Mommy Musings

Here are a collection of pictures from Giant's Draft Day! Our little family Dancing On the field with Mommy So sad this stadium is getting torn down:(

I could probably talk for days about how much I LOVE this weather.  I am definitely not a cold-weather girl.  I hate the cold, (as I am ALWAYS cold) having to bundle up in sweaters and thick boots, and I absolutely LOATHE snow and all the hassle that comes with it.  Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy a sparkling white Christmas, but after January 1st I firmly believe the weather should turn sharply to at least 60*.  I am never happier than when my channel 12 weather man tells me it is going to be in the 70's...even better the 80's.  There is nothing I love more than spending the whole summer outside, wearing shorts, a tank top, and a golden tan (yes, I am fully aware of the dangers of the sun and getting a dark tan, and I'm sure I will get skin cancer one day, but the lure of the sun is too strong for me)  So yesterday morning I awoke with a huge smile on my face knowing that it was going to be just GORGEOUS the next few days.  And the husband was off of work Friday and Sat...

Meredith's expression when Mr. B (the bulldog) was racing towards her...her face totally says "Trouble is coming!!"

There is currently an ENORMOUS thunderstorm going on outside.  I mean buckets of rain, strong winds, lightning so bright it looks like the sun, and thunder that is shaking my whole house.  My 50 lb, tough-looking, Marine Corps mascot bulldog is cowering in my lap.  My tiny 4 1/2 month old baby?  sleeping soundly in her bed.  Go figure!

Today I am thankful for: - The GORGEOUS weather we are going to be having the next few days...can't wait to get out in the sunshine! - True friends who always stand by me and don't judge me - Having a house and money to pay all our bills, even during these tough economic times - My parents living so close to me and always available to help me - My husband's and my relationship growing stronger and stronger every day - Baby smiles and giggles

Here is a compilation of pictures of my English Bulldog, Braddock...more commonly known as "Mr. B" He will be a year old on May 24th. He is just a great big fat smelly mess, and I love him so much! Look how much he's grown!

Today was a wonderful day...I didn't think it would be too great because Skip took on an extra shift at work.  This meant he was working from 7 am till 11 pm....yes that's 16 hours straight!  That also meant that I was going to be alone with the baby the entire day.  I have done this plenty of times before, but those days are always the toughest, and always the ones where she is the crankiest!  I decided to try and stay positive though. Little M started our day by waking up at 6 am.  This is not that early, but it is an hour earlier than her normal wake-up time.  I fed her and thought that maybe since it was still dark outside I would trick her into thinking it was the middle of the night and she would go back to bed...shockingly it worked!  I went back to bed when she went down and woke up to her cries at 8:30!  Pretty nice little nap.  Once we got up I  changed her and fed her again.  Then I popped her into her exersaucer and got...

I am a firm believer in the power of suggestion. So after reading an extremely funny story by fellow blogger Ashley Paige about the difficulty of searching for the perfect pair of jeans, I should have assumed that I would soon be in a similar situation. Two days ago the knee of my absolutely favorite jeans wore through. I was so sad as the entire time I was pregnant all I kept dreaming about was fitting back into this pair. I had a second favorite pair that was still good though, so I was not in a hurry to replace them (considering all our extra cash goes towards the baby these days!) And yet last night I sat on the couch to curl up with my sleeping bulldog, the back seam of my #2 jeans split open! So not a good thing for a new mom who is still getting used to my post-pregnancy body. I was way more upset than I should have been, considering its insignificance in the grand scheme of life. But it is so hard for me to find pants...especially jeans! And now that I'm home all t...

My daughter's giggly laugh is the best sounds I have ever heard in my life.  There is nothing I love more than playing with her, tickling her, and spending hours just smiling at her.  Life doesn't get any better than this.

Family's first trip to the beach!

This has been such a big week for my little Meredith. It all started about a week and a half ago. My husband was home sick with bronchitis (yeah totally awesome...try having to take care of him and the baby, and the two dogs and the house, all while keeping him as far away from me and the baby as possible so we wouldn't get sick as well!) The only thing that worked out was that he was home to see Meredith roll over for the first time! I was worried she wouldn't do this for some time, because she has always HATED "tummy time". However since she is getting a little bigger I thought I'd give it another shot. She was able to push herself up at a 90* angle and happily laid there for quite some time. And then she just rolled right over from her belly to her back! It was very exciting and I was so happy Skip was home to see it. Of course we also made her do it again so we could get it on video:) That was big milestone #1. The second exciting event was taking Meredith up ...