Sesame Street Live: 123 Imagine with Elmo and Friends

I'm a little behind on updating the blog. I was traveling to Nashville (we had some warm weather and I got to see the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman!!!!). A couple days before I left, we took Meredith to see Sesame Street Live. We bought these tickets at the end of October so we were waiting a long time for this. For those of you that don't know, Meredith has a love affair with Elmo. We got her all excited to go see Elmo. I don't know what she was thinking it would be like but when we actually got there, she started throwing a fit when she saw all the people. As we were waiting in line to get our tickets scanned at the gate, she started screaming at everyone "PEOPLE GO AWAY". "GO AWAY PEOPLE". She even pointed her finger at a little girl who appeared to be about 2 and screamed "GO AWAY". Meanwhile, Greg and I were trying to get her to calm down. Eeeeeeyaaaay.

Once we were in, she calmed down a little and we found our seats. She rocked this event like any true Elmo lover would do.

She loved this. It actually held her attention until shortly before the intermission.

During the intermission, we made our way up to the concourse for some mini doughnuts. After the intermission, they started an Elmo's World skit which of course grabbed her attention. Mr Noodle even made an appearance.

We ended up leaving a few minutes early. She lost her attention span and just couldn't stay seated until the end.

The difference a year makes

The first picture was taken at this time last year. I was so excited to put itty bitty pigtails in her hair. The second picture was taken today. My how she's grown (and her hair)!

Before and after

Before I get into my bedroom makeover pictures, I just want to share something funny Meredith does all the time now. She puts us on time outs. Today Greg took our vacuum clean upstairs to clean up a mess. Meredith saw him taking it up the stairs and had a fit (she's a tidy little thing and likes to clean). She started screaming in a high pitched voice and screaming real fast saying "No Daddy, vacuum cleaner stay down. Down stairs. Daddy on a time out". Sometimes I can't help but laugh at her little fits.

Oh, and you will be happy to know this blog update got interrupted by a certain someone who was having quiet time in her crib (didn't take a nap today) and decided to take her pants and POOPY diaper off.

Anyway, we are done with our bedroom finally. We got a new bed a couple weeks back so we figured that if we have a nice new bed, we should spruce up our room a little bit. It was pretty bad as you can see from these before pictures.

This is before (obviously). As you can see, we don't even have a bedframe and sleep with sheets and blankets that don't match. Our walls are bare and white.

AFTER

I absolutely love this bed (as I should considering how much we spent on it). It's handcrafted by local Amish folk and was made-to-order.

I have a cord cover that will go over that white cord...don't you worry.

This is a beautiful cedar chest that my grandpa gave my grandma as a wedding gift back in 1942. It looks beautiful with the bed.

And just for fun, here is the inscription inside and original documents that came with the chest.

This one is just another angle.

These are our new thermal curtains that actually fit our window.
Another angle.
This is the best part of the bed and what sold us on spending so much money on it. There is another drawer like this on the other side.
And finally, the ghettoness of our room still. We are waiting to get the matching dressers so we are using our dressers of old for now. The good thing about this bed is that is was handcrafted so we don't have to worry about not being able to get coordinating pieces.

And for those of you who insist on seeing pictures of Meredith, this is what I arrived home to one evening this week. Looks like Grandma had a little fun playing with M's hair. Oh, and remember how I said she was tidy? That's her broom in her hand.

Christmas 2009

Christmas was fun this year. Meredith is really starting to understand things now so that makes it so much more fun for me. We spent Christmas Eve at Ben and Angie's house. We braved the snow and made it down there to have some good food and open gifts. Thank you everyone for the great gifts you gave me, Greg, and Meredith. Meredith loves all her gifts. She got a pack of Elmo underwear which she wore around on her head all night (i'm sorry to say that that pair of panties did not make it. She stretched a hole through the elastic). The trip home took almost two hours - what should have been a 55 minute trip normally.

We were supposed to go to my mom and dad's for Christmas day but we cancelled. It wasn't snowing as much but we just didn't feel like spending hours in the car for a trip that should take less than an hour. So, Greg's brother Scott and my sister Jennifer came over instead.

I don't have many pictures to share. I brought my camera to Christmas Eve but then discovered that I left the battery at home. I am posting some pictures from Christmas day.

I don't really have much to write about. We took all the Christmas decorations down so it's nice to have our house back to normal. We also got a new bedframe so our room has undergone a complete makeover. We have a few things left to hang on the wall and then I will post some before and after pictures.

Meredith goes back to the doctor AGAIN tomorrow to recheck her ear. I have a feeling it's still infected because she occasionally tells me she has a boo-boo in her ear. It's been infected for six weeks now. She's had at least four ear infections since October. We went through this last year too. I really want her doctor to recommend and ENT because I want to get her tubes. Heck, I have a tube in my ear right now as an adult. She needs them. It's not going to get any better.

I'm traveling some in the next couple weeks. Next week I'll be in Houston for a couple days and the following week I will be in Nashville all week. I hope to have room makeover pictures sometime in between.

This is what Santa brought her - a Leapfrog Clickstart.

I think this picture is funny - she's stuffing her face with candy.

She got a neat-o pop up book.

And she got a neat-o springy horse!

And this last one isn't Christmas but it sure is cute. I had just used my 40% off coupon at Gap...and I couldn't wait to try on my purchase.