Amidala can moo, can you?

Amidala has been learning new animal sounds at school as this month's theme is animals. She also got some puzzles for her birthday and when we do them I make the sounds. She will pick up the cow and I'll say oh do you know what sound the cow makes? He says moo. So since starting this she now knows what the cow and sheep say in addition to the kitty. Before everything said meow. So since she learned this I decided to try and read Mr. Brown can moo, can you? The first night it was a no go she threw the book on the floor and said bed please, so I put her in the crib and she laid back with her dolly, blankie and my teddy. So last night I picked up the book again and we read it with her turning the pages faster than I could read or make the sounds. The sounds I did make got a laugh and smile which is nice to see.
Amidala has been doing great with her words and using them when she chooses but her vocabulary has gotten huge and is at the point where Anakin and I spell things in front of her and find ourselves editing ourselves because we don't want her to repeat what we say. Last night for Valentine's Day Anakin brought home some chocolate covered strawberries which are my favorite and Amidala wanted one. So I got it out and brought it to her and said "I'll hold it". As really didn't want it all over my kitchen. She responded to me by saying, "No mom. I'll hold it." I was surprised and shocked she said it so I gave to her and said ok.
She's getting so big but so much fun!
This weekend was a busy one for us, Anakin and I celebrated Valentine's Day and we did a lot of work around the house. I did get to work on my 101 this weekend which I was excited about. I have put some crocheting on hold for right now. I made a ton of stuff for my cousin's baby shower and just need a break. In a bit I will be working of some gifts, starting my 5 handmade items for the 2011 handmade challenge, and a new hat project. If you love cute baby hats let me know. I'm planning on making one that is a bunny with ears on it. Amidala hates hats so I don't know if I'll get any pictures of her in it. So onto the 101 update( I was busy so we have a lot).

#11: I had gone through my clothes last year after I had Amidala and again when I brought my winter stuff out. I had the stuff just sitting in my basement waiting to me donated. So last night when I made a run to the grocery store after Amidala went to bed I dropped the bags off at a donation bin for the American Red Cross. It was two full (and heavy might I add) trash bags full of clothes and shoes. It felt nice to get this one done and I'm sure I'll have more again soon.

#16: Anakin and I watched RED on Sunday night. We bought this because it was on sale at target for $13 for the blue ray. It looked ok but I didn't really know what it was about so I said sure to watching it. It was a good movie and quite funny. A lot of big name actors so I don't know why I'd never heard of it.

#33; FINALLY! Amidala had about 10 boxes of clothes in our basement. I know my child, I don't know how she amassed so much clothing. So Saturday night I brought them all upstairs and sorted them by size. I am horrified to say there were more than 10 things with the tags still on them that I do not have reciepts for so I will just keep them. This took a couple of hours to just sort and fold them. I also got rid of some things, like the sleep positioner we got and never used since it is considered a "pillow" and could not be in the crib. I also got rid of the bottle warmer which had seen many a better day. If I need another one in the future I will just buy one. So then I decided to finish this on Sunday as it was 11pm and all I need to do was get some bins and put the clothes in them. On Sunday we headed over to Lowe's and got some bins and while Amidala was napping I started to put all the clothes in them and label them with the sizes. As I was about to be done with this I found ANOTHER BOX of clothes in my basement. I think I will be having nightmares about finding random boxes of baby clothes everywhere. So this is done and now I just have to move clothes down as she out grows them.

#35: When I dropped off my clothes last night I also donated about 25 books that I had read and was not likely to read again. These went to a local book charity the donates the books to libraries in need. I would have just go to my local library but the timing was not happening.

#72: Anakin and I went on Date 4 for Valentine's Day while my SIL watched Amidala for us. We went to Aquitaine for lunch and it was delicious, best meal I've ever had. After this we wandered around the shops at legacy place before heading over to La Novita for a couples massage. Which was wonderful and extremely relaxing. This was the best Valentine's Day I've ever had.

That's it for my update for now. Hopefully I'll get some more done here. I am going to try to blog some more on this blog too. So check back often!

-Rachel