Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Out of the Dog House
I must admit, Michael made up for my lack of mother's day gift with our anniversary gift. I have to cut him some slack because he has actually been planning on this for a while and was debating on what occasion he should give it to me (mother's day, anniversary, or new baby being born day). For our very first Christmas together (dating only 2 months) he gave me a diamond necklace. I loved this necklace. It is what I wore the day we got married and was the first time I had ever received jewelry (nice jewelry anyway) from my beau. Well, you can only guess what happened. Yes, I lost it. Oh it makes me sick just thinking of it. I still go to look for it in my jewelry box like I still have it. Well, Michael decided to get me an upgraded version this year for our 5 year anniversary! I love it! The only thing that makes me nervous is I have 6 pieces of jewelry to keep up with. AAHH! My engagement and wedding ring, my diamond necklace, my pearl earrings that he got me last year for our anniversary(I am counting each one because I always end up losing 1 from every set I own), and the pearl necklace he gave me for giving birth to Lila! He's so good to me!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
(For Real) It's A.....
BOY!! AAAHH!! We are excited, but what to do I do with a BOY? Michael says we put them in the dirt and let them play. Lila will be a great big sister, I just know it. 
It is kind of blurry here, but you get the idea of what we saw! It was awesome. 
I didn't know that anyone would be snapping pictures of us, but here we are after finding out. Thank you T.D. for snapping this. I promise I had already looked and talked to Michael at this point. He was still in shock! (He was convinced it was another girl.)
It is kind of blurry here, but you get the idea of what we saw! It was awesome. I didn't know that anyone would be snapping pictures of us, but here we are after finding out. Thank you T.D. for snapping this. I promise I had already looked and talked to Michael at this point. He was still in shock! (He was convinced it was another girl.)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
All girl
I had just finished putting away Lila's shoes in the drawer when she went over, opened up the drawer and proceeded to pull all of these out and play. That's my girl. I can't wait until she discovers my purses!
I am putting away Lila's laundry and I turn to find her here. (I promise that there is an outlet cover on that plug behind her.)
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Jello Monster
I've created a monster. A jello monster that is. Thanks to my friend E.C. I made this yummy strawberry pretzel jello salad. After dinner, Lila was still looking for something to pick up and put in her mouth. I decided that she could try some of the jello. Boy did she love it. If I would have let her she probably would have eaten the whole 9 x 13 pan. This was the result! 
Here she is saying, "Hand over that spoon. I am a big girl and I can feed myself." Her new thing is holding her own spoon. Even if it already has food on it, she won't just stick it in her mouth. SHE has to be the one to dip it in the bowl/jar and then she will put it in her mouth. Technically it doesn't always go straight to her mouth. It may end up there after whatever is on the spoon catapults through air onto my walls, her highchair, and most of the time her face and hair. We also won't tell her that half the time she puts the spoon in the jar, nothing ends up on it. She looks so proud after she sticks it in her mouth, so I will just let her believe that she is swallowing something off of the spoon. My baby is growing up!
Here she is saying, "Hand over that spoon. I am a big girl and I can feed myself." Her new thing is holding her own spoon. Even if it already has food on it, she won't just stick it in her mouth. SHE has to be the one to dip it in the bowl/jar and then she will put it in her mouth. Technically it doesn't always go straight to her mouth. It may end up there after whatever is on the spoon catapults through air onto my walls, her highchair, and most of the time her face and hair. We also won't tell her that half the time she puts the spoon in the jar, nothing ends up on it. She looks so proud after she sticks it in her mouth, so I will just let her believe that she is swallowing something off of the spoon. My baby is growing up!
The Greatest Gift
So, I must say, I tend to be a little spoiled by my husband. Therefore, I end up expecting a lot from him. Poor Guy. I must preface this post with saying that I have a wonderful wonderful husband who is so good to me! I am very lucky to have a man like him and I don't want anyone to think I am here to complain about him. However, I must tell of my thought process during my 15 minute pity party to give the full effect of the story. I know that what I am about to type next is going to make me sound like a total brat, but hey, at least I am honest. :)
It started off that all weekend Michael kept saying in a very exasperating voice that he just HAD to go get me something for Mother's Day. I am thinking to myself..."Don't Tell Me you are going to buy me something. You make it sound like it is this detestable duty for you to get me something for carrying your child for 9 months(and everything that goes with it), 18 hours of horrible back labor with no epidural , and countless nights of being up all night while you snored away, to give you this precious gift!!!" He surprised me last year with a sweet gift when I was pregnant and not expecting anything, so I just knew that this year, MY FIRST OFFICIAL MOTHER'S DAY, he would pull out all the stops. Well, Sunday morning comes and I am the one getting Lila ready (which really isn't a big deal), but then I ask what we are doing after church. He says he doesn't know. On the way to church, he asks if I want to go out to eat afterwards. I asked him if he knew where to and if he packed food and a bib for Lila. Of course the answer was no. He did get me a very cute card from Lila. It is one of those song cards and Lila dances away everytime you open it, so I know they had a great time picking it out! Oh, and he also tells me that my mother's day gift is that I can go buy the dining room furniture that we have already been planning to buy. To me that SO does not count! Anyway, after my little pity party I decided that I would plan us lunch and take care of it. This was of course also my day with my sweet little girl and I didn't want to ruin it by pouting. Needless to say, I was feeling sorry for myself like a spoiled little girl until this.....
At this moment, I realized that THIS is what Mother's Day is really about. One reason that this is so special to me is because Lila doesn't do this. She doesn't lay her head on your shoulder and fall asleep, let alone let you rock her. We came in from lunch and I held her and she just snuggled up to me like she knew. Like she knew that I needed the reminder that she is all I need. I didn't want to lay her down, so I just held her and loved on her. All the worries of "Am I a good enough mom? Do I read to her enough? Do I play with her enough? Does she get enough sleep? Enough to eat?" All of that faded away because she told me at that moment that she loved me and I was all she needed too. This was my mother's day gift. She is my gift. I don't need some big extravagant gift from Michael to make mother's day special. Just getting to be a mother and knowing that I do have a wonderful husband and family is what is special. I am already crying, so I don't want to write much more, but I just want to add one more thought. Happy Mother's Day to my Momma! Now that I am a mother myself, I realize just how special you are and I can't thank you enough for everything you have given for your children and your grandchildren. I am so thankful to have you. I love you mom!
Yummy Yummy, Jeffery's Sunday Brunch!!
It started off that all weekend Michael kept saying in a very exasperating voice that he just HAD to go get me something for Mother's Day. I am thinking to myself..."Don't Tell Me you are going to buy me something. You make it sound like it is this detestable duty for you to get me something for carrying your child for 9 months(and everything that goes with it), 18 hours of horrible back labor with no epidural , and countless nights of being up all night while you snored away, to give you this precious gift!!!" He surprised me last year with a sweet gift when I was pregnant and not expecting anything, so I just knew that this year, MY FIRST OFFICIAL MOTHER'S DAY, he would pull out all the stops. Well, Sunday morning comes and I am the one getting Lila ready (which really isn't a big deal), but then I ask what we are doing after church. He says he doesn't know. On the way to church, he asks if I want to go out to eat afterwards. I asked him if he knew where to and if he packed food and a bib for Lila. Of course the answer was no. He did get me a very cute card from Lila. It is one of those song cards and Lila dances away everytime you open it, so I know they had a great time picking it out! Oh, and he also tells me that my mother's day gift is that I can go buy the dining room furniture that we have already been planning to buy. To me that SO does not count! Anyway, after my little pity party I decided that I would plan us lunch and take care of it. This was of course also my day with my sweet little girl and I didn't want to ruin it by pouting. Needless to say, I was feeling sorry for myself like a spoiled little girl until this.....
At this moment, I realized that THIS is what Mother's Day is really about. One reason that this is so special to me is because Lila doesn't do this. She doesn't lay her head on your shoulder and fall asleep, let alone let you rock her. We came in from lunch and I held her and she just snuggled up to me like she knew. Like she knew that I needed the reminder that she is all I need. I didn't want to lay her down, so I just held her and loved on her. All the worries of "Am I a good enough mom? Do I read to her enough? Do I play with her enough? Does she get enough sleep? Enough to eat?" All of that faded away because she told me at that moment that she loved me and I was all she needed too. This was my mother's day gift. She is my gift. I don't need some big extravagant gift from Michael to make mother's day special. Just getting to be a mother and knowing that I do have a wonderful husband and family is what is special. I am already crying, so I don't want to write much more, but I just want to add one more thought. Happy Mother's Day to my Momma! Now that I am a mother myself, I realize just how special you are and I can't thank you enough for everything you have given for your children and your grandchildren. I am so thankful to have you. I love you mom!
Yummy Yummy, Jeffery's Sunday Brunch!!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Just a few more...
Since a new weekend is about to begin, I am trying to get caught up from last weekend. After the kindermusik program, we had a yummy lunch at the Puffy Muffin and then headed to the park for some swing time. After mom and dad left, Lila and I headed up to a friends house for girl night where we played some Guitar Hero and Wii. My back was seriously sore from playing tennis...which I dominated at by the way! :) Luckily, Lila went down to sleep easily, however it caused me to stay out later. I will not be documenting any pictures from that.
Here is a picture of Lila with Daddy and Papaw before they left for their trip. Lila tends to take a little while to warm up to some people. She was unsure about Papaw, but once he got out the fridge magnet to play, she knew he was a good man!
Here is a picture of Lila with Daddy and Papaw before they left for their trip. Lila tends to take a little while to warm up to some people. She was unsure about Papaw, but once he got out the fridge magnet to play, she knew he was a good man!
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