A Day in the Life: Nine Months

First off...this is my 400th post! WOW! 

I can't believe I've written that many! Blogging has been such an amazing experience so far. I love getting to journal and record experiences as well as keep record of our family adventures. On top of that I have made some great friends. I am so thankful for all of my bloggy friends. :-) As for my readers, I can't believe that I actually have people {other than my husband and mother} that are interested in what I have to say. I love getting comments and making connections with other people. I may not be the best comment responder but know that I read each and every one and I LOVE getting comments. They make my day. With that being said I am going to continue to write what may be the longest post I've ever written! You've been warned.

It's been a while since I've done a day in the life so I decided it was about time I do another. The age Emma Claire is at is such a fun one and we have our fair share of busy days as well as lazy stay at home days. Today was a pretty busy day but I think that's mainly because she's been sick and is finally better so I took advantage of that and we ran errands! I also want to say that this post is long and detailed but I write these for me. I know when she's nine years old I won't remember the details of a day with her when she was nine months old. I cherish these posts and need to write them more often. So without further ado...here was our day today. 

Last night was R-O-U-G-H. She was up no less than ten times. I really hope that tonight is better. I got her from her crib at 7am and brought her into bed with me to nurse her. At about 7:30am I decided it was time to get up for the day.

 When I sat her up this was her pitiful little face. Bless her heart. 

Rough nights are hard on her too. I was seriously worried about our day at this point. We have been going stir crazy being stuck at home these past few days. But when I was changing her diaper she pulled off her jammies so I went with it.

There's a SMILE. I have missed those so much over the past few days. She was more than happy to roll around on the floor and play in her diaper while I showered. 

Her favorite new "toy". It really doesn't bother me too much that she stands by the toilet...I clean our bathroom so frequently I know she is probably safe. Not saying I let her hang out there constantly! ha!

She played really well by herself this morning. I usually shower during nap time but today we had places to go so I did it while she was awake.

ha we were both looking at the camera and not the mirror. Oh well I love her face and her little milk filled poochy belly.  

{Side note: I usually don't do my hair. I was just tired of the wet french braid look so I took an extra 10 min to blow dry it and roughly curl it.}

Once I was all done getting ready we headed downstairs to free let the dogs out.

The highlight of Emma Claire's morning. Watching the dogs do their business. She goes nuts. 

Breakfast for us girls this morning consisted of waffles {they're gluten/dairy/egg free and surprisingly good!}, bananas, applesauce, and some lemonade. 

Most mornings I just feed her whatever I'm eating. It's easier that way. And she LOVES these waffles. 

She's on a high chair boycott. She literally won't eat in her high chair. So I've resorted to putting food in her tray of the bouncer. She goes nuts. I figure whatever works, right?

While she ate her waffles I cleaned up and did dishes. I've haven't mentioned this but I don't use our dishwasher anymore. The one we have at this house doesn't work well at all and I have heard that the dishwasher is the most energy draining appliance. I have no idea if that's the case but I am loving doing dishes by hand so far. I just do them right after we eat and there is never a dirty dishwasher to unload! Score...at least for me. I have no problem washing dishes, it's the putting them away I hate!

Once the kitchen is clean I get her ready to run errands.

Loving her $3 fish applique onesie from Tarjay ;-) And the fact that I can clip a bow straight into her hair now. I didn't even need a ponytail holder today.   

Our first trip was to Home Depot! I needed some more paint to get started on the front room and some accent paint for...a STRIPED WALL! That's right. I'm going to attempt stripes. The wall I'm planning to do it on isn't big at all so I figure if I hate it I can re-paint. 

Um her face in the carseat picture. She looks 13, does she not? 

And I love going to Home Depot with her. She has always been fascinated with men and she gets so much attention there it's hilarious to watch her watch people! And I always check out their "oops" paint section and have never found anything...until today! I got a great light blue color in bher premium for $7! It's usually $40! SCORE! I think I'm going to use it to paint the front hall closet. Not sure what else I could use it for...maybe the laundry room when we Sheetrock it {someday!}

Next up was Costco. We got gas first and then ended up spending way too much money finding some great deals and going home with way more than planned bringing home our  fun finds.

Doesn't EC look THRILLED about her halloween costume? Ha! I also got a pair of lamps that are just what I've been looking for! One will go in the family room and one will be in our guest room. It started raining on our way home and sweet baby fell asleep.

Great deal alert: Costco now has Carter's Halloween outfits for $12! Online they're $22.80! You can see them {HERE}.

My Costco had all of them in stock! I obviously got the Elephant for EC but I wanted to get the ladybug too...and the zebra...and the pumpkin. Let's face it. I wanted ALL of them. They're adorable and come with a shirt and tights!

When we got home something happened that NEVER happens at our house...Emma Claire stayed asleep in the carrier. For a whopping 10 minutes. I was shocked!

When she woke up we played a bit but she was still fussy so it was time for another nap. Before I put her down I was trying to cheer her up by taking pictures of us so she could see herself on my iphone and I got this one...

We are making the same face! I love it! My little mini me :-)

She obviously didn't think it was nap time. She protested pretty hard for about four minutes and then was O-U-T. 

Once she fell asleep I had a little snack.

Then I got to work...I have to say that I did a lot of projects during nap time today and that rarely happens. I'm glad that I got things done though. I am usually worn out and rest during nap time. 

First up...dying my bed skirt. I bought the cutest ruffle bed skirt from Wayfair and was so excited to put it on the bed. However when I did I realized the bed skirt is white white and our comforter is off white. Something that you don't notice until you put white white up to it. I was really bummed but then my mom suggested I dye it. I thought what the heck I'll give it a try and went out and got some pearl grey rit dye. I figured I had nothing to loose so why not!

While the bed skirt was in the wash I finished a project I've been wanting to do for a long time. Some entry way art using an antique map of Waco and the key to our Waco condo. I LOVE how it turned out and I can't wait to hang it! I used a frame I already had and painted it heirloom white then distressed it a bit. Loving the final product.

Next up was a fun little garage sale table I snagged for $3! I got it months ago and  knew I was going to paint it white I just hadn't done it yet. So today I decided I would just do it. I didn't think EC would sleep long enough for me to finish it, but she did! I LOVE it and it is going to be my powder bath table!

Miss Emma Claire woke up soon after I finished the table. We headed upstairs to see how the grey bedskirt looked. It looks pretty good and the coloring is solid throughout which was my main concern. In this picture it is lighter on the left side due to the light from our window.

On the right you can see the white on white combo was no bueno. The grey is much better and I can't wait to see how it all comes together. I am still searching for a bench to put at the foot of the bed, a blanket to throw at the foot of the bed, more pillows, as well as something to go above the bed. For me that's the hardest part of a master bedroom to decorate. 

After doing our share of decorating we headed back to downstairs to play for a bit. Emma Claire and I had a snack of veggie straws and avocado. 

My Mom got her that book and she LOVES it. It plays the "abc" tune when you open it. EC will sit and open and close the book over and over again. Makes my heart happy that she will sit and look at books at this age. 

She got bored inside after a while so we headed outside to play in the pool. I wasn't sure where our swim diapers were and was not confident in her ability to NOT poop in the pool so we just played in the dry pool. The weather was great, there was a slight breeze and it was only 85 degrees. 

She did something tonight she has never done before...she stuck her tongue out for almost a minute. I have no idea what she was doing. Maybe trying to act like the dogs? ha!

Once we finished playing outside we came in so EC could eat "dinner" {aka a few graham cracker pieces and a bite of a banana} She has not been loving solids lately and I'm lucky if I can get her to take a bite of anything. I blame sickness and teething. 

Lately while she eats I've been doing dishes, cleaning up the kitchen, vacumming the living room and picking up toys. This way when I come down from putting her to bed I don't have a ton of chores to do.

Tonight was special...I wish I had a video of my living room cleaning tonight. I somehow ran across a SPIDER. I don't think I've ever written this on here but I am TERRIFIED of spiders. Seriously TERRIFIED. And I'm from Texas and have seen lots of spiders...this was a pretty good size one. As much as I don't like them I really don't like to kill them because I know most are good, and this one was just a wolf spider. But this sucker was BIG. So what do I do? I decide I can drop something on it to stun it {great thinking, I know} and then put it on a plate and take it outside. Well I succeeded for the most part...pretty sure I killed it. I'm pretty sure Emma Claire thought this entire escapade was hilarious. I was squealing and jumping around and yelling at the dogs to get it. It was quite a scene.

Clean kitchen. So nice. 

And finally...our happy time. Life is good at our house during bath time. We turn on the Disney Pandora, play, cross our feet like a lady, and have fun.  

All in all I'd say we had a pretty good day! Emma Claire was in bed at 8:00pm tonight which is a little later than the past few days so I'm hoping she sleeps better tonight. So far so good. It's 10:00pm and I haven't heard from her...yet. Today was such a welcome change of pace. While Emma Claire was sick I got nothing done. Nothing. She was fussy and didn't want to be left alone, but didn't really want me to hold her, nursing didn't make her happy, and her naps were really short. Not to mention she slept horribly all last week. So saying I was happy to have my cheery baby back would be a HUGE understatement!