Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure

Oh, girl, you certainaly keep me (and quite a few others in our lives) entertained on a daily (heck, sometimes on a minute to minute basis) basis. I picked you up from school today, and we came home to "play." You wanted to read some books, so you gave me the Strawberry Shortcake Sleepover book to read to you, and you picked out the Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure book to read to me. You opened the book and ran your fingers underneath the words like you were reading it and said, "Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure now available on DVD and Blu-Ray." It took me a few seconds for it to really register what you said, but once it clicked, I got quite a kick out of it. I then had to call Mammi, Daddy, and Sessa to share the entertainment with them. You are too cute!
Daddy is out of town with work tonight (Monday) through Wednesday night, so it was just me and you at bedtime. We did the normal brushing of the teeth, changing of the diaper (which I'm hoping is soon done with as I'm hoping you will be potty trained if you want to go to the Disney Castle, take dance class, go to Aunt Megan's Sunday School class, etc.), read a book, and layed on the monkey. We were laying beside each other, and you said, "Go ahead Mommy." I was clueless as to what you were talking about, and you repeated yourself three times before taking my left arm and wrapping it around you, as you snuggled up close against me. It was so cute, and so sweet, and so amazing. When I tried to move at all, you would respond with, "Go ahead Mommy" as if that means for me to snuggle with you.

I Love You!

As I'm sitting here on this rainy Tuesday afternoon, watching you dance to the Tinkerbell movie music, I just wanted to express how much I absolutely, 100% love you, Shelbi Mae Gaffney Wert, with every single ounce of myself. You are my heart, my soul, my world, and I would be lost without you. You are so precious, Princess, and I don't think you will ever truely know how much you mean to me!

1st Trip to a Movie Theatre!

I know that a lot of people would look at that title, and think that I'm crazy for even THINKING about taking a two and a half year old to a movie theatre, but I thought we would give it a whirl. Last night I was googling Strawberry Shortcake to see if they had anything new and exciting in her neck of the woods, and I saw that the Strawberry Shortcake move "The Sky's the Limit" which just so happens to be one of Shelbi's absolute favorites was playing at the Flagship Theatre in Mechanicsburg. I thought it would be a neat idea since she likes Strawberry Shortcake so much, to see how she would do in a theatre setting. When I got her up, I asked her if she wanted to go to the movies, and of course she was all gung-ho. So, I got her dressed, and Scott, Shelbi and I headed on our way. She was in a great mood, and when she saw the movie poster for "her" movie, she was beside herself. I was able to capture a picture of her in front of the sign, and it is pretty darn cute if I say so myself. I was also pleasantly surprised when we went into the theatre. Shelbi was free to get in, and Scott and I were only two dollars a piece. You can't beat that. We did end up getting a soda, some popcorn, and some "ice lemons" which is what it sounds like Shelbi is saying when she asks for M&M's. LOL We were not really sure how she would react to the movie due to the fact that it is so large and rather loud, but she really liked it. We were also the only three people in the entire theatre! Shelbi sad in my lap for about the first half of the movie, and then she walked around a tiny bit and came back and sat with me and Scott. All in all, it was pretty neat, and I think that's a neat idea that the theatre does that. Apparently, every Sunday at 10:40 they show a children's movie. I do believe that they change it every month, as when I looked online Strawberry Shortcake is playing again next Sunday. Shelbi was not, however, happy to leave the movie. She didn't quite grasp the concept that it only played once and we were not in charge of it.

Barney Egg and Sniff-Sniff!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been wanting to get on here and update for quite a while now, but the time just seems to zip by! We had the hustle and bustle of Christmas (and Nick being home for Christmas), the lovely removal of my right ovary due to a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, the celebration of the arrival of 2011, a fascinating sickness that managed to merry-go-round itself to our household, hitting most of us a few times, my exciting 32nd birthday, and, well, we cannot forget trying to keep up with Ms. Mae. She is quite a ball of fire who keeps me on my toes (and extremely entertained).
The main attractions for her at Christmas were her state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line play kitchen from Santa Claus, and the super-duper trampoline from Mammi and Pop. When the fuzziness of being up at 7:30am wore off, and she realized that there was a room full of goodies, she went to town with her kitchen. She liked it so much, that she did not even want to open the majority of her other gifts, and they were put on the back burner until the two days following Christmas.


Over the past few months, Scott introduced Shelbi to the wonderful world of Barney. (Since I'm typing on a computer, I'm sure you cannot sense my SARCASM when I said "wonderful world of Barney.") Anyway, "Barney's Great Adventure" (aka Barney Egg as Shelbi calls it) has been a HUGE hit in our house with Shelbi. So much, in fact, that Netflix, which is accessible from ANY computer, our Wii, and even my iPhone) has become my best friend. For some reason, she is madly in love with that movie, and she has tortured all of us (now to include Mammi as well) with the "Barney Egg" story. She has also taken a liking to Strawberry Shortcake. The first time she was introduced to her, it was in the form of a McDonald's Happy Meal toy that was scented (like a strawberry). Ever since then, she associates everything Strawberry Shortcake with that scent, and refers to her, her movies, her stickers, etc., as "sniff, sniff." "Sniff, sniff" involves the wrinkling of her nose, the pursing of her lips, and two short blows out of her nostrils. Anyway, it is very entertaining! Last week she received a Strawberry Shortcake sticker book, and she has demanded to sleep with it every night since! (I am on the lookout for a Strawberry Shortcake doll to hopefully replace the book!).

In other news, she was so adorable the other night. She accidentally got her finger pinched in the freezer door, and was extremely distraught (until the mention of a band-aid). Upon the procedure of kissing the boo-boo about 87 times, and applying the band-aid, she was all better. A few minutes later, rather out of the blue, she walked up to me, pointed her band-aid covered finger at me and said, "Thank you Mommy. Boo-boo all better!"