Thanksgiving pics

Well I must admit. I did not take a single picture of Libby on her first Thanksgiving nor did I bring along her "Baby's First Thanksgiving" bib. It was a little chaotic getting out the door that day. I find it strange that you can start your day at 6 am and still struggle to get out the door by 12 pm. Anyway...I am super glad that Tonya came through and took some pics so I stole these off Facebook. I am super excited that Libby took her first picture with her cousin Presley! The other pics are of Libby with her Papaw Peanut and the other is with her cousin Kayla.

Food, Fam, & Fun

I love Thanksgiving! It is a great time with family, food, fun! We had a wonderful time! We went to my mom's and her sister ending up coming in to Lexington this year to make it extra special. Libby sat at the table in her high chair like a big girl and ate her puffs while we all ate. We visited for a bit and then headed off to his parents housw. HIs house is always fun even though we don't eat because of all the chaos. I love it! He has a huge family. Everyone is running around crazy, talking, laughing, wrestling around. The kids were running around screaming....I loved it! We had to leave after about an hour and a half to get the pig down for a nap. My mom, dad, and aunt came over that night and brought the leftovers and we had thanksgiving number 3! My aunt and mom stayed the night downstairs with pig because Brandon and I did the unthinkable.......we went BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING!!!! We slept from 9:30 pm until 11:45 pm and headed out by 12:00 am. We were at Old Navy for 2.5 hours!!! Then headed off to the crazy Target in hopes for a big ticket item. We didnt get it of course because when we passed by at 12 there were people already in line and we didn't get there until 3:00. We got a decent spot in line but I guess not good enough. We got a lot of things on our list, saved a bunch of money, and it was a great time for Brandon and I to spend together. It was like a date. haha. We had a good time. Would I do it again tomorrow??? No way...Would I again next year?? ABSOLUTELY!! I slept three hours when I got home and then Brandon made homemade waffles. I went back out with my aunt Lee Anne for a few hours and got more shopping done! We topped the day off at Hacienda. Thanksgiving 2010 just doesn't get any better than that!!!

Turkey Week!!

I am super excited about Thanksgiving this week! I <3 Thanksgiving food!! Yummo!!! However I am mainly excited because Libby is here and it is her first holiday season. It seems like yesterday it was last year's Thanksgiving and she was in my belly. We had just found out she was a girl! Our plans are to get up and do the black Friday thing and put the Christmas tree up! Can't wait!

We had a pretty uneventful weekend but we got a lot accomplished. We got a Kohls and Buy Buy Baby trip in, cleaned up around the house, did some household things, hung pictures, visited with Aunt Lee Anne, and a bday dinner for Stacy with friends. I love restful/productive weekends!

Looking forward to the week...I will post some Turkey Day pics!!

OH PRAISE THE ONE WHO PAID MY DEBT.......

Okay I know this is a first...blogging three days in a row? Wow! Last night's post didn't come out as I wanted it to but Libby was being fussy and Brandon gets a little stressed when that happens so Mama had to stop and help.

Well I feel somewhat successful in my goal with this new "lack of sleep style" with Miss Li Ro. I think she is about to cut a tooth although I have said that since she was 3 months and here we are 4 months still without a tooth. I also think that a full diaper could also be a big part of the problem. My new plan is to get up with her if she wakes up crying, change the diaper, rock her for a max of 20 minutes then put her back to bed. Well she woke up at 11 and cried on and off until 12. I refused to get up because hello her diaper can't be that saturated yet considering she has only been down for a couple hours. Brandon and I both let her cry it out. I looked on the monitor and she was laying on top of her blanket instead of under it. She must have really thrown down! I heard her again at 3:15 am. So I got up and had Brandon come with me to give her tylenol. The poor pitiful thing had her paci in her mouth pulling the bumper pad down so she could look through the slats of the bed. awww. It melted my heart. Sure enough she had a 10 pound (exaggerated a little) diaper. I changed her, Muffin gave her tylenol, rocked her for 20 minutes and back down she went. She fussed at 4 something and Brandon got up to give her a paci and she quieted down and slept until 7ish. Whew. I am hoping this is just a phase cause I don't think I can go without my beauty sleep much longer.

It never fails, everyday around 2 hours after her waking she goes back down for a morning nap. I take her to her room rock her, sing to her, and play youtube music videos to her. It's our daily routine. I ususally sing along with a Chris Tomlin video but today I pulled up "Jesus Paid It All" contemporary version by Kristian Stanfill. As I played it Li Ro passed out of course and my eyes filled with tears and they streamed down my face. I was just so happy, felt so blessed, God loves me so much he sent his son to die for my sins. He loves me even though I make mistakes, say hurtful things, think bad thoughts. He STILL loves me. If you havent heard the song I highly encourage you to listen to it. It moves me everytime. I couldnt help but look around the room while holding this precious (non-sleeping) baby that is so healthy and beautiful, I am just in awe of this blessing. Brandon and I have a wonderful house, he has a wonderful job, Libby has a beautiful room and I am so thankful and blessed. I don't deserve any of it but he has provided for me and I don't ever take it for granted. Mom and dad recently went to Gatlinburg and they mentioned they saw a couple special needs children, one being a baby with Down's. I just stop and thank God for my healthy baby that I love so much and I just pray that I never disappoint or fail her. God is so good!

Mistakes

Before I get to my point about "mistakes" I have to share how clever Muffin is. Libby has not slept through the night the past two weeks. This morning I was up with Libby from 3:15-4:30 am. When I got back in the bed I informed Muffin that I was exhausted and if he started snoring that he would need to go to the couch. He sat up and said "no YOU were snoring!" Obviously I denied it and asked him what the heck he was talking about. He proceeded to grab his phone and play a recording of me snoring! Seriously? He told me I kept him up 2 hours because of my snoring. So guess who went to the couch when muffin started snoring...yep me!

Any hoot I was just thinking about how many mistakes I make but how mistakes are awesome because you learn from them. For example, I know someone who has tried everything to get pregnant and is unable to. I have learned from her not to harrass and question people about having kids because I have learned there may be a reason behind them not having kids. I have learned who you can tell things to and who you can't. I have learned when to keep my mouth shut with some people cause I know it's just not worth it. Just some food for thought...

Monday Monday Monday

This weekend was pretty uneventful. I did enjoy going to the UK game Friday night with Meg. It was good to see her. I don't get to see her too often. I am not as into UK basketball this year as last. You know you aren't going to be that good when one of your worst players last year starts this year. I hope as the season goes on I will get more into it. Saturday we watched the game and had Steve over. We got Libby a space saver high chair and checked out Buy Buy Baby. I totally loved it! I am a fan! It beats Babies R Us. They have better selection and the store set up is a lot nicer. The picture of Pig and I is after we got home from shopping. She was trying on her new hat and holding her new patten leather shoes. On Sunday we went to Bran's parents house to enjoy a birthday celebration for his sister Katie. She turned 21. Brandon has an extra large family and it is so fun getting together with everyone and catching up with everybody. The biggest bonus is everyone wants to hold your baby so you don't have to watch her. haha. I loved it! Libby got to meet her cousin Presley who was born 5 months after her. They will be so close and I can't wait to watch them grow up together. I got some good info that I will share later on...until then you will just have to wait... : )

Laundry Thursday

Well it's Thursday which means it's laundry day. Woohoo! Can't wait! Doing laundry and a trip to the grocery store are the highlights of my day today. I need to go pick up some prints at Walgreens as well. I am looking forward to running errands with Brandon this weekend and doing some Christmas shopping! We are gonna take Pig to Buy Buy Baby and see what that store is all about. We need to purchase a high-chair. The last couple of days she has been getting up on her knees. Not completely crawling yet but she is getting closer. She is sleeping well through the night in her bed. I am glad she is enjoying her bed but I miss her being in our room : ( Well that is about as exciting as my life is for today..........

Monday Monday Monday!

Yeah! It's Monday again! Start to a new week. I am so thankful I wake up on Monday mornings to be so blessed to have the opportunity to start a new week with a healthy family. I had a great weekend celebrating my 10 year reunion. Everyone pretty much looks the same and a lot hasnt changed with some people. Several girls like myself just recently had babes. We had a great time.

Well it finally happened. Libby slept in her own bed last night while we slept upstairs in our bed and she did great! She slept from 9 am until 6:15 am. I had to go down at 4 and roll her on her belly but she was asleep the whole time. I am so proud of her. Pig is 29 weeks this week (I think...) and she will be 7 months on the 13th. She is getting to be a big girl! She is started to get up on her knees when she scoots so she might start doing a real crawl soon.

I am looking forward to see what this week will bring...and I am counting down for Thanksgiving! Yay! Can't wait!!

I need sleep....

Well its only 8:33 am and I have been up since 4:17 am. I did go back to sleep for an hour and dreamed crazy weird dreams and woke up in a startle so I'm not going to count that. Why does this kid not like sleep? I cannot believe I created a kid that does not like sleep as much as I do. Oh well...tis life I guess. Brandon was sweet and got back up with her at 7:00 and let me sleep until 7:30. He is so sweet. After I got up I asked him to take a bath and he agreed with no hesitation even if it did make him late for work. He is great!

Libby had a great first Halloween. I was super inspired to make a costume now of something creative. Two sisters came to my parent's door, one was a sun and the other was a cloud. It was precious. I have a year to come up with something...it's got to be good! Libby is shaking her head no now. It's hilarious. She uses it appropriately too.

Well this has got to be cut short...pig is crying and she pooped. Gotta go!