Mommy Musings

Ignore the TERRIBLE hair day I was having I need to get my roots done stat

I've been struggling a bit to get out of this blogging funk I seem to be in.  But this morning I had grand plans to write this long, witty post about what's been going around here, and some updates on my ever-growing girls {how do I make that stop by the way, stop feeding them??} I never blogged about Baby C's nursery and I have some fun home-improvement projects I'm going to start soon and need to flush out some ideas on here.  But not only did I wake up with a head cold this morning, when I walked into Baby C's room this morning, this is what I was greeted with... Umm, not cool baby girl.  You are only 8 months old!!!  I swear she will be running and talking in full sentences by her first birthday!  So instead of blogging today I'll be up in her room wresting with a crib as I try and lower the mattress.  Good thing I have lots of this to help me get through the day.

Seven years ago today was hands down the *best* day of my life.  Skip came home safely today.  There is no better feeling in the world than when I finally got to hold him after all those months.  The joy, elation, and relief I felt were just indescribable.  I will never forget those feeling and I will continue to honor this day every year for the rest of our lives..

Today I'm linking up with Mrs. Monologues for Fur Baby Friday!! My two sweet pups do not get enough facetime on here, so I'm pretty excited to do a post just for them! First up is my rarely-seen {by the blog and by me honestly} pup Shiba.  She is a Shiba Inu {I know, real original on the name...what can I say, it suited her!}  Shiba Inus are a Japanese dog and are kind of like miniature Akita's.  She's only 14lbs full grown. Shiba is seven years old.  Skip and I bought her back in April 2005 right after he got back from Iraq and just before we got married.  She was our first baby and we loved her so much {still do don't worry} Shiba is pretty much the weirdest dog I've ever met though.  She's more like a cat.  We can leave a bowl of food out for her and she will just pick at it when she's hungry.  She hates taking walks {which made it fun at the condo when we had to walk her} and all she wants to do is hide. Seriously, she spends most of her day upstair

Okay I'm doing a last ditch effort to sell a few of the girls clothes.  Shipping will be added after the sale for what it cost.  I can accept money through paypal.  Email me at mommymandymusings@yaho.com or leave a comment if you want anything! Carters newborn short-sleeve and 3 month long-sleeve $5 Carters newborn $3 Carters 3 months $4  Sold   Sold   Sold   Sold   Sold 

I know a lot of you won't agree with me, but I LOVE Valentine's Day.  I always have and always will.  It's not because I need a day marked on the calender to remind me to love on my husband and family...trust me, I know how precious life is, I love on them every second possible.  But it's nice to have a day set aside to just focus on each other.  And I will take any excuse for a date night! Skip and I actually went out to dinner the night before Valentine's Day....we didn't want to take my mom away from my dad on the actual day!  We went to a local steakhouse we'd never tried before.  I don't eat red meat, but the chicken was amazing...they also had the best onion rings I've ever had in my life! I like getting to try new places with Skip.  After dinner we stopped by our friends new house to check it out before heading home.  It was a much needed, long overdue night out with my man. Dressed up for dinner! How cute is my man...made a heart out of ribbo