Ellie is quite the champion eater. And now she’s trying to rip the spoon out of my hand, as if to say, HURRY UP MOM I AM STARVING TO DEATH! Seriously, it’s like I can’t shovel it in quick enough. She ate THREE tubs of baby food tonight.

I am thrilled that Abby has hair long enough to be messy. She was pretty much bald until her first birthday. People would say, how old is he? Really? The cute little boy with the PINK SWEATER???!!!!!

Anyway, her hair  looks like a crazy hurricane when she wakes up in the morning.

That was my actual Facebook update on New Year’s Eve. And it was apparently VERY popular, so I thought I’d repost here. Awh, our little angel is spreading good cheer.

If  baby has an ultra mega diaper poo-splosion and it’s everywhere, I’ve learned that it’s easier to just cut the onsie off with scissors (paramedics style) and toss it. Otherwise, baby ends up with a poo-smeared face and that’s a different problem altogether. Remember to cut down, AWAY from baby’s face.  That last part isn’t something I learned the hard way, it’s just good ol’ common sense.

A million years ago, I submitted a picture of Gordie to the LA Times’ “Cutest Dog Face” contest. I guess it’s now a real story! It’s not the way I imagined my first LA Times mention–but I’ll take what I can get.

Check it out here.

Anyone that knows me, knows about my unhealthy obsession with lip products.  I can’t go more than an hour with an application or gloss or balm. So you can imagine how happy I was when  Abby started to pretend apply lip stuff.  For Christmas, I got her one of those giant Lip Smackers. She loved that thing and carried it everywhere. She pretend applied it to all of her dolls and stuffed animals—even the dogs got some.

Eventually, she figured out how to get the cap off. She cautiously applied the giant stick to her lips and smiled sweetly. I was SO proud.  I even let her put some on me.

Then she licked her lips and bit of the end off of it. I ripped it out of her hands as she said “YUM!”  Horrifying. 

Guess it was too soon.

Please, take off your coats and stay a while. While you are thinking about it, bookmark this site so you can find me here in the future.  I needed a new blog that was stalker-proof (more on that later) and a little more my style.

Take a look around and tell me what you think. We’re still working out some of the bugs, so let me know what works for you and what doesn’t.

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