HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAELLA!

Yes! Today we celebrate the one year anniversary of the birth of the greatest kid EVER! Well, to me she is the greatest kid ever, so there! I woke up this morning, got ready for work, and when I went into the room, there was this little person, just sitting up in the bed, looking just as cute as ever. I smiled and said "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!", and she gave me the biggest smile back, and did her little dance. It's the cutest little dance, and it makes me smile when I think about it. Goodness, I am blessed to have such a wonderful little girl! So tonight, we celebrate with family. This weekend, we celebrate with family and friends. Happy Birthday, my little bunny rabbit!

It's October...You know what that means...

October 1: That means we have 14 more days until the big day. What day is that, you ask? Well, let me tell ya: it's the day my little pumpkin celebrates her one year of being on this planet! Yes! She will be 1 on the 15th, and can you say I'm excited! I would say we, but she doesn't know what's going on about this whole birthday thing. It's more for my benefit and satisfaction than anything, and I can't wait! I am uber excited, people! Uber excited!

AHHHH! I'm 11 Months Today!

That's right: she is an 11 Month Old Monster! Not really a monster, but she is 11 months old. I can't believe it one bit, really. I mean I just gave birth to her. I'm looking at her pictures, looking at how tiny she was, and now, she's like baby gigantor! I just love it! And now she's really walking! I mean this morning, she crawled towards me, bent down, and stood up on her own! She did it only once, but once was enough for me. It's just so amazing to watch her progress! I can't wait to see what's next!

10 Months and a few weeks...

Well, people, it’s time for another update. We are at the 10 month, 3 week mark, although most of the e-mails I’ve been receiving concerning baby updates are telling me she’s 11 months old. Okay, sure she’s 45 weeks, but it was just August 15th about a week or so ago. Let me enjoy her 10 months, please.
Anyway, the progress: we have teeth! And when I say we have teeth, I mean we have teeth. Two at the top and two at the bottom. We’ve gone through two shredded nipples so far…well, one and a half. I don’t know if she’s completely destroyed her other one today, yet. She’s chewing on everything, which I understand. Her little gums are sore, and chewing probably helps sooth things. But mommy’s fingers are not chew toys. That hurts!
Oh, and she took a few steps. We’ve all experienced the walking thing. She walked to me, mom, dad, my brothers, my nieces and my sister in law. So we can all bask in her first-ness together. But she still has to realize that stepping on her feet will not help to propel her forward, without falling flat on her face. She’s getting there though, so I’m going to enjoy this moment, even though I’ve been warned that she will so start running. I’ll deal with it.
Other than that, looking forward to the birthday. Sure it’s less than two months away, but still I need to prepare for it. This is a huge milestone for us both! So that is all, for now. I am just so excited for my little Peanut!

Well...

I think she's about 10 months now, but this isn't really an official update. Just wanted to report that she was rejected by the local talent agency for representation. I guess she's not cute enough for them. No matter...when she's on television and making movies, that agency will come calling, and I'll remind them of the rejection e-mail (don't you just love technology) that they sent saying that they won't be taking her.

Other than that, dealing with an ear infection, but she's just as happy and talkative as ever! Gotta love a happy baby that has fun no matter what!

9 Months, and all is well!

For our 9 months celebration, I took the Peanut and two of my nieces to the beach. It was absolutely wonderful! I would love to move to some remote location one day with the baby, leaving happy and free...

Oh, yeah, right...this blog is about the 9 month old that I have now. It's amazing ow much she's doing now. She's standing on her own, trying to snap her fingers when she dances, it's crazy! I can't believe that in a few months, she will be a year old. I just sit here and watch her clap her hands when she hears music, and when she sees something she likes. Like right now, we're watching Wall-E, and she is so amazed by the people on the screen. She does this with Harry Potter as well...mostly when Hagrid is on the screen. I guess all of that fur makes him look like a big teddy bear.

Well, I guess that's just about it for now. I'm just waiting on the little one to pass out and go to sleep.


WOO HOO!!

8 Months, and climbing...

As I speak, I am watching my daughter climb up the stairs. Of course I'm not just letting her do this alone...my niece is close behind her. You cannot stop progress. She has to learn how to climb those things, and apparently, she is way ahead of schedule. According to the Parent.com web site, climbing doesn't start until after 12 months or more. My child is advanced, I tell ya!

Anyway, we're at the 8 month mark, and I think she is still simply amazing. She is now knee crawling, and quickly. She moves so fast across the floor, one minute you have her right in front of you, the next, she's across the hall. Now we're just waiting on her to take her first steps. I can't wait! Well, may be I can. I'm not ready to run around the house, chasing after her, right now. I'm trying to work up the strength to do that now, and she's just crawling.

Well, we took our first road trip this past weekend to Chattanooga to visit some friends, and we had a ball. I enjoyed my little pumpkin, and I can't wait for many other trips to come. For now, I'm going to go and try to braid my hair, and then go to bed. I am TIRED! Good night all!

7 Months, and...

Really quick update:

* We're 7 months old now
* We're getting around pretty well
* We have two bottom teeth coming in
* We're able to pull up and stand up, with some assistance of holding onto something

Basically, she's mama's big girl, and still cute as ever! That's about it. I'll report more later. She'll probably try to take some steps within the next few weeks. Only if her legs get in sync with the rest of her body. Later people!

6 Months and Growing!

Well, people, we have made it to the halfway mark. My little Peanut is now 6 months old! Can you believe it? I can't! She's already trying to pull up, crawl, she's rolling, sounding out "words", it's amazing! I cannot believe that she has grown so much over the last 6 months, and she's still growing. I swear I thought I saw her grow an inch before my eyes last night while she was stretching. That's how fast she's growing. And man, is she heavy! I mean this kid is a big girl! But she's just so darn cute. Got to love the cuteness!

Well, I just wanted to post a short update on the cuteness that is the Peanut. Enjoy!

Okay, so we're still a little icky pooh!

So the Peanut and I are still a little under the weather, but better than before...sorry, just checked the scoreboard for the U of M game, and Memphis is up, for now, 80 to 68...anyway, back to us! Now we both have ear infections and fluid behind our ears. Apparently we are mirroring each other...I have the fluid in my right ear, her's the left. But she's not showing signs of being irritated, just as happy...with the exception of this afternoon when I was speaking with my mom. I could hear her in the background "screaming" for my mom. It was one of those "What do you think you're doing, not paying attention to me!" screams, and 'm not used to that...what the heck, MSN, why did you take the point away? Crazy computer! Anyway, we're both without a fever, so that's good. I'm still running on fumes here, tired as ever. I probably got about 24-26 hours of sleep last week, which is not nearly enough for a 7 day period.

Other than that, we're doing pretty well. I guess I'll go now...Memphis won, 81-70. Now I hope the Peanut and I will feel better.

We've been a little under the weather...

As I stated in my last blog, I had a cold, which turned into a freezer! Well, I was sick for a while, and it got kind of bad. To the point where I had a 102.6 degree temp. Wasn't feeling too great, and I still had to go to work on my birthday! By the way, happy belated birthday to me! I'm now 31, wow! I never thought I would be 31 and with a baby, but I am. And I am still love it...snotty nose and all. Yeah, we had our first bout with the sniffles this week. Actually, I wouldn't call it the sniffles because her nose was so full of snot, it was like pulling out a bucket of slime from that old show "You Can't Do That On Television". It was LOVELY! I swear, I nicknamed her Slimer because it was just so much of it. She laughed, so no worries. She also had a little ear infection, which no one would have known she had because she was being such a happy little girl. Well, she was happy until we started messing with her nose and feeding her pepto-bismol-like medicine. Goodness, I have never smelled such medicine-filled body fluids in my life! Good thing she's getting better. I couldn't handle cranky peanut for too long, and she couldn't handle mama being mean and giving her the pink stuff. But we got to bond over all of this...her sneezing in my face, me having to deal with it.

Anyway, I think that's about it for now. I am trying to figure out what, if anything, have I forgotten to do for the day. I've checked my calendars, completed all of my forms that I need to mail out, I just know that there is something else I need to do. I'll figure it out soon, I hope.

I 4 Months Old Now!

Yes, she is now officially 4 months old. Actually, she's been 4 months for a while now. I still can't believe it. She is such a big girl! Literally! She's almost 17 pounds, 25 1/2 inches long. This kid is going to be taller than I am. Well, that's okay. She'll either be a supermodel or a basketball player, or a tall cheerleader. Whatever she does, she'll be tall!

Anyway, I have a cold, so I'm going to bed now. G'nite all, and I'll write later!

3 months old and counting!

Going to be a short one tonight because I'm in pain, and I'm about to go to bed. It snowed today, and instead of my heading out into the mess that was inevitable to happen, I decided to stay home...and fall down the stairs and twist my ankle. So I avoided crashing my car, but still was injured to the point where now my knee feels like it's about the size of a softball.

Other than that, I got the chance to spend some time with my little Peanut. It was a good day, and I have enjoyed every moment of it. She's laughing and smiling more, and people, of course, are falling in love with her. They can't help it, and of course, neither can I. Well, other than that, I have been enjoying my little 3 month old bundle of joy. So good night everyone!


P.S.

Thanks, Crystal, for taking photos of us.

It's A New Year!

I've been slacking, I know, but with a new year comes work, and more work, and our "new year" in our office actually begins on February 2nd, so we've been like busy little bees getting out bills and stuff, and I've been busy filing forms and documents with the SEC and different secretaries of state, so yeah, haven't had a lot of time to post here. But I have been getting the chance to enjoy my little bunny! Can you believe that she's 3 months now? THREE MONTHS OLD, PEOPLE!! I'm still a little shock myself, that I now have a three month old daughter, and she's learned to scream...really loud! And then laugh about it! It's amazing! She has such a big beautiful smile. I'm enjoying every minute of it...and it's great that my mom calls me to tell me about some of the goofy things she does, and I can hear her in the background, cooing and "talking" to mom, or me when mom puts the phone to her ear. Oh, and I know that people don't like for their children to do this, but she sucks her thumb. I say let her do it, dang it! She's happy and at peace when she's doing it, so let her be! None of this taking it out stuff.

Anyway, that's about all for now. Nothing new within the last few minutes because she's now alseep. Oh! She really REALLY likes apple juice. Trying that now, not something to give her too often though, but she likes it. Well, it's bed time for me. Go check out my book blog...I'm about to head there really quick to post my progress. G'nite!