Swing Hog

Awhile ago when we were at the park I was frustrated by a little girl who would NOT get off the swing. This park was wierd b/c it only had one swing and it was a baby swing. Now this girl was about 3 and was HOGGING the baby swing. I'm talking 45 minutes of baby swing time. I just kept letting Breanna play, so it wasn't that big of a deal, but I wanted to give Breanna a turn on the swings!

Well, later Breanna got a turn and guess what I created.....a swing hog!! She LOVES the swings and does not want to get off....ever. She also doesn't want anyone else to swing, except herself of course :)

So my daughter has become the swing hog that I previously was annoyed by!

(PS - These pics are at a different parks where there were LOTS of swings :)

This is for Auntie Michelle

I know this is a horrible picture, but I've been trying to get a pic of Breanna wearing her GORGEOUS dress that Auntie Shell bought for her! I could only get her standing still in front of the TV and it's blurry, horrible lighting, etc., but I'll keep trying!

Feeding Herself

Breanna loves to feed herself, she's been doing it for a few months now and this is what it looks like:


I appreciate the "help" but it's a whole lot more work for me cleaning her and everything up when she's done :)

Black Eye

Breanna is a drama queen and throws some big tantrums. One fit she almost always throws is when I need to go grocery shopping and sit and strap her into the shopping cart. I have learned that she throws a fit almost every time and so now I prepare for it. She throws her head and body back and will hit her head on the back of the cart seat, so I line it with her winter jacket so when she throws her head back she doesn't smack it into the metal.

Well...the other day she changed it up without any notice. She threw herself forwards and smacked her head into the metal wire. AAAAHHH! I was upset because I didn't react fast enough to catch her and prevent it, but what am I supposed to do, she has NEVER done that before.

She ended up hitting right below her eye and gave herself her first black eye. So, I took pics. I felt like the most horrible mother as I walked around the grocery store with my daughters eye turning purple :( I thought EVERYONE must be staring at her and thinking what a bad mom I am.... (I know I overreacted, but I was really shaken up by her getting hurt).

So, anyways, that is her first black eye story that I thought I would share! This was about a month ago I think.

Any ideas on how to get her NOT to throw a fit each time I have to put her in the grocery cart?

By the way, she is getting REALLY good at playing outside with the neighbor kids, they have so much fun each day running around outside "chasing" eachother. I'm grateful to have kids living next door to us because Breanna LOVES them!

Also, we're supposed to have great weather for the next 3 days so hopefully it really happens and I'll get to take some cute outdoor pics!

i love spring!

HELP...Need Meal Ideas!

(THESE PICS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH MY POST, BUT THEY ARE FOR FUN AND YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE :) They are pics of Breanna's "swim" lessons, she loved them.


I am sick and tired of our dinners. I swear Rob and I go through the same meals over and over and over. I have very good intentions of cooking new things, but I have a pickier husband then he would admit. He really loves certain meals....Loves, LOVES....Loves....so the problem is, he'll want them over and over and there is VERY limited variety.

I have barely tried any new meal ideas b/c he'll never ask for them again. Or, he says, yum this is good but eats WAY less then he would one of the "normal" meals we have. So...lack of motivation is also a problem for me.

One last problem, on some particular days, and I don't know which one it will be, Rob will think of and decide what he wants for dinner. If I have already planned something else he will politely eat some and then go make what he really wanted....um, that's frustrating b/c why did I go to the work of cooking if he was going to ultimately make what he wanted anyways.

All this comes down to me rarely preparing a meal UNTIL Rob gets home from work so that I don't cause myself unnecessary work if he doesn't even want the meal I prepare. We are eating very late at night b/c he does not get home until 7:30ish and then we start preparing a meal after Breanna goes to sleep around 8pm, so 9pm has become our new "dinner time". (by the way I'm starving by this time.)

I need suggestions on:

1. New meal ideas that your family loves
2. How to vary our meals with being able to still have Rob happy (I want him to ENJOY his meal after a long day of work.....and I know he loves certain meals, but ultimately I'm SICK of these certain meals and have no motivation to cook them again and again and again.
3. Does anyone plan out menus? Could you share a sample "calendar" for me to look at?

Thanks for listening to me vent :)

PS- I love Rob and this is in no way to criticize him, I just need help with ideas for me and our Meal planning.

Grammy's Visit

I miss my parents. I haven't lived close to them in almost 5 years and it's hard. But, I always LOVE visits from them and vacations to their house. My mom came last month and we had a blast. I'm finally posting some pics of that visit. Breanna absolutely loves her. These pics are from right after Breanna's nap, she just wanted to sit on my mom's lap and play with her forever. She had such a fun time. I cry every time she leaves,I know, dorky huh? but hopefully I'll be planning to visit them in June or July :)