Vacation

Here this week, we are on vacation. Okay, just me and Dylan. Okay, just me. My mom is on the real vacation while I am on a staycation. I have heard of those things. Well, it will be the week where I will finally start getting some stuff done around here. Like starting my scrapbook that I brought supplies for a few weeks ago. Adding patches onto Dylan's orange and vanilla gdiapers. Going to the eye doctor (did that one this morning and got my eyes dilated). Taking Dylan for her 15 month check up. Hanging out with friends old and new. Getting the oil changed. Writing in the blog. Updating the Barefoot Books pages. Watching all the felicity and other recorded shows off the DVR. Going to the Lion King on friday for our big 6 year anniversary. Having a weekend to spend with my family. Going to the Pumpkin Patch. Taking dylan to her first concert, Elizabeth Mitchell. Seeing the Jim Henson exhibit.


What else?


I think we have a very busy week ahead of us.

YAY!!!

Bounce House

Last Saturday, We had a wonderful time at Jackie's 30th Birthday Party. She was so kind to rent a Bounce House for it.


OMG!! Dylan had so much fun. She loved it. I think we will be heading over to Airtastic this fall/winter for tons of fun.

Party!!

Easter

Today was Easter. I notice that most of my friends on Facebook were wishing a happy easter but a good few had some messages about the Lord, God or so on. That would bring up a great question for us and our family. Should we raise Dylan to be religious? Should we celebrate religious holidays like Easter? Easter is one of those holidays that are very religious. We went to three different families houses for Easter. Everyone of them had their own way of celebrating Easter.

What will be our way? Next year, we might have moved at that point and will be starting our own traditions. Are we going to go to church so she can understand why there are things like Easter and Passover? Should we find out ourselves? I would like her to understand the non-commercial aspect of these holiday (Christmas included) at some point.

Or we could just do nothing at all.

I read a blog post from Adventures in Babywearing about how they do not celebrate Easter at all. I don't think we could not celebrate Easter but I don't think we will get her more then just one item. Or we can turn it into a volunteer opportunity or work our garden (one day...). Perhaps teach Dylan the beauty of nature. Go on a hike, ride our bikes or go to the ocean.

At one point we will start to define our own traditions for our family. But for now, we will enjoy going to three different families all on one day. It was a great day and a great weekend.

There she goes...

There she goes

There she goes again

Racing through my brain

And I just can't contain

This feeling that remains

--Sixpence None The Richer, There She Goes

At about 2:15pm this afternoon, I got a text message saying that Dylan crawl for the first time for a toy. She spent all afternoon crawling away like she had done it all her life. I missed it all. At least, her father missed it as well.

My little Wiggleworm

After months of debating Naperville's Music Together or Chicago's Old Town School of Music's Wiggleworms, we went with WiggleWorms. I wanted to sign up for that class if we still lived in Chicago. It would be a no brainer. But we live out here and do I really want to be driving out to the city once a week. There was Naperville's Music Together here but it was so expensive. Plus, after Dylan's extreme reaction to the singer on saturday, we cannot put off putting Dylan in a music class any longer. She loves it.

First class starts April 29th. It will be fun.

I'm sticking with my veggies, ma

Today, we introduced ground Turkey to Dylan's diet. I prepped it by just frying it up. I blended it then serve.




She was about in this outfit for about 30 minutes at the most before she took one big bite of the ground turkey then threw up all over her clothes. She started out with gagging then throwing it up at the same time. Then I quickly cleaned her up and gave her some sweet potatoes with multi-grain rice cereal. She did not want to believe me that I could give her something other then the turkey so she refused at first. Then I put some on her lips and she opened wide.

The moral of the story, she is sticking with her fruits and veggies for now.

Dylan's First Tooth

This post was going to be all about the mommy & baby yoga class that I was going to go to today in the city but I got called away to babysit Liam. So this new post was going to be all about the adventures of Liam and Dylan today but I discover something really cool.


Dylan got her first tooth. I discovered it while feeding her a HUGE meal. She had 2 oz of pears, 4 oz of plain/pear yogurt, one puff and 4 oz bottle. She was one hungry little girl. She had a half of a puff in her mouth when I discover the little sharp pointy thing in her mouth. She did not want me to touch her mouth. She was abnormally fussy today with no nap taking early this morning. Then car nap taking on our way to Shannon's. She did not want me to hold Liam and herself at the same time. She fell asleep while in the car seat on the way home. So I really don't know when the first tooth happen today but IT HAPPEN!!! I have been loading her up with a homeopathic teething stuff for the last few hours of the day until she fell asleep. She went to bed at 6pm as well. Hopefully, she will get a great night of sleep. Cross your fingers.