Wednesday, October 16, 2013

No.no.no.

Tonight:
AR did NOT want to take a bath.
She did NOT want to take her dress off.
She did NOT want to change her diaper...

Daddy changed her. Wiped her face and read her some books. She flopped around for a little while and took one arm out of her dress before she went to sleep.

Good.night.


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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

speeding

The past few days[weeks, months] have been a blur, but you know what makes time stand still...when you're driving down the interstate, going well over the posted limit and you lock eyes with a state trooper. and you see them pull out of their hidey hole and onto the interstate behind you.
TIME. STOPS.
and you sweat.
and your butt cheeks tighten.
and you get a knot in your throat.
and you try to nonchalantly sing whatever crap is pumping out of the speakers...

but then, they pull somebody else over instead of you. and you're released from that gripping, breath shortening fear of a ticket....

Dear Lord,
Thank you for not giving me a ticket today even though I deserve it. I deserve to be taken to jail and locked up, but I promise I'll be better.
AMAN.

When I saw the older body style white lexus with a dark colored hood getting pulled over today, it really broke my heart. Because I speed through this blessed beyond measure life of mine without a real true worry in the world and I'm so comfortable, that I don't even realize how fortunate I am. I think crazy thoughts all day everyday, but today I honestly wished that I had gotten that ticket, just so that poor person in the old car with 2 paint colors and probably no A/C could not have gotten a big fat ticket today.

I try to do the right thing, but I've got to do more.
I've got to teach AR to love others as herself, and to do that, I have to do more.
That's my heart today.
Love,
D.


Friday, June 7, 2013

Waffle lover.

Right after that last post. AR did something I'd never seen her do. Cleaned her bowl. That I had syrup in. By drinking it. Like a big kids would drink milk out of a cereal bowl. Hilarious. Here is the after of her and the bowl.
Happy Friday y'all.





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Happy YEAR AND A HALF Birthday AR!!

I took these yesterday after i picked AR up from "school"
She still makes the funniest faces and LOVES these popsicles I made using a very old recipe from Michael's Grandma. (Its Jello, KoolAid, sugar and water)
At 18 months AR recognizes and points at all her stuff(and she has a lot!!)
She says words that sound like dog, woof woof, duck, cow, moo, hot, dada, waffle, she say "na" for more and makes the baby sign, she also does all finished in baby sign. 
She has reached a tantrum throwing stage and they usually happen when she "hangry" (wonder where she gets that). She LOVES these Clif Kids Z Bars and I think she thinks they are candy bars or some wonderous treat but she will holler and whine if she sees them and can't have one. She did that for waffles in walmart once. She definitely has a sweet tooth:) and as I type this, she is sitting at the kitchen table in her booster seat(now refusing to sit in her highchair) and she's inhaling blueberry Eggo waffles dipped in maple syrup. She seems to like everything we give her and is a good eater. Although, sometimes, still, I worry about her GI and her poops. She has cut one lower molar all the way through and one is just barely poking out. So, for teeth she has 4 top(centrals) 3 of her 4 lower centrals, and 2 lower molars. I keep waiting on that last lateral on the bottom, but also wonder if it congenitally missing... she has good spacing so whatever. 
She loves to play. Outside, inside, with puppies, babies, watching big kids, she is a busy and curious girl. She gets a lot of hand me downs and free toys so we have a garage full of plastic things with wheels: a wagon, a firetruck, four wheeler, cars, and golfclubs. We like to stroll around the cup-de-sac in the wagon and eat popsicles and talk to the neighbors. 
Well, she's done with breakfast, so I have to run. 
We love you so much AdaReece. 











Tuesday, June 4, 2013

funny faces

Here are some pics I took a few weeks back on the good camera one morning when AR first started making her hilarious OOOHHH face:)

MAY. 19, 2013.






yes. that's a calculator, a happy birthday necklace that we got at a fran's party, and a pen flashlight. these are her fave toys...refer to look #1 and go figure...:)

Monday, June 3, 2013

Philly!

I posted last month with the intention of posting about our trip to Philly, we were there May 3-10...(obvi) that didn't happen...SO. Here is a recap of our week in the City of Brotherly Love, Home of the US Constitution, Liberty Bell and Philly Cheesesteak!
pre-flight snack

fell asleep last 15 minsutes of flight

cried in the cab...

running through the convention center halls

slept in the closet:)

breakfast in bed

shopping at Barnes & Noble, Rittenhouse Square
 
LOVE statue, she loved watching the skate boarders
First 'concert' Earth Wind & Fire (notice the ear plugs)

Ben Franklin!

Loves her waffles

Fake cry/wanting out of her stroller

Bassetts Ice Cream Shake

Hello? Room Service?

View from our balcony

another view

Museum

waiting on a table

liberty bell whine

Liberty Bell!

Swinging at Franklin Square

SeeSaw at Franklin Square

Independence Hall(we couldn't do tour because she screamed)

Museum of Art steps

Where 'Rocky" stood in the movie:)

Monday, May 6, 2013

hi!

I have wanted to blog about a lot of things but haven't had the confidence in my words to express the weight of the things that have been going on lately.
The loss of people close to me and of those that were close to those near to me as well as news coverage of many large scale tragedies lately has frozen me.
But time marches on and I started this blog to record events of my life. So I will get back on track.
AdaReece started 'school' 2 weeks ago!!! What?!?! This is from her first day:


Since last fall, has spent around 10+ hours per week at our house with a sitter, Laura, while i did stuff...Well, I was asked to fill in at a dentist office one day a week until October to cover two separate maternity leaves. So. Instead of starting her in Mother's Day out (I was planning to do that in August) I visited a few daycares and chose to enroll her part-time at the Erlanger at Volkswagen Drive Daycare. It is a HUGE adjustment for me but she has done great. Some tears and clinging but mainly smiles and is shyly adjusting to her classmates. She is the youngest in the class and in the fall some kids will move up and some closer to her age will move in.


No real 'colds' so far but she has been getting 3 more teeth (laterals) in and I'm blaming them for her on and off diarrhea.
I also went on my first weekend away.. 3 glorious nights in a hotel in New Orleans celebrating a fran's bachelorette party!!





It was so nice to get pictures and videos from my Michael.

YouTube Video

(If the above video doesn't work then I'll repost later)

Just to recap...
February, March, April:
She loves sketti:


I made baby cakes:


She LOVES waffles for breakfast:


We visited Dallas for Daddy's conference:


And blew kisses:


And gave the 'stink-eye'


Went to Gulf Shores:


15 month checkup with Dr. Jeanie:


Easter in Columbus, MS


My grandmother, Barbara Blackburn passed away:





And we had lots of fun!











More very soon!!
D.

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