Miss Molly

Once again I have to brag about my wonderful friend and photographer Molly Long. She just did Gwen's 9 month pictures, and I'm in love with ALL of them. Here's a few of my favs. Please check out her website http://www.mollylongphotography.com/ or find her on facebook!

Resolution Time!

I would like to apologize for my lack of blogging lately. Now that Gwen is mobile, it's a lot harder to catch a few minutes to sit down and write. Back in the day, when she was stationary, she would sit on the floor among a vast array of toys and just watch mommy with the computer. Now that she is borderline WALKING, yes I said WALKING, it's not as easy. Also with my busy Applebee's schedule, I'm working at night, and have been closing lately so by the time I walk through the door after midnight, I don't have many creative juices flowing. The only thought in my mind is.... bed, now, period.

Well on to the point. Now that it is officially 2011, I would like to set some resolutions. I've thought long and hard about my goals for the year, and would like to accomplish a few (at least) if not all of them. So here it goes...

1. Blog more, at least once a week.
2. Walk, go to the park and spend as much time outdoors as possible (when it gets warmer)
3. Stay (get) in shape. Eat healthier.
4. Take a vacation with the hubs, somewhere, anywhere. This year!


I'm also reading more, thanks to my new kindle, which I am in LOVE with. Best invention EVER! Another goal, organize, organize, organize this house. With Gwen's 1st birthday quickly approaching, we need as much room as possible for the overwhelming stack of toys and clothes I'm sure she will be receiving. If Christmas was any indication, we're in big trouble. I would also like to make it a priority to spend more quality time with Cody. We work opposite schedules, and don't get a lot of time together. We knew that would be a sacrifice we would be making when I left my day job and went back to work in the evenings. But doing things this way has kept our baby girl out of daycare, and given me the opportunity to spend much more time with her. Which is totally worth it, but I would like to make it a point to spend at least one night every few weeks with only Cody. Date night!

Well there you have it folks, Some of the things I'm going to attempt to tackle in 2011. What are your resolutions?

Big Girl

Gwen now has 6 teeth. Her top ones are pretty comical, we refer to them as "spongebob teeth" because they are so large and far apart. I know she will grow into them, and that the space will close after she gets the rest of her teeth, but for now, it's pretty funny. Here's a picture of Gwen's teeth. (disclaimer- not the most flattering angle but it's the ONLY angle I can sneak a peek at the teeth!

Little Stinker

I have been very lazy the last few weeks, and have not been a dedicated blogger. So what a way to make up for it, 2 posts in one day! So this post is all about Gwen. She has recently learned a few new tricks. She is a crawling machine, one day she just decided to go, and hasn't stopped since. She is standing up in her crib, and pulling herself up on everything, and "cruising" around the house. So needless to say she is on the move and out of control. She has ripped almost all of the bows off the Christmas presents and always makes her way to cell phone chargers, power cords, pretty much anything she isn't supposed to play with. Here is mommy's way of corralling the little one.

And here's a few more of Gwen reading her favorite book.

In conclusion, Gwen is growing up WAY TOO FAST!

A little out of hand.

If everyone refers back to one of my previous posts regarding decorating the tree and present wrapping, imagine those photos as the before. And after a pot of coffee and no sleep on Black Friday, and a little online shopping and creativity, here is the after.

This has gotten a little out of hand.

Musical Couches

So our friends Bethany and Nick from Sawdust and Embryos so graciously sold us their awesome microsuade couch and chair. WE LOVE THEM! But with purchasing a new couch comes the question, what to do with our old ones? We have a LazyBoy Recliner and couch that have served us well for the last 3 years, but it was time for an upgrade! So, my sister in law wanted our old couch (and possibly the recliner) with the same problem. What was she going to do with her old couches?

So here's the dilemma, she got rid of her couches yesterday at noon. She was couchless. We weren't picking up our furniture from Beth and Nick until 6, so we got my dad's truck a few strong men, and moved our old couch to Angie's, which in return left us couchless! It was a shitshow to say the least. But you will all be glad to know that we all have our new furniture now and we all survived the day! LOL!

I would also like to thank Beth and Nick for the wonderful dinner last night and the great convo, not to mention the amazing new (to us) furniture we purchased from them! Thanks again!!!

Here's a few pics of the new couch and chair that we are in love with!

Don't mind my daughter who so fast and furiously crawled to the computer cord while I was snapping this picture. And here's a few more of Gwen up to no good...

there she goes...

got it!

Mom please don't take this dangerous cord away from me! I really want to put it in my mouth!

And for any of you wondering, I took these pictures to prove that Gwen will beeline it straight for anything that she's "not supposed to have." After taking these photos, I promptly removed the computer cord from her chubby hand death grip!

Disclaimer: No babies were harmed in the making of this blog post. LOL!

4 generations

So my mom thought it would be a great idea to have a picture taken of the 4 generations of our family. After a little wrangling of the children and arriving fashionably late as usual with both my sister and I's cell phones dead, here's the finished product! 4 generations of family!

From left Aubree, Megan, mom, grandma, me and Gwen. Thanks Brittany for taking our picture!