If there was no such thing you wouldn't be graced with these photos below!
I lost my camera charger and of course I lost it during the summer! Aye!
But firstly, I wanted to share a huge mommy milestone for me! I left Miss P in child care this morning for 1 hour!! I know its not a big deal to a lot of mommies out there but for me it was huge, because she has never been watched by anyone other than by Mr. G, my mom and mother in law. Anyways, She was happy, she didn't cry, and the lady said she was a lot of fun! I gave myself a good pat on my back :)
GO ME!
GO P!
Here is what you all have been waiting for sorry for the poor quality!
I saw this at Tj Maxx I had to take a photo! Don't worry I didn't buy it!
Found this cute little black beanie at Babies r Us! I had to buy it!!! It makes her blue eyes pop!
What I wore yesterday! (Todays photo looks terrible so you will just have to trust I looked cute!)
Bed head!
Bath time fun!
Cranky baby... ahhhh
Helping mama shop!
Heres to finding my camera charger!!
Hope everyone is having a great Thursday and if someone could have a starbucks for me I would appreicate it. Thanks. :)
Yea, that's right. I said it. I am in a funk. I am not affraid to admit it. I am only human.
I love my little girl. I do. With all my heart. I could not imagine a life without her and her sweet smile.
But in the mist of being a mommy and taking care of my little one (which I love)
I feel like I forgot to take care of myself in the mist of frantically figuring out how to care for a baby and not to screwing it up!
I can go weeks without putting on make up (which is great for my skin but not so great for the people who have to look at my face aka. husband)
I sometimes go days without actually getting dressed. (example: I wear a baggy t-shirts and wear Mr. G's shorts with my hair in a bun )
It's a form of birth control, I swear.
Ok, that is a lie. It's not, but you think it would be right?
(We will leave that comment right where it is)
Mr. G is lucky if I remember to shave my legs or wash my hair! ( insert ewwww *here* )
Don't worry I do brush my teeth! ( insert a whew *here*)
When I was in California last week. I went out for a girls night.
I did my hair *gasp*, put make up on *gasp*
I got all dolled up like I used to waayyyy back when....
Wayyyy back like a year ago. hahahah. I know. I know. I am so funny.
Anyways, that is when I sorta realized I was losing a part of myself that I do not technically want to lose.
Call it the vanity of a so cal girl if you want, but I want to look nice and presentable. So my husband can be proud when he says "yup, thats my wife!"
Especially in this town of Boiling Springs with a population total of 200 people. You are going to run into people you know or people who know who you are. And I am tired of being asked if I am a student. Ya, its that bad. Believe me now?
So, from here on in addition to this 30 day challenge, I will...Put some make up on! Do my hair! Put some clothes on!( I make it sound like I run around in my birthday suite don't I? I assure you I don't, its not a good look .I guess I should say get dressed everyday. whatevs you get the picture)
I think it will help me with my funk and help me feel like I am still me, Mr. G's wife AND Miss P's mama, I am just going to look cute while I do it! Can I get a AMEN?!
I am back from a fun and fast trip to California! I am about 86.27% sure I am done with my traveling for the summer!
I am only 86.27% sure because my father loves to come up with little trips here and there, and he is totally last minute and unpredictable with this. Which I love! :)
So, onto the title of this post! I am trying to be a better blogger. So I have challenged myself to a 30 day blog challenge. For the next 30 days I have to post and blog about something... anything!
This will be very hard for me but I know I can do it with some good planning and taking advantage of nap time (hahah ya right)
Anywho, this is start of day 1!
If you have any suggestions of what I should blog about, let me know! If anyone is out there reading this other than Ronnie (* edit: Stephanie too!) ... let me know that too!
Helloooooooooo anybody out there????
Ya, I think is just you guys!
Lol my poor sad blog hahaha.
Here is to happy, consistent and enjoyable, fun to read blogging!
Wish me luck!
*disclaimer: if you are annoyed by run on sentences, bad grammer, miss spelling please forgive me. I am terrible at all of the above :)
"There's nothing to do here, you can go thru the whole town in 2 min."
That's what I heard time and time again since Bobby and Jen moved to Boiling Springs. I thought it was an exaggeration. Then while driving from the airport to their home we got off what I now know to be main highway, passed a lamba farm, a house built into a grassy knoll (like hobbits) and so many Baptists churches I lost count. Followed by graveyards seemingly in the backyards of Kwikie Marts we passed a few stores and a big water tower we arrived at their place. I asked where the Boiling Springs was, Bobby replied, 'We just went thru it'. Small doesn't quite cut it. Hacienda Heights is a metropolis in comparison.
The next few days were spent in Atlanta with Cosmo and Erika where they couldn't have been more gracious and giving with their time and patience. Two babies can wreak havoc with any plans that were originally made and these two adapted admirably and made us feel at home. Hopefully it gave them a taste of things to come. Though I get the feeling that Erika will have her on some sort of schedule for feeding...sleeping...life within a few months. Zoo Atlanta was hot. But the point wasn't really about being at the zoo, it was about sharing time together and making some fun memories to start the trip off with. Mission accomplished.
We stayed in Peachtree City at Erika's aunts home. Beautiful neighborhood where traffic included golf carts instead of automobiles. Alexia drove. We had BBQ and Smores, watched a 4th of July parade, swam in a pool, watched Erika go off on a lifeguard, had more BBQ, Alexia drove some more and just had a great time all the way around. On the 5th before leaving back to Boiling Springs, we went to CNN Center, Olympic Centennial Park and the Aquarium. Lots to do in Atlanta. Sabrina wasn't impressed, she slept a lot opting to enjoy the family time in homes rather then doing any sightseeing.
Shelby and Boiling Springs. It's a good thing we enjoyed our hosts so much. Because if you haven't heard it before, "There's nothing to do" in Boiling Springs. The girls went to outlets, Bobby gave me a tour of Gardner Webb. Saw his office where he pretends to work. Nice view though, a football field. The rest of the time was one big Friday night. We ate, we laughed, we joked, we ate some more. Chiquetas sounded evil, like some machine within the trees ready to pounce on you. They didn't. Just kept up there hypnotic chirps/clanks the whole night through. Saw a spider as big as my fist. Freaked me out. Experienced a lightening storm where thunder shakes the house for 20 min. straight. Bobby and I drove thru it. We swam, we ate some more. We learned that Payton sincerely doesn't like her car seat and Sabrina doesn't like her playpen when there's a party going on. But they liked each other.
Before I go I wanted to add a few things I learned during my 4th of July week:
10. Sabrina sleeps during all the fun stuff ie... pool, aquairum, zoo, but is wide awake for the boring stuff!
RG - Boring is in the eye of the beholder. She cherishes the family time more so than animals.
9. Ronnie can eat 2 ding dongs at the same time!
RG - I ate more Ding Dongs in one weeks than I had in a whole year. And not two at the same time, just one in one bite.
8. Alexia likes to text A LOT!
RG - Yes she does. You haven't spent a lot of time around teens if you don't know this concept.
7. Riding in the car with Steph and Alexia is like being at your own personal concert :)
RG - I get a performance every day.
6. If Ronnie is asleep in the car he will NOT wake up to offer to drive, even if the driver is sick and struggling to live.
RG - Jet lag! My body thought it was 5am!
5. Sabrina is team Edward
RG - Little vampiress
4. Alexia eats more candy and junk food than I have ever seen one small person ever eat in my life!
RG - Love that teen metabolism.
3. Steph refuses to look at dead bug. Even if the bug is dead in a cup Mr. G has. (This makes Ronnie mad)
RG - If she saw the spider I saw she would have hopped on a plane back home within the hour.
2. Ronnie refuses to try new foods! (This makes Stephanie mad!)
RG - I'll stick to my Ding Dongs.
1. That I miss my friday nights with these people so much :(
RG - It wasn't about where we were or what we were doing. It was about being back together again. Soon enough we'll have it all back again.
My cousin-in-laws came to visit for our daugthers first 4th of July together!! (Our daugthers are 4 months apart to the day!)
It was so so so much fun!!!
Also my cousin-in-law Ronnie has asked to be a guest blogger about his trip! Therefore I will only touch on a few things here as to not ruin his post :)
Lets see what else?
Congrats to Erica and Cos on their baby girl!!! I can't wait to meet her! And thank you for allowing us to spend the weekend with you guys! It was a blast! I hope the babies didn't scare you too much cos!!
Here are a few photos of the trip. Just a few until my guest blogger!
Miss P and Miss S
Sublime Donuts! Bobby and I shared a dozen :)
The boys with the girls at the CNN Center
The aquarium, Miss P LOVED it! Miss S slept through it :)
See.
cute
The ladies view!
Again :)
Before I go I wanted to add a few things I learned during my 4th of July week:
10. Sabrina sleeps during all the fun stuff ie... pool, aquairum, zoo, but is wide awake for the boring stuff!
9. Ronnie can eat 2 ding dongs at the same time!
8. Alexia likes to text A LOT!
7. Riding in the car with Steph and Alexia is like being at your own personal concert :)
6. If Ronnie is asleep in the car he will NOT wake up to offer to drive, even if the driver is sick and struggling to live.
5. Sabrina is team Edward
4. Alexia eats more candy and junk food than I have ever seen one small person ever eat in my life!
3. Steph refuses to look at dead bug. Even if the bug is dead in a cup Mr. G has. (This makes Ronnie mad)
2. Ronnie refuses to try new foods! (This makes Stephanie mad!)
1. That I miss my friday nights with these people so much :(
Well my baby girl is growing and developing way too fast for me!!!!
She has been so close to crawling for the last few weeks and today she surprised Mr G and I and finally crawled!!! I screamed when she started ceawling and Mr. G came running into the room all worried that something had happen to us!
It was pretty funny! So now all she wants to do is move!!! whew! It is only a half a day so far and I can see I am in TROUBLE!
We had the pleasure of Mr. G's cousin Casie visiting us in the good ole sticky sticks.
We had lots of fun and she got lot and lots of Miss P time, with no interruptions and all to her self! Although I couldn't get her to change any dirty diapers or anything fun like that we had a blast. We slept in, lounged by the pool, went site seeing. The second I dropped Casie off at the airport I missed her! It was so nice to have company and it was great that Casie got to know Miss P and her personality Here are some photos and videos of the week!!!
Family photo in the pool
Auntie Casie showing Miss P the ways of the water!
