GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!

Dear Mommy and Daddy,


I have officially decided that I no longer need your help moving from place to place. There will no longer be any reason for me to be carried, held, cuddled, etc. I am now an independent, confident woman who can maneuver the world by myself. I know this will cause you to be especially emotional and please excuse me when I do not care. Remember that I love you very much, but GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!


Love,
Belle

Cake Destruction

Glad I'm not allergic to chocolate!!!!

My 1st Birthday Party!!

All Because Two People Fell in Love...

To my precious Princess Belle on her 1st Birthday...

My Sweet Angel Girl,

I love you so very much!!!  I cannot believe that one year has passed since I first held you in my arms.  God gave us you in His very own time, not ours' and I have never been more grateful.  I watch you grow every day and am amazed at how much you learn.  Your curiosity is amazing.  

On your first birthday, I wish you love and laughter throughout your life.  I pray that you do not inherit my baseless fears or anxieties.  I pray that you are fearless and follow whatever dream it is that God gives you.  I pray that you will one day come to know freedom in Christ.  I pray that your Daddy and I show you what it means to love and be loved.

You are my precious baby girl and I will always love you as such.  I so look forward to watching you grow in beauty and strength.

I love you always and forever!!

Happy Birthday Princess Belle!

Love, Mommy

 

Not my hat either!!!

That is NOT a hat Daddy!!

Give me that binkie!!!

Burn Those Calories

During dinner, Belle would sit in MawMaw's lap.  She would take one bite, get down out of MawMaw's lap, wait until she could grab MawMaw's fingers and then start walking until MawMaw got up with her.  She would walk into the living room and then crawl back to the kitchen.  After every bite!!!  It was so funny

Scaring Mommy to Death, Part 2...

Checklist for a really bad morning:
1. Wake up to screaming baby at 4 and never go back to sleep
2. While getting ready, stick finger down said baby's throat
3. Bonk baby's head on door frame while rushing to the bathroom to wash her mouth out
4. Call Poison Control (once finding the number after talking to a mean lady at the ER)
5. Lose phone that is on vibrate
6. Be late to work

So this morning, I decided that it would be fun to get in the trash and eat some of Daddy's deoderant. It tasted really bad and I tried to get it back out, but it just wouldn't get out!!!! So, I tried spitting it out, throwing it up and then Mommy got there... She swooped me up and started sticking her finger in my mouth and down my throat. Then she started washing my mouth out with water. It was so gross and I started foaming at the mouth (which the mommy now thinks looked pretty stinking funny!). So then Mommy looked at the back of the deoderant and saw that it said to call Poison Control IMMEDIATELY if I swallowed any of it, which I had. So then she ran around the whole house with me in tow trying to find the stupid phone and I started throwing up again, so we were running back to the bathroom and she bonked my head on the doorframe. Well that was just the end of the world and I completely lost it and starting crying and wailing (the mommy felt pretty darn terrible about this one, especially with the bruise on her noggan). She finally got a hold of Poison Control and they told her that she had already done everything she needed to do and that as long as I wasn't reacting to it - turning an "unnatural red" or seizing - that I was fine.

So now, I'm just hanging out with a yucky taste in my mouth drinking lots of water and about to head to Water Fun Day with Grant at his school.

Wonder if Mommy heart has restarted yet...