. It was pretty good. Tony loved his dinner! We had a great time, and a nice visit!
Day 54: January 3, 2010
Quiet day again! Safina and I met up with Gigi to look at a house today! Then we had breakfast at the Pancake House, yummy! Then we spent the rest of the day cooped up at home! It was nice!
Day 55: January 4, 2010
Little People on parade!!
Just catching up with things around the house. Didn't really do anything today. Sorry, I am boring!
Day 56: January 5, 2010
"Brother are you sleeping?"
Yay! Babies day! Started the morning by dropping Safina off at her Nonna and Pappap's house, then headed off to Rocha-cha! I met the G Family's twin boys! They are simply adorable! Mom and Dad are doing great and look wonderful, and big brother Jack is so awesome! I had a wonderful visit, and got to snuggle with babies all day, how could that be wrong! Jack is a riot, and I had a great time hanging out with him as well! I gave him his late birthday present (kiddie golf club, bag, and balls) and he kept calling them his golfing balls, too cute! What a wonderful visit. When I got home Tony and I just snuggled on the couch and enjoyed a quiet evening.
Day 57: January 6, 2010
Well Safina was still hanging with her Nonna and Pappap today, so I had a whole day to myself. What to do??? I ended up cleaning the house top to bottom, then running a bazillion errands! It was a productive day, but I missed my little girl so so so much! When she got home we hung out and I stole lots of hugs. After the princess was in bed, it was time for Family Game Night! My bros and their hos (hahaha) came over, as well as mom and her friend Bob! We had a great time! I love my family!
Day 58: January 7, 2010
Another low key day! We didn't even leave the house! Safina and I played all day, and just hung out. She is really working on her talking skills and now does a little sign language. She can say "more" "eat" "all done" and "help" in sign language. She also says "daddy", "cracker", oh and another new animal noise! Piggy! But it sounds like "onk, onk"... so cute!
Day 59: January 8, 2010
"STOP. THIEF. GIVE ME BACK MY BAG!!!"
Daddy was home today, so we did lots of running around! I am starting a Biggest Loser competition with my moms group, so I had to go weigh in ::dread:: Then we went to the Niagara Falls Outlets, to exchange some shirts that Tony got for christmas! I also got an adorable wristlet from coach for christmas, but I have so many of them, I went to see what else they had to exchange. I found this adorable wristlet (but it is more like a small purse)! So in love, it was near impossible to pick a color... and I still don't know if I picked the right one! Safina also loved Coach, I am training her well, and daddy just looked at me and was like "oh no!". After Safina's nap we went on a little shopping excursion but didn't really get anything. Just fun to get out! Then back home for dinner and beddy!
Day 60: January 9, 2010
"Don't I look pretty!"
Safina just loves looking in the mirror! Daddy had to work today, so Safina and I are going to hang out at home and get ready for dinner with friends tonight! I did a great yoga workout this morning, but Safina didn't like being ignored and kept dropping toys on my head and feet! Thanks sweetie!
Safina was so sweet at dinner. Our friends have a 4 month old little girl, who is just beautiful! Safina kept playing peek-a-boo with her (totally all her idea too, so adorable!) This kid is a heart breaker!
Day 61: January 10, 2010
Hitting the pavement! Went for my second couch to 5k run today! It is cold, but it feels so good to be doing something for myself. I am determined to keep this up. I am so tired of stopping things half way through.
Later we hung out with Uncle Andrew and Aunt Janet at their house! Safina chases their poor kitties everywhere! She can even say Beau's name! As we were leaving she was saying Bye Beau and blowing him kisses! So cute!
Day 62: January 11, 2010
Yoga again! She keeps leaning into me while I am in a pose, which makes it that much more challenging! Didn't do much, a few errands in the afternoon, and just hanging out. Worked out with Joella tonight which was great to catch up with her and get back into our routine!
Day 63: January 12, 2010
"my diabolical plan!" ::evil grin::ok well not really. I am itching for a party! Tony is going out of town in March for a guys weekend, and I am thinking, GIRLS NIGHT! My mind is racing with ideas! I can't wait!
On the reality side of things, we had a great visit with our friends today! William and Safina are so cute together, they gave each other kisses when they left! After her nap, we are off to the doctors office for Safina's 18 month appointment. 18 MONTHS... my baby is a year and a half old... how did this happen?
Day 64: January 13, 2010
(I didn't take any pics today... so here is one from another day)
Today was mommy's turn for a doctor's appointment. Ugh! Everything is fine, just thought I hadn't been in a while so probably should go. I got two shots, yay fun! Spend the rest of the day at home trying to be productive. Got a lot done, but not as much as I had wanted. I made Tony his favorite dinner, Ribs! I also tried a new recipe for sweet potato's... so yummy, will be making this again! After dinner my brothers and their girlfriends came over for game night and we just hung out and had a great time!
Day 65: January 14, 2010
I can't believe I did it. I actually got up early and went for a run! I am still in shock! After my run we had a playgroup this morning! Safina had a great time playing with her friends! She loves having other kids over! And Mommy loves having other mommies over! After nap time we ran a few errands and then took daddy to dinner! Safina was so good sitting at the table and keeping busy. I gave her some of my french fries and showed her how to dunk them in the ketchup... SHE LOVED IT! We had a great family night... so sweet! Love all the laughs! Why can't she stay this age forever!?!?!?!
Day 66: January 15, 2010
LOVE THIS KID!
Day 67: January 16, 2010
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
Day 68: January 17, 2010
"Cheese" photo shoot this morning, but first I went for a jog! Way to go me! After that off to EA to pick up my little girl from her Gigi's. Then a quiet day at home.
Tubby time, I just love tubby time and so does Safina! She keeps drinking/dumping the water on her face, and the faces she makes in reaction are hilarious! So I had to bring my camera in and get some shots! I just love that little doll face girl!
Day 69: January 18, 2010
My last doctors appointment for this month. Why did I schedule them all at the same time?!?! Safina was so good just hanging out in her stroller. After that we headed to playgroup and had a great visit with all of her girlfriends! We may attempt the grocery store this afternoon, but we will see ;)
Day 70: January 19, 2010
So behind... I will get pictures up soon, I promise! Scouts honor. Today our buddy William hung out with us while his mommy went to the doctor. He is getting so comfortable with us, plus he is so darn cute! After Safina's nap we went to Weggies! We just love it there! Other then that, not much going on.
Oh another trick I am doing with her, is when we are in a store and there are toys or stuffed animals, I take her to look at them, and usually let her look at the stuffed animals, and I say "hello _______ (whatever the animal is, and then make the noise too)!". She usually laughs, and then I say, well Mr/Mrs. animal has to stay here, so say good bye. At which point she will kiss it and say bye bye. She does really well with it, and I am hoping it will allow us to avoid the "I want it" as she gets older.
Day 71: January 20, 2010
Playgroup at our house today! Safina is totally enjoying having all her friends over. I think she missed all the interaction! So lots of fun with our friends, then a long nap while mommy tried to get some stuff done. Just around bedtime Uncle Andrew and Aunt Janet came over to hang out with us, so Safina was showing them how she does somersaults (well mommy helps, but she LOVES doing them)! After she went to bed, we watched Labyrinth, old school, but such a great flick! Ahhh the memories!
Day 72: January 21, 2010
A day of Firsts!
So my adorable daughter joined me for a lunch date with my good friend Jill! Thai food, so yummy! She loved the Jasmine Rice, but even more surprising she ate the tofu! I was pretty shocked. So we brought some home and I am going to see if she will eat it later, or if it was a one time thing. She also used a purse for the first time. I gave her one of my old purses to play with and she was carrying it on her shoulder and filling it with her toys!
She is also saying "Shhhh" whenever she sees someone sleeping, or in a bed. She loves putting her dolls to sleep. she covers them up and says "Shhhhh".
We have also started using Time outs! It seems to be working. When she does something wrong, I say "Safina please stop, if you do it again you are going in time out". Then if she does it again, I tell her "I asked you to stop, and you didn't, you are sitting in time out now." and I put her in the time out spot for 30 seconds while repeating "you are in time out because you didn't listen to mommy". Now if I threaten her with time out she usually stops. I don't just say it, I do enforce it if I need to, so I think it is working.
Day 73: January 22, 2010
Yoga with Joella this morning! Which was peaceful! Then Safina and I hung out the rest of the day, went for a walk! She loved stomping around in the snow and then she discovered eating snow, and I couldn't keep her away! I taught her the important lesson of "do not eat yellow snow"! Then when daddy got home from work, I got a much needed mommy night off! Went to dinner and a movie with Joella, we went to see Avatar, very cool and amazing movie!
Day 74: January 23, 2010
Another intense yoga day, what a workout! It felt so great! Gigi stopped by for a quick visit! Then we just hung out the rest of the day. We had Uncle Kyle and Aunt Sarah over for dinner and played wii! So fun! We have a master surgeon in our family! Dr. Kyle, at your service! HAHAHAH! (we have a surgery game for wii). Safina had a ball being chased by her Uncle Kyle!
Day 75: January 24, 2010
Went for a run this morning! What a pain, but it felt great! After that my mom and I went to a wake for a family friend. Very sad. I have such a hard time dealing with all the emotions that come along with death. I get so emotional, and I just can't control it. So it was a hard day.
After that we went to go check out mom's new house with more details. We walked around making a laundry list of things that need to get accomplished! We have a project on our hands, but it has so much potential! I kept joking that we will be eating A LOT of pizza in the next few months, since we will be over there helping her strip wall paper, and painting, etc!
Then we ended the day with a great family night! Andrew, Janet, Kyle, Sarah, and Mom all came over for a big spaghetti dinner and then we watched the Extreme Makeover Home Edition (the buffalo one), and hung out! We had a great time, we love spending time with the family.
Day 76: January 25, 2010
Went to playgroup today! On the way though I realized the brakes were bad on my car, so we just hung out at home the rest of the day, then when daddy got home we drove out to drop the car off. So we will be house bound for a day or two, so much for getting errands done!
Day 77: January 26, 2010
"Dude where's my car?" ugh... at the mechanics! Gettin' new brakes, yippee!! So Safina and I are stuck at home all day, which normally wouldn't be bad, but I have a MILLION errands to run... oh well. Instead we had our good friend William and his little sister Madelyn over to play! William and Safina are really starting to interact while they play, and that is just so neat! They are such a riot!
Day 78: January 27, 2010
We had playgroup at our house this morning. Safina had so much fun playing with all her friends.
"Dude where's my car... still!" Since Tony had to work last night we couldn't get the car. So today is his half day so we headed out in the afternoon to pick up the car. After a few errands, we went over to Amanda and Eric's house to help design their living room! The girls had a great time hanging out and running all over the house! Safina was caught doing something I told her not to, so we put her in time out, where she cried the whole time, but then when she got up, she remembered not to do what we asked her not to... so it worked! What a fun day, but I am exhausted!
Day 79: January 28, 2010
"Cool!!!" I got Safina up from bed, and was getting her dressed on her changing table and she points to her sunglasses, so I put them on her, and she goes "cool!" It was the cutest thing!
"tion" That is the word for lotion! When Safina was done with her bath, we put lotion on. She gets very excited about this part, it is basically the only way to get her out of the tub, since she will play with her toys, even after the water drains out! So I say, "Safina, look, lotion! Let's put lotion on!" So she jumps out of the tub, and helps me run her lotion in! Sometimes she tries to eat it!
So two photo shoots today! First a newborn, she was so itty bitty with a very pretty name: Amari. I also had a one year old's birthday pics! So much fun, just love the kiddos!
OH and a side note... I am totally not loving the new nickname my husband has for my daugther. Nert... what kind of name is Nert?? It comes from the formal name Feenertia... which was his prior nickname for her, which comes from Fee, which comes from Safina... and he has now condensed it to Nert.
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Letter to my Daughter!
I LOVE YOU! You are my everything! There are no words to express the joy and happiness that you bring to my life! You are simply an amazing little girl, and there could be no prouder mom! Hugs and kisses, you are my world!
love,
mom
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Day 80: January 29, 2010
Hair Twirler. I did it (still do occasionally) and now my daughter does it! I don't think I have really done this in front of her which leads me to believe it is hereditary. Which is nuts!
Hung out with Tony's aunt and her kiddos today! Safina did so well playing with them for a few hours, she just loves big kids!
Day 81: January 30, 2010
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"Oh what a night!" Little miss decided to wake up at midnight (which was when I was going to bed), and then was up till 4am. Mommy is exhausted! I have no idea what was wrong. It could be teeth, I gave her some Motrin, but it didn't seem to help. She would not go back to sleep. So it is going to be slow going today.
I had a maternity photo shoot this afternoon, which happened to be someone I went to high school with, such a small world!
Safina is staying at Tony's aunts house tonight, so we had an afternoon all to ourselves! So we drove around looking at houses and made the mistake of stopping at a new build model home. It was love at first sight. Unfortunately it is out of our price range, and not sure the cheaper ones are the layout we want. bummer!
After that Dinner with Andrew at Smokeybones, then we passed out on the couch at 9pm... so tired!
Day 82: January 31, 2010
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A whole Sunday morning to myself... what to do? The house is so quiet... I should do yoga, catch up on laundry, clean, work on a craft project. Instead I snuggle up on the couch and read. I am becoming such a book worm... and I love it!
I had a shoot this afternoon with an itty bitty! so cute!
Then yoga/pilates in the evening with Joella!
