Mr & Mrs Smith

If you didn't see me post this on Facebook - I'll link it here & copy in my favorite excerpts (if you don't have time for the entire article). I want my daughter(s) to understand this too when her time comes. This is for those who are single or married. Because in reality, it extends past our relationship status & includes more about what we think of ourselves & what we have today. I want to be a better wife & mother than I know I am. I want to do more, be more & have more, etc... I'm not where I would like to end, but I can still love who I am today & where I am today because it is still something grand . I am a daughter of God . There is no next phase of that. That is constant & never changing. Here is the article "Single & Not Waiting" This was my initial thought after reading the article: Every stage has its challenges, and although I see marriage as an essential part of God's plan, God's timing is so d...

I wish we went hiking more often. That's all. I wish I had more energy & gas money to do a lot of things. BUT I SHOULD MAKE BETTER USE OF WHAT I GOT FIRST. Well, once again Lexi's sleep habits are changing & I'm not sure how to cope. We were awake at 630AM & down for a 30 min nap around 815-845 & now down for another at 1040. She was so cranky I just don't know how to help her better. (she finally fell asleep rocked on top of me which hasnt happened in forever). But she just woke up crying at 11:11. I was hoping if the sun came up we could go swing in the park, but it looks like an overcast day and to me that = no park due to a freaking cold temp.  Well, I finally wanted to blog about the master bedroom, the one with the new comforter (talk about warmth.) The only thing I'm disappointed about is that the comforter will be too hot half of the year. I was hoping to have an all season one but that didn't happen. Moving along - here are the pict...

Mr Smith: "Are you getting our feet in the pictures?" Jenny: "No" *me looking up at Mr Smith* Me: "Are you standing on a rock so that you're taller than me?" Mr Smith: "Yes"     aren't I the cutest? So we went up to....the Linville area (about an hour NW of Hickory) & did a little hiking & mountain cabin staying. We wanted to catch the wrap up of the fall leaves & get away from the typical city life for a little bit. Woe is me for forgetting I get motion sickness traveling through the "mountains." But Jenny was coming to visit us (Eric's cousin from DC) & Eric's boss has a cabin that he said we were welcome to enjoy so double the incentives to smell some fresh air. It was great weather. Although I still don't have THE photo I want yet, we did take family photos thanks to Jenny. It's challenging to get the husband to tolerate a few snaps, a baby to cooperate & for my...

I am so cold; the last thing I want to do is take off this hoody & hop in the shower. But I know this is the time to do it (morning nap time). I am getting a lot more sleep thanks to Lexi getting her groove back. Man vacations throw her off. She still goes down around 8PM & wakes around 8AM, only getting up once around 4-5AM to feed. It has been delightful. I don't know what I'll do if the next child decides to wake at 6AM. I'd die. I should get up at 7AM when Mr Smith leaves, but I do not. I let him kiss me goodbye in bed because I am that wife. I'm only up if Lexi is up, period. So any way, we're coming up on 6 months so I think that we are normal. I don't think she is forming any ruined-for-the-rest-of-her-life habits yet. Although, Mr Smith & I both think she might be a whiner. Not constantly cranky, no. She is too chill and good & perfect for that. Just special moments of rupture. It's a good thing that for the most part, she doesn'...

Last night I was emotionally & physically exhausted. But we had our first real date since the babe came along. Yep, 5.5 months. Isn't that great? Mr Smith is really good with timing. Last time he tried to bring home two movies & call it date night, I slept through half of the first & left him on the couch alone for the second. Any way, this time, we actually got a babysitter. I thought I would cry leaving her except that she was sleeping & I was exhausted so, no, I was fine. I just wanted an hourly update (nbd).  We went to see a local performance of The Sound of Music. They also provided dinner. Mr Smith was invited through work so since that part was free, a babysitter didn't seem so pocket blowing. For that reason, it's like heart & knife to ever go on an adult date. Plus, I like Ms Alexis. She just happens to go to bed at 8PM. And when I go to bed at 930, coming home from The Sound of Music at 1030 with a photoshoot the next morning just adds to...

It's 71 degrees in the house because the rain brought a drop in temperature. Lexi is taking her afternoon nap. I just heard her whimper, but I'm hoping she'll sleep longer than 40 minutes because she is moody if she doesn't. I'm wondering why we haven't really gotten the change in color as we expected in the month of October. Perhaps we should visit somewhere closer to the mountains to really breathe in fall. My sweatshirt helps.  I forgot how much I miss sweatshirts & I'm okay with using the "I'm a mom" excuse to dress down for the grocery store. I just need milk & chicken.  But less about myself & more about the whole - America is at an interesting crossroads between the government shutdown and The Affordable Care Act. Countries are on the brink of financial disaster. And let's not forget all the previous & current natural disasters, poverty & moral decay. As a family, we are trying to evaluate our budget, figure...

So here is the new glider & my mini project for the week.  Love the glider! The common Storkcraft one but grey&white. Ordered from Wayfair. Firm bottom cushion but a fluffy back, side pockets & a little lumbar pillow that I use to rest the babe on while nursing. Like all things, I wish it was longer for my legs, but then there is the footrest. It's a great purchase & cheaper than all those babiesrus ones. See the picture wall that I hung? Well, Mr Smith helped a little. Sorry for all the glare. You should come see it in person. And again I don't like the blue walls but it's the current situation. that coral color always show up pink in pictures. next time take it down a notch! oh is it nap time? I think I need one more blanket first.   As you now know, cooking every day for someone who is pretty plain but can consume a lot & me who likes variety, stresses me out. So this little board has helped pretend like I have some order to it all...

Well, Lexi (I said "we" at first because I associate us as one, but I'll use her name to clarify) rolled over for the first time during the day all by herself, basically anytime she was on her back for a couple minutes. She actually enjoys her tummy time. Any way, for future reference I figured I'd make it official on the blog too. She has been acting like she could roll over for awhile, and has done so a couple times at night (crying because she can't roll back) but for whatever reason that BIG head took too much effort to prop up in the past. Well, this morning dad was set on her rolling over. So he made her repeat it over & over (see mommy isn't so good at that. I'm all "oh if she doesn't want to don't make her! - you can obviously see the kind of parents we will each be - dad pushes her back down). Any way, he propped her head up the first couple of times & then she had it. She's a winner. We love her & her t-rex roll-y po...

Yes, I haven't known (or I guess care to figure out) how to get the Instagram pictures to blog. After thinking about it, retarded me realized I did select the option to save them to the itouch. And I don't have the collage app to make them cooler and more compact. (Is it free? It would look better. I'll update this post when I figure it out) So there I have all these photos why has it taken me so long to download them? I even had to google how to get pictures off my Itouch, because I'm awesome. I didn't know Image Capture existed, but look at there - throw up (now I just have to get the ones from my phone...): that one time we flew to see my brother get married . . . that one time my husband left me pregnant to visit Chicago . . . (he actually took pictures so I thought I would share. And he'll be all "I went for a conference not just for fun like it seems" so I insert that caveat) I was still pregnant... And the day my...