New Design & Randomness

Happy Monday my friends:)

How do you like my new blog design?? I LOVE IT:) I love Cate's little face:)
Jessica did it for me:) Yay!! Thank you Jessica!!

We our under a severe blizzard warning right now! This is very UNCOMMON for us! Looks like we will spending lots of time inside!!

Hope this little girl likes the snow better this time around...




Last week Cate and I made some Valentines:)




It was so much and she really enjoyed putting all the cute stickers on the hearts!!

I made this little banner for Cate's room:) I make little ones for every holiday/season:)




I really love how the "Love Bugs," turned out. Took me forever to figure them out though! ha!



Also, I made this sign too:)




I LOVE my cricut and I am so glad I got one:) My friend Karah really pushed me to get one and also, helped me get a good deal on one:) Thanks my sweet friend:)

I made a fun heart mobile for Cate's room too:) I found an easy how to on Enjoying The Small Things blog:)




This week I am working on a House Warming party for my sister and will be baking:)
I love cooking and baking when the weather is bad:)

I am going to bake:
Lemon Honey Pound Cake
The Pioneer Woman's Apple Cobbler
Oatmeal Scottie cookies:)

BRING on the SNOW:)

LOVE LOVE LOVE:)

16 Months

Well, my baby girl will be 17 months tomorrow! So, today I will post her 16 month update:)

Everyday gets better and better!!! Cate is such a little sponge right now. She takes everything in and mimics everything we do!! We love her so much and thank God for the blessing that she is in our lives!

* I think she has gotten taller this month. I put a little dress on her the first of December and it was long and then 30 days later it was short:) Tall girl

* She has a mouth full of teeth


* She LOVES to sing her "ABCs!" She even gets some of the sounds right!

* She says so many words! There is a red picture frame at our house and she will squat down and point to Allison and say.. "Allliiissooon!" It's so cute:) She also, says: hank you, pease, mommy, daddy, Pat-rick, Rarah, Poppa, Gi Gi(gammie), dog, Halley, Daisy, baby, bye bye, hi, teeth, snow, moe (more), juice, milk, itsy bitsy, twinkle twinkle, bath, T, Finnie, Jackson, Ev, Gaaaa (grant), Bray bray (brady)... I am sure there are more:) But I will stop there :)

* Lately, when I try to get ready in the morning, she stands at my feet and whines


* She is really rocking the pigtails this month:) I even got her hair into a tiny pony tale;)



* She takes one nap a day. It is between 2 and 3 hours

* She has become a pickier eater:( It is very hard to get her to eat her veggies. She loves to feed veggies to the dogs

* When the dogs do something wrong, she puts her hands on her hip and says, "no no Halley, no no daisy!!" ha

* She LOVES going down the slide at the playground! She would do it all the time, if only the weather would warm up!


* It has snowed two times in her 16 month of life:)



* She still LOVES to brush her teeth but she won't let me do it. Pretty soon I am going to have to do it for her


* She is a HUGE ice cream fan! She would eat it for every single meal if she could!


* She is such a silly girl and LOVES posing for the camera and posing in front of the mirror:)




* She threw her first fit this month:( I took a treat jar away from her because it was time to get dressed. We were at the doctors office and needed to leave. She threw herself on the ground and screamed and cried. I just let her cry it out


* Elmo is still her favorite!!! She got an adorable shirt from Santa for Christmas and she LOVES to wear it:)


* She loves helping mommy in the kitchen and she is such a big helper. She helps stir and clean up. She loves putting stuff back in the fridge and throwing things away:)


* She got a bath time baby this month and LOVES it. She washes her babies hair and body and kisses on her baby lots too:) She is such a loving little mommy:)

* We now go to a mommy and me gymnastic class. She loves to run back and forth on the air track! She also loves doing somersaults.. with help of course!

* She LOVES to dance! Ryan will hold her hands and they will both kick their heals up and dance in circles

* She LOVES to read!! She only likes certain books though! If you are about to read her a book she doesn't like, she will close it and hand you another! Sesame street books are her favorite

* She is very giggly:) It is so cute

* She loves to feed herself. It makes a huge mess but a girls got to learn some how:)

* She loves eating with a fork and spoon:)

* She also LOVES blowing kisses and giving kisses:) It is so sweet

* She still plays with her hair but now she also will play with my hair sometimes too! I LOVE it;)

* She is so busy and sometimes too busy to let mommy change her diaper

* She got another ear infection and sinus infection this month:( Makes for a very cranky little girl!

* She LOVES holding hands with Finley and hugging Finley

* Christmas was so much fun this year! She LOVES opening presents!

* She lOVES purses and bags:) My sister gave her a little diaper bag for Christmas and she loves to carry it around



* Cate in her chair:) Big 16 month old!



* Our whole little family on Christmas:)


We love you soooo MUCH CATE!! Thank you for being such a blessing in our lives!!!!



LOVE LOVE LOVE

1950s Mom

Lately, I have been doing a lot of thinking about being a mom. I sometimes feel guilty when Cate is awake and I check my email or Facebook on my phone. I feel like I am cheating Cate out of time with me. I want to savor every moment with her, cherish the time because it all goes by so quickly!

It made me wonder... What kind of mom would I have been like in the 1950s? When there were no computers, cell phones, color TVS, DVR, etc. Would I be a better mom then I am today?

Would I be a June Cleaver?


Description of June found from Wikipedia

June is dedicated to her family; her interests outside the home are social events like weddings or school events like meetings and plays. She has ladylike pastimes: needlepoint, cake decorating, and arranging tea roses. She reads glossy but high-toned, tasteful women's magazines. Her kitchen is immaculate. Like most TV middle class sitcom families of the era, the Cleavers eat breakfast and lunch in the kitchen while their dinners are full scale affairs in the dining room. June is ladylike and slightly formal in personal appearance, always seen with perfectly coiffed hair and tasteful facial makeup. She is notorious among the show's fans for consistently being dressed as a party hostess, even when doing her housework or relaxing around the house. She wears stylish slacks about the house in a few early episodes, but for most of the series her wardrobe consists of simple but elegant dresses, suits, or skirts paired with blouses or sweaters and high-heeled pumps for shoes. Many of her most attractive house frocks were worn throughout the series' run. She wears a pearl necklace in almost every scene, even when gardening.

I wonder if June would have had a blog? Would she have Facebook? DVR? Twitter? Would she tweet pictures of Wally and the Beave? Or would she ignore all the social networking and just be a good old fashion mom? Would June ever be caught wearing her pjs all day? Or taking her child to a gym daycare? Would she put the Beave in a Mothers Day out?

Would I be like Mrs C?

Information on Mrs. C from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1422244/believable_tv_moms.html?cat=25

Then there is Marion Cunningham, played by Marion Ross on Happy Days was a believable mom to Joanie, Ritchie, and seldom seen oldest child Chuck who was always away at college. Mrs. C was the mom we all wanted; she was a stay at home mom who always let friends visit. She had a happy and believable marriage with hubby Mr. C. This was one woman who made rising teenagers seem so easy.



I wonder what kind of mom she would be today?? With all the social networking and media outlets??

I strive to be the best mom possible to Cate. I hope that she never feels "cheated," because of my time on the phone, twitter, Facebook, blogging.... I don't feel like I am on any of the above too often, just sometimes I wonder.....
What kind of mom would I have been back then? A better one then I am now??



What do you think?

Weighing In

Cate LOVES to weigh herself!
It is so cute:)
Someday I'm sure she won't have such a GREAT LOVE for weighing:)



Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday. Cate and I are both home sick! She has a really bad sinus infection!
Praying she feels better soon!

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Cate blowing Kisses for Uncle Patrick and Dancing:)

Cate loves her Uncle Patrick:) So we sent him a video of her on Saturday!!
Her dancing at the end is hilarious:)

Please ignore the annoying voices in the background and the singing!!

Side Note: When my brother was little and fresh out of the bathtub, my mom made up a song and would sing it. It went like this.. "Naked Ninnie on the loose, Nake Ninnie on the loose." For some reason, Cate and Finley love this song. It gets them to smile and dance like crazy:)
So you will hear it the background....




Hope everyone had a great weekend;)

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Mom's One Line a Day 5 Year Journal

My friend Allison introduced to me this journal and I LOVE IT!!!



It has just the right amount of space to write down everything we did that day! I can keep record of funny things she does, says, how she acts, what she wore, what she ate for lunch... etc:)

I know it will mean so much to her and me someday! Time seems to fly by and this way I can remember the really important and special moments in her life!!!

Do you have a mommy journal? What do you do to keep track of your little ones special moments?

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Tacky Sweater Party

My parents have a tacky Christmas sweater party at their house every year. This year we ordered onesies for our whole family!!! They were actually very comfortable and Ryan wants to wear his all the time:)

Enjoy:)

















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A Fun Day at Home

Good Afternoon:)
We didn't get all the snow that everyone else did :( But we did have a fun morning at home:)

Cate tried a nutella sandwich for the first time and it was a hit:)






Then we made chocolate chip cookies:)






Now she is taking a much needed nap and I am about to make dinner:)
Hope everyone is having a great day and staying warm:)
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