Review: Sofia The First, Once Upon A Princess

It's official, my 10 month old child is absolutely obsessed with this movie. I have no idea why, or what it is about it.. or how it can possibly catch a 10 month old baby's attention long enough to watch the ENTIRE movie.. but it does. :] I don't want to give too much of the movie away, but I like it just as much as my daughter! I love the part where they say "rule onto others, as you would have them rule onto you." I have probably watched this movie EVERYDAY since it was released on the Disney Channel, thank goodness for DVR. It is the only thing that she will sit still for, the only thing that will get her to lay down with a bottle. We were at the Disney Store the other day and I kid you not, Lei saw little Sofia figurines and started crying! SHE NEVER CRIES, especially not for toys... until then. needless to say, it became just one more thing we added to her Christmas present collection. anything for MY PRINCESS.

It's the Holiday Season!

one of our family pictures. <3

my PRINCESS.

this is one of my favorites, she's PERFECT.

10/11/12 Lei is officially CRAWLING!

So in my previous post there are pictures of Lei with her cousin Noah. Noah has been crawling since he was about 5 months old, maybe even before that. I couldn't wait for Lei to start crawling soooo when she started to do so last night her Ty and I were SO EXCITED. :] I'm glad we chose to stay downstairs and watch Jersey Shore or we never would've seen that she can crawl! (OK, maybe never.. but still.) It's a very important milestone to me, because I never crawled. I went straight to walking, since I sort of had trouble breathing whenever they'd try to do "tummy time"lucky for me my baby girl didn't have that problem and she loves to lay on her belly! maybe tomorrow I can record her crawling, such an exciting time for a first time mommy (and daddy of course!)

LOVE getting ready for HALLOWEEN!

So we went and got Halloween pictures taken, Lei is going to be Cinderella! Because she's our little Princess of course! Just look at her with her pumpkin, unfortunately her stroller will have to do as her carriage on Halloween. :]

she has 2 TEETH!

This is her cousin Noah, born 2 days after her. He's her little sidekick. LOL.

idk what it is about this picture, but I am crazy about it!

she wasnt very amused during the first few pictures, LOL.

REVIEW: Lisa Rachel Sulfate Free Conditioning Hair Cleanser

So recently I was at Ross and when I go to places like Ross or Marshalls I like to rummage through their hair care, make-up, etc. So anyways I saw the bottle what to me looked like a "Wen" bottle.. but when I went to read the label is said Lisa Rachel.. there were various other ones there, I just decided to grab the one that seemed to pertain to me the most.. Which would be why I chose the one that said "for damaged hair". I use lots of heat and products in my hair, hence, the damage. Anyways, I had never heard of this brand before so I tossed it in my shopping cart and as I continues to shop I looked up reviews with my.. not so smart phone. Jk, I actually like my phone a lot.. it's no Iphone, but it works.. that's really all I care about.. ANYWAYS lots of the reviews compared this product to WEN which I have been dying to try.. but the price is a little to steep for a stay-at-home-mommy budget. anyways, this product was $5.49! So it wouldn't kill me to try it anyways. So I have been using it for about a week now.. and i LOVE it. I tend to shower in the middle of the night, or at least after my baby goes to bed. So I usually just air & towel dry my hair.. and OMG what a difference it has made in a WEEK. Usually when I try new products it takes a while for me to notice a difference since my hair is almost to my derriere. ;] thats french for BOOTAYYY, lol. But my hair is so soft, and so much easier to manage now. My hair used to get tangled like CRAZY especially at the nape of my neck, but for some strange reason I havent had that problem! Seriously, sometimes it looked like the bottom of my hair had dreads. EW. anyways I don;t know what the price of this stuff is without it being at Ross.. BUT whatever the case may be, I will continue to use it. now i'm very tempted to purchase WEN, but other reviews I have read say that this is the exact DUPE or that it's better. so we will see. thank you for reading this review, have a wonderful day!

Update on Baby Lei, 7 months old

she's becoming such a big girl, its bittersweet. she can sit up now & she is eating solid foods. she still can't crawl though, we're working on it. she's the loudest baby ever, or I think she is. she screams so much, and loves attention. 

 

she LOVES the water, and LOVES swimming. I'm so glad we chose to get a pool this summer. it calms her down so much, and we have these two giant palm trees that she just LOVES to stare at while she swims.

& this is her best friend/cousin, he was born two days after her & was a serious miracle baby. we try to get them together at least once a week, they really don't know whats going on yet.. but I love having them together. It's so much fun. They may not look like cousins, but they really are. If you look closely they have the exact same clef chin!

list of baby items i LOVE that i didn't think i would ever need.

so first things first, Pacifier Wipes! they are a lifesaver, for bottles, spoons, & duh pacifiers!

these little trash bags! no need to carry plastic bags, & they smell like baby powder. I've had to use these things countless times! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pacifier clips/holders, seriously. I can't even tell you how many pacifiers we lost until we bought one of these. it took me forever to find the right one though. our pacifier of choice did not exactly have a giant handle on them.. so we had to find the right clip. this one is from www.coolpacifiers.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Noses stuffy nose kit! its good for newborns and older. this was a LIFE saver when my baby was first born, she was very congested so the saline helped & i LOVED the aspirator that came with it since the part that goes in the nose was tiny enough to fit in a newborns! the ones I got from the hospital or in my first aid kits barely got anything out.

 

summer infant swaddleme baby swaddler, i seriously thought i could survive with just swaddle blankets or nursing blankets, but my daughter got out of the so easily! we got one of these from the baby shower from her God Father and his gf, and we loved it! especially when she began to roll over onto her tummy when she slept! it kept her from rolling over, but until now she loves sleeping on her tummy. it's a little less scarier now since the doctor said her neck and head control was really good.

Let's go fishing!

fishing! [no one caught anything, but it was fun!] here's Lei.. her little hat was adorbs! & her onesie was a tank that has a little crab on it. [Carters! i LOVE the Carter's outlet here in Vegas,]

here's the boys, all spread out fishing. this is a man-made lake in our neighborhood, lol. still fun. :] 

here's Daddy, he almost caught one, but it got away. :[ boo.

GAYdrian, hahaha. ;] ok its Adrian, but whatev's.

here's a couple panorama's of the lake, gorgeous day out. yes those are houses. :]

Lei's first Easter. (kind of late..)

her Easter dress, was adorable. [purchased at Baby Depot at Burlington Coat Factory]  

& this is Lei & the Easter bunny, she did so well.. daddy, grandpa & i were surprised at how good she was. 

Review: Fisher Price Cruisin' Motion Soother

so daddy just bought Haley this thing yesterday & she absolutely LOVES it, and so do we! she falls asleep instantly when shes in it! its nice to get a break; normally when daddy's at work mommy doesn't get a break bc baby lei refuses to sleep unless mommy's holding her. today she has been in & out of it and shes so amused with it ive actually been able to get things done. greatest invention ever. haha. it copies the motion of when baby's in the car. and it works so well. when you first turn it on (without baby in it) it seems as if its not doing anything.. but once the baby is in it you really get to see how well it works. :] so be patient.

Baby Lei in her new bouncer. :]  

Intro:

so obviously our names are crissy & ty. or christine and tyler; whatever.

& this is us, about 11 months before we had our little one, my mini-me. maybe one day mommy {me} will tell you our little fairy tale, i'll save that for another post. 

and of course, baby lei. "lei" is a nickname i call her, and thats what she will be called in this blog.. for mommy-is-way-too-scared-to-put-too-much-info-on-the-internet reasons.  ;] lol. bare with me, i'm learning.

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