Weekends

Weekends are my favorite, and this one was a perfect one.  It is some great fall weather out!  Ella let us sleep in until about 8 both days which feels amazing.  Yesterday we got going and hit up Costco for some "necessities" which happened to include Halloween candy and Christmas wrapping paper.

And we also stopped at Target because we have tons of 6 month clothes for Ella but not many long sleeve things?!  So now we have some extra's... plus Ms Anna asked me to bring a sweater for Ella to keep at day care.  After that we watched the Michigan and Michigan State football games... one of which was good, and one of which was terrible :(

I'm a little too small for this Dad!

Today Nick did some yard work - we have a lot of leaves down already - and I have done a lot of laundry.  I also went through all my clothes and cleaned out and organized and now have 2 big bags for donation.  I cleaned out Ella's closet too, washed all her 6 month clothes and packed away some 3 month things that she won't wear again in the cooler weather.  6 month clothes are still a little big on her depending on the brand, but she is almost out of 3 months!  We are definitely in transition though which I just can't believe!

Ella hasn't rolled over since the once, but I know she will be regularly soon, she gets on her side all the time.  Today she rolled on her side and picked up her toy and rolled back!  She has been playing with her rattle ball too, she likes to put it to her mouth and stick her tongue through the holes :)

In other news, I found this picture on Nick's phone from our cabin vacation and realized that Mom and I are twins :)

Can't believe tomorrow is Monday already!  We are going to be in Michigan again before I know it!

It's Here!

I just finished my home deep clean and everything is ready to go for a GREAT weekend!  So many things to look forward to!  Tonight marks the start of college and MSU football season! AND Ashley, Jeff, Molly and Oscar are all on their way for the weekend!  So this will be Ella's first slumber party.  I have talked to her all week about sharing her toys, so hopefully she will be a good girl.

Bath fresh!

I realized today that without thinking about it I am planning on making Mama VanderLaan's (Mo's Mom) taco dip and Mama Hannen's (Emily's Mom) sandwich for 12 to enjoy during our college football watching tomorrow.  So in a way it will be like all of the 1054 college roommates will be back together!

Our plans include crafting and football watching tomorrow and Sunday we are heading out for Ella's first baseball game to see the Brewers!  Depending on the weather it may also be her first tailgate as well :)

She will be more excited once the game actually starts :)

It's gonna be a great weekend!  GO STATE!

Miscellaneous Happenings

Things were pretty uneventful around here today.  Although I was able to cross two rooms off of my cleaning list, so that felt good.  Somehow I don't actually feel like the house seems cleaner though, but Nick says it does so I must be on the right track.  This weekend my college roommate and her husband and baby are coming to town so I have to get everything done before then.  At least I have a solid deadline to keep me on track!  Not to mention that I am super excited to see them all - Ella and Molly will be great playmates this weekend!

Some bumbo time - how cute are her little jeans??!

I also spent some time getting things ready and organized for Ella's first day of day care.  :(  I am headed back to work on Tuesday and I have very mixed emotions about it!  I know they will take good care of her and I am looking forward to seeing my work friends but it is going to be a hard transition.  Anyway, I had ordered some name bubbles since EVERYTHING that goes to day care has to be labeled.  They came yesterday so I had fun sticking them on things today.  Hopefully they really do hold up through the washing machine and dishwasher.

napping while Mommy cleans

In other news this weekend I re-covered our office chair.  It needed it SO BAD, Zoe apparently loved the fabric that it came with and completely clawed it up.  She doesn't claw on other furniture, but I guess she really loved the texture of this.  For probably close to 3 years I just had fabric draped over it and it looked like a mess all the time.  I had been mentally planning how I would sew a slipcover for quite awhile but finally decided that I was going to do it.  I got the fabric half off so it only cost me $15.

I couldn't believe how well it turned out!  I love it so much.  All I did was carefully pin the pieces together on the chair and did some very steady sewing right on the line that I pinned.  Such a difference - had I known it was going to turn out so well and be so easy I would have tried this a long time ago!  Lesson learned.

2 Month Weigh In

Today was Ella's 2 month appointment!  She is still a big girl but has dropped to the 75th percentile instead of the 90th so she is tapering off a little bit which the doctor says is just fine.  She officially weighs 12 pounds, 5.5 ounces and is 23 inches tall!

Tummy time with Mortimer the Moose!

She did receive some vaccinations today as well, but she is a trooper!  She cried for just a bit but was smiling just a few minutes after.  She has been a little sleepy today but if that is the worst side effect I'll take it.

We got out the exersaucer awhile ago, but Ella has really been enjoying it lately, I think she loves "standing" on her own and looking around.  She is quite content in there for awhile.

Just lounging around!

This weekend was pretty low key around here.  Nick and I did manage to get some yard/house work done, but we mostly just relaxed and cuddled with Ella, it was a great weekend!  And I must confess that I am failing miserably at operation deep clean.  I have gotten a handful of rooms done but have not stuck with the one room a day concept at all. :/  So much for using the blog as motivation!

Ella has turned into a great sleeper, she has been going 8-9 hours at night.  She makes me so happy because when I go to get her in the morning she gives me a great big smile to start the day!  Makes it much easier to get up in the morning :)

Shortly after we returned from vacation I found Zoe and Lucky in Ella's room being cute.  Zoe was all sprawled out in the glider and Lucky was apparently having a discussion with Mr. Bear.  It was pretty cute!

Operation Deep Clean

I have made it my goal to deep clean this house... something I rarely do (cleaning is not my strong suit...).  To accomplish this I have decided that I would do one room a day.  It seems manageable.  The goal is to basically touch every surface, vacuum, mop, dust, pick up, etc.  Today I tackled the office and I am proud to say that I completed it all (although I am just now finished at 9:30..).  I figured if I blogged about it I might be held more accountable and feel like I had to complete it.  So that's why you are all hearing about my cleaning goals.  Wish me luck!

And because every post needs a cute picture:

Hiking to the sand dune!

Vacation re-cap is still coming - promise!