11 Months!

Holy moly, my baby is 11 months old! That came and went very quickly!

And so, I'm starting to plan her birthday party! I already know for sure that I'm going to have a cook-out on Sunday, April 19th at my place, starting at 3pm. I'm going to have the boys cooking (Ryan and Mark, in case anyone didn't know), but that's all I know for sure.

Her actual birthday is Monday, the 20th, and I'm thinking about taking the day off and heading up to the Atlanta Zoo. I haven't been since I was a kid, and I don't remember anything about it. It'll cost Ryan $18.99 to get in, but I can get the college student rate at $14.99 and Corbin can get in for free! That's not so bad, money-wise! Food shouldn't be an issue, because Ryan and I can pack a lunch if we need to (a la our honeymoon in Disney World), and Corbin's food is already as portable as can be!

So yes, that's the plan, hoping that weather permits and I can take a day off of work. I think she'll love the zoo, since she seems to REALLY love animals, and being outdoors. I want to do cheesy things, like get her a birthday outfit and tie a balloon to her stroller. Sometimes I think I get totally carried about with being a mom! :D

Anywho, I'll update with more details on the cook-out later!


ALSO ALSO ALSO!!!!

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

I freaking LOVE The Children's Place, and you should, too! Not only do they have the CUTEST and coolest clothes EVER for pretty freaking cheap, but they are really great when it comes to customer service. I've been eyeballing this one dress in particular for weeks, thinking it's the dress I wanted to get Corbin for Easter. After looking other places and seeing nothing I liked, I went online to look at it again, and saw that it was on sale for MUCH CHEAPER! Super excited, I went to the mall on Friday night to buy it. HOWEVER, they didn't have her size in the color I wanted! BUT THEY TOTALLY MADE UP FOR IT because they gave me a coupon for FREE SHIPPING from the website!


[I just think Corbin looks so darling in blue over pink!]

That is grand!

So yes. The Children's Place. I love them. And you should, too! :D

That is all!

Crazy Baby

The other day I had stepped outside the front door so I could snap a few shots of our Boston Terrier puppies for the classified ad I was getting ready to run. I hear Corbin banging on the door, so I turn around, and this is what I see!



She always loves looking out the door, but I guess it was especially exciting because the puppies were running around!



Smooshing her nose and hands against the glass.



Super tickled and giggling. I'm pretty sure that blur in the picture is where the also took the liberty to lick the glass.

I'm not even surprised. The first thing she does in the morning when we put her in the bed with us is crawl to the window, beat on the blinds until we open them, and then stare out the window watching the cars go by.

I'm so glad to have such a happy and curious baby. :)

Pretty, Pretty Princess

I want to preface this post by saying that Corbin has had diarrhea for almost two weeks straight now and our diaper supply is decreasing exponentially. We took her to the doctor on Monday and he said that she has some sort of virus (she was also covered in a full-body rash), and that the rash indicated she was no longer contagious and that it should almost be over.

I have yet to see an end to the poop up the back diarrhea. She is going through quite a few outfits a day, not to mention the sheets needing to be cleaned. I managed to get her diaper rash almost completely healed last week, and now it is back again, looking almost as bad. I'm almost out of diaper rash cream.

She is also teething. She is NOT happy, especially when we are in public. She wants to scream and cry and be extremely loud. I try not to let it stress me out, but I'm so used to my happy and carefree baby, and I just want these teeth to hurry up and come in! It's her top two teeth and you can see that they are about to cut through, so I wish they would just get on with it already! It doesn't help that my wisdom teeth are cutting in as well, with one of them coming in very sideways and making my whole mouth sore. Sigh.

Anywho. Over the weekend, we went down to Macon. Sunday was my niece Allison's second birthday and so we had a little birthday party for her. Corbin has loved hanging out with Allison the last few times we've been down, and this time was no different.

Since it was Allison's birthday, she got to wear a princess crown. Corbin was also given a princess crown, which was the one that Allison wore on her birthday last year. A wand came with the new crown, and Corbin desperately wanted to be in possession of it. It went back and forth a few times, and Corbin shed a few tears, but in the end, she had a good time. :)

Here are some pictures. Enjoy!


My Nanna and the girls. Corbin, Allison, and Haley.


Corbin watching Allison play with the wand. She really wanted it, lol.


Aunt Franki let Corbin have a turn with the wand, which made her very happy.


Until Allison thought it would be quite the laugh to take it away!


As you can see, Corbin didn't take this very well!

Don't worry, the tears didn't last long. She was in possession of the wand after we all had a good laugh. The girls then went outside and basked in the warm afternoon sunshine on Allison's new vehicles. It was a good day, and I had lots of fun.

Can't wait until the next birthday party...Corbin's FIRST BIRTHDAY!! Stayed tuned! :D