Mini Photo Shot

With my best girl.
She wanted to get a couple pictures of her and her baby.
Please ignore her dirty shirt, this was right after her afternoon avocado snack.

She didn't understand that she kept covering her baby's face.

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It's finally started to feel like fall around here. It was in the triple digits on Saturday and it was in the low sixties when we woke up this morning. As soon as we got down stairs and ate breakfast Cali ran outside. I think she really enjoys the cool weather

I promise I will try to post more often. At least twice a week. I know I've been slacking.

More Ideas (updated again)

More Ideas. My sister has already got a lot of the books on the list so I have removed them from the list and will add more later.
Elmo's Greatest Hits

Tricycle

LeapFrog AlphaPet Explorer


She's got most of the Dr. Seuss books. I will post which ones she didn't get.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar and in Spanish would be good too

The Giving Tree

Any other Books by Shel Silverstein
Where The Wild Things Are
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The Monster at the End of This Book
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Llama Llama Books


Pottery Barn Anywhere Chair in Pink

Ikea Doll Bed

Or you can go to Wal-Mart.com and find her wish list. It's under Cali Murray.

I decided to move the playroom

Upstairs. At first the playroom was going to be upstairs but then I decided to just let it be downstairs, because Cali is incredibly attached to me and likes to be in the same room as me, even if it's the bathroom. For 6 weeks I just let her rule the downstairs but the house always looked messy because Cali's toys were everywhere, so I moved all her toys upstairs.
I went to target on Wednesday to check their clearance items. I had been eyeing this bookshelf for the last month, it was on clearance for $83 dollars (regularly $119). And I wasn't about to pay that much for it when we could get something similar from Ikea for a lot less. And I'm guessing everyone else thought the same way since no one bought it. So when I went on Wednesday it was marked down to $29 and I snatched it up.

It was really heavy and getting it upstairs by myself was not fun, but I've been hitting the gym so I was able to get it upstairs on my own. After putting it together I'm glad I only paid $29 for it because it's made like it's only worth that much.
I also moved the TV from our bedroom in there, I never watch TV in bed anyways. Yo Gabba Gabba is on TV, Cali's favorite and only show she watches. She also loves Beethoven (the movie). Those two are about the only things she watches.
Of course when Daddy gets home the room has to be painted so I haven't put anything on the walls.
I'm thinking about going with the Sesame Street theme because she has a lot of Sesame stuff and she LOVES Elmo.
I did put that one picture up because it was sitting on the floor and there was a nail in the wall already.

We still need to get more seating, Cali likes to snuggle when watching TV, probably a small couch.
Something like this, Ikea sofa bed for only $149

She was playing along with the TV

Left Side


Right Side

Oh and we definitely need more storage, half of her toys are still in the garage.

Time-out

Cali put her baby in time out. She yelled at her and told her to "stop" and went and put her in the corner facing the wall. It was the funniest thing ever. So so cute.

Cool Braid

It didn't last very long, but it was so cute

My mom taught me to braid when I was really young and I'm so glad she did.

Birthday List

Somehow it ended a few post down so scroll down to look at the birthday list or click HERE

Sprinkler fun

Cali had so much fun running through the sprinklers a couple days ago. I just wish we had green grass.



Look at the excitement on her face

Looks like we will have green grass some day

We've had a rough couple of days but she finally took a much needed 2 hour nap yesterday. Hopefully she will take another 2 hour nap today. Even though she's been a total brat lately I still think she's the pretties little girl ever.

Details

When I bought Cali's new bedding it was on clearance at target so I bought 2 sheet and 2 comforters because they don't make pillow cases and decorative pillows for infants.
So I took one of the comforters and made a pillow case and 2 decorative pillows.
SEE!!!

I still need to sew the basket lining, but you get the idea

I also repainted the night stand... see the little blue bird that started the whole blue bird theme. (Thanks Aunt Zanne and Unckie Matt)

I bought some tree branch curtain tie-backs


Prints from Alicia Bock

Look at this pretty birdcage mirrored hook

The key on there is because the key hole is on the inside of the room. Why you ask? Because it's the only way to keep her in her room. And sometime she runs out and locks me in.

And last our reading corner

I still need to get bookshelf and more pictures up.
And as requested by some I'm working on a birthday list for Cali.

Tired

I am so very tired. I stayed up way too late last night but I promised Dave I would post new pictures.
This little girl

Is now in a toddler bed. It's the worst thing ever!! I wanted to keep her in her crib forever! But she started climbing out and hurting herself. My sweet little angel that used to nap 3 hours during the day now only naps for 45 minutes (an hour max). I knew she wasn't going to take 3 hour naps forever but I didn't expect them to go down to 45 minutes so quick.

Now it takes her forever to fall asleep and wants me to stay there until she falls asleep. I'm not used to this. I would put her in her crib and walk out the door and she would sleep, oh how I miss those days. I hope things get better soon.
Potty training was going great, she was pooing and peeing in the potty with no accidents, until we went to San Diego. Now we are having more accidents than we had on the second day, arrrrhhhhh. I can't wait for daddy to come home I need help! This is emotionally and physically tiring.
I added a couple more things to her room so I will post new pictures tomorrow night.

Birthday Ideas

November 8th is quickly approaching so as requested Cali's wish list.
p.s. Her birthday party will be Saturday the 7th so mark your calendars.
Cali and I read before nap time and bedtime. So books are always good. Books with about 2 sentences per page, she gets impatient and likes to turn the pages.

Dr. Seuss's Beginners Book Collection Or you can buy it at Borders

The Very Hungry Caterpillar and in Spanish would be good too

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Moo, Baa LA LA LA or Spanish

The Giving Tree

Any other Books by Shel Silverstein
Where The Wild Things Are
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The Monster at the End of This Book
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Llama Llama Books


Pottery Barn Anywhere Chair in Pink

Ikea Doll Bed

Or you can go to Wal-Mart.com and find her wish list. It's under Cali Murray.
It's still really soon but I just want to get started on it sooner rather than later.

Wal-mart Elmo


Tricycle

LeapFrog AlphaPet Explorer

First House Warming Gift

PopPop and Grandma Christina were here on Friday and Saturday to help me figure out the mysterious smell in Cali's room, turns out it was the paint in her room so we repainted the room with different paint. They also bought us a tree for our house warming gift.

Of course it's a lime tree! Can't wait for some limes. It will be a while though.

They also helped me prime the bottom floor.
The next morning Cali woke up with a slight cold.
She looked like this.

Our poor baby. She feels a lot better today.
Check out my 365 blog I will be updating it later tonight when Cali goes to bed.