Big Girl Bed

Last week we got a big girl bed for Hope. I've put it off so long since she was such a rough sleeper as a baby. She was perfectly content in her crib and hadn't tried to climb out of it so we just stuck with it. Recently she started wanting to sleep with us every night so we made a big deal about getting her a bed like ours. I was worried how the transition would go but so far it's been going quite well. I went with a full size and it's perfect. Brinnon and I have been taking turns staying with her until she falls asleep at night. It takes about an hour. It takes 30 minutes for her to make sure every stuffed animal she owes is in the bed and another 30 to settle down to sleep. She comes to our bed around 2:00. She is so proud of it and has to show it to everyone that comes over.
This is the bedding that I picked out from JcPenny's. I got it on clearance and saved about $400!!!

Some funny things Hope has said recently.

As I changed her diaper I said "oh god" because it was a messy one. Her response was, "mommy does God poop too? Is it stinky?" NICE! I have to get this child potty trained!!!

I overheard her playing on her phone and she said "Darn it." When I asked her what she said she replied "ohhhh maaannn." Just like she knew she was busted.

For lunch one day she wanted pizza, when I told her we didn't have any she made a face. Well I found Bagel Bites in the freezer so I heated those up. When I handed her the plate she says, "Mommy thems looks like pizza."

I need to blog about our vacation to St. Petersburg but haven't had a chance. Here is one picture of Hope with a huge ice cream cone. I can't believe she ate the whole thing!

2 funny things today...

Hope was sitting on the kitchen counter washing her hands aka playing in the water and wasting a bunch of soap. She picks up a banana and tells me she wants it. I tell her that's fine as I turn around to look at her I notice she's already taken a bite out of it but it hasn't been peeled. I asked her if she took a bite out of it and she says "yes mommy". I made a face and asked her if it tasted yucky. She looks me in the eye and says "it's really ok mommy."

The thought of biting into the peel of a banana makes my skin crawl. Aughhhh.



Before her nap today I pulled out all our old scrapbooks from before Hope was born and showed them to her. We went page by page and I told her what each one was about. When Brinnon got home from work he wanted to look at them. As he was paging through Hope had to see it again. He says to her "all this happened before you were born" and she says "yep, THE END"....

Today is gloomy, the sun isn't shining. Hope and I are just hanging out at home eating pizza for lunch. Before I know it she says that Peyton is yucky. I look at the dog and he is drooling like crazy just staring at the pizza on her plate. A few minutes later Hope is feeding him her pizza. When I ask her to stop she says, "He just wants a little baby piece." When she thinks I'm not looking she hands him half a piece of pizza then proceeded to let him lick her pizza covered fingers. No wonder they have become such good buddies lately.
She's now on her third piece of pizza & I'm waiting to see how much she feeds the dog.
They look so innocent don't they???

Hope just came running to me all excited and said "Happy Birthday Mommy".
I told her it wasn't my birthday today and she says "Happy Mother's Day Mommy".
I didn't have the heart to tell her that today isn't Mother's Day.

Tonight after dinner Brinnon took Hope outside so I could get somethings done. While they were outside playing I was able to get alot accomplished so I decided to make brownies. They came back inside right as I was getting ready to mix them so Hope had to stir. While the brownies were in the oven I was able to get Hope in the bath and the only way I could get her out was to tell her the brownies were ready. As she was eating her brownie she turns to me and says, "Mommy me eating poop".
Me: Oh really. Do you know what poop tastes like?
Hope: Nope but me eating poop.
Me: Hope that is gross. (she giggles)
Then she gets up real close to my face, looks me in the eye and says, "Mommy, you have poop in your eye."
Me: No I don't
Hope: Ah huh you have poopie in your eye mommy...more giggles
Me: Hope just eat your brownie
What's the deal with poop?

Welcome to my new spot in this thing called cyberspace. My old blog was getting to negative and wasn't much fun anymore so I decided to try something new. The old blog was all about our attempts to get pregnant, all the drama, the sadness etc. When Hope came along things got better and then we tried IVF again...what were we thinking..lol. All the old hurt came back. So this new blog is going to be lighter, happier. It's going to be my way of remembering all the cute and funny things Hope says and does. You know how it goes, kids say something funny and you think to yourself that you should write it down but you don't. Time goes by too fast and I want to remember the fun stuff. Welcome to Raising Hope.
(In case you were wondering, Hope helped pick out the design)