Mad Baby is 4 Months Old

This week Mad baby turned 4 months old. It's been a quick 4 months!

What you NEED to know:

• Mad Baby really isn't mad anymore! She's a happy happy girl now!


• Her favorite things are milk, rolling over, "standing up", her big sister, and SLEEPING! (Thank you baby Jesus!)


• Her hair is definitely going to be dark, maybe even darker than Isabella's.


• Her eyes are still kind of a bluish color, but they are changing for sure.


• My best guess is that she weighs in the ballpark of 11.5 - 12 lbs. Officially the teeniest baby I've ever know that was born fullterm.


• She is still rocking the newborn and some 0-3 month clothes.


• She is in size 1 diapers.


• And she still loves to be swaddled.

There really isn't that much to tell about a 4 month old! Her well child check is Monday and I will have more stats then. I'm not looking forward to her having to get shots, but thats how it goes.

Planking: Everyone Is Doing It

Just this week I found out about this new craze called planking. Well today I came out of the bathroom and found Isabella like this....

Even my two year old is cooler than me!

A Little Awkward, A Little Awesome

So, Im in a blogging mood. Rare, I know. Here is a little insight into out life as of late A&A style.

A little awkward...

Having a beautiful amazing baby who I've only mentioned maybe twice on this blog. :(

Realizing that you have befriended a crazy person, and that person lives right across the street from you.

Having your 2 year old tell everyone in sight excitedly "I PEED" every time she goes to the restroom.

Finding a dead squirrel in your kiddie pool. How.very.tragic.

Having people come over regularly and seeing what my house looks like on a daily basis. Yikes!

Finding ONE grey hair while fixing your hair on you 29th birthday. :(

A little awesome...

Having two sweet baby girls!

Being 23 lbs under my pre pregnancy weight!

My new friends...love love love them. (not the crazy ones mentioned above)

Jonathan getting a raise this year that is exactlly enough to cover the cost of Isabella's preschool and gymnastics. Woot woot!

Having someone to go walking with every night, it keeps me accountable. I've lost weight and the adult time is amazing!

Summer....pools, sunshine, popsicles, long days, and late nights on the back porch.

Going on a date with my husband for our birthdays and seeing the funniest movie ever.

Shopping at Ikea with a fellow shopaholic.

Finding good sushi in Sumter!

3 Month Comparison

Isabella 3 months

Madelyn 3 months

Sometimes I think they look alike, others not so much.

Get Real

(Madelyn is in her swing asleep and she toots.)

Isa: Excuse you, Mama!

Me: That wasn't me, that was your sister.

Isa: Get real, Mama, you can't toot in your sleep!

Me: Yes you can.

Isa: It's okay, it's okay, you tooted.

Can't win with that kid!

Birthday Pictures

You birthday party in GA:

Your actual birthday, a small party at home with friends:

Your official 2 year old photo:

25 Months and Counting

As you all know I have my ups and down with this blog. I try to be better and I am, then I slack again. Vicious cycle. So, there are many things I don't blog about and I can easily shrug it off. Today I realized I never blogged about Isabella turning two. Sad mommy, bad mommy.

So here is everything you need to know about a 2 year old Isabella.



What can I say about you, sweet Isabella? My little noodle turned toddler in the blink of an eye. I guess I will start out by telling you that you are truly loved by everyone who meets you. You're sweet, outgoing, and funnier than I knew any kid could be. People are just drawn to you, you're that girl. I guess you are like your mother in that you never meet a stranger and for some reason your mouth never, ever, stops moving.

At your two year well check up you really impressed the doctor. You talked her ear off and told her that you loved her watch. You even told here that you would like to have it. (I would have liked to have it too, so shiney and diamond-y!) Although she declined your request you were still an exemplary patient as always. (By the way, keep that up, seriously!) At two you are a towering 35 1/4" tall and and 23.2 pounds. Is it obvious that you have your daddy's body and not mine? I think by the time you are 5 you'll be taller than me. Everything checked out as above average to exceptional, you are one special girl!

The things you love very best are Dora, playing outside, your big girl bed, books, and your daddy! The things you love the very least are sleeping, wearing clothes, messes, and Santa Claus. It's so fun to watch you every day as you explore and learn new things. As you are getting older the way you interact with everything around you is changing. Some things in the past that you have completely shunned are now your favorite and things you once loved aren't your "thing" anymore. Hey, by the way, welcome back to the meat eating world.

You say the funniest things and always keep my laughing. You're big heart and sweet soul are even more beautiful to me than your perfect little face. These are the things I think of when I think of you. Your compassion for other people and other things amazes me every day. I am proud to be your mommy, and I wouldn't trade you for anything. You are going to be an amazing big sister. Even if you are a little jealous at first, I know that you will be good to her, because that's who you are. (Oh yeah, I'm pregnant, but that's another post!)

Oh and before I forget, thank you for being awesome and making potty training a breeze. We started on Dec 30, a Thursday, and by the end of the weekend you were going all day accident free. You are a super star, my dear. It's been 3 weeks and there is no looking back, diapers, as are most baby things, are a part of your past!

Most importantly remember that at 2 I love you, as I did when you were a tiny embryo in my tummy, and as I will when you are a teenage girl making my hair grey. You are now and will always be my Isa!

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Here is my girl, sick again, deeply involved in an episode of Dora!

Holy Deja Vu

Today at lunch Isabella was doing her usual terrorizing of the refrigerator and I was shocked at how tall she looked standing there. All of the sudden I remembered taking some pictures of her doing this exact same thing when she was much smaller. I whipped out my camera and grabbed a few shots while I had the chance. While she was napping I started looking through my pictures and found the "original". What a coincidence that they were taken almost exactly a year apart. Look how she has grown! I can't even think about it, it makes my head hurt.


January 14, 2011


and just a short 369 days before....




January 10, 2010.

Wordless Wednesday

What Do I See?

I was noticing this morning that there are a few sights that have become somewhat permenant fixtures in our home. To give you an insiders view I thought I would share a few things you might see in our house...

• ME, in my sweats!
• Shoes all around the shoe rack in the front hall.
• All my beautiful throw pillows, on the floor.
• Isabella in various states of undressed.
• Babydolls everywhere.
• Something camo in ever room (things my husband hasn't put away!)
• Little People all standing in a perfectly straight line, because that's the way Isabella INSIST that they live.
• Dora Dora everywhere!
• More and more pictures of Isabella, because all her pictures turn out great!
• Food on the floor because no matter how much I sweep my child can junk up the floor.
• A glass of water sitting on the table by "my" chair. I can't get enough to drink!
• Baby gear starting to creep it's way back out of the closets.

It's not exciting, and sometimes it sure isn't pretty, but I've started accepting this as my new norm. This house, and all its sights, they are our home!