Memorial Day Weekend (Looonnngggg)

Well this actually starts Thursday... Thursday night we went to Auntie Ashley's to give her the other half of her gift. The half that would allow her to play the first half of her gift (Guitar Hero World Tour bundle & Guitar Hero Aerosmith). Ash was playing in the water at the sink with Delilah and since it was bath night & she was already at the sink, Ash suggested a bath. So Delilah had her first irish bath. It was interesting to bathe her in there but I think I'm just going to be sticking to the rainforest bath tub we have LoL Especially after Delilah bonked her head on the side of the sink- her lil noggin was ok though! Auntie Ashley was kind enough to take pics for me :-)

Also Thursday Delilah was doing the sippy cup herself! I'm so proud of her! Of course we have it rigged up so that some comes out regardless but she surely showed what a big girl she is by holding it herself.

Friday I took off to spend the day with John & Delilah. Ash said the night before she wasn't sure if Jon had off so I called her later (John didn't know I was taking off until the day of) & said that if Jon didn't have off we could all go to Applebee's together for lunch (instead of dinner like she & I were going to do.) I called Friday morning to see if Jon had off & ended up talking to Jon. I told him what I said to Ash about lunch if he hadn't had off & he said that we should go anyway. So John, Delilah & I met Jon, Ash & the kids at Applebee's for lunch. It was yum yummers!!

Saturday the Rawlings clan & the Williams clan all went to Reptile Land. It was so much fun! Shawn enjoyed all the snakes, lizards, etc. It was fun seeing him look at everything in his little boy wonderment. Landon chilled in the stroller & Princess Delilah insisted on being carried throughout. No stroller for her! In the one builidng where they have the snakes, lizards, etc. Delilah & I were looking in to this one exhibit with alligators. I had Delilah up to the glass and this one little shit got pissed & lunged at the glass at Delilah! I've never seen something like that. Good thing that glass is strong!!

Before Reptile Land we all went to Bonanza for lunch where Delilah sampled her first tiny bite of vanilla ice cream. She made the cutest face (of course no camera)- I'm not sure if it was the taste or the coldness of the ice cream but I can't wait to see that face again!

Yesterday we had a Memorial Day picnic at my mom & dad's. It's been a tradition for the now past 3 years to have Ash & the boys be apart of our family cookout. Along with Ash, John, me & the kids my grandma & my brother, his girlfriend and her daughter were also there. Shawn had a blast playing bubbles with Kayla. He also had a super fun time running through the hose as Uncle John sprayed him. Landon... not so much. Mommy doesn't think he's going to be much of a water baby. I'm apt to agree. He was however very well behaved sitting in the highchair usually deemed for Delilah.

Today Delilah tried apples & blueberries!!

Also today we had a poopsplosion... Delilah was sitting in her highchair & suddenly she was concentrated & grunting. We knew it was the poopy. I went to get her out to change her & then to take her outside while daddy went to pick up puppy poop. Prior to this she had been playing with her sippy cup dumping water everywhere. Anyway, I picked her up & saw she was wet. Thinking she soaked herself with the sippy cup. Yea.... not so much. She was wet from her poopy leaking out the front top of the diaper. She also had a mess in the back, as well as poopy on her leg AND on the highchair seat. Ugh!! She again, got an irish bath... and again affirmed why I would rather stick to the rainforest tub we have. She bopped her noggin :-(

I was so excited today... we were all supposed to go to the Middleburg pool with Ash, Jon & the boys. We got ready (Delilah was soooo adorable in her swimsuit!) and met Ash, Jon & the boys at Dollar General in Middleburg where we followed them from. We get to the Middleburg pool (after an almost wrong turn ;-) ) & discover they're not open. Off we head to the Selinsgrove pool (again with a wrong turn LoL Poor Jon!) to find that this is also closed. From there we decide to try the Norry pool & then if that was closed we were going to give up. I decided to call 411 so I could call & see if they were open rather than driving there to find they weren't. Yea- June 5th. I also tried calling the Sunbury pool... also closed. We decide to come back to our house so Shawn could at least run through the hose. On the way up the one ramp to head across the bridge I said to John I wish we would've bought that pool we wanted (a nice sized blow up pool that adults can fit in with the kids)... we could've stopped on the way back but thought of it after the fact. SO, Ash & I ended up heading back towards Selinsgrove to go to Walmart to get the pool. $55 later we were headed back to our house with the pool. John pumped it up & "filled" it with water (a few inches as it was getting late). Yea, Delilah and Landon so did not like it LoL Shawn loved it- as did Ash & I but Delilah & Landon wanted no part of it. I'm thinking it was because the water was too dang cold but what can ya do? LoL I'm hoping we get to all go to the pool together sometime soon.

Operating the sippy cup alone

Irish Bath


Reptile Land!!




The day before Memorial Day Picnic

Apples & blueberries!

Poopsplosion

First pool excursion

The force is strong with this one

P.S. We are ~not~ Star Wars freaks ;-)

I got it!! I got it!!

Yay!! Finally!! We got a.... ~FACE~!!! Last night we gave her some mangos out of the fridge. I didn't warm it in the microwave or anything so of course, it was cold. After that first spoonful there it was- the face. Not over a new veggie/fruit mind you- but just a cold fruit LoL

Yesterday John went for a walk & ended up at Auntie Ashley's to visit. Landon & Delilah got to play a bit and Ashley got some really cute pics she generously shared with me for blogging :-D The one pic is just too funny- Delilah's hair is standing up because Landon had just licked her head LMAO!

John has this thing about getting the perfect picture to photo shop a light saber in Delilah's hand. First we tried with her rattle that looks like a microphone. It didn't look right. Next John found our small, black flashlight & has been trying to get just the right pic for it.



The Face


Light saber pics take 2

It was bound to happen...

I knew it was only a matter of time before it happened... John has been testing the fates of goop since Delilah began gooping. While I showered before we did our bedtime routine, John was playing with Delilah in the bedroom. After finishing up in the shower, I walk in to find him laying on the bed with her held up in the air over his head. As I was dressing, he was making her "fly" a few more times before our little airplane had to come in for a landing. And that's when it happened... that's right- Goop! And not just on his shirt but right on the side of his lower face/neck area LMAO Serves him right ;-D That shirt was done for the night!

Since going back to work I haven't felt that my time with Delilah has been all that horribly shortened. I have in the morning before work, at lunch time, & then when I get home until she goes to bed (which we've kept her up a little later because of this) but tonight I really did. It made me feel sad and that's not a feeling I'm ready to deal with. I've been doing well with this whole going back to work thing. And while I don't want to get used to it as I feel I'd be betraying her in a way, I don't want to be upset about it either. My darling, two toothed little boo... how I love you so :-)

Marina- Yay!! & Mangos- Yum!!

Today was a busy day. First my mom & dad came down to help us take some stuff to the dump. Goodbye ruined things of cats past! After that John & I went to see the new Wolverine movie- I loved it!! That's no surprise ;-) Then off to Walmart (ugh!) for some supplies.

This afternoon Auntie Ashley & I went to the marina so Shawn could play & Landon and Delilah could swing. We got in a good 10 minutes before the rain began. After some playground fun we went over to Ross's for some yummy icecream. We had lots of fun!

After our trip to the marina, I returned home and that's when I decided that Delilah need to try a new fruit. Mangos!! She absolutely loved them :-D Of course this time she actually made a face... and of course, this time John missed the perfect shot >:-\ Enjoy some pics below.

Shawn giving the little ones a push

My little love

My favorite little red-headed monkey

My favorite little imaginative genius :-D

Mangos- mm, mmm!!

And a video for your enjoyment

6 month pedi appointment

Today was Delilah's 6 month pediatrician appointment. Besides the crying & screaming it went pretty well ;-) The crying started as soon as I lay her down on the scale to be measured & weighed. It stopped when I picked her up but started again as the nurse took her temperature (you try having a thermometer shoved up your rump!) and also while the nurse measured her head. As long as I was holding her she was ok- but as soon as the pedi started her exam she was crying again. And don't get me started on the shots!! Poor baby :-( It was a tough day for her- no morning nap, pedi appointment + shots, 3 hour nap after I fed her when we got home, & grumpy the rest of the night.

Anyway, her stats are:

Weight- 16 lbs 4 oz
Height- 2'2"

Delilah's 6 month pics are finally ordered! I can't wait to get the pics :-D I went a little crazy ordering prints but I sure as heck got a lot more for my buck than I would've at S.ear.s!!

Tomorrow night Auntie Ashley & I are getting together to work on posters for the boys' birthday party. I can't believe Shawn is going to be 3 and Landon is going to be the big 1!! Where did the time go?! I am so excited to give the kids their presents. We got Shawn the Wonder Pets flyboat, 3 Wonder Pets viewmaster cartridges, & some art supplies. For Landon we got him this Fisher Price Laugh n Learn Tool "box". I still want to get him something else but I'm drawing a blank.

TGITDBF!! (Thank God it's the day before Friday hehe)

On the hunt again

So I had so much fun hunting for that last tooth that I just had to go a-hunting again :-D Delilah has her 2nd tooth in!! Like last time, she was a grump for about 3 days, and then magically she was ok. And there was that toofer!!