Wow, I just lost/gained a handful of immature readers! lol
Before Sweetpea entered the hospital, she was almost completely off her bottle and onto sippy cups. I only give her her paci at naptime and bedtime, but that changed in the hospital too. In the hospital, she had her paci at all times, and only drank out of a bottle.
When we got home from the hospital she went back to only having her paci and naptime and bedtime with ease. She has never been super attached to it, but I'll get to that in a minute. Her sippy cup is another story. I have at least 5 different brands of sippy cups, and she is only a fan of one so far. I use the term fan loosely- she puts up with it. If she is bored/thirsty enough she'll drink out of it.
Before the hospital I was planing on taking her paci away. Since she is not super attached to it, (and at the time only had 2 teeth), I decided to take it away from her before she DID get attached to it. Fast forward to last night, (and 5 1/2 teeth and two more about to break through). We were walking to her room, and on a whim I ran in and hid her paci. We put her to bed as usual, (we play our kissing game- she kisses Daddy then turns to kiss Mommy then back and forth, back and forth. Then we pray over her, Daddy says goodnight and leaves, and then Mommy cuddles with her for a total of 30 seconds, puts her down and leaves the room. We do not rock her until she falls asleep, we want her to learn to fall asleep on her own, and she has become a champ at doing this!).
She started a fake cry about one minute after I closed the door. After about 10 minutes of fake crying and few real tears, she was asleep! Paci Battle 1 won by Mommy!
I was a little nervous at how this morning would go. You see, I have a confession to make that will make all other mommies really, really jealous.
Sweetpea is an amazingly happy, content baby. I get to sleep in as late as I want most mornings. I woke up this morning at 10:18 to be exact. I was worried I would wake up to her crying around 8, but nope!! I woke up at 10:18 on my own accord and decided it was time to get up! lol After brushing my teeth, etc, I heard her crying on the monitor, (which never happens so I assumed it was because she had no paci). As I was walking to get her I heard someone mowing their grass, which explains her crying- she hates lawn mowers and always cries if she hears then while in bed.
I walked into her room and found her like this:
She mastered coming up to sit months ago, (remember
the video I posted), but after that she kinda quit doing it. Until today. :)
How in the world did she come up to sit with her braces on? lol (she had clubbed feet as well, so she has to wear these at night and naptime until she is 4 years old).
Paci Battle 2 won by Mommy again! Paci Battle 3 will take place today at naptime, but seeing as I was victorious twice, I do not see a problem winning again. Praise God for such a happy baby! These Paci Battles haven't been battles at all, really.
Bottle Battle is another story. She always has her milky in a bottle and watered down juice in her sippy cup. This morning she was not having a sippy cup for her milky! No way! So I gave her back her bottle and decided to take it slower- her nightime milky will be in her sippy cup. Bottle Battle 1 won by Sweetpea. Honestly, though, Mommy was just getting to cocky this morning- I should have known that the harder battle would be the bottle! lol
She has changed so much over the last 6 months. It has been a joy watching her grow and change. 
She mastered coming up to sit months ago, (remember the video I posted), but after that she kinda quit doing it. Until today. :)
How in the world did she come up to sit with her braces on? lol (she had clubbed feet as well, so she has to wear these at night and naptime until she is 4 years old).
Some friends gave Sweetpea some hand me downs, and I am so grateful! Thanks so much Cathy and Hannah!!! Look at the amount!! There are so many that I am in love with- ah it was like Christmas! I now need to get all this hung up... where are those singing/talking mice...
We are not Florida fans per say, but Sweetpea's lawyer is. Our same friends sent this outfit along with all the others! {Do y'all want this one back?} I will be using this and other pics from this shoot for a thank you for him when we finalize her adoption. Date TBD. UGH!
I saw these flip flops at Hobby Lobby of course. This project was so easy it seems silly to even post on here. I just bought the shoes, the embellishments, ($6 total), and grabbed my glue gun- voila!
Yes, my Cricut! I bought vinyl to make a sticker for my car, but I needed to test it first so I decorated my Cricut and...
My computer. This is not my computer that has photoshop on it, so if you are waiting for me to beautify your blog, sorry, but you will have to wait a little longer. :/
I wanted Sweetpea to have something to celebrate Jesus too, but didn't have anything. BUT, I did have a plain onesie that I had set aside for another project. So, I lightly stitched this cross on there so I could remove it and save the onesie for the other project. I got the idea from here.
Yes, I love leopard print. :)
It was dark and I didn't use a flash, so it is a little out of focus. Still cute. :)
Gotta love self timers. Sorry Dear. Ready to celebrate His Resurrection!
Her hat was a hit! :)
She is really starting to smile! :)
I am 16 months old and I have 5 1/2 teeth!
We may not do Easter baskets, but have no fear- my mom spoils ALL of us with Easter baskets. Here is Sweetpea with some of her loot. ;)
She sure loves those puffs!
My aunt made this jelly bean frame for Sweetpea's Candy Land playroom. :)
Our favors at our wedding had lobsters on them. Mr. Incredible and I are lobsters. {ten points if you get this 90's tv show refrence}
She learned "wheee."
Trying a heel stretch ;)
This picture cracks me up... just imagine her saying, "well you know mother I have found that the square root of..."
Hanging out with grandma
We took Sweetpea to an awesome park that we found a few years ago...
Mr. Incredible having some fun with his little girl :)
He missed the Bermuda grass so much. He asked me to do the same. I'm good, thanks.
Have you ever seen a cuter strawberry... her bathing suit matches her hat :)
Hanging with grandpa
I couldn't zoom out quick enough on these next two which truly is a crying shame...
