Because sometimes you just need cake at 10am

I was reading a book to Ruby yesterday about birthdays & after we finished she sat on my lap looking up at me while we talked all about her upcoming birthday. We talked about the presents she wanted & about the cake I would make her. She requested blue frosting. And suddenly she stood up & started bawling. I was shocked & asked her what was wrong to which she replied, "Caaaake!!!" I realized that when we were talking about her birthday cake she thought I had cake right then & there for her. It was a very dramatic misunderstanding which I'm finding is a somewhat common occurrence with a toddler. She was heartbroken over it & so we went & made cupcakes with blue frosting & ate them for brunch. I think it's safe to say I won't be talking about her birthday cake with her again.

 

 

 

 

Little Things I Want to Remember

Life has been so busy lately. I feel like my mind is constantly swirling with thoughts of this new baby & all the things I need to do to get Ruby ready. We moved Ruby into her "big girl" bed & it has gone surprisingly well. I almost cried when I saw her lying in her bed instead of a crib. Every morning Ruby wakes up & walks into our room with a book in hand. "Hi Mommy, read?" It's adorable & it'd be even more adorable if this wasn't happening at 5am. What I wouldn't give to be able to sleep in till 7! After I send her back to bed I'm lucky if she'll stay in her room till after 6. She's suddenly so grown up & I'd be lying if I said it hasn't broken my heart.

 

Ruby literally wants to read books from sunup until sundown. Sometimes when I'm really tired I read them with my eyes closed because I pretty much have them memorized.

 

I love this age of learning & seeing her soak up everything around her. She imitates everything I do which keeps me really honest. Today as we were walking up the stairs she suddenly sat down and folded her arms & said, "Prayer". So we sat down & prayed until she seemed satisfied & then we walked the rest of the way upstairs. Nothing fulfills me like teaching her about the things that matter most.

I've decided to take away her pacifier starting tomorrow. Pray for me!

 

Everything I do Ruby wants to "help" with. She loves to help me clean & cook & although it adds way more time to whatever I'm trying to do, I kind of hope this stage lasts for a really long time.



San Diego 2013

Tyler & I have been dying to take Ruby to the beach & so we got out of town for the 4th & cooled off in San Diego. My parents came along too & Ruby was pretty much in heaven with both of them being there. These next two pictures sum up our first trip to the beach really well:

 

She was having none of the water & why won't this sand come off?? Not quite how we had imagined it.

 

 

Thankfully our second trip was a happy one:

 

 

  

 

 

Watching the world through this girl's eyes never gets old. She kept chanting, "Ocean! Ocean! Ocean!" & "Happy!"

 

Grumpy girl:

We spent most of the day on the 4th at the zoo. If I ever get the idea to take Ruby somewhere during nap time will someone please slap some sense into me?! This girl is awesome, but when she doesn't nap she is plain crazy.

 

Our attempt at a family picture. Someone put that baby to bed!

 

That boy is the best person to travel with & craves seeing new places as much as I do. Hey Tyler, let's go see the world together. Deal? Deal.