Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween All! This post is going to be all about my Halloween festivities. From my work party and what I made for the potluck and what 
I dressed up as to our Sunday Morning Fun carving pumpkins with Chloe. She had a blast and LOVED putting her hands in the pumpkins with all the slimy gook! LOL!

S'more Cups! YUMMO!! Thanks, of course to Pinterest

Me getting ready for work

At work as Amy Winehouse

My Girl Mallory as Nicki Minaj

Cheesin' with the pumpkins

Helping Daddy take the guts out

She was putting her hand in the gook! She loved that!

She was cleaning it out! LOL

My Pumpkin

Andy's Pumkin

So there you have it! That's our Halloween fun for this year! Chloe is dressed up as Tinker Bell today at day care, and I'll post those pictures tomorrow!

Sunday Morning Scene

Happy Halloween all! This is what we are doing this fine, chilly october morning!

Sitting with her lovey and not being a very good picture taker. LOL!!

Tomorrow is my MIL's birthday, so we are off to their house for the afternoon....after we have lunch and a nap of course. 

Hope everyone has a great Sunday with lots of Halloween fun!!

Tomorrow's post will be filled with some pumpkin carving pics! YAY!!

Going Pink for a Cause

Today I am going pink for a cause. I was invited by Marilyn to join in this great post for today!! You should link up with her and show your appreciation too!!
And, since I'm not a very craft person, I will just post some pictures that I found that I think are cute, and very Pink, and made me think of all those in the world that have or are battling breast cancer. To you, our hearts go out!!

Each of these pictures made me think Pink and think about saving a life! I hope that they did for you as well!

Thanks for reading!! Hope you will continue to follow!

My Long Distance Relationship

I admit it, and I'm not ashamed at all...I'm in a long distance relationship....LOL! No, not really. But in all seriousness, I have been texting/emailing/Tweeting/FBing and Heytelling with my cousin Shannon for the past oh....2 years. And it's been between 10 and 15 years since we've seen each other. The last time we saw each other was here...

Sorry, Shannon...I had to!! LOL!! I was probably about 12 or so here...so that would make Shannon about 15 or so. And yes, that was the last time we actually saw each other. Her family came to visit my family and we took them up to my families cottage for the weekend. It was a blast!! I really wish that we lived closer....But unfortunately we are about 4 hours apart. She's in Ohio, and I'm in Michigan. We seriously need to get together soon! We have so much in common, our hubbies would get along great, and well...the little ones NEED to meet!!! They are only 4 days apart! I mean...it's only fair that the youngest of the cousins  get to play together right?? One of these days we will. And I hope that it's sooner then later. Before the girls get too much older. Even though we are so far apart, sometimes I feel like she knows more about me then anybody else. My own parents live 2 hours from me. So we only see them like once every few months when we make the trip up north. And since I've had Chloe, I don't see my sister and brother all that often either. And we don't really talk that much either. I talk to Shannon the most out of anybody. I mean, we email EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's the greatest to have someone to talk to that understands me and gets me. I mean, besides the hubby, duh!

So there you have it. This girl is the whole reason that I started blogging. And I thank her so much for introducing me to this whole internet world. It's amazing, and I truly enjoy putting my life out there for ya'll to read! 

Love ya Cuz!!

My how she's grown!!

Just in the past few weeks! It seems crazy, but seriously, she's like become a toddler before our eyes in just the past 2 weeks. From REALLY making a solid effort to walk, to talking, to drinking milk out of a sippy...it's just been a whirlwind of learning and firsts for us.

I was giving her a bath the other night, and Andy came in and sat on the floor and played with us a little bit. He never does that. Usually he's like watching TV, doing work stuff, and heck...sometimes not even home. So that was a shocker. But he sat down, and looked at me and said "she's really grown up in the past couple of weeks." Funny thing is, I was thinking the exact same thing at that exact moment!! It's just been crazy.

Her vocabulary has really started taking off. She's can now say Hi, Dada, Mamma, Kitty, Baba and Up. AND she can sometimes sign "please"!!

She can walk pretty good...and she can stand up on her own without grabbing onto something. She doesn't do it very often, but she's fully capable. She's not a full time walker either, but she CAN DO IT! So that's good!! That's what we've been waiting for. And it's finally come!! Just makes me so happy!!

And when it comes to eating. OMG-Girl can EAT!! She will seriously eat anything that you put in front of her face now!! And that's huge...because like 2 months prior to her 1st birthday, I was really worried that she wasn't eating enough. She would just brush everything off her highchair when you put it there. She would only eat like snacky foods...and I didn't want her to get used to that. Well, no fear. Cuz now she eats everything. Including veggies! As a matter of fact, veggies seem to be her fave!! Carrots and Green Beans are her favorite. She also likes peas and zucchini and potatoes. 
Oh, and another great thing that we've accomplished is we're down to 1 bottle a day!!! Just this past weekend, Andy woke up with her as he usually does and let me sleep in. When I woke up, she was eating her cheerios in her highchair, and had a sippy of milk....I was shocked to see her pick it up and drink it...and then again, and again! And then I gave her another sippy of milk with her lunch...and she drank that too....she like chugged that baby down! I was so proud of her!!! 
So, here we are, 14.5 months old...today (10.26) She decided that she was going to start walking like a champ. Hubby went out after work, so it was Me and Chloe for dinner, bath and bottle. While I was putting her clothes away before we started her bath, she just stood up and started walking. Fell, and then did it again, and again and again. I was so happy for her! She seemed so excited about it too!!! I think she will be fully walking in the next 2 weeks! I'll be a happy Mamma!!! Just for her to be able to walk from the car to the house after work when I have 3 bags to carry + the house key in my hand to open the door. It will just make things so much easier. But I am sure once this happens, we will wish that she didn't walk. LOL! Oh well...I'm ready for it! 
Bring it on Tinker!

Love you baby girl!!

Liebster Award

I guess being a blogger does have it's perks, huh? I have a very sweet follower whom I'm in love with, and I absolutely love reading about her life! 
Her name is Ashleigh @ http://ashleighnichole21.blogspot.com. 

She's such a sweet girl, and she was so nice as to give me this award!! And for that I'm very thankful. So, now it's my turn to pass it along. 
I'm not sure that I'll be able to follow all the rules, But I will try. 

The rules are as follows:

What does the Liebster Blog Award mean?

The Liebster Blog Award is given to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. Liebster is a German word meaning dear, sweet, kind, nice, good, beloved, lovely, kindly, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.



To keep this award going, pass the award along to 5 other new deserving bloggers who have less than 200 followers.



The rules for the Liebster Blog Award are:
1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love, too!


Well, here are my 4 picks. I couldn't pick 5 because I'm just starting out and I only have 22, and most of my followers have WAY more then 200 followers. LOL!!

I'm giving this award to 

Mallory

Melissa

Nichole

Kaley

I love reading all these blogs! Learning about them and their families, and being able to watch them grow.
That's the reason I started blogging myself. To see what else is out there and learn from others!! 
And hope that others can learn from me too!
So, ladies, it's your turn! Pass this award along to your favorite and let them know how much you enjoy their words!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

Yet another SWW post! Can't  believe that it's already here...again! So, I'll be linking up with Shannon today. If you haven't already, you should go check her out!!

So, this week I'm saying SO WHAT! if

• My girl Mallory and I went to Subway for lunch, and started dancing to the music that was playing....can you say WE NEED A NIGHT OUT!!!
• I totally blow dried my bangs, and then pulled the rest of it (still wet) into a side bun and WENT TO WORK!! I don't care! I didn't feel like taking the time to dry the whole thing. And I TOTALLY got a compliment on it too! GO ME!
• I cried at work to get some appraisal for being a great employee...yea, I did it...and I'm proud to say that it worked!
• I buy Chloe clothes that aren't as cute as what I would normally buy her to send to day care for her to have if she has a blow out or something. I don't want her to miss out on wearing cute clothes cuz they are at day care...
• I totally wait for a close parking spot at day care so I don't have to walk far....it's a circle drive, and I ALWAYS get there like RIGHT after 10 other cars...UGH...
• I kind of want a lap top....JUST because I've become SO addicted to this blogging thing. 
• Chloe is still taking 2 bottles a day. She's getting closer to having all her milk in a sippy in the morning...but not quite, and frankly, I'm ok with it.
• Chloe turned 14 months on 10/20 and she is JUST starting to be able to stand up freely on her own. It's ok! I'm ok with it....she'll get it when she gets it, and when she does, I'll wish that she didn't. LOL
• I tend to curse like a sailor....I'm not proud of it. (ok, I kind of am...) Obviously, I don't do it in front of the Tinker, but when the Hubs and I get together and have an Adult convo...it just comes out, and I can't help it.
• I decided that I needed new writing utensils to use with my Erin Condren planner. So I bought some sharpie magic markers!! Black, Purple, Lime Green and Pink!!

So that's it for my SWW post. Now, go and link up with Shannon!!

photo fun from my phone

So these are a few photos from my android phone that i took using my camera 360 app. Its great, and fun and i love it!! Just fore warning...they are MOSTLY all of Chloe...No...They are ALL of Chloe. LOL!!

She loves her Daddy!!

Watching some cartoons while eating some lunch

Digging into some carrots, Zucchini and green beans

Yum, Yum!!

She loves playing in the bathtub!!

Some shots that I took for her 1st birthday invitations

She was tired...and not feeling the flower...lol

My Fave shot of all

Well, those are the cutest of the cute from my Camera 360 App on my Android phone. More to come as I take them.