Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

You know you live with a little girl when…

Poor Izzy.  She doesn't know what she's in for.

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

Yes, this happened today.

Oh and just because they are funny and my daughter looks like E.T. with a mustache.

Ruby has been obsessed with putting things on her head lately.

Apparently she likes the arm hole of her daddy's shirt.

This girl makes us laugh 24/7.

Ain't too Proud Monday (Wednesday Addition)

Written by Shannon Leigh

So I have been MIA lately.

Want to know why?

DID you SEE that?

Yep, the bottom half of my face blew up like a water balloon.

It all started 2 Thursdays ago.

My chin randomly started hurting but I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary when I checked it out. Not even a bump.

By Friday night my chin had a huge elongated bump on it and it hurt like the dickens.

We thought it was some kind of bug bite.

I would have gone to the doctor but I was shooting a wedding out of town on Saturday.

It was continually getting larger and more painful.

On Sunday I headed straight to convenient care and it was diagnosed as some kind of infection. Yikes.
She gave me an antibiotic and sent me on my way.

Then it just got WORSE.
I was in a lot of pain and the swelling was all the way down to my chest.
I couldn't sleep or get comfortable. It was actually really horrible.
I had to go back to convenient care (stupid holiday weekend).
They doubled my antibiotic and gave me a HUGE shot in the bum, which still hurts mind you. They also gave me a heaping dose of Vicodin.

By Wednesday I went to see my primary care doc because it JUST wasn't getting better and now I was throwing up because I was so nauseous from the Vicodin and antibiotic.

Well they ended up having to LANCE it.
Yes, like cut it open and drain it.
And yes it was just as horrible as it sounds.

I have been on the mend since then but still haven't caught up on all the work I fell behind on while I was down for the count.
I still have a small bump on my chin but it doesn't hurt.
I see the doctor tomorrow, hopefully he'll have some answers for me.

Praise the Lord for my parents and in-laws for helping us out.
I don't think I could have done it without them!

Oh and PS- my computer is out of commission as of tonight. The screen won't turn on(Iam currently on Matt's computer to answer emails).
AWESOME, JUST what I need!
Bleh...

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

Ruby had ravioli for lunch a few weeks ago.

Here's the evidence.

And just in case you were confused.

Aint too proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

WARNING: If you are of the male persuasion and/or are easily offended by feminine hygiene products DO NOT proceed.

However, if you are female (which I am assuming most of you are) and/or you find the fact that my daughter LOVES playing with tampons funny, you will enjoy the following pictures.

She LOVES to play in the cabinets while I get ready in my bathroom.

I let her.

Because let's be honest, it takes at least 20 minutes to straighten my hair.

In this particular pile:

Curlers

band-aids

pepto bismol

calamine lotion

&

tampons

I also found this.

Remind me to throw away that hair tie.

The toddler days have begun.

Aint too proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

Everything on this table somehow fit into this ugly little mail organize that I got at a garage sale for 10 cents like 3 years ago.

I have meant to paint it and make it cute since I got it and never did anything with it.

So sad.

Well the project is now underway and I WILL finish it at some point...maybe.

At lest it's well organized for the time being.

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

Sometimes I am too lazy to fold and put away the laundry as it gets done.

It results in a big pain-in-the-butt to fold mountain of wrinkled clothes.

Curse my severe procrastination.

Can you find the Ruby?

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

This is the scene after every meal, every single day.

Meh, saves me from having to wipe it down.

Go ahead Iz, it's all yours.

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

This is what Ruby's armoir and closet looked like last week (before they got cleaned).

WHOAH.

Some maintenance on these bad boys was long overdue.

It's funny how fast babies transition out of things.

I got them clean and organized but I haven't taken pictures of them yet.

Stay tuned for pictures at some point.

In other news our house is under seige by the snot army.

Matt gave me his nasty cold and I have been miserable since Friday night and it only seems to be getting worse.

Couple that with an extremely fussy baby (who is teething) and my days have been really long.

Maybe tomorrow will be better.

It can only go up from here right?

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

It took me a week to clean up Ruby's party decor.
I just didn't have the energy.
So in order to entertain Ruby while I picked up I let her help me clean.

Here she is "dismantling" some of the decorations.
At least I got the kitchen cleaned while she was doing this.

In other news Matt cleared the yard of Izzy poop.
It is officially spring and now that we will be spending a lot of time in the yard it was a MUST.
We weighed the bag after he was done.
It was 11 pounds!
11 pounds of JUST POOP.
Gross (not sure if it's more gross that there was this much or that we actually weighed it).
We should have ground it up and used it as fertilizer.
People pay a lot of money for that stuff.
Maybe we should start a side business.
Sigh.

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

This year is all about simplifying.

This doesn't look very simple does it?

With Ruby's first birthday preparations in full force last week organizing the spare room was the least of my worries.

Don't worry, it got cleaned up before guests arrived.

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

This is paint on my leg.

I painted our kitchen table and chairs...

last Thursday.

Apparently I have missed that spot.

For 5 days.

Also, Izzy ate my retainer this morning.

AWESOME.

In good news

The table is done and finished and fresh.

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

Yes, this is how my hair looked today.

It's Monday, sue me.

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

I kind of hate lazy susans. They are like a backless cave that swivels.

Tonight I will CONQUER you...

Ain't Too Proud Monday

Written by Shannon Leigh

This was during a shopping trip at Target during the holidays (note the Santa shirt).

I COULD NOT for the life of me stop my 9 month old from biting the shopping cart handle! She denied my efforts of distracting her with toys, paci, EVERYTHING. She must have liked the cold metal on her gums. Since I couldn't stop her I thought might as well photograph it and text it to Matty.

Thank heavens for sanitary wipes.