A Funny Little Peanut

Recent Asher Pictures

2012-02-02T18:12:00.003-05:00

He's such a funny, happy little chap :) Check out that drool stain! First time in the exersaucer! This one cracks me up! I have a few pictures of him giving the sun the evil eye! Hello there! Modified tummy time on daddy's knees I can't even take how cute his smile is! :) :) :)

poop fish

2012-01-14T14:41:00.001-05:00

Prepare yourself for a gross story. Seriously, if you are eating do not read this story right now. Also if you think that someday you might want to possibly have children don't read this story until they are toddlers. If you're pregnant, too late! Brace yourself because this is headed your way in the near future! If you have successfully potty trained your children, pat yourself on the

little studmuffin

2012-01-14T14:02:00.001-05:00

So I attempted a small photo session yesterday during the brief window of sunny skies (seriously what a depressing couple of days weather wise ugh!) I had about 15 minutes to work with between the weather, the naked baby in our chilly house, and his need to eat/ poop every hour. And I had to convince his big sister that Asher can indeed have pictures taken that do not include her. She's

Asher at four months

2012-01-13T13:18:00.001-05:00

Time is going by so quickly little boy! Please slow down so mommy can enjoy this squishy phase! You are still such a little cuddle bug and cannot sleep unless there is something soft for you to hold on to. You no longer sleep through the night most nights (which is sad), but you are still a better sleeper than your big sister ever was. We have had some really rough nights lately though. I

Emma at three

2012-01-13T12:17:00.003-05:00

Let's start with some recent quotes: Some are sweet: " mommy move your arms so I can get into your snuggle" and " I love you too!" (even when nobody has said it to her first) Some are hilarious: " Daddy, when I grow up and my boobs are bigger than I can help mommy feed baby Asher" (can't wait to bring that one up when they are teenagers!) and some are borderline hurtful to mommy's

Photo Card

2012-01-05T17:44:00.001-05:00

Happy Color New Year'sholiday party invitations and thank you cards by Shutterfly.View the entire collection of cards.

Playing

2011-12-30T09:32:00.000-05:00

At four months Asher is finally becoming almost "interesting" to his sister! And she will sometimes incorporate him into her play. Here he is sitting in the backseat of her "car". :) I am really looking forward to these two playing more together in the future. Maybe someday they will even keep each other busy enough that I can get things done during the day!

Holidays and Festivities

2011-12-29T13:03:00.000-05:00

Well another Christmas has come and gone, and once again we didn't take nearly enough pictures! I feel like we never remember to bring our camera to family functions... Oh well, I guess it's not the worst thing in the world that we spent more time enjoying the fun than taking pictures of it! So here are a few of the pictures we did manage to take: Christmas Tree Decorating:

A Glimpse into our Crazy

2011-12-27T21:29:00.000-05:00

We spent today re-arranging some furniture and reorganizing all of our stuff. This happens every year around this time, because due to the generosity of our family we are generally inundated with new toys. Thanks guys! :) Re-organizing is super good for us and it feels awesome to be in a newly organized apartment. One of the biggest changes is that the computer is now in the living room

A walk in the woods with friends

2011-11-16T11:24:00.001-05:00

Last Saturday it was absolutely beautiful out! I'm pretty sure it was in the 60s which is practically unheard of for November, and we of course had spent the two days previous stuffing ourselves full of turkey. So we decided that it would be the perfect day for a long walk. And we were joined by our good friends the Kreylings! Adam was the photographer that day since I was carrying Asher, so

Asher's birth story. part 1

2011-11-16T08:38:00.001-05:00

Dear Asher James, This is the story of your arrival into this world. I will not lie to you, this pregnancy was difficult. It was difficult both physically and emotionally. We found out we were pregnant in January, right around my birthday! It was a wonderful wonderful birthday present. We were very excited! Shortly after that, I began to deal with the usual morning sickness and

Emma Turns 3!

2011-11-15T13:28:00.001-05:00

On November 8th, Emma turned three years old! I still cannot believe that my little peanut has been on this earth for three whole years!! It blows my mind to think about it. But at the same time, it feels like she has been with us forever. It's hard to remember what life was like without you little girl! She has grown up so much in the past year. She has lost her baby face and

2011-11-15T12:57:00.001-05:00

So I haven't updated since February... super fail. Since I can't possibly catch up on everything that has happened since then, I'm just going to start from the present. Beginning with: Asher James Roy Born on September 17th 2011 Weighing 8lbs and 1 ounce I think I will save his labor story for a different post, as it is a bit on the complicated side. Fast forward to today

An Update :)

2011-02-28T08:29:00.000-05:00

Once again, I have been the biggest slacker ever when it comes to this blog! But it was recently brought to my attention (thanks Grammy!) that people do actually read this thing. So perhaps I should put some more (or really any) effort into it. So here goes, a brief synopsis of the last few months for our family: December lots and lots of family/friend birthdays (including Adam) one

Dear 4:45 am

2011-01-05T10:16:00.000-05:00

Dear 4:45 am, I'm not sure if you're aware of this or not, but we are not friends. I feel like maybe you think that we are, and I'm not sure where you got this idea, but it very very false. I'm fairly sure that we were never friends to begin with, and I certainly have never made any effort on my part to cultivate a friendship. What we had going there for a little while was great, (mainly I

Wednesday Blog Hops

2010-12-15T12:41:00.000-05:00

I've been really slacking at blog hopping lately, so here's where you can find me today! In other news: I've baked three lasagnas today, cleaned up the disaster of a kitchen that followed the assembly of lasagna, unclogged a toilet, changed three diapers, done two loads of laundry, made a special birthday breakfast for my husband, froze two lasagnas, unclogged a sink and saved the world.

DIY Playkitchen!

2010-12-14T15:32:00.000-05:00

Before reading any further you should go back and read this post, so you're all caught up :) I apologize for taking so very long to post the second installment. But if you can remember that far back, this is what our nightstand looked like before we got a hold of it and transformed it into a playkitchen for the peanut! And this is what it looks like now: Ta Da!!! A real faucet with

Super cute christmas cards

2010-11-30T13:52:00.001-05:00

It’s that time of year again, when there’s a million and a half things to check off of your to-do list before Christmas! And one of those things is of course, sending out the annual Christmas card. I have to tell you that I am generally bad at remembering to send out cards and consider it a bit of a hassle, but I have discovered a site that makes this hassle a little less bothersome! Shutterfly

Thank you cards

2010-11-30T13:10:00.002-05:00

Thanks Much Blush Thank You 5x7 folded cardUnique party invitations and announcements by Shutterfly.View the entire collection of cards.

Christmas Crafts!

2010-11-29T16:12:00.000-05:00

Now that we have celebrated Thanksgiving I believe it is now appropriate to fully embrace the Christmas season! (Thanksgiving is my very favorite holiday!- Christmas is a close second) So I'll let you have a look at our Christmas activities so far.... (Please keep in mind that I am not artistic by any stretch of the imagination, so if my Christmas tree drawing looks crappy please

A month later...

2010-11-19T09:09:00.000-05:00

Another 28 32 days has come and gone and we are once again disappointed. I am convinced my body is playing some sort of cruel joke on me. Before we started trying to have another baby, my period had been super predictable (like almost to the hour) for over a year. As soon as we started trying to conceive though, all menstrual predictability disappeared. The first two months, it was late (

Stinky Daddy

2010-11-17T08:08:00.000-05:00

Sometimes on cold and blustery days, Emma chooses to start our morning off with a good laugh! This morning was one of those days.... Scene: Daddy, Emma-Jean, and two Mr. P-doo heads (those are potato heads for those not in the know) sit at Emma's little table eating breakfast. One of these P-doo heads was dressed as a stormtrooper but that's not really relevant to this story. Me:

2010-11-10T09:16:00.001-05:00

My little two year is…. ...Goofy as evidenced by the pictures in this post ... Loving she has a checklist of places we have to kiss her before she can go to sleep : (cheek, “otha one cheek”, hair, nose and chin) ...Stubborn she gets this from both mommy and daddy, she is incredibly persistent ...Frustrated when we won’t let her do things like watch

Peanut Turns 2!!

2010-11-09T08:39:00.000-05:00

Our little girl officially turned two in the wee hours of Monday morning! There was much celebrating over the weekend. We had two parties and an impromptu pizza party yesterday night. It was so great to see everyone and peanut got really spoiled with both attention and cool gifts! Helping mommy get ready for the party!

Miscarriage

2010-10-25T08:44:00.001-04:00

So it feels like a whole lot longer than a week since I posted last, and unfortunately I have sad news to relate this morning. I've been kind of avoiding writing this post, but I feel like since I shared the good news, I should share the bad as well. Last Wednesday was a bad day for us. I was having some sharp pains on Tuesday night that I attributed to normal pregnancy pains (I didn't

Big News for our Family!

2010-10-19T08:16:00.001-04:00

So I feel that I must apologize once again for neglecting the blog, but I have a good reason this time! A really good reason! I've been a little preoccupied because about two months ago we decided it was time to start working on Royling #2! I have to confess that I was a little disappointed when month one came and went because we got pregnant as soon as we started talking about it

Peek-a-Boo!

2010-10-15T07:26:00.000-04:00

Sorry these pictures are a little on the grainy side, I really need to take the time to read my camera manual, but I just had to share them! They did this for about ten minutes a couple saturdays ago. Adam looks a bit creepy, but look how big Emma's smiles are! :) Can you tell by my last few posts, that she's a daddy's girl? Happy Friday Everyone!

Roger Williams Park Zoo

2010-10-11T11:53:00.000-04:00

We had a super busy weekend! On Friday we went to the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, RI, on Saturday we went to homecoming at Gordon College, and yesterday we spent the morning in Boston going to the Harvard Museum of Natural History and Oktoberfest!! We’re all still recovering a little bit from our whirlwind of a weekend. It was supposed to be a pretty low key weekend, but it was so

Daddy Love

2010-10-04T13:30:00.001-04:00

Peanut really loves her daddy as you can clearly see from these pictures! And I love that she loves him. Sometimes I get a little sad that he gets so much attention on the weekends and when he comes home from work, but I really wouldn’t want it any other way. Seeing the two of them together makes me realize how blessed I really am, in that my husband is a wonderful, loving, fully engaged daddy.

Saturday Morning Bliss

2010-10-02T11:44:00.001-04:00

We went on a nice long walk this morning, and it was wonderful. Got lots of cute pictures that I will be sure to post later on this week, but for now I'll leave you with this little dose of cute. Tonight is date night and then we are going to a friend's birthday party (all by ourselves with no peanut) I honestly can't remember the last time we attended an event as a couple and not a family.

Pouting

2010-10-01T12:16:00.000-04:00

Dear Emma-Jean, Love of my life, Delight of my heart, Mommy loves you so incredibly much, but I am beginning to lose what little patience I once possessed. If this incessant whining over nothing doesn't come to an end soon, I just don't know what I will do! Throwing yourself on the floor over every silly little thing just isn't acceptable. Think how

Recycled Magazine Coaster

2010-09-29T12:37:00.000-04:00

Look what I made at naptime this morning! I have a stack of Entertainment Weekly Magazines just sitting in my bathroom, and I hate to throw them out, so this is the perfect solution! I just followed This Easy tutorial over at How About Orange Incidentally, this is now one of my favorite sites on the internet. Her DIY collection is incredible and makes me want to run to a craft store

I've been tagged!

2010-09-28T09:21:00.000-04:00

Lolo over at Crazy About my Baybah tagged me in to the game the other day. Sorry it took so long to get on this, but I'm grateful to be included :) So she asked 8 questions, and then I have to come up with 8 questions of my own and pass it on to eight other bloggers. Here are her questions: 1. If you had an evening alone, what would you do? Well, sometimes I have Friday night to

A little catch up

2010-09-27T13:15:00.000-04:00

So I have been seriously slacking these past few weeks, but I'm going to do better this week I promise! Besides, it's supposed to be rainy and generally crappy all week anyways, so we'll be stuck indoors for the most part. Although, this morning we did go for a nice long walk in the rain just to get out of the house. And we may or may not have stopped at the playground and gotten nice and

Need another vacation!

2010-09-22T14:44:00.001-04:00

So Sorry I've been a bit MIA lately.... it's been a bit of a crazy week around here. (and not in the good way) Peanut has been teething which means waking up frequently at nighttime and lots of tantrum throwing during the day! This has put mommy and daddy a bit on edge, which makes us one big cranky family. Also we had to throw over $500 dollars at our car after it failed inspection. (suck)

Super Simple Toddler Activity

2010-09-15T14:30:00.000-04:00

So I wanted to share a delightfully simple activity Emma and I did together yesterday morning. She has been very interested in colors lately, and can name all the basic ones. And sometimes she even matches the correct name with the correct color! For example, she calls one pair of her shoes "the pink shoes". Since she is so interested, I thought I should come up with a project to explore

All I wanted was one good picture!

2010-09-14T08:36:00.000-04:00

So we were at this beautiful series of little waterfalls, gorgeous really. See? And everything was going well, until .... mommy decided that she would like to have a picture of the peanut and herself (just to prove that she really does go on these outings, and it's not just daddy and Emma) Ok, ok so that didn't go very well, let's try again. Look at daddy Emma! How did that one look?

2010-09-11T12:20:00.000-04:00

Trying out a new blog hop this weekend. Come join me! And welcome to any new friends! You can learn about our family in my About Me tab, or just feel free to browse around, just make sure you leave me a comment so I know where to find you!

We're back!

2010-09-10T16:34:00.002-04:00

Well, we're back after 4 nights and five days away! And I've just gotten all the unpacking done. Phew! Now I just have to face the enormous pile of laundry... And I'm delighted to announce that we had a wonderful time! I will post more about it in the coming days, but for now I will just leave you with a brief synopsis. Here's a list of things we did: Remick Country Doctor Museum (

A poopy mystery

2010-09-03T11:27:00.000-04:00

So I have been dreading the moment when Emma figures out that she can reach into her diaper and pull out her poop. (Every mother's worst nightmare, right?) Well, folks, today is that day! (Oh, goodie!) At least I think it was today.... I opened the bathroom door this morning to find a very stinky little peanut eagerly waiting for me to emerge. The first thing that hit me was the stink. The

test

2010-09-02T22:36:00.000-04:00

Just testing out my new signature!

I finally have a button!

2010-09-02T19:46:00.000-04:00

And here it is!! What do you think? It took me long enough to figure out how to do it! But I finally managed it with a little help from FotoFlexer and this tutorial Feel free to grab it and use it :) Just leave

Toddler Talk Thursday

2010-09-02T11:19:00.003-04:00

First off, I was featured last week, hooray! And yes, I will definitely work on getting myself a cute little button. As I've said before, I am a bit technologically challenged! But I've been wanting one. I just need to find an hour or so without grubby little fingers "helping" mommy type, and demanding to watch online episodes of the "amnimals and baaa" (shaun the sheep) Thanks so much

2010-08-31T08:43:00.000-04:00

Hello Friends! It's Tuesday and that means that it's time to join a couple blog hops. And since I've been making so many new friends lately, I decided that I would share some fun Roy facts will you. (You lucky people, you!) We'll do the momma first: 1) I attended an extremely ghetto fabulous junior high and high school in Rhode Island. I later found references to my school in sociological

One of the cool kids

2010-08-28T09:05:00.000-04:00

I bet you thought this post was going to be about Emma, right? Wrong! It's about me. I received my ever blog award yesterday from Dawn over at the mom-a-logues blog. I am super honored and feel a little bit like I was invited to the cool kids table. So a big thank you going out to you Dawn!!! The rules of the award are as follows: 1.) THANK the blogger who awarded it to you. (check!)

Please be Patient

2010-08-27T10:57:00.000-04:00

Please be patient with me as I am trying to make the blog look the way I want it to look. Unfortunately I have absolutely no computer skills what so ever, which makes this difficult. Also I only really get about ten minutes to myself at a time on the computer, so that makes it take a whole lot longer! So things might be disappearing and then magically re-appearing, or showing up somewhere

Toddler Talk Thursday Week Five!

2010-08-26T08:53:00.000-04:00

Today's TTT is about TV / Movies I have talked about this before on this blog, but I personally do not see any harm in letting the Peanut watch TV. Of course I would never just plop her down in front of the TV and let her watch all day long, but a show or two a day is not going to do anything negative to her development. In fact, I have noticed a positive effect, in that her vocabulary has

Congrats Little Brother!

2010-08-23T13:05:00.000-04:00

Congratulations Kenny! Notice how "little" he is compared to me My "little" brother graduated from Wentworth Institute yesterday afternoon! We are all extremely proud of him, as it's been tough going these last four years, between qualifying for loans, and even having to commute at times! He is now the proud owner of a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and while I have

Funny Girl!

2010-08-20T19:29:00.000-04:00

I love Friday nights. My husband goes out with his best guy friends for a beer (or to play dorky games at someone else's house) and Emma-Jean goes to bed at 7:00. We had pizza tonight which means there is virtually no clean-up and I get three hours of uninterupted me time. It's bliss. Usually this involves a glass of wine, some blogging, some internet stalking, maybe a chic flick, some

Social Spark

2010-08-17T10:06:00.002-04:00

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. I have been very envious of all the mommy blogs out there that have so many great product reviews on them, so I decided to give SocialSpark a try. I have recently seen a few blogs with positive reviews about the products and services they have obtained from this website, so it appeared to be legitimate. It

Froofiness

2010-08-16T18:25:00.000-04:00

For those of you who aren't friends with me on facebook, here are some pictures of Miss Emma-Jean frolicking around in the tutu and matching hairband I made for her last week. I had so much fun picking out the tulle! This might be my favorite part of having a daughter yet.

Why Ke$ha makes me furious...

2010-08-13T09:36:00.000-04:00

Dear Today show, NOT COOL! I did not appreciate watching Ke$ha slut it up all over your stage at 8:30 in the morning. It made me feel like I needed to shower and then go to confession. Why did you feel that it was appropriate to feature such filth at such an early hour? I especially loved the ending to this song where a bunch of androgenously dressed fairy boys (is that supposed to

Shaving with Daddy

2010-08-12T09:27:00.001-04:00

My little girl seriously loves her daddy! She wants to do pretty much anything he is doing, and be with him while he's doing it. Which brings me to the following pictures. What was she doing, you may rightly ask? Why shaving her face of course, I would reply! Obviously! I think she may have missed a few spots... And speaking of things on her face... the other day while mommy was in

Toddler Talk Thursday

2010-08-12T09:09:00.002-04:00

This week's topic is food. If you would like to join in the conversation, and you are more than welcome to!! Head on over to family and life in lv or crazy about my baybah and link up. :) So luckily, Emma isn't that picky of an eater, although she has been getting picky about certain textures lately. Anything that is slimy or too squishy seems to be out of the question. This is

Front Door Bling

2010-08-11T11:57:00.000-04:00

This was my morning naptime project! It was inspired by This Tutorial over at V &Co and the fact that I have several yards of that orange plaid flannel and I had no clue what to do with it. My husband may or may not have worn it as a kilt to a college event back in his "glory days"... But I think it paired nicely with some jean scraps, and the cream and brown fabric. The frame we had

2010-08-10T10:38:00.000-04:00

Last night I stayed up until 12:20am. That's right, AM PEOPLE! I am kicking myself today. It seemed really important last night to work on the dress I'm making for Emma, but I didn't even finish it! And then I laid there wide awake for a really long time. So I was desperately hoping to sleep in this morning...not so much. Both hubby (who zombie-dragged himself to bed at 11:30 last night)

Check out my new Knobs!

2010-08-09T08:44:00.001-04:00

So I don't know about you guys out there, but every apartment that I've ever lived in has had the same bathroom faucet. You know the cheap Delta one with the see-through knobs? They look like this: Which is fine probably for the first two months you own it, and then they tend to start to grow stuff inside those pretty plastic knobs! And then it's not so pretty... I've always assumed that

2010-08-05T08:39:00.000-04:00

Today's Topic: Fun and Educational Activites Outside the Home: Well, during the weekday we are pretty limited due to the fact that we are currently a one car family, so activites need to be within walking distance. Luckily for me, there are actually three or four playgrounds within a mile and a half of our apartment. So we go to the playground quite a bit! There is also the library, which I

A year later...

2010-08-03T16:43:00.002-04:00

I'm having a hard tmie coming to grips with the fact that it is August already and that in a week she will be 21 months old! And in a few months she will be two! I know it sounds cliche but time really does fly by when they're so little. Part of me can't wait to see her next phase of development, and part of me wants to freeze her just as she is so she can't get any bigger! That way she will

Hot Date!

2010-07-31T18:43:00.000-04:00

We're at my in-laws house, about to escape for the night! We'll all sleep here, but after we put her to bed, we're heading to the drive-in! Can you tell I'm excited? And guess what we're seeing? Despicable Me and Inception :) Hooray! Let's hope I can stay awake through five hours of movie and hope I don't regret staying out until 1:00 am in the morning... Oh well, we're making memories here

Toddler Talk Thursday

2010-07-29T14:19:00.000-04:00

The ladies over at Family and life in las vegas and Crazy about my baybah have come up with a new blog party, and today is the first installment. A little about the new party first: "Toddler Talk Thursday is a place for moms and dads of toddlers to come together over a weekly topic and share ideas, go-to toys or products. Not to mention it is a great way meet other bloggers of toddlers.

Smile Pretty :)

2010-07-28T10:48:00.000-04:00

We're still working on it... :) At least she "goes big" right? Happy Wednesday!

Emma's New Fun Game

2010-07-27T16:53:00.000-04:00

Can you guess what Emma's new favorite game is? Coincidentally, can you guess what mommy's least favorite game of the moment is? Actually, it's a tie between this and fishing things out of the garbage can. My life is so glamorous...

The Play Kitchen #1

2010-07-27T07:26:00.000-04:00

A few months ago, Adam and I stumbled across this Tutorial on making a playkitchen out of a nightstand, and we fell in love. We then spent the next few weeks scouring Craigslist for cheap/free nightstands that we could turn into little works of art like Jane did ( Jane is the name of the talented woman who writes at "Out of the Crayon Box") After a lot of dissapointments and false offers, we

Late Night Ramblings

2010-07-26T23:45:00.000-04:00

I apologize for the lack of posts last week. Seriously, I couldn't find the time to write one? Good gracious I'm lazy super busy lately. I thought of a lot of funny ones and serious ones, but it's 11:30 and I never ever ever ever stay up this late on weekdays. (and barely ever on weekends) So I'm pretty brain dead right now. I just spent like three hours trying to fix up the blog format,

Mom Fear

2010-07-18T08:22:00.000-04:00

Last night I cried myself to sleep over a blog I have been reading the past few days. I don't know if any of you have been following little Presley's story yourselves, but if you want to you can read it here I will warn you though, that it is sad. My heart is breaking in two for this couple that I have never met, but has so much in common with Adam and I. Their little girl is so much like

Family Love ?

2010-07-15T08:47:00.001-04:00

We're always creating lovely family memories around here! Like this one: (Give me my money! I need my money... Ten points for that reference!) Or this one... Like I said, lovely family memories, I'm sure we'll always cherish! (Actually these are two of our favorite pictures from our family reunion trip this weekend- more on that later) Sorry to subject you to

Boobie Dookies (aka blueberry cookies)

2010-07-13T13:47:00.000-04:00

Emma and I just finished baking the yummiest thing! I had to share it with all of you because it is easy, delicious and super cheap this week! Stop and Shop has an awesome sale on blueberries (4 pints for just $5.00) so of course I was all over that. "Boobies" are Emma's favorite fruit of the moment. She eats them by the fistful! So one pint went in the freezer, one in the fridge for morning

Articles

2010-07-06T16:31:00.000-04:00

I recently discovered how to add pages to the blog, so please feel free to check out the About Me section and the Articles page, I just added another article. It is about the things that we do to hopefully instill a sense of responsibility in our daughter (ie chores that the peanut "helps" me to do) I hope all of you East Coasters are managing to stay cool today because it is seriously hot out

4th of july weekend

2010-07-06T12:57:00.000-04:00

We had a very busy long weekend! Unfortunately I never remember to take our camera anywhere exciting, so the only pictures I have of this weekend were taken in our backyard on sunday! But I can offer you a written description of our activity. The weekend went like this: Friday- Adam got out of work early, we worked on Emma's play stove (i'll post about this when it's done, so

Buzz on By Thursday

2010-07-01T09:01:00.000-04:00

I decided to try out his new blog hop today. My little peanut loves bees! Every bug or speck of anything on the ground is a bee lately! The big fuzzy ones are her favorite though, and she chases them all over the yard (much to mommy's chagrin). I'm so afraid one of these days she's going to catch one! So if you're checking out the blog and it looks interesting, feel free to hit the

Torture and Free Chocolate!

2010-07-01T08:38:00.000-04:00

So we were up at 5:30 again this morning, and we did the other half of the torture session video. I'm really proud of us, (it took a lot of convincing to get Adam to do it with me this morning) But seriously, the last time I was this sore, I had just pushed an 8 1/2 pound baby out of my whoo-haw. I'm walking around the house like a 90 year old woman. Somebody get me a walker pronto! The

I would punch Jillian Michaels in the face if I could still lift my arms.

2010-06-30T14:19:00.000-04:00

So I have about 10-12 pounds of pregnancy weight still hanging around my midsection. (and my stupid thighs) And I've decided that since Emma is like 20 months old it's probably time to stop blaming it on her, and start actually working on it. Of course it's still absolutely her fault. Adam and I didn't get more than three hours of straight sleep for about 14 months? That pretty much means

2010-06-29T10:00:00.000-04:00

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How to Spend a Day Indoors

2010-06-29T09:54:00.000-04:00

Eat a bowl of ice cream naked (watch out for the brainfreeze!) Give Mommy a brand new hairdo! Put on a fashion show!! Oversized tanktop: hand me downBracelets: The Dollar StoreNecklace: Mommy's High School Honor Society Medal Hat: A Huggies Swimmy Diaper turned sideways Style?: A la Emma-Jean Take Goofy pictures with Mommy :) Read Lots of books over and over again

Puddle Jumping!

2010-06-25T15:09:00.000-04:00

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New Stove and new recipes!

2010-06-24T12:27:00.002-04:00

On the top you have my old crappy stove that required me to halve all baking recipes and still gave me iffy results. Apparently the top coil of the oven stopped working (my guess is that it's been on it's way out since we moved in) On the bottom you have my brand spanking new oven! That is clean and shiny and beautiful. We have amazing landlords who ordered us a new and better stove 15

Shutter Love Tuesday

2010-06-22T08:17:00.000-04:00

Daddy and Emma had soooo much fun together at the playground that day!

Good Morning Gorgeous!

2010-06-21T09:22:00.001-04:00

Well it's been about a week since I last posted!! Shame shame... Self discipline was never my strength. (Ask my mother, she'll tell ya) Anyways... we had a crazy busy Father's day that I will probably tell you all about in a future post. But for now I will leave you with pictures from that morning. Here is what my beautiful little angel looks like first thing in the morning. She is full

Our Very Own Blooper Reel

2010-06-11T12:59:00.000-04:00

Wonder where she gets it from? ;)

Always Kiss Me Goodnight

2010-06-10T10:47:00.001-04:00

"In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,and do not give the devil a foothold."~Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV On our honeymoon, Adam and I decided to splurge a little and bought ourselves two presents for our new apartment. The first present was a mirror stand. Very pretty and practical, we still have it and love it. However, the second present we bought was a

Shutter Love Tuesdays

2010-06-08T14:48:00.001-04:00

This was a Christmas photo shoot that didn't turn out quite as well as I had hoped, but still pretty darn cute! She really loves that teddy bear, although it is currently wearing one of her old cloth diapers. Poor Teddy! He looks a little lonesome in this picture, but I assure you he is a favorite.

Is there anything sweeter...

2010-06-08T08:52:00.000-04:00

... than a sleeping toddler? We've really been wearing her out these last couple of weekends, with a visit to the Children's Museum, a trip tp the zoo, two birthday parties, several play dates, a parade, and a couple BBQs thrown in there. I love it when she's so sleepy she just can't even keep her eyes open one second longer. Makes for quite a peaceful ride home!

Tueday Tag Along

2010-06-08T07:17:00.001-04:00

Here are the instructions: Create a new Tuesday Tag-Along blog post. Include the Tuesday Tag-Along button by copying and pasting the code above. (You are also welcome to copy and paste these instructions in their entirety, or any portion of this Tuesday Tag-Along blog post!) Add your blog name and the URL of your TTA post to the MckLinky below. Follow Twee Poppets, the hostess blog listed

Why I love PBS

2010-06-04T09:47:00.000-04:00

I don't know about you, but I love it when my apartment is clean. This pretty much rarely ever happens around here. As anyone with an 18 month old will tell you, it is nearly impossible to clean when they are awake! There are only a few ways that I ever manage this feat. Method 1: PBS. Seriously, thank the Lord for a channel that shows educational cartoons at pretty much anytime

Fire!

2010-06-03T10:10:00.002-04:00

This was taken from my front window at 10:45 last night when my neighbor's garage became engulfed in flames! Scary right? Adam and I had just gone to sleep when I was awakened by shouts of "GET THEM OUT OF THERE! GET EVERYBODY OUT!" My first thought was one of anger since we are often awakened by angry drunken shouting (we live right down the street from a bar) But when I went to my front

Creepy Parade Souvenir

2010-06-02T07:09:00.000-04:00

Is it just me, or is this thing Bates Motel creepy? I fell asleep on the couch the other night and found this floating close to my face when I woke up. I almost peed my pants, I kid you not. Also, just so you know we are not the kind of parents who would pay $12 to own this grossly oversized thing. We are the kind of parents who cheer when the vendor goes by and this gets stuck in a tree.

Tuesday Tag Along

2010-06-01T16:42:00.000-04:00

So I'm relatively new to all this, but I'm hoping that it works properly and I get to meet some new friends! Here's how it's supposed to work: Create a new Tuesday Tag-Along blog post. Include the Tuesday Tag-Along button by copying and pasting the code above. Add your blog name and the URL of your TTA post to the MckLinky below. Follow Twee Poppets, the hostess blog listed in the first

Young Love

2010-06-01T08:19:00.001-04:00

This is Emma's boyfriend. His name is "nonah" (known to the rest of the world as Jonah) Emma is obsessed smitten with him. She talks about him all day long and is constantly running to the door to see if he's there. He has in the past been known to grope her innapropriately (a LOT) , but since he's only two, we'll forgive that temporarily. If this is still a problem in a few years, he will have

How we spent our third anniversary

2010-05-27T09:27:00.000-04:00

It was a wonderful evening full of giggles and splashing! Although it definitely was not the classiest dinner ever. We were going to grill steak and make some yummy sides, but it turned out to be like 100 degrees and disgustingly humid! Way to hot to make Adam stand over the grill. So we decided that we would just have life cereal for dinner and drag out the kiddie pool to dip our feet into

There's poop on my floor...

2010-05-25T17:05:00.000-04:00

So after sitting with the peanut literally all afternoon in a sweltering apartment, reading book after book after book, what do I have to show for it? A huge pile of poop on my floor. (Again!) So here's the potty situation update. I've been a total slacker at it. We did one naked week, and then one week of being naked after naps and first thing in the morning. And then we did nothing for

Sorry!

2010-05-21T09:46:00.000-04:00

Sorry I've been slacking at updating this! Things got away from me this week due to a total lack of sleep. Peanut is notorious for waking up every twenty minutes on teething nights. Luckily these hellish weeks are generally followed by at least a week or two of really good sleep! (knock on wood) But the fantastic thing is that she now has 16 teeth and that is all she should (again knock on

Potty Training Update

2010-05-13T13:00:00.000-04:00

So it's been almost two weeks since we started potty training, and I had yet to post the embarassing "on the pot" pictures. So here are a few of my favorites, or at least the ones I feel comfortable sharing online. Above we have singing on the potty Awesome butt shot of both my girls! A sexy lip pout Strategically placed book! And this one is just pure joy. Yes, that is her happy face.

The shirt that almost ruined my Mother's Day Weekend....

2010-05-10T09:24:00.000-04:00

I have been feeling a bit frumpy lately. (Well actually since I had Emma, so 18 months ago) Well actually maybe since about six months into the pregnancy (so 21 months ago)! My body does not look like it used to look. It is decidedly more lumpy, stretch mark laden, and just larger in general. I still have about 8 pounds to lose to get back to pre-baby weight. But even if I lost all the

New address

2010-05-06T10:54:00.000-04:00

We are no longer found under http://adamandmelroy.blogspot.com instead we will now be using http://funnylittlepeanut.blogspot.com/ So I'm not sure how this will affect the people following our blog, but make any changes you need to please because I would hate to lose you readers!

My Early Mother's Day Present

2010-05-06T10:08:00.012-04:00

For Mother's Day this upcoming weekend I asked my wonderful husband for a "patio garden". My downstairs neighbors (whose father owns the house) have a super cute little backyard vegetable garden that they are very generous with. But I'm still jealous that they get to go outside and pick their own produce while I have to wait until they kindly leave it on my porch. So anyways,

Why I can't get a good picture

2010-05-06T09:46:00.004-04:00

Here is evidence of me desperately trying to get a camera-worthy smile out of the peanut. I always look at pictures of my friend's children smiling away and think "wouldn't it be nice to have a couple of pictures of Emma actually smiling?", but alas this is what I end up with when I ask nicely. I'm not sure where she learned that this weird facial grimace is what people call a "smile", but

Crazy or Brilliant?

2010-05-03T09:47:00.003-04:00

So I have decided to start potty-training Emma at the tender age of 18 months. I know that your initial reaction to this will involve the word crazy and probably a laugh at my expense, but really there is no real harm in trying! I have been waiting until some reliably warm weather came our way so that we could do at least three naked days in a row! (Emma, not us- although Adam likes the idea of

2010-04-26T08:50:00.002-04:00

So swoosh Emma's bangs to the side, and we've got a Mrs. Brady cut going on here. Awesome...I can't wait till it grows out of this awkwardness!

Mirror Mirror!

2010-04-16T08:56:00.005-04:00

Thank goodness Emma only has a mirror twin and not a real one! I don't think I could handle two of her...