You Know You Don't Feel Good...

1) When you lay in a ball under the down comforter for 1.5 hours and you are still freezing...

2) You wake up from sleeping because your throat is on fire...

3) You almost smother the cat from throwing off the comforter because you are so stinking hot...(then repeat #1)

The sick bug hit me hard. It's not fun to be sick and have to take care of a baby. That's why my husband rocks. He took two days off of work to take care of me and H. He not only did the dishes, laundry, yard work, cooking and cleaning, but in between that he did errands and took care of Haylie. Yep, husband of the year award. I was looking through my camera today to take pictures off and I found these...

Haylie apparently wanted to lick the cat and then realized she is furry and not tasty. (To all you cat-a-phobes, she did not really lick the cat - confirmed by Justin)

Justin's attempt to keep her occupied. Let's just dump out the whole toy box! Hey, I'm not judging. It totally worked.

And finally, Justin at the end of day 2. Passed out on the floor.

It's tough being Super Dad! I think he was a bit too excited to go back to work today.

Bathtime Laughs

I'm not exactly sure how I found out that throwing water in her face makes her giggle like a little school girl, but it does.

It's the sweetest sound ever.

Friday Finds

My new love is to go garage saling on Friday mornings. It's getting cooler so the temp is perfect and I'm one of the first ones to come up to sales to get the first preview of the treasures. Some sales are absolutely terrible though. People, putting out 5 items and sitting out on your driveway does not constitute a garage sale. Give me a reason to stop. Anyway, I found this little outfit that is a wee bit too small for H, but I stuffed my chunky monkey into it anyway for church. She might only get to wear it once, but atleast I only paid $1 instead of $25 for the same amount of times she will wear it. You can tell by her face that she loves it.

But what made me the happiest I have ever been on a Friday morning was this little treasure.

I have been wanting a bubble lamp forever! They are ridiculously priced in stores so I refused to pay for one. I about broke my neck going over to grab this. No one else was even at the sale but I didn't want some lady to appear out of no where and obtain this jewel before me. I'd wrestle her to the ground for sure.

Musings of Motherhood

I didn't get to hear all of Mark's sermon yesterday on media and kids, but I was starting to think to myself that H is surrounded by TV pretty much all day. She doesn't sit on the floor and watch it for hours at a time, but it's on in the background mostly for my entertainment. Sometimes we do sit her on the floor and let her watch Baby Einstein, but I try to reserve that for desperate times only. I am going to try this week to engage more with her when she isn't napping and reserve the TV for times when there is nothing else to do (ha) or I just need a small little break. We'll see how far into the week I get. Maybe I'll start a no TV trend. I just don't want her to be relient on TV for entertainment when she has lots of toys and fun things to go explore.

Am I the only one who feels guilty about this parenting thing? There is always something to be doing better - less TV time, more time playing, more time praying, better eating habits...I could go on forever. But in the end, I guess we just have to give up and say, "I'm doing the best that I know how." Because it's true. I have felt guilty for awhile now about not bringing in any income, but I'm working past that because I'm doing the best that I can for my baby. Yes, things can be tight when it comes to the bottom line of budgeting, but that's why they have the Great Value brand, consignment stores with nice clothes and sisters who can help you make anything you want the cheapest way possible.

I'm a Loser

I was noticing by a few comments on my previous post how gung-ho people were for Haylie...the last one got my attention when I noticed my friend said Haylie WALKED?? I was confused by this until I realized that in my last post - in an attempt to hurry and write it because Little Miss was crawling all over me - I wrote she "walked" when instead she CRAWLED to the window and PULLED HERSELF UP. That was the big accomplishment...a little less exciting now that the thought of her walking is out there but alas, my world will stay sane for a few more days.

A Different Perspective

Yesterday, as she was hanging out in p.j.s and flashing me a little diaper, Haylie walked over to one of our windowsills and just pulled herself up!! I couldn't believe I just witnessed something so...big! She had a pretty big wipeout about 30 seconds after standing there and making out with the window (she's also teething), but recovered quite nicely after only a few tears.

New Look

I got a little bored today (maybe not bored...just distracted) and started re-doing some stuff on the blog and ended up redoing it all. Anyway, I just HAD to showcase what a rockstar photographer Mandy is and the awesome pictures she captured of my baby girl about 2 weeks ago. Love, love, love them all. Here are a few favorites!!

This one makes me laugh so hard...she was so happy until the very end!