LifeStiles of a Wife and Mother

Monday, March 21, 2016

Weekend was a ball!

This weekend we did not have any swim lessons because of spring break. We decided to spend our Saturday getting Easter pictures taken (will post those later), and having lunch with Mimi and Poppa. She got a Puff the Magic Dragon puppet from them and we ate corned beef and cabbage...yum...

Sunday after church then nap, we decided to go to the Tulsa Children's Museum for the first time. We had a blast! Elena's favorite part was definitely the ball pit. She kept going back for more! Sorry for the phone quality pics.

Easter pics coming soon...

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

V-Day and Spring!

I've done really bad with keeping up with my blog. I have a lot of updates! First, we'll talk about Valentine's Day...

Valentine's Day was a lot of fun this year. Last year, Elena was itty bitty and not as aware of everything. She is always such a happy girl! Now that she has her Pluto we got her, she goes and grabs it anytime Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is on.

The wedding cake ornaments I had made for my husband for V-Day. The right pictures are the actual wedding cakes.
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Two of the charms I got along with my new Pandora bracelet from my husband!

The heart is Elena's birthstone and the rose is from Beauty and the Beast, my favorite Disney movie.

Delicious cake from my mother-in-law!

Elena in her adorable V-Day outfit! The crochet heart she is holding is made by me :)
shoes/tunic/unicrown

In the outfit Mimi got her and the Pluto she got from Mommy and Daddy!

Elena now has 11 teeth and is repeating/trying to repeat everything we say. She says so many things now, I can't even name everything. But just yesterday she said binkee (Brinkley is our dog). Happy and bubbles are my new favorites she says. She also says byeee!! to the dogs every time we leave the house. It is so cute. I have to be careful how many times I say bye to them because she will keep going back to wave and say bye as well.

Oh, and about my crochet projects...here are some that I have done lately. I am currently working on another HP blanket from this blog here.

HP blanket 1

Baby chick

Bunny garland

Carrot bag

They come in adult size too!

Easter baskets

We already have this Easter basket with Elena's name on it, and I already have things lined up to fill it with! Easter is only about 3 weeks away and I just love getting cute things for my girl!

1. Monogrammed bunny-I just ordered this grey one with her name monogrammed in pink. She loves stuffed animals and this will be a cute keepsake

2. Headwrap-this is just too adorable and so stylish for little girls!

3. Bunny Bracelets-sadly these are sold out, but I have several bracelets from this shop and love them!

4. Shorts-These will match the headwrap perfectly and they are so cute for spring!

5. Peppa Pig coloring book from zulily. I knew I wanted to get a coloring book because she loves to color, but I wasn't sure what type until I saw this!

6. Minnie Mouse bowling set-what better way to expand a toddler's mind than with learning how to bowl! I firmly believe in learning through play.

7. BB8 Bunny-if you are a Star Wars fan, this shirt is just too adorable! Blue is the only color left, but I think It's still cute!

8. Bubbles-just because we love them

9. Toddler snacks-always a must!

10. Easter Mouse book-and of course her Easter basket wouldn't be complete without a book!

Have a happy day!

XOXO

Amy

Friday, January 22, 2016

Valentine's Day

It's been a while since I have posted on here. I've been busy keeping up with my girl and crocheting! (I'll share more on that later).

Valentine's Day will be here before you know it and I just wanted to share a few of my favorite toddler items.

While Elena doesn't really care what her clothes look like, I love dressing her cute. She has been super into unicorns lately and we have many unicrowns so I just had to add this one to the collection!

1. Heart Unicrown

2. Heart on my sleeve shirt

3. Bear and Bunny PJ's

4. Fleece lined jeans

5. Valentine's bracelets

6. Mouse book

7. felt mailbox

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Elena - 12 months

*I'm a little late on posting this blog, her birthday was November 4th.*

How is my baby girl a whole year?! Time has surely flown by, but I'm glad I get to be this girl's mommy.

STATS

Height: 28.5 in

Birth: 20 in

Weight: 20 lbs

Birth: 8 lbs 14 oz

LOVES

Miss Elena loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (hot dog dance anyone?), her elephant walker, being with Mommy and Daddy, her doggies, huge stuffed animals, bath time, the zoo, and BOOKS!! You give that child anything in the world, but if she sees a book, she goes right after that. We have a little bookworm on our hands

HATES

Not much in this category. Hates being away from Mama and Dada at the moment.

TEETH

8 teeth total. I think the molars are starting to come in as well.

EATS

She has had less of an appetite lately because of her teething. She still nurses when she wakes up and before she goes to bed. Her bottles at daycare are whole milk. She will only take her milk in a bottle and it HAS to be warm, she only drinks from a sippy if it's water. She loved her birthday cake!

SLEEP

We are so lucky that she has been sleeping through the night since 2 months. She sleeps from 7pm-6:30am on the weekdays, and 7pm-7:45am on the weekends. When she is not at daycare, she takes a 2 hour nap at 10am, and a 2 hour nap at 3pm. At daycare she takes about two 30 minute naps.

WALKING

She started taking steps the day after her birthday. She can walk across the room, but she is still not walking all the time. She has reasoned out that she can get to places much faster by crawling

TALKING

Her speech is really starting to develop. Some things she can say: Mama, Dada, baba, God, good dog, uh (uh-oh), hola, Ella (her friend), nigh nigh, away

We had her birthday party on November 7th and she had so much fun! We are so blessed by our friends and family.
Here are some photos from her party. I made all the banners and her high chair tutu. The cakes are from Target.