Outrunning Bees

We've had a pretty big day here... Not going to get into most of it, but lets just say that Kalila got in a lot of trouble this morning. Is basically grounded (as much as a 2 year old can be, ie no sweets or cartoons) for the next little while... That's not really the reason I'm posting though.

Since all that happened Kalila has been in a pretty good mood. She woke up from her nap wanting a banana (is one of her snack times so nothing new)... but all we have is apples. She's been eating a ton of those lately, so I figured lets get out a few minutes and get her one. So I start counting up change to get ready and go... anytime we make one of these trips its a lot of fun cause she likes to count the money with me. So here we are counting quarters, get to $2 and Kalila asks if we're gonna have $100. I love her optimism lol.

So we get everything ready & head over there...

I grumble as always on the way becuase it annoys me to no end that there is no sidewalk for a ways & I have the "choice" of pushing her stroller on the street or through overgrown grass that the apartments are very proud of themselves about. Luckily its easy to see if the first option is safe enough, but wrong time of day for that... So I was stuck with the grass & her stroller just doesn't work in it. Hard enough when not pregnant, this was just rediculous... it took over twice as long to walk that part as it should have.

We get to the store, get out... On our way back things go good... I managed to get the street on the last leg and we passed that stretch by in seconds (literally, it was fun... Kalila was yelling something about Baby Jaguar running too). And then we get to our gate...

Now... We used to have this little code that could be typed in if your card was missing/didn't work. It was great... But the new management got rid of it. You either use the card (which I don't have one... Jas does and possibly my FIL, he's supposed to have it anyway lol) or call the house you are going to and have them hit a code from the house phone. Obviously that's not an option either... No worries normally because there's a walk in gate...

Only as I walked up to the walk in part I got swarmed by bees. I'm allergic to bees. Not deathly so, is mild... but I've never been stung by more than one & there were a ton there. Besides its still not a pleasant reaction. And... I don't keep cigarettes around either, so nothing to do for it if I was stung. Ok, so I could go pester my neighbors lol, but no clue if any of them are home.

So still pushing the stroller/Kalila I make a run for it to the main gate... manage to outrun the damn things (I think they were preoccupied, but one did go after us) and saw one of the ladies from the office on the golf court. Yell out for help, hoping she could do something... At least let me punch in a code to the office so they could let me in - you'd think they could do that right? No... She tried to get me to go back to the walk in. I explain what happened, starting to freak out because I was trapped out there... and she said the only other way was to walk all the way around to the other side and try it... Note: this back on the street of no sidewalks. I have never walked that far down it and not planning to with Kalila. Starting to hyperventelate at that point... and then a car comes up and opens the gate to come in and we ran for it...

And got home just in time to catch Baba's phone call... and now Kalila is upset because she wants to talk to him again lol.

Another Good Day or Two

For the last... well I don't even remember how long lol... Baba has had his schedule set where he has Weds, Thurs & Sun's off. About a month or so ago he got the option to switch those to Sat, Sun, Tues... but it hasn't gone into effect yet. We just found out that it will this Sunday. It's kinda sad because it means he'll miss being off on Thanksgiving... but at the same time I'm really looking forward to having real weekends with him! Another thing that's really good about the timing is that he was able to be off this Weds for his Bday... I've already posted about that though lol.

Anyways, this last Thursday (yesterday) was a really good day. We really only meant to run a few errands, but... Instead we ended up going to visit a friend & took Kalila to a lake. We went for a walk while we were there... which would have been nice on its own, but Kalila had so much fun running after ducks and other birds... At one point she fed a duck and I swear the thing wagged its tail feathers! I've never seen one do that before lol. It was sooo cute. Baba made dinner, well we both kinda did lol. He made steaks w/ onions & mushrooms & I made sweet potato fries & peas... not quite what was on our menu lol, but so worth it!

Today... was back to work all the way around lol. I'd pretty much had a day off too yesterday (other than major oven cleaning)... but it wasn't that bad today despite that. I'm really behind on laundry, so focusing on putting it away and stuff. Fun stuff right? But it really has been a good day. Kalila fought me over clothing today, but it kinda worked in my favour. When I asked her to put some on she said "No, bed!" and ran into her room and laid down... a few min later I walked in to find her asleep, and there was her nap! I closed the door and about an hour and a half to two hours later she walked out asking for cheese lol. I felt the little one kick at one point too... which makes me very happy esp since its not happening very often yet lol.

That's about it, just had to share lol. I should have another fun post on Monday though... I have my next midwife's appointment then :-)

Happy Bday Baba!

That's right... Yesterday was Baba's Bday. Unfortunately he had some errands to run, but it ended up working out great because he met Gido for lunch and took Kalila along too. I was able to get most of what I needed to do around here, including finishing touches on his cake!

As you can see, I need more practice with detailing... but I'm still really proud of that cake. I'd never made chocolate buttercream icing before and it turned out wonderfully... Very easy, almost the exact same recipe as the regular buttercream, and not any harder. Tastes great. The football pan is very easy to use... First time ever I've had a cake completely not stick lol.

By the time they got back I was exhausted lol... and missing them both. I called as they were pulling up and got to talk to Kalila on the phone. It was sooooo cute! And when they came in she took one look at the cake & knew it was a cake lol. Baba was pretty happy with it too :-D

Gran came over just as I was cooking that Goat Casserole... and didn't stay very long, so no pictures of that... But I got plenty later on after the others got here. I did not get any of the guys playing video games (bad mama), but of course had to get some of Kalila running around being cute & of Baba cutting his cake. It was a lot of fun... and I'll leave you with those pics :-D

Turned

As you prob could see in my last pic filled post... I was forced to turn Kalila around. Here are a couple pics of her first car ride afterwards. Sorry they're so dark... We went over to Grans for dinner & the flash was acting up lol.

MPM 9 Nov - 15 Nov

Blech... That's how I feel about doing this right now lol. But I'm excited about part of the menu & have to share, so here I am... We really need it done anyway. Yes I know I'm being bad and resorting to cereal for breakfast way more often than needed... or at least more than I like to... but its cheerios and some other healthy one lol... and I'm having trouble managing breakfast still lol.

Monday

Breakfast - Fruit & Cereal

Lunch - Scrambled Eggs & Croissants

Dinner - Leftovers & Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Tuesday

Breakfast - Fruit & Cereal

Lunch - Sandwiches

Dinner - Leftovers & Cabbage Rolls

Wednesday (Happy Bday Baba!)

Breakfast - French Toast

Lunch - Baba's choice

Dinner - Goat Casserole & Baba's Salad

Desert - Chocolate Bday Cake w/ chocolate buttercream icing

Thursday

Breakfast - Breakfast tacos?

Lunch - Leftovers

Dinner - Leftovers

Friday

Breakfast - Cereal

*Baba's Lunch - Tuna Helper

Lunch - Tuna Melts

Dinner - Spaghetti

Saturday

Breakfast - Cereal

Lunch - Grilled Cheese

Dinner - Leftovers

Sunday

Breakfast - Cereal

Lunch - ???

Dinner - Beans & rice

Snacks -

Peanut Butter

Chips

Walnuts

Pistachios

Cheese

Apples

Festival Pics

Apologies here... Gonna post more pics than I am gonna say anything about today. I'm sure everyone is fine w/ that though lol. It was fun... a lot of fun. We got to talk to family and friends that we haven't seen in awhile... Had some really good food... See dancing... All that fun stuff. Kalila even got her face painted for the first time! Like I said it was fun... And now I'm tired lol.

A couple pics of Kalila eating...

Hanging out w/ Ammo Trevor. At one point he brought her back to me and walked off... She screamed for him and we had to go find him lol.

Baba jumped out and danced with the guys a couple times...

I finally got a video the second time!





Kalila watching the dancers and showing off her face paint

Kalila dancing with her balloon Elmo

By the end Kalila was all worn out...

Well Visit

I have to say that I love being down to one well visit a year... Although, as our dr pointed out, we're gonna be seeing her alot again for the little one soon too. Not complaining about that though, we found a great pediatrician... Once again, Kalila had a great well visit today...

We expected to wait longer than we did, but got seen almost right away. I'm not sure if its just the particular time/day we went... or if it has anything to do w/ our dr having recently had her own little one lol. Either way it was great. Very nice surprise.

I was right on w/ her weight... Kalila is now 24 lbs 1 oz. I don't remember her head measurement other than it was on the small end of the "chart" just like it always has been. Once again no worries because its growing at the same rate & obviously there is nothing wrong with her lol. I was pretty close on her height too... She is 35 3/4 inches.

This is where I stop and take a little pitty break lol. When we bought our carseat we got a great deal. It was the lowest price for the longest RF limits. 35 lbs or 36 inches. Seriously at the time the only ones that went longer were like 4 times the price! I knew by then (she might have been a chunky monkey as an infant but by the time we got a convertable seat she'd slowed down there) that she wouldn't hit the weight limit until well after 2 years old... but the height limit we've worried about for awhile. I've had a feeling this well visit would do it, and it has... I'm glad she made it to 2 years rear facing, but... I really hoped she would at least be closer to 30 lbs. And she's not... So tonight we get to turn her seat around & I'll get to hold my breath every time we go out in it until she gains some weight. Not happy.

Anyways... Beyond that... Kalila did really good talking to her dr and showing off some of her skills. We talked about her eating habits, including the nursing... I love that she's still supportive about that and not pushing. She did ask if we'd started other milk, which we have.. and kinda laughed about Kalila preferring goats milk (not in a bad way). Got some advice about her waking at night. Talked about discipline and potty training... Plus she did all the normal checking everything out, no surprise ear infections this time lol.. Said everything looked great. Oh and she asked about the swine flu vax... I have to say I loved the way she did that, just said that they had it and asked if we were interested... didn't try to push it at all. Didn't seem surprised when we said no either lol.

Now... Kalila did have one more shot than we were expecting. Apparently one of them was on hold at her last visit (Baba knew this, I didn't) so she was behind on it... So Kalila got 2 shots instead of just one :-( Thankfully her next visit will be just one... and like I said before, isn't for another year lol. As for the shots, Kalila did pretty well. She did cry... but stopped at the thought of washing her hands w/ soap lol.

And that was it... Hopefully she won't need to go in for anything until her next well visit!