Easter Weekend

Where do I begin! I haven't been regularly blogging for a while because I have been in crunch mode for school. I have TONS of finals coming up and recently had four tests falling between only days apart. Sucky, I know. And to make things even more hectic I got a new CNA job working at the Lutheran Home in town. I am working registry and making a great wage and it's only a block away. Because I am training I worked Tuesday through Thursday from 2pm-10pm last week and will work Monday-Thursday from 2pm-10pm this week. Which means that I am going to school from 9am-2pm and immediately going to work (at 2:45) until 10pm. On Tuesday-Thursday I do get to leave at 11 giving me a little more time with Evelyn and we had a blast this weekend for Easter.


We attended an early Easter egg hunt last weekend...(notice Evelyn's sweet rain boots).


On the day of the real Easter egg hunt, Easter morning, Evelyn decided to wake up and help herself to her Easter basket while everyone was sleep. There were candy and fake grass everywhere. After this fiasco she participated in her first ever real Easter egg hunt! She had a blast and scored it big. The whole day went perfectly and we all had a blast.

Ev in her Easter dress.


Bunny ears :)


And here is Evelyn during the few hours of sunshine we had this weekend. This was her first ever time seeing the ice cream man and she was thrilled!

Big Girl

Last night we decided to transitioned Evelyn's crib into a toddler bed. She was SO excited! She kept running into her room and throwing herself onto the bed. Here's a clip.


She looked like such a big girl laying there. I sat at the edge of her bed, read her a few books and kissed her goodnight. I explained that she was a big girl now so she had to sleep in her big girl bed. When I shut the door I knew it wouldn't be long before I heard some kind of activity inside. A few minutes later Ev came to the door. Without speaking I picked her up and placed her back in her bed. We repeated this about 15 times until I realized it was now a game. So I placed her back in bed, kissed her goodnight again and shut the door completely because she is still (thank God!) unable to turn door handles. She immediately began screaming, "Oh no! Mommy, pwease! Oh goodness!" and multiple other cries of help. This lasted for a good 20 minutes before I heard nothing. An hour later I checked on her and she was sleeping in her bed. One of her toy bins had been dumped out but other than that the room was in order. Overall it was definitely an easier night than I had planned on!

So I was curious to see how tonight would play out. We brushed teeth, watched a show and headed to bed for some reading. She leaped up on her bed and snuggled down into her blankets with her baby. We read a few Dr. Seuss books and I again explained how she was such a big girl. When I leaned in for a kiss she wrapped her arms around my neck and said, "Wuv you, Mommy. G'night." My heart melted. I told her, "Good night, sweetie" before shutting the door. Fifteen minutes later I had still heard nothing so I cracked open the door and there was my big girl sleeping soundly in her bed. I tucked her in, kissed her forehead and walked out thinking how proud I was of her but also how sad it is to see her grow up so fast. From day one she has been such a good, easy baby. Let's pray it continues into Junior High! Cross your fingers!!!

Reading some books.


So proud to be a big girl :)

Workin At The Carwash

This afternoon Ev and I had to run some errands. For the first time since the terrible two's have started I was proud of her behavior! We went to several stores where Evelyn calmly stood next to my side. She was still curious of the new environment, running her hands across everything on the racks and counters. But not once did she try to make a run for it. I have to say it was pretty nice going into a store for 15minutes and not breaking a sweat! Our last stop was the car wash. It was Evelyn's first time so I let her hop out of her carseat and ride shotgun. It was hysterical!! Although this video skips a few times the audio is to die for!


Due to all the running around we were running a little past schedule so we decided to go out for Chinese. Evelyn went through the buffet line with me for the first time. She helped me hold the plate and chose her own foods as she has gotten a little more selective these past few weeks. When I took her back to the table she sat there so nicely while I got my own food. She only yelled, "Mommmaaaayyyy!" a few times. During dinner a man from the next table got up and walked towards the restroom. Evelyn shouted, "He goin potty!" I said, "Yes, Evelyn, but that's something private and you shouldn't announce it....especially so loudly." A few minutes later the man emerged from the restroom to which Evelyn shouted, "He did it!!! Yaaaaayyy!" Another few minutes passed and his wife went to the restroom. Evelyn says to me, "Her turn. She go potty now." I said, "Yes, but remember...it's private. Shhh." When she came out Evelyn again cheered her on. They got a pretty big kick out of it.

When I went back for dessert I brought Evelyn bananas with a strawberry sauce on them. She told me, "Me no like nanas. Day for monkeys." And before we left she stopped by a table, held out her hand and said, "Fiver?" Which is apparently her way of requesting a high five. Everyone was pretty amused by her and I have to say I had a blast. She has such a personality and it is SO fun!

Here is a cute pic of Ev leaving to run errands.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Evey Bug

We're back from our first ever blogger vacation! And to celebrate, I plan to recap Evelyn's 2nd birthday.

Dear Evelyn,

These past two years have been quite a rollercoaster! But I've enjoyed the ride. You are growing and developing so quickly that I feel like just yesterday I was bringing you home from the hospital.

Your vocabulary is outstanding and very advanced! You can say 5-6 word sentences, alhtough not always gramatically correct. Some I have heard recently are, "You lay 'gether, pwease?" (meaning you lay with me/we lay together) and "Ess-cues-uh-me...you butt showing", which you politely explained to a stranger bearing plumber crack at a birthday party last night! You are also great at saying big words like "'quarium" (aquarium), stegasaurus and interesting. You LOVE asking questions...and usually answer them yourself..."Mommy go potty.....noooo! Ehninn go potty...yeeesss!" You love to count everything in your own format of "2, 4, 8, 9, tipteen". You received a Tag reader from Grandma Jill for Christmas and love to read alone in your crib at night. These books have helped you to be able to identify most of your colors and almost all shapes. You are great at playing alone and sometimes I think you have more fun this way! You love babies, making us food in your 'wave, coloring and your new favorite is playing with Legos. You are very observant-always identifying the current weather status, what other people are wearing and things we see when walking around. You enjoy going under bridges in the car declaring, "Made it!" when we reach the other side. You are still a fan of Dora dn Kai-Lan but have currently taken a liking to Beauty and the Beast, Chuggington, Bolt and Cars. The other day I was drinking tea and you asked, "Me drink dat tea?" After I gave you a drink you pointed to your tea party set explaing, "Dat tea, too." You then informed me that, "Beast drink tea, too." Yes, Beauty and the Beast DO drink tea, too! You have joined a tumbling class at the Y and are a HUGE fan! You love doing 'saults and running but especially love the trampoline and social aspect of it all. We celebrated your birthday differently this year with a small, intimate family party consisting of Yaya, Pa, Uncle Gawette, Grnadma Jilly B, Pa, Uncle Chris, Aunt Jen and Kaden. We also went on 2 trips for your birthday-to Key Lime Cove and the Shedd Acquarium. You had a great time at both! Because you love anything to do with the outdoors and water you are more than ready for Spring to be here and I look forward to sharing these times with you.

Happy Birthday, Bug. Love you with all my heart,

Mommy

Evelyn, fresh out of the hospital


3months


6months


9months


12months


18months


2 years old!

Better With Age

Due to a stuffy nose and cough Evelyn struggled to go to bed tonight. Between her symptoms and list of demands (ie lemonade, coloring books and Bullseye), bedtime didn't seem to be in sight tonight. After rattling off several fictitious excuses she finally gave in and settled down. Only minutes later she was insisting she be freed because of a stomach ache. I finally went in and offered to either rock or lay on the floor together (because she is sick and she is almost not a baby and...I just wanted to, ok!). We snuggled up on her ladybug pillow pet and I began to rub her back. She sweetly threw an arm around my neck and pulled me in to whisper, "Wuv you, Mommy." She started rubbing my head and cheek with a smile. She loves to show us that she cares and make us smile. It is just another determining factor proving that Evelyn has almost completely transitioned into a big, huge, independent, conversational, inquisitive BIG GIRL! She is going potty regularly, washing her hands, drinking out of a big girl cup at dinner and constantly making us laugh with the millions of questions she has. I have to say I'm pretty darn proud! It's an awesome feeling when I try and teach her something that she's totally into, like new songs, dance moves or just a neat game. I have to say, this parenting thing is alright.

Tumb-uhh-ween

Evelyn has jumped full swing into her Tumbling class. She loves the rush of the gym atmosphere, the other toddlers, all the free space and of course the awesome equipment they have. She is always asking to go, "Tumb-uhh-ween?" I'm positive we're going to keep up with this so we went ahead and bought some official tumbling gear...
(Ignore the frown due to the unwanted picture being taken)

This day, Evelyn was mistaken for royalty when another girl came in saying, "Look, mom! A princess!"

The class usually goes something like this-running back and forth on a white line, doing random walks/jumpes (ie frog hop, crab walk), then an obstacle course consisting of a somersault, jumping into or over something, crawling in or under something, the balance beam and doing a back bend on this sweet pillow thing they have. Then they do different jumps on the trampoline, sometimes jump off onto a target and then have 10 minutes of free time. It's awesome! Even the parents have a blast on the trampolines.

Last week, Evelyn successfully made it across the 12 foot balance beam on her own (only falling off 2 or 3 times). Her teachers were very impressed, claiming they rarely see a child her age make it so far. Overall, I think she has great form and I definitely think this may be her thing. Go, Evey Girl!! Mommy's proud :)

Our Month In Pictures

Princess Evelyn all ready for tumbling

She is her Mother's Daughter

Relaxing :)

Found you!!

And here is a new pic of Salvy

Evelyn's Chris Farley impression

Now That's What I Call A Weekend

Where should we start?

I finished this school week strongly getting 3 A's and 1 B on the four tests I took in 7 days. I was ready to celebrate! But my body had other plans... Jared and I ended up having a 24hour stomach virus.

If you remember my post from last week, I mentioned Evelyn's rising and falling fever that lasted all of last week causing her to miss daycare Monday-Wednesday. It was then followed by a barky, wet cough. She seemed fine through the weekend while Jared and I were ill until Saturday night when her cuddly/cranky mood came back.

She slept through the night fine but remained sluggish all day Sunday. I thought all was well until last night when our weekend sickness took a severe turn for the worse.

After hearing Evelyn whining I took her out of her crib she cried, "Bewwy. Hurts." before throwing up all over me. Since my hair and basically my entire torso were drenched in throw up, Evelyn and I took a quick shower. She was silly and giggling int he tub but began to whine again once we go out. Thankfully we were in the bathroom and she made it to the toilet. The remainder of our night was spent sleeping for an hour or two in various places that were clean. Getting cold wash cloths for Evelyn, glasses of Pedialyte, clean clothes, poopy diapers. I did several loads of laundry throughout the night because at one point we only had one pillowcase and one blanket clean-both of which Evelyn was using. She ended up getting sick 10 times throughout the night and finally slept from 2am-5am.

After a visit to the Doctor we were told Evelyn has a bacterial infection that our Doctor explained would cure itself in a day or two as long as she was well hydrated. After another dose of Pedialyte and almost a whole 6" Subway sub (by request) she is FINALLY sound asleep in a clean, warm bed. (In clean pajamas with a clean body which hasn't happened for 24hours!) I have one load of blankets left to fold and we are all clean and back to normal. In just enough time for me to get a quick nap, too. Thank goodness for no school today!!

Genes

Tonight while making dinner Evelyn and I sat on the kitchen floor playing with her ABC magnets. I noticed she was sitting in the EXACT same stance as me- half way cheerleader sit with the right leg pointing out and the left leg straight forward. It was pretty funny once I realized!

Other things I've noticed Evelyn inherited from me...

-Bags under her eyes when she's sick
-Walking loudly on her heels...what some would call stomping
-Tapping her foot while standing, for no particular reason
-Great rhythm


and we're waiting to find out if she has the Cumpata thumb. I tried to check the other night but I guess I'll just have to wait until she can give us the thumbs up on her own! I'll keep ya posted ;)

Mendota Disaster Part II

Last month, a bar downtown started on fire but fortunately only suffered internal damage.

This weekend, a 10 car train derailed only feet from our house. Jared even got to witness the entire thing! We've made several video updates throughout the weekend but are less than thrilled that our front yard has turned into a tourist site. There were people out there only seconds after it happened! I couldn't believe it. Cars were pulled over, people were in the street with cameras and camcorders. All the surrounding roads had to be blocked off, but of course, the intersection directly in front of our house is open, excluding the entrance to our one way street which is blocked on both ends meaning we physically have to remove barricades to leave our home. Not fun. Another un-fun part of this madness was that the men worked a straight 24hours after the wreck happened. Needless to say, the night was basically sleepless with sounds of, "Boom...scraaaaaapeeee....eeeen, eeeen, eeeen". (That last sound was a tractor reversing if anyone was confused). And still, 2 days later there are still people pulling over, trudging through our yard and basically acting completely obnoxious while TONS of semi's, tractors and police clean up the wreckage. I only wish Riley could have been here. He would have been PUMPED!!! Here is a clip...



More un-fun weekend news....Evelyn, who has not been sick ALL year has contracted some kind of strange illness. She has had an on-again, off-again 102.6 degree fever since Friday afternoon. She'll be fine one minute, on fire the next, whiny and cuddly then completely independent. Repeat 230498 times, and that was our weekend! Oh, with no sleep thanks to the train wreck of a yard we now have (pun intended!) Thankfully she has remained cool since after nap today but is still going to miss her Valentine's Day party tomorrow to be safe. :( We have our own little party planned so we'll hopefully make up for it!

All In a Days Work

This morning, Evelyn and I were laying in bed when she let out some gas. With a smile she giggled, "Toot." I asked if she had and she explained, "Yes! Daddy toot....'lot." How observant.

After daycare, I was getting in a quick work out on my exercise ball. Evelyn asked, "Doing?" To which I replied, "I'm exercising." When it was her turn with the ball she attempted to do several mock exercises so I asked her what she was doing. "Umm....apple-sizing."

Before bed, we went for a ride to visit our friend's new baby. I started the car and hadn't even hit the gas when Evelyn shouted, "Wait! Seatbelt, Daddy. Now."

Totally, Dude

Today on my way out the door I came across a boat with three passengers-Evelyn, Crush (of Finding Nemo) and Crush's baby. When I asked where they were headed they replied, "Umm....the EAC dude."

Snow Day

This morning we woke up to find ourselves bombarded in our house with no means of escape. But once we walked into the garage we realized we could just open the garage door. We also realized that the snow was 2 feet taller than Evelyn!

She's not close enough to tell in this picture but once we got out there it was like 5 feet tall! That is Jared's car in the background. Since we live across from a vacant lot our drifts were pretty intense. The back door had snow up to the handle and the front porch was completely full to the railing. It was madness! Evelyn enjoyed walking through the snow for a while but once we reached where the sidewalk once was, it was a little too much for her.

Since we were stuck inside all day we made a huge pot of chlli, corn bread and pink rice krispie treats. Evelyn also had an art show for us. She would would draw a picture and present them announcing their titles, such as....
"Nemo"

"Fresh Feets" (Translation- "The Fresh Beats")

"Birds"

And her famous masterpiece, "Swohm-ee" (Salami)


Personally, I think these pictures are definitely professional enough to end up in the "Works of Art" drawer at Aunt Karen's :)

The Great Blizzard of 2011

What a day!! It began by watching the insane Chicagoians on Fox News. Filling up 2 grocery carts at a time and freaking out about the snow. I know it's bad, but seriously? You need 2 grocery carts? If anything we'll be stuck inside for a few days max. It's not like we'll have to break a window and dig ourselves out to live. It's like a Y2K flashback. "Fill up your bathtubs! We may run out of water!" But seriously, it did get bad.

My school (for the first time in history!) granted us a snow day. They decided to close at 1:30 but the Anatomy and Biology labs were open until 3. I have a lab due Friday that we will also be tested on Friday so I decided to stay and take my chances. After successfully rocking the lab in only 45minutes I decided to head home. My first few steps outside I realized the snow was already up to the tops of my boots-not a good sign! The drive home was fairly easy. I did fine but the van in front of me was swerving like a mad man so I just kind of kept my distance. I safely made it into town where I stopped to drop off notes to a friend only one block away. All went smoothly until I was headed out of her driveway. Another car came flying down the alley so I pulled to the right, flew over an ice hill and was immediately stuck-more bad news! Thirty minutes later 3 innocent bystanders successfully shoved me out. Phew! I headed home to make dinner and was MORE than satisfied after slipping into my fleece pajama pants. Minutes later I heard a blood curdling cry. A few weeks ago Evelyn had smashed her finger in the bathroom door and her nail was then rotten and yellow. Well the blood curdling cry was due to Jared shutting the bathroom door on the exact same finger. I ran to look and the finger nail was completely gone! Evelyn's finger was gushing blood, pouring down her arm and on my shirt sleeve. I freaked out and screamed to Jared it was terrible! I rinsed it under the sink and grabbed a clean washcloth, held it down on Evelyn's finger and lifted it above her head. I was trying to keep my grasp on her hand and calm her down at the same time. It was terrifying and very traumatic for her once she saw the blood. Ten minutes later we turned on Toy Story 3 and she slowly but surely settled down. What a freakin night!

It all came to a great end when Jared got the phone call that, for the first time in Oberweis history, they were called off work! We made a pallet, snuggled up and watched some "Clue's Clue's". Towards the end of the show Evelyn turned around, smiled and threw her arm around my neck for a big hug. Even when I have what seems like the worst day ever it's an unbelievable feeling to come home to someone who loves you more than anything in the world (besides fruit snacks!)

From The Mouth of Evelyn

While being told to sit down at the dinner table- "I had enough!"

At daycare earlier when two men were in the basement fixing the telephone- "Men in nair...Hi men!" (in nair=in there)

When wanting a paci before bed- "Daddy, paci? Pink one."

And her new famous line in response to questions such as, "Evelyn, would you like some more juice?"-- "Yep,sure" or "Yep, 'ink so." (think so)

Gotta love toddler lingo :)

Our Weekend In Pictures

Friday Evelyn spent the day with Yaya and experienced how tiring it is to care for a baby.

She also snuggled up with her porcelain puppy.

Saturday we had lunch at the Olive Garden with Grandma Jo. And for someone who said they weren't hungry she seemed to enjoy almost her entire full order of chicken alfredo, a big salad and a breadstick :) I'm glad! Surprisingly, the only thing Evelyn was interested in eating was the salad! She ate two whole plates and a breadstick. We had such a relaxing lunch. Grandma was full of conversation and Evelyn was on her best behavior. Grandma Jo was pleased when they presented her with her surprise birthday dessert-she ate the entire chocolate dessert cup :) We all had such a blast! And when we were ready to leave, Evelyn gave Grandma a sweet kiss and said, "Bye, Jo. Love ya." Grandma was in heaven!

On the way home we picked up a huge bag of hand-me-downs...here is Evelyn's favorite new shirt.

And lastly, after a Saturday night slumber party with my cousin Kristen, my Aunt Lori, Uncle John and cousin Katie came to pick her up and we had a nice lunch at a Mexican joint in town. It was a great weekend but we are more than ready for bed tonight. And so is Evelyn after a very bubbly bath.

Bieber Fever

The greatest day ever! I burnt 734 calories at the Y, had a great day at school, aced a Math quiz and spent the evening quietly playing with my love. After a beef stew dinner date for 2 (Daddy was catching up on some sleep) Ehhnin and I enjoyed a splash-filled, finger-painting bath and snuggled up to watch Nemo before our bedtime routine.

We still rock before bed time and this is a moment I cherish. But tonight Evelyn had other plans. She started by asking me what foods I like...

Evelyn: Strawburries?
Mommy: Yep.
Evelyn: Me, too. Otdogs?
Mommy: Yep.
Evelyn: Me, too. Nanas?

...and you get the picture. After remaining quiet for what seemed like years I'm sure, she began singing under her breath, "Rooooock, baby, tops. Wiiiind, bwows, rock. Craaaaadle, fall. Doooown, baby, all." But here's where it became a hysterical duo of laughter...after another bout of silence I heard a whisper of, "Babe-uh, babe-uh, babe-uh oooooh. Babe-uh, babe-uh, babe-uh oooooh!" That's right, my 22-month-old was singing Justin Bieber!

Breaking News!

We have now gone through 2 consecutive days of Evelyn going tinkle AND poopy on the potty! The first day she said, "Mommy, potty". After a few minutes in the bathroom (alone-by request) she emerged screaming, "Yay, Ehhnin did it!" Imagine my surprise when I entered the bathroom only to find #2 in the potty!! If you would have walked in my house you would've thought I had just won a million dollars I was so happy! Later in the night she requested to use the restroom again where she proceeded to go tinkle. The next morning it was the same thing-poops AND pees in the potty! She even went all day through daycare with a dry diaper. Hopefully this is it! Cross your fingers.

Evelyn has also taken an interest in two other hobbies aside from bathroom use.....

1) Finger painting with this AWESOME Crayola "finger paint" that is honestly just colored soap...


2) And just kickin back, rockin some tunes...

Yes, sir

I was right! The day finally came...Last night, Evelyn woke up from a bad dream so I brought her into our bed for some snuggling. After about 2 seconds she rolled to the side, climbed down and quickly walked out of our room, turned the corner into her own room and pointed to her bed. She didn't want to sleep with us!? :(

This afternoon I caught her in some mischief and said, "Evelyn, what are you doing?" She replied, "Ummmm....ahh-choo-we" (Um...actually). Seriously? What is this junior high all of a sudden? Her other new line is heard when she is asked to pick up...

Mommy: "Evelyn, can you put your books away please."
Evelyn: "Yes, sir." Complete with scowling face and head bowed in anger. It's a riot!

Her wit and one-liners amaze me! She is quite the performer!

Big Girl

Apparently Evelyn snapped her fingers and decided to be a big girl overnight. This morning she went #1 & #2 in the big girl potty and was THRILLED to get 2 extra stickers for it. I had quick thoughts of no more poopy diaper changes and felt as if I had won the lottery! Better than that even!

After dinner, I asked her to open the cabinet our TV sits on. I was expecting her to look at me saying, "Huh?" but she gently tugged on each knob until she found the right one.

Then when we were playing before bed, she put Buzz Light Year in her school bus and said, "See ya Wednesday, Buzz". Plain as day! She has been rattling off some good 3-4 word sentences these days. While it is great to communicate with her to know her needs (and wants!) it is bittersweet. I'm realizing how big she really is getting and it kills me. I feel like every time I rock her it will be my last. She's growing up too fast.

Here is proof-we're playing our favorite game, telephone...

These Are A Few of Ev's Favorite Things

As you may know we have begun potty training in the Kern household. So far, so good! Evelyn has gone from going once in the morning to going 2 or 3 times a day. She loves to sit on the potty, legs crossed, flipping through the pages of a book. And quite honestly, I think she'd stay there all day if we'd let her! Here is a clip of her reading her new favorite book, "No More Monkey's Jumping On The Bed".


Another new favorite of Evelyn's is shortly responding, "Sure, sure, sure!" to most questions asked.


And her last new favorite is being videotaped. She is constantly asking, "Pitcher, Mommy? Tape, Mommy?" And she loves to watch herself afterwards, giggling at her own dance moves and responses. Here is an after dinner interview...

The New Year

Happy New Year! Jared and I celebrated by going to a fancy dinner, dressed to kill, then attending a party at a friends house. It was a great night!


Before leaving for dinner we had a mock countdown with Evelyn. She was pumped!

As you can see, Evelyn continued her own countdown...


Our New Year has gotten off to a great start! And there are a few NEW things going on in our house.

Evelyn has become open to (and even secretly enjoys) going on the big girl potty. She has only gone a few times but is fully open to the idea of sitting on the potty which is a great start. We made "Do Not Disturb" signs for the door, so she puts those on, sits on the potty and reads her 2 special books that are only for in the bathroom. So far it's going great and she has been a good sport! She is aware of the urge, telling us "poop" for both, but would rather hide in her room somewhere and go potty in her diaper than sit on the potty. Cross your fingers that it will happen soon!

With this New Year came a new favorite movie-a full on Toy Story 3 addiction. After watching it once she was hooked! She has been working hard all week to memorize the characters names-she found a little pamphlet in the DVD case with a picture of Woody (her favorite) and the gang. She would ask me who they are, I would run through the names a few times then she would go somewhere else to study. After a day or two she knows em all! Which she should, considering we watch the movie at least once a day.

Evelyn also acquired a new skill during this New Year-how to bargain! And let me tell you, it's not the greatest skill a toddler could possess. When waking from a nap yesterday I said, "Evelyn, do you want to go on the big girl potty then watch Woody!?" She replied, "No, no, no, Mommy (while waving her finger in my face). Woody first." Whoa. I'll stick to making the schedule, Ev, you just follow.

Lastly, we've used all of our Target gift cards from Jared's Christmas tips and a few we received from family to do a little renovating here.
To replace our cluttered toy box we got this shelf and it rocks!


We then moved Evelyn's dresser into her closet along with her old toy box that is now full of the gazillion stuffed animals we have. All of this reorganizing makes her room looks SO much bigger.

Since all of my pants were in piles on the floor of her closet, we then got this for the bedroom (my pants are in the boxes).


And to replace the big, boxy desk that no one uses in the living room we got this beautiful console table that I LOVE!!


Happy New Year!!!