Mom n Me Monday

We had a fun weekend... car auctions, Relay for Life, pop up campers and teething biscuits. It all started Friday evening. We went to a local Relay for Life event with our new Micralite Superlite stroller.  After walking for about 45 minutes we enjoyed roasted corn-on-the-cob and hot dogs. Lea and I headed home for the night but Kevin stayed until about one in the morning. Saturday morning we all slept in until 9am... even Lea! It was fabulous because she hasn't been sleeping well at all for the past several weeks. I'm talking screaming and crying for a couple hours every night at bed time. I think we're getting into separation anxiety because if you stand by the crib, without touching her or even saying anything, she's fine. But as soon as you are out of site, she looses it! Anyhow, I digress... back to our fun weekend. Saturday we all slept in then we met Grandma  Grandpap at a local car auction. That was pretty cool. Lots of 50's and 60's cars but my favorites are always the Corvettes. I'll take any year, however the 70's Stingray is my favorite. I will have a Corvette one day. Saturday afternoon we did a little grocery shopping. Lea really enjoys riding in the shopping cart. She's also getting to the point where she's reaching out and grabbing anything within her reach as we roll by. I got her some organic whole wheat teething biscuits to try and couldn't wait until we got home. So, I gave her one to chew on as we walked around the store... remember, I'm a first time mom. Needless to say, I had no clue how messy that would be! She had sticky, mushy teething biscuit all over herself and everything she touched. When we got out to the car, I stripped her down to her diaper before putting her in the car seat. So if you see one of those forwarded emails with pictures of crazy people that you see at Wal-Mart... we very well may be one of them! I'm just sayin', don't judge a book by it's cover. :)

Onto Sunday... we decided to check out a couple pop up campers for sale. We've been talking about getting one for at least a year. It's finally the season when people are selling campers so there have been a lot on-line. We found two that were in our price range and looked worthy of a visit, so off we went. By Sunday night, we were proud owners of a 1995 Viking Pop Up Camper! I'm so excited to get started cleaning it and packing it up for our first trip. I want Lea to have fun memories of camping as a little girl just as I do. Sitting in lawn chairs by a camp fire, splashing around in the lake, the smell of bug repellent and the taste of yummy s'mores. What more could you want on a beautiful summer weekend!? (Did I mention that our 'new' camper has a/c!?)

Here's a few pictures from our fun weekend... including Lea and myself for this Mommy n Me Monday. :)

Mom n Me Monday

Another week has come and gone.  My little Lea is growing and changing every single second.  She has almost perfected her crawl and has certainly perfected her 'pincer grasp'... getting a single Cheerio into her mouth on her own.

We had another busy weekend, one where we say we won't do anything and then end up busier then ever!  Lea and I spent the day Friday shopping with her Grandma Debra.  Saturday was a day for festivals.  We went to a pottery festival and a street festival.  It was a lot of fun... live music (which Lea loves), yummy food, arts & crafts and tons of people watching.  Finally. Sunday morning was spent at the farmers market getting fresh, local vegetables to make for Lea.  Then, we went to cousin Kristin's piano recital and finally to Grandma Sue & Grandpa Gene's for dinner.  Lea has such a good time with her cousins.  She loves to watch them run around and play.  It will be any day now that Lea is running around with them.  Thinking of her running around is exciting but it also breaks my heart.  Little Lea is growing up WAY too fast!

Every night we go through the same routine to get Lea ready for bed.  After her bath, which she LOVES, she gets a little massage with lotion and then has some time to crawl around a play before getting her jammies on.  After a few minutes of playing, we usually read a book while laying on the floor.  Well, last night we got home pretty late so we skipped her bath and play time.  After I got Lea's jammies on her,  I stepped out of the room for a second.  When I returned, Lea had crawled over to her books and was holding Goodnight Moon as if to say, "Don't forget my bedtime story mommy!"  It was adorable. :)

I actually don't have a new picture of Lea and myself for Mom n Me Monday... I know!  It's terrible!  I promise I will have one (several, actually) by next Monday, though.  Until then, here's a picture of Lea with two of her cousins...

And here's Lea chillin' in her new shades at the pottery festival.

And, since I just realized that she's not smiling in either of those pictures, here's a picture of her beautiful smile (showing off her new crawling skills!).

Mom n Me Monday

I take a LOT of pictures.  I am, by no means, a professional photographer, but I really do love taking pictures.  I also, however, love to be in front of the camera... even though I often over critique myself.  "Ugh, that's a big wrinkle!" or "Dang, my hair looks terrible!" or even "Geesh, I look too skinny."  I don't want Lea or myself to look back on these days of our lives and wonder, "Where's Mom?"  (and I certainly don't want to raise her to have low self esteem.)  So, in an effort to be in more pictures with my daughter and to stop worrying about the details, I am going to participate in 'Mom n Me Mondays'.  :)

Here's the first one!  Lea and I enjoyed a few minutes of playing on the floor while Daddy captured the moment.