Woohoo for internet!!

I wanted to blog this morning while Libby was napping but my cat ate through the internet cord again! This is the 2nd internet cable that he has eaten in 2 months! He has been peeing outside the box and chewing on everything! I am a little over it! It is so nice to have the internet back! I didn't realize how much I enjoy it until it is gone.

Brandon and I had a good weekend. We went to the UK game and enjoyed watching the CATS pull off an amazing win over South Carolina. One of the best games that I have ever been to! When we got home we discovered a croupy baby. We were up and down all night Saturday night and did not get much sleep. On Sunday Libby felt better to an extent but refused to nap. Mom came over and helped out. She is awesome! I don't know what I would do without her. I am so blessed to have a great mom. She didnt think twice about coming and helping out while some others never even called to check on her. Oh well, I will shut up before I go on a tirade about that.....it's starting to get harder and harder to hold my tongue these days..I have been praying for strength.

Libby has felt a ton better today. She is still raspy and you can tell it hurts her throat to sneeze but other than that she is doing well. She has napped really well today and allowed me to go back to bed this morning. She had her 6 month well baby check up today. She is 14 pounds, 9 ounces, 25.8 inches long and doing well. I guess the shots weren't too traumatizing because she is jumping away in her Jenny Jump Up. She is a hoot. I need to make Brandon upload a video of her on facebook. She looks super funny right now because she doesnt have pants on. So picture chunky white legs hanging out of the jump up with her Tazmanian Devil band-aid on her leg. haha It's a hoot!

I am looking forward to the rest of the week and what it has to bring. Tomorrow and Wednesday are my long days so once those are over it is smooth sailing the rest of the week.

6 months

Wow! Yesterday was Libby's official 6 months. I cannot believe it! What I do with my time before she was born? I guess a lot of tv watching. She is amazing! She babbles "dada" (of course she would do that before mama), she rolls over, she scoots around, she eats baby food, she poops, she laughs, she crys, and that about sums it up! haha. I am enjoying every moment and trying to take it all in and embrace it. Before I know it she will be a teenager! AHHH

All According to His Plan

I am a firm believer that everything that happens in life is all according to God's plan for me. I don't believe things just happen or are by chance. I have been so blessed and things that have happened in my life have brought me to where I am today whether at the time I looked at it as a struggle or something wonderful. It all happened for a reason. I have to remind myself from time to time that God is in control and if I am at a "low"..there is always a reason or a purpose and to continue to trust in Him.

I totally know that meeting Brandon was a "God" thing. Prior to Brandon I struggled in an on and off again relationship for six years. I always knew in the back of my mind the relationship wouldn't work out but at the time I was looking at it with "rose colored glasses". My thought process was by golly I have toughed this out for six years...this guy is gonna marry me if I have to drag him down the aisle. (I think I just gagged a little bit..haha)! Even though I knew it wasn't right I couldn't comprehend. I would ask if it wasn't meant to be then why would we still be together for this long....so it had to be "meant to be"..right? WRONG! During the six years there were 3 break ups total. The first two devastated me. I couldnt eat or sleep. I lost 10 pounds in one week (making me like 90 pounds at that point). When the third and final break up happened I did not shed a tear. I had a peace and calmness that even shocked my mom. She anticipated me snapping at any second because I was living it up for the first time in a long time! (6 years to be exact). After that relationship ended, I met Brandon officially two months later. (We knew of each other...had not been formally introduced at that point).We started dating about a month later, were engaged after 6 months, and married a year later. I don't look back and look at the previous six years as a waste of time, but as a path that led me to Brandon. I am able to appreciate the way Brandon treats me and loves me. The previous relationship prepared me for the love and relationship I have with Brandon. I can look back and see now that it was all in God's plan. God was preparing me to meet my husband. Brandon and I had said we both wanted to try to have a babe pretty early because we aren't getting any younger. We didn't ever dream it would happen 3 weeks into our marriage but again it was all in his plan. Now we have a healthy, beautiful baby girl that I cannot imagine my life without.

Around the end of my pregnancy I felt God calling me to leave my job and the church that I was raised in. It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I feel like some people don't understand my decision or judge me for my decision but I can't worry about that. I was fighting it up until the end. I knew what I was suppose to do, God was telling me but I wasn't listening. I thought you have got to be crazy if you think I am going to stay at home all day everyday...being a stay at home mom is not for me. And money? What about our finances? To take away a whole salary and add the expense of a child? You have got to be crazy. Well I was obedient and did what I was told to do and now I am started to get involved with an awesome church, I absoultely love being a stay at home mommy, and our finances are just as well or even better off then before. It was all according to his plan! We have to be obedient and trust and follow him and he will provide. I am so humbled by what all God has done for me. I think about how blessed I am and I thank God for all he has done for me and my family. Next time you are going through a "low" trust in God cause it is all according to his plan. There may be something better in the future and you may be surprised! I know i have been! : )

I want Christmas Now!!

Well I am suppose to have Piglet and myself ready to go out to SEBC to help with the payroll taxes (probably for the last time for a while) in an an hour and a half which includes feeding her cereal and I am blogging about how I want Christmas now..really? haha. I am craving Christmas so bad! I want to put lights on the house, go Christmas shopping, wrap presents....so crazy! I didn't start craving Christmas until the other day when I bought these delicious smelling air wick refills ...warm harvest is the smell but it just reminds me of Christmas. Its funny how smells and songs can remind us of certain things. The smell of my car actually makes me gag because we bought my car when I was only a few months pregnant in the sick phase. The smell of my car takes me back to that time and makes me want to barf everytime I get in...wierd huh? Its so funny how the mind works. I guess I better get my butt in gear..I'm starting to smell an unpleasant aroma....hmmm....

It's Tuesday..Yay!

Today is Tuesday and it is my long day but I am super excited because I basically don't have any responsibilities the rest of the week because it is fall break! The house was cleaned yesterday and I have Addyson and Rebecca today and that is it! Tonight Brandon and I are going to go to a Bible Study at a younger couple's home. We are excited about going. Brandon and I had another restful weekend and my grandma got to see Libby again on Sunday. I am so glad she is getting to enjoy her. I just wish that my Papaw and other Mamaw could have met her. Libby is 25 weeks today! Wow!! Is that possible? She is amazing and I am loving every minute of being at home with her! We are cutting back and making sacrifices but it is all worth it!

Sigh

All I want to do is sigh. I feel really good about things that I have been stressed over. Our finances are looking good, I'm loving spending everyday with the Piglet, and the weather is amazing! I am surrounded with wonderful friends and family. I am loving fall! The leaves are so pretty! I want to pick out a pumpkin, go to an orchard, dress up for halloween...cant wait! I am looking forward to going to a cookout tonight and introduce Miss Libby to some other babies. She hasnt really been around other babies so I am anxious to see what she does. I am taking her to meet her cousin Presley in Cincinnati next Sunday. The girls are 5 months apart and I cant wait to watch them grow up together. I have a small family and I love that Brandon has a large family. There will always be someone to play with at family gatherings, weddings, etc. My next big task over the next few weeks is to prepare to move Libby to her room. I dread it because I love knowing that she is at the end of my bed but it is also very convenient. Her room is in the back of the house so if I do have to get up with her I will have to get up and walk all the way to the back of the house. In a few weeks she will be 6 months old (is that really possible?) and its about time to start operation cry it out. I dread it! Wish me luck!

Yeah for Fall!!

Today is a cool, rainy, dreary day and it is wonderful! I love it!! I love the cool temps. Its a nice break from the heat that we have been having since oh...MARCH!! I am looking forward to our family pictures coming up, a Halloween party...it's so fun!! I had a wonderful weekend and it was so wonderful because we stayed in! Brandon cleaned out the garage, just another thing off our checklist of things to do! Brandon enjoyed football games yesterday while Pig and I napped. Crawling=awesome naps! We went to visit Brandon's parents for his mom's bday. We got her a photo album of some pics of Libby since her birth. Actually before birth cause I included some ultrasound pics too. I am looking forward to entertaining tomorrow night for a 31 gift party. I am really loving staying at home with Libby. I actually enjoy cleaning the house. (Weird I know!) I am hoping our financial situation will allow this for a while. It's amazing money you can save doing the little things. Here are a few of my money saving strategies:
1) Cancel any magazine subscriptions and read online. No people is not as fun to read online but you get the same stories at no cost.
2) coupon clip- Sunday paper and great coupons online too!
3) buy off brand items. It is super amazing how much money you save buying generic!
4) call and complain about your insight bill going up! Call and complain and they lower it!
5) Target brand formula- saves us $10 a can!
6) Don't eat out- We were out to eat obsessed. Now we barely miss it!
7) Ask for help- This is the hardest one! But when you have a babe everyone wants to get something for her, so I ask for stuff that is actually needed instead of wanted!
Well that's all I have for now someone is not happy!! Gotta go!!