Tom's 31st, in pictures

Patiently waiting for Daddy to come home


Still waiting...


He's here!


"Open your presents, Daddy!"




Dinner at Don Pablo's






"Happy birthday, Daddy! Happy birthday, Daddy!"

Cox Farms, year 2

We took the girls to Cox Farms Fall Festival on Sunday since it was such a gorgeous day. Too bad I didn't check the forecast and dressed everyone in pants and long t-shirts. Hot hot hot. Even the goats were over heated and not at all interested in eating the food we bought. We still had fun and Stasa loved petting the cows, feeding the goats, and going down the big slide. She really wanted to do the rope swing, but she's a bit too young. We wanted to go on the hay ride again, but the line was out of control - maybe next year.
Having fun in the stroller


Sliding with mommy and then with daddy



Stasa's favorite place at Cox Farms








Still having fun in the stroller


Climbing all over the haystack


Hot, unhappy cow


Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

28 Weeks Old

Happy birthday, Tom!

It's a random kinda week

First of all, look how cute she is:


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Conversations with Stasa:
"Where the fwuar-wals go, mommy? Fwuar-wals go night night in the 'rees?"

"Daddy, I got you a birthday party in the cah. No look, daddy!"

"Old MacDonald had a farm and Bingo was his name-o E-I-E-I-O yay!"

Me: Who likes bananas?
Stasa: ME!
Me: Who likes apples?
Stasa: ME!
Me: Who likes Lexi?
Stasa: ME!
Me: Who likes Yo Gabba Gabba?
Stasa: I cry. I cry at Gabba Gabba. It was dark out and I cry.

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Guess who has TWO tooth buds?


Yeah, she's chewing on everything now and drooling all over the place. It's so funny how different she is from Stasa. I get Lexi ready in the morning and feed her and then put her in the playroom and she'll happily play by herself while I rouse Stasa. It's fantastic. Of course if we take too long, she'll scootch her little butt into Stasa's room to see Big Sister.


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We took advantage of the nice weather yesterday and played outside for a bit before coming in for dinner. Stasa loves kicking the ball around with Tom. Can you tell?

Tom had also managed to cut the grass before we got home and Stasa had way too much fun rolling around in the freshly mowed lawn. Needless to say, it was definitely a bath night after that (plus, remember how itchy you'd get after rolling around in the grass?).

Yo Gabba Gabba Live Show

I ordered tickets ages ago for the only night the Yo Gabba Gabba Live Show would be in town. I hyped it up all week and then it was The Day. Gabba Day. I picked up Stasa after Lexi's doctor appointment and off we went to the Patriot Center. I planned ahead and packed her Foofa costume, but once we got there I realized she was literally the only one in costume. ::shrugs:: She refused to take it off and loved being dressed as Foofa.


We got to the Patriot Center early and she didn't quite understand why we couldn't open the doors and kept knocking to get the attention of the workers inside. They came over, pointed, and smiled, but refused to open the doors until 6:02 pm.


Once we were in, we browsed the merchandise and I bought her a little Toodee doll, a strobe light necklace, and some cotton candy to share. Since we were about an hour early, she sat (mostly) patiently, watching Yo Gabba Gabba on my phone.


She definitely wasn't interested in taking pictures with me.


The theme song finally started and DJ Lance Rock appeared on the big screen....and we went from happy and excited:


to terrified and sobbing within a matter of minutes. I think it was the fact that the lights went out and DJ Lance Rock burst through the screen onto the stage - the volume (it was LOUD) didn't seem to bother her. She quickly moved to my lap and cried "Go hooooome! See daddy at home! Need daddy! I go home now!" The little girls next to us were there with their daddy and I think that's what sparked Stasa's decision. I texted Tom to see what he thought we should do and we decided to try to calm her down and see if she wanted to stay. She finally calmed down, but refused to move from my lap and then all of a sudden it was intermission. The lights came on and she was perfectly happy again. I decided to take advantage of this attitude change and took her down to get some ice cream before the show started again.


The second half of the show started with the lights dimmed, but still on and I think that helped because she was fine - still on my lap - but singing along and pointing out all of the characters.


At some point she realized that if she waved her strobe light fast enough, she would be able to see all of the colors it was flashing individually. That was one of her favorite things to do...and one of the first things she showed Tom when we got home.

Now, for a few quick videos from the show.


Biz Markie (I wish I thought to record when he first came on stage and also wish I captured Stas mimicking his beats).


Stasa taking it all in (oops - was zoomed way in from filming the stage and forgot to change it before filming Stas):


Dancey dance time!

27 Weeks Old and some stats

6 month stats:
Weight: 16 lbs 3 oz, 50th percentile
Height: 27", 90th percentile
Head: 16.5", 50th percentile