Erin the smartypants

Every day I'm amazed by what Erin is learning. Sometimes though, she comes up with something new that just surprises me. Yesterday was one of those days.

She has been trying to put on her own shoes lately. And she's been trying to put on mine. Yesterday a friend came over, and took off her shoes while she was here, and Erin tried those on too. She also knows that shoes get put on before we go outside. So if she sees me put on my sandals and getting the diaper bag ready...well...she brings me her shoes.

It's also fun watching her get around objects with her walker, and "problem solve." Sometimes she gets stuck and has to figure out how to get unstuck and get around what she's stuck on. She also loves to put things on her walker to carry them, and watching her try to put things on so they fit and don't fall off is great.

Yesterday, though, she did two new things that just amazed me. Her sippy cup was up on the table, where she couldn't reach it. I was watching her reach up on her tippy toes and barely brush it with the tips of her fingers, and she was screaming in frustration. I just wanted to see what she would do. So then she turned to me, pointed to the cup, and pointed to herself and said "Gee?" I've been trying to teach her to say "please" and "Gee" is as close as we've gotten. I was laughing so hard. I, of course, got her sippy cup for her, since she made her desire so clear and said please.

Yesterday morning Erin took a very early nap. She fell asleep at 10:30am and slept for an hour. She usually takes her nap around 2:30 so it was very early for her. So by the time 7pm rolled around, she was starting to get very tired. I usually give her her bath at 8pm and then she's in bed between 8:30 and 9. Well, by 7:30 she was REALLY crabby. So I looked at her and asked her "Should I give you an early bath? Is it bathtime for you?" In response she grabbed my hand and started walking down the hall. I let her lead me, and she walked straight into the bathroom.

My little girl is so smart!!

Two posts in one.

Okay, so I'm going to get the boring part overwith first...lol.

I'm 11 weeks pregnant today (going off the dates from the ultrasound). That's just crazy to me. 11 whole weeks. Of course, the 40 weeks of the pregnancy starts from the first day of the last menstrual period, which means that you're not even pregnant for the first two weeks of your pregnancy. AND THEN it takes another two weeks after ovulation/conception to confirm the pregnancy, so by the time you even find out, you're 4 weeks pregnant. One whole month. So in the end, I've only known about Reeses for the last 7 weeks.

But STILL!! Is this one going by faster to anyone else?? Is it because I'm chasing around a 14 month old?

So here's a picture of pregnant me. I didn't look this pregnant with either of the girls until closer to 20 weeks, by the way.

So, the part that people care about: Erin cuteness. lol. We had fun this morning. She was curious about my lip gloss, so I put some on her:

And then we went to the park for our playdate with Aubrey and Myla


And Erin decided to go for a walk!


She got from me to the tree before it occurred to me that I should video her! =Þ Oh well, you can see how well she was doing anyway.

Total boredom

So, I have an hour and a half before I need to leave for church. I'm ready, except my shoes. Erin will be ready in about 10 minutes, so I have time to kill. So I'm making use of Firefox's "stumble upon" addon.

I've found some interesting pages.

This page of funny military images including this one
This page that lets you paint on a canvas. Now I've never claimed to be an artist, but it was fun. It also lets you "play" through the painting, so after you're done you can click and it'll repaint it for you from the beginning (graciously omitting anything you've "undone") So here's my pretty little scene

A cardboard office

This one shows the scale of our world and other celestial bodies.

The People's Mario: a little gory (the enemies bleed) but funny still.

The 7 best foods we never eat. It was actually a really interesting look at things I should try eating.

The photography of Nick Brandt. I love how surreal he makes the photos look. And of course, a picture of a giraffe can win me over most of the time. lol
A Wikipedia list of "unusual deaths." These include the 458BC death of the writer Aeschylus, who died when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head, thinking it a rock; the 1478 execution of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine (at his own request) and the 1983 death of author Tennessee Williams, when he choked to death on the cap of a bottle of eyedrops. Apparently he would routinely put the cap in his mouth and then lean back to put the eyedrops in his eyes, and accidentally swallowed it.

A doggy window for your wooden fence. lol
And I love this picture. I want to hug a tiger!!
18 uses for vodka, since you're not drinking it. ;)

lol!


And an interesting little scifi short story. "They're Made of Meat"


And lastly, the photographic journal of a man caring for his elderly father. It made me really think of how important my family is to me, and how much I treasure my memories.


So, I don't usually spend time like this, but it was kind of fun! Thanks for spending an hour with me.

Ninjas

So, Matt and I have this thing with ninjas. They're just cool. One of our favorite animes is about ninjas.

We're thinking about dressing up as ninjas for Halloween (I think Erin would make a great one)

Speaking of dressing up as a ninja, here is a news article about a NJ school that got shut down because a ninja was sighted in the forest outside the grounds. LOL

One of my favorite websites is askaninja.com

And Matt gave me this link to a video spoofing the aforementioned website:

Ask a Mormon Ninja


My dad found it "mildly amusing," but I was seriously cracking up the whole time.

So, I'm playing around this morning, trying to wake up, wasting time taking quizzes on blogthings.com I found the band name generator. And this is what it gave me

Your Band Name is:

The Supersized Ninjas

Band Name Generator

It just made me laugh.

I suppose there's a first time for everything.

So, last night, I was giving Erin a bath. Not a new thing, we do this every night as part of her getting-ready-for-bed routine. As she was playing with her toys, I was brushing my teeth. Also not a new thing. So I look down, and she's holding something in her hand. She grinned big and held it up to me.

I looked at it. It was brown and round and squishy looking. And then I realized...

Erin had POOPED in the bath! And she was awfully proud of herself and just had to show me what she had done.

All I can say is that mom reactions kicked in. Erin was soon out of the poopy water with her hands washed, dried, powdered, diapered and such. Then I fished it out of the water with the washrag and the washrag and all her toys were in the sink full of hot water and some bleach.

It was only after the fact, when I thought about it, that I gagged a bit. *rolls eyes* But every parent has to experience that at least once, right?

Splash Park Carousel

So, there is a carousel at the Splash Park. So, during our weekly splash park playdate, Aubrey decided that since she had a couple dollars she would pay for the girls to ride. Erin loved the horse...until it started moving. lol. Partway through the second song (you get to ride through two) I started getting really motion sick. So...by the end, both Erin and I were very done.

Here's some pictures anyway.

How's this for a name?

Ammon

Apparently, it's an Irish name. Here I was thinking it would just be a Book of Mormon thing. Matt says it might be a little bit weird since it's kind of close to Erin (both have similar initial sounds, and the same ending. The only difference is the middle consonant)


Saying them together is interesting Erin and Ammon. Erinanammon

And then there's the fact that one of BoM Ammon's brothers was Aaron. I suppose that it's okay to have both Erin and Ammon as long as I don't continue to finish it off with Omner and Himni. (I don't want them to get strange looks all their lives since we probably WON'T be living in Utah)

BUT, he's allowed me to "put it on the list." lol. So now I have a list started at least.


Heh, and if we DID end up naming him Ammon, at least he'd love to read those chapters in Alma. Would I have a little 5 year old boy trying to cut people's arms off?

Something for Adrienne

I thought this was hilarious

What's in a name?

I don't know that this baby is ever going to have a name. Matt's not really talking about it at all except to shoot down my ideas. *sigh*

Male Choice:
Rhys Alexander
Pronounced like Reese, it means "ardent defender of mankind." Mankind can use a few more of those. But there are two problems, both of which mean I can't use it, as much as I love it.
#1. My sister-in-law Amber has laid prior claim. Of course, I didn't know that when I fell in love with this name. But I just can't do that. "ha ha, I'm pregnant, so I'm stealing your name!" I'm not that terrible of a person.
#2. Matt doesn't like it. I run into this one a lot.

Female Choice:
Ginevra Layne
It means "fair one from the meadow." Yes, I got it from Harry Potter. Yes, I'd want to call her Ginny. Adrienne thinks the Harry Potter connection would get her made fun of. I think that only really hardcore Harry Potter fans realize that Ginny Weasley's name is really Ginevra anyway. (yep, that tells you something about me.) Matt hasn't actually given me a response to this one, as I mentioned it over IM and I keep forgetting to bring it up when we're on the phone.

So, especially since I think this little one is a boy (more about that in a second), we're back to the drawing board. I need to find something I think is as perfect as Rhys Alexander, so I can actually lay it to rest. Any suggestions would be WONDERFUL!

Why do I think it's a boy? Well, I suddenly stopped throwing up last Thursday. I feel great. I haven't had to take nausea medication or anything. It's wonderful. It actually really freaked me out at first (since I suddenly stopped feeling pregnant) but now I'm starting to enjoy myself, since I've had no definite signs of a problem. Yay! I CAN be pregnant and not throw up! It IS possible!

Because I just found this so funny

I know Aubri will appreciate this. lol