Tomorrow is a special day.

Thanks to wholefoods and all of the vegan goodies, I was able to make a vegan chocolate cake for Lo's six month birthday. I did the same thing for liv on her half year birthday. I baked a circle cake and cut it in half to represent the half of a year. This time Liv got the other half to represent the half of a year she has been a big sister.

Tomorrow I will be making a vegan pizza to go with the cake.

It will be a fun little family of 4 party........

Sitting up.

Aside from the snots and lack of sleep, Lo decides to start sitting up on her own........YAY, Charlie!

Date night.

Well, even though the girls have been sick, Ry and I still took my parents up on a babysitting offer. We went to Buddakan. Had some Mojitos, Dirty Martinis, and pallette pleasing foods. It was great because they were able to give me an allergy free menu so I knew what I could have.

After dinner, we went for coffee an to the bookstore.

The best part was being able to be with Ry and have some great conversations (without kid interruptions).

We had an amazing time. The best part was we had $125 in gift cards and the total came to 125.66. We didn't even budget, it just came out that way. And now that philly's meters are 25 cents for every 7.5 minutes, we didn't come prepared with 7 dollars in quarters. We just said, screw it, we will just get a ticket. And, we didn't get one.......

great night!

Thanks meme and gpop!

Sure I can take it....

So, this week being super cold and not getting out for three days has been a true test. On top of that, finding out Lo's allergy results, Lo's first bad cold (her new name is Lottie Snottie), and now Liv has a fever and ear infection.

What else you got to hand me.......... I can take it!

This time next week, I keep saying to myself, we should be back on track......

Running on Empty.

Well, Charlie still has her cold and therefore has been with me every night. Now, Liv WANTS to be sick. Every time Lo coughs, Liv does.
AND, Lo's allergy bloodwork came back with a positive for dairy and egg (which we knew from the skin test) and a slight positive for peanuts. The doctor wants to keep a close eye on it to see if it raises or goes away.

We are trying to get back on our feet, but this weeks cabin fever sure is making it hard to do.

snots, snots, snots.

Well, Charlotte is having her first cold. So sad to see, she is only 6 months old. Liv didn't have a cold until her second winter (she was about a year and a half). I guess one of the joys of being a second child,is being exposed to older sibling germs.

Let's hope tonight is a better night. I am a wimp and when the kids are sick,I don't leave their side.

We all need a little sleep.

3 weeks ago.

I am catching up on posting videos. Blogger has been acting up so I found another way to post them....


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That's not my name (lyrics).

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in the walker.

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Liv's EVERY night routine with Ry. (to the T)

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double the fun.

Beige Beauty.

Saturday.

Liv and Lucy at the Coffee Shop.

snugs.

Some fresh air.

Charlie the Trooper.

I took Lo today to the hospital to get bloodwork. I was going to put it off for a few months because of her age, but I woke up today and thought "Let's just get it over with.."

I was literally sweating in the waiting room. When we took Liv at a bout a year, it was very traumatic. For all of us.

But when we went back, the nurse found her vein right away. It only took about 1 minute. The other nurse sat with me and distracted Lo. she cried, but not that much. She got over it very quickly. What a tropper!!

I must have thanked the nursed ten times in two minutes. I was so thankful it went so well.

Tucking Liv in...Part 2.

I have to give Liv credit, she is pretty good at going to bed right when we tuck her in and knowing she isn't coming back out until the morning. However, she still comes to her door once after I tuck her in. On the way back to her bed, she leads. She then climbs up over her bed rail like she is at a gymnastics class. I can't even explain it but it cracks me up (and totally annoys me at the same time).
It is almost like in her head she is saying, "how can I stall when my head is about ten inches from the pillow?" She uses the bed rail asa prop for her feet and props her body up in the air, then slowly lowers her butt....as slow as possible.

I give her credit, she turns a 10 second tuck in, into about a 60 second one. 6 times longer then needed.....pretty good.

Who needs a spa?

Who needs a spa? When you have a three year old, weighing roughly 26 pounds. Ry and I lay on the bed at night on our bellies side by side. Liv will walkup my back and then down his back over and over and over.

It is the perfect way to end a stressful day and right in the comfort of our home. Cost is nothing.... And it keeps Liv busy for a while.

Double Trouble.