
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Hook 'Em Horns

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Lady Bugs and Bumble Bees
I saw this company on the Food Network yesterday. John and Kira are based out of Philadelphia and make the cutest chocolate candies. It's such a great gift idea or for events like baby showers or weddings. I had to share!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Blast from the Past
I got this idea/site from Summer's blog and had to do it too! How funny are these? I'm sure I could pull out my mother's yearbook pictures and we'd look identical! haha These are just some, not all. Enjoy ;)
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Scares Easy?
I have been having problems/situations with Ashlyn alot lately of getting very easily scared in most simple situations. A stranger in the same room could look scary to her, my friends mom that would never be scary was telling a story of a bear she saw and she growled and Ashlyn was scared to death crying for me and took her time to get used to her again. Today I took her to ChicFilA for lunch and let her play on the playscape, child freaked out and was crying, for what I dont know unless it was the loud noises kids were making. She is very reserved in public situations, like today at story time, no way would she get up and dance and stretch with other kids, she had to sit in my lap and ended up not even listening to the story time she'd rather play by herself on the train table. In any new surrounding she takes awhile to warm up to people and the environment once she feels comfortable she will then play or interact. The animated show on tv "It's a Big Big World" with the big sloth, she has always been terrified of that thing, which I think he's cute, but yet she can watch other stuff like Ursela on Little Mermaid ??? So I just want to know if this is normal behavior of a 2 year old (girl) most boys I know didnt exp this. Will she grow out of it? Any suggestions?
From what I remember and was told by my mother, I was very shy around other people, birthday parties, groups and liked to be by myself and I think Luis was like that too ;) Maybe it's genetic? I just want her to develop better social skills. Thanks for listening and I'm curious to see if any of you know what I'm talking about ;)
Oh and as far as the night time issues, she STILL gets out of her bed. We had a crib at our house but when we moved we had to use what my mom already had here which is a full size bed and i have the rails on the side, but she will climb out mulitple times and either play or lay on the floor etc. It's a battle now between her and I. It doesnt seem to register to her that I say NO or that she gets in trouble every time she does it. Hoping this is a phase, bc for 6 months now she has never gotten out of bed, she just would stay there until I would open her door. I guess i'm starting to experience the ...."Terrible 2's" !!! OH MY!
From what I remember and was told by my mother, I was very shy around other people, birthday parties, groups and liked to be by myself and I think Luis was like that too ;) Maybe it's genetic? I just want her to develop better social skills. Thanks for listening and I'm curious to see if any of you know what I'm talking about ;)
Oh and as far as the night time issues, she STILL gets out of her bed. We had a crib at our house but when we moved we had to use what my mom already had here which is a full size bed and i have the rails on the side, but she will climb out mulitple times and either play or lay on the floor etc. It's a battle now between her and I. It doesnt seem to register to her that I say NO or that she gets in trouble every time she does it. Hoping this is a phase, bc for 6 months now she has never gotten out of bed, she just would stay there until I would open her door. I guess i'm starting to experience the ...."Terrible 2's" !!! OH MY!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Bored? check out this blog
I got this from my friend Amy's blog. So if you get bored check out these AWFUL cakes, it's hilarious! And make sure to see the favorites in the right column. CAKE WRECKS
Friday, August 15, 2008
Napping Advice?
Ok...so Ashlyn has never been one to easily go down for naps or bedtime. Lately at night she has been getting out of bed alot and laying next to her door or playing which she gets in trouble for. Even after I spank her more than once she STILL gets out of bed, sooo frustrating. She won't fall asleep till at least an hour or so after I put her down. Probably because she wakes up late, then naps later and by bedtime she's not tired. So today I woke up earlier (815) and wokd her up, got her dressed fed her breakfast, then I showered and got dressed. I took her to the park which then got too hot so we came back home and we swam for alittle while. Then I fed her lunch, potty and off to nap (1:15) And still she's not falling asleep!! It's now almost 2 which will put us back on a late schedule. She normally naps 2 hours. My question is, what is your routine with your toddler and how long do they nap? Should I cut it back an hour? She has to nap or 5 oclock comes around and she's ready then to nap. It's really getting frustrating having to constantly get onto her to shut her eyes and go to sleep. Especially when I have plans, first I'm waiting for her to fALL asleep then waiting for her to nap so the process alone is at least 3 hours of our day. Then night time comes and she takes forever to fall asleep.
Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated!
Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated!
Anyone there?
Where is everybody? Not alot of you have been posting lately. But I assume like me, nothing has really been going on that deserves a new post huh? Anyone watching the olympics? I love women's gymnastics and so happy for the girls tonight winning gold and silver! And what about Michale Phelps in swimming, he's amazing! Ashlyn enjoys watching both the swimming and gymnastics, she now does her 'nastics' and runs across the living room really fast and throws herself onto the sofa and then stands up with her arms in the air! it's so cute! Then I'd help her do a handstand and she stands really good, me holding her legs of course. And then she'll watch the swimming and comment on how they are using big arms to swim. So now I'm debating..dancer? Gymnast? Swimmer? Guess I'll just start with one and go from there until she can tell me what she really loves.
Nothing else is really going on. Just wanted to check in with everyone, give y'all something new to read ;) And yeah I'm having issues finding a blog background that I love, so I'm settling on this, I need a blog makeover!
Until next time...have a good weekend! CIAO!
Nothing else is really going on. Just wanted to check in with everyone, give y'all something new to read ;) And yeah I'm having issues finding a blog background that I love, so I'm settling on this, I need a blog makeover!
Until next time...have a good weekend! CIAO!

Monday, August 11, 2008
Luis at work
Thursday, August 7, 2008
So You Think You Can Dance!!!
I have been a dedicated viewer of one of my favorite shows "So You Think You Can Dance!!" Tonight was the season finale! This season has had amazing dancers. It was down to the final 4: Twitch, Joshua, Katie and Courtney and I couldnt even vote because I had no idea who I wanted to win, they were all that good! The two guys, had no previous training, just street dancers. I thought for sure Katie would take the crown and win, she deserved it, she was amazing in every single dance especially partnering with Joshua, they were majic together. When Katie and Courtney were told they were not the winners, it was down to the 2 guys. I finally made my decision, I wanted Joshua to take the crown, I loved Twitch, but overall Joshua was the better dancer and if Katie couldnt win, Joshua had to...........and HE DID!!!! Tears of joy were shed tonight, I LOVE THIS SHOW! Made me really want Ashlyn to get into dance since it's such a great avenue to pursue and I love watching it. Ok I'm a happy girl tonight, glad he won.
You have to go watch this 'popper' from this season, he's awesome and so entertaining! they had a popper battle tonight and he won:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZOOTl_zue0
On another show.....
Anyone watching Army Wives? Another great show!! So much drama, not all realistic but still love watching it!
You have to go watch this 'popper' from this season, he's awesome and so entertaining! they had a popper battle tonight and he won:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZOOTl_zue0
On another show.....
Anyone watching Army Wives? Another great show!! So much drama, not all realistic but still love watching it!
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