I'm back ....Again.

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Ok I gotta stop leaving my blog! I was moving etc so I had no internet for a month and a half! Goodness. So I now live in a beautiful house in a little village. I absolutely LOVE IT. I will get pics of the inside of the house when I get it unpacked and decorated. Here are a few of the outside. It's a nice place..fireplace inside, can't wait to sit and snuggle...lol

back of house
back yard

back yard

front of house



Rebecca and myself were in a wedding a couple weeks ago. I was the Maid of Honor and Becca the flowergirl, she looked so cute. Everyone was coming up to me at the reception saying how cute she is! Here are a few pics from that...





So thats enough for now, I will update more another day!

The princess and the potty

Hey that would be a good book! LOL

So my big girl went potty today! YAY! I took her shirt off because it was all wet and then she decided her pants and socks should come off too. Then I took off the diaper and she said "sit on the potty?" I asked her if she really wanted to and she said yes so away we went. Two seconds after sitting on it she peed!!! YAY! I went over and sang a potty song and told her I was so proud of her! She said "I'm so proud of you" back to me and gave me a hug! LOL

Oh and here is my beautiful princess, I can't wait to get her some dress up clothes for her bday!

Nervous

Tonight Josh and I are going on a "date" because he wanted to and I figured I would try because he has been trying for me. SO my friend Amy is gonna watch Becca at her place. I am so nervous about it. The only person that has watched Becca is my mom! I'm not saying I don't trust Amy, obviously I do or we wouldn't be going anywhere but I am a worry wart, BIG TIME!! I just hope she is ok and doesn't freak out when I leave and that she has fun. Amy has a little girl 1 1/2 months younger than Becca so I know they will have fun together. So anyways I have a free movie thing, 2 free tickets, free popcorn and free drinks! Can't go wrong there! I am also stopping at Fabricland while in Ottawa to get some supplies. I have a belt to make for someone and I need some sewing machine needles. and webbing to do so.

I have a showcase spot tomorrow on Etsy. I hope it generates some good business for me. My shop is doing good but it could be way better. I would love to get to the point of having a few sales a day not a few a week.

So wish me luck for tonight, I will have the cell handy for a text emergency. :(

Here is a pic of my girl getting sprayed by water, ya think she would move considering she didn't like it!

Updates again...

Ok long overdue post!

So in the past 2 months things have taken a total turnaround in my life. Josh and I have split and we get along better as friends! Go figure. Rebecca is our #1 priority and always will be. She is still doing so well, talking non-stop...the things she comes up with amaze me! Her fav's right now are being a doctor and Princess'.

My Etsy shop is doing so well. I am so excited! I have reached 50 sales now after posting items regularly for 2 months. I have a deal in the works for selling my items in a real store! I am still coming up with new things to sell as the hair clip market on Etsy is huge! I get most of my sales from headbands and bow holders. I have been featured in 2 blogs so far which is exciting.

So in 2 months I will be moving again...I know it sucks but I can't live in the country with no car. Becca and I will get a place in town and walk , walk, walk.

Becca discovered the park again a week or so ago. She was so excited to go on the bridge and slides! I was brave and let her go down by herself! She LOVED it and went down a million times I swear! She looks so scared in the pic but she has fun :)

So on a personal level I am just trying to find me again. I lost myself a while ago and I need to find me and have fun and do whats best for me and my daughter. I am going to a show on Friday with my bestest friend. Her fiance plays in a Doors cover band and I love the Doors so away we go! I will be staying the night and Becca will be with Daddy...I may have heart failure being away from her as I have never been away overnight, but I think I need the break and some time without the responsibility....*breathe Chantel* Anyways here are some pics!!!!!!!!

I have returned

After almost a month I finally have Internet again! YAHOO!!!!!!!! So I am in my new home and I love it. Bigger and quiet and a nice big yard. I feel at peace here. Rebecca is just thriving here too...she loves being outside and collecting "cones" (pine cones)and rocks in her bucket. It doesn't matter if it's cold or not, she's happy. She is also finally, after 20 months, sleeping in her own room, through the night and falling asleep by herself!! This is huge! I am so proud of her.

She has been talking up a storm as well. Counting to 21 with help, but her usual method is 1,2,3,4,5,16,18,19,20...its very cute. She knows her shapes and points them out on numerous different things. Its so very amazing to watch and help them learn all these things.

She has become quite obsessed with In the night garden...she watches it every night before bed and can name every character. What a strange little show.

Above are some pictures of my monkey enjoying the outdoors and one of her with a ball under her shirt, which she thought was hilarious!

cups

Rebecca's new obsession is money and cups, all sizes and types. She likes to put the money into the cup and then go find another cup and dump the money into that one, and so on and so on...this will occupy her for quite a while. Also a new fav. of hers lately is driving around her toy bus. She will drive it up the walls, on my head, everywhere...its way too cute. She seems really content lately playing all by herself (which is good for me to pack) I guess her imagination is taking her to all kinds of places!

So tomorrow is moving day and I probably won't be around too much for the rest of the week....I will fill you all in whenever I can though.

more puddles

Here is another puddle pic but this time with rubber boots! Gosh she loves puddles. She gets soooo excited. I know I haven't been posting much but we've been sick and I've been packing and making items for my store so busy busy. Becca has been content playing with toys lately, she really likes driving her train around.

So we do the big move on Tuesday! I can't wait! YAYAYYAY


Here is a pic of my first ever sewing project. A tag(gie) turtle! Its a bit funny looking but it was a first try. I hope to make all kinds of tag animals and animal bow holders. What do you think of it?

Whats for lunch??

Check out my cutie pie in her new rain boots and jammie's!! She is such a big girl now. I asked her to show me her boots and wow, I got a show! She loves them and its supposed to rain this weekend so will will be testing them out and I will share some pics!

Also Becca decided to cook her animals today...birds in the microwave and if you didn't want that to eat she has many more animals in the fridge!



She is finally feeling a bit better today and actually ate some food and drank her milk! YAY!!! Oh and guess what! This will be our last weekend in this apt!! We move on Tuesday to our house! I am so excited, its so much nicer and QUIET and bigger...heaven.

This is her favorite word for the past 3 days and its driving me insane. She has been sick and her bottom eye teeth are pushing through, so I understand she is in pain and GRUMPY but relax child! She hasn't been eating much either or drinking her milk. I think her throat is sore too. I feel bad but hey I'm not very healthy either and I don't go around yelling no all day! I hope this all goes away very quickly! The pic is basically what she has been doing the past few days, not much energy and miserable. Poor girl.

Monday, monday

Hello everyone...unfortunately no new and interesting things to report...Becca has been sick the past few days so we haven't done too much. Went out to the new house again and hooked up a baby gate, had to make one kinda because the stairs are weird. I love it there, its so bright and quiet. We are officially moving on the 10th now. I HATE moving but this time its so worth it!

I put my first 2 pairs of bows on etsy today! YAY, lets hope wonderful things happen there, it would be nice to make a bit of cash.

One little Becca tidbit is her ever growing vocabulary. I don't even know how many words she can say now, in the hundreds for sure. Yesterday she kept saying "number 2, number 2" so cute. Today she named off all 7 dwarfs, just from me showing her a couple days ago. Good memory.

She hasn't been eating very much at all. I worry but I guess she's ok. I know once she is feeling better she will eat.

Anyways maybe I'll have more fun stuff later on!

Some bows to share

OK here are my first 3 bows ever made! The two purple ones were first and a little scary! I did them really quick and I got the wrong clips so they look crappy. The black bow is a Jill inspired bow. It turned out pretty good and it was fun to make. So now I am just waiting to order some better clips and I am all set!

In other news, Becca was sick today, she had a fever and she threw up! First time ever. She's feeling better now I guess, she is drugged up though. Didn't make it to the new house, the weather got bad.

So let me know what you all think about the bows so far!

dress up day!

Today was dress up day and Becca got to wear her Tu-Tu. She is such a cutie! She played in her kitchen today "cooking". Then she fed her baby oh so carefully. Of course she had to give herself some of the ba-ba. I love the fact that she covered the baby's face, either so she couldn't see or she was trying to smother her...???




Wickey came over today and made a fort with the couch. Becca "helped" me clean up the basement and start packing. It may take awhile since she likes to take the stuff out of the boxes as I put it in!

That's about it for today, pretty boring but I'm not feeling to good.

Favorites

Well the past few days have been lazy...just normal playing and reading for us. Her new favorite. book is one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish by Dr. Seuss. She has made Josh and I read it a zillion times now in the week she has had it! She also loves when I sing her favorite. song to her You are my sunshine. She is starting to sing songs as well, like the Elmo theme and Mickey mouse clubhouse song hot dog as well as the theme song. I guess it means she watches too much TV.

She has known her ABC's for months now and she can count to 12 with help...I say 1 she says 2 and so on until we get to 12 then I say 13 and she says 8. lol

I am working on her colors and so far she says they are all blue...she can say the other colors and sometimes she gets them right but blue seems to be the favorite!

I'll try to get some pics soon, she hasn't been too photogenic.

Oh and in other news we found a house to rent in the country and will be moving soon, I can't wait! Lots of space to play outside and to discover new things.

rambling

Last night while I was cooking I put out some of these, well we will call them rocks. Becca loved them and I gave her the egg carton and let her put them in there. She also transferred them to a pot and a different basket. Lots of fun. She only tried to put it in her mouth once, good girl, she's learning!

Also my little sweet girl has become a little devil the past few days, she gets this ear piercing scream going on and for no reason! Sometimes I just don't know what I should do for her. I think the thoughts in her head go way faster than I could imagine and I can't keep up! LOL. She is learning so fast and I am so proud of her but I wish she could understand some of the simple things, she is learning to ask for help instead of screaming, I kept explaining that if she needs help to say "help" and she is doing it more often. I know it must be frustrating to be her, so much to do and learn and not always able to do it on her own. C'est la vie!

Today I have spent most of the day cleaning. Then my sink clogged up, darn it. Wickey will be over soon for her visit. Tomorrow Samantha and Anthony (Josh's kids) will be over for the night. Becca has been talking about Sammy non stop, she loves her sister. I may not have another update for a few days, it will be a busy weekend! Out for supper on Sunday night, I can't wait!

♥♥♥♥♥ Happy valentine's day every one!! ♥♥♥♥♥