One of my new FAVES!

As many of you know, I love a good bargain. Actually, I love anything FREE! Not cheaply made free, but nice quality free! I know, I know, picky, picky, picky. But if you're giving something away for free, don't you want it to be so nice that whoever gets it will tell EVERYONE they know about it, so maybe they'll want one too?! Anyway, there is this AWESOME site called GIVE ME GOODIES and every day there is a free give away! And it's the GOOD STUFF! Check it out, http://www.givemegoodies.com/ - you could find yourself the lucky winner of a piece of pottery, some made from scratch tasty treats, something to keep you warm and toasty in the upcoming cold months, who knows what she'll be giving away - so go check it out!

When does it get easier?

All you mommies out there - this is a call for help! Lucy has started to HATE bed time. I put her to bed and she SCREAM bloody murder, snot running down her sweet face, eyes full of crocodile tears, face all blotchy from crying so much and so hard.....how do I make bedtime more relaxing for her. She seems to want mama more than anything right now. She follows me to the kitchen and sits there on the floor while I am cooking or doing dishes, just jabbering up a storm. She'll follow me to the bathroom (I know, it's only going to get worse), she'll go anywhere I go, and while I think it's sweet and I love the fact she wants her mama, at bed time enough is enough. So, this is my plead to you.....HELP ME!!!!!!! Tonight after screaming for a good solid 10 minutes, I got her out of her bed, and what did she do? She went right to sleep. So, tell me, what are YOUR TRICKS to getting your little one to bed?

Time flies when you're having fun.....and purging!

It's so hard to believe that Lucy is one now. Where has the past year gone? It seems like it was just yesterday that I was laying in the hospital room on a muggy Sunday night - just after a big rain storm came through and knocked all of the power out. Yes, you read that right. I was cooped up in a room with S for almost 5 hours with no A/C, no TV, no radio. Nothing to do but to look at each other and sweat. When the power was finally restored, I wasn't allowed to get out of bed and move around, so there I laid. Well, enough about THAT! I'm just so happy that she's here and she's just the perfect child for us. Her party was great fun, and we're so happy that those of you that came were able to share her special day with us! D & E, I know you read this and I am sorry for being a loser and not sending you an invite. You are welcome to crash our parties ANYTIME!

S and I joke that we found our house and the next day I told him I was pregnant. I won't ever forget that moment either. It's one of those that is forever burned in my memory, it was one of the sweetest moments in my life. So, back to the house. We moved from a nice sized apartment (1800 sq. ft) to a nearly 3500 sq ft home. We have 4 nice sized bedrooms. We have our room, Lucy has her room, we have an office, and we have the "guest room" also fondly referred to as THE CLOSET. So, THE CLOSET has been the dumping grounds for all of Lucy's clothes, both big and small. I decided a few weeks ago to hold a garage sale this weekend, and BOY DID I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF!!! Ok, so it was mostly clothes, that belong to Lucy (she really does need to get this clothing addiction under control!!!)! I cannot tell you how great it felt to get rid of so much stuff!!! I will be holding my garage sale tomorrow as well, so if you need any adorable girls clothes up to size 12 months, stop on by. If you have to much stuff, PURGE PURGE PURGE! You will be SO glad that you did!!! I know I sure am!

Really? It's been almost a year!

It's hard to believe that my sweet precious Lucy will be 1 year old in a few days! Where has the time gone?!?! She's so busy, ALL of the time. She can't sit still, is always in to everything and is oh so curious! I love being a mommy. I always knew I'd be a great mom and I'd love every second of it, but I had NO idea I'd love it THIS MUCH! We're planning to have a birthday party in a few days and are so excited that my sister in law Kim and sweet niece Alice will be coming from England to help us celebrate! I'm honestly not sure who is more excited about the party, me or Kim!!! I was going to do a blow out party, with lots of people, lots of food, and lots of fun....but then I realized, Lucy is just turning 1.....and she doesn't deal well with crowds, and well, she can't eat lots of food items, so I am limiting it to family and one friend, Kelli, who I've been besties with since kindergarten. Sure, we'll have snacks, and cake and ice cream, but nothing over the top. It'll be just perfect...well almost perfect. The only thing that could make it better would be if certain family members didn't take things so personally, put differences between me and them aside and love Lucy for the beautiful child that she is....perhaps one day they'll understand that it isn't always about them and that a bigger picture really does exist! I'll be sure to update everyone after the party.....I have a feeling we're going to have one tired little Lucy once it's all said and done! Happy almost Birthday tweeter, mommy and daddy love you so much!