A's 5th month through 7th month-- Geez I'm behind

These are in descending order.

A at 7 months old!  She is so full of herself and scooting everywhere!  No place is safe anymore!  She is also getting an opinion about the bows in her hair...  they taste better than they look!  She loves her brother and she continues to give the best hugs ever.  She still hates baby food but eats bread, goldfish, graham crackers, baby mum mums, and cheese.

Love her smile!

And her laugh!

She makes the cutest faces!

This is A at 6 months.  She hates baby food and still shudders when I feed it to her.  I can tell she is going to be a pistol!  She sits up well but really isn't moving around much.  She loves her brother!

Our favorite blankets

I love her thighs!

Lil sis and big bro

N couldn't quit laughing that day!  It was awesome!

A is 5 months!  She loves chewing on her toes and walking around her exersaucer.  She's hoot and her laugh is infectious!

She loves her brother!

They're gonna be tight!

A's 4th month

A little late in posting but here are pics from A's 4th month.

Miss Sassy Pants! 

So coy and demure.  ;)

Daddy's little WVU fan

Ride 'em cowboy!

Cool Idea

Was reading one of my old lady magazines... Good Housekeeping or something... and someone had written about how they write a one sentence entry in their journal daily to keep up with something fun that happened.  Good idea!

Here's my entry.

Jan. 23, 2012

I was feeding Sweet Girl her cereal while her big brother sat nearby.

"Hey N, watch A.  She doesn't like her cereal and she makes a really funny face," I said.
"Mom, stop it.  Don't feed her anymore."
"Why?  Because she doesn't like it?" I asked.
"Yeah.  Put it away."

What a great big brother.  He's looking out for his little sister!

Been a While

Well, it's been a while... over 2 months to be exact!  Pulled an Angela...  have a great idea with a great beginning, a good middle, and it fizzles at the end.  Oh well... to be expected I guess.

Tonight I found the emails Josh and I would send to each other while we were dating/engaged.  It's fun to read those things.  Because we didn't live together and both had jobs where we couldn't talk on the phone, many of our deep conversations occured over email.  For example, my dog Jake was a real discussion-maker in our early relationship.  Josh and I would try to work it out via email.  Not such a bad idea, ya know.  You can type something in huge capital letters because you are SUPER UPSET to get it off your chest, then rewrite like a sane person with normal type and far less cussing. :)  Nowadays, though, we are much better at communicating face to face.  I guess, just like everything else, it takes practice.  I add this to this post because "it's been a while" since I read those.  Brought back some wonderful memories and reminded me why I married that wonderful man of mine.

Update:  We had our first Christmas here at the Sweeney house!  It was so wonderful that I hardly want to take it down and box it up!  The WHOLE MONTH was soooo great.  I'm really sad that it's going away.  I enjoyed it so much!  I'm already looking forward to next year.  With that in mind, here is what I need to remember going into Christmas 2012...
== Do all the cookie baking in as few days as possible to keep the kitchen to a minimal mess.
== Ask Josh what cookies he wants.  He doesn't like "bobo" cookies...  whatever the heck that means.
== Make sure to look at the Advent calendar nightly.  Forgot a lot of that this year.
== Do the wrapped Christmas books again.   Soooo fun for my baby boy.
== Start preparing Christmas dinner earlier than I did this year.  Have the casseroles prepared for the oven well in advance.
== Cover the brisket so it doesn't overcook... again.  (Sheesh... still sad about that.)  Or cook it in the crock pot.
== The brisket's sauce can be sauteed and still be good.
== Start the appetizer before you start the meal... duh.
== Follow Gina's suggestion:  Put a list on the fridge of everything that needs to be cooked in the correct order and check it off as you go.  Makes it more of a no-brainer.
== Plan dinner so there is plenty of time to play games and such.  Start traditions like that, too.
== Start Christmas shopping in Oct. or before at yard sales and stuff.
== Don't forget to put the reindeer food in the yard.
== Don't forget to let the kids make an ornament marking the year.

Despite this ridiculously long list of "duh" moments, Christmas was really the best one every.  I'm really going to try to celebrate Christmas every day and thank God for giving me his Son on that very special day so I can share it with my kids.

I <3 Christmas.

4 months old and sooo happy!

The kids loved seeing Santa!

Santa came to our house on a firetruck!  It was really cool!

That Buddy the "Oof" was one naughty elf!

Seriously... how stinking cute!

Our family Christmas!  Great memories!

Uncle Ben and Nick playing the "tar".

Poppy and my Sweet Girl.  

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34, 34, 34.  Wow.  Didn't see this coming.  When planning my life at 18, I didn't plan past 25.  I'm not sure why, but I am sure glad that I made it past that!  I'm also kinda glad I didn't plan above that.  I couldn't have planned a life like this.  I have a great husband, a wonderful son with a heart of gold, and a beautiful little girl who I look forward to getting to know as she grows.  It's amazing!

They (who ever "they" are) say that life isn't measured by how many breaths we take, but how many take our breath away.  I was never a big fan of that quote and I'm an avid quote collector.  But, last night, I realized it was right.  After opening my birthday gifts (everything I asked for-- sun visor, mandolin slicer, cakepop maker, watch, and other kitchen stuff (Hooray!)), Josh took me to Eez for dinner and TCBY for dessert.  We had the best time!  Half a martini and I was 3 sheets  to the wind (just like old times!) and we had some awesome conversation.  Well, I think we did... I was a little loopy, after all.  Anyway, I felt like we were on our first date!  It was so great!  No kids, no cell phones, constant conversation and hand-holding.  Those were moments that took my breath away.  Hanging out with my husband really made that birthday truly special.  It had to have been the best.  God has blessed me sooo much!  My cup runneth over!

You reach a certain age where the stuff doesn't matter.  I'm totally there...

Main Squeeze Monday

Ok... so I totally forgot about Main Squeeze Monday!  Got a lot of catching up to do, I guess!

Why I Love My Hubby
1.  He makes awesome chili!  Seriously!  You should definitely try it some time!  As a matter of fact, come on over.  We have some leftovers in the fridge right now.  ;)
2.  (Get ready... this is a big one...)  He makes a real effort to compromise.  When we bicker and have to leave the room to keep from kicking each other in the shins, he really tries to compromise with me so there is a middle ground.  (Well, as close to the middle as either one of us are willing to get.)
3.  He has the greatest laugh.  Sometimes when he tells a dumb joke or thinks something is funny that seems stupid to me, I laugh because he laughs and it's down-right cute.
4.  He plays He-Man with our son.  Josh lets him beat him with his Nerf sword while trying to teach him to play fair.  It's really funny!
5.  He still has his Bible from when he was a kid.  He keeps treasures in it, which I think is really neat.  It sits on or near his nightstand in arms' reach.  And, he can pretty much answer all of my questions about it.
6.  ** Bonus:  I love to watch him walk away...  he has the greatest butt.  ;)

Heard Something FUNNY the Other Day...

K, first let me start off by saying that it's been a while since I have been on this blogspot thing!  I guess you guys need some updating!  If you are on my facebook, the pictures I have on here are already posted on there so these are repeats.  Sorry about that, but when I get a cute picture, I want the world to see it!  Ha!

Heard something funny the other day...
My friend Angel and I were discussing another friend.   I was commenting on how perfect she always seemed-- so cute and eloquent!  It seems like she has got. it. together!  Angel told me that that's what I seem like, too!  WHUT!  SHUT YOUR MOUTH!  I laughed at that comment, I tell ya!  I have never heard such craziness!  I spend so much of my day having to freeze in the middle of the kitchen with my hands on my head trying to remember which room I was heading to and what I was supposed to do when I got there!  Never in a million years would I have thought I was considered a "have it together" kind of gal!  Thanks, Angel!  You made me feel great (even if you were fibbing a tiny bit.  :)  )  Now I try harder to be that "have it together" kind of gal!

Lesson learned:  Stop "callin' them as ya see 'em" and start calling them as you WANT to see them.  Praise a little more and you may begin to get what you want.  I am thinking about my toddler here.  If I praise him more, he may quit that whining crap and actually act a tiny bit sane and patient.  This is a lesson I was taught years ago but forget to practice some times.

Here are some updated pics of my Sweet Girl and her big brother!

Love those smiles!!!