Couple videos of Daphne being cute!

Daphne grabbing her foot and playing with her favorite toy.

Daphne playing with herself in the mirror for the first time.

Nevermind?

So I am completely shocked. I was out with a couple of friends and a student came up and asked me where we were going for 5th semester. I looked at her quizzically and said, "no we don't find out until Friday" and she answered with, "no, we got the email at 8 o'clock. So I rushed home to find out where we are headed.

Drum roll please........

We are headed to Mirimar, Florida

We were pretty shocked since we have been told that if you applied to Michigan, you will be getting in due to the minimal applicants. But we are not disappointed. The only reason we applied to Michigan was because the living expenses are a lot lower there. Now we will be in Florida during the beautiful winter months and will miss out on the cold winter months. We will still be close to the beach and maybe be able to go to Disney a couple times. I really am kinda excited to be going back to Florida! I loved it the first time and I'm sure I will enjoy it again.

Ross, you did it again.

Why have I not learned that when Ross says they are going to do something they are for sure NOT going to follow through. I even told myself not to get my hopes up, but of course I did cause I really want to know where  we are going. Apparently our new date to find out where we are doing 5th semester is on Friday......

yeah, we'll see.

Dominica Food Challenge: Week 2

I havn't ever really make a recipe with pumpkin in it. We only ever eat pumpkin one of two ways. We make a beef stew, but it in a pumpkin and bake in oven for an hour or so or we eat it as a side dish. I will share the latter with you.

Three Hole Punch

Today was the Kids Halloween Festival. This is really the only thing that goes on for Halloween here on the island and we could not just skip Daphne's first Halloween. We did't have a costume and don't have many supplies to make one, but I was feeling like a bad mother that she wouldn't have a costume. So daddy said we could make her a "three hole punch" like Jim from the "Office". It turned out pretty cute and everyone thought it was cool. It wan't much, but at least it was something. 

In her usual fashion she fell asleep and missed the party, but she was being held by Daddy so I really don't think she minded.

Food, fun and a cranky baby

Tuesday night I went out with the girls for a goodbye party for our friend Meagan. I was super excited about it and had debated if I should take Daphne with me. I don't get to hang out without her very often, but had decided Johnny needs the quality study time with no distractions and Daphne would probably just fall asleep like she usually does. Boy was I wrong. She would have nothing to do with sleep even though she was super tired and of course she was fussy as a result. We got home and she went right to bed and all seemed to be fine, until the next day. She was not a happy baby. She would only sleep if being held and only for very short periods. She wanted to eat constantly and was just over all cranky. I know its normal for babies to have bad days especially if you mess up their sleep, but it was just so weird to she her so needy and fussy because she has always been so sweet and easy. Well lesson learned, next time I'm out and she is being fussy and not sleeping like she should be then we are calling it a night and both going to bed early. That's almost as good as going out with the girls right?
Besides the Daph being a cranky puss, I had a great time. We went up to DeChamps and reserved their hot tub deck area. We got to sit and watch the sun set, eat dinner and relax in the hot tub. We had a great time talking and eating cupcakes. Can't beat it!

Blog makeover

So if your on here you have to have noticed the changes to my blog. My dear friend Katie gave 10 of her blog readers a free blog makeover and I was one of the lucky 10! So how do you like it? I am loving it. I think it is so cute, if I do say so myself!