Textures

I've been messing around with textures and actions in photoshop. It's so much fun! I went on flikr and searched for textures, there are a bunch of wonderful people on there sharing the textures they made and I totally took advantage of it. I'm no pro at photoshop, that's for sure. I just mess around with layers and whatnot until I get a look that I like. I've been using photoshop since I was about 12, so roughly 9 years, and I used to be a-mazing. Not to toot my own horn or anything but seriously I could design a whole layout for a website in just a few hours and then I could write up the whole HTML code for you. Its ridiculous that I didn't make that my career. But oh well. I like being a stay at home mommy.





I have more pictures of her precious feet then I do of anything else. I cant help it, they're so darn cute!









This is an older picture of B that I took back in July. I was skimming through my folder of pictures and thought it'd be easy to play around with.


Like I said, definitely not a pro. I'm sure a great photoshop-er will see these and laugh but I'm new(ish) so gimme a break.

Gone

So, I've been MIA recently mainly because I am exhausted! I could sleep all freaking day if I got the chance. Another reason being that my laptop broke in the summer and all I have is an old desktop thats sitting in my spare bedroom. I can't use it because B gets into everything thats in the room, it's just a pain in the ass. I check my facebook occasionally on my ipod touch but its pretty slow, and now I'm updating from my moms laptop.

I'll update again this weekend, a longer post with pictures too!

Fireworks

I'd like to thank whoever in my neighborhood decided it would be a good idea to shoot off fireworks last night. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Can you imagine how that wonderful idea came about? A bunch of idiots sitting around, bored. One says HEY LETS SHOOT OFF FIREWORKS, ITS NOT LIKE ITS 730 AT NIGHT IN OCTOBER. I mean who goes to bed that early anyways?! I'll tell you who, MY DAUGHTER. So again, I thank you for waking my baby up with your obnoxious BOOMS AND WHISTLES AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU FUCKERS DECIDED WOULD BE "FUN", and setting off her night terrors. I was up for 2 hours dealing with her horrific shrieks and screams. I have never gotten so close to shooting someone as I did last night, seriously. Someone almost died.

Yesterday was a bad day, all around. B is really testing her limits with me. Is it possible for her to be going through the terrible 2's at 12 months? I've dealt with 2 year olds that don't have as much attitude as her. I love this age because she's learning new things every day and she's just flat out hilarious but the attitude is just ridiculous. I'm hoping it gets better from here but that's definitely wishful thinking. I imagine it'll only get worse.

Baking

Baking is something I should never ever ever attempt again I wish I could, so bad but every time I try I prove to myself once again that I suck. I thought it would be fun to make some cute Halloween pumpkin shaped cookies and then blog about them, that was until I actually decorated them and decided they suck way to bad for me to show the world. No more baking for me! It's weird though because I think I'm a pretty good cook. I love to try new recipes and attempt new foods but for some reason I cant bake for the life of me. It is a little disappointing but I guess I'll live.

I'm excited for this weekend, I'm going to take B to a pumpkin patch and I can't wait to get some good pictures in the corn maze!

Pictures

How freaking fast do they grow up?? I'm sure I've said this many times before but holy crap! I can't believe how big she has gotten. I was reading some of my old posts and looking at the pictures from just 5 months ago and she has changed so much. She is almost 13 months old. Can you believe it? I can't (but you already know that). She has gone from a 7lb 7oz 19in baby to a 23lb 31in toddler! What the heck is up with that?

She is definitley starting to test the waters when it comes to our parenting. She grabs things that she knows she isnt supposed to have and hides. I cant leave ANYTHING on the couch anymore because she manages to get it, she can also climb up onto the couch which makes keeping things out of her reach really difficult (I usually put my cell on the back of the couch so she doesnt snatch it). And I tell ya she is one smart cookie. She called daddy on my cell phone yesterday, proceeded to talk for a few minutes then when I heard Patrick saying "Hello?" I said "Izabella, did you call daddy?" and she hung up!! How great is that, she knows how to make and end calls on my phone!

It still kills me every time she signs "more", she's been doing it for about a month and a half, I still get excited everytime. She basically taught herself, which I think is amazing. I was working with her on a few words when she was younger but stopped at about 7 months, for unknown reasons. She must've remembered because she randomly started signing 'more' around 11 months. She also points at what she wants and then signs, which to me is equivalent to a 2 word phrase. I think I could go on and on about her, seriously. I could brag about this child ALL day long! I freaking love her.

Teeth

B has a new tooth on the bottom left next to her other 2 beauitful teeth! That brings her to a total of 7. I honestly didn't think she was teething. She's been her normal happy-self. This morning I was tickling her and I noticed it when she laughed. I never thought I'd ever get so excited over simple little things.

My weekend was rather boring, not a whole lot happened other then we bought a wii and have been playing on it when we can. Today we went to lunch with my mom, I've been craving chinese for like a month but since Patrick doesn't like it the only way I can go is by myself and that's no fun. So, I took my mom and yum yum it was freaking good!! I'm thinking today would be a good day for a mini-photoshoot at the park, since it's really really nice out and I haven't taken pictures like that in awhile. So, I'll probably be back later with pictures!

House Cleaning

I just want to show everyone how my living room looks BEFORE I clean it. I read lots of mommy blogs (which are all fantastic, don't get me wrong) that have perfect, sparkly clean houses and I wonder how they do it? I felt crappy at first because I thought, well why isn't MY house clean 24/7? Am I a horrible mom for not keeping it clean 24/7? Then I remember no one is perfect and even though my house is a mess 98% of the day that doesn't effect my mommy skills at all. It is very unrealistic to want your house clean all the time with children and the only way that would happen here is if I hired a maid and frankly I just don't have the money for that. So I make do with my messy house. I just wanted to post this so other moms know its OK for your house to be messy at times, it doesn't make you any less of a person or mother.

Anyways, good news! B hasnt had a night terror since monday morning!! She has been sleeping so well this week and it makes me happy. I'm really hoping they were just a one time thing and wont happen again but I am prepared for if they do! I dont have much else to post so..... picture time!















I really need to think of some interesting things to post!