WHAT? You glued PAPER to the Floor???!!!???

Yup.  I glued paper to the floor!  AND I'll do it again!

Miz Aisey enjoying the paper bag floor from her penthouse suite.

I'm so excited to say that the floor in the front part of the basement is almost officially complete.  I have three coats of Poly to put down, but that'll be done tomorrow.

We ended up using more than one role of contractor's paper as well as some paper bags, packing paper and some other brown paper Dad was able to supply us!  I wanted to make certain it was all done in one day as I had taken vacation to work on this project and had a schedule that I needed to follow!

Today, I put three coats of Poly on the floor . . . tomorrow will be the final three!  Then, it'll be time to install the trim, repaint the walls, sand the steps (and restain 'em) and FINALLY move my office!

I LOVE how the floor looks and have to laugh when I think of all of the comments and odd looks I received when I said I was going to glue paper bags to the floor!

Six Month (Birthday) Pictures

The 20th was Miz Aisey's Six Month Birthday.  So, I wanted to snap some pictures of her. I tried getting one of her with her Eeyore stuffed animal, but I wasn't able to get a good one.  Instead, we snapped a good one of the two sisters.  This is getting harder as Miss Mia does not want in the pictures, she wants to be the one TAKING the pictures.

I honestly don't know which picture I like best . . . she's so danged cute in each of them.  I think I might like the standing one - as that's her new "thing".  She LOVES to stand and will start crying if we sit her down or don't let her have her way.  Yep, she's a little spoiled!

Family Fun Friday!

Miz Aisey and Connor - NOT a love match.

First off, I am sorry about the pics - I really don't know why Blogger insists that my upright pics need to randomly be tossed on their sides!  It's also not spell-checking my work!

Last Friday, we had our Heart Family over for Dinner.  It was nothing spectacular . . . we just had Taco Salad and cupcakes. 

What made the night special was the fun we had visiting and enjoying each others' company!

My coworker, Marci, was able to attend, along with her Mom, Georgetta (she acutally just had gull bladder surgery!).  I love those two women - and my girls love 'em as well!


Others who were there were Jen and her hubby, Patrick, Dave and Courney and Tiffany, Mike, Connor and  Cadin.

Miss Mia LOVED Connor and wanted to hold him (that was a big NO!).  She also ensured she was there for his diaper changes.  She's really taking a liking to Tiff and loves to follow her around!

Cadin the Cutie!

  

Miss Mia and Aunt Jen

Sir Dave and his faithful Steed.

 

Aunt Marci with Miz Aisey.





Date Night Success!



These two are unbearable prior to the actual play date.  "Mommy, Cadin coming!" is usually the only thing I hear over . . . and over . . . and over . . . 

Yet, when they get together, they usually end up playing with the toys, or alone . . . and rarely with each other.

They did enjoy their dinner together, so that was a plus!

We'll continue to work on getting them to play together!

Baby Bunny and Mommy Mia

Mommy Mia ran into the bathroom this evening hollering that Baby Bunny had to Poop.  The Husband was a little concerned with this, and went to check on Mommy Mia.  He does not usually carry the camera around, but was carrying it down to me when he stopped in to check on the Poop situation.  When he saw Mommy Mia teaching Baby Bunny to use the potty, he had to snap the picture. 

It is one of my favorite photos at the moment!

The second pic is one Mommy Mia snapped of her Baby Bunny wearing (Mommy Mia's) favorite diaper material.  Unfortunately, this diaper material must make Baby Bunny go potty an awful lot as Mommy Mia was changing Baby Bunny every five minutes!

I'm just glad Miz Aisey doesn't mind sharing her dipeys with Baby Bunny!

Six Months!

My Little Miz Aisey is 6 months.  I had to check the calendar a few times to make certain Miss Mia hadn't ripped off a few extra pages!

My little sweetie has been giving me a few rough nights lately . . . last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, I was functioning on less than 3 hours of sleep due to her not going to bed prior to 11 and waking up hourly.  When she would wake up, she would fuss and it was hard to get her back to sleep.  Heck, Thursday, she woke up at 2:45 and didn't fall back to sleep until 5 - just in time for me to roll out of bed and get ready to work.

She's been a little better the last two nights . . .

There is a white spot or two on her gums.  I think she's going to be the same as her sister - the tooth will be white in the gums and then go away, and come back, and go away . . . enough to drive us insane - especially as we'll exclaim over it and then the next person will only see pink gums!

Enough about teething. 

Miz Aisey is in size 1 diapers and wears 3-6 month clothing.  I've started giving her 2 oz of formula a night as I've been cutting down on the breastfeeding/pumping as I've been told I need to get on my PCOS meds again (and cannot take 'em while bf). 

Miz Aisey wants to sit up most of the time.  The rest of the time, she wants to be standing.  There is nothing she loves more than to "walk" with one of her feet on each of mine. 

Miss Mia is her favorite buddy, but Simba is a VERY close second.  Miss Mia and Miz Aisey actually have to be seperated at night because they get so wound up.

Miz Aisey is allowed to put her feet in the bath when Mis Mia is bathing.

OH, and the drool?????  Goodness gravy - I can take a bath in it!

We go next week for her 6 month well baby appointment!  Stats will be posted then.

Easter Egg Hunt!

Monday, we took our girls to Tiff's Church to hang out with her two boys.  Miss Mia and Cadin got to hunt eggs with another little boy in the 1-2 yo category.  It was so cute to watch them "find" the eggs.  Their excitement had us all laughing.  Miss Mia went to town, and we had to tell her to slow down so the two boys could get some Easter Eggs as well.  I guess her "finding" the eggs over at her PapaT's home was the perfect training exercise!  I'm glad we decided to attend the Hunt!

The last pic is one of Miz Aisey prior to leaving for the Egg Hunt. 

My Little Cat Cora

I will confess - I leave the tv on most of the day.  It's background noise as I have gotten accustomed to working in an environment with a lot of chatter. 

Much of the time, the Food Network is playing. 

Lately, our evenings wind down as Iron Chef America comes on.  Miss Mia will clean off the kitchen table and run to the living room to see what Chef will be picked that evening.  We cheer when Cat Cora competes.  I like the entire "strong female in a male dominated world".  Miss Mia, well, I think she just enjoys rolling the "r" in Cat Corrrrrrrrrrra's last name.

After a long day of working in the office (with some overtime tossed in), I came home to a house smelling of chocolate.  Miss Mia and her daddy had baked a chocolate chocolate chip cake for me.  Miss Mia greeted me at the top of the stairs "Mommy!  I Cat Cora!  I COOK!"

The cake was yummy and I was ever so proud of my little Cat Cora!

Laundry Day

Sisters

Piggy Tails

I had to cut Miss Mia's bangs . . . they were getting out of control.

She kept moving and I ended up cutting more length off than I wanted . . . it was around an inch that I chopped.

She then wanted "Boo Hair" to show Daddy.

For those of you not in the know, "Boo Hair" is what the little girl has in Monster's Inc.

This should not be confused with "Gidget Hair" which are Piggy Tails at the bottom back of her head.

I love that we're starting to play more with hair!  I love love LOVE that she let me french braid it the other night before heading to bed!

Ahhhh . . . the cuteness!

Play Date(s)

We may be short on blood family, but our heart family is alive and growing!  Last Friday, we went to visit Mr. Connor and his family. 

Miss Mia was able to visit with her friend Cadin.  They played together so well - tearing the house apart and making Cadin's room appear to have exploded.

I got to visit with Tiff who I miss a ton!  Even though she and I aren't in the office the same day, we email daily  . . .   my weight loss and venting friend . . . my voice of reason and my sounding board.  My sanity.  Yah, I miss her!

The hubbies also got to be men and talk men stuff - while holding two cute little darlins!

Is there any better way to celebrate a Friday?

I think not!

Spring Flowers

We've had very few days above 30 here - actually like five!

It's sad. 

So, when I first spotted these flowers, I had to take pictures!  These were actually snapped on a break from work with My Hansy two days before he left us.  (yes, I still have a broken heart over his passing).

An Aisey Update

I just updated the Five Month posting.  As I typed it, I thought of how many milestones Miz Aise has met in just the last 10 days!

Miss Aise hates being on her back.  She rolls to her belly and starts creeping . . . and can go from one side of the bed to the other in an instant.

She wants to sit up.  She insists someone hold her - or that she be propped up so she can look all around and be a big girl.

Let's change that!  Miz Aise INSISTS on sitting up by herself!  As of this evening (3.30.11), she sits unassisted for around 2 or 3 minutes.  Then, when she starts to tumble over, she usually puts a hand down and can hold herself from falling. She has been able to sit herself back up as well!

Miz Aisey can now roll from her belly to her back on purpose . . . but usually refuses because she HATES being on her back (have I mentioned she HATES being on her back???)

We gave her a little more cereal the other night.  Nothing great, but wanted to see how she would do, and if she was ready . . . . Miss Mia made her daddy sit right beside Aisey's chair and Miss Mia climbed up in his lap while I fed Aisey.  Aisey didn't love the food so much as the reaction she received from her sister and parents.  It was great.  Unfortunately, Aisey still isn't into the 'eating' part of having cereal in front of her . . . so our entertainment will be on hold another few days.

There - does this make up for my having been a BAD BAD MAMA in regard to Aisey's 5th (month) birthday?