mmm...Wednesdays

Sorry for being gone... My blog is apparently too full of pictures so I had to figure out how to get around that, which took a while. For those wondering— I am now uploading through photobucket and it's not as convenient (yet) as blogger, but it does the job.

Wednesday was magical. Scott managed to get off work really early (only an eight hour day— this is something to celebrate), the weather was amazing, and Janie was hilarious. All of these things add up to success.


Plus we ran into neighbors. Which, when you have neighbors as awesome as ours are, makes for a good night.

I sure love having these two cute girls right downstairs. It doesn't hurt that Jane is obsessed with Elise. I'm not so sure Elise feels the same way, but she does a great job tolerating the baby anyhow.

We ate noodles outside. We now have to feed Janie on the go, she won't hold still long enough to eat.



I thought it was a great idea to take pictures of Jane in the leaves, considering I hadn't yet and the leaves were already dying.

Except Jane thought that chasing her friends was a better idea. The only time she held still was when I was a million miles away.

The rest of my photos look like this. Yes, she bear crawls in dresses. What a lady.

Once it started getting dark (and after Jane cut her lip open... again...) we went inside to make some fistula cupcakes for Scott's creative project. I am obviously very skilled at making hands out of frosting. I'm sure the medical professionals Scott gave these to were impressed.

Meanwhile in the pantry...
Janie spent her night emptying everything from the pantry into a pile so that she could use it a a step stool to climb higher into the pantry...

I was grateful that she was unsuccessful in her above attempts to open the hot chocolate powder.
Jane has moved from sticking her tongue out in every picture to scrunching her nose. We think she's hilarious.



Playing with Daddy.

The last photo isn't awesome, but it shows how quickly her little teeth are coming in.

Jane vs. Gravy Boat

Once upon a time this cute little climber (seen here waiting for her daddy to come home)

decided to pick a fight with our gravy boat.

It's hard to say who won... 

But we sure were glad Dr. Daddy was home to get her all patched up. 

She somehow managed to get a bazillion cuts on her hand in the split second smash. Poor girl. It was her first real "owie", but after getting Daddy snuggles, a binky, bottle, AND Curious George... she just might smash things more often.

Butterbeer

Once upon a time we decided to make butterbeer from this recipe.

Scott and I thought it was pretty nasty.

It was kind of like marshmallow soda. We decided if you like creme soda normally than it would probably be pretty tasty...
But we had lots of fun drinking it and playing Harry Potter Scene It with our friends anyway.

In other news:
Janie is all of the place and even took a few steps *gasp* the other day! Maybe she will walk at some point after all. She is also skinny-ing out. It's awfully cute to see her little girl face, but I miss the chub as well.

Princess Jane ascends her throne.

Jane thinks this is how to smile.

Weekly Goodies

Pity smile.

Teeth!

The apple addiction continues:

The other night Janie thought the curtain was attacking her... I couldn't stop laughing quickly rescued my poor confused little girl.

Janie loves being messy so she has taken to hiding when she thinks I might wipe her face (note she took her apple with her).

Pumpkin bread for breakfast.

Pigtails!

Janie learned to open up her snacks by herself... this means she has gotten a TON more independent.

We frequently have pizza playdates with Mel and Sadie, they're basically the greatest. Do you like how we coordinated with our kids?

Jane LOVES bananas still. It's kind of become an obsession. The other day I came home with the groceries and she went from bag to bag until she found her beloved bananas. She then proceeded to enter freak out mode until the banana was in her mouth. But I thought the sticker was appropriate.

Now that Jane can reach the table she will feel along the edge until she finds what she wants. She can't see over, hence why she is Helen Keller-ing it on the right.

Once Jane learned how to open her snack container by herself she started getting really independent. At first it was just with snacks, but it soon carried over to play time. She now is very good at playing by herself (at least for the last three days). I am counting my blessings, this has been a real struggle for her, she needed her mama by her side to do anything for a very long time. I have been trying to help her learn how to play on her own** and I think it has finally paid off.

**For those wondering... I would usually start off playing with her and slowly scoot her off my lap (she liked to be touching) once she was distracted and not touching me I would sneak out of the room/out of sight. It also took a lot of self control to not check on her if she was quiet. Of course sometimes I would glance in for safety concerns, but I would try to be very discrete. In the beginning she knew the moment I left, but over time she would be able to play on her own for longer and longer. I also started having sections of the kitchen that she could play with on her own while I cooked/cleaned in the kitchen so that she knew she didn't need to be on my hip the whole time.

Growing Up is Hard.

Yesterday Janie learned an important lesson.

"What a funny thing to find..."

"Actually it looks like fun."

"...Fun to eat that is!"

"hmm... maybe this other one tastes different."

"Nope. About the same."

"Let's try the right again."

After much testing,  Janie concluded that unwashed potatoes taste like dirt.

*sigh*

Family Pictures

My awesome friend, Kim, offered to take our family pictures for us in September. She did an awesome job and I'm really excited to have them printed so we can put them in our [currently empty] frames.

***Post Edit: For those wondering, she took these pictures at Hawthorn Glen Park in Tosa.

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