We went on a date tonight. Thanks Jenn and Kenn and Connor for watching "the Bear."

Day 110

Remember how I think it's crazy that I have to pay a pet deposit and not a baby deposit? Well, add a husband deposit to the list also. Sean was making me some fries for lunch and thought it would be a good idea to "latch" the oven just in case. He is always so cautious. Well, as most of us know, that latch cleans the oven. Something broke and the oven is still latched, with my lunch inside. Good thing we live in an apartment where we just call someone to fix things.

Love you baby, next time.... don't pull the "safety latch"

Uncle Steve is silly.

109

Kayleigh is getting another tooth. She is so funny about her teeth, she WILL NOT show them off. I have only seen the first one a couple of times. I would LOVE to get a picture of it, but as it looks, today will not be the day. Instead, you get a picture of the face we get every time we try to look at her teeth.

On another note: I started this blog for me since before, "the bear" had her own blog. Well, she has taken over mine too. Sorry if you are getting tired of seeing endless pictures of her. It's just there's usually not much else exciting going on around here lately. I will try to be better about making some non - "bear" posts. Thanks for reading my blog everyday!

Day 108

The school nurse thinks I have a scratch on my eye and recommended that I wear my glasses for a few days. WHOA, is that hard with a baby! She takes them right off every time...... UGH.

Day 106

Just talking to the fruit. I love how she has started to point at things.

"Give me the camera"

Sean and Cosmo worked on our taxes last night. This is why Cosmo loves his daddy so much more than me. I can't handle him always on my lap when I am trying to do something. He just loves Sean. They share a pillow at night (not kidding). They go outside and play. They share people food. It's funny to think that *I* was the one that wanted a puppy so badly.

It makes me laugh that we had to pay a $300 pet deposit for Cosmo, and he has not destroyed anything. We didn't have to pay a baby deposit..... maybe they should rethink that.

Day 106

Just a little story for the grandparents:

Kayleigh has a purple and blue elephant that says a bedtime prayer when you pull it's eye mask over it's eyes. For some reason, she has decided that this is her favorite toy right now. Note the picture above of her trying to crawl with it. Over the weekend, I let her take naps with it in her crib, but have been taking it out at nights (scared of SIDS). Well, Sunday night when I put her in bed she grabbed it before I could. I took it from her and put it on her bed railing. She began to wail SO loudly (could you hear her Tara?). Then, all of the sudden she had stopped. I peeked in her room and she had pulled it down and was laying ON TOP OF IT looking at me with her thumb in her mouth. I laughed and let her fall to sleep with it. I told Sean to go grab it before we went to sleep. Well, she still hadn't gone to sleep and was still laying on top of it. We decided to just take it from her quickly and hope she wouldn't notice. HA bad idea.... as soon as Sean grabbed it from her, she LOST it. She screamed and screamed. We could not stop laughing.

Day 105

This box is currently the Bear's favorite toy. She can pull up with it, scoot it around the room, ride in it like a car, chew on it..... the possibilities are endless!

On another note, I have a 10:00 bed time now. If you see that I post later than that, please fuss at me. I am staying up WAY too late at night.

Oh, and mom I have called you several times today. Call me back. I LOVE YOU!

Had my first "session" today. I only edited 2 pictures tonight. I would love to hear what you think about them. The first is one of my favorite pictures ever.

Day 104

I have AT LEAST 10 pictures like this from just this week! Quit grabbing the camera, Kayleigh!



The Bear got a new ride on toy today. This is really the first toy that we have bought her. She was so excited when Sean was putting it together, she knew it was special for her. In the last 2 she is waving bye bye. She started that yesterday, SO CUTE!

Day 103

Connor, George, and Kayleigh just a swingin' away. I am trying to convince Sean that we can hang one of these on the balcony. Kayleigh LOVED it.

Day 102

I hope Kayleigh knows what I looked like when she was this age. There are so many pictures of her and daddy and NOT mommy!

The bear got her first injury from another child today. She got a pretty good cut on her nose from another kiddo at daycare. I bet that baby was just getting her back. When I picked up Kayleigh the other day, the daycare ladies were telling about how Kayleigh was crawling on top the other babies and laughing hysterically about it.

And YES, that is water all over her shirt. She has been watching Cosmo drink too much lately. If Cosmo is drinking and he gets distracted, he forgets to swallow. Water goes everywhere. That's pretty much what was happening to her today.

Day 101

Well, anyone that knows me knows that I am deathly afraid of tornadoes or "the T word" as my daddy calls it. Well, last night (4 AM) we had a T word warning here. We hung out in the bathroom for a while. Kayleigh thought it was a party! Who knew that sitting in a tub full of pillows could cause such enjoyment! Well thankfully we didn't have a T word, but there were some around the metroplex.

Oh, and I am growing up a little bit because instead of curling up the the fetal position and crying, I was able to get everything together quickly AND even take a snapshot without freaking out.

Please ignore my messy house!

Day 100

WAHOO 100 days!!!! I am so proud! Seriosuly though, blogging is one of the things I look forward to doing every day.

Kayleigh, QUIT GRABBING MOMMY'S CAMERA!!!!!


Kayleigh figured out that she can pull up on the couch. She thinks it is really fun!

Day 99

I am SO glad that I found photography. I am one of those people that needs a creative outlet. I have had SO many of them come and go. Knitting, sewing, scrapbooking, digital scrapbooking, decorating, frame making..... seriously, I could go on and on. None of them, until now have lasted this long. I am consumed with photography. I go to recess with my kids and while they are trying to tell me about who pushed them down the slide, all I can see is how the light is hitting their face. When I drive down the road, I imagine how I could compose a picture with that old falling down apartment complex. I can make just a moment stand still forever. Over the past 8 months, I have started to understand fleeting moments. Moments that I can not have back, but can document through pictures.

Sorry that was so long, I just watched that "Last Lecture" show on TV and am feeling a little sentimental.

Day 98

Sean informed me today that he felt that he looked "awkward" in the picture I posted on Day 90 of him fixing my car. I promised him that I would post some better pictures.


I just love to watch these 2 play together. Kayleigh looks at Sean unlike anyone else. Her face just lights up as soon as he walks into the room.

This is the love of my life. The most supportive, loving, cute man in the world.

"Studious Sean"

Have you been wondering where I have been? I have been here, sick on the couch. Just a stuffy head, sore throat, and cough. But, I am back now..... so let the blogging begin.

Someone did NOT want to go to sleep tonight!

Sean washes Kayleigh every night. When he finishes, he wraps her up in a towel and brings her to me. Everytime he says "look, clean baby," and every time she she smiles all wrapped up. When she takes a bath now, it is big time fun. She loves to splash and play with her bath toys.

Day 97

This is the Bear's favorite hangout lately. She love to stand there and watch me do the dishes. The other day, I dropped a plate and she grabbed it through the bars! We knew it would happen, but not this soon... Kayleigh figured out how to open her gate! Sean turned it around so it is alot harder now. She is such a (cute) mess!

Day 95

Between a new tooth, an ear infection, and a cold, this has become a common scene at our house. Kayleigh has taken all of her naps on us, we LOVE it. She is generally not a very cuddly baby, she is always on the move. This is a much welcomed change of pace.

Day 95

The diaper bag.

It's here! I LOVE this time of year. Shorts make me so happy, especially on chubby legs (and no I don't mean mine!) . I opened up my sun roof today on the way home. There is a very short span of time where that is an acceptable temperature in Texas. This weekend I want to just go have a picnic and enjoy being outside. Summer is coming soon!

Day 94

No more pictures, please.


Kayleigh decided to make her escape tonight. Don't worry, she didn't get far.

As you can tell, I am still working on consistent skin tones.

Day 93

We are on ear infection #2. Once again, we took Kayleigh to the doctor today because she had a bad cough and all that jazz, and once again we have an unexpected ear infection. Ughh. I am letting her sleep with us in the pack and play tonight while she is sick. I like to keep her close just incase, I think she likes it too!


This is what the silly bear was doing before bed tonight. Sean and I were cracking up, so she just kept smushing her face even more. Silly girl......

Day 92

I decided to let the desktop calendars make a come back. They were a big hit on the old blog. So get that boring background off and replace it with this cutie!

Remember:
1. Click on the picture
2. Right click and choose "Set As Desktop Background"