happy thanksgiving....a little late

this is slowly becoming a tag only blog

 "On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me..."

1 embarrassing moment: when my husband has terrible facial hair...and I know people are staring. 

2 best friends: Benjamin and Julie

3 things you buy regularly: diapers, butter (for my yummy cookies), baby food

4 places you want to go (and might actually REALLY go): on a cruise (any cruise), England, Hattiesburg MS, Seattle

5 goals for the upcoming year (that you might actually do): start taking baking classes, do a standing back tuck, stop going over budget, run a 5k, enter a baking contest

6 things most people don't know about you: I love wendy's chicken nuggets, despise making dinner, watch sportscenter daily, must beat Benjamin...at everything, WILL eat an entire bag of turtle chex mix, met Benjamin when I was 14

7 things you would never say: "yes, please grow a handle bar mustache", "Natalie, I love it when you suck on your hands and then touch my face", "I hate football, turn it off", "extra mushrooms please", "I want to have 8 kids", "your poop smells like roses", "can I give you a foot massage"

8 things you love about the Christmas season: football bowl season, christmas trees, family traditions, Jesus' birthday cake, presents, food, christmas carols, a full stocking

9 things you say to your kids: kids= Natalie and my cheerleaders "please, do not", "slow down", "5 6 7 8", "you're so cute...I love you", "why are you not sleeping?", "why are you not eating?", "be careful", "point your toes", "smile!"   

10 things you do a lot: bake cookies, laundry, dishes, go to Giant, play computer games, drive, change a dirty diaper, watch soccer, watch football, kiss my baby

11 things you would rather not live without: family, friends, job, kitchen aid, dishwasher, washer/dryer, books, ipod, computer, turtle chex mix, planes

12 people to tag: that's a lot of people...Julie, Dana, Heather, Ani C....anyone else that needs the excuse to blog...and who doesnt?

sleep to dream

You know that you got a good nights rest when you wake up at 730, to silence, roll over, and ask your husband "what day is it?"

tagggg....you're it

Who doesn't need a reason to blog? I know that my lazy self does...so here it goes.

5 TV Shows I Love to Watch:
The Office
House
Brothers and Sisters
The Starter Wife
Jon and Kate Plus 8

5 Favorite Restaurants:
Chipotle
Saratoga Pizzeria
Jacalito (I love the local places)
Mad Greek (THE BEST GYRO'S EVER!!!!)
Cafe Rio

5 Things That Happened Yesterday:
Church
Football
Natalie not napping
Choir practice
hangin' out with Mathew and Emily

5 Things I Love About Fall:
pretty leaves
football
soup
warmer clothes
cheerleading season

5 Things On My Wishlist:
carpet in my basemet
iphone
new cannisters for my baking needs
better baking tools
a garage

5 People I Tag:
Jaime
Heather
Julie
Janaya (Traci, if she doesn't read the blog...you'll have to let her know)
Traci

move over, there's a new baby in the house

Oh my goodness!!!!!! I finally, finally have a new computer! Now, I love my husband, but the used laptop he bought me, nearly four years ago, was just not cuttin' it anymore! My new baby arrived yesterday, and his name is Mac. I love him so very much. He's small, sleek, FAST, and cute.
Welcome to the family!

he strikes again

So the boogie man woke Natalie around 5:45 this morning (he's been doing that a lot lately), and I promptly went in to get her back to sleep. I noticed that her room was just a few degrees above the arctic, so once she was asleep, I brought her back to bed with me (something that hasn't been done since she was two weeks old). Now, why is it that a baby, that is often mistaken for 4 or 5 months when she's really almost 8, can take up as much space as she was taking up? I regret that I didn't take a picture of my sprawled eagle, but you're good at imagination, I'm sure of it. Anyway, once I was pushed to the floor, I did manage to get back to sleep and Natalie got to enjoy the warm comfort of my toasty bed. Lucky baby.

monday morning reminder of why we love having kids

I was driving to the gym and I think at some point that I heard Natalie cough, but she's had a cough for a month...so I didn't really even think about it and then I noticed a minute or two later that I could really smell bananas. Well I had fed her bananas right before we left so I thought she might have just spit up at little bit....well, a little bit would not describe even a tenth of what she did. I got out of the car and went to go get her out and she was COVERED!!!! Jacket, pants were soaked with bananas, then when I picked her up to take them off....there was a huge puddle underneath her that was soaking through where the strap comes up. I soaked up 3 burp clothes (because yes, I carry 3 with me everywhere I go) and there was still more covering the seat and her. I thought about just going in anyway and working out but at that point she was in just a onesie, and even that was a little bit damp. So I loaded her back in the banana seat and went home. I wanted so badly to be able to take a picture, or have some kind of documentation of the debacle....but I know you all can picture it. I've been waiting for something like that, or a complete poop up the back blow out so that I could really feel like a mom...and today was the day.

how 'bout this...

for adorable

such a woman

I love Jon and Kate Plus 8.  I can't help but tear up a little bit everytime I see the preview for next weeks episode, when they get remarried in Hawaii.  So sappy...I know. 

happy wednesday

I'm big!doin' my business.....so sweet......but it didn't last very long

good morning

This is what we see now every morning, and after every nap.  She loves to let go and slam back onto the mattress too.  If we don't drop it down soon, she's bound to stand and go right over.  BABY OVERBOARD!

spikety spike

Despite the fact that Natalie almost always has a bow in her hair/ on her head, people often mistake her for a boy.  Tonight, she got a bath....something that I despise doing, but had to do tonight because, Benjamin has been working like a mad man,  and I can't take a dirty child to church.  Well, apparently its been a really long time since her hair was clean, because I haven't seen her hair stick up like this since she was in the hospital.  If she was a boy....what a great hairstyle this could be.  

side note: I wrote up the blog, took the picture, and then uploaded  it, and was extremely disapointed.  You totally can't tell from the picture that she has a full on spike halo......oh well. 

She's looking up at the tv, that's why she's smiling.  ITS GREAT, TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!

no clever title

I have recently realized how frumpy I always look.  I have been wearing the same clothes since I was in college (which didn't last very long, and was a long time ago).  I was in desperate need of an update.  I have always loved the collared shirt, under the sweater look...but have never been nearly preppy enough to pull it off.  Oh well, apparently I'm pretending anyway.  So here it is...hair and all.