Product Review: Yo Gabba Gabba Bath Buddies

As any of you regularly read this blog know, Corbin is super obsessed with everything Yo Gabba Gabba, and I'm usually happy to indulge her from time to time. I was really excited when her YGG Bath Buddies arrived in the mail today. I just KNEW she was going to love them!

After her lunch, I ran upstairs and drew a bath, placing the Bath Buddies all over the wall of the tub, thinking she'd be thrilled when she got up there!

Wow, I was so mistaken! She's going through her "scaredy cat" phase, and so she FREAKED OUT when she saw them in there! She stayed up against the side of the tub and whined and cried the whole time. No amount of coaxing could get her to move or get closer to them. Finally I had to put them all down in the water and let her play with them so she was okay and she could finish her bath.



Maybe another time? And maybe I'll only put one or two in there instead of all 21. Might be a little less overwhelming. :)

We had a great day, despite the terrors of the bath. We went to Athfest and walked around for a bit and then we had some shopping fun at Publix. I love my happy little girl. :D

Her hair is getting way too long to leave in her face, so sassy side ponytail it is!

Say CHEESE!

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Oh, and as for an actual product review: These Bath Buddies are AWESOME! They are vinyl on some kind of foam, and when they get wet, they just stick to the walls of the tub. They are also very big and colorful. Definitely worth the $11 on Amazon! :)

Happy Family

This is a picture of us from a week ago before we left to attend a beautiful wedding in Tifton.



We clean up rather nicely, don't you think? :)

Pool Party Baby!

There's this episode of Yo Gabba Gabba called "Summer" and we watched it the other day. On the Super Music Friends Show, they have the Aqua Bats singing the song "Pool Party." It's an incredibly fun song and has been stuck in my head for days.

AND TODAY! We had our own little pool party!!!

The other day I made Ryan take Winston's pool (yes, we bought a kiddie pool for our dog a few years ago, and I'm glad too because the ones at Walmart the other day were $10!!! What a rip off!) out in the yard and clean all the spiders and ick out of it. And after he cleaned it, he filled it up with water and left it out in the sun. And that meant the temperature was perfect for swimming today!

Needless to say, Corbin was THRILLED, especially considering how much she loves baths and doggie water bowls.

Here are some pictures of my little diva in action! :D

She got those sunglasses with her birthday gift card from Anna. I was surprised she actually wore them!


And she LOVES her ball. She also got that for her birthday.


My cutie-patootie. :) Love this picture of her.


SO happy in the pool!


She kept clapping her hands and going "Yay!" I knew that meant she was excited.


Having fun splashing around with her ball.


WHOOHOO!


Okay, I had to take a dip, too!


Me and my baby girl, enjoying the warm "hot tub" water of the pool.


Join us next time, won't you?


More pictures HERE if you're interested! :)

Until next time! :D

It Came From Inside the Diaper!

[cue scary music]



I've been a mommy for 13 months and some weeks and days. Whatever that pretty little ticker on the right hand side says. And I've encountered some mean diapers.



But NOTHING, so far, has even come CLOSE to the one from this morning!



The actual diaper? I didn't change it. Ryan was the first to discover the immediate mess. Apparently Corbin had poop up her chest and back (she only slept in the diaper, by the way), so he brought her downstairs and had to begin wiping her down while she was standing, then lay down a towel, and then he got to the actual diaper, which was a four-wiper. He said it was so bad he had to take it outside and put it directly in our rollcart trash can. I was down here shortly after this and got to hear the horror story.



Oh, but that was only the beginning.



I went and got Corbin's pink blanket out of her crib (the blanket she has decided in recents weeks she will not sleep without) and discovered it had fallen victim to the poop-explosion. I put it in the washing machine as quickly as I could because I knew that no nap would be had without that blanket and it wouldn't be long before she was ready for her 11am nap that she takes like clockwork every single day. I then noticed something that looked suspiciously like poop on Corbin's forehead, so I decided it was a good time for a bath. After her bath, I decided it was time to see just how bad of a mess we had on our hands.



In her crib, there was poop on the vertical rails, on the sheets, on the mattress pad, on her blankets...it was scary. I wiped down the rails, changed the sheets and pad, and took everything to the laundry.



And not a moment too soon! As soon as her pink blanket was dry she was rubbing her eyes, a good sign it was time for her 11am nap.



Ah, the joys of parenthood. Guess I better get started on this poopy laundry! :)