Etsy Sale

One of the Freckled Nest Chicks, Inka, is having a sale in her Etsy shop...head over there and take a look at the cute handmade items she has for sale. The silhouettes aren't included, but they are super cool! I LOVE the one she did for me...you can see it on the sidebar of my blog! She is so talented!

Forward Progress

Just a few pictures tonight to show you the progress on the new house!!

This is what the site of the house looked like before...

This is the driveway...looking towards the road

This is the right side of the house site...the end of the brush pile is approximately where the garage will be

This is the pile of brush Jerry cleared off the house site

Pop showing me where the house is going to sit

Alexa having a look around

Alexa playing on Jerry's Loader...LOL! :)

So FUNNY!

Ok, I have to tell you guys something funny that Alexa did last night. After her bath she was playing in her kitchen and I kept trying to get her to come over to me so we could start our goodnight routine. Well, I would say 'Alexa it's time for bed'...'Alexa can you come get Mommy'..."Alexa Lynn, you need to come here'...and on and on the story goes. Clearly she was not listening to Mommy...so after a few minutes I walked over to her kitchen. She started giggling as I got there and tried to run away from me like she always does. I snatched her up and gave her a kiss and said 'Alexa did you hear Mommy talking to you' she exageratedly shakes her head yes, 'were you ignoring Mommy' and she does it again. I had to turn my head to keep her from seeing me laugh. It was absolutely hysterical because she was dead serious! We then discussed that it wasn't nice to ignore Mommy and she said she understood and that she would not ignore me anymore. Now we all know that is a long shot...LOL...but it was still really sweet at the end. I am sure this will be the beginning of many heart to heart we have...she is so funny!

It's OVER!

As you know if you read this post back in February I decided to give up dairy products. After talking to Lindsey I thought it might not be a bad idea to see if it helped with my allergies. Well...for the better part of 6 weeks I was strong and didn't eat any dairy. Even when we all brought food to work (and I even brought something with dairy) I didn't eat any of it. I am officially finished!

There were several things that didn't bother me about not eating dairy...for instance, I really haven't missed milk except when I baked chocolate chip cookies. I haven't missed butter or sour cream. Even though I used to bring yogurt to work that hasn't been a problem either. My only problem has been CHEESE! Yes I know they make veggie slices, and I'm just not willing to go there!

I really didn't even miss cheese until I realized how many things I LOVE have cheese in them. For instance, my favorite sushi roll has cream cheese in it...so I knew instantly I wouldn't be giving that up. I even gave up eating cheese on my favorite dish when we went to eat Mexican. Then this past Sunday Mimi made her famous cheeseball, and that was the kicker. I grew up LOVING this cheeseball and the thought that I couldn't eat it anymore was just too much for me! It was at that point that I decided I just wasn't going to do it anymore.

I did think there was a slight improvement in my allergies, but honestly not enough to make it worth it. So folks while I'm not going to completely go back to dairy, I'm also no longer dairy free. I gave it my best shot, and I don't think it's the best thing for me! Just wanted to let you all know!

Happy Friday!! :)

HELP!!

I changed my template and now it won't let me add page elements...what happened??

**UPDATE**
I am no longer trying to fix this...my mind doesn't want to think about it right now. So, I'm going to leave it alone for now and I might fix it tomorrow or the next day...sorry for any inconvenience!

Ok, somehow it started allowing me to add page elements when I got home...who knows!!

New Chick on the Block

It's official...I have been invited to join the Freckled Nest Design Team! LaLa and I have been emailing back and forth for a while now, and this week she asked me if I would be interested in joining the DT, and obviously I said YES!! I am really excited about having the opportunity to get to know all of these ladies better! I also hope all of you will hop on over to LA's blog and learn a little bit more about FN! She is super creative, and has some of the cutest designs in her shop. To all of my DT chicks, I just want to say I can't wait to get to know all of you!!

Terrific Tuesday

Isn't it beautiful outside today? Sure it's a bit chilly, but it's still a beautiful day. I really don't have much to blog about...we have been pretty uneventful lately. I do have some cute pictures to post, so I'll do that now! Besides...it's not like you care what I have to say...most of you only come for the pictures anyway!! :)

Playing peek-a-boo with Pop Pop

and patty cake!

Trying to climb up in the chair with Pop...I'm a big girl, I don't need any help!

Almost there...

Yeah Pop I made it!! :)

She was giving Pop kisses in the floor...unfortunately I'm not fast enough to capture that!

Pop reading Lexa a story

Eating chicken wings with Uncle Jerry

She loves her Uncle Jerry!!

She loves to feed us what she has cooked in her kitchen!
This is my FAVORITE Alexa face...her daddy calls it her skunky face...I guess it looks like she has smelled something bad...LOL! I LOVE IT! We all just laugh and laugh when she does it...and nobody else can do it like she can...I promise if you try you won't be able to do it! LOL

Eating with her fork...notice the two sippy cups! She wants her water and milk!

There's that face again!

YUMMY!

Bubbles!! Last night when I made Alexa's bath water I decided to make it a bubble bath...well, she loved it...unfortunately she thought they looked like they were good to eat!

As you can see here w/ bubbles all over her face! LOL!

Eating ice cream with Uncle Jerry...yes after my bath! LOL!!

I always want to share!

Messy face...

...and hands! LOL!

Alexa had a great time playing last night...and she was super tired! When I picked her up to get her settled down for bed time I wanted to wait a few minutes before putting her down to Mimi would get home first. No such luck! She was sacked out within 2 minutes and didn't even more when I put her down! She was still dead to the world when I went to get her this morning! She sure played hard!! :) Have a great day!