I have a confession.

Well, I'm starting a new section of my blog. It all started this afternoon when I did something shameful (more on that later...). Then it hit me; I should confess this on my blog! Not sure why airing embarrassing things to the public makes me feel less ashamed, but it does. So get excited for my first Sunday Confession:

I ate fluff out of the container. 

I scooped out spoonfuls of fluff, dipped that into peanut butter, and ate the whole thing. 
Multiple times. 

Happy lunch to me! 



My "What I'm Lovin'" List

I had to use this idea because it's fun and I get to think about things/people that make me happy!

MODG!  I heart, heart, heart modgblog.com x100!  Sitting down at my computer to get caught up on old  MODG posts with a sleeping baby and a Great One (DD Great Ones make me SUPER-happy!) is heaven!  (Mary, I totally give you full credit for discovering modg, but you really should be looking for more fun blogs and let me know...it's like music while you're away.  It's your job.)

Alyssa and Scarlett loving each other.  It makes me so happy that they are there for each other--they have no idea that they'll be each other'd best friend, but I do!  I have two sisters who are my very best friends and I'm lovin' the fact that Alyssa, Scarlett and Louisa will have that security in each other.  They're sisters really more than cousins!  (and soon I'll have pictures of Louisa with the girls--she will be here in March!)

Valentine's Day 2011

Repotting my plant.  I love that I realized (after a week of watering & sunning) that my plant was dying due to it's super-duper teeny pot.  Once I repotted that baby, BAM!  All was right in it's world and it is happy and green and that makes me happy!  Especially since it didn't take my mother coming over and harping on me for not taking care of my plant!  I feel like a grown-up!

Scarlett's mobility.  She can crawl everywhere and can walk along furniture and walls.  After being slightly concerned by the fact that she wasn't crawling at 11 12 months, I'm relieved that she was just a late bloomer!

Clean floors.  I'm lovin' clean floors because they make me breathe easier when Scarlett's all over them!

Daydreaming of REALLY fixing my house.  I have colors already picked out for the siding.  Chocolate brown or slate blue.



Seattle's Best leveled coffee.  It's awesome--I brew level 5 and it tastes like Starbuck's Caffe Americano!

Sales, sales, sales!!!  I love buying (baby clothes especially!) items at a discounted price.  It's even more fun when I go home and tell Tyler!  Our conversation goes a little like this:

Me: "Guess what I paid for this super-awesome, sweater." 

Tyler: "$20."

Me: "Nope!  Only $15.  Normally, it was $99.50, then TJMaxx's price was $70.00, then $35.00, then it was on super-sale for FIFTEEN DOLLAHS, MAKE YA HOLLA!  WOOHOO!!  I am a bargain shopper, welcome."

(He's doesn't get as excited as I do about my savings, but he should.)



I also am a recent lover of aerobics.  Anything that gets me exercising without me really knowing it, is a good thing, but on top of  the fun of it, there's fun, happy music, and peer pressure to really make me work hard.  Love it!

The View.  I just love the ladies from The View and I love to disagree with them.  Also, I usually love Whoopi, but I think that she acts a bit superior to some of the ladies(Sherri, which I kind of get because she is a little annoying!)/guests and seems sometimes bored by the conversation.  Perk up, Whoopi! 

A few more...

Tara, Dr. Jean, Discovery Toys, Funky Monkey snacks, NY&Co.

There's Only One Carrot...

LOVE THIS SONG!   Runaway Baby is hilarious, fun, and kinda reminds me of my sister, Molly...!  Ha!

Bruno Mars (mbmusicblog.com)

Terrified.

Um, yup, that pretty much sums it up!  After I spent the day with my favorite two (of three!) people in the whole entire world, I feel terrified of having more babies.  And then I feel like a horrible person.  But holy cow, two is a lot more work than one.  There just seemed like there was no down time.  With just Scarlett, when she naps, I get a breather, but today the naps were at seperate times.  Fantastic.  And I have lots more days with two babies...my sister's ex decided that he doesn't have time for Alyssa until the 18th.  Woohoo!  I'm pretty excited about our days of fun with Little Miss because on top of all the hard work, Alyssa was really a lot of fun!  She is the most funny person I know and the things that pop out of her mouth crack me up.  And then when I tell her she cracks me up, she tells everyone else they crack her up.  I was literally laughing all day.  So it was really fun, but now I am exhausted.  As much as Alyssa loves Scarlett, she also loveds to steal her toys and munch on her fingers.  (weird!)  When I caught her doing just that, I looked at her like, "what are you doing?!"  And Alyssa said, "I'm just tasting her fingers.  Them tastes like beef."  HAHAHA!  Hilarious!  And what do you even say to that?!  My day was filled with lots of kisses from little girls, more funny Alyssa quotes, lots of conversation hearts and "peanut butter fluffernutters," bumped heads (and that's putting it mildly), and seasame street (to keep Alyssa from literally closing Scarlett's eyelid and saying, "close ya eyes, shhh, go to sweep!").  Phew!  I guess it was just a glimpse of what my life will be like in a couple of years.  It's terrifying.  But definitely adventurous and worth the work.  I'm heading to bed, but I'll leave you with these pictures from the past week or so:



Alyssa



What we did during the Super Bowl!

Rex, buttering up Tyler!

The Downside of Being A Mainer

So I'm sitting here on the couch, next to my sleeping baby (yesss!), feeling all fashionista-ish in my Gap tunic and New York & Company jeggings (with an elastic waistband and they're NOT maternity.  Score!) when I read this.  FFFFFFFFFFFFFF.  For reals?  No more skinny jeans?  I'm juuust jumping on this trend b/c I thought it was a no-go post baby/pre-baby, let's be honest.  Turns out, jeggings are my friends and I'm finally realizing it.  Guess that's what I get for living in Maine.



PS--I feel like this new fashion trends needs to be a secret from Tyler because I just went crazy at the mall, like 5 days ago, on all new jeggings and tunics to go with them.  He might just cry.  Super-secrets.

PPS--I love the fact that I blame my location for my lack of fashion sense.  Hey, that works!

"No More Waity, Katie."

I want this.  Bad.  It's completely frivolous, but so much fun! 

And how patient is our kitty, Rex?  Scarlett makes clicking noises like I do to get Mr. Rex to come see her.  I swear she says, "heeex." 

She's almost walking by herself; I predict just a few more days!

Cute baby biscuits!

Happy Scarjo!

Scarlett's (almost) ONE.

Scarlett had her first birthday party!  Her actual birthday isn't until the 19th, but Tyler's family was in town the weekend before, so my mom decided to host a party!  BOTH sides of families were there, together, for the first time. Quite a scene!  Her party was a success, so that was fantastic that it worked out.  My absolute favorite part was her outfit!  I found a great Etsy store called Sticky Noodles.  I had a lot of changes and a close deadline and still Brandi managed to get the outfit to Maine a day early.  Amazing!  Pictures to come!  (or you can get a sneak peek and check out my header!)

PS--HAPPY 2011!