Lily's Birthday Party

This weekend was my niece, Lily, 3rd birthday party at Build-a-Bear. It was Aiden's nap time, so he was a little out of it and cranky. However, he did pick out an adorable puppy. I let him touch all of the animals, and he just couldn't let go of the dog. Probably because it was soo soft, and sorta looks like Murphy. The little heart that goes inside barely made it. He definitely wouldn't let go of it. Then right before we headed up to the food court he decided to puke on me. LOVELY! He hasn't done that in MONTHS....ugh! Once we ate a little bit and saw Lily open presents it was time to head home, and as soon as we put Aiden in the stroller he was OUT! Poor little guy was exhausted. It was a fun Saturday surrounded with family!

I finally finished staining all the trim work on the vanity. This week it will be attached to have the final coat and poly put on. YAH! Almost there! Doesn't it look great?!?! I even attached the door handles. Now I just need to attach the remainder of the baseboard, paint the baseboard, repaint the walls, and way down the road get a cabinet for above the toilet. THEN it will be complete :-) But it's looking great, and I love it!

I also started working on another little project, since the other bathroom really won't be used on a daily basis. Decorative hand towels. So I bought red and black hand towels and sewed on some houndstooth fabric. ROLL TIDE! I am glad the red goes with the wall. I was worried, because you wouldn't believe how many shades of red there are.

Other random update, I love my new OXO containers! OMG! No more rice, noodles, cereal, etc falling out of open bags. You know you are old when you want containers for your birthday. haha I already told Wes that's what I want. Two more big containers for cereal. I am such a dork, but they are amazing!!

Aiden is so adorable trying to ride his dragon. He can't touch the ground, so he leans to one side when trying to push off. But at least he is trying, so for now he rolls back and forth to Mommy and Daddy. Such a cutie! I'll have to record him using his walker soon. He gets soo excited walking and gets upset if you try to take him off it.

Well off to bed, busy day at work tomorrow and the start of my busy time...but at least I got approved for only a 4 day week! YAH!!! I told them I would check in on weekend for emails and if it was something urgent on Friday just to call. All I am doing it making the cake and getting balloons, so nothing I couldn't stop. Goodnight! But here's a sneak peak at Aiden's new book shelf/toy box made by Grande! Gonna love this in his room!! One lucky kid!

Testing Limits

Last Friday before Aiden's bedtime we all curled up around the tv to watch "Despicable Me". Hilarious btw. Well, Aiden was mesmerized as you can see from the pic. He got tired of me holding him so got down an started lounging on the ottoman. Mesmerized! I think it was the alien voices...

The next set of pictures I also captured on my phone, so not the best quality, tell a story. Lately Aiden has been testing his boundaries....Can I go in there? Can I touch that? Can I eat this? etc. So this is a test of Can I touch the picture frame and look at that gorgeous baby, ME!

So, it starts with Gotta, check and see if the coast is clear. Oh Mommy, don't I look adorable!

Okay, here I go! I'm gonna reach for it!! Almost there....Aiden! No! Do not touch that!

But Mommy! I want to see myself......Aiden! No! Don't make me come over there and get your butt! No means No!

Okay! I better let go this time, but I will be back to try again later....So yeah the testing has begun! Ugh! At least I get good laughs from it when he does his pout and fake cry when I say "No".

Party

I know I have posted a little about Aiden's party, but this one is all about CAKE! I am attempting to make it. Yes, I could go get one from Kroger, and I may end up doing it if I miserably fail, but where's the fun in that?!?! So here is the plans....excuse my HORRIBLE attempt at modifying Paint haha. But its just a sketch mainly for ME :-)

The big cake:

Aiden's smash cake, a construction hat!:

So last week I began making the small items for the cake, so the Friday before I can just put everything together. Off I went making the caution signs, bricks, and mini construction hats. Luckily, I found small sunflowers at Michaels, so I don't have to make those. I know what you are thinking....sunflowers?! That's so girly! But Bob lives in Sunflower Valley, so its appropriate. :-)  I think my favorite part is the Brown Sugar. It really looks like dirt.

After completing the small task on I went to the bulk of the coloring the fondant. OMG!!! Now I know why people buy cakes and why wedding cakes are soo expensive! My hands were throbbing after! OMG! That is coming from someone who constantly uses their hands (typing on a keyboard). I bet cake makers get arthritis quicker. But it was so worth it and the colors turned out great!

I really hope I can pull this off, but every knows I'm NOT a baker. Seriously, I can follow directions but something goes wrong. The cake either crumbles, burns, isn't done, sticks to the bottom, etc. So I am prepared with backup cake mixes, and if I run out I give in and just going to get a sheet cake from Kroger. So wish me luck!!

I have decided one thing after preparing this party. I only want to do parties on the big bdays 1, 5, 10, 13, 16, and probably 18 will be the last one we will do. lol The other birthdays I just want to keep it low key and have family dinners. I'll still attempt to make the cakes, but on a smaller scale. I just know myself and would want to do something bigger and better each year and that's totally not important. Being together is the most important thing. So birthday cake and Aiden's favorite dish will be on the menu that day and that following weekend we will do whatever he want (movie, park, etc). I still can't believe my little boy will be 1 in less than 2 weeks!!! Where has the time gone?!?! As I tear up.

Productive Weekend

This was a very productive amazing weekend here at the Lamberts.

1. All christmas lights are packed up and in the attic!
2. Finished 3 coats on the trim for the vanity. I think that might be it, but I'm wait for it to completely dry. ALMOST done!!! Once that is up next is the mirror and putting up the handles.
3. Kitchen is CLEANED, under the sink is organized, pantry organized and labeled (FOR REAL!!!! I never thought I'd get around to that)

As I have mentioned before being out in the country brings little creatures aka field mice in during the cold weather. I have been the dominant mouse killer in the garage, but I think I have officially been beat. So as me and Wes are cleaning under the sink he notices something in one of the bins. Little beady eyes! A MOUSE! So then we are running around trying to get things to capture it with, check, slowly take everything out and find NOTHING! Where did that little guy go?! Before you know it I see Murphy growling mean at the oven. I look underneath see nothing, but he is continuing to growl and bark. So we decide to pull it out..OMG a mouse! It pops into the warming drawer. Then Wes slowly opens it and out the mouse jumps. And before we know it, like it was a scene from Animal Planet, Murph scoops up that mouse in his mouth and kills it with one bite then drops it. OMG COMPLETELY AWESOME!!!!!!!!! At that moment we were like holy crap I knew there was a good reason for him to be in the kitchen. Protecting his family from the deadly mice. hahaha So for the rest of the afternoon he was guarding the oven double checking if there are any more. Such a good dog!!!!! Needless to say he got treats that day!

4. Organized the Man room. Put both desks on one wall, moved the filing cabinet to the wall, organized the desks, hooked up the new printer, and hung pictures! YAH! Still have some more things to hang, and we are still on the hunt for the perfect bookcase but it is a GREAT improvement!

I will post pictures later of our progress. The main thing I was excited to hang was our 1 year anniversary present (PAPER, which is supposed to symbolize the strength obtained from the interlocking fibres). Once I hung it I warned Wes "Now you better never forget our anniversary!" haha. It looks like the picture below, but with our information. I loved it the moment I saw it, and knew it would look awesome in there. I hope every year we keep up with the traditional gifts. That way everything is thoughtful and special, and doesn't have to be the typical flowers, jewelry, etc.

Good teamwork all weekend! It is amazing how much you can accomplish together ;-) YAH!

11 months!

Sorry this is soo late, but better late than never!

Height: 30.5 in
Weight: 29 lbs
Size 4 diapers...We might be moving to Size 5 soon since the limit is 32 lbs and since I buy in bulk I don't want to get stuck with extras of a small size.
18 mo clothes

Eating Pattern: 3 5 oz bottles, 2 jar of baby food, pieces of mommy's dinner, and a granola bar.
Sleeping Pattern:7:30pm-8:00am...He is starting to sleep in more and more and lately it's been near 9am before he wakes up.

Milestones:
*Starting to Flintstones the ride on. Using those little fit more and more!
*Starting to get brave and trying to walk on his own but he only does it when there is something near to grab onto when he falls.

Likes:
*Looking outside the sliding glass door
*Playing with Murphy
*Bathtime when bubbles are involved...I am ALWAYS crawling to the bathtub. (I hope that never changes!)
*Loves when Daddy and Grande grabs my feet and rubs them against their face. I laugh sooo hard!
*Love to put anything in my mouth! Dog Food sure! High Chair straps sure!

Dislikes:
*Snow...its toooo cold
*Being in the pack n play when Mommy is cooking
*Busting my lip. We experienced our 2nd one every last week
*When I'm trying to walk but Mommy and Daddy wants to hold me. I throw such a fit.

I can't believe we are just two weeks away from the big birthday! AHHH! So thankful, because 1. He is big enough 9 pounds over and gets to ride forward facing! YAH! No more straining trying to flip him around. I think it will REALLY enjoy it! 2. No more formula!! Moving on to milk. YAH! We had a sample of it yesterday, because I forgot to get more formula and it didn't even phase him. Thank goodness! All these new milestones approaching! Exciting times!

Space

Well I did pretty good this weekend accomplishing my goals. I put up 80% of the xmas lights. I have two more icicle strands up. It's been raining since Sunday and I need them to be dry before they go in storage. Maybe next weekend they will be up.

I officially cleaned the garage. I wish it was more organized and clean, but this will work for now. All I know is that we have a full garbage can and it's only Tuesday! Geez gotta survive til Friday. So for now the countless boxes and drywall scraps are stacked against the wall. I even got all the Goodwill stuff together, just need to schedule an appointment now. :-) As you can see from the pictures since I can't necessarily park straight because of all the junk that can't leave till the end of the week I'm just a tad close to the washer & dryer. WHOA NELLY!

I literally spent 3 hours in there, so I was exhausted after. Thankfully, Aiden was a sleepy baby that day and slept most the day. I think he's going through a growth spurt because he has been sleeping a lot. Or he could just be like his Mommy and Daddy and love to sleep! :-)

As you can see from the following pictures he's losing a lot of weight. All his rolls are going bye-bye. This outift used to be skin tight on him around 7 months, and when I say skin-tight the snaps used to come undone. lol But now there is plenty of room! All that crawling around is doing him some good....maybe I should follow his lead and do some crawling around and get the rest of this baby weight off.

"Mommy, who is that good looking baby in those pictures?!"

Other updates he LOVES his chair! At first he was falling off heads first, used it as a standing prop, or a jungle gym. He now understands the concept. Look at him just chillin in it one morning while Mommy was eating her cereal. Such a good baby!!

I also sense in the near future he's gonna start walking. Every day he is standing up without assistance more and more. Plus he's getting braver trying to move from the coffee table to the couch, which means he's gotta move those feet. So exciting! Just another sign my baby isn't a baby anymore. :-(

Projects Begin

So I started working on one of the items for the party favor bag. Crayon holder! It's not perfect, but I still think they are cute. 2 down, 6 to go. What do you think? 

Gonna do this, a little pack of coloring pages, a BTB food container full of candy, extra juice for their drink (mentioned on a previous post), BTB stickers in the party favor bag. Found the stickers (25 cents) and containers (25 cents) at Dollar Tree at great prices. They weren't even a dollar! NICE! I was shocked to find things there because not even Wally World or Target carries BTB stuff.

I think there are about 6 kids coming but I wanted to do extra just in case.

Counting down the days!!

Last Container

As I went to Sam's the other day it was a sad day. It was going to be the last trip of buying the little man's formula! True sign he's growing up. Too fast!! :-( I can't believe in a few weeks he will be one!

It's been one HECTIC week at work preparing for the long weekend, but I'm so glad Friday is here. As we speak Wes is preparing dinner tonight. Chili YUM! That will be good since it's been so cold. Wes' parents are coming over for dinner and a night of Dexter watching! YAH! That's what I call a good night.

Saturday I will be cleaning hardcore and getting the last bit of stuff for Goodwill together. I want to schedule them to come out sometime next week. Then put the remainder of Christmas decorations up in the attic...yes I still have some stragglers *cough cough* icicle lights *cough cough* oops! I think I can accomplish all that on my 3 day weekend!

Sunday, we are celebrating Wes' bro, Tyler, birthday! Brett is cooking so it definitely will be a good meal! I just have to remember to go get something today for him....Has anyone else noticed their memory is completely shot?! I swear I have the memory of a 80 year old. It's weird too I can remember everything shown to me, but when it comes to simple things like picking up stuff or grocery list items if its not written down I can't remember for the life of me. So odd! Growing old downside I guess....

Snow Day 2011

First day of snow for 2011! It started last night and just kept coming down. So that meant I got to work from home! So during my lunch break, I bundled up the little man and headed outside. The snow was starting to melt and was a lot higher in the morning, but it was still fun. This morning when I took Murph out to pee he was so confused and you couldn't see his legs the snow was so high. lol Nothing better than yellow pee right?! lol

So preparation: Socks check, Fleece pants check, Fleece shirt check, Fleece footed pjs check, Fleece hat check, Furry jacket check. I think we are ready to head out!!

As soon as we get out Murph was having a blast running around tossing his tennis ball in the air. Aiden just looked around and was amazed. He didn't know what to do. I look forward to the day when he can throw snowballs at Daddy, because what else is better than that?! :-)

Once inside straight to the tub he went to get warm! I heard on Wednesday or Thursday it's suppose to be low teens. GREAT, but maybe some more snow!!!

Goodbye Sliding Glass Doors

Warning long post!

We have been busy bees over here! I've been trying to finish our sink. Wes hung the shower curtain and toilet paper holder. Turned out great! Just check it out:

Today I made the sliding glass door disappear. How? Curtains!!! Temporary until we replace it with an actual window. Can't wait for that day! However they turned out great! Thanks to the curtains I found at Lowes on a whelm. They go perfect blending the living room and kitchen together. See how well they go with the rug in the living room. I can't stop staring at them. Simple and clean. Also addition to the ADORABLE baby just talking up a storm.

I had so much fun hanging out with Aiden...so of course I had to take pictures. We were really working on standing up alone without support. He did better and better each try and was getting so excited when he saw what he was doing. Precious! I just love this outfit Gabby gave him for Christmas, such a little rocker. While we were playing Murph was napping. lol Where's Murphy?!?! He was so worn out from playing with Brett and Tanner.

Party planning update:

So we officially have outfits for the little man to wear. The first one me and Mom, I mean Honey, found while shopping in Birmingham. I forgot the name of the children consignment shop, but it was in Homewood. I really liked it too. They had adorable stuff! Yes, I know it's really really girly, but hey this is like my last time to make him "cute". lol Plus as soon I saw the smocked tools I was like PERFECT! Exactly what I needed for Bob the Builder theme. If it's too chilly that day we might just end up wearing overalls.. Well then as I'm walking through Walmart the other day searching for footed pjs I ran across $2.50 Carter ones. AWESOME! I ended up getting two adorable ones...and the best part was one was Construction themed!!!! Perfect to wear after he eats his cake. I know Aiden and it will end up ALLLL over him. So a backup outfit is definitely in order. Don't yall just love them?!

Then I found something else PERFECT! I swear best trip ever to Wally World!! These will be perfect for the kids that come to the party and something to take home. While the adults enjoy their adult beverages.

Last update I finished making Aiden's high chair decoration. There will be lots of pictures of him in it eating his cake, so I wanted the chair to look cute. I like the way it turned out. I had all the supplies, plus its cheaper than buying one...so off I went. Check it out!

I can't believe it

I can't believe Aiden is 11 months now! Time is just passing too quickly! Makes me sad to see you grow up, but excited of all the things you accomplish each day. Love you with all my heart little man!

I'll do his official 11 month post probably this weekend after I do his photoshoot with Mommy's new camera! :-)

In just 4 weeks is his big day! I think I have everything I need for decorations...just need to figure out the menu. Yes, I even have his presents wrapped and hiding! :-) Invitations were even put in the mail today and marked the Friday before a vacation day just to spend some quality time with the birthday boy!

After my unbelievable busy,non-stop issues of a day I am counting down...

Winter Cleaning

Instead of Spring Cleaning I've begun Winter Cleaning! I had been majorly slacking and having a long weekend was just perfect! Plus Aiden wasn't being really needed and was content following me around and playing with his toys instead of wanting Mommy to hold him. Don't get me wrong I LOVE holding him, but I was in the mood to clean.

Tasks:
1. Clean out closets and chest and get Goodwill bags together-DONE
2. Seal and start staining vanity-DONE just have to poly. The color is PERFECT!
Before

After:

3. Clean and organize Master Bedroom- DONE! I even hung a picture that has been resting on the floor for almost a year....haha oops.
4. Hang Master bathroom shower curtain rod-Wes' honey do list for tomorrow :-)
5. Hang toilet paper holder-on Wes' list for tomorrow
6. Clean garage-To do for this weekend

I guess this is my New Years resolution. haha I will end on a funny note. So Aiden got a comfy new chair for Christmas and this is how I find him....next to it. haha! Yes Mom he's allowed to watch Calliou so Mommy can get dressed and eat breakfast without being late to work. :-) lol

This is what he did when he found I caught him! Little stinker! How can you not LOVE that face!! Melts my heart.....I guess we need to practice some more teaching him how to climb in his chair. lol