I love the theme of this blog hop...sharing our favorite photos!

I've posted a few of my family for this one.  Take a look and make sure to share your faves too!

Our Engagement Photo ~ 2006	Riley and I Looking Too Cool in the Pool!
The Coolest Baby Hair Ever!	Check Out My New Teeth!
It's Glinda, the Good Witch!	Celebrating Riley's First Birthday!
Discovering a Leaf in the Yard!	Always Laughing Together!

In true Easter fashion, I am writing a product review for the PAAS All-In-One Fun Easter Egg Decorating Kit.  My daughter, Riley, is 17 months old and so basically, this is her first "true" Easter.  My husband and I decided to let her have a little fun decorating her own eggs this year and of course, the name PAAS immediately sprang to mind when we thought about which kit to purchase.  I remember decorating my own Easter eggs with PAAS when I was little and now it was my daughter's turn.

PAAS All-In-One-Fun Easter Egg Decorating Kit comes with all you see in the following picture:

6 colored egg dye tablets Wire egg ring Red crayon Loose blue glitter Green glitter glue Clear glue Sequins Beads Stickers Egg drying stand Small brush Egg plastic shrink wrap designs

PRICE: $1.88 at Wal-mart

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Whew!  I'm back from my whirlwind trip to Disneyland!  If you read my earlier post entitled, "I'm Going to DISNEYLAND!", you already know that I was a lucky winner of a meet and greet with Ryan Seacrest and Justin Bieber at Disneyland earlier this week!  We left on Thursday and just returned home on Sunday!  The trip was awesome!

We stayed at the Disney Grand Californian resort and didn't use any type of motorized transportation for THREE WHOLE DAYS!  I don't know when's the last time I was out and about and didn't need to resort to some type of mechanical means of getting around.  We were just so close to everything though, that the only thing we needed was our own two feet...and boy, do I have the blisters to prove it!  :)

Anyway, I was lucky enough to get to have my picture taken with Justin Bieber.  He was a very nice kid and seemed to have a good head on his shoulders.

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Yesterday, a funny thing finally occurred to me...my baby is officially past the baby stage!  It is a melancholy realization for me because I think all parents hang on in some form or fashion, to that tiny, precious, helpless little creature that you helped bring into this world.

I know that, to me, part of my daughter Riley will always be that little baby, no matter how old she gets.  But, where do you actually draw the line between a baby and a toddler?  Some sources say one year old, some say two...but for me, the answer came clear as a bell yesterday.

Riley has been getting more and more fussy and temperamental as the last few weeks have passed, but I thought that it could be because of her teething, trying to be more independent, etc.  Then, she threw her first REAL temper-tantrum!  She wanted to play with my cell phone and I wouldn't let her because it has a touch screen and it slides and I was afraid that she would break it.  Oh no!  The fury that can be a 16-month old, came out in full force and she got mad!

I mean, she cried and cried and cried!  There was snot coming out of her nose and it was blending with the tears which were all over her face.  There were boogers everywhere and she eventually even threw herself on the floor and beat her little fists up and down!  I was amazed and sort of sad at the same time.  Yes, my child was acting like a brat, which never makes any mother happy.

But more than that, it finally hit me that she no longer is crying only for the things she NEEDS, like a baby does, she is now crying for the things that she just WANTS.  This is when I finally knew that my daughter was no longer the sweet, tiny, helpless baby that I brought home from the hospital 16 months ago...my daughter is now a full-fledged TODDLER and she's playing for keeps!  :)