Ten on Tuesday

1. Kelsea has now moved on from Mary Poppins to Cinderella--woo-hoo! Now if I can get her to read something besides Walter the Farting Dog.

2. Kelsea got in trouble at school last week for biting her boyfriend. Yep, Nate, who fed Kelsea her birthday cake (and who she never stops talking about) got bit on the arm over a toy.
3. I'm now over a year behind in scrapbooking, and have no idea how I'm going to catch up.

4. American Idol is just not doing it for me this season. The one person I really wanted to see didn't make the top 24.

5. Are you using these in your house yet? We had just switched over all our light bulbs in our last house before we moved, and now we gotta start again...but I'm really unmotivated since all our light bulbs are working just fine.

6. After a weekend of rain, we had 75 degrees of pure sunshine today! Just hoping it lasts until the weekend!

7. I'm getting excited about the arrival (any day now) of Pondegore! Although my prediction is "he" will arrive on March 6th.

8. I never watch Dancing with the Stars, but heard that Shannon Elizabeth is going to be on, so now I have to watch!

9. I just got over a nasty cold last week, and tonight my throat is sore.... you've got to be kidding me! Aagghh!

10. Wallis and I went to the movies for the first time since b.k. We actually saw one of the Best Picture nominees (Juno) and really, really, LOVED IT! I especially adore this Moldy Peaches song, it just makes me smile out loud...with lyrics like this how could it not...

Squinched up your face and did a dance.
You shook a little turd out of the bottom of your pants
I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else
But you

Ten on Tuesday

1. So it's been ten days since I've posted, (my apologies). I'd like to promise that it won't happen again, but I'm pretty confident that it will.

2. Kelsea was TIRED tonight. It started at the chiropractor when she threw a tantrum when it was time to leave (yes she loves it there). It continued on the street when she kept running away from me when trying to get her in the car. She decided that since she didn't get her way, she would hit me. LOVELY! Once I started breathing again, I told her that she would go straight to bed, no dinner, no bath, no books if she did not say she was sorry for her behavior before we got home. (5 block drive) Well, sure enough right as we pull into the driveway she gives me a "sorry." 11 more mos and the "terrible twos" are over right?

3. Did I mention that Kelsea was TIRED tonight? After a bunch of fussing, crying and tantrums, during and after dinner, Wallis asked her if she wanted to go straight to bed (no bath time, no books). Well, she said yes "bed, bed, bed." So much for that one! Wiped her down with a wash cloth, put her jammies on, sung a couple songs, and down she went. Then she told me to "go Mommy."

4. Kelsea's favorite thing to watch right now is Mary Poppins. We have only had the movie for a month now, but I know we've seen it at least 20 times. I need to find something else for her to latch on to, because there is only so many times I can listen to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

5. I guess we now know what Kelsea's favorite color is because she got to pick out her own potty on Sunday. She was so attached to that thing that it had to follow her wherever she went, but we put our foot down when she asked to take it to bed with her. It now resides in the bathroom.

6. I got a new debit card in the mail on Saturday and the expiration date is "3/31/10"...whoa! Even though 2010 is only 2 years away it seems like it should be years away!

7. We had family over last weekend for Christmas in February celebration, here's a couple of my favorites: Aunt Cindy, Mom, & Uncle Mark watching the sunset and having a glass of wine

8. Kelsea running around the sand, and Mommy running after her in hopes of at least one good photo.9. Kelsea ran up and down that life guard tower over & over again, luckily she didn't come crashing down flat on her face and that she stopped for a second so I could take a picture!10. Aunt Cathy and cousin Cari watching the view from above

Rainy Days

What do Californians do when it rains? I'm not really sure since it hardly ever happens, but this is what the Laughreys have been doing...oh ya and watching Mary Poppins over, and over, and over again.

Brush pease Daddy

Concentrating VERY hard on her workFinishing touches on her first masterpieceThanks Gramma and Grandpa for my art easel--I LOVE IT

Party Details

As many of you already know, Kelsea was a ladybug this past Halloween, so we went with this theme for her birthday. I guess we started that tradition last year with her first birthday when we used her Halloween bumble bee pictures for her invitation. I'll have to consider this when Kelsea chooses her Halloween costume this year....

Here's a picture of the invite:
Continuing with the theme, I made these goodie bags for her seven boy friends. Yep, Nate, Brandt, Adam, Johnnie, Jake, Joey & Royce. Granted the last three are still babies, but how funny is it that Kelsea was the only girl!? Of course that will not be funny in a few years, but to her defense all her close girl friends moved to MN and CO!
My Mom and I made these the day before, and they turned out quite cute if I may do say so myself!

I hung the large ladybug stickers from the chandelier in the dining room, and decorated the house in red & pink, and called it a morning...until the guests started arriving at 10:00. Which was a perfect time for Kelsea and many of her friends, because everyone was gone by 12:30 and she could take a good, LONG nap. But not so good for our morning, as Wallis and I were running around the house like madmen trying to finish everything in time!

And no, we did not dress Kelsea up her up in her costume, instead she wore her princess dress that one of my Mom's dear friends had given Kelsea last year. In fact she wore it for her one year photo shoot that J.J. photographed.

Here's a couple of Kelsea in her dress last year:
And now this year...

Tallish, Average, Tiny

So those are the measurements that we got back from Dr. Sergis at Kelsea's 2 year well-check:

Height: 35 in (75th percentile)
Weight: 26 lbs (50th percentile)
Head: 46 cm (10th percentile)

So I had heard an old wives tale that you double your child's height at age 2, and that's how tall he/she will be as an adult. That sounds silly now, because that would put Kelsea at 70 inches! After doing some researching (isn't that the official term for surfing the web), I read that for boys you double their height, and for girls you multiply their height by a factor of 1.92. This calculation would put Kelsea at 67.2 inches as an adult. However according to this website, Kelsea will be 66 inches tall, just like her Mama! I guess we'll just have to wait and see which of these theories "prove" to be right!

Her Second Birthday

So we started out her special day, well, sleeping of course...she was born at 1:01 in the morning you know! Yes, we set the alarm clock for 1:00 so that I could get down there and snap the picture at 1:01, and I will continue to do this for her next 16 birthdays, is it really only 16 more?

Kelsea woke up in the morning to find in her room two presents from Granddaddy Mike. The first was a stroller for her Bitty Baby, and the second was this. She was is heaven!
After many stroller rides, and inchworm bounces, we finally made it out of the house and to the Aquarium were we got to "see fish." And since I took my travel camera most of the photos I came home with are of other parents children, since she certainly could not hold still long enough for the camera to take the picture. Note to self: bring SLR next time. But my lovely husband did snap one of the two of us. After lunch at Bubba Gumps, we went home to take a much needed nap! I guess her birthday was wearing her out because she slept for almost 3 hours! Whoo-hoo!
Of course by the time she did wake up (4:15) there wasn't much natural light left to take photos, but I did get one of her pretty blue eyes.

It was a day of opening gifts from the Grandparents, because Gramma Laurie and Grandpa Steve came over next with a bag full of goodies. She was especially fond of the new clothes she received for her not so well dressed Cabbage Patch Kids (that were once mine).


And finally we ended the day with a Creative Cakery cake that was to die for. Kelsea did not eat that entire cake, although she would have eaten all the frosting off the top if we had let her.Thanks for a wonderful day Kelsea, hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Stay tuned for birthday party pictures later this week....

Flashback Friday

Has it really been a year? Last year at this time the Killins were here for a visit, and we celebrated J.J.'s 30th Birthday at Buca Di Beppos on Friday, Mazie's 5th Birthday on Saturday, and Kelesa's 1st Birthday on Sunday! Who says you can't have three parties in a weekend?

At Mazie's Party, we attempted to get all four girls in a picture (looking at the camera), but as you can tell from the picture it didn't quite work out that way...
And to commemorate the Killins, Laughrey, & Stahr Birthday weekend we had this for dinner tonight. Hope you guys both have a wonderful birthday! Wish we were all together to celebrate again.