oh my

so i told you guys in the post below that baby g was sitting up in her crib right. well, it has now become a 30-45 minute process of getting her down for a nap. this is as we speak.

she is sitting up just looking for something to get in to...and...she finds it.

if you will look closely, you will see that she has grabbed hold of the bumper pad, pulling it away from the crib side (yes it is tied to it) and is looking out of the crib to see if i'm coming for her. she is CRACKING me up. i've already been in there several times to lie her back down because she would never dream of lying herself back down, so there you have it...
what is even more funny is that she never even whimpers. just plays and talks through her paci, even when i lay her back down, no fussing. sweet baby. busy i tell you. but sweet.

*and yes the monitor is sitting on a pamper because it is static-y if there isn't something under it on my nightstand. just thought i'd tell ya.

on a mission...

when georgia wakes up she immediately starts talking and moving around till we come for her. so this was what we found when we got there. sitting up. all by herself. that is new.

and we are still working on crawling. she likes to get on all fours and arch her back like a cat then sit back down. funny girl.

i imagine it is hard to crawl around in those sleepers. so thank goodness for a dip in gas prices because this week i am cranking up the heat, stripping that baby down to a pamper so she can feel the carpet on her knees and push with her feet and we are going to get her crawling!

stay tuned...

it has been a good day...

need i say more?

ice ice baby...

school was out yesterday and harold was at home willing to babysit so i asked maggie if she'd spend some time with me. you'd be amazed at how fast a 7 year old's calender fills up so i was super excited when she agreed to spare me a few hours.

i had a big surprise in store for her. i was taking her ice skating (for the first time) as you can imagine the excitement built quickly and the skates were on even quicker!maggie checking out the competition before she takes off. all by herself. she was a great sport.

(and can you please notice that i obviously am skating backwards to shoot this picture. yes on ice skates. impressed? ) she meant to do this. really she did. and so did i. so if you were impressed, don't be.

we had such a fun time together. i haven't gotten to spend much time with her since georgia was born so it really was a treat for us both. she was the first baby girl in my life and i hope she will grow to understand just how special that makes her to me.

now i've gotta think of 2 more surprise dates just as fun for max & walker. any suggestions?

tag...i'm it.

got tagged by shea. so here you go. 10 HONEST things about me.

1. i have an incredible memory. mostly regarding meaningless details like what i wore the first day of 4th grade or the kind of juice my grandma rose had at her house when i was little or a phone number i dialed weeks ago. i am especially good at remembering songs and scripture.


2. this coat-tails #1, but i also have a knack for details. like i immediately notice if the walls in a house aren't straight. or if the moulding is crooked. or the sewing job is bad. not in a snobby way though. i just appreciate fine details. like the stitching on a vintage monogrammed towel. or how deep the imprint is on a piece of letterpress stationery. or the hemstitch in our sheets. i love details and really do subscribe to you pay for what you get (most of the time)


*however, at this very moment i type this, my lamp shades in our bedroom are crooked. i am staring at a deformed wall in our hallway and our towels have stains on them. so please...again...noticing perfect little things doesn't mean my house is full of them!


3. i waste time. but won't waste any explaining. i just waste time.


4. i hate wet bathmats. even as much as i love my husband, i cannot STAND to step on our bathmat when it is wet from his shower feet. that goes for all people. i will share my drink. i will share my coat. i would even share my toothbrush (i would i would). but not a bathmat. and if i am somewhere and it is wet, i will put my clean/dry towel down and step on it rather than drying off with it.



5. i worry too much. and way way too much about stuff i have no control over. but about other stuff too that i can control like my weight. i should just lose it and stop worrying. but i choose to worry about the way i look instead. ugh. (white washed tomb here speaking - matthew 23:27)



6. before spring break my senior year in high school i got a pedicure to match my bathing suit which was florescent orange AND i even got diamond rhinestones across my big toe. i know i know...(hanging head in shame)

7. before georgia was here i wondered how 'hard' it would be to raise a bi-racial child. i still wonder sometimes, but harold has made me realize that her heritage is not black or white. her heritage is in jesus christ and as long as we spend our days teaching her to identify herself in that way there is no need for worry. still doesn't mean that it will always be easy for her (is it easy for anyone really), nevertheless i am committed to doing the very best i can to give her a foundation that is rock solid. and that is jesus.

8. steak used to be my favorite food.

9. i have a degree in finance. had dreams of wall street in a power suit. and when i left that world 4 years ago, i haven't looked back. as i type this i have on yoga pants, a t-shirt still damp from spit-up and haven't brushed my teeth yet this morning. or washed my hair. and there is no other place i'd rather be.

10. i love to blog. yes there are other things i need to be doing around the house right now, but i really love keeping this blog up and sharing our live with our friends and family. and obviously strangers because we put a counter at the bottom of the blog and there has been over 500 visitors since Monday. interesting eh?

and 10 1/2. regarding #6...now that i think about it, i might have had them on my nails too. shame shame.

okay, i tag dede...summer...amanda...and heather (which will be a while...hee hee)

for Uncle Tim...

Go Dawgs! Thank you for my jammies. I love you!

cabin fever...

um, is anybody else ready to have temperatures above 20 degrees?!? we certainly are as there aren't many options for outings when it is this cold. so for your entertainment (at my expense) i will share the day with you...

still working on crawling. can't get past this position. makes her furious. so...

she eventually just falls/rolls over and just lays there till i sit her back up to start the process all over again as below...

as you can imagine this is LOADS of fun for me (wink) so i just decided after the 23rd time to lay down with her to play...andshe wouldn't quit pulling my hair. what is it with her and my hair. gracious. that junk hurts. so i sat her back up (for the 24th time now) and gave her a book...

um, my mistake. a 7 month old with a pop-up book is not a good combination. she tore the pop-up pictures immediately. so, i took the book away because she wanted to eat the torn pieces and gave her a ring. this was her response...

"now look here mama...i'm trying to be sweet. but if you keep taking all my things away, you're goin' have to get outta here."

so there you have it. and if you're wondering...i am completely aware that she doesn't match but i needed something to lighten the mood so i put on her snoopy shirt. it says 'call me' on the bottom. things like that go a long way when it is 19 degrees outside.

What a year...

One year ago today, at 19 weeks pregnant, we met Georgia for the first time. I thought it was a boy. Harold was lobbying for a girl. He won and boy am I glad. In the same way she filled my tummy day by day, she continues to fill our home with so much love and joy. The emotions that I feel sometimes when I look at her are so raw they take my breath away. Literally. I am a better person because of her. Because I have asked God to use her life to teach me about Himself as my Father. And He is faithful. The very life I helped create is now helping to create me.

365 days have gone by mighty fast. I've heard it said that they all do once you have kids. I get that now. But today, the very minute I finish this post, I am going to sit still and think of all the ways I love this little child of mine and then thank God for trusting me with her.

*edited to add: georgia was waking from a nap when i was finishing this post. she wasn't done though, so i went to get her to rock her back to sleep (which i never do, but wanted to today) and while i was rocking her, she was pulling my hair. and she wouldn't stop. even after i said no. so i had to put her back down. and she cried. now she's back asleep. way to ruin my little emotional moment there baby girl...hee hee hee.

another thing...

minde had a link to this receipe on her lj page. i made them.

if any of your 'resolutions' have to do with weight loss, you might as well mosey on past this recipe. they are THAT good.

http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2009/01/thaaank-you-betty.html

enjoy. we certainly did.

teachable moments

"For the LORD takes delight in his people; He crowns the humble with salvation"

Psalm 149:4

Georgia is joining me here in prayer that God would call her to Himself at an early age. That she would receive the "crown" of salvation in Jesus Christ and that all her days would be lived to give Him glory.

And here we are working on Phillipians 4:11 -"...for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. "

You see she is no longer satisfied with just sitting there. However, once she gets herself into these little pickles (like above) she can't get down...or get up, once she falls. so i'm trying to teach her to be 'content in all circumstances'.

Lastly...Psalm 45:11 - "The king is enthralled by your beauty". And so is her mother.

Our days are full of teachable moments. She has to learn to crawl. talk. read. eat. But above all else, I have to teach her about the Word of God. The very Word that became Flesh to dwell among us so that we might know the Father. Full of grace and truth. I want those things for her and Deuteronomy 6 makes my job clear...

“These words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."

a joyful noise...

here's what baby g is up to these days....

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*sorry again for the sideways video. i keep forgetting that i have to hold the camera horizontal for the video feature.

very interesting...

Salmonella outbreak spreads to 42 states. Read the press release here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28545378/

Malachi 4:2

"But for you who revere My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings..."

Georgia is back. Thank you my Lord.

catching up...

g. marie is on the mend. feeling lots, lots better now. phew. here's a picture from this morning...her color AND her smile are slowly returning to normal. praise god. while she was sick yesterday we spent the day laying around watching praise baby and care bear cartoons. she is quite the fan of t.v. we don't have cable so being able to lay around and watch videos was a treat for her and quite therapeutic i believe. however we did squeeze some exercisin' in this morning and here's her new trick...
although she doesn't know what to do when she gets into this position so she just cries until we help her or she falls back onto her tummy. she'll be crawling in no time and i'm encouraging it. she is getting so frustrated just sittin' there so i'm doing everything i can to help her learn.


now this is just the sweetest thing. she got some rubber duckies for christmas and loves them. when i put them in her tub, she wraps those little arms around them and pulls them in close.

but they are slippery little suckers, so when one gets loose she tries her hardest to reach for it only to let the others go as well. so then begins the process of gathering them up again. it really is quite sweet to see her want to hold them close. my sweet baby.

now on the the holidays....like i said below, we got to spend lots of time with family over the last week. here's just a few pictures from the days past...

georgia and her cousin, winn. he's 6 weeks older than she is. no doubt they will have lots of fun the in coming years being so close in age.

here is georgia giving some lovin' to those sweet grandmas...

and getting some lovin' from her Chief.

she got plenty from her other grandpa too but unfortunately i didn't have the camera on hand. she also got to spend some time with her grandma's too...

georgia & memaw
georgia & grandma bessie

and finally...the highlight of the trip i think for harold.

harold and my dad spent their fair share of time together playing the Wii. Boxing was the game of choice and my studly husband did everything he could to try and beat my dad at boxing (he even downloaded a tutorial on how to use the handles while my dad was at work). he won 2 of 3, but i'm still pulling for chief :)

hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. here's to a very good 2009. love from bham.

i forgot i took this

i forgot i took this picture with my phone ...

here's my poor baby getting her i.v. on thursday. isn't it pitiful. she kept trying to pull the i.v. off her hand so we had to let her play with magazine pages. poor little thing. so glad she's feeling better. so glad.

Isn't it ironic...

i haven't eaten meat/eggs/milk in over 3 months. i'll spare you the details but those things aren't part of my diet anymore. period. and thank goodness my husband is supportive because he has been eating whatever i cook sans meat. i've offered to prepare different things for him but he's okay with just eating what i cook. so none of those things have been in the house for months. so now the ironic part.

got a call from children's a bit ago. georgia's problem has been diagnosed. salmonella. yep, the bacteria that comes from raw meat/eggs. now where in the WORLD did she get that? turns out it could have been from anywhere and thank goodness it's treatable with some antibiotics so all is well, but gee the irony of it.

so we've already started her on the antibiotics and she's taking a nap. i'm off to google to find ways to feed her growing body in the coming years without having to give her milk/meat/eggs ;)

ya'll have a good one...

well...

where to begin?

i don't have time for pictures at the moment, but i'll get to them over the weekend. we had a wonderful christmas here at home with our family and then traveled to gainesville and auburn so georgia could have some quality time with both sets of grandparents. we returned back only to spend new years eve and then new years day at children's. georgia has some sort of stomach issue going on and can't keep anything in so we're just hanging out at the house now trying to get her to drink as much as possible to get her healthy and keep from getting another i.v. and get her fever down. boy i tell ya, those little bodies are so fragile. it's so pitiful when they are sick, but we're hoping for a good day today.

harold and i are doing great (like ya'll care about us anymore ;) ) looking forward to getting into the new year and back into a routine. it was so great being away and getting to spend time with our families but home is a nice place to be.

so more to come over the weekend. gotta run. we send our wishes to everyone for a very special year to come. love from bham...