Before Baby vs After Baby

It's funny how opinions change from how you think you'll be and act before you have a baby to after you've had the baby. 

Breast Feeding: Before Baby vs After Baby

BB: I will never breast feed in public.

AB: This baby is hungry, I don't care who you are, she's eating. 

BB: I will wean baby after 1 year.

AB: I'm letting her take the lead on this one. When she's done nursing, we'll stop.

BB: I can pump and let other people feed her. No problem.

AB: I want to feed her. She's my daughter and this is how we bond. This surprised me, how attached I was to feeding her. 

BB: I'll keep myself covered when I feed the baby.

AB: You'll get over it. It's too much trouble trying to cover her. (Note: in public I do cover myself, though with her growing more and more curious it's a lot harder)

BB: Sure those underwire nursing bras that don't show anything will be perfect.

AB: Get those things away from me! They are so painful and you can't even nurse with them on! Give me all the soft cup bras please!

I'm sure there are more before and after opinions, but as of now I can't think of them. Do you have any breast feeding opinions that changed from before you had your baby to after?

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7 Months!

weight: 19 lbs 4 oz       

height: 26 3/4 in still

eating: every 3-4 hours and 3 meals with baby food a day  

floor time: this Bug loves to sit, stand, and roll around on the floor! she's so close to crawling too!

happiness: Bug caught her first cold, so she's been pretty miserable. it's been a cuddle kind of month!

loves: her mommy, teething toys, car rides, peek-a-boo, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, music, her piano, standing, playing in her crib, and eating

sleep: we're down to two naps a day and still sleeping through the night!

first word: MAMA!

She looks so big in this picture! I think she is most likely still somewhere around the 90% for height and weight. The hubs and I joke that it won't be long before she's taller than me! I'm going to be in big trouble. We've been eating solids for the past month, and Bug is loving them! Her favorite would have to be bananas, but she also likes meat. Really, she'll eat about anything we try to give her!

She loves playing peek-a-boo and playing in her crib! It's adorable. I love going in there and finding her smiling and playing. She's trying to pull up on everything and just loves to stand at her piano and bang on it. Best consignment find yet! 

The weather this month has been so strange! It's been in the 60s in August...In Georgia! We're not complaining though. And we've gotten a ton of rain. So we haven't been able to spend as much time outside as I would have liked to this past month. But Bug did get to sit in grass for the first time. She immediately grabbed a handful and put it in her mouth. That's where everything goes nowadays.

She now has both of her bottom teeth and she teethed like a champion! I was so proud of her! She's still in 6 month and 6-9 month clothing.

Dear Bug, 

I know I say this every month, but you are such a joy to have! Your daddy and I love watching your personality develop! Since you've been sick this month, you've been letting us cuddle more than you typically would and I've been soaking it up! I realize that soon you're going to be too big to cuddle, and that just breaks my heart! I would love for time to slow down. We love you so much, Bug. You are truly our pride and joy and we are truly blessed to have you in our lives!

Gitchee gitchee goo!

Mommy and Daddy

Mommy Moments Blog Hop!

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Let's Make Habits: Week 1

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I'm joining Jenny again this week in her series about making habits. Last week we talked about what our goal for this two month challenge. I decided my goal was to get organized, and you can read all about why here. This week we are to come up with a schedule.

Let it be known, that one of my on repeat New Years resolutions is to get organized, but somehow I always get intimidated by the overwhelming job it is to get organized. I seem to want to tackle it all in one go, get discouraged, and then I end up taking a break that lasts until the new year rolls around again. This time I'm coming up with a schedule to hopefully urge me on in my conquest to organize this house of mine.

Week 1 (August 18-24):

Kitchen

* clean out fridge

* organize cabinets

*organize pantry

* baby proof cabinets with cleaning supplies and knives

*dust

*mop

Week 2 (August 25-31):

Dining Room

* organze table

*clean up and organize "bar cart"

*dust

*mop

Week 3 (September 1-7):

Living room/Entryway

*clean up toys

*organize tv cabinet

*clean out fireplace

*dust

*vacuum

Week 4 (September 8-14):

Bug's Bedroom

*clean out drawers

*organize drawers

*change out clothes sizes

*put clothes that don't fit in storage

*dust

*vacuum

Week 5 (September 15-21):

Bug's bathroom/Master bath

*deep clean toilet

*deep clean tub

*scrub floors

*organize under the sink

*organize medicine cabinet

Week 6 (September 22-28):

Master Bedroom

*organize dressers

*organize closet

*go through clothes to donate old ones

*dust

*vacuum

Week 7 (September 29-October 5):

Guest Bedroom

*gut and start all over

Week 8 (October 6-12):

Hall Closets

*gut and start all over

My plan is to tackle things room by room in order for them not to get too overwhelming. Of course, the guest room is totally terrifying. It's been our "catch all" room and I'm ready for it to be better. I want to be able to walk in there without cringing. I also want to be able to find things in there. 

I think the end result will be the satisfaction of having a nice clean house where everything has a place and there's a place for everything. I also, just maybe, might splurge on some awesome new things for our house. We'll just see what ends up happening.

A Week In Review - A New Link Up!

10 August - 16 August

This week has been very...difficult. I have had a cold for most of the week, and now Bug has a cold. Sunday was a long day of work, and that coupled with being sick and a cluster headache, I was not a very fun person to be around. It breaks my heart that Bug now has a cold too. So we have really laid low this week. The weather the past few days has been glorious. Who knew it could be in the 70s in the middle of August in Georgia! Bug and I definitely took advantage of the weather and spent some time walking outside. Along, with the sickness, there's a lot of other stuff going on. Choices that need to be made. I'm not ready to go into full detail about everything, but there has been a lot placed on our plates. Right now, we're just trusting God to get us where we need to be. To put everyone's minds at ease, we are all okay, we're just having to rely on God for a lot of things right now. And that's okay. He has everything planned for us. We're just waiting on doors to be opened.

On a good note: Bug said her first word! "Mama!" My heart is soaring sky high to hear my little girl say "mama." The hubs was giving her a hug before he left for work and she wanted to come back to me. I told her "not before you say 'mama'." And by golly, she said "mama" right then and there! I can't make this stuff up people! My heart is so incredibly happy right now.

top left://Bug's Christmas Eve jammies came in! Now to put them away and forget about them until Christmas Eve is actually here! top right://This is how Bug naps on sick days. She refused to lay down in her crib, so Mommy's chest would have to do. I don't think she was complaining. bottom left://The hubs took an extra day off work for our anniversary, so we went and wandered around the new outlet malls. It was 68*F outside. 68*F. In August. In Georgia. bottom right://Bug is so close to crawling! It'll be just a matter of days before she's following me around everywhere.

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4 Years Ago...

4 years ago today I married my best friend. 

Photo taken by Mandi @ Making Memories Photography 

I can honestly say that I love him more now than I did then.

He is truly my best friend.

And the greatest father.

I am so thankful that I get to spend the rest of my life with this man, and I can't wait to see where God takes us on this journey!

Gitchee gitchee goo!

Let's Make Habits: Choosing a Goal

I have been following Jenny over at her blog for a while now. Both Jenny and I graduated the same year from Berry College. I found her blog and just got pulled in. She has such a creative spirit and is incredibly talented. 

She has created a new series called "Let's Make Habits" where we come up with different goals and over a 2 month period we work toward making those goals a habit. 

So now I have to think of what do I want to make a habit. Immediately my brain starts spinning. I want to work out, I want to get outside more, I want to start eating clean. But I think the one that stands out most in my mind is: I want to get organized. 

With a 7 month new baby and an almost crawler, anything out of place and on the floor has a flashing light that seems to attract her. She's at the curious stage where she just wants to explore and if she can put it in her mouth, she most certainly will. Hence my new goal of getting organized. I know it's impossible to keep her out of everything, but I would be happy with at least attempting to get things neater and find a place for things that as of now don't have a place. 

Also, there are toys that come along with a baby getting older and older. These toys need a place to go. So not only do I need to organize, but I need to find a new home for all of these toys and things. 

See what I mean? We've been over run with toys. 

So here it goes...Two months to get organized. Check back next week to see my progress and my plan of attack!