Good Riddance January!

Dear January,

I have made my feelings very clear to you in the past, and I will make them clear again. I DO NOT LIKE YOU! This year was no exception. You're cold, you're smoggy, and I swear you stuff two months into one. You have no fun Holidays after almost 2 months of celebrations, your days are long dark and cold, and you're simply horrible. I've heard you been called "The Monday of the Year," and I couldn't agree more.

Not to mention I now have the second cold of the month. I rang you in miserable, and I will gladly see you leave slightly less miserable. (ok, nothing compares to the influenza I had at the beginning. This one is just a slight stuffy nose/cough.)

Point is January, you suck. And I am so glad to see you leave tomorrow.

February, I will welcome you with open arms in the morning.

Life Lately, According to my Phone

 Life has been loving standing on the chair, and loving even more climbing up onto the table. It's been messing up books that were put away seconds before, and it's watching Gilmore Girls while putting things on her head.

 It's been cute daddy daughter time in the snow, my new $11 dollar shoes from payless with an Abby mess beyond the camera, its been Abby not wanting cuddles before bed, therefore falling asleep on the floor, and Abby upset with me because I force fed her oatmeal. I know. Mean mom.

 It's delicious juice I can't get enough of, It's falling asleep instead of eating lunch, and it's being so tuned into Sesame Street while sitting in her Princess chair that she didn't even notice me.

 Life has been getting mad, and giving me her dirty looks.

 It's been extra cuddly with mommy and playing with my face, taking the batteries out of the remote and placing them in Weasly's cage (which she knows I'll never open to get out) and it's been putting on my makeup.

And, life has been reading books on the rocking chair while I've done homework, getting bundled up to go on our first walk in weeks, and enjoying Ramen. Every. Last. Bite.

18 Months

It's that time again. Time to brag about my adorable daughter and the cute/smart/hilarious things she does.

Abby turned 18 months on Monday. She is now nursery age. (granted, she has already been going, but it feels good for it to be official.) And knowing I don't have to wrestle with her the last two hours of church makes me really very happy.

She was in the middle of telling us about her cup

Got into mommy's makeup

Climbed from the chair to the table

Life father, like daughter

At 18 months, Abby can:

• Say "lets go!"
• "Brrr it's cold"
• "baby" (of course)
• "Bye Bye"
• "Doggie"
• "Banana" (which sounds like baby)
• A bunch of other things that sound like baby
• She whispers "Shhhh" and taps her nose when someone is sleeping
• She is constantly spinning circles
• She has a great throwing arm, and loves throwing balls.
• She doesn't like to eat still, unless it is chicken nuggets, hot dogs, bananas, oranges, apples, peppers, cucumbers, pizza, peanut butter bread/toast, tomatoes, fries, tortillas or candy especially chocolate. (ok, so maybe that is a lot for a 18 month old?)
• She hates her high-chair
• She refuses to eat dinner on Sundays. And sometimes during the week.
• She is constantly running
• She loves her mommy, until daddy gets home. Then he is her favorite person in the whole world.
• She loves to climb on things, like the table.
• If she can't get on something, she will pat it until we lift her up to sit on it. Or if she wants you to sit by her she will pat the place next to her
• The stairs are still her favorite place to sit and read her books.
• She loves cell phones
• Her laugh sounds like she has a cold
• She loves to type on the computer
• She still wears mostly 12 month clothes
• And she is the most dramatic little girl in the world. Seriously, when she has a melt down, you would think it was the end of the world.

I know I've said this before, and I know all moms say it, but Sam and I can't believe this beautiful little spunky girl is ours. Every day she never ceases to amaze us. I still can't believe we made something so beautiful. She is the light of our lives. We often talk about how life would be without her. Sure, we would have more money, sure we would go on more dates, but really. Life without Abby is no life at all!

We love you to bits and tiny peaces Abbigale Mae.

Blog Lag

Remember when I used to blog multiple times a week? And remember when those blogs used to actually have things going on in them? Well, I've hit a blog lag. Honestly, life is pretty mundane round these parts lately. I just never do anything exciting to blog about/all my ideas I used to get just stopped coming. It must be these winter blues. January is quite the depressing month.

I do, however, have some cute videos of Abby you can enjoy. I mean really? How can you not enjoy her cuteness?

This first video was clear back before Christmas when we went shopping all day and rewarded ourselves with Wendy's. She's got the moves, am I right? I bet she'll make it big in the dancing world.

And this last one is Abby having a blast with her bean bag. Simple pleasures for this little one.

I know. Even this blog isn't exciting, but it's cute right?

I Need A Resolution

I know this resolution post is a little late, but whatever. I've been busy! I started school last week and between that, work, being a mom, and trying to take care of the house I fear I have bitten off more than I can chew. But this school thing will be good in the long run right?

Sam and I decided this year instead of making goals for the year and probably not following through on them, we are going to make monthly goals. We have our phone calendars set for the second day of every month where we will sit down and see if we did good on our last months goals, and set more for that current month. I am really excited about this. We aren't very great at setting goals and following through with them, but I feel good about this idea.

So, we've broken up our goals into categories: personal, home, physical, church/spiritual. (well, Sams are a little different, but those are the areas I want to work on.)

This month I want to:
Keep up on my school work
Clean out Abby's closet
Clean out my cupboards
Get back to exercising at least 3x a week
Stay away from the junk food
Drink more water
Plan my lessons in advance
And truly seek out answers to my gospel questions.

So January, lets do this thing.

Snow Day

Have I ever mentioned that Sam works for the best company ever? Well, he does. Because of the snow, they let everyone leave at 2 today to allow for a safe drive home. So needless to say, we took advantage of the extra time by playing in the snow, and then going to a quaint little diner for an early dinner. Great start to our weekend!

Snow, please keep coming down, because we really love you. (well, except the fact I have to drive in it tonight for work. But after that we can be snowed in for all I care.)

Happy Weekend!

Life Lately According To My Phone: In The Sick Of It All.

 Life has been trying to get a decent picture of little Miss Abbigale in her cute Christmas dress, to no avail.

 It's been playing in the much-wanted snow, opening Christmas presents, and playing/sitting in said Christmas presents. 

 Life has been refusing to get off the toilet (that she apparently likes more than her new princess chair) and the two of us ringing in the new year being sicker than snot for 5 days. 

And it's been finally having an appetite back and snarfing mac and cheese and pudding, and it's been coming home from work with a love-note from my sweet husband.

Life hasn't been that cool really, but it's been life.