1. I remembered Amy! Aren't you proud?
2. I'm tired. I'm not sure if I'll make it to 10 today. The last five may get a little random.
3. Zoe has been waking up at about 4:30-5:00 crying, every morning. We have no idea why. She will most of the time fall back alseep with one of us on the couch, until about 6:30-7:00. But it's getting really old. I think it MAY be her teeth.
4. I'm a sucker for photos. (I think) we all know that. We have family photos done about every 3-4 months. We had them done in November with mom and dad, Dev & Megan (and Lyvi) They're adorable. Sarah brought me the disc's today. Super cute. I'll save my favorite for tomorrow's wordless Wednesday!
5. We (but mostly my mom) are throwing my grandparents a 55th wedding Anniversary party. It's this Saturday. I've "helped" but mom has done pretty much all the work. I'm excited to see all the 50's stuff come together!
6. My baby brother will be 22 on the 7th. EEK. I'm old. We're taking him to dinner on Saturday. (After the party)
7. We're going to see Santa Sunday! On a train! There's a big group of us going down to the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway. It's a two hour train ride. I'm excited!
8. Let's hope I don't get "car sick" I have a feeling I will. I just thought of thought about that. Adding the Sea Bands and a bag to add to my "to pack" list. yuck.
9. I love the show The Doctors. (Told you, random.)
10. Have you seen the 17 day diet? Interesting!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Ten on Thanksgiving!
Since I missed ten on Tuesday, I thought I'd do a ten on Thanksgiving post.
I am VERY thankful this year for all the "typical" things; our health, my amazing hubby, our wonderful daughter, our income, our home, pets, our awesome families (including our parents, and siblings) and of course our friends!
BUT I decided to do this post about the alternative things that I'm thankful for. You know all those little things that you sometimes take for granted. Now don't get me wrong... I'm not materialistic, that's not my point but I appreciate the small things too.
So here we go:
1. I'm thankful that my daughter now knows how to give hugs and kisses. They are awesome.
2. I'm thankful for our washer and dryer. I did two loads of laundry this morning before we left home at 10:00am, and they both tell me exactly how many minutes until each is done.
3. I'm thankful for the delayed start option on them too. I put a load in at 10:00pm last night and told it to start at 6:30am and woke up to fresh smelling jeans to throw in the dryer.
4. I'm thankful for our neighbors. They're all wonderful.
5. I'm thankful for my iPhone. Get one and you'll understand.
6. I'm thankful for ALL these people around us who are pregnant. I can get my baby fix and not have it be mine.
7. I'm thankful for all of the awesome newborn sessions I have in my future!
8. I'm very thankful for Sarah and LeAnne. They have both become awesome friends to me, and have helped me more than I can thank them.
9. I'm thankful that both our house and moms have hardwood floors. For multiple reasons, but mostly for the photos.
10. I'm thankful for our basement. Although it gets cluttered, it is very handy for storage. I don't know what we would do with all of our crap if we didn't have it.
That's it. Well that's 10 of the "little things" I'm thankful for.
I hope you all have a wonderful day!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
A few Zoe updates!
She's walking everywhere. Everywhere we go she wants "Down, down" She doesn't not want to be held at all. She tries to run and it's pretty funny.
I love seeing her grow and learn to do little silly things that you don't think much about. Like she can now steer her baby stroller when she's pushing it, instead of just running into walls.
If you are eating something, you better be ready to share with her. She will stand there and "num, num" at you until you give her a bite. She's currently doing it to Josh with his snack. He's getting irritated haha.
She loves lasagna. That's mama's girl!
She says thank you. It's super cute.
You would think that I never take pictures of the kid, because she is horrible about looking at the camera. I'm all for candid shots...but she makes me work to get a good one.
I think that's all. I'm sure there's a few other random things, but I can't think of them right now!
I love seeing her grow and learn to do little silly things that you don't think much about. Like she can now steer her baby stroller when she's pushing it, instead of just running into walls.
If you are eating something, you better be ready to share with her. She will stand there and "num, num" at you until you give her a bite. She's currently doing it to Josh with his snack. He's getting irritated haha.
She loves lasagna. That's mama's girl!
She says thank you. It's super cute.
You would think that I never take pictures of the kid, because she is horrible about looking at the camera. I'm all for candid shots...but she makes me work to get a good one.
I think that's all. I'm sure there's a few other random things, but I can't think of them right now!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
10 on Tuesday
Yes, I know I suck. I missed last week AGAIN. Jeex.
Last week my days were all messed up. I thought Wednesday was Tuesday, I was a mess.
1. Sarah and I took a trip to IKEA on Thursday. I was a VERY last minute decision. I realized on Tuesday that I didn't have any kids, nor did she...so we were like Let's go! She had never been. We made it through there in record time. I really thought we'd be there longer...but we just kept walking and we were done and outta there. I got a shelf for our living room wall, above the TV.
2. Zoe finally sits through an entire book.. She would never sit still and read an entire book. But now she loves them. She had to read at least two before bed every night.
3. We're done with the bottle I think. I know, she's over a year..she shouldn't have a bottle anymore. We were just waiting for the right time, for her to loose interest in it. And she has. She hasn't had one Since Saturday.
4. I really wish some people would keep their opinions to themselves. You're not always right, and if you don't have something nice to say...keep it to yourself.
5. Josh and I had the baby #2 talk last night. I had to explain that May = wedding season, and we can't have a baby in wedding season if I'm a photographer. It has to be more like February-ish. But we'll see. No decision was made.
6. I'm not ready for 4 kids, and an infant to take care of during the day. :(
7. We've got out of the habit of going to church on Sundays, and I miss it.
8. Etsy was a "question" on Jeopardy ....that makes me happy!
9. I purchased my WESBITE! So EXCITED. It's a lot of work...getting it all ready to launch. But I'm almost done. When I launch it, it won't be all the way done. I'll still have a few adjustments to make, but at least I can get it live.
10. I have a Finance paper due tonight, and I haven't even started it. Yuck!
Last week my days were all messed up. I thought Wednesday was Tuesday, I was a mess.
1. Sarah and I took a trip to IKEA on Thursday. I was a VERY last minute decision. I realized on Tuesday that I didn't have any kids, nor did she...so we were like Let's go! She had never been. We made it through there in record time. I really thought we'd be there longer...but we just kept walking and we were done and outta there. I got a shelf for our living room wall, above the TV.
2. Zoe finally sits through an entire book.. She would never sit still and read an entire book. But now she loves them. She had to read at least two before bed every night.
3. We're done with the bottle I think. I know, she's over a year..she shouldn't have a bottle anymore. We were just waiting for the right time, for her to loose interest in it. And she has. She hasn't had one Since Saturday.
4. I really wish some people would keep their opinions to themselves. You're not always right, and if you don't have something nice to say...keep it to yourself.
5. Josh and I had the baby #2 talk last night. I had to explain that May = wedding season, and we can't have a baby in wedding season if I'm a photographer. It has to be more like February-ish. But we'll see. No decision was made.
6. I'm not ready for 4 kids, and an infant to take care of during the day. :(
7. We've got out of the habit of going to church on Sundays, and I miss it.
8. Etsy was a "question" on Jeopardy ....that makes me happy!
9. I purchased my WESBITE! So EXCITED. It's a lot of work...getting it all ready to launch. But I'm almost done. When I launch it, it won't be all the way done. I'll still have a few adjustments to make, but at least I can get it live.
10. I have a Finance paper due tonight, and I haven't even started it. Yuck!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Fits
Zoe has started throwing fits. Sometimes BIG fits.
She arches her back, cries, walks or crawls away (really quickly) sits and cries, throws herself on the floor and if you're holding her she tries to throw herself out of your arms. Nice right?
My "game plan" when she does it is to side track her or ignore it. I hope this stage goes away as quickly as it came!
She arches her back, cries, walks or crawls away (really quickly) sits and cries, throws herself on the floor and if you're holding her she tries to throw herself out of your arms. Nice right?
My "game plan" when she does it is to side track her or ignore it. I hope this stage goes away as quickly as it came!
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Fall Memories!
If you're friends with me on facebook, you've already seen these photos. If not, then they're new to you! This is a collection of fall photos, or memories I should say. Some random things we've done the last few months.
My little cousin Devin got married...this photo is from her wedding evening. This is my dads mom, Zoe's great grandma. I love this photo. (Zoe was enjoying the bubbles...she LOVES them)
Zoe playing with her toy. She's a little OCD about those things....she won't leave them up for more than a second. I pop them all up and she slams them all back down!
We went down to the OSU skull session. She LOVES riding on Josh's shoulders. She's a people watcher like her mama!!
My grandparents redid our yard. Our grass was 80% weeds, so we killed it all, put new dirt down and planted new grass seed (We are finally seeing grass sprouts...yahoo!!)
Devon had the day off, the day we did the dirt, so he came up to help. And Alyvia too of course. She loved climbing up the hill of dirt. Devon taught her how to slide down it on her butt.
Nothin' like a cute little dirty butt!
We took the kiddos to Boo at the Zoo.
Dad finished the carriage he made them! Isn't it wonderful? I didn't get a very good photo of it, I was too busy enjoying the day! I actually didn't take that many photos that day at all!
The OSU band came to the Pumpkin Show this year!
That's about all of them :)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
10 on Tuesday.
1. I missed last Tuesday :( Boo.
2. I see some magic erasers in my future. My daughter doesn't obey the "On the paper" coloring rules.
3. Santa has started his list....he's just waiting for the magic elves becuase his wallet is empty.
4. Josh moved his surround sound up to the living room, from his "man cave" and the girls love it. (He does too) Lyvi and Zoe noticed it sitting there right away and once we "showed" them what it did...(plays music) they ask for it all the time. Lvyi says "Dance", and Zoe just goes up to it and turns it on! The bad thing is it has this really cool knob on the front to turn the volume up....what fun for one year olds!!
5. Manny's hips seem to be a little better since we've been giving him vitimin e and glucoseamein (I know that's not how you spell that....)But he still has HORRIBLE licking issues. He drives me nuts. He will sit and lick his paws, bed, carpet whatever. I'm non stop saying "Manny stop"
6. It's getting too cold out side too fast. I dislike it a lot. I love taking family photos outside and fall is leaving us too fast!
7. Leslie Sleesman is the best friend ever. She surprised me with this: You can now type this http://www.tashabraniffphotography.com/ into your address bar! (For now it directs you to my photography blog. SOON there will be a real website there!! THANK YOU Leslie!
8. I have TWO baby showers this weekend. I bought them each something and I'm making them each something. Sadly I'll be missing Crystal Jo's. Nothing like missing a friends baby shower to sit at home and do an online chat session for school. What fun. Ps, they're both due at the same time, and they don't know each other.
9. Two of my favorite bloggers have taken a blog break for awhile, and I miss them tons!
10. Zoe calls her blankets and loveys her "Gee". I have No idea where that came from.
2. I see some magic erasers in my future. My daughter doesn't obey the "On the paper" coloring rules.
3. Santa has started his list....he's just waiting for the magic elves becuase his wallet is empty.
4. Josh moved his surround sound up to the living room, from his "man cave" and the girls love it. (He does too) Lyvi and Zoe noticed it sitting there right away and once we "showed" them what it did...(plays music) they ask for it all the time. Lvyi says "Dance", and Zoe just goes up to it and turns it on! The bad thing is it has this really cool knob on the front to turn the volume up....what fun for one year olds!!
5. Manny's hips seem to be a little better since we've been giving him vitimin e and glucoseamein (I know that's not how you spell that....)But he still has HORRIBLE licking issues. He drives me nuts. He will sit and lick his paws, bed, carpet whatever. I'm non stop saying "Manny stop"
6. It's getting too cold out side too fast. I dislike it a lot. I love taking family photos outside and fall is leaving us too fast!
7. Leslie Sleesman is the best friend ever. She surprised me with this: You can now type this http://www.tashabraniffphotography.com/ into your address bar! (For now it directs you to my photography blog. SOON there will be a real website there!! THANK YOU Leslie!
8. I have TWO baby showers this weekend. I bought them each something and I'm making them each something. Sadly I'll be missing Crystal Jo's. Nothing like missing a friends baby shower to sit at home and do an online chat session for school. What fun. Ps, they're both due at the same time, and they don't know each other.
9. Two of my favorite bloggers have taken a blog break for awhile, and I miss them tons!
10. Zoe calls her blankets and loveys her "Gee". I have No idea where that came from.
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