skidmarks are no fun...

i know... sexy. don't you love it when you blow your nose so much you accidentally rub off a good portion of your face? i know i do.

so, bird and i are sick. sick as crap. it's not fun. just when you think you kind of have a handle on this whole being someone's mommy thing something comes up... this time it was illness.

i was talking to kev today and asked him, "remember when i just drank a bunch of NyQuil, mixed in some decongestants and just slept sickness off like a bad hangover? yeah... those days are long gone my husband."

bird and i are all stuffed up, can't hardly breathe hot messes. it absolutely breaks my heart to see her sick. she doesn't know how to blow her nose so while her precious face doesn't have skid marks the inside of her little nostrils show some wear and tear from my boogie-plunging efforts. she's got little red rings around her eyes and every now and then a tear streams down her face. she's not crying... just tears.

the what to expect in the first year book said that there is nothing more sad, vulnerable and pathetic than a sick baby... except that baby's parents. so true. soooo true.

i took bird to the doc today just to make sure she didn't have the swine flu. cause i'm cool like that. :) good news... she doesn't. yikes. give a first time mama a break, k?

we're running 101 degree temperatures - which is always really fun. except not really. i wish i could just take her sickness away. i'd be double sick for double as long if i could. breaks my stinkin' heart.

i asked her pedi if he would just admit both us... i have no idea what i'm doing and am feeling a little out of my league... he thought it was funny. i was serious.

so please... if you pray - please keep bird in mind. sick babies are just heartbreaking. :(

my little bird is growin' up!

so i'm really bad at blogging! i spend so much time with my little bird (yay!) that i just have no time for it anymore. :) perhaps i should spend less time on facebook during her naps and just stinkin' update the blog. i'll work on it. :) hahaha.

anyways, my little bird is growing up so fast. it's a fast gradual change... if that makes sense. i can see that she's getting bigger and doing new things everyday but when i put on an outfit she wore the week before and i can't button the buttons it's apparent she's getting huge... fast.since i last blogged bird had her three month birthday, rolled over for the first time and now is little miss chatty patty grabster. :) so many milestones.

i absolutely adore being a stay at home mommy and am just so blessed to be able to see all these changes on a daily basis.

kevin is the best daddy and husband i could ever ask for. i try to record a little movie or two a day for him to watch when he gets home from work to see what we did for the day. he really enjoys it. :)

i am shreadder! hear me rroooaarrr!

the bump ladies swear by it... and it works.

i have been "shreadding" for a few days now and i'm sore! ouchie! :) it's working!

i stick nora bird in her swing and start the shread. it's only 20 minutes (thank goodness since it was a MAJOR reality check as to what pregnancy did to me... bwahahahaha!) and she smiles and squawks at me the whole time. she thinks it's really funny.

well fine nora bird. :) whatev. things are shakin' and jigglin' - things i never knew could shake or jiggle. :) it's a work in progress.

and... the good news? well, my legs are so sore that i "drop" onto the toilet to go potty because it hurts too bad to squat. yep. that's where i'm at. good stuff. :)

misadventures of a newlywed giveaway! :)

first things first - thank you mrs. goodson for turning me onto this site! :) http://www.misadventuresofanewlywed.com/ is my new favorite blog. you've got to check it out! free give-aways! yay!

how desperately do i need a monogrammed pair of moccasins? very badly.

don't hate the playa' hate the game!

oh how i adore my little nora bird.

she's a playa - a heartbreaker. :)

here she is with her boyfriend haylon (she is only 7 weeks older than him!)
and here she is with her other boyfriend carson (he's about 6 weeks older than her):


here's her other boyfriend alden (who sadly lives a state away):
and finally, her boyfriend tank (who actually is a couple months older than she is but we don't spend enough time with his mama... nora is still in my belly in this photo):

4 AM comes early...

who would have thought that getting up to feed nora bird at 4 AM, then pumping for 40 minutes with my stupid hand cranker pump would lead to a burst of energy that prompted me to clean my entire downstairs in nothing but my underwear... in the middle of the night. certainly not me... because if i had thought that silly idea up i would have reminded myself how crash dead tired i would be beginning at about 2 in the afternoon. what a dummy i would be... ::falls into a deep slumber at the computer chair::

today is kev's birthday. what an amazing amazing man he is. i am so incredibly blessed to have such a kind, loving man for a husband and daddy for nora bird. when i say my prayers i thank God for him, twice. when i count my blessings i count him and nora bird about 5 times. :) he is just such a good person with a huge heart and an amazing soul. i don't know what i did to deserve him... thank you Father God for my kevin. :)

nora bird's first fourth of july :)

we went to kev's parent's ranch for nora bird's first fouth of july. luckily we've been blessed with an incredibly good baby who sleeps through the night, through moose and katie's barking and through the big bangs of fireworks. nothing seems to bother her sleeping... except doing the dishes. perfect, huh? oh well... i hate the dishes anyway. :)

nora bird mostly slept through the day's events but we managed to take a couple of cute pictures of her. i can't believe how fast she's growing. :) or how much i love my little bird. :)


how cute is that outfit too? i'll have you know this bargain hunting mama bought that little dress at a garage sale months ago for a quarter! :) hahaha. :)