Made the mistake of going to Michaels :)

Yup, and spent very little considering.... Got Babybee some very pretty daisy garland to hang paper lanterns from. And some BIG cardboard butterflies to get crafty with (she stole them from me as soon as she saw them, ran into a corner and tried to hide the fact that she had them, so cute). Some MORE paper. Yes, it is an addiction, but fuck off and leave me alone about it!! Especially when it was originally 24.99, on sale for 9.99 and I got another 20% off my entire purchase!! Glue sticks, scissors, baby yarn (1.49 each for good stuff). Still have to buy a star mold sheet for my niece's birthday. I am making her some candy fairy wands. Not the easiest thing to find.. but I keep looking. Need to finish her wooden butterfly magnets. She spotted them yesterday and has been "searching" for them ever since. She squealed and giggled and vibrated when she saw them. It was a far better reaction than I could ever have anticipated:)

The strongest baby in the world!!!

So, I get home after a crappy, boring, long and physical day at work (8 hours standing and lifting, standing and lifting, standing and lifting~ small break for a paid-for-by-work lunch) and there are toys EVERYWHERE! Why, you ask? Well, apparently Babybee decided to try lifting her book/toyshelf today, over her head no less. DaddyBee had told her several times not to do this, but to no avail..... so the book/toy shelf is in the dining room and what used to be kept on it is strewn across my living room floor :S sigh I think that tonight will be picture drawing night again. Unless the little monkey shows no interest in doing so. I have no intentions of forcing her to do anything. I have pretty well finished painting her small butterflies. I used some bold colours on them and used my stamps and inks to decorate them. WOW!! It was much faster than if I had decorated them by painting, and they turned out lovely. well, at least I think so. The real test will be when Babybee gets to use them on the fridge:) Well, that's all for now!

Hello again!

Well, been a few days since I last posted. I just wanted to jot down a few things because today, like most days, Babybee just amazed me:) Here is a list of the animals that she makes the sounds of on a regular basis:

elephant(moves her arms to mimic a trunk)
monkey
lion(claws in the air)
tiger
horse
chicken
owl
kitty
dog
rabbit
squirrel
butterfly(she flaps her arms and makes "wind" noises!)
goat
sheep
cow(her first and favorite)
zebra
bear
penguin(puts her hands low and wiggles saying "nenenene")
frog
snake
duck
bird
fish(even makes a fish face)

I think that's all.

She also knows purple, blue and red! She knows star, ball, balloon, circle, heart, flower and square. She has begun "comparing" things. Example: she has a Little People giraffe and picked it up one day, took it to her toy box and held it up to the giraffe painted on the side of the box. Then she squeaked for DaddyBee's approval:) She has done this with Thomas the Train, Elmo, Cookie Monster, other animals, balls and clocks.

WOW. Now that I am writing down what she knows I realize that she is exceptionally aware of her world. The funniest thing so far is when she wakes in the morning and calls for DaddyBee. All you hear is: "Da? Dada? Da? Daddy? Daddy? DAD!? Nanas..nanas... Da? Da? nanas! nanananana!! DAD!? I will never forget the first time she did this. She was completely obsessed with bananas for about 3 weeks.

She just went through her first allergic reaction as well. The culprit was either eggs or nuts. I (for the first time ever) allowed her to have a coffee shop treat~ banana bread (for obvious reasons stated above). I won't do that again. There must have been ground nuts in it:( Thankfully it didn't seem to bother her at all!

Well, off to raid her toys and hide a bunch. I spend, no exaggeration, at least 1 hour putting away books and toys each night and am tired of it! On top of that is the dishes and laundry and quite frankly, she can go without her billions of useless toys if it means a bit of time to myself at night.

I am going to start a little craft for her tonight. I purchsed 1 large and 5 small wooden butterflies to paint and attach magnets too. Babybee just loves butterflies and always points them out. I hope to have them done by Friday. I am going to get super crafty with them:) Hey, either go all-out or just don't bother! (I generall just don't bother ;))