It's snowing at this exact moment!!!

Yes, It is snowing at this exact moment! Yesterday it was somewhat normal to go outside, but today is bringing 2 more inches with it, after an already record breaking winter! Can you believe we have 6 (or 5?) more weeks of winter?! I use to adore snow, going on snow prayer walks, making snowmen, sledding... I loved it! Now that I have a child, nope, I just want to go outside! I want to roll around in the grass and pick flowers and take walks and..... oh dreams, they are just dreams right now! 

Although we are trapped inside going nuts, we are trying to be creative to keep busy. With this age though, its very limited and they get bored very easily! 

Nevaeh is learning so much from animal sounds to words to running. Yes, she is running now, and I still work out every single day! Just call me....... a mom with God's strength! :) I would say super mom, but I am far from it and my attitude, most days, is definitely not that of a super mom, even with God's strength. And I'm working on that, my attitude and patience has been a challenging thing this past winter and I know it will continue to be for me! 

Here are some funtimes we've had in the last week or so! I tried to upload a video but with this new format, I'm not sure how.

She has started to try everything on! This is my winter hat I got in Alaska! She's tried on her daddy's slippers, my shoes and even my huge mittens!

 

Watching some Go Diego Go! I know, tv, shame on me, but it got them to settle down a little. 

I made a tent with our couch and chairs! It was fun, though they didn't play for very long, it was good for them to explore and crawl.

Just a goofy smile for mama!

We drew pictures with some chocolate pudding and whip cream. Needless to say, the drawings turned out to be on her face!!

Nevaeh randomly took the dogs legs and start shaking them. She did it for almost 5 minutes and she laughed and laughed. Peanut (our dog) was so patient and kind. She just sat there and let Nevaeh ruin her nap! 

Lets PARTAY!

My Birthday Girl!!!

Well today was the day, and it's over and my voice is gone (literally). Nevaeh's birthday party was wonderful and thank you so much to all who were able to come and celebrate with us!

Nevaeh took the crowd of people in our duplex very well and loved every minute of the attention! I hung all her decorations after she went to bed last night so she hadn't seen any of it until she got up this morning. The first thing she saw was the ceiling (picture below), pointed and ahhhhh'd. She loved all the presents and devoured the cake, as you can see above.

I thought the party was very nice and everyone had fun. There were, probably, at one point, 30 people in our small duplex at once and it never really felt like it was too crowded. I loved being able to host here and loved that everyone close to us were able to share in this wonderful moment with us!

Now, we just wait until Thursday when she really does turn one!

I made a large cupcake for her 'special' cake and this is what it looked like

before she got a hold of it.

opening presents with daddy

cousin Luke putting a shoe on a doll. he is so much fun and became a big brother last friday!

more presents...

all the kids gathered around..

more presents....

grandma and grandkids

grandma and grandkid (birthday girl!)

She really didn't like the hat on, but i did get a good picture before she tore it off.

The next photos are of the decorations i did for our duplex. I painted this sign below, you can click on it to see it more.

the ceiling...

more ceiling.... i did more decorations but figured you didn't want to see all of them!

here are just some fun random pics.

Happy birthday my little one!

Well, it hasn't officially been a year, but close enough! I know moms always say this and it's an over-used saying, but time sure does fly!

I remember like it was yesterday brining her home and not knowing what to do with her... let her sleep in her car-seat or take her out. Now she's one and the question is when should give her the first hair cut, should we have a big party and even when do we start for more?

I love being a mom now. It wasn't daisy and roses (and still isn't, her poops stink real bad!), I had a hard time transitioning, not only from being a new wife, but then being pregnant and a new mom. I suffered from baby blues so bad that for two weeks I didn't want to hold my baby girl and that is one thing I wish I could change. I wish I could go back and hold her more than I did.

But now she's one, and I couldn't be happier with the little dare devil! She is such an independent girl, so much so that sometimes she pushes my hand away to tie her own shoes. She now knows what a cow says and even a lion, she's so much fun!

Here are lots of her first year photos, and in one week I will post up photos of her first birthday party. I haven't been taking as many pictures in just day to day activities and for that I apologize.