1 post tagged “halloween”

Alyona is growing up. Everyday I notice something new. She's learned how to twirl. Today was full of twirling. I'd twirl, she'd smile, maybe laugh and then start to spin herself in circles. And she can hold the phone to her ear and try to say allo. For her birthday we presented her a little rocking horse, she was afraid of him, so we put it to good use by placing it in front of the refrigerator which worked at keeping her away from it... for a while. Lately she became less afraid and she'll go push on his ear and make him sing, run towards me with the biggest smile spread across her face. I really cherish watching her grow up and learning new things. It's the best feeling in the world. Really! Sometimes I think about how afraid I was when I found out I was pregnant and throughout the pregnancy about how it'd be to be a parent and literly sacrifice the rest of my life and alot of my feelings and selfishness, how I'd lose alot of freedom, but it didn't really effect me the way that I thought it would. Of course I have my moments where I'm ready to pull my hair out and put her on ebay, but those aren't as close together as I anticipated.

Halloween was fun. I went to the dentist earlier in the day for two fillings and the left side of my face and tongue was completely numb and it was impossible for me to take a drink without slobbering it all over myself and when the numbness wore off my gums hurt alot from the shots and where they put the filling. But I tried to ignore it and have a good time. I dressed Alyona up as a pink bear. I liked the costume because it's was a warm suit, not technically a costume, but I wasn't afraid to take her around. We went to Marci's, who is my dad's girlfriend. She has two younger children and an older daughter Ashley who has adorable twin girls. We went with them to the mall to do a "trunk or treat" and it was terrible. I hate crowded places and this place was a disaster. I was so relieved when we were done there. We ran home real quick and met back up and went door to door with Marci's younger daughter, Ashley and her husband. We got looooots of candy. Alyona's Hello Kitty bucket was completely full. We even got a toothbrush from one family. I had always thought that people giving those out was a joke, like it never actually happened, but I stand corrected!

One of the forums I usually lurk (Mothering.com) had a yarn ball swap. I had never heard of one and I was in the mood to do something swappy, so I decided to check it out. A yarn ball swap is where you get alot of little items and roll it into the yarn so you have a ball and when you unravel your ball you find different presents along the way. How fun is that?! So of course I had to take part. I didn't get a picture of my final ball that I sent, but I took a picture part way through. The yarn had to be natural and I went to a local yarn shop and picked out some pretty yarn. And she said suggested bows for her daughter, so of course I had to include that. It was fun to pick out a bow. I had an urge to stop at a craft shop after buying the yarn and for good as they had the cutest bows there. I also included some pretty  Peace Fleece needles and some natural lip balm that I bought from Essential Elementals and they gave me extra products with my order! Plus a coupon for 15% off the next order, so I included those. Plus maple sugar shower gel that smells good enough to eat. Seriously. Plus some other random things like stitch markers, some chocolate and ribbons. I'm dying for my swap to arrive! She sent it out today, so it should be here early next week. I'll post pictures once I get it! Promise!

Today was a semi-exciting mail day. I ordered the first 21 episodes of a serial (tv show) called Ne Rodis Krasivoi on dvd and it finally came along with a dvd of a bunch of Russian music videos. A 163 to be exact. I'm still not quite sure what posessed me to buy that, but I did and I did like to watch a few of them. It has a zillion of videos, I still haven't looked through them all.  I'm participating in a vintage swap as well and am waiting on something from that. And another Russian dvd and Big Love  on dvd. I'm excited about Big Love especially! Such a great show!

I need to think about going to sleep sometime. I feel sleepy and I'm not sure what time Alyona will wake up tomorrow because she had a really weird schedule today. No naps. At all. Until the evening and then it was a pain in the neck to put her to sleep even though she was practically falling over from the tired. She'll probably wake up early tomorrow with my luck! Goodnight everyone!

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