Sleeping in

There is something magical about sleeping in. Lacey has been AMAZING at sleeping this last week. She normally wakes up between 7:00 and 8:00. Then the newest deveopement is that she will hang out in her crib for roughly an hour before she calls for me to go get her. That means I get an extra hour or so of sleep. Lacey, you're doing great and thank you!

Valentines for Lacey

Today we went to a play group with a bunch of other people from our ward and the other ward in Milwaukee. There were like 30 kids there and it was so much fun. Lacey got to decorate a Valentines Bag. This is the first time that I have let her use stickers and she thought it was the greatest thing ever.

Everyone lined up their bags on the stage and we went through and dropped a Valentine into each one.

This was only half of the bags

Her cheese face

Lacey was able to decorate a sugar cookie while we were there too. By decorate I mean she tried to shove as many sprinkles in her mouth before I stopped her. I ended up throwing a couple sprinkles and some mini m&ms onto her cookie and then called it good. They sent us home with our cookie in a little box. It was so much fun. 

There were a couple of us "dental wives" there so of course we had to do our little presentation about dental health. February is Dental Health Education Month so we get to do presentations all month. 

After we got home, Lacey was rummaging through the diaper bag. She usually empties all of the contents and then I hurry and shove them all back in when we need to go somewhere. She was on the other side of the couch and was being oddly quiet. I had forgotten that I left her boxed sugar cookie in the bag... such a mess, but also such a cute and happy girl.

Don't mind the laundry in the background

Today was so much fun but it left me wondering why are suckers such a popular thing to give? I think they are gross and they are terrible for your teeth. We got like 15 suckers today, and they all ended up in the garbage. 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Grocery Shopping

Today is the first time in like a month that I actually went grocery shopping. We live like 10 yards away from a grocery store and so it is so easy just to send Scott for a nightly run to pick up what we need. It isn't very cost effective to do it that way, but whatever.

Today I actually made a grocery list and went shopping. We actually have food options. Which is fantastic. It is so nice to open the fridge and find multiple options for what I can make for lunch. I am pretty sure that both Lacey and I are sick of eating peanut butter and honey sandwiches every day.

I don't actually mind the grocery shopping part. I like being able to get out of the house for a little bit with Lacey. I feel like the only time we leave the house these days is when we go to nanny. It's freezing outside (and this weekend it is supposed to be in the negatives... grrrrr) and I hate having to get bundled up. The part I do hate is having to carry in all the groceries and then put them away. The problem is, if I let Scott put away the groceries I can't ever find anything when I need it.

Moral of the story is we aren't going to starve anymore.

Galentines Day

One of my friends decided to host a waffle galentines day party for all the third year wives. (Is it weird that I still want to call us the first year wives? In a few months we will be 4th year woot woot!) It was a lot of fun getting together with all of the girls and just catching up. Galentines Day is a made up holiday from Parks and Rec. I'm thinking that it was a fun tradition that maybe we should continue to do in  future years.

For your enjoyment

I'm too tired to really think about what I want to blog about today.... so for your enjoyment here is a video of Lacey. It's worth the watch. Sorry, I posted the wrong video last night. Just edited it.

Super Bowl and Super Clean

Scott had a couple of our neighbors over tonight for the super bowl. I like watching sports... when I have some kind of connection with the teams playing, but tonight I couldn't care less who won. Having a little get together was great though. I got to stay in the comfort of our own home and let Lacey run around like a wild child.  I just love our situation out here. I couldn't ask for a better place to live, or better friends. It is so much fun having so much in common with the people living next door.

We had a bunch of food sitting out on the table for people to snack on. I walked back into our living room to find Lacey trying to shove an entire brownie into her mouth. I assumed that Scott gave it to her, and was a little bugged because she hadn't really eaten much dinner yet. Then I noticed that the brownies were sitting somewhat close to the edge of the table. Our little stinker's reach is getting longer and longer every day. She is learning to climb to get what she wants and that terrifies me a little. How do they grow up so fast.

On a side note, another pro to having friends over is the cleaning that takes place before hand so our apartment is in presentable condition. Thank you Scott for your hard effort in making our home a more inviting place.

Good job Broncos... Payton deserved to finally win a super bowl.

Poison Control

Today we had to call poison control for the first, and hopefully the last time. Lacey was playing in the kitchen and then she came back into the living room. She gave Scott and I the cutest look and then started throwing up... into my basket of clean clothes. We walked into the kitchen to find what she was eating and found a our dishwasher soap pods on the floor. One of them had a bite mark in them. I panicked. I have read horror stories of little kids eating them and ending up in the hospital. We immediately called poison control and they said that because she didn't really break open the large part of the pod she should be okay. We watched her for an hour to make sure she didn't throw up anymore and she ended up being just fine.

I swear the cupboard under the sink is always locked. I have never been so scared in my life. I'm just glad that she's okay.