the inchworm

This is how Presley is currently getting around. It is so funny to see her go a really long distance like this! Because she really does look like an inchworm scooting across the floor! =)

Please excuse my annoying voice on the video! Just like last time....press the play button on the bottom left!

9 months in

9 months out

Well, technically the "9 months in" was really 37 weeks, which was 2 days before Miss Presley made her debut! And if you can't tell, the thing around her arm is my purse! I looked up and she had it on her shoulder! Ha ha!

$10,000

in damages....these pictures are what that looks like.

On Tuesday Presley got into her first wreck when some lady rear ended her and Jeremiah. Thank the Lord that no one was seriously hurt. Jeremiah's neck and head were hurt from whip lash, but no life threatening injuries. Jeremiah said it didn't even scare Presley. I'm sure it helped that he is the cool, calm, collected one out of us....I would have been an emotional mess if I had been there! I hadn't been in a wreck in so long that I forgot just how crappy they can make things for a while. It will take a month to fix my car. So we are stuck in this awful rental car and we can't really go anywhere until Presley's new car seat gets here. Oh well, at least it's made me a more cautious and courteous driver these last few days. 

Spring has sprung!

Today is the first day of SPRING! YaY! Presley and I ventured outside and took some photos. It was warm but a little windy...so it was a quick trip! She was a little distracted by everything so, as usual these days, one good photo was all we got! I also added some random pics that we took this morning along with her 9 month chair/sign picture. Presley is just getting bigger by the minute! =)

Presley at Nine Months!

I can't believe that Presley has been an outside baby for longer than she was an inside baby! Crazy! It's also CRAZY to think that she is 3/4 of a year old!

We are still doing the same eating schedule that we have been for the past few months...trying to balance solids with milk. The only difference is that Presley eats a veggie at lunch now. She's not to keen on the sippy cup still. She loves to chew on it but not really suck on it. We have tried so many different kinds of cups....she doesn't like any of them. Maybe she will move to drinking out of a big girl cup when she's done with the bottle.

Miss Smarty Pants can say "da da" "ma ma" and "ba ba". She can babble a lot of other sounds, but those are definite words to her! She can flex those little fingers and say bye-bye like she's been doing it for years!

We still aren't crawling, but getting up on all fours and rocking, so maybe that's good practice! Presley is so rambunctious now. You literally can't contain her. Even when holding her, she tries to climb up you. She is getting into EVERYTHING! The other day she was playing on the floor and before I knew it, she had the diaper bag strewn to high heaven and was trying to open the wipe container!! Guess it's time to "baby-proof" the house! Presley can also stand for few seconds while holding onto us. She can go from laying down on her back to completely sitting up all by herself! She isn't pulling up on furniture yet, but I think that's coming very soon.

I haven't taken her 9 month picture with her sign (bad mommy!). But this is what we woke up to today! Guess it's time to lower the crib rails some!

spaghetti isn't for eating!

I gave Presley some of the dinner that we were having the other night. And this is pretty much how messy she got. Just a little on her hands and under her lips! I think she was truly afraid of it! Ha ha! She only tasted one or two bites and shuddered at each one. She mostly just played with it like it was finger paint. So, I'm not really sure how we are going to start eating table foods in the next little bit, if this is what we're going to do! Maybe Presley would do better with big girl food if she had some big girl teeth! =)

night and day difference. literally.

{DAY} for naps Presley is just laid in her crib (placed on her back) with her bird music box on. she goes to sleep completely. by. herself.

{NIGHT} for bedtime Presley has to be rocked to sleep (and then placed on her belly) with a completely different music box playing.

isn't this funny?

little randoms

I don't really have any BIG news to report...but Presley has recently started doing a few little new things.

She has found her body when she's naked...mainly her round little tummy! She was in the bathtub a few days ago and looked down only to become fascinated with her belly fat. She kept pinching it and rubbing it! Ha ha! It was so funny! Then from touching her belly she noticed her arms, so she had to start pinching them! I figured that she was going to hurt herself because she has talons for fingernails. No matter how short I try and keep them, her fingernails grow overnight!

I *think* that Presley has started to wave bye bye! I'm sure you are wondering why I say *think*. Well, she isn't consistently doing it every time. BUT she makes the motions sometimes, so that's why I am sticking with I *think*!!!

Presley has also started to scoot backwards when on her belly sometimes. Again, not all of the time! (I think that Presley's middle name should have been unpredictable!!) She starts doing something new and I get all excited thinking we are about to teeth, crawl, eat like a big girl, etc...., but nooooooooooo. She goes the very next day back to her original self! :) But she has been getting up on all four limbs and rocking a bit. So maybe crawling is closer than Mommy thinks!

who needs a makeover?

well, for their blog anyway!!

Blogaholic Designs is teaming up with Jady Day Studio to giveaway two custom blog designs! This is for blogger blogs only.

The two kits to be used

Springdipity

Safari Dreamin

How to enter

Go to Blogaholic Designs & leave a comment. You can get more info on their post.

When It ends

The deadline for entries is March 12th. The winner will be announced on Blogaholic Designs on March 13th.

 

 

You might need to stay away from this post

if you have an obsession with buying baby bows! I found this seller through Mrs. Foreste, who has a blog that I follow. (She too has a love for baby bows!) So of course, what do I do when introduced to a new set of bows? Buy them all up, that's what! Not only does Princess Couture Designs have ridiculously affordable bows and clips, the owner, Michellene, is great to work with. I asked if she could do a plain black and brown bow for Presley. And without hesitation, she replied How big do you want them? Ha ha! I love it! The bows come with a non-slip grip on them so they stay put! Which is a must for Presley's fine hair. =) Not that my little blog gets many readers....but I wanted to share a great find with those who do!

  Okay so not the greatest picture of Presley. She's a little hard to keep still for a picture these days! But I promise you all of these bows are so incredibly cute!

Motherhood is not for sissies

My mom gave me this book the month that Presley was born. Little did I know then how true these sayings actually are! Here are a few of my favorites!

I figure if the kids are alive at the end of the day, I've done my job. - Roseanne

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare. - Ed Asner

Never tell a child anything you wouldn't want the whole neighborhood to know.

Cleaning the house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. - Phyllis Diller

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he is buying. - Fran Lebowitz

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children. - Sam Levenson

When all else fails, PRAY.