She is sleeping with Big Sister!

It has been four days now that Andi has been sleeping with her sister.  We are trying to encourage her to sleep with her sister, and once she get used to it, we could buy her big bed and could share a room with her sister! Tonight, she wanted to sleep with us but I bribed her with a princess sleeping bag.   I told her sister that they could practice for our next camping trip.   Andi finally gave in but with the condition that I lie down in the middle until she fell asleep.  Fair enough, and in less that five minutes she was fast asleep.

Here they are cozy in their sleeping bags and of course their pillow pets as well.

Hoping that she is taking the next step and hopefully no turning back!!!  I will be so happy if we will succeed.  Next step is taking her baby bottle!  I think that will be the biggest challenge of all.

How is Andi now?

You will probably wonder how is Andi doing now, how big she is and if she could talk straight or converse with me in sentences.   I will probably tell you that she is quite bubly and ask more questions than I can handle.  her latest achievement was to participate in her big sister Barbie fashion show birthday party.  She wanted to change her clothes, wear make ups, accessories and carry her own purse and walked and pose!  Here is the sample picture of Andi in her casual wear!

Here she is with the rest of the girl posing for their sports wear.  I could not find the one for evening gown.    She was the only two year old who knows how to participate.  There are three of them of who are supposed to join, but the two bailed out as they still doesn't know what is really going on! 

It is good to have options!

It is always nice when you have options when doing things.   Just like shopping, you have the option of going to the mall or have the convenient of doing it at home.   If you are a busy person like me, online shopping is your best friend.   You can do it anytime at your convenience, no more driving around and spending time walking at the mall.  Aside from that, there are some pretty good deal online, you just have to watch for it!   But do you know that there are sites where you could go shopping for almost everything?  From baby stuff, clothing, accessories, furniture, appliances, electronics to office and business needs?  You can shop for signature items like BCBG, Ann Taylor, Versace to North Face without hopping from one site to the other. 

While I was shopping for shoes, I fell in love with bcbg wedges, here is one that would look perfect for me.  The price is not so bad and they have some shoes that are 60% off.  I guess some mushroom shoes from Crocs are 27% off in this site.   Great deals right?

I also found an embroidered cotton voile babydoll top in clearance that is perfect this fall.   If you love babydoll shirts click this link!

Start browsing now and check out some great deals, some sites offer free shipping.  You could really save a lot of money for that!.

Eating more than takeout in my dorm room

Guest post written by Scott Leighton

I've had the good fortune of growing up with a mom that's an amazing cook. She also cooks all the time, so I love to take advantage of that. But now that I'm in college, I'm really going to miss her home cooking. I've picked up a few tricks from her along the way though, so I'm going to make sure that I actually cook and prepare some decent meals for myself this year. I refuse to just live off of Chinese takeout and delivery pizza like every other college student.

Well, I want to do a few more things than just steal my mom's recipes, though. I need some stuff that's simpler than those, so I went online to check some out. While I was doing that I saw the site internet.clear.com. I showed it to my mom and after that she decided to change over her home internet service to a package on there.
So far my dorm room eating has already been better than what I expect for the average student. I've been making grilled cheese sandwiches out of my favorite kind of cheese. You can't beat simplicity like that.

Andi's visit at Mt. Rainier WA

Andi's first adventure ever!  Mt. Rainier full of snow, she was so excited to play in the snow, but was screaming when her lola (grandma) left her.  

She never gets cold even though she was only wearing short pants.   I was quiet worried that she will get cranky on the trip, but she did so good.   She watched movies while on the road and fell asleep.  I was so surprised, I guess I had underestimated her :-)  She loves to travel I guess just like her mom and dad!

Well, she is 21 months now, and she always surprised us with new words and expressions that she learns every day.   She loves to say OK!  She could easily express what she wants and what she needs.  She could talk to you in broken sentences.  She is just amazing :-)