tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66497754736593442202024-03-18T03:04:30.050-04:00Ashley's Thrifty LivingAshley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.comBlogger510125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-27472506394676833402015-01-26T16:32:00.000-05:002015-01-26T16:32:00.103-05:00Valentine Day Presents!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love ALL occasions. I'm sure you all know this about me already. I love to celebrate for the kids, and make it fun! Fun food, decor and maybe a few presents too!! I knew I would be busy with a new baby at the beginning of February so I ordered Adalyn and Wyatt's Valentines gifts this month! (Not knowing if Wyatt was a girl or boy of course!) I ordered everything from Etsy, except the books which I got off Amazon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1-</span></b> I got this cute "love bug" car. I thought it was sweet. Also made in Canada which is a bonus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">2-</span></b> I had to get a slouchy beanie for the new babe! I got black because it is gender neutral! Also made in Canada!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">3- </span></b>It was hard to find leg warmers that would work for a girl or a boy! I think these are the perfect fit though! These also came from Canada!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">4-</span></b> I had to get the baby a "First holiday book". I got one for Adalyn each holiday and wrote a special message inside! Wyatt will get a book each holiday as well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">5-</span></b> I also had to get this cute teether/rattle. Also made in Canada! I could have personalized it but didn't know if we were having a girl or boy so I stuck with "LOVE"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1-</span></b> I had to get Addy Pete the Cat Valentine's Day book! She loves Pete and we have like six already! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">2- </span></b>I totally could have made this button snake myself but didn't think I would have the time! I love the hearts. I think Adalyn will like it too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">3-</span></b> I got Addy a cute little personalized bracelet! Aren't they sweet?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will also get her some little treat as well...you can't NOT get chocolate on Valentine's Day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking forward to showing you our decorations, crafts and baking we are planning on doing! I just love the holidays!!</span></div>
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Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-35909370273124198092015-01-23T15:22:00.000-05:002015-01-23T15:22:15.098-05:00He is Here!<div style="text-align: center;">
He has arrived! Our sweet baby Wyatt!</div>
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Born at 38 weeks, weighing 7lbs, 6 oz! Exactly what Adalyn weighed! We are so in love!!</div>
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Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-8493597345965205332015-01-21T07:00:00.000-05:002015-01-21T07:00:01.150-05:00Dear Baby,<div style="text-align: center;">
Dear baby,</div>
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It's your Mommy here</div>
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I can't believe today is the day we go to the hospital to meet you! I have high blood pressure again so we are meeting you a little bit early. You will be 38 weeks. You were supposed to be a February baby, but now you will be a January baby. It is for our safety though! A lot has happened since your Dad and I found out we were having you. Some good things, some bad. You were definitely the best thing out of them all! </div>
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You have a two year old sister named Adalyn. She thinks there is a baby in her belly too! </div>
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She is excited to meet you. She tells everyone she is a big sister. I think you will like her. She is smart and very funny. She will make you laugh, like she makes us laugh! We are ready to meet you too. I can't wait to hold you and cuddle you. I also can't wait to see if you are a girl or a boy. Adalyn guesses differently every day. She said if you are a girl we should name you "Girl". If you are a boy we should name you "Baby Liam" (Just like Ben's new baby brother) We have two names picked out, we will just have to wait and see! The last ultrasound I had said you were about 6 and a half pounds. We will also have to see if that is true! </div>
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I can't believe we will be meeting you today or tomorrow! I can't believe we will now be a family of four. I am so excited!</div>
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See you soon, sweet babe.</div>
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Love, Your Mommy!</div>
Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-26384532078926146512015-01-17T21:42:00.001-05:002015-01-17T21:42:16.291-05:00A little update!<div style="text-align: center;">
Wow, I haven't posted since August! AUGUST! So much has happened since then...I guess the big thing would be that.....We are expecting AGAIN! I actually found out in June but didn't want to say anything until I was further along! That is the main reason I haven't been blogging! I was just so tired and there was no time!</div>
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<br />Here was our announcement:</div>
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My original due date was February 12th, then they changed it to February 4th and now I am being induced next week because my blood pressure is high again...so it will be January 21st or 22nd. I'm guessing the 22nd. We are all very excited but also very nervous. We don't know if it is a boy or girl. Mike is leaning toward another girl, but I still don't know. I am 37 weeks this week:</div>
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We also bought a new house! After 8 years of renting we will finally be home owners! It is a new build so we get to choose everything! Floors, cabinets etc. It is also in town. I'm not sure how my husband is going to do with this, because he has lived in the country his whole life but he is doing it for Addy and I. It will be a big adjustment for all of us. Move in day is scheduled to be May 5th, but I'm sure they will be late. I am so excited about this!</div>
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Since I last posted Addy turned two, we celebrated all the holidays like all the others...decorated the playroom, did lots of crafts and had fun with sensory play! You know I love the holidays! Addy had her first hair cut, and I just turned thirty. I am kind of sad I haven't been documenting all of this! Hopefully I will have some time to start to blog again. I have no idea how...but I will see what I can do!</div>
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I am looking forward to meeting my new baby and also for Valentine's Day! We have already started decorating! I am excited this baby will be born with all of this occasions coming up! You know I like to take themed photos! And since I did it for Addy I have to do it for this baby too! </div>
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Hoping it won't be another five months before I post again!!</div>
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Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-69381480358752429152014-08-08T07:00:00.000-04:002014-08-08T07:00:01.720-04:00ZOO week<div style="text-align: center;">
Our second themed week was the ZOO! My parents, Adalyn and I went to the zoo one day during transportation week. It was a last minute decision, or I would have gone to the zoo during zoo week..hah. I decided to do the zoo week right after, so it was (hopefully) still in her memory! We did lots of fun stuff...</div>
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We read zoo poems. I found this poem on Pinterest as well as the zoo cut outs. I printed them at home, used contact paper to "laminate" them and then stuck magnets on the back. Addy loved these magnets!</div>
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We played with zoo animal in play-doh. We made foot prints in the play-doh and then made cages for them with popsicle sticks!</div>
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She also painted with animals, making foot prints on the paper!</div>
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And she had animal crackers and dipped them in banana yogurt! Perfect zoo themed snack!! </div>
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It was a fun week and we talked a lot about different animals! I bought a little photo album to put her zoo pictures in. She loves animals so I think she will like that! </div>
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Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-656663127083301442014-08-07T07:00:00.000-04:002014-08-07T07:00:01.756-04:0020 month FavouritesI thought I should finallllly post this because Adalyn is almost 21 months now! Always so behind!<br />
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Here is our 20 month old big girl.</div>
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She is such a joy in our lives. She makes us laugh constantly but also keeps us on our toes! She is very smart and amazes us each and every day!!</div>
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Here are some 20 month stats:</div>
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* The last time we weighed her she weighed 24.5lbs<br />
* All of her teeth have popped through but aren't all the way down yet!<br />
* She wears size 24 month clothes and size 6 shoes<br />
* She has 3 bottles (homo milk) a day. <br />
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She is talking non-stop! I can't even begin to write all of the words down that she says. She is pronouncing things a lot better as well. She was calling my Gram (her GG) Dodo...but can say GG now..and my mom was Waawaa but she can now say Gramma! She still calls socks "geeks" though! Some newer things she is saying " I be nice", "markers", "Daddy on tractor".<br />
* She is still loving books, blocks, lego, markers, colouring in general. Also anything to do with babies!<br />
* On TV she likes Max and Ruby, Bubble Guppies and Emily Yeung<br />
*She is still a really good eater and sleeper! She eats ALL DAY LONG!
Her favourite foods include: corn, rice, pickles, chicken strips and her
new favourites are soup and kraft dinner. She is really good with a fork and spoon. She can eat rice no problem with a fork and yogurt/applesauce on her own as well!<br />
* She can tell you things that are coloured blue, orange and pink (and sometimes yellow)...but can give you the correct colour marker if you ask for a certain colour.<br />
* She can finish the sentences in the song Twinkle, twinkle little star.<br />
* One day in the back seat when I was driving she said out of the blue "eight, nine". I said ten next so now she says "eight, nine, ten"<br />
* She can match same objects, no problem. Also coloured marker lids to the correct marker.<br />
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1- Pipsqueak markers. They are so cute and little. She loves colouring but colouring with markers is her favourite. She is also now not just scribbling side to side, she is making circles now! :) </div>
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2- Baby carseat. She loves her babies! She feeds them and gives them a blankie just like her. She sometimes wants to bring her baby with us, in this car seat. So cute!</div>
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3- Ice Cream Duplo set. This is a newer toy in the house. She loves it, pretends to lick them and stacks the ice cream cones really high.</div>
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4- The Ipad. She is a whiz now. She is allowed to play at least once a day, sometimes twice..for ten minutes at a time. I usually give it to her when I am making dinner. She had her own folder that she knows how to get into, she chooses her game and sits and plays the games correctly. It is crazy how good she is at working the ipad!</div>
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I knew before we were off for the summer I wanted to do weekly themes, to keep things fun! We haven't done one every week, we have done three so far. We started with transportation! Adalyn loves cars, trucks and tractors at the moment! She enjoyed this week! Here are a few things we did:</div>
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I used the beans from our flower garden sensory bin and made a "digger" bin. Addy calls them tractors! hahaha She enjoyed this bin and so did her friend Ben when he came over as well!! </div>
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Then we went next door to see Daddy and all of his REAL machines and diggers!</div>
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We used cars and trucks and painted with them! Addy thought I was crazy at first but as soon as I showed her what to do she loved it. The cars and trucks left some cool tracks on the paper! Her finished art is on the pin board!</div>
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After that we had a car wash! I think she liked this activity more than the painting!</div>
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She drove her cars through the play-doh one night while I was making dinner. She was entertained for a while with this activity!! </div>
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We also played with some vehicles on a ramp. She liked this!<br />
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I also made some boats out of pool noodles. She liked taking them apart and putting them back together.<br />
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I'm glad I finally got around to blogging about this! Adalyn really liked this week, probably the most. I will post about the ZOO week we also had by the end of the week!<br />
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Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-41574109746797689092014-07-04T14:41:00.002-04:002014-07-04T14:41:24.495-04:00Canada Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey guys! I know I haven't blogged in so long! I am now off for the summer so I thought since I had more time I should blog!! ( I am loving these three hour afternoon naps by the way! :) )</span></div>
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I have a YEAR AND A HALF year old! Wow! I can't believe it has been that long since I became a mother to my sweet babe. I honestly couldn't imagine what my life would be like without her. She fills my heart with so much joy, makes me smile every day and is such a good girl! (for the most part!) Here are a few pictures!</div>
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I bought a cupcake to celebrate her half birthday and she loved it..and actually blew the candles out!</div>
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Here are some 18 month stats:<br />
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* The last time we weighed her she weighed 23.5lbs<br />
* She has 13 teeth -her front 8 teeth and four molars (another tooth just popped through on the bottom!)<br />
* She wears size 18-24 month clothes and size 5 shoes<br />
* She has 3 bottles (homo milk) a day. The morning one is 4oz, the daytime one is 3oz and her night time bottle is 5oz.<br />
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She is talking non-stop! Some new ones include : Daddy, where'd he go?, no more bus, uhoh, booboo!, booboo right there, Reece (her friend from daycare), block, truck, car, Bean (her friend Ben), all done, pickle, up/down (She has said these randomly for a while but is starting to whine and lift her arms in the air.. I am trying to get her to say them all the time now, as well as "more" and "help")<br />
* She is still loving books (mostly non fiction), blocks, beads and her outdoor toys<br />
* She loves to be independent..she wants to put her boots, socks, coat and hats on all by herself and does a pretty good job at it!<br />
*She was going through some pretty bad temper tantrums. Throwing herself on the floor, kicking, screaming...and this was anywhere...at home, at the store, outside....when she didn't get her way. I don't want to jinx it but she hasn't had one in a while...she has been pretty vocal sometimes...but not a tantrum! They are so embarrassing! <br />
* On TV she likes Mike the Knight, Bubble Guppies and Emily Yeung<br />
*She is still a really good eater and sleeper! She eats ALL DAY LONG! Her favourite foods include: corn, rice, pickles, chicken strips and her new favourite is lasagna! She is really good at using a fork!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1.</span> She loves these lacing beads. She still doesn't quite understand what to do with them but she tries!!<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. </span>She loves to paint so these water colours are fun! I bought water colour paper from Target and it makes the pictures even more beautiful! I am going to frame one of her masterpieces! They turn out so pretty!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4.</span> This Princess Aurora doll is her new favourite thing! She got this for Christmas from my cousin and her family. She didn't really play with it until about a month ago. She wants to bring it to daycare most days and carries it around the house. She calls it her baby and brings it with her when we go to town too! SO cute!!<br />
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I am the mother of a year and a half year old! It sounds so funny to say! I honestly cant believe how fast she is growing up!! I am loving absolutely every minute of it! I guess I better mark her height on the growth chart before I forget!! :)<br />
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Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-31915004449481639472014-05-18T21:11:00.000-04:002014-05-18T21:11:47.792-04:00Something New..<div style="text-align: center;">
We will be starting something new over here! Remember how I started weekly themes last summer when Addy was a little babe? We started with beach week which ended up being beach month and we never did any other themes! Lol. I am going to do that again!</div>
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Adalyn surprised me this week by matching bingo dabber lids to the correct colour bingo dabber, all on her own! I didn't tell her to match them or anything. All I asked her to do was to put the lids back on! At first I thought it was a fluke...so I took the lids off, mixed them up and gave them back to her and she did it again! I was very impressed! I thought it would be fun to focus on <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">c</span><span style="color: orange;">o</span><span style="color: yellow;">l</span><span style="color: lime;">o</span><span style="color: blue;">u</span><span style="color: purple;">r</span><span style="color: magenta;">s</span></span>. Each week will be a different colour! I decided to do six weeks (<span style="color: red;">red</span>,<span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: blue;">blue</span>,</span> <span style="color: yellow;">yellow</span>, <span style="color: lime;">green</span>, <span style="color: orange;">orange</span> and <span style="color: purple;">purple</span>) After that I will decide what to do from there! (Either continue with colours: pink, white, black, brown etc) or focus on all new themes. I don't consider this teaching her or "school"...they will be fun activities (painting, sensory etc) that we can talk about!</div>
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Tomorrow I am starting with the colour <span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">BLUE</span></span>. They only reason I chose this first was because she can say it perfectly clear. I don't think she knows what it means. She seems to say it when she is colouring. hahah When I tell her she is using a green marker, she says "blue". Funny girl!</div>
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I have a ton of easy, <span style="font-size: x-large;">FREE</span> activities all planned out! I am really trying hard not to spend any money! (Although I already know I want to get blue jello...but that is pretty cheap ;) ) I am trying to use items from around the house!</div>
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I think I will do one big post at the end of the week, instead of every day..we all know that wouldn't happen! I am pretty excited to start this and have a lot of ideas in my head! Pinterest has been a great resource! Tomorrow is a holiday so I am doing some messy painting! She loves painting! I will also give her a blue discovery box of blue things from around the house! I am pretty excited to start this!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">P.S I have decide to do quick recap blog posts of the holidays I missed! I just like to have everything documented in one place and like to look back on the previous holiday to see what I did! You might see some new posts every day for a while until I catch up! :) </span></div>
Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-83889577296629326432014-05-15T20:06:00.000-04:002014-05-15T20:06:30.493-04:00Lately....<div style="text-align: center;">
I haven't blogged since March 21st, almost two months ago! I didn't blog about Easter, our visit to sisters or Mother's Day. I don't really have a reason. I am just enjoying watching my baby grow up into a little person. I am loving (almost) every moment of it! hahah. I'm not sure if I will go back and write quick recaps of the past holidays..we will see!! Anyway, I thought I would share a few photos! Life has been wonderful with my sweet babe lately...lots of playing outside, painting and laughing! We are so glad spring has finally come! Here are a few moments of our life at the moment...</div>
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I am hoping to have an 18 month update up sometime soon! And maybe this weekend I can blog about Easter and Mother's Day! It is better late than never, right?! :)</div>
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Well, Adalyn is 16 months old. She is getting so big and I kind of want time to slow down. It is just happening so fast and I want to slow down and remember her the way she is today! Here is my big girl:</div>
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Here are some stats:<br />
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* She weighs 22lbs. I know I said she weighed 24 the last post 2 months ago (I guessed) but I was off. She hasn't really gained weight in a while...but the doctor's aren't concerned! She is very busy and burns lots of calories! She eats like a pig as well! I think if she wasn't busy she would be a chunky monkey! :)<br />
* She has 12 teeth (her front 8 teeth and four molars)<br />
* She wears 18 month clothes. All pants are now 18-24 months<br />
* She is now wearing size 5 shoes<br />
* She has 3 bottles (homo milk) a day. The morning one is 4oz, the daytime one is 3oz and her night time bottle is 5oz.<br />
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She is saying so much more! Some new ones include : boot, birdie (obsessed with birdies), hat, apple, bus (she calls trucks buses too). She says "bye bye Daddy/Mommy" When one of us leave. I love that! We are still working on "love you". She says "hot" if she is by the wood stove, the stove or any candles. She also says "shhh" and puts her finger to her mouth when she is watching the birds. She has also started lifting her hands palm up if you ask her where something is and she doesn't know! <br />
* She is obsessed with birds! She loves looking out the window and always wants one of us to come with her. She says "up, birdies" and we go and watch them together. She knows to whisper or they will fly away! It is super cute!<br />
* She loves crayons, her dolls, magnets and books right now. She now loves soft cover books and isn't ripping them anymore..just don't give her anything with flaps or pop ups!<br />
* She is still a really good eater! We are very lucky. I think she would only eat fruit if we let her!<br />
* She is still a really good sleeper! Usually sleeps 7:30pm to 7:00 am with an afternoon nap consisting of 2- 2.5<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">hours</span></span>! She now sleeps with a little pillow and likes a muslin blanket and a stuffy with her.<br />
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Here are a few of her favourite things at the moment:<br />
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1- Gem crayons. We got these from Target and she loves them. She draws and plays with them a lot!<br />
2 - Violet, her Blabla doll. She loves it and sleeps with it every night!<br />
3- These shades I got in the dollar bin at Target. She gets excited when I ask her if she wants to wear them<br />
4- These cute nesting dolls, also from Target. They keep her very busy!<br />
5- Melissa and Doug reusable stickers! You can't go wrong for the price. She loves stickers so this is a good thing for her. You can take them off and re-do the pages over and over. It is a good quiet activity if you need her to sit and be quiet for a few minutes! :)<br />
6- Melissa and Doug magnets! Although I am not impressed with the quality (a fair number of ours are chipped/pieces of wood are gone) she loves them and loves to stick them on her magnet board!<br />
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So that's it, her 16 month update. It still sounds crazy to me that we have a 16 month old. I know I say this every time but I love this stage! I love watching her and love that she is starting to say more and more! I love being her Mommy!</div>
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We had a fun St. Patrick's Day week over here! It was nice to have the week off to actually focus on it! We usually don't really celebrate it or decorate for it, but since my sister married Kev (who is from Ireland) I felt we had to do something! :) Here is a look back on our St. Patrick's Day week!</div>
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We got our green straws out!</div>
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We had lucky charms and green milk...Addy picked out the marshmallows and didn't eat the rest of the cereal..of course!</div>
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We played with some rice...I definitely used my Valentine's day rice and just added green stuff to it! </div>
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We had lucky charm squares! Made the same way as Rice Krispie squares</div>
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We painted and made a few things</div>
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We made a hand print clover and a hand print leprechaun!</div>
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We had a rainbow fruit tray complete with clouds and a pot of gold!</div>
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We coloured some cute pictures<br />
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And used some fun stickers!<br />
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She ended up eating a lot of it too...</div>
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And we had a green St. Patrick's Day bath the day of!!<br />
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We had lots of fun! I am kind of sad to pack everything away! I love all the green around here! However, I am really excited to start on our Easter fun! Only a month away!! Yay!</div>
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I hope you've had a fabulous green filled weekend and day today! We have had a blast all week focusing on it! Lots of green and fun! I will post a recap later this week! As well as a 16 month update!</div>
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We usually don't decorate for St. Patrick's Day but since we have the playroom, and Adalyn's Uncle is Irish I thought we should do a little bit at least! There isn't too much to choose from when it comes to decorating for St. Patrick's Day but we got what we could! Here are a few pictures of the playroom!</div>
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The updated cork board. I used some cool tape to give it a new look! I moved a few things around in the playroom and got rid of the gallery wall full of frames. You will see why in in a second! :) This was later full with some of Adalyn's art! (I took these weeks ago and never posted!) </div>
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This is why I moved the pin board! I had this owl hanger for a while and hadn't put it anywhere! I decided to put it where the cork board was and I am glad I made that decision! I love it! I didn't think we needed a gallery wall as well as this so I took it down and put the cork board over there! I also got this bar and buckets from Ikea to hold chalk, the chalk brush and magnets! I love it!</div>
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We now have more a few more St. Patrick's Day books!</div>
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I just placed some cut outs around too!</div>
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And that's it! I love decorating the play room and am looking forward to the next holiday, Easter! It's only a month away...I better get decorating! :) </div>
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I don't decorate too much around the house for Valentine's day but I thought I would show you what I did this year!</div>
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In the kitchen I put out the pink place mats and hang heart garlands</div>
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I decorated Addy's little eating area...so cute!</div>
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I think the mantle looked pretty similar last year...</div>
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Look at my babe last Valentine's Day! SO little! That hat still fits by the way!!</div>
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We moved the old pie safe into the living room so we could put Addy's table in the kitchen!!</div>
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And that's it! I don't get super crazy like at Christmas! But it is just enough!! Adalyn loves all the glitter and hearts!!</div>
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Here are a few pictures of the Valentine's Day decor in the playroom!</div>
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I got all of the decorations at the dollar store and Target!</div>
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This little bag holds her pretty Valentine's Day bracelets and necklaces!</div>
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Our gallery wall</div>
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Have I showed you the tent my sister and her husband got Addy?! Cute right?!</div>
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The love pillow and carpet were cute, I thought!</div>
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Our Valentine's Day books...hardly any board books! She can only read these ones with Mama!</div>
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So I took her year of friends down and am going to post her art on this board! I also painted the chalkboard with magnetic paint and still have yet to paint the chalkboard over top..she loves the magnets!</div>
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So there you go! She loves all the pretty decorations and I have fun decorating too! Holidays are so much more fun with kiddies!!</div>
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Valentine's Day discovery/sensory bin. I put flower petals, foam hearts, little heart containers and bigger foam hearts in her bin. She loved it! All of these items were from the dollar store. </div>
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Adalyn made Valentines! I cut out hearts from construction paper and let her use her markers, crayons and stickers to make the most adorable Valentines!! I love how they turned out! </div>
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I used a silicone muffin tin to put her stamps, markers, and stickers in. She loved it. Every time she drew with the marker she said "ooooh" and was amazed.</div>
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We have coloured in her Valentine's Day colouring book (I told you the hat still fits!)</div>
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We made contact paper hearts</div>
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And we have had water play!!</div>
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I froze big hearts with pink food colouring and little hearts with red food colouring. I also added the heart containers from the first activity we did! She loved this as well. Probably the most! </div>
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I would still like to have some rice play! I am going to try to colour rice and see how it turns out! We will see! I am loving all of these holidays! I love finding and trying different activities Addy would like to do!</div>
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Cupid came to our house last week to drop off a gift for Adalyn! He dropped off a bunch of Valentine's stuff she can use for the month before Valentine's Day!!</div>
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It is getting easier and easier getting her things because she is not much of a baby anymore! I put a balloon, place mat, sippy cup, bowls, plate, Valentines ducks, a book, stickers, and a bunch of other little stuff she can play with!</div>
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The balloon was the first thing she grabbed! she put it right in the air and said "balloon" and started twirling in circles! It was super cute to watch!</div>
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She also loved the cup!There were more age appropriate ones but she has been obsessed with my big cup like that. She always wants to drink out of it..so I thought why not!! It isn't leak proof though...</div>
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After she went through everything, she wanted to test it out! (of course) She she had a little snack!</div>
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I am excited to show you some of the stuff we have been up to around here for the upcoming holiday! We have been having lots of fun!!</div>
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Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-18329308172133266812014-01-27T07:00:00.000-05:002014-01-27T10:25:22.891-05:0014 Months Favourites!<div style="text-align: center;">
Adalyn is now 14 months old! I can't believe it has been two months since her birthday post! Time sure does fly by!! Here are a few pictures of my girl:</div>
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Here are some stats:<br />
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* She weighs approx 24 lbs (I am guessing, I haven't weighed her in a while)<br />
* She has 8 teeth and three molars coming in (the first ones)<br />
* She wears 12-18 month clothes. All pants are now 18 months<br />
* She is still wearing size 4 shoes<br />
* She has four bottles (homo milk) a day. Three are four ounces and her bedtime bottle is five. <br />
* She is saying so much more and understanding so much more! She now points to her eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, ears, tongue, hair, head, hand, belly and foot when you ask her where it is! Her new favourite word is "happy" she can say it perfectly! She says "belly" a lot and lifts every one's shirts up! She shakes her head no when you ask her anything, even if it is something she wants. She likes the song "If you're happy and you know it..." She likes us to play puppets with her in the tub and use silly voices!<br />
* She still loves to dance. She is not doing as much squatting anymore. She is now screaming with her hands in the air and running around the house when she likes a song on the radio!<br />
* She is still climbing everything! The newest thing is climbing on the kitchen chairs, standing on them then getting onto the table! She grabbed my video camera off the table and dropped it on the floor!<br />
* She only really eats in the highchair for dinner now, she eats at her little table the rest of the time.<br />
* She loves dolls, blocks, books and play jewelry right now.<br />
* She is a really good eater! She pretty much eats everything you give her! (and eats all day long!)<br />
* She is still a really good sleeper! Usually sleeps 7:30pm to 7:00 am with 1-2 naps in the day!<br />
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Here are a few of her favourite things at the moment:<br />
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1: Yogurt covered raisins! I picked these up by accident, thinking they were the regular boxes and she loves them! We don't give them to her all the time but the odd time for dessert or a special treat!<br />
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2: This $5 baby I picked up at Walmart. She likes it much better than her baby we got her for Christmas. I picked this one up for her to take to daycare!<br />
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3: This felt mail set I got off Etsy! She lovvvvvvves to take the stamps off and on! She sits there for a while with this activity! I try to keep her in one area when she has it though, she tends to walk off with things and we never see them again! haha I really want to keep all the pieces together!<br />
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4: This set of wood blocks. This was supposed to be an Easter gift! I picked them up around Christmas for super cheap and was saving them...but she found them and opened them! Isn't she cute?! lol She loves them and plays with them for a long time too..but they also end up all over the place! lol<br />
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She is getting so big and I just love to sit and watch her. She is quite independent..she will go off on her own and play a lot of the time. If she is quiet she is usually in her playroom reading all by herself! I love this stage even more than the last and am looking forward to the next one! Each stage seems to get better and better!!<br />
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<br />Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-79388830141636504822014-01-10T07:00:00.000-05:002014-01-10T07:00:06.568-05:00The Cutest Cousins!<div style="text-align: center;">
Adalyn and Zachary are second cousins! Chrissy(Zachary's mom and my husband's cousin) and I became friends when we were pregnant and have become really good friends since. We try to get the babies together as much as possible! It has been a bit more difficult since I have been back to work..and will become even trickier when Chrissy goes back to work at the end of the month but I am sure we will work something out! We both had a free day over the holidays and planned a quiet craft day at home. We went to Chrissy's house!</div>
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I brought my cotton ball sensory tub! I went to the dollar store to get some spoons, bowls and measuring cups! The spoons were a big hit!<br />
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We also made the cutest snowmen!</div>
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I used the contact paper I have fallen in love with and cut an outline of a snowman out of construction paper. I stuck the construction paper on the contact paper and let the kids stick pieces of white paper on it! (I taped it to the floor)<br />
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I stuck another piece of paper on the back of it and we added the nose, eyes, mouth, buttons and arms on with tape. Note: It is a much better idea to stick the eyes, nose, mouth and buttons down first! This was the first time I have done this activity..I would stick everything down first next time!</div>
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They turned out super cute!</div>
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I love how they look on the window too! This has been my favourite activity so far!<br />
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I brought another activity to do but we didn't get around to it! Hopefully one day Adalyn and I can do it here!</div>
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We also finally got a picture of them in their matching holiday sweaters! Can you say cute or what?!!<br />
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I will have to start my list of Valentine's Day crafts for next month's get together! I hope we can make it happen! February is a pretty busy month! We will have to see!!</div>
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We have been having fun over here with some winter activities! I'm not going to lie though, I am excited to start some Valentine's Day activities!! :) I won't go Valentine's Day crazy yet..I will stick to the winter theme!!</div>
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The first activity we did involved Adalyn and her first time with finger paints! Oh boy! That sure was fun! Mike randomly came home for lunch when we started and I am so glad he did! I really needed his help! I didn't plan everything out properly before hand (getting the sink ready for a bath, towels out etc.) It sure was funny to watch!</div>
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I got a canvas at the dollar store and used masking tape to tape out snowflakes on it. (Similar to the snowflake art we made <a href="http://ashleysthriftyliving.blogspot.ca/2013/12/some-christmas-crafts.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;">HERE</span></a>)</div>
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Then I let her go to town. I gave her a paint brush too but she really wanted to use her hands! As soon as I gave her the paint brush she put it right in her mouth! Only once...I was right there the rest of the time to tell her "no" lol</div>
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My favourite part is always taking the tape off after it dries!!! Here is her finished project:</div>
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Love it! We hung it in the playroom right by the change table!</div>
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I also made some coffee filter snowflakes and hung some foam ones up too. Adalyn is so cute! Every time I opened a snowflake, Adalyn said "ooooh" and started clapping!! </div>
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...and played with snowballs! The first thing we played with was the foam peanut type things that come in boxes as packing!? I added blue pom poms and foam snowflakes and we pretended it was snow.</div>
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Adalyn started out liking this..she was picking the pom poms out one at a time and the peanuts as well! <br />
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Then she became obsessed with eating them!lI finally had to put it away because that is all she wanted to do!<br />
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Then I thought about using cotton balls!<br />
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This worked much better! She put it in her mouth once and that was it. They don't taste very good! Lol<br />
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I still have a few more things I would like to do! Hopefully we get to them! It is going to be hard now that I am back to work!!!</div>
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Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-40821695010794695012014-01-06T07:00:00.000-05:002014-01-06T07:00:04.991-05:00Resolutions<div style="text-align: center;">
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I know I am little late posting my resolutions but I still wanted to write them down! I have enjoyed the holidays with friends and family and just started back to work today! Getting to spend two weeks off with my baby was the best present of all! I really do have the best job in that aspect! Anyway, let's getting talking about some resolutions!</div>
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Every year I feel my resolutions are pretty similar from the year previous! I do have a new one this year though!! Here they are:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1</span>- I want to exercise more/get in shape/lose some weight. I still haven't quite lost all that baby weight! I am 9lbs away which is definitely do-able but I would like to lose even more. It is just more difficult now that I have a baby! I am not making excuses but by the end of the day I am exhausted! I would like to start working out after the baby goes to sleep! I just need to start!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2</span>- I would like to de-clutter/organize the house. Cupboards, drawers, the pantry...everything! (And keep it clutter free!) I would like to get rid of/sell/donate all the things we no longer need, because we have way too much stuff! I'm even thinking of spreading it out so it doesn't seem so intimidating! (clean out the end cupboard this week, the junk drawer the next week etc.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3</span>- Mike and I made a resolution together to go on one date a month! We desperately need to do this. When you have a baby you seem to get into a routine and only really focus on the baby..and not each other. I am excited to do this! We went to the movies on Friday night and it was great!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4</span>. I would like to spend more time with Adalyn. I would like to put down the phone/ipad when she is around and really focus on her. Maybe even have no technology at all on Sundays. It is our family day after all! Definitely no phone/ipad after dinner. I would just like to slow down and enjoy every single minute of our baby girl!!<br />
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Here she is now...not so much a baby girl anymore. She is getting so big! Her vocabulary is growing very quickly. She is such a smart little girl!!<br />
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Maybe I should do a resolution recap post in six months to see if I am sticking to them?! I honestly hope I can say I have stuck to all these resolutions! Wish me luck!</div>
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<br />Ashley's Thrifty Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369193748135576620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649775473659344220.post-45292466573187291762014-01-02T11:18:00.000-05:002014-01-02T11:18:00.183-05:00Top 10 FAVOURITE projects/activities of 2013!I can't believe another year has come and gone. It is scary how fast everything goes! You really have to sit back and take a look at everything around you! This year has been special for me because Adalyn started sitting up, crawling, walking and talking. It has been amazing watching her grow into her own little person. I love her more then anything else on this planet! This year hasn't been all positive though. There was some family challenges that we had to deal with. I am hoping 2014 will be a better year in that aspect!<br />
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It was really hard to pick only ten of my favourite projects/activities this year! It is funny how they are all related in some way to babies!! It is funny how things change!! Anyway, here they are...</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">10.</span></b> I did love the <a href="http://ashleysthriftyliving.blogspot.ca/2013/02/hoop-update.html"><span style="font-size: large;">hoop update</span></a>, even though I have already changed them! Lol</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">9.</span></b> Love how the <a href="http://ashleysthriftyliving.blogspot.ca/2013/12/some-christmas-crafts.html"><span style="font-size: large;">winter snowflakes </span></a>turned out!!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 7. </span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Loved the painted <a href="http://ashleysthriftyliving.blogspot.ca/2013/03/another-easter-onesie.html"><span style="font-size: large;">gold onesie! </span></a></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 5.</span></b> The <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://ashleysthriftyliving.blogspot.ca/2013/12/christmas-fun.html">foam Christmas tree</a></span> I made for the bath</div>
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I can't wait to see what 2014 has in store for us over here. I have a feeling it will be another really special year for us!</div>
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I am officially on Christmas break! I have been looking forward to this from the first day I started back at work in November! I must admit it has been much harder going back to work then I thought. In every aspect. (spending time with my babe, cleaning the house, getting everything I want to do done, blogging etc.) For example, I had a ton of ideas for gifts...for friends and colleagues. They were off pinterest of course. Time got away from me and people ended up with chocolates or soap. Oh well, it's the thought that counts, right!? Ok, I will stop complaining now. I thought I would show you what Adalyn has been up to!</div>
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The first thing I got and she loves is the felt tree in the playroom. I got this at Target for $10! It did come with a lot of small pieces but I glued them all on the ornaments so we didn't lose them! I think it is the cutest thing! She is pretty good at sticking the ornaments on!<br />
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Speaking of trees, I made a tree for the bathtub! I used foam I got at the dollar store and made ornaments to go with it. She actually plays with it in the bath. It is so cute. Water is all you need to have fun with this!</div>
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Another favourite activity she has enjoyed has been the Melissa and Doug snowman stacker! She hasn't got sick of this yet and is really good at it! I was pretty impressed seeing as the hole is rather small. It is not the rainbow stacker with a big hole. This is super cute!</div>
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I ordered this Santa Cottage off the Fisher Price website and we just got it last week. It comes with Santa (which she says "hohoho" constantly) and there are kitties and a puppy in there too. She loves the animals the best! If you push the kitties they sing "Jingle Bells" using only the words "meow"...."meowmeowmeow, meowmeowmeow"...etc.<br />
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She has enjoyed the Baby Einstein Christmas CD</div>
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As well as the Christmas bath squirters and books! I took everything out of the tub that wasn't Christmas themed or coloured! :)</div>
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We have had yummy Christmas breakfasts:<br />
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I am loving every minute I get to play with, and watch Adalyn play! She is so smart! She has a new little laugh that is hilarious! And is chatting away! She has said: ball, hat, eye, baby, boot for the first time this week alone! She has a good number of words and animal sounds! I'm not sure how many they should have by 13 months, but I am not worried at all!</div>
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I am hoping to do a couple more crafts with Addy before Christmas! It might be a little easier now that I am off! (until the new year!!!) I am so excited about this!!!</div>
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