Soccer Fun & Mother's Day Weekend!

What a great weekend!

Quinn is loving soccer (after her first game - meltdown on the field) and really having fun with it! Here are a few shots of the game from Mother's Day Weekend... and a big heartfelt THANK YOU to Mike and Rachel for another successful BBQ on Sunday! You guys are the best! Quinn's pants will never be white again :-)

Statistically Speaking...

Oh my gosh, this video is just too cute. Quinn loves to be challenged with big words to see if she can say then correctly. This was a classic capture!!! She can now say this word properly, and is very proud of herself! (Side note - if you're wondering, she's eating graham crackers with strawberry frosting - poor man's cookies, if you will)...

Field Trip

Last week Quinn went on her first field trip with her new daycare - and I took the day off and went too! I mean, who doesn't want to spend a day at the Baltimore Aquarium? We had taken Quinn to the aquarium in September of '09 when she was about 3 1/2. I figured she might remember an image here and there, but I was pleasantly surprised when she kept coming up to me and telling me she remembered several different instances and experiences. And she enjoyed it just as much this time, if not more - I'm sure it's a lot more fun to hang out with a gaggle of girls that are your age and take in all of the sights and sounds this place has to offer, right? We spent about 4 hours browsing each and every floor of the venue. She especially loved the sting rays, dolphins, jelly fish, and when the divers were feeding all of the beautiful fish in the monstrous tank that you could view from the glass. It was a very successful day and then Miss Sue followed up with some really creative crafts the kids got to make of jellyfish and a sea life paint scene. I'm REALLY enjoying her new daycare, by the way! Ok, enough about Quinn, let's talk about me for a minute - man, I'm uncomfortable in this pregnancy... and we had to have a makeshift picnic in one of the empty side rooms at the aquarium because it was too cold to go outside and eat. So eating on the floor with no back support at 6 months pregnant was not at all fun... But I hung in there and it was nice to get to know the other moms that went with, and also to see Quinn really interacting with the other girls in her class. She's already connected with everyone on a very good level, so I know she's going to be happy there over the summer. I'm happy.

"I am so ready for Miss Sue's tomorrow!"

Today was Quinn's first day at her new daycare at Miss Sue's in New Market. Kirch and I knew we had to get her up near home and her elementary school, so we did the leg work and found a woman within walking distance of the school. We are very happy with our choice so far (of course, time will tell us more), and after some initial shyness on Quinn's part, she warmed right up and seemed to blend right in when Kirch dropped her off this morning. It didn't hurt that today was Pajama Day, so she got to wear her favorite Ariel pj's :-)

Oh, the title of my post up there? Well at 4:45am Quinn called for us because she had a wet pull-up (yes, after much success in finally getting her into undies overnight around Christmas time, she's fallen back into wetting her pants, so we're back into pull-ups), to which i quickly replied, "Well change into underwear! You do it by yourself on other nights!" But I digress - the point of the story is this: After I got her into underwear and tucked her in to go back to sleep, she looked at me with such excitement in her eyes and said with the utmost conviction, "I'm am so ready for Miss Sue's tomorrow!" I was so proud of her and relieved to hear that! She was excited! And had no problems with leaving Miss Kim's! I know she can still come home today and say she misses her other friends and Miss Kim, but this is a great start!

So we'll see how today goes, but I really don't have much doubt that my girl will do just fine. She adjusts easily to change and is a trooper. I can't wait to hear about her first day at Miss Sue's!

Quinn's 1st birthday party... since her 1st birthday party! Another reason we are so thankful we moved out to the "country" into a real house!!! We had 12 girls over, along with parents and family. Needless to say, i was wiped out by the end of the day. But Quinn had a blast and it was all worth it.

The cupcake cake...

Whack it, sister!!!

Well, what's in here???

It IS a good cake...

Me and my girl posse

Tuckered out with all my new princess barbies

Sex Pot Valentine

Ok so I know I'm not the most appropriate mother sometimes, but c'mon - this kid is just funny! And I couldn't NOT share these pictures with anyone who visits my blog from time to time!

She stole part of my outfit I wore for Valentine's Day yesterday (that's a tank top she has stuffed under her bikini top) and posed her little "heart" out (you like my pun? Valentine's Day - heart!). I HAD to take pictures. She was eating it up!

How Awesome Is My Husband?

I didn't even notice these pictures were taken until I checked my camera for another reason yesterday - but i believe Kirch took these when i was holed up in the basement office last week when I worked from home (we had yet more crappy weather that prevented me from even wanting to make the commute into work).

These are just so cute I had to post them...