Princess & Sparkles

How is it the my little girl loves pink, sparkles and princesses?  How is it that my little girl loves everything girly when she has no girly role models, cartoons, influences in her life?  How is it that my little girl who spends so much time with her daddy loves purses, headbands and just all things pink.

I always thought/assumed that girly girls were born to girly girl moms, but apparently that is not the case.  Addie does does her time playing in the dirt and at the playground but she loves shopping for all things girly.  She loves her dolls, her princesses and especially anything with sparkles…ANYTHING.

Princess Jeep…

Pumpkin she decorated with sparkles while holding her purse…

Wanted her picture taken again with her necklace and her sparkly ring….

Princess costume she HAD to have for Halloween…

Not sure if this is girly or just silly…

Face painting with the a little pink butterfly (one of her favorite things..)

The epitome of girly girl…pink outfit, sparkly jewelry, and tacky hair accessories…

I love this girly girl, I will just need to do a little light reading on things to keep up with her and the trends :)

These lil ones…

These are the girls my little girl LOVES

These are the girls my little girl misses so much already

These are the girls my little girl wants to go and play with every single day

These are the girls my little girl thinks hang the moon

These are the girls my little girl wants to be like when she gets big

These are the girls my little girl referencing for each and every milestone in becoming a “big girl”

These little girls are the girls who we love more than life itself and will miss more than words can describe as they start their new adventure  on the other side of the world.

I don’t even know what an appropriate title could be from this evening.  I was perusing through our pictures and found a few gems.  The ones below make me giggle because it was from a night after her bath.  She kept say “Cold!!…Brrrrnn!”  She barely enunciates any words but she tries to say brrrrr, she always says brrrrrn.  Addie sat in her chair, feeling sorry for herself, eating her favorite dinner of black beans and cheese while she was wrapped in an old dish towel.  She sat like this the entire time she ate, she made the most pitiful face I have ever seen…..

Sweetness

There is something so sweet when your little one sleeps next to you.   First, let me say that I am not an advocate for family beds or regularly sleeping next to your children but there are times when it is needed.  Last week for us, it was needed. 

There is a sweetness of seeing them so content, sleeping soundly.  It reminds you how cute they are and how much you love them.  You easily forget all the little battles you have just gone through out the day.  That’s some of the thoughts we had.

The other thoughts included annoyance of this little body who needs 3 times the space of the bed then you do, snores like an 80 year old man, exudes heat like a inferno and makes sure there is no way you get 1 hour of solid sleep during the night. 

As sweet as it was to share the bed with Addie while we were out of town I was glad to be home where she could sleep in her own bed, where she belongs :)

Cold Turkey…

Have you seen this child??

The one with her paci in your mouth??  Well not in this house, not anymore.  The cute little Pacifier or “nigh-nigh” she lovingly referred to them as are no longer present.    The child who couldn’t go to bed without having 1 in her mouth, 1 in each hand and 2-3 extra in her bed has quit cold turkey.  

Dave got fed up with the obsession, she was easily taking advantage of us and getting them throughout the day and no longer just during her sleep time.  He decided enough was enough and helped her throw them out in the trash.  For 36 hours we have been “nigh-nigh” free.  I can’t believe it.  We haven’t had any naps in the past 2 days, but night time hasn’t been too bad and during the day we can easily distract her with a treat or 2 if we get into super meltdown mode but the transition has gone MUCH easier then I expected.

I’m glad Dave took charge here because in my mind it was going to be a 12 step process to get rid of them, but he is right, let’s just rip the band aid off and go from there…..thank goodness. 

:)

This picture makes me smile.

I love it because this little one has some spunk, sorry not some but A LOT of spunk.  Her little personality just makes me smile, she loves to laugh, she loves to make others laugh.  I am very grateful for her mostly cheerful disposition :)

You know what they say….

Start them early!

Addie loves to help whenever and where ever she can :)