July 25, 2012

Do you ever wonder what babies think?

I totally do. Violet has become fascinated with us pushing or hitting Sophie big yellow bus type car thing. You know, the flinstone looking cars that kids push with their little feets. Well if Jared or i walk up and shove that car in a direction she cracks up! So since we have no idea WHAT she is saying, I have decided to decipher her thoughts. Here goes:

"These fuckers are SO easy! I just have to giggle and I can get them to ram a toy bus into walls"

Yes..I believe my baby cusses in her baby thoughts. I means eh is MY kid by the way.

July 24, 2012

Making a sidecar crib

So Violet was outgrowing her cosleeper and I was not ready to put her in her own room. She still sometimes wakes in the middle of the night to nurse and its just so easy to roll over and feed her. So i looked for many options and discovered a youtube video called "Making a Side Car Crib"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqpbSoqvbQ

Here is the end result!!!

July 23, 2012

Violet Januaury is 6 Months Old!!!

Violet is 6 months old!
She can:
~Scream at the top of her lungs
~Sit up for a couple seconds
~crawl!
~Roll from belly to back
~Roll from back to belly
~Sleep 12 hours at night
~Eat some yummy vegetables now
~Laugh Out Loud (usually only for sophie)
~Smile continuously

Enjoy The Pics!

July 22, 2012

Pinterest Hairstyle #1

So since I have a lot of free time on my hands I have decided to try out some new hairstyles from pinterest. I have long hair but never know what to do with it. So here is my first try.

July 21, 2012

Sometimes..

..you just have to put everything in perspective.

People are humans and sometimes it is easy to forget that. I come from a family where you dont hold stuff in. When I was younger if my siblings and I got into a fight my parents would call a family meeting. They would sit us down and say for 20 minutes we could say whatever we want without getting into trouble. We would all talk at once getting gutsy with our words but eventually by the end we made up and felt better. I carried this trait with me my whole life but sometimes it gets me into trouble. Its hard to not feel bad about yourself for a trait you have. You sit back and think "Are you good enough..whats wrong with ME"!
But when it comes down to it...people are humans...and everyone isnt going to like you. That doesnt mean you should change the kind of person you are..it only means that you should learn and grow from the experience.
Lessons like this make me so scared for my girls. Life really can be mean to you. I want them to grow up strong and beautiful and confident in their decisions. I am learning as a parent that you can not protect your children from everything...but MAN do we ever try!!

July 20, 2012

Camping Trip 2012

We just got back from our camping trip today! We were supposed to come back Saturday but last night there was an extreme thunderstorm.As we laid in our tent I kept looking over at Jared with extreme terror on my face and asked ":Am I going to get electrocuted"? He thought it was funny..but I was pretty freaked out. Though, I must say seeing and hearing thunder/lightning THAT close was indeed beautiful.

I conquered my fear of getting on the speed boat. I know that sounds ridiculous but I have a severe fear of boats and water.The thought of the boat sinking and being in a lake where sea creatures could get me...terrifies me. but as Jared has been addicted to saying YOLO!

Sophie and Violet did amazing. mommy did not give them enough credit in the fact that I was certain it would be horrible. Yet, Sophie laid down with "Tangled" on daddy's Ipod and fell right asleep and Violet sleeps all the time so that was never a problem. Sophie had so much fun that when we got home she asked me about 1000000 times if we could go back and "play in the camp tent".

We were so grateful for my parents taking us on this adventure. We barely get out of being mommy and daddy 24/7 and it was nice to spend some time with my husband. Nana and Papa watched the babies and we rode our bikes down to the lake. It was great.

Here are some of my favorite photos!

July 17, 2012

This lady is my hero!

I found this link on Pinterest (my newest addiction) and decided it was so incredibly uplifting and wonderful. We dont see this very often in our world and it was like a breath of fresh air to know that people still cared. So I think for my birthday I will try to accomplish. Good thing is that I have 6 months to think up some good ideas!

How I Celebrated My Birthday!