Mommin' It Up!

November 18, 2010

A Lolly Love Affair

As I mentioned, Tuesday was my Sophie’s birthday. I did not mention a fabulous smashing birthday party, because we had a non-party for her. Why? Well, I’m 8 months pregnant and Sophie is very shy and hates parties. If 30 people that she absolutely adores are in a room together, that is about 22 people too many. So, we decided to forgo our adult wishes and traditions and let the girl have it her way. We just had a small, informal gathering at my mom’s with a few cousins and my grandmothers (because really, I am not going to tell my 91-year-old grandmother she can’t come to Sophie’s non-party!)

We DID have presents – although she only opened about half of them there, but instead of cake we had something super-fun and yummy. We had LOLLIES. Lulee’s Lollies, to be exact. What are they? They are delicious, sinful, CAKE ON A STICK dipped in chocolate. That’s right, the world’s perfect food! CAKE ON A STICK DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE! And the best part is that Lulee (who happens to be my BFF Luanne) can make her Lollies in just about any flavor and shape you could ever want! Since Sophie looooooooooves her some Veggie Tales, Lulee whipped up Lollies in the shapes of all her Veggie friends:

Sophie chose to eat one of the French Peas (which was Red Velvet cake, OMG!)

She couldn’t bring herself to decapitate Bob, Larry, Jimmy the Gourd, or Junior Asparagus, but the rest of us had no problem doing so!

Bob was Strawberry flavored, Larry my fave Key Lime, Jimmy was also Red Velvet, and Junior was Butter Pecan! And they were all AMAZING!!

So friends, I am telling you do yourselves a favor. Getcha some Lulee’s Lollies for your next special occasion! (if you aren’t local to Dayton, she does ship!) She can do specialty lollies like the Veggie ones – you can see tons of pics at her website – (Hello Kitty, Disney, any kind of animal, even skulls for Halloween!) – or just plain old beautifully decorated round, flavored lollies.

But seriously. Cake on a STICK. Getcha some! Check out Lulee’s Facebook page and website, and remember, she is my BFF. And she totally did NOT pay me to do this post, although she did give me 50% off on the Lollies. (Geesh she drives a hard bargain!!)

I’ve linked this up to Things I love Thursday at the Diaper Diaries cause I LOVE ME SOME LOLLIES! Head on over to see what others love, too!

November 16, 2010

Birthday Wishes

Dear Sophie girl,

Today you are four! I can hardly believe it. The years have gone by so fast. Especially the first one, which I barely remember because I was so TIRED all the time because you never SLEPT! Silly girl. But really, I can’t believe you’re four! You are my sweet, sweet, girl. My dream-come-true daughter. And I have a few birthday wishes for you that I hope also come true.

I wish for you, that you will always be who God made you to be, and not who any one else thinks you should be. Just be you, baby. You are amazing!

I wish that you would always find as much joy in the simple things as you do now. In a new book, a new can of play-doh, or a bowl of cheez-its. I hope you always delight in the small, sweet things life has to offer you!

I wish that you will hold on to your love of learning. I love watching how quickly and eagerly you learn new things!

I wish that you would take your stubbornness and use it for good and not for evil. 🙂

And lastly, I wish that you would share yourself with others more. You don’t have to make a million BFFs, but I hope as you get older you will take and use the chances God gives you to bless another few people with the sweetness that is you.

I love you, Sophie! Happy Birthday!

Love, Mommy

November 15, 2010

Braxton-$%!#

Hey, who wants to hear me whine about being pregnant some more?

YOU do? Well, ok. I’ll oblige.

This weekend I was besieged and I do mean BESIEGED by Braxton-Hicks contractions. I had some with Sophie, and they were uncomfortable, but these have been something different. I feel like I am being strangled from the stomach up! They stopped me in my tracks and took my breath away all weekend. And even though they aren’t painful per se, they still cause me to grab ahold of whatever nearest steady object I can or not be able to stand up straight.

Saturday night I was at my parents’ with my whole family. I am pretty sure both of my grandmothers were about to look up my OB-GYN’s number in the phone book, so obvious was my discomfort. By about 8 pm, even I was a little worried! But I went to bed, was able to fall asleep, and everything was fine. Sunday went pretty well, too, although after a triple-dip to Rite Aid, CVS, and Kroger my waddle was in full effect. But about 4 pm, the B-H contractions started up again and things got pretty uncomfortable again for the night. I sat down as much as I could (if only my children weren’t so darn NEEDY I could put my feet up ALL THE TIME!) but once again I was DONE being upright by about eight.

Umm…listen Braxton-Hicks, we need to talk. I’ve got 6 more weeks of preschool runs, grocery shopping, the occasional party, and life in general to live! You need to CEASE AND DESIST.

So who has the solution for me? So far all I’ve heard is drink lots of water, which I’ve started doing. Although I must say the B-H and the water combined are making for some fabulous near-incontinence. Any other advice? I need to curb these babies as much as I can for the next few weeks!