♥ r.lovies ♥

So, I'm trying to launch my "r.lovies" line of security blankets, along with other products to come. Here's the link to what I have up so far: http://www.rlovies.blogspot.com/

Let me know what you think!!

Bound to happen...

Well, I guess I knew this day was coming, but I don't think I could've ever been "prepared" for it. Yesterday, I was out running errands and Danny was home watching the girls, and in the 3 minutes he went to the bathroom, he came out to this...

I tried the best I could to even out her new SHORT bangs that go WAY far back. It was looking pretty close to a mullet, so we tried pigtails and it looked a little better.

After I did the pigtails I noticed a rogue lock of hair. I remember seeing that a couple of weeks ago when I did her hair, but it was wet so there wasn't that much sticking up and so I thought it was still baby hairs. Now I realized she cut there as well.

Today I decided that the mullet wasn't cutting it, so I decided "off with your hair!". I think it's more proportionate now, but still makes me sad-I don't like bangs. I miss her "old" hair. I should be grateful though, that she didn't cut anything any shorter than it was. I've heard of little girls cutting right at the base of ponytails and pigtails, so for that I am grateful!

I found this shirt at Target a little while ago, and tried to find "Little Miss Trouble", but they only had "Little Miss Chatterbox" (which would have been VERY appropriate for Isa!). I thought it suited her anyway :)

She looks younger to me with the short pigtails, but it looks healthier and not so stringy. Hopefully her hair will grow fast and never get a hold of scissors again!

All in a day's work...

So, here's a glimpse into a typical day in the life of my sweet Gabriela...

First thing in the morning, I was working on the computer with Gabriela playing right next to me on the floor with Star Wars toys. After a couple of minutes I noticed it was really quiet and saw that she was no longer by my side. I got up and searched the house and couldn't find her! I went through the house a second time, checking every closet and under the beds, and even called her name in a sing-song type voice like we were playing so that I could get a giggle out of her or something, but NOTHING! After a THIRD search, I found her in my parent's bathroom standing on the toilet (just out of sight the first 2 times I looked-silly me I looked for feet on the floor-what was I thinking?!) and she was brushing her teeth. I about died (panic, laughter, grossness, you name it) when I found her with SHINY teeth! She found triple antibiotic ointment, and put it on my dad's toothbrush and was brushing away.

Next on the agenda was mutiny. Gabriela loves to play pirates with the kids, and this incident happened with almost everyone at home. Lissa heard Emalyn crying in the back because she had just woken up from her morning nap and told me she was awake. I was trying to finish something in the kitchen (some kind of cleaning because I walked to the laundry room to throw something away) and in the 90 seconds it took me to finish, Gabriela managed this.

I walked back and saw that my bedroom door was already open; NOT a good sign. I walked in and Gabriela was not in the room, huh-that's a surprise, and when I went to pull Emalyn out, I noticed a nice hole in the pack 'n play right in front of her face! Argh!! Thankfully 2 year olds are completely honest, so I asked Gabriela to come in my room and "see something". I asked her how the hole got there and she said (very matter-of-factly), "i did it". I asked her how, and she said, "with a sword". I thanked her for telling me and my mind was reeling trying to figure out what toy sword I had missed hiding and how a plastic sword could pierce the net. A minute later, I couldn't find anything, so I went back to her room and asked her to show me what sword she used. She walked back into my room, crawled under my bed, and pulled out Danny's machete, and held it proudly and said, "this one! i was a pirate with Emalyn!" I about died again. Seeing how close Ema's face was to the hole in the net when I got her out burned a very scary image in my brain!

Later I found Gabriela in the bathroom again rummaging through the band-aid box. She managed to sneak 1 out because it was hidden under her clothes. Later I found it on Emalyn. Gabs thought it would be funny to continue with the pirate theme and put it on Ema's head to complete the pirate look.

Next up was a make-over. She dug out my make up bag in the back of the bathroom cabinets, and crawled onto the counter and went to town. Again, several people were home and we still managed to miss this. Not too bad; she seemed to know where everything went on her face and got pretty close. However, I saw teeth marks in my chapstick, so she may have eaten some. She also twisted it up all the way and got it all in the lid, so I lost that one.

When I found her, she said, "look mom, I'm BEAUTIFUL!" Yep, yep she was...

No explanation needed.

Lastly, at the end of the day, we found her trying to play the violin. She was so proud and said, "look! I'm making pretty music!" How can we get mad when she's so naturally curious and honestly trying to just play or do something fun?!

Oh! I forgot to add that the toddler bed has since been disassembled, packed away, and the crib is back, along with the crib tent, AND A TIE!! *Ü*