Coordinating Pajamas

I thought it would be fun to take some pictures of Eden in her cute duck jammies, especially since they happen to go great with the duck slippers her Grandma just brought her. I told her to stand next to her crib and I got a quick shot before she decided to give me that sly grin and say...

..."Night, night mama" and lay down on the floor and cover her face. She is such a tease! I don't know who that is like? Hmmmmm ;)


(The picture is suppose to be turned the other way, but blogger doesn't think so, go figure)

Trick or treat? Definitely a treat!

This past Friday our church had a fall carnival. There were games and "trunk or treat" (trick or treating at people's decorated car trunks). Eden was the most adorable ladybug there (however, there were lots of other cute ladybugs there). The best part? When Daniel was holding Eden and talking to someone she pointed to herself and said "bug". Not only did she know she was cute, she knew she was a ladybug. That's my smart girl ;).

This is my favorite face. She has started making the "Oh" look all the time, she thinks its funny. And, quite frankly, she is right.

I made the antenae out of pipe cleaners, how creative am I?

The back view so you can see the wings.
Eden and her Daddy...don't you love Daniel's costume?...he's going as Eden's dad (ha ha ha, corny I know, but I just had to throw that in there).

Eden's Pretty Flowers

I added some "pretty flowers", as Eden calls, them to her room. They are vinyl rub-ons from Stampin UP!. They were easy to put up (Thanks to mom and kaysha) and they are super cute. They just happened to be the colors of Eden's bedding (pink, yellow, and green). Sweet!

Goodnight Kisses

Daddy was putting Eden to bed Sunday night and Bop Bop was upstairs reading while the rest of us were downstairs watching a movie. Eden comes downstairs and gives me and Kaysha a kiss goodnight. When Grandma asked for a kiss Eden simply replied: "No, Bop Bop"

She wanted to go upstairs and give Bop Bop a kiss instead. Grandma thought this was hilarious and stole a few kisses anyway :) Eden sure loves her Bop Bop.

"Mmmmmmmmm"

My parents took us out to eat at Red Robin Monday night. We had good burgers and lots of fun. Eden had a grilled cheese sandwich, which supposedly was especially delicious. Here is the conversation as Eden took bites of her grilled cheese sandwich:

Eden: Bop Bop
Bop Bop: Yes Eden
Eden: Mmmmmmmm
Bop Bop: Mmmmmmm
Eden: Da Da
Daddy: Yes, Eden
Eden: Mmmmmm
Daddy: Mmmmmmmm
Eden: Kaysha
Kaysha: Yes, Eden
Eden: Mmmmmmmm
Kaysha: laughs and laughs while trying to say Mmmmmm

This continues on around the table and of course she had to ask Bop Bop at least 5 more times. We got a good laugh.

The Oil Ranch

While we had everyone here this weekend we went to the Oil Ranch. We rode the train and got to visit all sorts of animals and have being outside in the nice fall weather.

Eden got to pet a cow. We could have milked the cow, but the poor cow looked a little tired if you know what I mean (wink).

Eden's first pony ride, which she loved! She kept saying "WEEEEEEEEE"
Eden trying to swim in the hay with a goat
Eden feeding a goat. The goats were her favorite.
Eden playing in the hay (my favorite picture of the day)
Eden and Daddy
Bop Bop and Babu

Bop Bop and Babu watching Eden ride the pony

Silly faces with Aunt Kaysha

Fun rides on Bop Bop's shoulders

Picking out a pumpkin to take home.

Grandparents come for a visit

This past weekend my parents and my youngest sister came to visit. Otherwise known as Grandma, Bop-Bop, and Kayca. Eden calls Granpda "Bop-Bop", and she used to call Grandma "Babu" but she isn't sure exactly what she wants to call Grandma, and Aunt Kaysha is Kayca although she did start saying the"sh" part towards the end of the visit. We had a great visit and of course Eden got spoiled. She got a stick horse that "neighs" and duck slippers, and pink ostrich skin cowgirl boots, and new jeans, and anything else Babu and Bop Bop decided she "needed".

When they arrived, Bop Bop came in the house "riding" the stick horse and said Eden will you take care of my horse for me? He ran in so fast and was so excited to tell her that she got scared and cried. When she realized it was Bop Bop she of course took the horse (whose name is "Neigh") and started riding it. Silly Bop Bop, he had the whole thing planned before they even got to our house. I've attached a couple of pictures of all of Eden's spoils.

Eden and her new horse, to which she tells "Giddy up"

Bop Bop and Eden with their boots on

Eden and her new duck slippers

Sneaky, Sneaky

Last night after Daniel and I put Eden to bed we were finishing up some things downstairs when we thought we heard Eden cry. I went upstairs to check and listened outside her room and didn't hear anything. So, I went back downstairs and was reading and Daniel was working on something for work. About a half hour later I hear some noise again. Not really crying but I decide to go check anyway. This time I can hear Eden walking around in her crib so I decide to go in her room and make sure she has her binky. As soon as I walk in she collapses on the spot and "pretends" to be asleep. I go over to check on her and I can see one little eye peeking out but she doesn't even make a peep! Sneaky little girl. I guess she was having a great time playing in her crib and didn't want to get "caught". I didn't realize the sneakiness starts so early :)

Weeeeeeeeeee!

Eden has started saying "Weeeee!" when I back out of the driveway. Part of me thinks it is adorable and part of me hopes it isn't a comment about my driving.

The Kindness of Strangers

Yesterday Eden and I went to our local friendly Wal-Mart for the usual cart full of items. An hour later (most of which was spent waiting to check-out :( ) we were headed to the car and then home. I had a big bag of cat food and some toilet paper underneath the cart and the T.P. fell off on our way to the car. I didn't notice but a nice family pointed it out and the man even volunteered to go pick it up for me. How nice! Not only did he pick it up and bring it back he even fought off some guy that was trying to take off with it. Who steals toilet paper? Anyway, it's nice to know that the kindness of strangers still exists.

A Little Ray of Sunshine...

...just to brighten your day! Don't forget to notice the sparkly shoes, they complete the outfit!

An Interesting Day at the Zoo

Eden and I went to the zoo yesterday with our friends Erika and Alex. Seems simple enough until you add in Daniel's car that wouldn't start. Erika arrived to pick us up at 9am because I thought Daniel would be taking my car to work since his didn't start. Daniel decides to have us jump his car and follow him to Wal-Mart to get the battery replaced. We also had to run to the library to return some books. Fast forward to 10:30am and we are finally on our way to the zoo.

We arrive about 11:15 and have to park really far away because we find out later that admission to the zoo was free! Bonus! First we start with the giraffe's. Eden really liked those.

Then we moved onto elephants and lions. Eden really likes lions and she especially likes to roar like a lion, but the lions were sleeping. She did however get to see a life-size picture of a lion ;)

Which now brings us to the bears. We were looking at the bears and Erika was holding Alex up to get a better look when all of a sudden Alex kicks off his shoe into the bear pit. I look over and see this....

Poor Alex. At least it was just his shoe!

So we move on to the rest of the zoo. Alex borrows Eden's pink crocs so he can pet the goats. This happened to be Eden's favorite part, petting the goats. She actually tried to hug the goat by laying her head on it and trying to get her arms around it, giggling the whole time. Silly girl and poor goat.

On our way out we stopped by guest services to see if they could retrieve Alex's shoe. Fortunately when Erika got home there was a message waiting that the shoe had been rescued and was still in one piece, hooray! At least there was a happy ending to the very interesting day at the zoo :)

Weekend Fun with Cookies and Sprinkles

We had some good 'ol family fun making sugar cookies (from scratch, something I rarely do, but they turned out great! Thanks to my great friend for her recipe). Eden's favorite part was the sprinkles. We had to tell the sprinkles "Night, night" because they were so tired from being used (aka Mommy and Daddy didn't want to pick up sprinkles all over the house). My favorite part was watching Eden try to spread frosting on her cookie. She was very determined, as you can see by never looking at Daddy when he was trying to take pictures. All in all some great family fun.

We're so glad Daddy is home!

Daddy was very tired when he got home, but what a better way to rest than snuggling with his favorite Eden?

You can tell Daddy is out of town because...

Eden and I went to McDonald's for Happy Meals...in our pajamas. Don't worry, we used the drive thru.

Something New Every Day

Eden already says lots of words and phrases. I am quite proud and am also sure that she is speaking on genius levels for her age. But she still manages to surprise me when out of the blue she says something new that I didn't even know she knew or even knew what it meant. For example, last week Eden had to get shots, and for some strange reason that we haven't figured out, she had a bad allergic reaction and was completely covered in hives. I was trying to give her some Benadryl one day and she pointed to her legs and said "itchy, itchy". Yes Eden, I am sure they were very itchy, but holy cow when did you learn what itchy meant?

Last night we were running around the house being silly and I was picking her up and swinging her around. When I set her down she said "Again!" How could I refuse, especially since she has never said that before?

And then this morning I was eating a banana. She walk up and says "Apple" and points to my banana. No, it's a banana. She looks at me with that "Whatever Mom" look on her face and says "Nana, BITE!" I had to laugh because she didn't care what it was she only wanted some, and of course, how could I refuse such a sweet girl when she requested a "bite" for the first time.

Oh and I almost forgot, she said "backpack". She wanted to watch "Dora the Explorer" and so she told me "backpack". I had to do a double take on that one. But again, how do you deny your very brilliant child when they say complicated words. I guess she's found my weakness :) And just for those of you who know and love Dora, when Swiper came on the screen today, she told him "No, no, no!" I guess its time to start looking at colleges :)

Just Because She Is So Darn Cute!

"Why yes, I am ready for my limo. No autographs, please!"

The Best Ice Cream - EVER!

Daniel and I went on a date Friday night. It has been a long time since we've been out just the two of us and we had a really great time. Thanks to the Stewart's for watching Eden so we could go out.

First we went out for Thai food...definitely one of our favorites. The Beef Panaeng was especially delicious. We thought about going to a movie afterward, but opted of a round of miniature golf. It was the perfect night for miniature golf. Daniel beat me by 1 stroke, but we both had a really great time. We drove around a little looking for various things and then decided to get some dessert. We thought some gelato sounded great and we knew of a place in the area so we went in search of gelato.

Well, we didn't end up with gelato, but by the best stroke of luck we ended up at this Mexican Ice Cream place. They make all their ice cream fresh and everything is all natural. The owner gave us samples of almost every flavor, and they were all delicious. My favorite? Rose petal ice cream. Yep. There are actually rose petals in the ice cream. It will blow your mind, it was so delicious, I can't even describe it. I brought a half pint home to eat this week while Daniel is in Portugal, and yes, I am eating it all myself. Since I am not nice enough to share you will have to go get your own. But trust me, it is definitely worth it.