Our Adventure called Life

I'm a little over a year into the Mommy business and I've blogged a lot about that kid because let's face it, he's pretty dang cute and special.  To mix things up, I figured I would blog a little about me, because my attitude, feelings, and emotions are a little bit different now than they were 13 months ago.  I want to remember how I felt as a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mom, and a friend, 10 years from now, as I think back to the time my infant became a toddler. Exhaustion from skiing is NOTHING compared to exhaustion from having a teething baby Currently, I'm exhausted.  We have some teething going on and possibly a bit of bug.  Paisley has been running a low grade fever and it seems separation anxiety has reared it's ugly head.  Some days just getting out of my pajamas is a struggle as the second I sit baby boy down on the ground, he screams like someone is dangling him over a pit of crocodiles.  I don't understand it and it hurts my heart.  I qu

Doesn't this face look like the face of the future Gerber Baby (says the non-biased proud Momma)??  If you have a Facebook account and have a minute or two, feel free to click on the link below to vote this face as the future face of Gerber.  You will have to "Like" the Gerber Facebook page, and then click "Vote" on Paisley's picture.  You can vote once per day for the next 21 days .  Thank you and we appreciate your vote!!!  (I just had a flashback to running for student council)    http://tinyurl.com/c8m7qex

Please remove the pointy birthday hat I’m wondering if 4 celebrations is a little overkill for Paisley’s 1 st birthday.   “Yes” you say? Yeah, it probably is, but that didn’t stop us from blowing up the balloons and lighting the candles.   After all, you only go from “0” to “1” once.   Playing with his new toy in his new chair We kicked off the celebrations a couple weeks early by heading to my sisters for dinner.   Paisley received his first birthday gifts from his Aunt.   She had ordered him the cutest striped chair that has his name sewn on the back.   He quickly took to the chair and enjoyed diving out of the chair head first.   Boys!!   She also gave him a brightly colored wooden stacker toy.   He isn’t into “stacking” quite yet, but he does enjoy pulling the pieces off the base and scattering them throughout the house.   Just last night I found the orange piece in our kitchen.   Thank you sister for having us over and showering our birthday boy with love.   The cak