Carter's and more

It's the last day of August.  Sigh.   Summer is ending (albeit JUST started!).  BUT September is our MOVING MONTH!  YAY!  I told Dustin last night that I am so sick of our condo that I think I will just go live in the car until we move.  He just says, "Are you taking Leilah?" (Our cat that has been extra annoying lately)  HA!  

Today we went to the Carter's store. My favorite store for Leah shopping!  Right now they are having a sale where everything in the store is 50% off PLUS I had a coupon for 25% off the entire purchase!

Leah NEEDS new clothes but I have been waiting until the end of the summer to get her new fall clothes! She is just now at nearly 19 months old starting to grow out of her 12 month clothes. So I wasn't sure if I should get her 18 month sized stuff, or 24 month so that she could grow into them........I ended up getting some of both!
I didn't go too nuts buying stuff, Dustin will be happy to hear. :-)

New sweaters

New big girl jammies

Other fall essentials!

I think now she will be set for awhile........Ahem, yeah right. I love shopping for Leah :-)

Funny story - Yesterday I saw Leah show me something (I couldn't tell what it was) and was saying "Eeee-ing" (earring) and pushing it up to her ear. I freaked and grabbed what was in her hand. It was a little screw!!  First of all, how freakin adorable that she compared it to an earring!!  BUT where the heck did she get it!? I asked her and she actually led me over to the dining room table, and pointed to underneath. One of the brackets holding the leg of the table together was sure enough missing a screw!  Oh my goodness!

Nothing Much

Well after my last post about us being sick, we got worse. :(  We had fevers, coughs, sore throats, tired, and just generally feeling awful!  We are feeling better now but still have little lingering coughs and runny noses so we are still laying low.

Silly girl

This weekend was the worst, I literally didn't leave the house for nearly 4 days!  We had to cancel SO many really fun plans and it was probably the last really nice weekend of the summer!  It was 85 degrees out and I was chilled and in my sweats and fuzzy socks. :(  I think I had more of the flu than a cold (which I haven't gotten in YEARS!).

Leah loves petting Leilah

Well hopefully we are 100% better by this coming weekend and hopefully the weather will be beautiful again like it was last weekend!

Eskimo kisses for Daddy

I hope everyone else is feeling healthy and enjoying the last few weeks of summer!!

Sick in August?!

This is soooo weird.  Who gets sick in the summer?!  Well apparently Leah and I do.  How embarrassing! I don't even usually get sick that often in the winter!! Yesterday we had a fun day playing at the park and running errands. But I noticed both of us having a light cough and I could see in Leah's eyes that she didn't feel that well.

Last night Leah stayed home with Daddy and I went with my mom to dinner and see the movie The Help. Oh my goodness that movie is good but just so sad in so many ways!  I was going to do a whole blog post on it but now I am just too tired. :(  By the time we got out of the movie my throat was getting really raw feeling. It got worse throughout the night and I felt awful this morning.  Leah seemed fine when she woke up but got progressively worse throughout the morning and had a 103 temp by 10am. So even though I was feeling terrible, my baby comes first and I had to do everything I could to make her comfortable.

We literally laid on the couch together watching tv all day long.  And if you know me, I don't usually let Leah watch hardly any tv at all. 

And one of the worst parts of it is that today was about 85 degrees and beautiful. We had plans to go swimming and then Dustin and I were supposed to go on a date night tonight to go take an Italian cooking class. We'd had it planned since February. I was SO bummed to have to cancel both! 
I really hope we both wake up tomorrow feeling better!

A Mellow Wednesday

Today a few different plans fell through so this morning we hung around and then ran to Toys R Us to check out different baby gates since our new house has stairs!  There are so many different kinds. Any recommendations??

Leah had fun riding on the Bert & Ernie ride!

She looks startled in this pic but she really enjoyed it and got upset when it stopped.

Then we came home for lunch and nap. Daddy came to work from home for the afternoon after his company picnic. 
Leah had fun "working" next to Daddy. :-)

Leah and Mommy singing probably wasn't helping Daddy's concentration :)

After dinner Dustin went flying and Leah and I went on a walk to the park.  Then we played for a bit before bedtime.  Leah has started putting her toys on the couch and then climbing up there to play with them.

Drink for Leah...

Drink for Elmo!

Now Mommy is going to have a glass of wine and watch the original Melrose Place on DVD that I got from Netflix! :-)

Quinoa Veggie Stir Fry

I made a yummy and healthy dinner tonight and I thought I would share! 

One of my favorite foods (especially since I don't like to eat much meat) is quinoa. It is a grain that is a complete protein source (meaning it contains an adequate proportion of all nine of the essential amino acids necessary for the dietary needs of humans and other animals).  So anyway, I have been experimenting with different tasty recipes that include it.

I get the organic quinoa from my favorite store - Trader Joe's!

It is super simple to cook, just like rice, and takes 15 minutes.

I decided to take some veggies I had on hand - carrots, zucchini and red pepper.  Stir fried them with olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano, sesame seeds.  

Once the quinoa was done, I splashed in a few tablespoons of herb & garlic marinade just to give it a little more flavor. 

Then to serve, just spoon veggies over quinoa and done. It turned out so tasty! As with all of my "recipes" I just use what I have on hand, with no specific measurements. And there are so many variations!

Takin' Care of Business

Nothing all too exciting going on this week for us yet.  Yesterday Dustin and I had to go sign a bunch of papers for our house, so my mom watched Leah for a few hours (I will be SO bummed when my mom goes back to work and isn't around all the time to hang out with us and help with Leah!).  And after our business was done we went to lunch at Whole Foods. YUM, I love their salad & hot food bar! 

Today my poor mom had to get one of her wisdom teeth pulled so Leah, Neil and I went to be with her.  Leah did so good waiting for the almost 2 hours we were there. She played on the chairs, ate snacks, and watched a few Elmo videos on Uncle Neil's phone.

Luckily there was a park across the street that I took her to for a little bit when she started to get antsy.

I think the weather is supposed to be nice the rest of the week and into the weekend so I need to get some fun stuff on the calendar! 

New Booster Seat

We have been wanting to get Leah a booster seat for awhile now.  I was shopping at Target yesterday and saw this on clearance!

I am not one to usually get Leah overly girly, all pink and purple princess stuff, etc. But for $20, this was too cute!  I couldn't resist! 

 And Leah LOVES it!

Awww loves for baby  :)

I still haven't fed her a meal in this, she is so far just having a blast playing in it, haha!

Fun Friday After a Long Week

This has seemed like the longest week!  We have been on the go all day every day and our schedule has been all over the place. And Leah thrives on her schedule, so she has been a little wacky all week because of it. AND, I like MY time while Leah is usually napping to get things done. Luckily she has been able to nap and eat at my mom's house a few days which has helped us soooo much. Thanks Mom! :-)  But I will be happy to get back to our regular schedule next week!

Today we went to the beach with Sheri and Ashlyn and the girls had fun playing in the sand and wading in the lake.

I hope the weather stays nice for at least the next few weeks since I feel like it JUST started being nice!!

Long Beach

I always take so many pictures that it is hard to pick just a handful to share!  So I will do my best, haha! Here is our weekend at the beach in pictures -

Our condo had a deck with a view of the ocean, kitchenette, big playground, indoor pool and path to the beach

We can't wait to go back!