Sadie and Nash

Sadie likes to get in our shower............Nash likes to close doors.

a good night's sleep (that would be nice)

Let me start by giving some history with me and sleep. As long as I can remember I have always liked to sleep. As a child I would go to sleep before my bed time and enjoyed taking naps. I know that is odd. I did have those times of staying up late or all night at sleep overs or what have you but those were few and far between. Even at sleep overs, I would be the first to go to sleep. In fact, I remember one particular sleep over when whoever went to sleep first was going to "get it" and it was me. I got shaving cream on me, written on with magic markers, and toothpaste (which burned by the way).
The last week or so Nash has not been sleeping good. I can handle the waking up where I go rock him and he goes back to sleep but this is more than that. This is him not being happy about anything other than walking around. The last two nights we had to resort to putting a movie on because he would at least watch it and calm down. Thursday morning he woke up at 4:30 and stayed up. This morning he was up from 12:30 to 2:30, woke up at 3:45, and then again at 7:00. So, it's been rough. In fact last night my husband got up and walked around with him. I can count on one hand the amount of times Chris has gotten up with him and maybe have a finger or two left. In the beginning with me breastfeeding, I was the one getting up and he would sit with him in the morning while I took a nap. So, now he only gets up when Nash is screaming loud enough and long enough to wake him up.
Nash has never been a great sleeper and goes through spurts of good sleeping. In the beginning I remember praying for him to sleep longer. What's hard is that I can't comfort him now. I think he is teething and has not been feeling good. A friend and I used to joke about (and you new mom's probably can relate) in the beginning when you are getting up every two hours or more having the fleeting thought of ringing a neighbor's doorbell and leaving. Trust me, it's just a joke! It would be so much easier if I did not have to get up and work the next day like today. It's times like these I wished I lived in one of the countries that give mom's a year maternity leave. WOW! That would be nice. I remember early on when I was wanting Nash to start sleeping through the night people who had been through this already were telling me even when he does there will be other times that come up where he will go back to getting up again and that's where we are for now. Hopefully when he starts feeling better I will be getting some better sleep.

A rough first Mother's Day

Nash and I had a rough first Mother's Day. It started at 12 am this morning with him up crying and not being able to calm him down for a good hour. This morning when he did get up he drank his bottle and then threw up like the exorcist! Nice. He has been running a fever, coughing, sneezing, and fussy today. He did give me a gift, the Willow Tree figurine and a gift card. Not the best Mother's Day ever. I would of liked to been able to go to church, have us dressed nice and take better pictures, and for him to have had a better day and felt better but oh well. I guess mommas always have to be mommas and take care of their babies regardless of what day it is.

11 Month Pictures

Nash is 11 months old today on Mother's Day. He is growing and learning so much. Some of his new things are: he is pulling and standing up on EVERYTHING, he is trying his hardest to walk, he walks around the coffee table and back and forth from the couch to the coffee table, he has been able to crawl up the stairs but only with mom right behind him or he certianly would fall, he now has four teeth (two on top and two 0n the bottom which he likes to grind), he likes to go to people more now, he gives hugs a lot, he has said (that I know he knew what he was saying) "mama, dog dog, ball, and bye bye", he likes to make a weird smacking noise, he likes to eat more table food, ummmmmmmm. I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of now. I wanted to take some outside pics but it has been too rainy. Maybe we can do those next month.

stimulating the economy......or spending too much money

Lately, I feel like we have done our part in stimulating the economy. I would rather think of it that way then spending too much money. If you know me personally..I HATE to spend money. I typically WAY over think the purchase. If I do allow myself to go through with it and justify it, I have guilt about it afterwards.
I guess we started it off by purchasing our lap top, then planning a summer beach trip, getting our yard landscaped (which has not occurred yet due to all the rain and that makes me sad for a couple of reasons), then May is filled with events like Chris's birthday, Mother's Day, our anniversary (5 years by the way), my mother-in-law's birthday, and there is always graduations and wedding invites that we get. Then of course our big day in June (the 10th, Nash's birthday). We are not doing anything major just cake and ice cream at the house but I have splurged a little on cute plates, cups, napkins, invitations, thank you cards, and cute t-shirt that go with his Prince theme and since there is absolutely NO prince stuff in local stores but gobs of princess stuff (yes I have a problem with that) I had to buy it all online. I am surprised at how much stuff adds up to be. However, I totally justify this one because it is his FIRST birthday and I am sure future birthday parties at fun kids places are going to be pricey so really it isn't that bad. Only other thing in June I think of now is Father's Day and I have already actually started on it. July brings mine, my brother, and nephew's birthday. Throw in a couple of trips that my husband takes in the summer (not major trips but trips none the less). It all adds up.
Writing this all down is very anxiety producing for me. What I can say though is I am very proud of how well we have been able to save money. I am thankful to still have a job in which I can help provide for my family when so many are losing theirs (not by choice). I know we have been blessed in so many ways.
I realize that others may think nothing of my little list of things we are spending money on and others may think it's a lot like I do. What I don't understand is those that seem to spend money just to be spending it. They either have tons of it to spend or are just careless. I guess that is so totally opposite of me that I can't think that way. My splurge (that I feel guilty about afterwards if I do buy something for myself ) is hitting up sales at Old Navy that add up more than I would like to spend which I did recently by the way..
Wow! I think I have beat the dead horse long enough. I guess by me going on and on about this topic you can see of how big of an issue it is for me. What can I say, I am cheap, frugal, what ever you want to call it and I will admit it!

Our Mother's Day Date

Nash getting his hand painted.

What a goofy face! He liked having his own paint brush.

Two goofy faces! But for some reason this picture is the only one I got of the two of them.

Nash and I met up with Kat and Nate to make pottery for my Mother's Day present from

Nash. I can't take credit for the idea even though I think it is a wonderful idea. My friend Amy told me about it. Nash got his hand painted and put his handprint on the plate and then I painted the rest. I also can't take credit for the cute designs. They have a book to give you some ideas. I am super proud of myself for doing it though and it looking decent because I have a very low self-confidence in my artistic ability and assumed I would need the lady to do it for me. Nash and Nate did really good and liked getting their hands painted which apparently is not the norm as Kat and I witnessed twin 13 month old girls crying big tears over it. They also played well togehter while the moms finished up the painting. So, the plates are left there for a week to be fired and obviously the colors will show up more and we had a great time together. It is something I would like to make a tradition out of.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is Chris's birthday. Nash got him this cute little card and sunglasses. I got to thinking this is his first birthday with Nash here. We did not know if we were going to get to celebrate his birthday today or not because he had a baseball game that at first was not rained out but it turned out to be so we got to go out to eat with Chris's parents to Purple Cow. Nash enjoyed it and was a good boy. He loves his daddy and is a mini me of him. He is looking more and more like Chris to me daily and does things like him. When Chris concentrates he sticks his tounge and Nash does the same thing. Weird. Must be genetic because he couldn't have learned that already. Anyways, Happy Birthday Daddy! We Love You!