Eileen Josephine

Yo Gabba Gabba LIVE!

This afternoon we enjoyed some super family fun that we've been looking forward to for months! Yo Gabba Gabba LIVE! I was a little worried that it would be a little too much for Vada and she'd end up getting scared and crying or something, but she was great :) The first half of the show, especially at the begninning, she just sort of sat there with this mesmerized look on her face, like she was trying to figure out what exactly was going on. After the intermission though, I guess once she figure out that everything would be ok and that it was AWESOME... she let loose and got crazy! Dancing, singing, yelling, clapping. She got to give a juice box character a high five and was so stoked, she keeps telling everyone. "I gave high five... juice box!" Good times :) 

I smuggled my camera in (I got a new one yesterday! Upgraded to a D7000 which I LOVE. This was pretty much my first time really using it) and snuck some pictures of Vada and the Gabba gang. Lesley looked like she's lost at least 50lbs since whenever she appeared on those episodes of the actual show. I thought it was so cool that the REAL DJ Lance, Biz Markee, Lesley, etc. were all there! It was kind of hard to get a good shot in there because 1) It was complete pandamonium. and 2) it was dark. But I got a few decent ones. 

OH and I shot a little video! Disclaimer: This was my first time using video on my new camera, don't judge... I had to make sure I didn't get trampled by children the whole time I was filming. Oh, and Vada's version of "going crazy" is trying to eat popcorn that someone spiilled all over the floor. Yum. And her hair is jacked because she took her Brobee headband on and off 1,000 times. Anyway here it is :)

 

I really hope they come back to Roanoke next year... if they do we're getting the Party Package so we can meet them all. I want to hug Brobee.

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Little Getaway

I'm looking forward to having a fenced-in yard one day, with some nice grass for Vada to play in... Maybe next year?

Greg's at Floyd Fest this week (he prints all the merchandise and sets up/manages the merch booth at the event) so Vada and I are hanging out at my parents' house in Virginia Beach. My mom got a new lens put in her eye (CRAZY!) and had the week off of work, so it was perfect timing. Vada's been having a good time hanging out with her Gangy and Gampy and Uncle Eric. We even spent a day in Richmond with my sister. It's been a fun little getaway. Just wanted to stop in and say hi!

<3 Lindsay

Vada is Afraid of the Dark

Poor little Vada is afraid of the dark. I'm pretty sure she picked it up watching Yo Gabba Gabba... You know, the one where Muno is afraid of the dark and Foofa helps calm him down ;) Seriously though, I know it's a natural human instinct to be afraid of the dark (thanks, Elyse) but I don't know any other way she would know about the word "dark." Kids pick up on everything! Speaking of which, Vada said her first cuss word the other day... the "S" word. Thankfully, she just repeated Greg saying it and didn't use it in a sentence during normal conversation, although I'm sure that's going to happen in no time... Ha. 

She was telling me "lights on, mama!" before bed so I started letting her sleep with her nightlight on. I thought she wanted it on just because... (you know, kids are just particular sometimes.) But then one morning she woke up early and we were walking downstairs before the sun was fully up and she was acting really scared and saying "dark mama!" That's when I knew. She's such a scaredy cat little girl... I think it's sweet though. Plus, I don't blame her, I'm still kind of afraid of the dark, too :)

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Grouchy Girl

I think this photo pretty much sums up Vada's attitude by the end of our South Carolina trip...

She had a really hard time sleeping while we were there. She cried forever before naps and bedtimes, kept waking up in the middle of the night... it was really hard on everyone. And it took a WEEK to get her back to normal. Finally, today she told me she was ready for a nap and I knew I had my little snoozer back. PHEW. Now I just need to catch up on my sleep! 

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Baby "Goots"

One of the highlights of our trip to South Carolina last weekend was going to Split Creek Goat Farm. Vada LOVED it. She just couldn't get over the goats, or "goots" as she calls them.

There was a pen full of kids (baby goats) with a little plastic playground inside for them to play on. They would climb up and slide down the slide... it was adorable. Vada wanted to go "IN!" and go on the "SIDES!!!!" soooo bad. 

Vada is a total scaredy-cat but has absolutely no fear of animals whatsoever. She stuck her hands right into those pens of goats and wanted to get in there and hug them all. "I IN! I HUG, MWUAH!" Mwuah = kiss, and she actually did end up kissing two of the "baby goots" through the fence...

Crazy girl. She also managed to get the attention of a kitty who came up to her for some rubs and a gigantic, way-bigger-than-Vada Great Pyrenees. Not scared at all. She's going to be one of those kids who brings home stray animals all the time and my house is going to be a zoo, I just know it.

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So Sleepy

We are all totally pooped after our weekend in South Carolina at Greg's Dad's house. Vada kissed a baby goat on the lips. I'll have some pictures of that later, but for now... goodnight!

<3 Lindsay

Vada Loo, Lately

Vada's been really cute lately. Her vocabulary has really been growing! She says words that I didn't even know she knew. Like today she pointed up in the sky and said "airplane!" Of course I've said "airplane" to her plenty of times, but this is the first time she's ever said it. "Strawberry" and "Target" are new ones she's mastered. Oh and lately she can't stand having "sticky hands." (STICK-AY) She's getting better about saying "thanks" but still needs work on saying "please" without being asked. I also taught her to say "stinky daddy" and she says that all the time :)

She just turned two, so she can definitely be "terrible" sometimes... temper tantrums, nonstop whining, not listening... just toddler stuff. I probably say "do you want time out for not listening?!" like 100 times a day. But for the most part, she's a pretty good little girl.

So, Vada right now, in a nutshell: silly, cautious, stingy with hugs and kisses, great at stacking giant block towers, awesome colorer, cutie pie, whiney, punky butt :)

<3 Lindsay

Mac Liquidlast + Vada

Vada decided she needed some liquid eyeliner like here mama...

HA :) Silly little girl... Whenever I'm doing my makeup in the morning she insists on also doing hers. "Eyes! Eyes! I paint!" Usually I give her a big puffy powder brush, but yesterday she snagged my liquid eyeliner while I was blowdrying my hair.

I have been sick.. sick... sick! I'm on day 3 of a z-pack and although I'm feeling a lot better than I was 2 days ago, it seems I've plateaued. Vada's been napping for over two hours and is coughing in her crib right now, so that's not a good sign... I'm hoping tomorrow we will both feel like heading to Virginia Beach. We were there for a few days this weekend, but it was a drag because I was just couch-ridden the whole time. I want to go to the beach and get some sun! I feel like the ocean could cure me.

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Vada Dancing

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Cake Pop

Ha :)

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