Adventuring into Solids...part 1

We have adventured into solids just in the past 2 weeks now. We decided to wait until she was 6 months to start, as she is primarily breastfed.  It did not start out so well, but now it is going great.  Bailey did not like the food at first, and we had to stop briefly due to some tummy issues, but now everything is going well in the solids department as well as usual in the nursing department.  Bailey is now eating fabulously and enjoying a little bit of all the purees I made her along with a little cereal.  We are still nursing every 2-3 hours as she demands and using the solids as extra, just to introduce her to them.  Our baby is growing up too quickly!  I will go into more detail in the next post.  Here are some pictures of Bailey enjoying different things, more to come soon.  {Oh yes, and I will be posting the photos we took of her really despising disliking solids on the first try.  She has come a long way!}

Bailey, I am soo proud of you!!  I love you little one!  Love, Momma 

{This Moment}

This moment everyday is one I will treasure in my heart forever.

This moment has changed my life.

Forever.

I always want to remember her big eyes starring into mine.

Focused on one another.

Beauty.

At this moment my heart is more in love, than ever before.

I love my little girl, and I would not give up this moment for the world.

Love and Peace sum it up.

Wordless Wednesday- Being Mobile

I think this picture says it all about being mobile, maybe it is not all fun like they say it is!!

The Measure of a Day

I used to think that a day was measured by how much I accomplished

What I did, what I checked off, how many hours I worked

It was about getting chores done, that needed to be done at the time

Have to was a word that was in my daily vocabulary

If I did not get the things on my list accomplished I was unproductive

Unproductive, not fulfilled, my day was measured by what I could get finished

Then I had you, and right away I figured out that a single day

can not be measured by what I have checked off on my "to-do" list

A single day can not be measured in working hours

Productive days are not always full of have tos, per say

A day is not measured by what I can get finished

The measure of a day to me is the happiness I have in that day

More importantly the happiness you have in that day

A day where we may not get anything done, but you are smiling

A day that we do not have "have tos" but rather "want tos"

The measure of a day is smiling, laughing and loving

The measure of my day is you knowing you are loved

Knowing that you are wanted, needed, cared for, for always

My day is measured in your happiness, your joy, loving you

A day that sees production, as time well spent together, nothing is better

The measure of a day, month, and year, exists because of you

Marvelous Mondays-Just Being

Today, in particular, I am feeling a little weird.  We had a all too relaxing weekend and did not do anything in particular.  I guess It is just one of those days where I just feel like an awful Mom.  I think the lack of sleep (and I am not complaining) causes me to be a little impatient.  I hate being impatient, especially with Bailey.  I am talking about small small moments but none the less I feel like a awful Mom, wife, friend, person...everything.

But this is Marvelous Monday, so today I am thankful, as I am everyday, for my daughter.  No matter how impatient I am she just looks at me and smiles and hugs me.  I mean, who in the world does this, most of the time when we are impatient as adults we look at each other like "well, she really NEEDS a NAP!"...  Maybe we should be a little more patient with each other and learn to have compassion.

As I feel like a bad Mom I try to tell myself that I am just having a bad day, and to shake it off, but "Mommy Guilt" is a powerful thing and starts the day you find out you are pregnant and parades on you like no other.  Feeling like this to me, does not help anything, it just makes me feel worse, eats me up inside.  So today and each day, I will try to remember all the happy moments, all the reasons I am a good person, a good wife, and a good Mom.  I am trying.  I love Bailey's smile, it really does bring me through every sleepless night and whining/ crying day.  It is also what makes every single day bright.    Bailey helps relieve this guilt, and I think I must be doing something small right, because when I look at this, I am amazed.

A cutie patootie!

A little Bailey love for your Sunday!

And a little more beauty for the day...

Blog Hop Friday- Our Mini Vacation!

Welcome to the first, ever, edition of Blog Hop Friday, hosted by My New Life As Mom, Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Take A Mom's Word For It, Bree Bee's, This Adventure Our Life and Belly Charms! We invite you and your friends to link up every Friday and join us for a wonderful blog hopping adventure! We're all about making friends and having fun so come join us! Here's how you can join in on the fun;

• Link up to your blog, using our inlinkz link list, below.
• Follow the host/hostesses located in the first 6 slots.
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We understand that not everyone has time to follow and comment on every Blog Hop Friday Participant, just do what you can and are willing to do. We will do the same! Take your time and go at your own pace.

The link list is only open to add new blogs on Fridays but will be visible all week long.

So go link up and hoppy blog hopping!

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A couple weekends ago we decided to go on a vacation to Lake Tahoe (precisely North Shore, on the Nevada side).  Last time we went it was in January... This time we left on a Friday morning and stayed through Monday.  We had our trip all streamlined this time...We cloth diapered, cloth wiped for the trip, we made it up in 9-10 hours  (which is more on par with time, our last trip, oh yes 13 hours on the road...my my!) and back in about 9 hours.  Bailey was a great traveler only whining when she wanted to nurse or needed a new diaper!  We had a nice and relaxing time together!  We just hung around, stayed up late, hung around in bed late in the morning, took a hike around a lake trail, and went to dinner at our favorite spots.  To us Tahoe is just a special place.  Here are some photos from our trip:

Beautiful views, serene, and calming.

Some rest and relaxation, just hanging out.

Playtime, and num numming Sophie the Giraffe! Aww, the life!

Family time, yep a weekend of that :)

Taking a little hike, Bailey is loving it!

Enjoying the views, how could we not?!

We had a great time! Let's go back soon.

She Makes Me Smile...

She makes me smile, with out doing anything special

Just being herself and laughing away

She finds joy in our expressions 

I love her little face

Her eyes, they are amazing to me

 

It is fabulous how little ones find joy in the smallest things

Somehow we lose this as we get older, I wish we do not, but we do

I love to watch her see things all around her and smile

No matter what, she always gives us her biggest grin

The world makes her smile, she makes me smile

When I am having a bad day, all I need to do is look at her

She smiles, Her smile makes me smile

My day is not so bad any longer

With this smile, I can do anything

I can be the Mom I want to be

She loves nothing more than being silly

Silly to the point of laughing now

I love her little laugh

Her laugh makes me smile

My whole world looks brighter with her in it

Everything I was thought to be important has changed

As she see the world, I again experience it

This time though, through her expressions

She makes me smile, because she is herself

She makes me smile, and the world is better for it

She smiles, and I smile back

My world will never be the same again

And this, is the best thing that has happened to me, ever.

Keep on smiling little one.  You make my day bright.

 

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Wordless Wednesday (Wordful)- My Heart is Full

There are moments that make me happy

There are moments that make me sad

Moments where I just can not explain how I feel

Overfilled with joy

Laughter filling my heart

Emotions flowing like a river

These days are unpredictable and the ones that I live for

It is easy to find sadness, but happiness, you have to seek

Sometimes it is easy, other times not

But when I walk into the room in the morning

 after sticking a load in the washer to find this,

My heart melts, and I know this is our happiness

This is what I love for

What we live for

(sorry about the quality of these photos, I had to capture it quickly which meant iphone in the dark)

Mother's Day this year...

On Mother's Day this year, I woke up to a clean kitchen and breakfast!

Not just any breakfast, but my favorite breakfast, chocolate chip waffles, strawberries, and whip cream... Yummy!!  Thank you Tony, I appreciate it very much!

Bailey and Tony also surprised me with a nice note and these flowers,

beautiful!!

We made some handmade cards for the Grandmas.

We tried to get cute little handprints, but footprints were more feasible.

We spent time together just hanging around the house.

It was an ordinary day, for the most part.

Little extra special gestures though to let me know I was loved.

Like a nice lunch, a clean car, and some wine and chocolate from my sister.

The best part of my day was this little cutie, my little baby girl, whom I love.

She makes me smile, laugh, and appreciate my life.

Not a life of have to's, but a life of want to's.

I feel at peace with her, like she makes me slow down.

Slow down so I can find what is important.

This, this is always the answer, nothing more, nothing less.

Thank you for teaching me how to be a Mommy, Bailey.

I sure hope I am doing a good job.

I love you very much little one.