Twenty-two months!

Hello all, I have been so bad at blogging lately. A lot has happened this summer and I haven't been able to keep up.

Who crosses their feet when they swing? I think it's the cutest!

Where has the time gone? My not so baby girl has become a independent sweet grown up girl. I can't believe it! She has grown more this past week then ever! I feel like she has grown out of all her clothes and her hair has been a little more crazy than it usually is. I need to clean her room! Anyone want to help?!? I'm seriously taking volunteers because she has a lot of clothes and I am going to go through all these emotions I will quit before I actually get started. Does anyone else feel sad when they put away clothes their babies don't fit in? Or am I weird? haha don't answer that! :)

This face makes me happy!

This girl is a MAJOR jabberbox! She will tell you stories! She is talking like full sentences!!!! I've got to record this girl when she prays like it's literally the most adorable thing EVER! We have been sort of NOT REALLY potty training her. She tells us when she needs to go poopy but she hates getting on the toilet I don't know what I am going to do with her. She's pretty verbal when she needs to use the bathroom but getting her on that toilet is the hard thing. She will also tell you that she went poopy that day when you walk through the door but she really didn't. It's really funny actually. haha Lots of  favorite words include: "barney barney" "callu" "pad pad"(iPad)  "uubles" (bubbles) "shawiing" (swing) "shlide" (slide) "play" "toys" "daddy boom boom" (it's from a book okay) "brush" (which means brush hair or teeth) "ook" (book) "huk" (hug) "wav woo" (love you) "caseat" (car seat)   and she says the cutest "uh huh" when I ask her if she's okay or if she wants something specifically. This morning when our friend Courtney watched her she told that she was coughing and Alaina was like "okay?" Like if she was okay? OMYGOSH! It melts my heart! She is such a character I can't even stand it.

She's such a daredevil!

SIZE: She still wears size 4 diapers and I haven't weighed her in a while. She is between 18- 2t in clothes it depends on the clothes. I can sometimes get her in 12 months but sometimes they are too tight. I have put her in a onsie that was 6-12 months. I don't know clothes are crazy! Like I said IT DEPENDS!

LOVE HER!

Sleeping: This girl sleeps through the night still we "I" have been trying to put her bed earlier since it's getting dark at like 7:30ish already which makes me sad! I'm going to miss our long days. She still takes a nap in the afternoon it last about 2 hours sometimes even longer I think today she took a 3 hour long nap even with all the noise Sam was doing today. She is so good to us!

This is her "cheese" face!

So, we got a new play set like 3 weeks ago and we have had so much fun with it. I finally took out our camera that is having some issues but still takes wonderful pictures today. We have enjoyed this set since the day we got it. Today, Alaina was just such a sweet girl I mean other than her mini tantrum she threw right before nap time she was such a sweetie pie. We went outside this evening and just hung out with our girl especially since we have been working on our home all day long. That's for another post!

Who can say no to this face? 

Doesn't she look so big? It makes me want to cry!

She calls this little car her "car seat" haha

Sweet girl!

I can't believe that she will be two in 2 months! She is such a smart girl and I love every thing about her! 

XOXO

Teresa

20 Months!

Look at this sweet face! She's so adorable I can't help it! I don't know where to start with her she has grown up so much I can't remember everything! 

Sleep:  Alaina is still sleeping through the night, although we have had a lot of trouble putting her to sleep. She is constantly wanting us to read her books and as much as we have memorized each Dr. Seuss book that we own she doesn't stop asking us to read to her! Good thing we love her right? She practically has The Foot Book memorized it is insane!

Size:  She is in size 4 diapers and is in 18-24 month clothes. Which is perfect! I can sometimes fit her in 2T which is nice because I have a lot of 2T! I MEAN A LOT!

Food:  Welllllll, she eats almost nothing! I mean she does she is just a really picky eater. I wonder where that comes from haha! If you know me I am exactly that "A PICKY EATER" I have started liking things so you can't blame me for everything. It really depends on the day one day she will eat a hot dog the next day she won't. I have heard that it's normal that toddlers are that way... hopefully! 

Milestones: She is a talking machine!! I swear she says everything! I have heard her say full sentences! I know it's insane! The other day she was eating a chocolate chip cookie and I told her to clean her mouth. I literally turn around and she has a wet wipe in her hand cleaning her face. WHAT?! This morning she wakes up and I hear her sneeze and she blesses herself! I hear her say "bless you"! When I "accidentally" burp she excuses me! She still has her grunts and whines but other than that she is a BRILLIANT child! She says "please" of course we have remind her but she says it. When she wants more of something she says "mas" and for milk she screams "leche" I'm finally working on the spanish part. 

I have a wonderful child and I love being her mother! 

XOXO

Teresa 

About Us!

Hi, I'm Teresa I am a stay at home mom and wife. I am a wanna-be photographer. I like to craft and blog about my families adventures! We live in Streestboro, Ohio and we absolutely love it! I graduated with my Associates in general studies at BYU-Idaho.  Both my husband and I are from Dallas, Texas. I love to hang out with my friends, shop, and spend time with my family! 

This is my husband Sam! He works at the Sherwin Williams headquarters in Cleveland, OH. He is a Business Analyst. He is an amazing man, father and provider for this family. He has many hobbies that include playing basketball, volleyball, snowboarding, doing magic, cooking, playing racquetball. He's pretty much mastered everything out there! 

This is Alaina she is our sweet 18 month old daughter! She gives our life so much delight! She is really funny and spunky! Loves to say "no" and grunts to get whatever she wants. (we are working on that) She gives the best hugs and kisses! 

This is Beano our wonderful Jack Russell. He has been in Sam's life for about 10 years! I became his new owner once I married Sam. He has NO energy during the day but when Sam get's home he immediately has energy and is running all over the house! He is part of our family and we love him. 

Dallas Day 3

Friday:

We woke up and Alaina and Sam cuddled. She's so sweet in the morning! I mean ALL THE TIME!

That morning she found the cabinets with plastic stuff  and so she took them out!

We went outside and it was kind of cold but that didn't stop this girl! 

She's so cute!

I don't remember what else we did that day so I'll have to keep you posted.. 

Check out

Dallas Day 1

Dallas Day 2 

XOXO

Teresa 

Dallas Day 1

So a couple weeks ago we went to Dallas. Sam came with us and stayed for about 4 days and then left.

Wednesday:
Before the plane picture:

On the plane pictures...

We got to Dallas at around noon on Wednesday and Farrah my SIL came to pick us up. We went to Raising Canes! Seriously YUM! Just thinking about makes me hungry and then we went to go pick up the boys from school. We actually got there like 30 minutes early so we just played on the play ground . Alaina had never been on a slide before so she was super duuper scared at first but when she realized that it was fun she wouldn't stop! Oh and I forgot to mention that it was like 50ish degrees out I mean it was sort of cold but not like it was in Ohio so we were happy. Alaina was so happy to be able to run outside and be free.

Dallas Day 2

Thursday: 

We started off the day by going to the store!It was a little chilly in the morning so we waiting on going to the park till the afternoon. We were in Bluebell heaven.

The park!

 I even posted a few pictures this time on my camera so I have those on my memory card and can easily put them on my blog.

And she was introduced to chalk!

She was so freaking happy being outside! 

That evening my niece Alexis had a track meet so Sam and I put Alaina to sleep and we went to her meet at my old high school.

That's Alexis! She's running so fast you can barely see her. 

After the track meet we went over one of my oldest friends house. We stayed there until almost midnight and we were so tired! 

Here's a throwback. Last year we went to Dallas around the same time we did this year. The picture on the left Alaina was 4 months and the picture on the right Alaina was 15 months. 

Here is the link to Dallas Day 1

XOXO

Teresa 

Spring is here and here to stay...

OR NOT!!....

Just saw on the weather channel app says that it is suppose to sleeeeeeet on Tuesday!! WHAT!?!? Ugh! Well whatever the rest of the week looks seriously wonderful I think I remember it saying it would be like high 60s!

This past week we took every chance to go outside or to the park. We went to the park Monday night, Wednesday morning, and Saturday morning. Seriously!! EVERY CHANCE WE GOT! and plus Alaina loves being outside she literally cries when we bring her back inside... it's like she was born to be outside all day long!


House update:
I don't know what happened but we are for sure going to close on the house on Thursday which means that Friday we will have the keys to our NEW HOME!! I'm seriously so excited! I can't wait to get out of our town home we have grown out of it so quickly it's insane! Since we have the month of April to move in we will be painting and updating our home! Just a little TLC and it will be perfect!

Sam update:
He's going to Ecuador!! What?!?! He called me Tuesday from work and was like do you know where my passport is? I go yea it's in it's usual spot.. why? and he goes I'm going to Ecuador! The first thing I did was SCREAM! What?!? I want to goooooo! Yea right if ONLY!! In my dreams right?! ONE DAY! Well he gets another stamp on his passport where it has a million places already stamped! :)

Alaina process:
She's wonderful! She did a somersault this evening right before bed and we got it on video! LOVE HER! Oh, and she got a new ride and has been riding it ever since she got it! Thanks Sender Family! :)

She loved stepping down and going back on the sidewalk. 

Her teeth are just so cute!!

She got mad that we wouldn't let her walk in the mud even though she was already muddy.