I walked for over an hr and all I came home with was this ugly dog... teehee

Its Daddy/Daughter day around here, so Waverly and DH are at the kidzone. I decided to take Darcy for an extra long walk today, in the winter we cut her walks down to about 20-30min at a time usually, b/c its cccccold. But we went out for over an hr today, (close to two), and it was GORGEOUS, cold sure, but not windy or anything, I was comfy the whole time.
Here are some shots of my neighborhood, and my silly snow eating dog. :)

Around our house.

I have pinched a nerve around my shoulder blade, I believe and I can't move my arms particularily well right now, so some of these pics are not from today. W took some of our fridge, ON it is a pic of her and I at Chuck E Cheese, My dear friend's family and one of her adorable son, plus our xmas card and if you look WAYYYY up you will see ESC;s adorable boys are there as well. And of course Fluffy.

Yeah, I went back to Kid Kouture today :). I had to buy the matching leggings and socks to go with the blazer. I had to ... really, I did ;).
Here are some pics of the lovely store. I also have to say, I have never had costumer service quite like I have had there, I dont mind paying extra when it feels like my business is appreciated ykwim.
Thats part of the reason I don't big box shop often ( I have a bad addiction to Gap though, lol), I like to support small business when I can. This is one of those businesses and i would hate to see the store close, so please try and check it out if you can, don't be scared by some of the higher end stuff :).

Shopping for her is one of the joys of my life.

I got to do a little shopping today in uptown Waterloo. I adore the store Kid Kouture, it carries designer kids clothes, its one of my fave places to shop for Waverly. Well they have a sale on , so I picked up a few items for %50 off today. I bought her a cute blazer and a pair of pants. She loves them b/c of the details, the green tie on the blazer and the flowers on the pants. I know designer clothes seem silly for kids (to some), but the quality, and the designs make my heart flutter , sigh. I have fallen in love with a couple brands in particular. Blu, Deux par Deux , Matilda Jane and Oililly, are my absolute faves. :)

My Cupcakes, Cupcakes. :)

Ummmmmm I have no idea why that pic is fliped side ways. I have edited it three times now, . I give up.

Anyways, Waverly made cupcakes today. I helped with seperating the egg whites, and putting the in the oven/taking them out. Besides that she did it all, on her own :).

They are delish!

Coming home from school

There are many times that Waverly isn't home until 4:25-4:35, because she takes her time NOT putting on her clothes to go home. She is almost always last, and sometimes has to be taken to the office to put her boots and coast on b/c she isn't listening. Its her weak point in school for sure, (and my most dreaded time of the day). So today when I heard her and Patrick walking down the path at 4pm, (its a 15-20 min walk home), I was so thrilled I had to take a picture. She got herself dressed and ready all on her own, in the 7 min time frame all the children are allotted. :). Thata girl!

Moussaka

Oh my, this was goooooooooooooooooooood.
I had never even heard of Moussaka when it was suggested on LMs that I try making it. So this is my first attempt. My bechamel topping should be thicker, its not even as pictured in the recipe. That was a result of me not having the proper size dish and layering the meat sauce too thick. At least i know what to work on.
Beyond that though, I can't think of a thing wrong with this dish. Patrick and I stuffed ourselves and can't wait for tomorrow for leftovers, even our neighbor is happy to be feasting on it.
The smell of the cinnamon and nutmeg, with the tomatoes and beef, I repeat, OH MY, drool.
Waverly even commented on the smell when she came home from school, its like what heaven must smell like :).
http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipes/Main/Beef/recipe.html?dishid=7238
here is the recipe I used. I wouldn't dare change a thing.

Daddy's heart belongs to.

Sometimes, the beauty captured in pictures is simply beyond words.

Where A Kid Can be A Kid

Today we took Waverly to Chuck E Cheese. None of us had ever been there. We had a blast. We were there for almost 3 hrs. All three of us had a blast. We ended up with 300 tokens, she got 3 little toys for all that hard work, lol. She was thrilled!! What a great way to spend the day, even the pizza was good. :)

(My hair is in a weird stage right now, I am growing out my bangs so I am stuck with this awkward side sweeping bang and a pony tail in the back, lol. Not at all cute. )

When Daddy Goes Shopping

Patrick took Waverly shopping today and these are the shoes he chose for her. Anyone else wanna hide all the neighborhood dalmatians (look out Spots, lol)??
Anyone else have a 4 yr old stillllllll wearing a size toddler 8??? These are an 8 and 1/2 and they are too big. I have 9 pairs of size 8 and 1/2s and 9s waiting for her feet to grow :(.
I also got a shot of her in her new purple dress and her corkers, not a great pic b/c she was not having it today, LOL.

Finally updated the movie review

Ok, not totally updated, but I added more movies. We watch a new one every night, its HARD to keep up. Check it out if your looking for something to watch :).

Our First Outfits of the Spring :)

I was so excited to get out shopping today for some spring outfits. I let Waverly pick out whatever she liked, and these are the two outfits we came home with. Both from GAP (25% off this weekend), I never buy their shoes but she was so in love with the purple hearts, I couldn't say no, lol. (plus shes been so well behaved lately its hard not to want to spoil her a little)
I spent $75 in total, bought two pairs of tights, 2 dresses, a pair of shoes, a headband and a stuffed animal, not too bad but way more than i usually spend on clothes at once. I swallowed when I handed the debit card over, lol.
Oh well thats the price you pay for cuteness, right ;)!

This has become my life

See this box of tests? These.are.my.life. I can't get away from them and the promise of that cute little baby on the cover, who was the douchebag who thought of that picture. Seriously arsehole push off, if you are desperate enough to buy 7 ovulation tests at a time obviously you are struggling with TTC and need NO reminders of cute little chubby, sweet smelling love filled babies. TRUST me dude, we who buy these tests think of those babies every.waking minute of every freaken day. Trust me. Its been almost 2 yrs now, and nothing, notta , zilch zip, nothing, so I don't need you cute baby pic staring me in the face everytime I buy the tests of doom.
I am lucky to be even having some sort of a reg cycle right now, I need to hold on to the positive and not focus on what I am missing out on.

OK. I feel better now that thats out of my system. I am in tears today, b/c Waverly is old enough for allowance and full time school next year, she has friends, can dress her self and is so independent, I feel so guilty that she doesn't have a sibling. I feel guilty that I will be giving her one so far apart in age from her, if I ever give her one. ( and thats looking like a pretty big IF).
I am heartbroken, trying my best to be happy each day. Trying not to think about baby making everytime my husband comes near, trying not to be bitter, b/c we decided to wait till she was almost 3 to start trying. Trying, desperately to have some sense of normal, some sense of home , even when I feel our home isn't complete. And NO ONE understands, no one gets what it feels like, to want something so badly, but have no control over weather or not you get it.
Its not fair and I could shout that till the clouds came home, but no ones listening, and its not changing anything.
So I spend the day with my quickly growing girl and enjoy my life as it is, b/c it is blessed, just as it is, and maybe if I focus on that, everything else will fall into place. Or I will come to a place where that is enough for me.

Chocolate Tea.

If you look closely you can see blue specs in the tea, I don't know what they are but its sooo pretty. My awesome husband bought me this tea for Christmas (with an infuser), its not only delicious but I recently found out its also one of the healthiest Teas in the store, which makes me feel good about going through 50g in a month ...ooops.

Bucket head.

She was supposed to be cleaning her toys.....

Beddy bye baby

These are the items that sleep with Waverly most nights. The turtle my brother just bought this turtle for Waverly for Christmas its made out of recycled bottles (I believe). We call him Vern, hes quickly became a W favorite and must sleep in her bed every night.
The musical princess book has been around for yrs and sometimes turns on when you least expect it ;) damn possessed book, lol. The Giraffe is one of many giraffes I have bought for her I buy her one every christmas and randomly when I see a cute one. This one was her first I bought it at TRU when she was a few weeks old, we call him Melman.
And of course Fluffy, not night time (or day or afternoon) would be complete with out fluffy. :)