Meeting New Friends

I met Monique and her dd Marissa this weekend. She is wonderful. Exactly like I thought she would be. She is so warm and caring. I was so happy to have met her.





I took a video of her dd (Marissa) and Chayleigh playing with balloons. I guess I forgot to turn on the sound, but it is cute anyway.

Swimming Lesson #2

Was a bust. Chayleigh was NOT happy last night. She screamed pretty much the entire time unless she was getting out of the pool and jumping back in. The only good thing that happened was that she will actually jump into the pool now with no care if I hold onto her, so at least she is getting braver. And to Ms. Pissy with the water baby, "You Suck". Not all kids like the water, which is what I "thought" swim lessons were for. I think that next week, Chayleigh will not be back swimming. She can practice bubbles or something else.

Meeting New (old) Friends

I get to meet Monique this weekend. She is driving up for a baby shower in a neighboring town, so I get to go and meet her and the family. As well as her best friend and their family. It will be great fun to see how Marissa and Chayleigh interact. Since Marissa is almost potty trained, I am hoping that Chayleigh will want to do it too. LOL.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Swim Lessons

We started swim lessons today. I was worried that since it is from 6-36 months, she would be the oldest there, but she wasn't. There are four of us that have kids the same age, so it was nice. She got to float on her back, blow bubbles in the water, jump off the edge of the pool, climb out of the pool, and dunk under the water. All in all it was pretty good. She absolutely hates floating on her back, but loved the rest of it. 30 minutes sure flies by. She is already asking to go back, so Thurs can't come soon enough. If it goes well, I might have DH sign up for a morning class and take her in a month or so. That way he can have fun with her too. LOL.

Update

I have been on this diet since January 14, and the first 9 lbs was easy. The last 1.7 lbs has been horrible. It seems like no matter what I do, I can't ever break the 10 lb mark. Well I did it! I have now lost 10.7 lbs (since I bought my WW scale, 13+ total from the beginning of the year). I am so happy about it, especially since I was not the best dieter this weekend.

I took Chayleigh to Starbucks on Saturday and she loved her hot chocolate. I wasn't so impressed with my coffee. I got the Cinnamon Dolche Latte sugar free of course. I guess I didn't realize it would taste so much like Cinnamon. LOL. I don't really like cinnamon. If you like it, then you will love that drink. Especially since you can't even tell it is sugar free. At least I can try it. Oh and I owe the experience to Sharyn, who sent me a Starbucks GC as part of my Christmas present. It was so nice to get that in the mail! Thanks Sharyn!

Buckle

Is installed. It was so easy. It took me all of two minutes from start to finish. Weird thing is, Babies R Us said that only one side is supposed to click. With this buckle, both do. It snaps together a whole lot easier. Guess tomorrow I will try it out when Chayleigh and I head to Starbucks!

Britax Update

So I FINALLY got the buckle today. DH said that they rang the doorbell at 9am. Chayleigh had just woken up, so I guess at least it was good timing. Now I just need to figure out how to switch it out. They say that it is easy and I won't even have to remove the seat. Guess they don't realize who they are talking to. LOL. As soon as Chayleigh goes down for nap, I will check it out.

Oh yeah, I am home with Chayleigh this afternoon cause she is sick. Why is it kids aren't sick during the week, just the weekend?

Bad Day

My BIL is with the 321st stationed in Iraq right now. Three guys in his troop died yesterday. They were all only 22 years old. Seems like such a waste. Two others were injured as well. What sucks is that the names were released to the media before the families were notified, so they found out by opening the paper this am. Lucky for us, BIL is okay. Still hits home when you hear it. If you have any extra prayers please send them to the families of these fallen soldiers. I am sure that they can use them.

529 Account

So we belong to Upromise for Chayleigh. It is a great program. The only issue I had with it was that we already have a 529 so I didn't want to set up a new one. So I called them a few weeks ago and asked if I would ever get the money out or if it just sat there. They told me I could request a check in writing and that in 12 weeks they would send me a check. Nice deal considering it is totally free money. I opened the mailbox today and there was my check for $188.05. It was less than a month ago I requested it, so that is pretty neat. Now I just need to cash it and transfer it to the real account. LOL. If you don't already have an account set up for that, I really recommend it because it is so easy to use. Especially for those of us who live to buy online. Oh I have the Mastercard and I run pretty much all of the bills we have a month on it, so that helps to build up the savings too.

Happy 1st birthday to my blog

A year ago today I started blogging. Hard to believe it has already been a year. I haven't been as exciting lately as I was a yaer ago, but I hope to change that. Thanks for sticking with me for the past year!

Picture of Chayleigh

I absolutely love this picture of Chayleigh. Well except for the gook.


Thanks Leslie for fixing this picture for me.


After she fixed it, she did some bonus picts for me. I love them all! What one is your favorite?

Black & White:


Soft: (My favorite)


Warm:

Through the years

H-Gal got me all nostalgic with her Around the Calendar we go post, so of course I had to copy.

Feb 2005:


Feb 2006:


Feb 2007

No Go

Well after tossing it around all weekend, we decided not to switch. We will call her and tell her that the uncertainty is just too much right now, but if she decides to stick with it to give us a call and we will sign on. We just don't want to have her get used to a new daycare and then a month or two later have to do it all over again. I am disappointed cause I think that the new daycare would have been a great experience, but it just isn't worth the worry.

New Daycare

I am pretty sure that we are going to switch her to the new daycare. We really liked the new lady. She is a certified preschool teacher and her house is pretty neat. It is totally set up for a daycare. The only concern we have is that she isn't sure that she is going to be able to make it work. She only has Chayleigh and her two grandkids. If she doesn't get more by the end of May, then she will have to shut down. Therefore, we will be needing new daycare again if it happens. Hopefully she gets a few more kids and is able to make things work cause Chayleigh and DH really liked her. I thought she was great as well, but DH is a lot harder to please than I am. LOL. Anyway, we are taking her there on Friday for a test run. If it works, we will give our current dcp notice and start at the new place.

The Name Game - A Meme

Although Leslie didn't tag me, I am playing anyway.

1. YOUR REAL NAME: Shawnie Leigh

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first three letters of your name, plus izzle): Shaizzle. Hmm, works for me.

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three of your last): Schr. Yeah.

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal): Purple Cat. Not sure how that would keep me employed.

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, Street you live on): Leigh Spice. I am thinking that sounds more like a stripper.

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, first 3 letters of mom’s maiden name): Chrshnel. Do I fight for good or evil?

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (favorite color, favorite drink): Purple Mocha. My secret super power is waking you up with purple chocolately goodness. LOL.

8. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dad’s middle name, 1st letter of a sibling’s first name, last letter of your moms middle name): Hrielah. Yeah, not even gonna try that one.

9. YOUR STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/body spray): Vanilla Lace. Works for me.

10. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother & father’s middle name): Elizabeth Dale. Yep, should be able to disappear with that one.

I'm tagging Barb, Danielle, and Sharyn. I would tag Kristie, but she doesn't have a blog.

Congratulations to my SIL

She got a promotion at work today. I am so happy for her. She has not gotten a raise in almost 5 years. Well today that ended. She was promoted to management and ended up with pay about 35% more than she was making before. She is pretty excited and I hope that it is the beginning of good things to happen for her.

TGIF

This has been a horrible week. I am so glad that it is over.

The weekend shapes up to be a busy time. We are doing my mom and stepdad's birthday party tomorrow night. Chayleigh has earned another book, so we need to go to the bookstore. Toys R Us has their extra 50% off clearance clothing starting Sunday, so gotta do that. If the weather is nice on Sunday, I would like to also go to the zoo. We keep saying we are going to do it, but then never do. Supposedly it will be in the 50's which is nice zoo weather.

Oh and also tomorrow we have an interview with a new sitter. Not holding out hope that both DH and I will agree on her. Here's to hoping!

Diet Update

Well I didn't lose as much as I wanted on SBD, but I did end up losing 9 lbs in two weeks. Now I enter into Phase 2 where I get to eat more foods. I am so glad. The best news is, I can buy premade lunches now and not have to worry about cooking or salads! Yippee. LOL.

Reward System

Is going GREAT. Chayleigh filled the jar on Tuesday and was able to go to the store and pick out a few new books. She was super excited. We started all over again and she is already a quarter or so on her way to a new book. She finally understands that good behavior gets her a ball and the bad behavior loses it. So glad that we tried it.

Our hairdresser fired Chayleigh

She "J" asked that we not bring her back. "J" does not want to cut her hair anymore. The reason, Chayleigh cried when "J"cut her hair. Umm, she is two. Isn't that a normal reaction? Anyway, fine by me. Honestly, it is a bang cut. I should be able to handle that, right? Shit, yesterday sucked. LOL.

** ETA** "J" owns the business. She is an independent person whom DH has seen for 10 years or so. I don't like her and I won't let her do my hair. DH wanted Chayleigh to get hers done there because this woman used to teach at the beauty school, so she is good at what she does. Unfortunately, that doesn't include small children I guess.

Cherry Jello

I am not allowed to make jello at home anymore. I was making it yesterday and dropped the bowl. It got red everywhere. Luckily the Magic Clean Eraser was able to get it off the counter/floor/dishwasher, but I did ruin one of my favorite shirts. DH was able to get the red out of my pants and the rug, but alas not my shirt. Oh well. Guess that is why they sell it ready made huh? LOL.

Yummy Recipe

Even if you aren't doing SB, this is a yummy breakfast you can eat and Chayleigh LOVED it. Although I gave her regular syrup, I used sugar free (which only has 35 calories per 1/4 cup and imo doesn't taste that different).

Mock French Toast
1 c. part-skim ricotta
2 eggs
2 packets Splenda
2 tsp. vanilla
cinnamon (to taste)

Blend everything in blender. Spray frying pan with cooking spray. Cook each crepe over medium to low heat (it takes awhile to cook--don't touch them until they look sort of dry on top). They are very delicate and are sometimes difficult to flip. The trick is not to be too hesitant -- they bend a bit when you're trying to slip the spatula underneath, but just keep pushing and then flip quickly!

I made them small, so they didn't rip, but you can make them bigger if you want. One recipe is enough for you and your toddler. If you are wanting it for the whole family, I would double the recipe. Beware though cause your toddler is going to LOVE them. Chayleigh ate four and 6 strawberries.

Dieting

Well I am joining in on the diet craze for 2007. I decided that by the time I am 30, I am going to weigh close to what I am supposed to weigh. Therefore, I have a bit to lose. I am joining my friend Barb on the South Beach Diet. I started on Sunday and as of today, I have lost about 5 lbs. I bought a Weight Watcher's scale from Costco on Tuesday and since Tuesday I have lost the weight, so I guess that is a good thing, right? Anyway, the scale is pretty neat. It has the ability to track four different users and sets mini goals for you. It is nice to see you getting closer and closer to the mini goal. I am about a third of the way there, so that is great. And the diet is getting easier. Bad thing is, this will be my first weekend on the diet and weekends are pretty hard since we tend to eat out a lot. The nice thing about South Beach though is that it is pretty easy to follow and the food isn't "that" bad.

Todays lunch was:
Mock Mashed potatoes (mashed cauliflower, cream and spray butter) - not to bad
Spaghetti Squash
Chicken tenders (not breaded) and a slice of swiss cheese melted on it.

Dessert is a cup of sugar free jello.

Yep, we get dessert. That is the best part. Oh and the fact that I am eating tons and tons of food and still dropping weight! Just wanted to do a little update about how my life is going.

Cute Outfit

For you Barb. Sorry it took me so long to post the picture for you. Chayleigh loves her Minnie Mouse outfit.

Ball Reward System

Here is the system that we have. You take them out of the silver bucket and put them into the plastic jar. Then she can play with the ones in the jar, but they have to be put away before bed.


When she fills up the jar, she will get to pick out a new book of her choice.


As you can see, she isn't doing as well with the system as she did the first day. She is only up to 11 balls out of like 20. Oh well. At least she is still positive.

Reward System

Taking the advice from my parenting board, DH and I decided to implement a Reward System with Chayleigh yesterday. It is a plastic jar (from the dollar store and has a lid) that she is able to put in bouncy balls. She gets one when she does something good or when we ask it. She will get two if she picks up her toys without asking. She loves it. However, she also learned yesterday that if she is bad, she loses the balls as well. When she throws a tantrum or hits one of us, she loses one. Yesterday she earned 14 balls. She went to bed with 8. All in all, I think it is pretty successful so far.

Hip Update

We went to the doctor yesterday and it was AWESOME. Her hip sockets are FINALLY starting to develop correctly. He said that both balls (the part that fit into the socket) are now the same size (which is a relief cause they weren't last time) and that both of her sockets are the same size. Her bad hip index is still a little high, but they are both within the normal range, so that was great news. He was very optimistic about it, which for Dr. Showalter that is uncommon. This is the first time I have left the office without crying because he said, "Although I won't guarantee there won't be another surgery, I am fairly confident that she won't need one". That was so great to hear. We are to have her continue to be the active kid she is and have her rechecked next January. He said that if her hip looks good next time, he thinks she is out of the woods. Yippee!!

Red Crayon

And carpet don't mix. I got home last night and started picking up Chayleigh's toys and noticed that she had colored on our beige carpet with a red crayon. Being the Google Whore that I am, I immediately googled red crayon and carpet stain removal. It recommended using WD40 and then liquid dish detergent then rubbing with a towel until removed. Well note to self, don't improvise if you don't know what you are doing.

We didn't have WD40, so I used goof off. It got the stain out, but MAN the stench. So I used the liquid dish detergent. Well that got the smell out, but now I had liquid detergent in my carpet. Of course we don't have a steam cleaner or anything, but we do have a Rainbow.

I dumped huge cups of water on it and sucked it up with the Rainbow until it was no longer soapy. From start to finish, it took me about 90 minutes.

Good news is I got the stain out. Better news I got one hell of a work out. Bad news, while I was cleaning the carpet, Chayleigh attacked the kitchen vinyl with green and brown crayons. That I will leave to DH to clean.

It's National De-Lurking Week

I was reminded of this when I went to Leslie's blog. I also stole the image from her cause it is cool and cause I can! I noticed that Alex and Sunita have it on their blogs as well.



So, if you are reading, please leave a comment. I want to know who is out there!

Could use some good thoughts

Tomorrow I am taking Chayleigh in for her hip check. Tomorrow will be two years to the day that she got her cast on. The reason I am worried is cause the last two times we have gone in, there hasn't been much change in the deepness of the sockets. I am terrified that I am going to go in there tomorrow and he will tell me that we have to do another surgery. I know deep down that everything is fine, but it is still in the back of my mind. Anyway, if you have any extra good thoughts, would you please send them our way? It would be much appreciated.

Happy Birthday

I wanted to send out a very happy birthday wish to my dear friend Leslie. I hope that you had a wonderful day Sweetie and that your family was wonderful to you. I would hope that you got some good gifts as well, but not sure how they would be able to top your Christmas gift! LOL. In all seriousness though, love ya girl and Happy Birthday to You!

Jury Duty

IS DONE! Woohoo. I made it through my month of on call status with only having to go once. Yay! So relieved knowing that I don't have to make that dreaded call anymore. Well at least for three years or until we move to another County. LOL.

Chayleigh and hotel entertainment

She was totally facinated with the automatic door.


And the fish (I think there were 6 or so, but this was the best fish picture):


She refused to eat before she said hi and bye to them.

More hotel

Shots with the lobby Christmas tree:

Hotel

We went to Portland for Christmas to spend with my dad and Grandpa. We stayed here. It was absolutely gorgeous!

The lobby:


The Elevators:


View looking down from our room:

Snow Day

It snowed right before Christmas and DH took pictures of Chayleigh to show me since I was at work. She sure had a good time, but we didn't get a chance to go out and make a snowman cause we had too much Christmas stuff to do.

Cookie Decorating

We decorated cookies tonight. Chayleigh went crazy with the sprinkles.

Strange Child

Chayleigh got a baby bottle of candies today. My MIL decided that Chayleigh's baby needed a bottle, so she brought one filled with candy. She refuses to eat the yellow. Hey Leslie, do you think that Riley will want to be Chayleigh's friend? Since she doesn't like yellow, Riley won't have to fight her!

Great Desert

I made the desert that Leslie posted about. It turned out great and it was super easy to make. I stopped by Dollar Tree and got the cups and bags and made up 6 of them last night. Oh make that 7 cause I had to eat one too. LOL!


The card that I made up with how to make the cake. It was too big to attach, so I just fold it in half and stick it in the cup.

Scrapbooking

Well I decided that next year I am going to learn to scrapbook. I asked for scrapbooking stuff from my parents and my in-laws, so I am pretty excited. We did Christmas with the in-laws last night and I got a huge haul, so I am ready to go. Now if only I knew where to go to start. Anyone have any good websites I can check out to learn how to do it? I am excited, yet lazy at the same time. Now I have the books and the supplies, it is time to get started!

Christmas Card Etiquette

If you receive a card from someone that you don't speak to anymore and took off your Christmas list because of it, do you send them one back or do you just ignore it and do nothing?

Santa

We took Chayleigh to see Santa this weekend. She refused to go near him without Daddy. So, we got a picture of Santa, Chayleigh and Daddy. Oh well. At least we got a super big grin out of the deal.

Bragging Rights

Today I went to pick Chayleigh up from daycare and she didn't see me at first. Then all of a sudden she looked up and was surprised, so she said, "Oh Hi Mommy". It was so cute. She went and grabbed her coat and pulled the hood off and said, "Oh no, I ruined it". I about died laughing. Not sure why she thought she ruined it, but I had her help me fix it and we went to get her milk from the fridge. She said, "Oh thanks Mama" when I handed her the milk and we started to leave. As we were leaving, the dc lady said, "Bye Beautiful" and she responded, "Bye Bootefal". Her vocabulary is just exploding. I was so impressed today I had to brag a bit.

Christmas Dress

Here is a full view of Chayleigh's Christmas Dress. Oh and Sharyn after looking at it closer, I would agree that it is more burgundy than purple. LOL!

Craft Project

We tried the craft project that Allison suggested. Here are our results. I think that Chayleigh did just as well as I did as I couldn't tell the difference at the end. She had a hard time not eating them as she was making them though. LOL!

Angel Tree

Every year we pick names off of the Angel tree at DH's work. It is like the Toys for Tots ones, but these kids pick toys and clothing items. This year DH picked out two 8 year old girls. Oh let me tell you, I had NO idea what to get them, but I think I ended up doing good.

The first girl asked for and got:
PJ's three pairs (yay for sales)
a clock radio that plays cd's
a watch

The other girl asked for and got:
a coat with gloves and a hat
some dolls
barbies and a playset.

Then for stocking stuffers I did the same for both girls:
chapstick (girly package of them)
a USA puzzle
a backpack (mini) full of cool erasers
some card games
and a package of rings/bracelets.

All in all I spent a little over $100 for both girls. Thought I did pretty good! Yay for the dollar store, which is where I got the stocking stuffers. LOL!

New Blogger

I converted another one. Welcome to Bloggerland Sharyn!

Weird

So, my mother in law called me on Tuesday to ask if they could babysit on Friday. Then wanted to know what we wanted for Christmas. So they are coming to visit with Chayleigh on Friday. Guess that it is true, speak of the Devil and it will call. Bwahahumbug (Just for you Allie).

Nevermind, she just called and cancelled. I am not allowing them to babysit anymore cause now I look like an idiot and beg my daycare to take her tomorrow even though I already told them to cancel it.

Chayleigh's Christmas Pictures

We had Chayleigh's pictures taken on Saturday. The lady came to us and was awesome. Chayleigh doesn't like smiling for the camera, but the pictures still turned out great I thought! Best of all, for all 15 pictures she gave us (on a disk) she only charged us $40. Hell, I would have spent at least twice that if I would have known how awesome they were going to turn out!

Here are a few of my favorites:

The cutest thing

Today Chayleigh burped and said, "Scuse Me Mama". And then did it again. It was great. We haven't really worked on excuse me, so I was impressed. She is good at saying please, thank you and you're welcome, but doesn't always do it right. She will say please right, but when it comes to thanks she says, "Thanks Mama, You're welcome" all at once. It is pretty cute.

When we went trick or treating, she would tell them "thanks, oh you're welcome" instead of trick or treat. Most people loved it and gave her extra for her good manners. LOL!

New Blog Template

Thanks to Allison for my new blog look. I love it! Thanks so much!!

Monkey See Monkey Do

Leslie did a picture of her dd with pig tails, so I had to do one too. Thanks for the idea!



This is remarkable because normally she goes all wolverine on me and wails/flails/kicks and screams to avoid the comb and brush.

Yay

So tomorrow is the 1st day of my Jury Duty month. Good news, all cases scheduled for tomorrow have been dismissed! Woohoo. That means I am free till Monday, which is great cause I have a lot of work to get done tomorrow. LOL!

Christmas Cards

Okay, since I am getting ready to send out Christmas cards next week, if you want one, email me your address. Since I got my email added to the template (thanks H-Gal), you can just click the e-mail button and send it to me! I will take names until Monday, December 4. So if you want one, let me know!

Wow

Where has November gone? I can't believe that there are only 25 days left until Christmas. I still have no clue what to get Chayleigh. I haven't gotten our Christmas cards done either. We have a photographer coming to take some pictures on Saturday. I hope that they turn out good. If all goes well, I should be able to get our Christmas cards out next week.

Chayleigh is advancing so much. She pretty much talks in complete sentences now. Her favorite things to say are "Oh no" and "Where is ____". She loves to read her books and tonight was actually able to identify pink, green and red. I was SO happy. For some reason she has troubles with colors. Anyway, enough brag for now I guess. LOL!

What would you do?

As many of you know, my birthday was on the 18th. My in-law's didn't call, didn't send a card, NOTHING. I have given it a week and a half now and still nothing. I am PISSED. Am I wrong to feel this way? They have always gotten me a card/gift whatever at Thanksgiving. This year nothing. DH told me it is because I didn't remind them, and wouldn't let him remind them. They have known me for 7 years, why is it our responsibility to remind them?

They were supposed to call us on Thanksgiving to set up a time to meet over the weekend so that they could see Chayleigh. My FIL called on Wednesday and said that he wanted to meet on Friday, but we already had plans. I suggested Saturday, but he said he would talk to MIL and call us back on Thanksgiving, but didn't. My DH keeps telling me that if they want to see Chayleigh, they will call. I however, hate uncertainty. I don't feel as though it is up to us to not let them know her, however I don't want them to hurt her like they hurt me. Where do you draw the line? If it were you, what would you do? I know I am over reacting with this (gee, me over react?), but I guess that I have nothing better to do with my time.

A new funny

So, I am one of "those" moms who yells their child's names when they are doing something wrong. So the other day, I yelled, "Chayleigh" and she looked at me and said, "Whhhaaaaattttt?" as she was walking towards me. It was so hilarious.

What American accent do you have?

Taken from Jeanne.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The West Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.
North Central
The Midland
Boston
The Inland North
The South
Philadelphia
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

Changes are a brewin

I was recently informed that one of my "friends" has been verbally attacking one of my best online buddies to another mutual friend, and on her blog. She is also saying horrible things about me, my dh, and our marital "issues" which is NONE of her business. This person is entitled to her opinions, however, I do not appreciate that she has to blab it all over the internet. This is not a person I wish to have as a friend anymore. I am tired of people who have nothing positive to say EVER. Therefore, I have made a new pact that if you cause me nothing but drama, I don't want to be your friend anymore.

End of rant.

Blowing bubbles with Daddy!

Chayleigh knows her name!

Halloween 2006

We started off the day with Chayleigh dressed in her "Candy Corn Queen" outfit. Chayleigh and DH's Dad LOVE candy corn, so they bought her that outfit.


Later that night, we went trick or treating in my mom's neighborhood and Chayleigh had a BLAST. She absolutely LOVED trick or treating. It took her a few houses to get the hang of it, then she was running up there with her cousins and yelling trick or treat like a pro. Of course since she was so cute, she got lots of extra candy too.

Playing with the flashlight:


Showing off her "prize" she raided from my mom's candy stash:


Posing with Mommy:

Halloween thru the years

2004 (1 month old):


2005 (13 months old):


2006 (25 months old):