Smiling Through the Rain

Even while I was pregnant with Paisley, I had already started contemplating having a 2nd child.  Which is crazy for several reasons.  1.)  I was huge pregnant during the HOT summer months.  2.) I grew up an only child and always thought I'd also want an only child.  3.) We'd actually started to think we'd never even have one, so 2 was crazy talk. My pregnancy was such a great experience, and even her delivery wasn't too bad.  However, my first 6 weeks as a new mom were EXHAUSTING . I didn't get any sleep, and felt like I might just die from feeling overwhelmed.  I'm not quite sure if it's as bad with a 2nd child, or maybe if it's even worse.  And who knows if I might get a 2nd baby who actually does like to sleep more than a few hours a day.  And is willing to be put down every now and then (that's the sound of Paisley gasping in the background at the thought.)  But how could I manage with a toddler in the house?  And I know trav...

Checking out New York-New York from our hotel window.  We had a great time in Vegas and Paisley was perfect!  I have to admit I was VERY concerned that she might cause a bit of trouble (aka "ruin the trip"), but I am so happy to report that she made it so much more fun! She peed on my mom's bed twice during this trip while having naked time.  :)  The flight there went really well.  She nursed and fell asleep before takeoff, and then slept through the entire 2.5 hour flight.  Luckily, it was a direct flight which made it really easy!  On the way home, she nursed again on takeoff but stayed awake the entire flight.  Thank goodness there were three of us to keep her busy, so she did great playing with toys/ tearing up the sky mall magazine/ eating snacks... Big gambler!  We spent exactly $0 on gambling which means we came out even!  She loved hanging out with her Aunt Emily and shopping!  We went for Aaron's vet confere...

Since becoming a mom, I've learned that time doesn't move the same as it did before.  It seems that it has sped up tremendously to the point that at the end of the day, I can't imagine how it's already time for bed.  And I can't see that I got anything done!  I always wish I just had an extra hour to do the housework, or even better- to sleep.  The dogs don't get as much attention as they deserve.  And no matter how much time I spend with Paisley, I beg for a few minutes more. So, I'm not going to make excuses as to why I've been a terrible blogger lately.  You've all heard them before.  What I am going to do is catch you up on life around here. Paisley has entered a very active phase.  She is so close to crawling it's crazy, and never just sits contently anymore.  Suddenly, she doesn't like to play in her jumperoo or exersaucer for more than 10 minutes and is insisting on lots of mommy time.  While I love that, it's exhausting...

We've been blindsided here in Oklahoma with 2 nasty snowstorms in a week.  For those of you who don't live here, snow pretty much shuts our state down.  We have no idea how to deal with it or drive on it.  So, it's better to just stay home in warm sweats!  I'm super eager for summer time.  Cold weather is NOT my thing at all, and my flip-flops are dying to come out of the closet. This week my mom started taking Paisley to a "Little Bug" gym class.  I kinda thought it sounded like a waste of time to be honest, but she REALLY enjoyed it.  And Paisley liked it too.  :)  There were only 2 other babies this week due to our ridiculous weather issues (I'm so over it), but they were all about the same age.   One of the things I found amazing is how different they all are in their development.  I never read the books about development and I don't worry about when they should be hitting their milestones.  I'm not too inter...

Miss Paisley rockin' her skinny jeans Loving my water bottle.  Maybe she realizes that I drink 3-4 of these a day to keep the milk supply up. And she loves fresh milk! Enjoying a 70 degree day in January at the zoo Our family at the zoo- plus a random child who wandered up. My stylish fashionista protecting her retinas Pooped out from a long day at the zoo.  Oh, and that is so not our Escalade.  I'm the Equinox parked next to it! Life just keeps getting more and more fun with her.  She's smiling more, giggles spontaneously, and interacts all the time.  She loved watching the animals at the zoo and would squeal with delight when they'd come close.  Of course she wasn't too impressed with the goats in the petting zoo since she has one of her own!  As I type this, she's squirming all over my lap and when I just looked down at her, she grinned from ear to ear and whispered a sweet "goo" which I'm pretty sure is baby talk for ...