It's Chilly in here...

Well we all know that basements are always COLD. We tried a few years ago to remedy this situation. We bought an Eden Pure heater...they were suppose to be great and very efficient. Well....it worked for like 6 months, then it died. WTF. So....we then used one of my parents old space heaters and it did work but just didn't get the whole basement warm. I was getting fed up with being cold and now that we want to spend more time downstairs I thought it was time for an upgrade. I wanted something that would look great and also heat the whole downstairs. I found my answer...an electric fireplace. BOOM! I went to Costco.com and I found the one I wanted and for a steal of a deal. Here it is!! It is nice because it looks real as well and it doesn't get hot. I don't have to worry about Emma getting burnt. I'm not cold anymore and its just lovely!

Birthday Party!

Emma's first birthday party was a great success! She did great and LOVED the cake. I made it myself (LOL). It was a confetti cake with whipped frosting. Sugar overload! She didn't go after it as much as I thought she would, but her face did get pretty messy. Here is a pic.

Car Seat

Well it's about that time to go from the infant carrier to the next step car seat. Its the convertible one that can sit forward and backwards. It is getting to be a pain in the you know what to bring the infant seat into daycare each day. Addison isn't fully on board yet because he doesn't want to think she is "growing up" and I don't either...but I'm the one who is taking her and picking her up and running errands. It will be a lot easier with a new car seat! I'm going to do some investigation as to the best one. Right now we are thinking of the Britax but not sure which model! I will keep you posted!

FINALLY

I just have one word...finally. I know my bff Brittney will be dancing in her shoes when she sees this post in her google reader feed. LOL. Okay...so the last 6 months have been full of fun with watching ms. emma grow. She turns one on Monday! We are throwing her a bday party at our house this weekend, so it should be fun!! We went to Toys R Us aka a place where I have no idea what to buy. In this trip we had an idea in mind. Emma and I went over to my friend Cece's house and Cece put Emma on one of her daughter's ride on toys and Emma loved it. Perfect! So we went and picked one out that looked like it had a lot of bells and whistles to keep her busy. Check it out!

Letters.....Finally!

Well I finally ordered and received the "Emma" letters from etsy! So excited to get them and they turned out great! Here is a before and after look! It makes that wall look a lot better! The colors go really well too -- glad this project is over! On to the next!

Re-arranging!

I was in Emma's room and felt like I needed to change things up a bit. I decided to re-arrange the left side of the room. I moved the dresser, the side table and the rocking chair around and I think the room has a better flow to it!!

I ordered some painted wooden letters that spell Emma for above her changing table, so I'm looking forward to those coming in the mail. I ordered them from etsy.com. Love that website. More to come on that!

Squash!

Our 2nd solid food we are trying is the good ol fashion squash! I wasn't sure how she was going to like it because she didn't seem to care to much for sweet potatoes, but she LOVED squash! The first time she tried it (a couple of days ago) she ate the entire jar. She just loved it. When introducing solids you need to go 4 days in a row with the same food just in case they are allergic. So we are on day 3 today, so tomorrow we can try carrots! Then after carrots we will switch to green veggies such as peas, green beans, and spinach!