Shes growing so fast!
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Reason 233 Why I Love Being A Mom: 2nd Toofus!
Shes growing so fast!
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Reason 51 Why I Love Being A Mom: Cough Sound
Zoey loves to cough! She loves that sound she can make. And while at first it used to send me into panic mode wondering why my child was sick Ive learned watching her smile after making the noise that its some thing fun she enjoys doing!
Please excuse my sad, baiting coughs :oP
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Reason 167 Why I Love Being A Mom: Sitting on Shoulders
Zoey's uncle Tom started putting her on his shoulders and she really enjoys it!
Like, REALLY enjoys it! :oP
Plus she gets to yank and tangle mom's hair!
And listen to the ocean from a higher viewpoint.
Though the dismount can be quite painful :oP
Reason 220 Why I Love Being A Mom: Highchair Fun!
Zoey has recently discovered the highchair and she loves it! She's starting to like the sitting up like a big girl and throwing her toys off the tray as many times as mommy will put them back on it :oP
Reason 39 Why I Love Being A Mom: Wonderbug!
Zoey's Grandparents (Morgan) got her a little toy to play in called the Wonderbug. She loved it from the get go. And she's having tons of fun making noises and chewing on whatever she can on it :oP Well here are a couple pics I took of her in it.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Reason 260 Why I Love Being A Mom: Babyland Trips!
With a baby comes visits kiddie places! We were lucky enough to visit Babyland on our vacation, where the cabbage patch kids are 'born'! They moved less than a year ago to a new location so we had to check it out!
Reason 132 Why I Love Being A Mom: Great Gram Kisses
Moments like this are key reasons I love being a mom <3
Friday, September 23, 2011
Reason 182 Why I Love Being A Mom: Hair Yanking, Glasses Nom-ing Good Time!
Good grip on momma's hair!
A little happier about the yanking fun!
Chewing glasses and yanking my hair! Talented angel!
Even when she is causing pain and putting expensive glasses at risk shes the most adorable thing ever!
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Reason 207 Why I Love Being A Mom: Pillow Caves!
She completely buried herself under a bunch of pillows while hanging out with her daddy. This gets me excited for another thing we will do: making tents in the house!!! I love being a kid again!
Got caught!
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Reason 90 Why I Love Being A Mom: Pensive Pout
Zoey's lips are so full and pouty when she is first investigating a new toy. I know I mention it every entry but she's such an amazing creation; perfect in every way from her screaming fits to happy screeches to her sleeping positions! I am one blessed mother!
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Reason 179 Why I Love Being A Mom: Loves Tongue Click Noises
This is pretty much her reaction every time we click our tongues. It definitely helped when my husband's uncle was taking some family portraits :oP
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Reason 140 Why I Love Being A Mom: Elmo Kisses
We went to Babyland and had to get Zoey a souvenir. Well my husband nor I are the biggest Sesame Street fans (me, because i never really watched tv) but it was a puppet and we picked it up and first thing she starts to do is giggle! So i made this video. She's too cute! And yes we got her a cabbage path kid also since you can't go there with a kid and not get one! <3
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Reason 99 Why I Love Being A Mom: Lesson Planning!
Let me first post the disclaimer that I am fully aware that each child is unique and that despite my attempts at teaching them about life and the world they may not take it all in or even listen to me. These are just my goals and what i hope for but doesn't mean i wont love my child any less if she doesn't listen to me.
One thing i think about as i try to fall asleep at night, and while i was pregnant for that matter, is what do i need to make sure i teach my children? I've been planning the dreadful sex speech for a while trying to make sure i don't miss anything, but that wont be for a while I hope because i think those things should not be introduced until quite a bit older to allow for children to be children. This boyfriend/girlfriend stuff when they are in kindergarten, yeah it's cute but i don't like it. That's a mature topic that should not even cross a child's mind. I will not be naive though to think that my kid's friends wont bring it up or that my kid won't see that stuff on tv either at our house (which i will also try to avoid) or at a friends house.
Another thing i hope to teach my kid(s) about is selflessness. My generation (the one I've noticed the most) is so self absorbed. It's almost like in the quest to find ourselves and being told to 'not care what people think just be yourself' we've taken that to every aspect of our lives. "Oh who cares what my words do to anyone but myself, it's the truth so deal with it." And "I am going to do whatever I want and anyone who may be affected by it will just have to deal." I will not say I am perfect at this but I try very hard to keep others in mind when I do or say something (though lately my filter has been horrid, one thing I am working on). I just hope that i can raise Zoey, and future children, in a way where they can be themselves but also respect the feelings and sanity of those around them. I hope they'd be considerate of people and their needs and perform kind gestures for them as well. Of course this is all without going against their own morals and good judgement.
Opinions. My mom did an amazing job with not forcing her opinions on us. She let us discover things for ourselves. Sure that meant i was a little less informed on certain things but i feel that it taught me that if I want to know about it I have to research it myself and look at both sides. Then she would be willing to listen to me about what i found and offer other viewpoints i may not have considered. Hence, I am a stickler for getting both sides of an issue seen before making a decision now, otherwise i just say i cant have an opinion because i don't know enough about the topic. I hope to do this for my children and that they take it a step further than me and really research more topics and want to form their own opinions about everything, but also be open in case new evidence is brought to light about the matter.
That is obviously just a couple issues to talk with her (and future children) about and all i have really thought about. As time goes on the list will grow but for now this is what I have, and i love (yet hate :oP) how much she is causing me to observe the world around me and learn from it!
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One thing i think about as i try to fall asleep at night, and while i was pregnant for that matter, is what do i need to make sure i teach my children? I've been planning the dreadful sex speech for a while trying to make sure i don't miss anything, but that wont be for a while I hope because i think those things should not be introduced until quite a bit older to allow for children to be children. This boyfriend/girlfriend stuff when they are in kindergarten, yeah it's cute but i don't like it. That's a mature topic that should not even cross a child's mind. I will not be naive though to think that my kid's friends wont bring it up or that my kid won't see that stuff on tv either at our house (which i will also try to avoid) or at a friends house.
Another thing i hope to teach my kid(s) about is selflessness. My generation (the one I've noticed the most) is so self absorbed. It's almost like in the quest to find ourselves and being told to 'not care what people think just be yourself' we've taken that to every aspect of our lives. "Oh who cares what my words do to anyone but myself, it's the truth so deal with it." And "I am going to do whatever I want and anyone who may be affected by it will just have to deal." I will not say I am perfect at this but I try very hard to keep others in mind when I do or say something (though lately my filter has been horrid, one thing I am working on). I just hope that i can raise Zoey, and future children, in a way where they can be themselves but also respect the feelings and sanity of those around them. I hope they'd be considerate of people and their needs and perform kind gestures for them as well. Of course this is all without going against their own morals and good judgement.
Opinions. My mom did an amazing job with not forcing her opinions on us. She let us discover things for ourselves. Sure that meant i was a little less informed on certain things but i feel that it taught me that if I want to know about it I have to research it myself and look at both sides. Then she would be willing to listen to me about what i found and offer other viewpoints i may not have considered. Hence, I am a stickler for getting both sides of an issue seen before making a decision now, otherwise i just say i cant have an opinion because i don't know enough about the topic. I hope to do this for my children and that they take it a step further than me and really research more topics and want to form their own opinions about everything, but also be open in case new evidence is brought to light about the matter.
That is obviously just a couple issues to talk with her (and future children) about and all i have really thought about. As time goes on the list will grow but for now this is what I have, and i love (yet hate :oP) how much she is causing me to observe the world around me and learn from it!
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Reason 216 Why I Love Being A Mom: Emotions Amplified
I was warned while i was pregnant that being a parent will make you feel love, happiness, frustration, sadness, etc like you've never felt before. So i nodded knowing that'd be true but had no idea until Zoey physically came into my life!
I was walking with her in my Maya wrap the other day and just felt this incredible, overwhelming sense of love for this tiny (well relatively, she's a big girl to me!) being i had pressed against me. And it wasn't like she was doing anything cute, either sleeping or looking around, on that walk.
Yes she frustrates me beyond belief at least once a day (during her 'witching' hour in the evening usually) but she also makes me happier than anything when she gives me that (now toothy!) smile! They say it takes a few positive things to cancel out one negative thing but with her she can be fussy or screaming a few times and only one instance of her being an angel will cancel out those bad days.
I am beyond blessed to have her and so thankful for her. Because of her i am forced to look at myself a bit harder and fix the things that i need to fix to be the best mother i can be to her. And her happiness (and her daddy's) is the only thing in the world i will work hard to ensure.
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I was walking with her in my Maya wrap the other day and just felt this incredible, overwhelming sense of love for this tiny (well relatively, she's a big girl to me!) being i had pressed against me. And it wasn't like she was doing anything cute, either sleeping or looking around, on that walk.
Yes she frustrates me beyond belief at least once a day (during her 'witching' hour in the evening usually) but she also makes me happier than anything when she gives me that (now toothy!) smile! They say it takes a few positive things to cancel out one negative thing but with her she can be fussy or screaming a few times and only one instance of her being an angel will cancel out those bad days.
I am beyond blessed to have her and so thankful for her. Because of her i am forced to look at myself a bit harder and fix the things that i need to fix to be the best mother i can be to her. And her happiness (and her daddy's) is the only thing in the world i will work hard to ensure.
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