11 Sweet Months!!

Lexi is 11 months today! In one more month I will have a one year old! Holy cow!! How on earth did that happen?? 

Lexi has had some pretty big milestones this month. She's now an excellent cruiser and gets around all over the place. She loves to walk around with her FP Stride to Ride puppy. She also has mastered crawling!! She's adorable. She'll follow me from room to room around the house. She's goes slow still, but is getting speedier by the day! She pulls up on everything, too. The coffee table, chairs, the couch, her toy box, the baby gate, the wall. She also has started to let go from time to time. She stood all on her own about a week ago for 7 seconds! I was so proud of her!! 

She's getting more adventurous. She'll crawl away from me to go exploring. She really is turning into more of a little girl rather than my little baby. 

Separation anxiety has really set in the past few weeks. It's gotten so bad that if she can't see me she flips out. I can't leave the room with out her, even just to refill my water glass. She's on stroller strike because she can't see me or touch me. I'm really trying to get her attached to a lovie of some sort. I've been sleeping with some of her stuffed animals and small blankets to make them smell like me in hopes that it might entice her to adopt one. I haven't slept with so many stuffed animals since I was 15 lol! Also, because the stroller is a no go, I'm not able to get out and jog with her like I was :( sucks... I have come to terms with the fact that to be in a happy mommy mood, I need my caffeine and morning jog. Mommy gets annoyed quickly if not... Staying at home isn't all sunshine and roses, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love my girl and I'm so stinking proud of her!!

 
 
 
 

Lots of Love, 

KJsbabe

Buyers Remorse

I feel like everything I've bought lately... I really didn't want. I'll buy something and then later say, "wow, this really isn't what I wanted". I ordered two things for my birthday and once they came in the mail I right away didn't like them. 

I was on the search for shoes. I wanted something that would be comfortable like a sneaker, something that I could walk a ways in and feel supported. But I also wanted them to be cute and stylish and to go with a bunch of different outfits. I found these Pumpa shoes on Amazon and they looked like they were exactly what I was looking for. They came in the other day and they are so not what I wanted. They're cute, but really uncomfortable. I'm super disappointed. These will be getting returned...

On my birthday I decided to treat myself a little a bought a skirt on Zulliy. It looked really cool in the picture, kind of more daring print wise than I usually go for, and I was looking for something I could wear to Lexi's birthday party. It came in the mail the other day and again, so not what I wanted. First of all, I paid $30 for the thing and it has a surged hemline, it's not even nicely finished, or lined for that matter. Pretty chinsy quality for the money. I've bought nicer things on clearance at Walmart... And then the print... It looked much more dark purple in the picture on line. This thing is like, bright red, orange, and pink! Way more wild than I usually wear. Ugh... And of course Zulliy doesn't do returns. I don't know what I'm going to do with it.

And do you know what else is annoying?? Every time I type the word "of" on my phone, it changes it to "if". Same with "so" and "do". Ugh!! 

Lots of Love,

KJsbabe

Birthday Blah

My birthday was kind of sucko. It was cold, damp, and I really didn't get to do anything I wanted to. KJ took the day off so I thought the three of us were going to spend the day together. Nope. He spent the day doing lawn work outside and pretty much ignoring us. He even invited SFIL over to help him... Just who I wanted to see on my birthday. 

I tried to take Lexi out for a jog. I figured some good excersize would put me in a better mood. I bundled us both up and we went up to the park. We jogged for about two minuets and then the screaming/ uncontrollable crying started. I thought, "oh she's just tired. She'll fall asleep in a minuet or two." Nope. Finally I turned around and carried her back, the only way to make her happy. I got to run less than a mile... Not a good work out... Not a good mood lifter.

In the morning DH said he would cook me dinner and to think about what I wanted. I originally wanted to have a nice little picnic, but with the yucky weather that was out. So, I thought going out for dinner would be nice. 7:00 rolls around, he's still working outside, Lexi and I are both hungry and it would be too late to go out with her anyways... So I made us chicken and rice... Totally what I wanted :/

So yeah, it was just like any other day and was completely unspecial. Silly me, I think it should be a special day no matter how old you get. Maybe I need to just grow up and get over birthdays...

Lots of Love,

KJsbabe