My PB + J

a wwyd post

Last week I went in for another 4D ultrasound and during that visit I had planned on asking Dr. Pacquiado her November schedule to have her deliver the baby. Well, when she walked in she had papers in her hand and had all ready booked my little man’s eviction date. When she handed me the papers I immediately said, “no”. You see, this entire pregnancy I have had my mind set on his birthdate being November 1st, or rather, All Saints Day. I figured since a lot of things during this pregnancy have not gone in my favor I would at least choose my son’s birthdate, isn’t that a benefit of having a repeat c-section anyway? Well, that date on that piece of paper has me down for November 2nd at 8:00 am. When I pretty much told her no, that I had wanted the first she pretty much told me that my only option is to come in on Halloween for another amnio and then I could have the first. Am I being totally unreasonable? Or, would you go with your gut and go for the birth date that you have envisioned during your entire pregnancy? I still have some time to let her know, she wanted me to discuss this with the hubby and to my dismay he agreed to go forward with it.

So, my dear readers, I am asking for a yay or nay on what you would do and opinions are welcomed.

big girl bed & sleep training round two

Ever since we had to live in a hotel room Payton refused to sleep in the pack ‘n play and started sleeping with us. She had been in her crib since she was four months so this was a major adjustment for the hubs and I, especially with the lack of room with my growing belly. We have been back in our house for over a month and she is still in our bed. We tried tricking her into sleeping her in the crib and she would scream bloody murder until we took her out. We decided that it was time for a big girl bed so we went out on the hunt for a mattress that didn’t break our bank and some bedding. We had some set backs with her convertible crib and after everything we were only able to use the headboard. Most of the boxes that were in her room have been unpacked and we are finding ourselves trying to think of ways to reuse most of the black damask that was in her room before, rather, projects for me on refinishing and covering all things black to make things white and more girly. Now that there is at least a bed in her room we need to get her to sleep in her bed on a regular basis. She went down for a nap in there on Friday and stayed in there for three hours so I do have hope, it’s just how do we get her to fall asleep on her own again? It was a lot less painful when we put down a four-month-old who would scream for tops ten minutes but now she can do some marathon screaming that lasts about an hour. What did you do you to get your toddler to sleep in a big girl/boy bed? Did you shut the door, put a gate up? I am looking for all advice and suggestions on how to get a child to sleep in a big bed, the clock is winding down, t-minus eight weeks…
Last week when we put her bed together she was so excited to wake-up from her nap to find a big girl bed in her room. She kept jumping up and down with excitement, I know she understands what’s going on especially since there’s a baby coming. See her excitement for yourself, and please ignore my half naked baby, empty boxes and my annoying voice…thanks!

Evi Luna Boutique Pettiskirt Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway! I hope that you browsed my shop to see what 

I have to offer. In the upcoming week I will have holiday clips available so keep your eye posted

 for the new arrivals! 
The winner chosen via Random.org was comment #15 

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splash time!

This morning my sweet ‘lil sidekick and I headed out pretty early to beat the sun and people, literally. We made plans to meet Tessa and G at the Tierrasanta pool at 10 am to get a nice shady spot. Well, when I pulled up I was the only car and then minutes later Tessa pulled up, jumped out of her car and said let me check the hours. We totally beat the crowds by two hours and the sun my thirty minutes. Luckily, there is a nice park right next to the pool so the girls were able to play in the sand, climb the jungle gym and eat their fair share of grapes, cheese and crackers. By 11:45 we were practically banging on the door for them to let us in. This was the first time I have taken P to any sort of water park, she’s done the pool but that’s always on my terms since I have to hold her, etc. This pool is so perfect for the ‘lil tots because a). it’s gated b). the deepest area is about two feet deep and c). there’s a water slide. I know I will be taking her back several times over the duration of Summer, I just need to remember to check their hours before hopping on the freeway. It was a great morning and now my sleeping beauty if off dreaming of the day she can wear her too cute to handle Ruffle Butt’s bikini. Tell me again why they don’t make matching mommy ones too? ha! 
noming on grapes. 

the top one is blurry but they’re both looking and smiling saying “cheese”. the bottom one G wasn’t having it but P was again saying one of her fav words these days, “cheese”. 

so excited when she first step foot into the water. it’s like one big bath tub, but just more fun and you don’t hear mommy yelling, “stop splashing!” a bazillion times. 

ugh. too cute to handle. 

T helped her at the top while I tried snapping her coming down. So much fun once the out-of-control tots moved out her way. 
coming in for a snack. 

Oh! Ruffle Butt’s thank you for having a killer Fourth of July sale. I love these little tooshies! 

BlogHer here I come!

I’ll be Child Free at BlogHer '11!

Breathe. Take. A. Deep. Breath! I finally and I mean finally purchased my BlogHer conference pass. I have wanted to attend BlogHer for a few years now and when I saw that it would be in my backyard I knew I had to take advantage and go. I told hubby about it when I first saw that tickets were on sale months ago but like most things in my life I would forget about it, revisit it, dwell on the fact that my job sucked ass and knew I wouldn’t be able to get two consecutive days off so I blew it off. It wasn’t until two weeks ago when I revisited the website for the umpteenth time that I asked hubby again and he said “of course, why wouldn’t you go?” sigh. I really do have the best hubby ever. I am now obsessing like everyone else that is attending for the first time.

What am I going to wear? I mean I am six months preggo. 

What parties, events am I going to attend? Should I register for any of the geek bar sessions? 

What if I don’t see the two people I actually know, like know in real life. Will I sit and be awkward or be a social bee. We know I have these two social characteristics. 

Are you going? Have you been? If so, please say hi to me…

See ya next week fellow bloggers!