Evie's first time playing in the snow! =] November 2010

You know you're a mother when...

Having the UPS man pound on your door the minute your kid falls asleep makes you want to stab him in the eye.

You’ve used your last diaper and need another one and yell at your significant other because of it (as if they used all the diapers!).

7:30 am is sleeping in.

Getting spit up on only 3 times is a successful day.

Your front closet is overflowing with an assortment of diaper bags instead of shoes.

You spend two hours packing for vacation, realizing once you get to your destination that you forgot all your clothes.

Your daily showers consist of: 30% showering, 20% preventing your child from climbing into the tub fully clothed, 40% trying to keep the shower curtain closed with your foot as your child tries to pry it open, 10% pretending your water is still hot, 0% relaxing.

You’re belting out nursery rhymes and making ridiculous faces and noises in the car (even though people are staring) to prevent your child from falling asleep on the way home... because if they fall asleep they won’t nap, and if they won’t nap, all hell breaks loose.

You get pissed at the neighborhood hooligans for blaring their music. At 8:00pm. On a Saturday.

You’ve helped your child poop when they’re constipated. Please don’t make me go into detail.

Your Christmas wish list consists of a new vacuum, BPA-Free Tupperware, and Disney movies.

Instead of getting pissed at the mom with the crying newborn, you feel sorry for her. Then, instead of feeling sorry for the mom with the crying newborn, you want to go over and show her how its done.

You don’t get dressed in the morning until the very last minute, knowing if you do it any earlier, you will no longer be able to wear that outfit because something will spill on it.

You have no wine glasses, but a cupboard full of sippy cups.

Your Friday nights no longer mean going out with your friends, but cuddling up with your little one making memories.

You know how to do everything around the house without making a single noise.

You have to force yourself to steer clear of the kid’s department or you will accidentally walk out with $200 worth of kids clothes and will have purchased approximately zero things from your shopping list.

You’ve got 10 projects going on at once, 15 of which are left eternally uncompleted… which doesn’t even add up, but somehow is true.

The park is your favorite place to go on a nice day.

You realize you know way too much about vomit.

You’ve memorized every children’s book in your house without knowing it.

80% of your computer’s memory is filled with photos and videos of your kid.

You can smell a poopy diaper from three rooms away… five minutes before they’ve actually done their business.

You use your own spit to clean up your kid’s face and believe this is more effective then any baby wipe on the market.

Your purse blows Mary Poppin’s bag out of the water.

Despite all these things, you love your life and wouldn’t change a thing.

Love this munchkin more than anything! (also, cool sun spot on this photo!)

Evie's new favorite thing.

What could be more fun then drinking out of the hose and getting all wet?

Nothing Apparently! Especially when Mommy gets some awesome pics out of it =)

Wordy Thursdy

So, I was supposed to put these two pictures up last night and the post would have been "Wordless Wednesday" (just a picture or two from that day, no words to explain)... because it rhymes. BUT I forgot, so my new title was going to be "Wordless Thursday", which doesn't rhyme but it would have done the job. Then I felt I had to explain it all so this post is no longer wordless, but very wordy indeed. My next choice in title was going to be "Wordy Thursday", which doesn't rhyme either, and that bothers me. Hence the new and improved title of "Wordy Thursdy".

If only I would have posted this last night, you would have been spared from my ramblings and craziness that is my mind.

Enjoy the cuteness.

Evie's 1st Birthday!

My little girl turned 1 year old on March 20th... I refuse to believe it! It seriously just seems like I was pregnant yesterday. At about 9:00 am that morning I said to Taylor, "It was one year ago from now that I was holding her for the first time..." then I got all emotional as I think every mother does on their baby's first birthday. I remember that first cuddle so clearly. They handed her to me while I was in the recovery room after the c-section and it was true love. I felt more at home with her in my arms then ever. I just wanted to hold her and stare at her for eternity! And every time I woke up or she woke up from a nap it felt like Christmas morning when I was a little kid, only that feeling times 10! I just couldn't get enough of that sweet little face. But, back to the present time: She's just growing so fast and is getting to be such a smart little kid. Some recent "tricks" she's doing is bouncing a ball to me (or near me), and she hugs her stuffed animals! I say, "Give Pooh Bear hugs!" and she gives him a huge snuggly hug. SO cute! We just had a little Birthday party for her with Taylor and me and had cake and she opened her presents. We got her a strawberry ice cream cake... delicious, but cold! Even though her fingers were freezing she devoured her slice of cake and made the biggest mess! We had to throw her right in the tub before presents. She was very dainty with the opening of presents... I'm sure that will change as the years go by! I got her the most adorable set of embossed wooden alphabet blocks. Every child should have a set of these! While she just throws them around and knocks them down right now, I know they'll grow with her and help her learn. They have numbers, letters, math symbols, and animal imprints.

Below are more pictures from the party and pictures from her "I'm 1!" photo shoot we did in our backyard. They turned out really well I think! Enjoy =]


She got a little distracted while eating her cake and decided the purple bow must come off! She succeeded... and the bow was destroyed.

Text Addict Baby

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