Does evil (not pure evil) run in our family?

Can I just say that now that I have had two kids I only seem to gain weight in my muffin-top? Why is that? I lose weight, my muffin top shrinks. Gain it, and I am suddenly the Pillsbury dough boy around my love handles. Makes wearing form-fitting tops extra sexy. ;0)

OK, thanks for letting me get that off my chest...er...sides.



Hey! It's not funny! It's your fault, you know!

Evil baby.

Now we know where she gets it from.




Don't worry- when I say evil, I don't mean "pure evil."

Alright, down to business...

First I would like to start by showing you all what I have been dealing with...Kendall is crawling and pulling up. She is getting really good at it. The other night when I went in her room to check on her, she heard me! Her little head whipped around, I hit the floor like a ninja, but then she crawled over to the side of the bed and pulled herself up faster than I could say, "DangitwhydidIcomeinhere!" So there I am, on the floor, and there she is looking at me from over her crib rails like, what the h#ll are you doing, freak?

Oh, you know...just crawling around on your floor while you sleep, apparently.

I know, this kid should be scared that she is related to me, right?

Anyhow, here are some pictures demonstrating her ever-sharpening skills of pulling up:















































She looks like she is ready to take a leap of faith and try to walk! Noooo! You are SO not ready for that. I am so not ready for that!

Time to confine her and save my sanity for the day...lunchtime!





Ah yes, lunchtime. And a new bib!

I just can't stop making bibs. Two of my favorite fabrics went into this one. And I am now in love with bias tape. I will never make another bib without bias tape- it just looks so...classy! And we take all the classy we can get around here.


Hee-hee- She just has such a sassy expression on her face.





Pears and cereal- oh, yeah!











And because I am evil (not pure evil, so don't worry), I couldn't resist giving her some mandarin oranges in her Nibbler just to watch her mouth pucker.

The Nibbler (in case you are out of the loop, lol) is a mesh feeding device whereby babies can chew on and suck the nutrients out of fruits and veggies without fear of choking. Great idea, right? Hardest thing in the world to clean, especially after bananas.

Anyways, enjoy the video of Kendall (not) enjoying her oranges. Yeah, she wasn't too big a fan. And please, try not to be jealous of my fashionable dirty-robe ensemble. Stay classy, Aly!

A votre sante!