Livin like a Bea

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

lions and tigers and bears...OH MY!

Sunday I got tickets from my work to go to the IZOD center to see the circus. We took Mya to the big apple circus when she was 1.5 and she LOVED it. I'm talking, couldn't take her eyes off the show the entire time. I was nervous bringing her cause I didn't know if she'd sit still, but she sure did! So I was excited when Barnum & Bailey's was going to be at the IZOD center. When I get tickets through work, it's free and they're usually box seats. So we got really lucky.
We dropped the ging off at my parents and headed out. Here are the kids before leaving our place.

We got there and Mya couldn't take her eyes off of everything going on. It was so cute. And it was really great being in the box cause all the kids could get up and wander around if they wanted to. It was so funny hearing Willie scream, MYA every time they were walking around. Like an old married couple.

They were loving it.

CRAZY! I would never put myself in a cage with these animals. The lions were growling at the guy. I'd pee myself.

This is my boss's son, Grant. He was having a blast too. And he had on the cutest little lion shirt!

Future husband and wife.

Auntie even got Mya a sno cone. She was in heaven.

love this, she was licking daddy pretending to be a lion.

So cute

A video of the bean bouncing up and down all excited.

and this was just NUTS!

GOOD TIMES!

Happy shower Alexis

This past weekend we showered Alexis for her new baby boy due April 15th, same day as Pete and Michelle's baby girls due! CRAZY, right?!
They had it at this really good Cuban restaurant, Martino's, in Somerville, YUM! Mary, you did such a great job, everything looked amazing. I wish I had taken more pics of all the decorations you did.
Mary and Mags. The soon to be Granny (LOL) and Auntie!

SURPRISE!!! You can't even tell this girl is prego sometimes, it's NUTS!

She looks so great.

Mary and 2 of her friends.

Joey got there to pick her up, just in time to see her in her sexy hat! lol

The Olarra's. Love you guys.

Hope you had a great time Alexis. Love you girl and can't wait to hold your little boy. xoxo

Happy 1st Birthday Thomas!

My cousin's son turned 1 on March 4th, we celebrated at his party on the 3rd. His friggin hair cracks me up!
He was loving this balloon attached to Winnie the Pooh.

Mya wanted to check it out too.

Uncle Frank with the ging, this dress looked so cute on her. The colors complimented her hair perfectly!

Some of the kids playing.

I'm HERE!

Tiana found a ladybug.

And seriously, I mean really this pic can't get any cuter. These are my cousin, Linda's kids. Zachary, Mya, Tiana and Naomi. I can't even take this!

Ashley was pooped.

And so was Mya. She had a meltdown and I mean a MELTDOWN at the party. The party started at 12:30. Naptime for the girls is between 12:30 and 1, so we skipped nap and figured that we'd just leave if anything crazy happened, and it did! Mya hit that wall so hard and in a matter of seconds! We left and she passed out on the couch when we got home, didn't even make it to bed.

And just cause I had to get a few pics of Ash in this dress.

BOO!

SO BIG!

We hope you had a very Happy 1st Birthday Thomas. Sorry we didn't make it till the cake. Love ya kiddo!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

9 months old

Wow, time is just flying by. In just 3 short months we'll be celebrating Ashley's 1st birthday. Where has this year gone?? I can't even believe it. She's growing so much and changing every day. She's constantly doing more and amazing me at all her new things she's learning. We did have a 9 month check up so here are her stats:
20 lbs 4 ozs (50-75%)
29 1/4 inches (95%)
She's wearing size 4 diapers still.
She's wearing size 12-18 month clothes, I've even put her in 18-24 in a few things! The 6-12 are pretty much done, unless she wants to rock a belly shirt.
She's in a size 4 shoe!!! WOW, I couldn't believe it. I pulled out Mya's old mouse robeez and put them on her when we went outside and they fit!
She LOVES food and we've just started giving her chicken too. We baked it than pureed it. She liked it. We also gave her pastina, carrots (just cooked on the stove and with some cinnamon), yogurt, cheerios (LOVESSS her some cheerios), yogurt meltaways (Mary told me about these gems that Mya picked out at the store and Ashley loves them), very ripe pears (I just cut them up and she'll eat them), she really likes the texture of table food and is great at picking all her food up and eating it. She'll still eat her food but I want to get her used to using a spoon and fork and can't do that as easily with her baby food. She also uses a sippy cup for water and is great at it. But she honestly loves when I give her the regular water bottle. I'll hold it and help her drink it and she loves that. Stop trying to grow up so fast ging!
She still nurses when I'm around. I've gotten more things while nursing this girl too. My milk ducts clog all the time, I've had a yeast infection in my breast and I just got antibiotics for mastitis! But whatever right?!
She claps all the time.
She waves hi.
She does, how big is Ashley, SOOO BIG and raises her arms up as high in the air as possible!
LOVES to play peek-a-boo. Cutest when she uses a blanket, shirt or anything to do it herself.
High fives
Has 2 bottom teeth, FINALLY!
She's been sleeping through the night for the past 6 nights. We took her to her 9 month check up on March 2nd and the dr said she's fine and we should just let her cry it out. We did, it lasted a week with her waking up. Ryan helped me fight going in there to get her. I did go in one night but that was it! Last Friday, she magically slept through the night and it was AMAZING!!!! I am hoping that this is how it is from now on.
She's not a fan of being put in her exersaucer or walker these days. Would much rather wander around by herself. Cruising on anything or crawling at the speed of lightning! Sometimes so fast that she throws herself forward and face plants on the ground.
She loves the stairs and we usually stay behind her when we're going up for tubby time so she can climb them.
She's still, very much a daddy's little girl. When he holds her, she'll put her head down on his shoulder, it's the sweetest.
Now that it's nicer out she loves to ride in Mya's toy car, Mya loves to push her in it too. She laughs and jumps up and down (post coming on that soon).
And here are some 9 month pics.