Liebster Blog Award

The Liebster Blog Award is to recognize your favorite blogs with less than 200 followers.  The rules for the award are: 1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog. 2. Link back to the blogger who awarded/nominated you. 3. Copy and paste the blog award to your blog. 4. Reveal your top 5 blog picks! 5. Drop by your top 5 picks and let them know you chose them by commenting on their blog!


Heather from Love from Momma passed this along to me.  Thank you for thinking of me!  Heather has the most adorable daughter, and best-dressed I might add.

Here are a few of my favorite blogs:

Lexie Loo, Lily Boo & Dylan Too- 3 adorable kids, 1 fabulous mama (+hubby & pets)

Sunshine in a Blue Cup- Diana is always so positive, despite what life sends her way!  Her blog always makes me remember to appreciate my blessings!

Moments That Change Everything- One of the wonderful families we have met through the Chromosome 18 Registry & Research Society.

The Ramblings of Mrs Hargrave- She writes about various topics...I like her style.

Happenings in the Stacer Household- Joel's best-friend and his family.  Adorable kids!!

Diving into the Waves- Ali & her s 3 boys (&hubby).  She keeps very busy, but still blogs daily!


Hope you enjoy reading some of my favorite blogs!!

Girls' Night In

I had a little Girls' Night In last Friday.

I made some Sangria, some yummy appetizers, including this Bloomin' Onion Bread I found on Pinterest.

We "watched" Dirty Dancing three times, but mostly it was just on in the background while we talked and talked and talked.

Macy came down to say hi and get some love.  Jamie was pretty excited to hold her as you can see!

The kids had fun too.  John came over.  He and Joel entertained the kids upstairs with a homemade ballpit.

Thanks GaGa for picking these up at the Mom 2 Mom sale.  Graham had so much fun!

Doesn't he look SOOOOOO old in this pic??  That's a whole 'nother blog post!

I have the best husband EVER! He is always so supportive when I want to see my friends.  Because of this I get to see them quite often.  I would say on average I see a girlfriend once a week.  Sometimes, I skip a week, other weeks I go out twice.  Joel was glad to have John over too.  We have some great friends!

A New Wolf

Last week another Wolf was born. Joel's brother, Todd, his wife Lisa, and big sister Zayla welcomed Zander James.

We were planning to visit him last Saturday, but the weather was terrible near their home, which is about 3 hours away from us.  I was so sad.  I already had the camera, gifts and everything by the door Friday night.  However, we made the right choice.  Joel's mom was driving home from there the day we were going to head over and she said the roads were terrible.  So, this Saturday it is!  I cannot wait to get my hands on this bundle of joy!!

This is what $500 worth of Target shoes looks like...

You would think we must be at Target.  Nope, our Great Room.  Graham got new orthotics that I am trying to fit.  Each time he gets a new pair, I head off shoe shopping alone.  I bring his orthotics to the store with me, grab several styles and sizes, plop down on the floor and start shoving the orthotic in different shoes.  It's a sight and people often ask me what I am doing.  Once I have the shoe styles that work best narrowed down, I buy several styles and several sizes of each and come home and do a fitting.  The fitting takes some time and is a lot of work because shoes don't slip over the orthotic so easily.  That's why we do it at home with the help of a distracting TV.  Usually I find a couple pairs that work and take the rest back.  This time, not so much!

His new orthotic is bigger than the last pair, so it has been more difficult.  The first time I went I came home with about 15 pairs of shoes....none of which worked out.  The set above is the second batch I brought home.  You should have seen the looks I got going through the check-out!  Out of the 21 pairs in the picture, how many do you think worked out?  Zero!  Zero out of about 50 pairs, that doesn't even count all the shoes I ruled out at the store.

I went back out again today and have another 10 pairs waiting for Graham to try on after his nap.  I have high hopes this time.  Wish us luck!

Too bad I didn't have all the pairs in one picture, then the title of this post would be, "This is what $1,000 worth of Target shoes looks like!"

Macy is 7 months!

Happy 7 months, Honey Girl!


You are getting to be such a big girl. You changed so much in the past month. You are becoming a lot more mobile. You have realized that you can roll multiple times in a row to get places. You roll, squirm, and wiggle all over the place. We have to be very careful when you are playing on your mat, as you will make your way clear across the room. You used to roll off of your tummy as soon as we put you on it. Now it’s the opposite, if we lay you on your back, you will roll onto your tummy since you now realize it’s more fun to play that way.

You can sit up unsupported, though most of the time I leave the boppy behind you because eventually you will fall over. The longest I ever timed you was for 12 minutes, but I only timed you once.

You like jumping in your Jumperoo. You love when I read to you and Graham at night. He always makes you laugh. If he’s happy, you’re happy, but if he cries, you cry too.

You’re still a pretty good sleeper, though you wake up to eat more often. Maybe it’s because your food demands are going up, yet you are refusing to eat solids. We introduced solids just over 3 weeks ago and we try every day, yet we can barely get the spoon in your mouth. I have tried many different types of food, different times of day, and even tried letting you feed yourself. You’re just not interested. If I can sneak bites into your mouth, you will swallow it, but you won’t open your mouth for it. You purse your lips together and turn away. You are just very content nursing. Mama loves it too, but I know you need to expand your culinary horizons.

Your hair is starting to come in a bit fuller now, though it is very uneven. I want to get it evened out, but I can’t stand the thought of cutting your baby hairs. It seems your eyes are changing color. Your left eye is darker than the right now. They are both a shade of blue-grey. That is the color of Joel’s eyes, but it’s also the color Graham’s eyes turned before turning brown, so we’ll see. You still don’t have any teeth. I can see the bulges at the gum line of your two bottom teeth, but you don’t seem to be drooling or chewing too much, so maybe it will be a bit yet.

You still have all that delicious baby pudge all over...your hands, feet, legs, tummy...gosh it is so cute!

You are still our happy girl. You brighten our days so much with your smiles and giggles. Your personality is really starting to come out and we love every bit of it!

You are a dream baby! I love you forever and ever.

Love,
Mommy
 
 
*Macy turned 7 months on 1/21/12.

The view from here...

Wordless Wednesday

Best Bro and Little Sister...sounds about right!  :)