Moments in time...

There are tiny snippets in time that I look at my baby and see how fast she is growing. She spoke her first sentence yesterday. I was putting her down for a nap and she said, "No, no mama, no no." Today she told me, "down, mama, down." I was holding her and she wanted to get down and run around. I had to buy some barettes to hold her hair back. It's still wild and stands everywhere, but her bangs hang in her eyes now. These are the little things that add up to her growing up and changing. I feel a sense of loss sometimes.

Christmas Photo Project

I found this through my cousin's blog: www.wachdorf.com
Her friends host a photo project for Christmas. The idea is to post a picture everyday through December. I love this idea, as it is an opportunity to document this wonderful holiday for LaRae. So I'm participating...I won't promise there won't be tons of pictures of my baby. We all know I have a disease.

Catching up...

I have enjoyed this week with Nate being off of work. We have pretty even parenting roles. We trade off days sleeping in, down time and diaper changes. It is nice. I appreciate that he respects the job of parenting. I see a few friends of mine whose husbands think that the parenting role is left to the mamma...that's just not fair.
Anyway, LaRae is easily won over. The time she's had with dad this week has turned her into a total daddy's girl. She has gone around all week saying, "hey dad, hey dad." She woke him up with a kiss this morning.
Thanksgiving was really nice. We had lunch at Nate's family's house. We ate too much, as always. I think there were a hundred dishes there...not really, but there were at least twenty different dishes and 13 desserts. We went for a walk in the woods and enjoyed the beautiful afternoon.
We braved BlackFriday. It really was not that bad. We were not the crazies out at five am. We bought a new mattress, king size! It is much needed now that we have a certain someone sleeping sideways in the bed with us. I will give you a hint on who it is, it is not Nate or me. One of us wakes up with a butt or feet in our faces. I would not trade it for the world, but more space is going to be heavenly. Nate got a machete. He is like a boy with a new toy. We have 8 beautiful, unexplored acres. Nate is clearing some trails for us to walk through the woods and take the four-wheeler through. The weather has been beautiful and the woods have been inviting to us.

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That's how I'm feeling. Anyway, the weekend was fun. We watched Twilight. My thoughts on it...it was terrible. The book left so much more to the imagination. We had some great friends and a good time at our bonfire. We sat around and played guitars and talked about anything and everything. I drank way too much captain and coke. A good friend of mine, who is nine months pregnant, actually went into labor later that night! She had a beautiful little boy.
Nate is home all week with the baby. I'm jealous. I'm trying to decide if I want to go shopping on Friday or not. It scares me.

Weekend

I got the closet cleaned up some...as much as possible. I feel like the walls are closing in on us in this house some days. It is amazing how much equipment comes with a baby. It only seems to get larger as they get bigger too. We are going to see Twilight Saturday. Afterwards we are having a bunch of friends over for a bonfire. I am excited to have some adult conversation.

Lazy days

It was a really cold morning here, in the panhandle. LaRae and I let daddy sleep in this morning. Her and I hung out in our pj's most of the morning. Once it warmed up and we had a nap, we went outside for a little while. After I got tired of fishing acorns out of her mouth, we went shopping and out to lunch. I love our family outings. We had some good mexican food. LaRae loved it. We went to the mall and wandered around. LaRae has a blast seeing new places and people. We went to Wal-Mart and picked up some necessities. I have a lot that needs done around here. I am not motivated to do it though. We have friends coming over this weekend for a bonfire and I need to get the house in order. Maybe I'll muster up some motivation. I'll let you know how that goes.

Why a blog?

I have a baby site dedicated to my obsession, LaRae. You should check out her page, by the way, sign the guestbook or leave a comment or two on my adorable child. www.babyhomepages.net/jennismith
Anyway, I guess I want a piece of the net to myself. Somewhere to put my happenings and thoughts. I am pretty sure most of my posts will be based around my child, as they should be :) I have a husband and a job and other aspects of life that I can and will write about too. Our lives can be crazy, so keep up!