NAME! THAT! ROLL! {Final Round}

A little business before we start today, Round 4 was indeed Pie's chunky rolly wrist. Here's the uncropped picture (she was holding hands with her grammy). That one was hard!

And now... the Final Round!!!

For the newbies here's how to play: I will be posting a series of cropped pictures, each featuring a specific set of rolls. The first 5 people to guess the location of said roll correctly will be given points. The first person to guess correctly will get 5 points, the second will get 4, and so on. At the end of the series the player with the most points will receive a fabulous surprise package from me and Pie.

And the current standings:
19 Points - Jackie at The Mathey Family
8 Points – Cris at Jus Keep Smiling
7 Points - Her Momma at Finally Mom
5 Points - Christina at And for good measure…
4 Points - Yours Truly Dear at The Mundane Adventures of Miss Jess
4 Points – Kayla at and Potato Makes Three!
3 Points – Elise at Little Sprout Growing
2 Points - Angela at Life with Lane
2 Points - Emily at Wife, Check. Mom, Check. Now What?
2 Points – Ian at The Daily Dose of Reality
1 Point - Aims at The Mom Who Stayed Sober

And the new photo...this one souldn't be too bad...it's one of my favorite places to nibble...

Good luck everybody!!

Wordless Wednesday {Pumpkin}

* Pie's shirt is from the lovely and talented Grace at Finley and Oliver. I've had it awhile, but never have my camera handy when she's wearing it. Bad blogger. But I can't tell you how often I get stopped and complimented on it whenever it makes an appearance. Plus I love putting it on her because it's so different and super well made. Grace rocks!

I'm currently coveting this, and this, oh and this from her shop. Crap...this too. Check it out!

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Final round of NAME! THAT! ROLL! posting tomorrow at 8:00am and the winner will be announced Friday. Good luck everybody!!

Pie is still good after 9 months, right?

Yes, yes it is. Today my darling Pie is 9 months old. I have no idea at all how that happened. I demand that someone tell me how she went from this...

To this...

My Darling Girl,

It's been a busy month or two for you. You can do this now...

Which results in this being the most common view of you these days...

You love the crawling. I mean love it. You seem so entertained by being able to move yourself around without help. But it's already boring you. A couple weeks was enough of that, now let's try that walking business. You love to stand and wobble trying to find your center. And just this weekend you started pulling up on the furniture. Because I'm your mom (and a giant dork) it made me cry. I revel in each new task you accomplish, I am so proud of you. At that same time, if I'm being honest, every step you take away from your babyhood makes me sad. You are growing up so fast.

You eat like a champ. There is nothing you refuse. You love crazy things like mango and parsnips. Though table food seems a little confusing for you. Eggs are not the same a gum my love. You cannot chew them indefinitely. But give you a slice of lemon and watch out! You will strip it dry as quickly as your little hands can get it to your mouth. Not so much with lime or orange though. And you smelling like lime all day just makes daddy and I want margaritas so it's probably for the best that you don't like them.

You talk all. day. long. There are lots of "words" in with the babel. Mama, dada, baba, uh oh, ok. But I'm not counting any of them as your proper first word because you don't seem to associate the sounds with anything, or anyone, yet. You make yourself laugh a lot, which is maybe the greatest thing ever. And you like to whisper to yourself. It kills me.

And boy do you have a whole range of moods:

Annoyed...

Thoughtful...

Silly...

And of course we can't forget...hmmm...let's call it saucy..."Hello Gentlemen"

In all seriousness my sweet girl, you are the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. You make me laugh every single day. You make my heart melt. You make my eyes very, very droopy. You make me crazy. You make me more certain than ever that I was supposed to be a mom. That I was supposed to be your mom. I love you.

xoxo,

Mama

Monday Minute 10/11

And here's Monday Minute with Christy.

Questions:

(1) What color undies/ boxers do you have on right now?
Well I'm in my pjs at the moment so I'm going columbo (as middle sister says...heh)

(2) What song have you been playing on repeat lately?
Love love loving this song at the moment...


(3) What's your best personality trait?
Hmmm...I'll have to ask Husband. He says it's my thoughtfulness.

(4) Are you a leader or a follower?
Depends on the situation. I think there's a time to be each.

(5) What's your least favorite household chore?
Cleaning the shower. Hate that more than anything! So Husband and I have a deal. He cleans the shower and does the floor, I clean the rest of the bathroom. It works.

TRDC, NTR and FYF...hooray for abbreviations!!

1) The Red Dress Club...yeah so this week the prompt was non-fiction. I can't so much do the non-fiction. Also Pie has been a giant stink about sleeping lately so I just couldn't rally. I suck.

2) NAME! THAT! ROLL! {Round 4} is still going. I added another clue, and will continue the guessing. Last I looked we had 3 right answers...2 more spots! Keep those guesses coming!!

3) I'm jumping in on Fawk You Friday for the first time. This week seemed to have a bunch of things making me crazy.

Fawk you...job that I hate so much. You are sucking the very life out of me.

Fawk you...boss who decided I have too much vacation time and will be taking a week of it away next year. After working for him full-time for 11 years...yeah, you read that right...11 effin years. Plus another several more part-time.

Fawk you...scale for not showing me the numbers I want you to. And yes, it's totally the scale's fault and has nothing at all to do with the Halloween Kit Kats at my office.

Fawk you...Starbucks for coming up with this drink that I now want to swim in and make my best friend. Thank god it's seasonal.


Hope you all have an amazing Fall weekend. We're off to the pumpkin patch...so I'm sure there will be pictures next week!

The Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Confusion!.?!

I'm late to the party as usual...

This weeks guest judge: Me! (Ok, not really a guest, but I thought I'd judge the photo challenge this week!)

This weeks challenge: Confusion!.?!

The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid... or puppy... or kitty) confused, unsure.... just plain flabbergasted!

And here's my poor, confused Pie...

NAME! THAT! ROLL! {Round 4}

Here we go...round 4!

For the newbies here's how to play: I will be posting a series of cropped pictures, each featuring a specific set of rolls. The first 5 people to guess the location of said roll correctly will be given points. The first person to guess correctly will get 5 points, the second will get 4, and so on. At the end of the series the player with the most points will receive a fabulous surprise package from me and Pie.

And the current standings:
14 Points - Jackie at The Mathey Family
8 Points – Cris at Jus Keep Smiling
4 Points - Yours Truly Dear at The Mundane Adventures of Miss Jess
4 Points – Kayla at and Potato Makes Three!
3 Points - Her Momma at Finally Mom
3 Points – Elise at Little Sprout Growing
2 Points - Angela at Life with Lane
2 Points - Emily at Wife, Check. Mom, Check. Now What?
2 Points – Ian at The Daily Dose of Reality
2 Points - Christina at And for good measure…
1 Point - Aims at The Mom Who Stayed Sober

And the new photo...this one is a little tricky...

*****UPDATE****

Still don't have 5 correct answers yet. I knew this one would be tricky! Feel free to guess more than once. Since we're almost at the end of the game I'm going to let the guessing go until we have 5 right answers. If by 4:00 we still don't have them, I'll do another hint.

*****HINTS*****

Hint #1...we've done 1) shoulder, 2) back of knee, and 3) side/back. This is not any of those parts.

Hint #2...this set of rolls would be grouped into the upper half of the body. So it's not: lower back, bum, legs, ankles, feet or toes.

Hint #3...Pie has two sets of these rolls.

Hint #4...These rolls are somewhere between her shoulder adn her fingertips.