My life with kids

Could I BE any more distracted?

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:43:00 +0000

I keep meaning to post here and then I find something else to do instead... you know, like change a diaper (awesome!) or eat some cheese (don't worry I totally wash my hands after I changed that diaper... I think...) or spin in circles and try to do the Hot Dog dance while keeping my boobs from bouncing out of my old stretched out nursing bra. I know I am like the epitome of hotness! Try not to be jealous, OK!

Really though I have been just absorbed in watching my girls. Avery is learning so fast I find myself just staring and watching her observing things and figuring out how things work. Her vocabulary is growing like crazy with both good words and bad... Daddy likes to say fuck a little too much and Mommy has a tendency to yell out DAMN IT HUMPHREY!! When our precious little kitty tries to tackle my legs while I am attempting to go up or down the stairs... (luckily she hasn't picked up my dear husbands other favorite phrase... Douche bag...)

Isabel also keeps me busy with her fun game of squirming to get away and whacking at my face while screeching and then screaming and trying to climb back onto me the second I put her down... Also, shoving random things into her mouth and then crawling away at full speed. She will be 10 months on the 21st and I have a feeling she will be walking by then. She is growing up too fast! It is making my baby fever even worse!! Of course my husband can't wait to get snipped...

Im a total pro at slacking off...

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sat, 29 May 2010 05:18:00 +0000

Has it really been almost 2 months since I last posted on this here thingy... Apparently I've been busy (or easily distracted... hey glitter!)

Anyways, April was Avery's "gymnastics" class. Really they just called it Wiggly Giggly... and I wouldn't really call it a class, so much as it was a congregation of three 19 month old girls trying to do 50 things at once. Oh look a trampo... a ball...a pony...a ball...trampoline...bean bag...ball...ball...ball...SLIDE...trampoli...no BALL!!!

Then came May and Avery's Terrific Two's mommy & me preschool class. Basically herding cats around a class room full of toys and paint and glue and GLITTER!!! (yay sparkly!!) what was I talking about...

Oh, right... So, my collection of baby art projects has begun. Avery seemed to enjoy painting and she definitely LOVES to sprinkle glitter on things, but there was just too much stuff there to distract her so she never sat to paint longer than 30 seconds... Or maybe that is all the time she needed to create her masterpieces.

Avery definitely has a love of music. One of the biggest distractions in the class room was the bin full of cymbals, drums, and bells. She sure can shake a mean bell, we work on that a lot at home because Jingle Bells is one of the few songs I know... What? You don't sing carols all year? It's no secret I love Christmas songs... my ringtone is Dean Martin - Marshmallow World, but I digress...

So, Avery loves music, I love Avery, I need to find a music class for her.

Let's move on...

Isabel of course comes to all of Avery's classes. She isn't much of a participator, but I don't want to push her... She is as cute as ever and can roll from back to tummy and then whine until I roll her back over. She is a good napper, and pretty chill most of the time.

Also, she is a master at spitting up as soon as I put her in her car seat. There is almost nothing I hate more than spit up in a buckle... Oh well, cute people can apparently throw up and poop on you and still be cute.

Totally has enough hair for clippies!!!

We will be in Florida next week. Taking the girls to visit the Grandparents (my Mommy and Daddy) and most importantly FRIZZY (my dog). The Frizz is15 as of April 11th, and may not be with us much longer, so... yeah. That's all I have to say about that right now...

Here is Avery with the best dog ever last May.

And here she is now...

She is getting so big!!

A Purple Kind of Day

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:23:00 +0000

A year ago today the world lost a smile. Lost a giggle, lost precious curls, lost bright blue eyes with a golden sparkle. A year ago we lost a little girl, Madeline Spohr. Lives are forever changed. Nothing will take the pain away, but still today we wore purple, because we will never forget her, even though we never met.

I treasure every moment I have with my girls. I wish Annabel could know her big sister the way Isabel gets to know Avery.

Maddie you are loved always, never forgotten.

Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:47:00 +0000

And then there were two

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:13:00 +0000

So I whipped up another hat , just a bit larger. After all the fuss over trying to steal her sisters hat you would think Avery would be quite pleased to have her own....

Mean Mommy held her down to get a picture! Life is tough

Sisters are awesome

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:49:00 +0000

I am so in love with my girls, it is so awesome to see them together.

Avery loves to share her toys and she tries to share her food and drinks with Isabel. She is such a sweet big sister.

A new hat

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:31:00 +0000

I just made this hat for Isabel, and now I have to make one for Avery. She took it right off her sister and tried to put it on, but it doesn't fit her. That caused a bit of a fit. She loves her hats!

I made the little flower so people would know she is a girl... but I'm sure people will still ask how old my son is...

I just need to attach a button to hold the strap under her chin
.

I love easy projects! This only took me a day. Now I just need to try and finish the other hat I've been working on for months and Avery's sweater still needs sleeves...

Oh the drama

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:34:00 +0000

So exciting I can hardly contain myself

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:26:00 +0000

Both girls up at 6am... I blame Humphrey, he's a crier. I am not a fan of anytime before 10am

Throw together random breakfast of stuff on a tray because we were out of milk and yogurt and fresh fruit and clean bowls...

Finally get myself and girls dressed (super cute matching outfits, the girls outfits that is. I just wear the one pair of pants that fit and any clean easy access shirt)

First stop, Target. And they are remodeling so I wandered around trying to find things having some anxiety issues because I don't know where anything is and I couldn't find any good pajamas for Avery. At least I remembered to get kitty litter...

On to Trader Joes! My favorite place to shop (I might enjoy shopping for clothes if I had any Idea what size I wear in non maternity)

Usual ooh's ad aaah's over my super cute babies! Avery waves to people and says "hiyeee". Isabel fell asleep in the wrap.

I totally bought ice cream.

Came home.

Managed to soak my shirt with breast milk... a few times.

Ate 3, yes 3 burger patties (I'm just going to pretend it's because I'm a milk machine)

Threw together a bunch of random stuff on a tray for Avery's dinner.

Bed time for Avery

Bath time for Isabel (she is sooo cute in the water!)

Oh, look my shirt is wet again...

I totally ate some ice cream

End scene

How cute is this??!

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Not a boy

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:28:00 +0000

I think my daughter is just the prettiest little girl. Her hair is short, but I don't think this makes her look like a boy. Of course people always assume she is... GRR. One woman actually asked me if I cut her hair to look like this... sorry, no, it just doesn't seem to want to grow very fast.

I am not against my girls wearing pink and frills, but I am not going to limit their wardrobes just so they can be "girly". If my girls want to be tomboyish, that is fine by me. If they want to cut their hair short also fine!

I used to have short hair. Of course I had tits then so no one thought I was a boy...most people just assumed I was gay... THANKS!! (nothing wrong with being gay, just makes it hard to get a date when guys dont think you are interested)

Yeah, that would be me as a junior in highschool.

P.S I like men!!

P.P.S Short hair is for lazy people!

My cat is so high right now!

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:45:00 +0000

I think my cat is going to OD on the nip. Good gravy is he nuts! He has attempted to climb a few windows and the sliding glass door multiple times today. Yes, my cat still hasn't caught on that he can not climb up glass...

He knocks Avery down constantly (she thinks it's funny) and then leaps over her.

This would all be very amusing if he didn't also have a desire to break everything in/on my kitchen counter/mantle/table/dresser/nightstand/bathroom/entire house!!!!

OMG!! He seriously has this need to knock EVERYTHING over!!

Apparently I eat too much healthy food...

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:01:00 +0000

Who knew that basically living on spinach lasagna while pregnant was a bad idea?! So apparently green stuff is pretty high in vitamin K... and apparently vitamin K counteracts all the blood thinners I am on... and also its fat soluble, so I am full of it! Anyways its dragging out the transition from my super fun injectible blood thinners to pill form thinners...

I look awful! My post baby jello-belly is sporting some delightful lumpy bruises in an assortment of colors framed by a nice ring of fresh stretch marks.

I will refrain from posting pictures. As I have not bothered documenting my ickyness and my camera battery is charging right now...

Isabel Rose Armstrong

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:15:00 +0000

My little princess was born 1/21/10 at 3:22pm officially making Avery a big sister!! She was 8lb 11oz 21"

Please vote for the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:39:00 +0000

http://VoteForSMA.com

My little girls room

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:18:00 +0000

10 days left!!! Finally finished the nursery. I am very pleased with how it turned out. I love the colors!!

Now I just need my little baby girl!!

Happy Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:31:00 +0000

I would like to wish a very happy 27th month birthday to Gwendolyn Strong. Please sign the petition to cure SMA to show you care.

If you are able to make a donation to the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation please do so as well.

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:11:00 +0000

We have been having lots of fun in our new house. There is so much space for my little redheads(Avery and Humphrey) to run around.

We had a great Christmas. Avery got lots of goodies. Her stocking was full of shiny new bracelets. And she got some really fun big presents.
Including a bounce house and a princess tent! Of course Humphrey spends more time in the tent than Avery.

After Christmas we took a quick trip up to Tahoe to play in the snow. Avery had a great time stomping around and trying to nibble the snow off her mittens.

I still haven't finished Isabel's nursery, but I have pretty much finished Avery's room. I still need to make her a valance. And her room looks fairly empty since her toys are all downstairs...

The colors look much better in person. A pretty plum and sage color.

Still have lots of work to do and not a lot of time!

It sure has been a while....

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:48:00 +0000

Things have been a little crazy and overwhelming the past few months.

We bought a house and moved in the beginning of November. Before we had even finished cleaning out the apartment I ended up in the hospital.

I woke up around midnight on the 17th in more pain than I have ever felt in my entire life (made me wish I was in labor.) Ended up in the ER later that morning... I had a Pulmonary Embolism! Good times... 5 days in the hospital...

I knew daddy was taking good care of my little girl, but I still missed her like crazy. I think she missed me too! So did Humphrey my kitten.

Now I am just weeks away from having baby number 2 and trying to get things ready even though I am completely exhausted and large.

I know it is a good sign...

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:53:00 +0000

My morning sickness is starting to get worse!! It is hard being on the verge of losing your breakfast while changing diapers and carrying around a squirmy baby. All I want to do is eat my crackers and stay in bed for a few hours until it passes...

It does make things seem more real. I still haven't seen or heard the little one. So I guess I should be happy that I know things are still going OK in there, but I can't wait for the second trimester!

And just because I think he is adorable, and I miss him a whole lot. Here is a picture of Frizzy my 14 year old puppy. Florida is too far away.

A Beginning

noreply@blogger.com (Maile) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:34:00 +0000

So, where do I begin this new blogging adventure. My main purpose here is to show off my beautiful little Lady Bug, Avery Charlotte. I think she is much more interesting than I am most of the time. I am sure I will share things about myself as well, and the little Bumble Bee in my belly. For the moment I will just share some pictures from our trip to the park yesterday. Just look at her CLIMBING UP the slide! She can barely walk on her own and yet she just charged right up the slide to go play. She also enjoyed swinging for a while, but of course wanted to take off the hat. So, in conclusion to this debut post: Hi, I am Maile and I hope you enjoy reading about my little girl and at least find me somewhat amusing!