I DID IT!!

Round 1 of making baby food is complete. Baby girl has carrots and bananas ready when she is. I have also done some zucchini, sweet potatoes, avocados, squash, and cantaloupe. I always said I would've made baby boy's food if I had known how easy it was. So now I am proving it :-). I finally got to use my Ninja to puree and it is AWESOME! I found these cute little containers at the Dollar Store that fit two ice cubes perfectly. So after I pureed the foods and froze them in ice cube trays (except for the avocados) I had a neat little storage system in place. When I ran out of containers, I used Ziploc bags for the rest. I felt very accomplished.

My Valentines

Here are some quickie pics I took of my two little Valentines. :)

Ringing in the New Year

I was sleeping. Not gonna lie, I did not make it to midnight for the first time in many years. But with a 4 month old baby girl, I'm allowed. And I did see 130 and 430 - surely that counts for something?? On New Year's Day, I was sick. So far, the year is going uphill :). I am feeling better, baby girl sleeps about 5-6 hours at night most nights, and my family is happy, healthy, and home again. We had a great time visiting my fam in PC but it's always nice to get back home. My only regret is not getting in touch with some of my friends while there but (get ready for excuses) I was cold sick the whole time, along with my babies and the time flew by way too fast. It seems like I finally got to sit...well...on the drive back home. It's nice to go, go, go sometimes but next time I am taking a moment to stop and smell the roses (and visit friends who I miss very much).

This year, I plan to...
Take more pictures (yes, MORE)
Organize my house so that I can feel accomplished and my kids can grow up in a clean household
Organize my life!
Go back to school (not just talk about it...actually do it)
Show some love
Help my kiddos be the happiest, healthiest, greatest kids they can be

I would love to show you all a picture of me at midnight like most people love posting on Facebook but I am not a pretty sleeper ;).

2 Months

Even though I am 22 days late in posting this, the pictures were actually taken on her 2nd month birthday :). 

October 2012

Since I am behind, yet again, on blogging, here is a quick glimpse into our lives during October. And keep in mind, these are only the events that I took pictures at...October seemed to be a very busy month for us this year.

We went to a civil war reenactment...

Celebrated the 50th day of school...

Celebrated my 33rd birthday...

Enjoyed a corn maze as a family...

Carved pumpkins at our neighbor-friend's house...

Enjoyed fall festivals...

And finally went trick or treating with our neighbor friends.

No wonder we were all exhausted when November rolled around :)

Visiting Great Grandma

and Kira's first trip to the fair. After hubby returned from ALC in AZ, we made a short trip up to visit his grandmother. She had not seen Kira yet so we were all excited. Although it was only overnight, we were able to get in some quality time with her and hub's cousin. 

The night we came back home, we also went to the Georgia National Fair. We didn't get there until around 430 or 500 but we closed the place down around 1100 or so. While Buck and I were in line for our first ride (our neighbor-friends were watching the youngins), we heard a girl freaking out because her buckle didn't latch. This mama got out of line and did not ride anything that night that left the ground. And I was perfectly fine with that. BTW - the ride was functioning again within the hour. Hmmmm... But anywho, the kiddo had a great time and baby girl slept and ate through it so all was right with the world.

One Month

On 1 October, my baby turned 1...well, 1 month old. I bought some stickers for just this occasion and was so glad I did. There is one for every month up to a year. Now, if I can just keep up with them every month...

This month she has learned to eat, sleep, pee, and poop. At her two week appointment, she weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz and was 19 inches. The doctor and nurse both asked me what formula she has been eating and were both equally shocked when I told them she wasn't eating formula and it was only breastmilk. This mama was doing something right :). She is a healthy, happy baby. She reminds me of her big brother at this age in that she only cries if something is wrong or she is needing something from us. And there are several warning squeaks prior to full blown crying most of the time. She is also learning to smile. It is so great to be experiencing this again and to be able to enjoy all these "firsts" for the second time.