Sale! Sale! Sale!

We had such a nice week! On Monday, we did a little shopping with my friend Melissa. We were going to go to the Science Museum, but I wasn't feeling very energetic, so we did shopping instead. We visited a few of the little baby boutiques up here in Edmond. They have the cutest stuff, but it is super expensive. I found a onesie with "Little Miss September" on it and a matching tutu for $67! Yikes! It was cute though. Mostly I just go there for inspiration on stuff to make or find on ebay.
On Wednesday, we went with my mom's group to the zoo. It was SO SO SO hot! We got there at 10:00 and stayed for 3 hours, but only really made it to one exhibit. We hit both of the playgrounds though AND rode the train. At the Aquaticus building, we made sure to see the Nemo fish and Finn LOVED it! We watched him for nearly 10 minutes I think. Then we went upstairs and saw the Dory fish which Finn equally loved. He kept yelling "Dory Dory Dory" throught the glass at it. We ate a little lunch (well, I did) and then went home for a nap.
Thursday morning was yoga morning again with Sawyer and Nicolette. Nicolette brought a new friend, Crystal, along who just moved here. She and her boys were super nice, so I hope we have a playdate with them soon! Finn did pretty good at yoga, I think. I brought a few toys that would keep him quiet and for the most part it worked. He mostly ran around with Sawyer and Crystal's boy, Noah. The yoga definitely helped me out. Finn did his new routine that morning of refusing all food put in front of him AND THEN walking up to me and telling me he's hungry. THEN, when I go make him something ELSE to eat, he refuses it too. It is MADDENING. I'm fine with him not eating because I know that is just what toddlers do, but when he specifically tells me he's hungry and then we waste food because he won't eat it, I want to scream! Anyway, yoga helped cool me off a bit.
Scott had all of Thursday off (as well as Friday and Saturday), so we started getting our garage sale items together and priced. On Friday, he did the sale from around 8-12 and we got rid of a lot! Sharyn came over and watched Finn and then they all went to the Science Museum (she had taken him on Tuesday too--we are really getting some use out of that pass!). On Saturday, we opened up the garage sale again and sold nearly all of the rest of our stuff. Not too bad! Sharyn took Finn to a birthday party and stayed there with him until the afternoon. Scott and I actually had the house to ourselves! We went out for lunch with friends and did a little childless shopping. It was nice to actually be able to focus my attention on him again! Sharyn stayed the rest of the afternoon and evening and watched Finn while we went out again with my sister-in-law and her boyfriend. It was such a cool day! I love being around my son, but it was nice to have a day out, living like we did before we had kids (when all we did was shop, eat and go see movies).
Anyway, Finn has been talking more and more each day. It's amazing that only 6 months ago he only had a few words! Some of his newest "Finnisms":
--Saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" to everyone (and everything-he said it to his socks today). It's really cute when he says it after I scold him for something.
--He's gotten really good at saying "thank you" for things. Like, the "I'm sorry" thing, he says it a lot when it's uncalled for, but he almost always says it now when I give him something or make him juice, etc.
--Hitting. Unfortunately, he's picked this up. When he gets really angry, he'll run up to you and slap you on the arm.
--He is such a mimic around other kids! We went to the park this morning and he found a little friend there that he played with for nearly an hour. Everything she did he wanted to do too. Very cute!
--Climbing. He's always been a climber, but he's taken it to new heights lately. He climbed up a ladder on the playground today! When he does it, he'll chant "Climb, climb, climb!"

Yoga Baby #2 & Children's Museum

I thought that since Finn showed some interest in yoga a few weeks ago we would try Babar & Me Yoga at the library on Thursday morning. It's really for ages 2 and up, but they said we could come and do it anyway. We went with Sawyer and Nicolette. They've been out of town for a couple of weeks, so it was a nice reunion! Finn seemed excited to see Sawyer too. We got there a little early and he ran around the playground saying, "Sawyer, where are you?" Too cute. Anyway, we went in for yoga and luckily, the teachers were very understanding of Finn's independanceitis (you know, that condition that makes him want to run around the room and play with everyone else's stuff). He didn't really do much of the yoga with me and we had to leave the room a couple of times to calm down, but I think we'll still go back next week. I liked it anyway! I need to start using my muscles and getting a little more in shape for labor. Besides, I get SO stiff at night! I only have 2 positions on can sleep in (right side or left!), so I wake up in desperate need of some stretching.

After yoga, we went to Panera to eat and I just want to say that it went much better than last time! Last time we went, I had to pack up and leave when Finn wouldn't stop crying. This time, him and Sawyer just sat and quietly ate their food and Nicolette and I could actually have a conversation! I love days like that!

After lunch on Thursday, we went to pick up Sharyn and then drove out to the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum in Seminole. My plan was to drive during Finn's naptime so he would sleep in the car. Didn't happen! I think he was a little excited that Granny was there, so he stayed up. The museum was much further away than I thought. It took quite awhile to drive there, but it was worth it. They had a lot of things to do. A lot of it was geared toward older kids, but Finn liked "driving" the cars and planes, looking at the fish, digging in the sand, and riding the train. There was also a rock pit that he just loved! My child is obsessed with rocks! We played in the 3 and under room too, which Sharyn and I really liked because it was much cooler in there than the rest of the museum. There was also a bubble area, pretend grocery shopping, and craft area that we played in. We went with Melissa and Tonya and their kids too. I think they all had a really good time.

Shopping at the grocery:

Making crafts with Granny:Riding in the car:Excavating dinosaur bones:Playing outside with friends on the big boat:Throwing rocks with Starla:Big blocks:

Anyway, this morning we went to the Farmer's Market with Nicolette and Sawyer. Then they came over to play for a little bit. I'm really trying to kill time until tonite because Scott and I are going out! It's our 6 year anniversary and we have reservations at Musashi's and I can't wait! I'm not sure what else we're going to do. There aren't really any great movies out, but we might go see something.

Yoga Baby

This morning, Scott and I were just sitting around talking and Finn went and grabbed my yoga mat. He took his time rolling it out on the floor and then went and turned on the tv. Scott turned it to my yoga show and Finn sat down on the mat and started doing yoga! It was so random! I rarely do yoga anymore so it was so funny that he thought of it. He laid down on his belly and tried to stretch out like the ladies on tv, then he would sit down and raise his hands over his head and bring them down into a little bow. By the time we had grabbed the camera he had stopped already, but it was too cute!
I also forgot to mention that I picked this daisy background for my blog because it is kinda the "theme" I'm going for in Baby Girl's room. We were initially going to go with purple and green, but Scott pointed out that those are the colors in OUR room (I know what I like!), so I thought I'd change it up for her. We've painted the room a soft orangey/peachy color and I made some bright orange daisy curtains. We're mainly going for a orange/yellow/pink theme. I spent HOURS looking for what I wanted in baby decor online and in stores, but it's really hard to find themes in orange, which is why I eventually just made my own curtains. I still plan on making a bed skirt too. Anyway, I will have to post some pictures of the room soon!