Crawling

Did I tell y'all my baby is crawling?

mom ... will you stop taking pictures and help me get out of here!

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Just because I feel like ... I wanna play a game!6 Truths and 1 LieRules -- I'm going to list 7 statements below ... 6 of them will be true, 1 is a lie and you get to guess which one is the lie.

1. I have tendinitis in my wrists from playing handbells
2. I broke my ankle as a child on Christmas Eve
3. I work in an immunology lab even though I failed immunology in college
4. I'm one of the few Southerners who don't like Sweet Tea or Coke
5. We moved to Nashville because I got a job at Vanderbilt
6. The diamond in my ring is my Mother-in-law's diamond from the ring my Father-in-law proposed with
7. The year after I graduated, they removed my degree from Auburn

#1 is TRUE!!!!!  I know ... I just killed most of y'alls guesses, huh?  hehe.  I was (and still would be if I had time) an avid handbell player.  I was with a very advanced group in high school, so when I went to college I didn't want to give it up.  Well, the group at the local church there was just a bit less advanced ... and since I was good at reading music, I was given 7 low bells.  low bells = big bells = really heavy.  We went to a weekend conference where I played a lot and hurt my wrists.  6 months later ... I went to a doctor who told me I have a form of tendinitis called painters wrist.  Its from doing the same motion a painter would over and over again.  

Which one is true?  #3 or #5?

I'm not lying!  Here's an entry from my LJ (live journal) after that weekend ...

03/04/2005 -- 

i had a good weekend. the bell festival went well. i stressed my wrist though, yeah that kinda sux. i have to take advil to keep the swelling down, even though you can't really see that much swelling, mom says i still need to take it. and i have to ice it twice for 30 minutes like all week. fun. i have this nifty sleeve thing if i need it though. oh, why i strained it, well i play the bass bells in the choir which are seriously bigger than my head. for anyone who knows, i play C3-A3. yeah, big bass bells. but i came away from the concert with an increased love for handbell music and the want to get back into soloing. 

Help me Pick!

HELP ME PICK!!!!!
So, I want to enter the
2010 Parents Magazine Cover Contest
but I really want to pick the perfect picture ... so y'all get to help me vote!!!!


Leah #1:

Leah #2: 

Leah #3:

Audrey #1:

Audrey #2:

The poll is on the side!!!!!  There are two ... one for Audrey, one for Leah!  Please, please, please vote!  Thanks!

Movie Mondays

Here are some fun videos I have taken over the past few weeks ...

This is my favorite video! Audrey was making a cute shrill noise, so I wanted to video her ... Leah had another idea


I interviewed Leah ... mainly about her cartoon friends (fav three shows = Little Einstiens, Dora, and Team UmiZoomie) ...


This is what Yo Gabba Gabba does to your children:

The Mountain

How many pictures are too many pictures?  I guess for a Mamarazzi like me ... the answers is unknown.  There is no such thing as too many pictures!!!!!  I say this first because this is going to be a super photo-heavy entry.

Saturday was an absolutely beautiful day, like perfectly beautiful!  Leah wanted to go to the playground, but I didn't really feel like getting out the stroller and lugging everything over to the playground, especially since the trip home is uphill the whole way.  So instead we grabbed a blanket and went to the hill in between two apartment buildings right next to our house.  It was perfect!  and now Leah talks about going back to the mountain!

Running down 'the mountain' to find the perfect shady spot

I think she may have tripped...

or found some flowers?

We found that perfect shady spot!

So Leah wanted to spread out her blanket just like Mommy's

see that bucket?  she brought her blanket out stuffed in that bucket!

Audrey with the perfect sky

It's bright out here mommy ... where are my sunglasses?

This is my new absolute favorite picture ever.  When did she grow up?

My teething baby ... no hand is safe around her

I asked Leah what she was doing ... she said "Painting Mommy!"

We moved shady spots so I could be closer to Leah when she was 'painting' ... yeah, yeah I'm still a bit of a helicopter mom...

We were sitting around and I said something to Leah like "Let's just chill here".  Leah replied back "yeah, mommy, I'm chilly ... brrrrr...."

So she wrapped her blanket around her so she wouldn't be cold anymore!

Cute pouty 'cold' Princess

Time to go back inside!  Notice the blanket stuffed back into the bucket 

See that little pouty face ... yeah, she was asleep thirty minutes later!

See...I warned you ... lots of pictures!  I guess since I took over 100 for like the hour we were outside only sharing 20 of them is pretty good ... right?  ok ... I admit it ... I'm addicted to pictures!!!!!!

Audrey's arrival

It's Mother's Day Mania with Mama M over at My Little Life.  Today is birth stories!  I have already shared the 'fun' around Leah's birth (I'll link at the bottom if you want to read about my emergency C-section), so now I want to share my youngest's birth.

I was so ready, oh my goodness so ready for her to come!  I had an appointment on my due date, but I wasn't dilated enough to go into the hospital.  The doctor gave me these orders:  "Next week, let's work on going into labor."  Really?

So the next night I started having contractions.  Well ... I'd been having a few for a while, but I started counting them then.  Most moms know the drill ... they are coming every twenty minutes...then for an hour they come every 8 minutes ... and all of a sudden you don't get a contraction for twenty minutes again.  It was so frustrating.  To cap it off, my sweet husband kept asking, "Have you had one yet?  Are they closer?  Is it time?"  We played Trivial Purist into the wee hours of the morning and finally just went to sleep.  Ok, let me change that ... Andrew went to sleep, lol!  I tossed and turned and starting timing contractions again around 7am.  When I was convinced they were coming about every 5-7 minutes I woke up Andrew.  I was going to call in a talk to a nurse, and then head in when she told me to.  Andrew ... no my sweet husband was up, grabbing the bag, waking his mom up (who was staying with us to watch Leah) and telling her we were heading to the hospital!

I called the nurse on the way in, and she completely phsyced me out.  I asked her if I should come in.  She was all like, well you know what it feels like just come in when you feel ready.  I was all like, but I don't know what it feels like (I was sick, sick, sick when I went into labor with Leah), and I asked if  I could just come in now.  Um yeah...we were sitting in the parking deck of the hospital, lol!

I got checked in, settled in the delivery suite and found out I was 5cm dilated!  I got an epidural.  They insert drugs into your iv to kinda calm you down before they insert the epidural.  Oh, that is good stuff...Andrew said it was the first time I smiled all day, lol!  The epidural slowed down labor a bit, so they broke my water and dude ... that did the trick!

Soon after I started shivering.  I told Andrew I was so cold...could he please get a blanket.  But one blanket didn't do the trick, I was still shivering like a crazy person.  Before you know it, I'm feeling this pressure.  Andrew gets the nurse, she takes one look and tells me ... this baby is ready to come out.  Apparently shivering is a sign of labor ... hmmm ... who knew :-)

The doc rushed in and told me not to push until she was ready.  And then I started pushing.  My husband held my leg, this was all so new to us!  He coached me on breathing ... I watched through the mirror and an hour later Audrey was born!  I was amazed at the whole process!

Oh yeah, did I mention she was a vbac? It can be done ladies, if that's what you want!

Here are some fun pictures of Audrey's birth - day:

Audrey Anne was born at 3:40 PM on 11/20/2009 at Vanderbilt University Hospital. She is 8 lbs 13 ounces and 20 inches long!

I'm so excited about today!  I love birth stories!!!!!

If you want to read Leah's birth-story click here!

My Kids love me

3.) I know my kids really love me because…

Leah calls me her princess.  She will put one of her two treasured pink blankets around my shoulders and say "You're a princess now mommy."  She'll then wrap the other blanket around her and proudly exclaim that we are princesses together!

Audrey gets so excited when she sees me, or even hears my voice.  Like the kind of excited where she goes a bit spastic and shakes and cries for me to pick her up and cuddle and hold her.

For like a month after my birthday Leah would randomly come up and give me a big huge hug followed by "Happy Birfday Mommy!"  and then she would proudly run off to make my birthday cake in her oven.

Audrey smiles at me like this.  And I can make her giggle, like full out infant belly giggle!


These are just a few ways I know my girlies love me and I feel loved everyday!

Audrey

I can't believe my baby is 5 months old!  Where oh where has the time gone ... sigh...
And my 2 year old went 'dry all day' by tee-teeing and pooping in the potty!  and its only the third day of full out, no diapers potty training.  yay!

Visit Sevenclowncircus, j.leigh designz, 5 minutes for mom, A lot of loves, Jolly Mom, Go Graham Go for more pictures!

Mommy and Me #2

I love thinkin' outside the box especially when it comes to taking pictures.  I'm always the first one to lay upside down on the ground to get that perfect angle for the perfect shot.  Here is my artistic mommy and me shot...a mother's eye is never far away, even when you're sleeping...

and a couople more fun shots from this weekend ... these when I actually gave the camera to my husband, lol!

This is probably my favorite MEme! such a wonderful idea, so go visit Really, Are you Serious? and play along!!!



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