Saturday, May 31, 2014

Huggies Box

The Huggies Box strikes again as Estelle's favorite toy. While on the phone with my parents she decided to stand the box up, crawl inside it to hide, then open it up to play peek-a-boo with us. Needless to say, we were all entertained.
 



Friday, May 30, 2014

Picky Eater

For the past 1-2 months Estelle has limited her food intake to a small select group of foods including: apples, bananas, waffles, yogurt, mac and cheese, fish sticks, goldfish, milk. Every once in awhile she would eat something else, but most times she was unwilling to even taste other foods. In the past week or so, she's been a little more adventurous and has started trying different foods again, which make meal times a little easier.
 
Here she is enjoying a spoonful of Nutella.
 
 

And here she is eating some frozen blueberries,


realizing how cold they are,

 
and getting over that to stuff her face.


Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Baby Girl

As I approach the end of my second pregnancy, I have been slightly overwhelmed by trying to get everything ready to have a second child in our home. I have had a couple of very productive days and think we have just about everything in order. Here are some pictures of the girls' room all set up with the new crib.



 
 

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Magic House

Saint Louis is full of many wonderful attractions, including The Magic House. Cindi and Marty took Estelle and Andrew there for a visit and walked out with a Grandparent's membership, which includes free admission for me, Estelle, Kelly & Andrew. We took advantage last week and went back for another visit. I had never been there before, but it really is an amazing place with tons of kid friendly activities for all ages. One of Estelle's favorites was the art room, where she got to paint.
 

Monday, May 12, 2014

Green Thumb

Estelle loves being outside now that the weather since. She often has a small tantrum when it's time to come back inside and tries to sneak out any door that is open to the outside. Here she is at Marty & Cindi's helping to water the plants. Hopefully she will take after her daddy when it comes to keeping plants alive!
 


Friday, May 9, 2014

Jewlery

Another project that I finished for Estelle was some bracelets and necklaces. She's been to other homes with older girls and has always loved to put on their jewelry, so I made her some of her own.
 



Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Quilts

This past year I finished my first five "couch quilts". They are 5'x5' and perfect for curling up on the couch with to watch a movie. I made one for my house, one for my parents and one for each of my nieces with their first initial. It was fun because most of the material was handed down to me from my mom. Everyone got theirs for Christmas this past year and it felt like a big accomplishment. Or should I say everyone, but us. I finally finished the binding on ours this past week and now it is ready for use! So exciting.
 
So this is the picture of our quilt. I of course do not have finished pics of the other ones readily available. I will need to collect them soon.
 

Monday, May 5, 2014

Diaper Box

Here's Estelle enjoying making a little bed out of her empty diaper box. She stayed in it for about 30 minutes and only got out to get her baby doll to join her.
 



Saturday, May 3, 2014

Blanket

We've been putting a small blanket in Estelle's crib for awhile now, but she usually ignores it or throws it out of the crib. When I went to check on her during her morning nap the other day I found her all wrapped up. And of course Minnie and her pillow were not far from her either.