Baby Legs

Ever since we started cloth diapers I have wanted to get Keira some Baby Legs... they are baby leg warmers. They are super cute and with cloth since you do have to change diapers more often its so much easier to have her wear leggings than pants because then you don't have to take the pants off and put them on ( thus making diaper changes seconds longer which is very important when changing a toddler since they can't sit still!!!) So here are her new leggings. I also got her some new slippers since I ruined her other pair by washing them in hot water.

ahh more fun

So we got the Jetta fixed Thurs for $75 which we were very grateful that that's all it cost. All the mechanic did is disconnect the electrical part that thinks the door is always open. Basically he turned the sensor off. He said it would be almost 400 to fix the stupid thing. No thanks. But because its tied in with all the interior lights you have to make sure all the interior lights are always off when the car is off- they don't go out by themselves anymore like they used too. Mike well apparently left one on yesterday. I got Keira all bundled up and changed and we went out to go to the Chiropractor... I buckled Keira into her car seat and went to start the car yesterday and realized yet again it was dead. It was like Deja vu!!!! Poor Keira started chiming Bye Bye a million times which she does every time you put her coat and shoes on. Once again I said "Its broken.." to which she changed her tune and started chanting "Broken, Broken" over and over.
So Mike spent his Saturday morning jump starting not 1 but 2 cars. I guess its a good thing we broke down and bought jumper cables last year!!!!

Daddy put about 20 little bottles of spices in Keira's Pj's. She looks like she gained 20 lbs.

Water play

Our little water bug was going through water withdrawl so I got creative. She loved it and when I finally took it all away she threw a major tantrum. She played with the water for like an hour and soaked 4 towels and her entire outfit.

uggg

You know its really cold out when you have not 1 but 2 cars that won't start!!!! Yes that was my life today. Keira and I were supposed to go to a play date with other mama's and kids at our church. I went out to start the car and it wouldn't start. Then I tried to start the truck and it wouldn't start either!
A big thanks to my brother in law ( who got out of bed) to help me jump start the car, take it to the auto shop and drop Keira and I back off at the house!!! Its been a crazy day. Yes just one day after the Jetta FINALLY passes inspection it decides to die yet again. We are awaiting the call from the auto shop to give us an estimate of what needs to be done now.. we are guessing its an electrical thing that has something to do with the fact that the car thinks the door is always open and beeps the whole time you are driving to tell you this. Maybe b/c the car's brain thinks the door is open it leaves the interior light on and that drained the battery? Or maybe its just to darn cold here ( which I agree with) for the stupid thing to start. I dunno. But I do know that we just spent 3oo getting it fixed about 2 months ago, plus the inspection that had to be done twice.... hopefully its cheap this time. We don't want to put another several hundred dollars into a dying car.

Going local

Keira climbing out of the milk crate.

After reading the book- Animal, Vegtable, Miracle- we have decided to go as local as we can with our food. Today we got our first delivery of NH cage free eggs. ( www.nhmilk.com)They were delivered to our doorstep by a friendly milk man who also brought us 2 1/2 gallons of milk in glass jars. The milk isn't for us as no one in this house can tolerate milk..... its for one of Mike's co workers. Its also local and antibiotic and hormone free of course. All of our meat is already local ( from NH and ME), hormone and antiboitoic free - and we are moving towards getting grassfed beef as well as cage free chicken.

I'm just a bit of a chatterbox...

Hope is alive...

I saw gas for 1.99 today!! Now if it just stays that way.

ewwwww

This what happens when you try to eat rice crispies with a snotty nose... yes those are rice crispies stuck to her booger nose!!

such a little girl

Who is this child? Where has my baby gone? Keira looks like such a little girl in this picture and not at all like a baby!!

Keira making her baby"jumpa"

Slide

A woman from our church is moving and getting rid of a bunch of stuff. We came home with 2 bags of 2T and 3T clothes, and a bunch of indoor and outdoor toys! Keira LOVES her new slide!

Playing outside

No matter the weather Keira likes to go outside... here is what we did yesterday.

Moochy Mooch

Mooching off daddy's ice cream sandwich.

Begging for chocolate chips


Around here we call Keira the moochy mooch. Whenever ANYONE is eating anything she will come over to investigate and then say "bite, bite!" Yesterday she was all about the sweets. When daddy pulled out the chocolate chips Keira suddenly became his best friend!

duh

I really really hate the Jetta. Did I mention that already? I hate the Jetta.
I went to Lumber Liquidaters today to pick up the rest of the Bamboo flooring for Keira's room so that Mike can work on it this weekend.
I got the flooring and went to start the car so I could leave and the car wouldn't start... the key wouldn't even turn. I tried it about a million times, then called Mike. I went it to ask the workers if anyone had jumper cables. There were about 4-5 guys in their 20-30's working there so I figured one of them might have them. Luckily one did. The guy pulled his truck over hooked it up and then told me to start the car. I tried and the key wouldn't work. So he goes to try it and says.. ohhh your wheel is just locked up. No need to use jumper cables. DUH. I felt like an idiot!!!!

Just a few more pics. yes Keira is in a disposable diaper. We have been gone most of the day and I can't bring a days worth of cloth with me unless I get a way bigger diaper bag!

tickle tickle

Keira's little friend say taught Keira how to say "tickle tickle" while tickling herself. This is what Keira is doing in these pics.

Bamboo

I know I said I wouldn't post pics of the new floor in Keira's new room until its done but we ended up taking some "half finished" pics so I figured I would post them.

It tooks great. Note the very outdated floor the bamboo is replacing!

Life

Yeah we have been a bit busy doing nothing lately. Not much blog worthy things to report.

I took the Jetta in for its re inspection yesterday. The mechanic hooked up a little computer thingie to the car to find out why the check engine light was still on despite Mike buying and installing a new gas cap (which they told us to do and come back for re inspection). The mechanic turned the check engine light off using the computer and told me to drive the car around for a few days and come back and if the light didn't appear then we would pass inspection. If it did appear then more work was obviously needed.

Now that Keira can eat almost everything - (can being the key word) the first 2 pics are of her enjoying her first bowl of Trader Joe's Mac and cheese.