little sister

yep, arabellas getting a little sister.

there ya have it.







* and i just have to write this so that hopefully it wont happen as much, and also cause its chappin my ass, but if you are thinking of talking to me about how much crazier it is to have girls than boys or how i'm probably gonna have a tom boy cause i dont want that to happen then dont talk to me.... i'll probably just turn around and walk away from you.

place your bets

a hand and a profile

booty baby

so..... arabella normally goes to bed at 6:30 every night... on very rare occasions she will fall asleep early, like if we have to go in the car at like 5.. this happened tonight, and any other time this has happened she sleeps til the morning, tonight she woke up at 7:30 from falling out of bed.. which was the first time.... she told me she had an owie on her booty... and she did, a rash from too much bran.... this seems to be one of the worst, she was crying like she never cries and WOULD NOT go back to bed, i put some stuff on and have been letting her sit with me since then, she seems a bit better but is not ready for bed... oh yea and she got up for a minute went into the bathroom and dunked her bear in the toilet (which she never ever plays with, the toilet, not the bear) and then 'dryed' him off with one of my microfiber rags... i think she thought she was giving him a bath bless her heart.... so she's climbing into my lap now..... oh and seth isn't here.

beach day!

we took ara to the beach today and it was AMAZING. i actually went in the ocean! which, if you know me, is insane.... she was obsessed with the water, which isnt surprising because she loves her bath, the pool and sticking her face into water any chance she gets... it was all we could do just to keep her from running full speed into the waves... seriously. she couldn't even wait for the next wave after one was starting to pull back... then we played in the sand for a long time and made castles... she loved every second of the day there and we loved watching her..... what a perfect day.

i added pictures of our day to the lil poopie album on my myspace, if you have an account ... myspace.com/skylana .... check em out!

olan baycay

we went on a mini vacation to santa barbara and it was long needed and amazing! we stayed at a beautiful hotel that we already got half off and then they upgraded us to a suite... we got to sleep in and take naps everyday... and spend lots of uninterrupted time together... the weather was so beautiful and we got to go to the zoo the last day, where all we could think about was how much ara would ADORE all the animals especially the elephant. when we came home on friday we painted some furniture in our home and our couch was delivered!... our rug is supposed to be here this week and we are getting the whole house painted the last two weekends this month, i will post pictures soon! our vacation pictures can be seen here

if you have myspace....

K

ara learned her k sound, literally just yesterday.... until now she's been saying lots of 'halves' of words.... so since she learned the k sound she has said...

milk (which she used to pronounce moch)
walk
duck
knock
bike
book
cat (i know, no k, but somehow she's able to say that all of a sudden too)
she's also been saying all done and all gone a lot at the appropriate times.




just being cute with crazy hair



she got her keys, phone and purse then came over said 'bye' and walked towards the front door... she's been doing this a lot lately the other day she did it with just her purse and she came and gave me a hug and kiss and then gave seth one and then 'left'




and yesterday i came in and saw her rocking her chair with baby reading a very big book.

what a smartie.

ara just brought me the wipes and said 'poo poo' and nodded her head... i said 'did you go poo poo?' and she nodded so i said 'ok then bring me a diapie' (because for some unknown reason i have to add an ie onto the end of EVERYTHING i say to her, i know annoying) anyway she came back with some diapers and i changed her... what a little smartie. a couple weeks or maybe even two months ago (i've completely lost track of time these days) she was telling me every time she went and even one time at erin's house she was saying 'poo poo' and i checked her but she hadn't gone so i was like 'you didn't go' and she said it again then stood in the corner and pooped. i really hope this means potty training will be smooth.