Merry Christmas

That's right I said it, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Can you believe it? It is already that time again! This year would have been like any other Christmas for us but; this year we have Taylor to celebrate with! She seems to make everything better, more exciting and overall fantastic! I can't believe in a little over a week she will be 7 months old! Growing up I learned to never expect a lot there for I wouldn't be let down. I don't want Taylor to have that mentality; I want her to expect the best and that is what she will get! Zach and I want to start traditions with Taylor that will hopefully carry on to her children! Every year I want to buy her a special ornament for the Christmas tree, we want to take her to see the gingerbread house display at the Grove Park Inn. I want her to have things to look forward to every year! That all being said, so far we have bought our first Christmas presents for her =), picked our first Christmas tree and decorated it together (she has her first ornament on it now <3), and she has tried pumpkin pie!!!! Next weekend we plan on attending the Black Mountain parade and of course the Toy Run! The following weekend we are going to take her to the Grove Park Inn to get her first peek at the gingerbread houses! I want to continue this traditions with her. I want to fill her childhood with good memories, I want her to look back and want to smile and laugh verses cry over things she didn't get to do! I hear people say that having a child can bring your childhood back; but I feel like I want to discover the childhood I should have had thru making her's the best that it can be! All in all to me it isn't about the gifts or the trips or the experiences it is all about the LOVE and then intent in which things are done and/or given!

Have you missed me?

It has been a few weeks since I have posted a new post! Things in the Russell house have been BONKERS; Zach started working new hours so he isn't with us much during the week he leaves home about 4:20p and comes back around 6:00a Monday thru Thursday so he sleeps until at least 2:00p everyday! During all of this I got a pinched nerve in my neck along with a pulled muscle in my back and neck, so needless to say I wasn't exactly fulfilling my wifely duties! Laundry was usually washed and dried but; that is as far as it made it, most of the time it was in the dryer or on top of it. Dishes piled in the sink until we ran out of silverware; meals were instant or sandwiches! Ugh it was horrible!! I went to the chiropractor and it was amazing! He popped my neck and told me to rest and praise God it worked! I try not to tire my back out because it is still healing but; I have been back to my some what old self! The only thing I am truly missing is wearing Taylor in her ergo; I am tired of just having her set in her car seat when we go out!  Speaking of Taylor, my little baby girl has morphed into a huge little girl! She is 6m old and weighs 19lbs and is 27.5in long!! She is the normal size of a year old! I think that she must have gotten one of the many updates that I receive via e-mail to let me know her development for the week. Because once she turned 6 months old she started hitting her milestones faster then she could finish one she was on to another! She started rolling from tummy to back and then a few days later she rolled to her side and then she started sitting up unsupported, then rolling back to tummy and a tooth is coming thru on the bottom! WoW she is just growing up way to fast! Ugh; anyways I can not WAIT for black Friday/ Thanksgiving night! I plan on being at wal-mart at 10:00p when the sales start, I already know exactly what I am buying and boy am I excited! We get to buy Taylor's first Christmas presents and somethings for the house! We have a busy week next week, we will celebrate Thanksgiving and then do our shopping outing then that weekend we will buy our first Christmas tree as a family and decorate it! I am just so stinking excited I feel like I am 5 years old again! Anyways...that is just to catch y'all up a little bit! Until next time....<3

Question of the day! "What are you feeding her? Miracle grow?"

My little baby is growing up so fast! She is turning into a not so little baby!!! She is 5m 4d old and she can say hey to Taylor in the mirror by touching it! She smiles and giggles when you tickle her feet and tummy! She knows who Mommy and Daddy are and will look around and find us! She is also growing like a weed! I know most parents say this but; seriously....this kid is GROWING like I have water her nightly with miracle grow! She is just over 5m old and is already in 9m and 9-12m clothes! She is so long that clothes for her age range don't fit! Granted she isn't exactly skinny, but she is perfectly proportionate with her height and weight both being in the 95th percentile! She loves country music and defiantly has an opinion as to how everything goes!!! She takes a sippy cup like a champ, she can eat off of a spoon better then most men I know =) ha ha ha! Long story short it is amazing how when we are growing up waiting on your birthday to get here seems like it takes forever! I feel like the past 5 months has flown by in the blink of an eye! Now I see how my parents felt; I wish I hadn't wished my life away I wanted to be 13 because then I was a teenager then it was all about becoming 16 so I could have my sweet sixteen, then it was about being 18 because that meant I was an adult, then it was 21 so I could be legal to drink. Now I look forward to each day, I look forward to watching Taylor grow! I savor every moment with her, I no longer wish the year would go by faster but quite the opposite I wish the days would slow down so I can have more time to enjoy my sweet girl! She makes my world go round!

Like a good neighbor state farm is there....with a pause button please!

Today my little baby has turned into a big girl! It saddens me to know that she is no longer my itty bitty baby! However I am so excited and happy for her becoming the independent little girl she wants to be! She sat up in her high chair today for the first time; she enjoyed a healthy bowl of formula and rice cereal! She actually ate it instead of spitting it out! It was adorable; later in the evening she took a sippy cup and at first she just chewed on it but then she realized she could get stuff out of it if she sucked on it! Her eyes crossed with excitement at this discovery! What a day; I don't know about my Tay Baby, but her Mommy is one tired girl! <3 <3 Sometimes I wish there were controls in life just like a DVD player has a little square for stop an arrow pointing left and right for rewind and fast-forward two little lines for pause and a sideways triangle for play....if only life were that simple! I just thank the good Lord for every second I get with my sweet girl, thru the spit ups, the colds, the poops, the blow outs, the snuggles and all of her firsts! I love her so much!

The PERFECT outfit

When leaving for a trip around town I always make sure I am all dolled up! I do my hair up really nice, with a pony tail holder and a headband, I do my make-up with some concealer to hide my dark circles under my eyes. I check my shirt to make sure my beautiful accessories are in place; spit-up is my accessory of choice! I put my pregnancy jeans on because I haven't had the time or money to buy new jeans for me; plus the stretchy parts help hide my post baby body! I make sure to grab my bag; preferably one that is as big as I can get; stuff it with all of my essentials; diapers, wipes, bottles, formula, a change of clothes for us both,chap stick and of course butt cream! Life as a Mommy has changed me so much! I have went from caring about the way I look to proudly sporting the Mommy look! I don't have time for me anymore; which is FINE with me! I love that it takes me longer to get Taylor ready then myself, she is the perfect accessory for me!

Unwanted Advice

When you have a child; you WILL get advice....LOTS of it! Some of it you will like and use some of it you will NOT! One thing that absolutely drives me INSANE is to receive advice that is SHOVED down my throat! For example: That I am a weirdo for buying Taylor a hippie teething anklet, why can't I be like a regular Mother and give her some Tylenol! I don't want to give my child drugs that she doesn't need! Why do you hold her so much? She should be independent! You shouldn't wear her in that thing...she can fall out don't you care about your baby? You should make her do tummy time even if she screams! Crying is good for her! I being the Mommy bought her an anklet because I don't want to drug her up regardless if it is just some Tylenol, it can damage her little liver. I hold her because I love her and I want to be close to her. She is SAFE in her wrap she is more safe up against me then in a stroller or car seat! Tummy time is only beneficial if the baby isn't burying their face down trying to commit baby suicide, if she is miserable then she is not going to stay there! Crying may be okay sometimes; but when she is sobbing to the point she is loosing her breath and taking down air that gives her gas and makes it worse SHE WILL NOT CRY IF I CAN PREVENT IT! Your not her Mommy stop trying to be! I love the way I raise my daughter because it is MY choice! I understand that people give you advice with their best intentions MOST of the time; but don't question my parenting...consider your thoughts before you judge! Because this Mommy Bear is starting to bite back.....HARD!

New Directions!

Everyone is growing up, getting married, having babies and buying houses! Well I guess we have already done 3 out of 4 of those. So we are looking at buying a house! Nothing special just something for us to call our own! I am nervous, excited, happy and sad. I feel like everything is happening so fast; but I love it! I love that Zach and I got married so young and that our daughter is here with us! All I can do is pray about the new directions on our path thru this crazy life! We have never been able to do what we want with our "home" because we have always rented! But; now our options are ENDLESS, we can paint the way we want and hang pictures where ever we want!! If we don't like a wall we can TEAR it down! I am so happy with my life as a Wife and Mommy and pretty soon I can add HOMEOWNER to that! I can't wait to have a dishwasher, I hate hate HATE hate doing dishes! I wish they made a laundry robot because I would SO buy one ha ha ha =). So if you read this; please help me pray, that the Lord helps us decide on this big adventure! <3 Thank you ALL <3

Mommy Addiction

Screaming, crying, slobbering, sobbing and red faced all of these words pretty much describe my sweet girl when I got home from the grocery store! I thought I would go to the store and have some Mommy alone time (whew whoo) and let Daddy and Daughter have some time together! When I got home I had a terrified screaming little girl and a shaken up Daddy! I had been gone a mere 45 minutes but; apparently in BabyLAND that is forever! I picked her up to try and calm her down and she looked over my shoulder and smirked at her Daddy like "HA HA HA Gotcha Daddy!"! I know she is to small to understand that Mommy isn't leaving forever but; it hurts my Husband and I's feelings that he can't stay with her! Since she was a month old she will not take a bottle from him; she rolls her tongue and gags herself! I know everyone say's " Well if she gets hungry enough she will take it!" I am so tired of hearing that! NO she will NOT I can almost bet you EVERY dollar in my bank account! Yes, she will take an ounce but; that is about it! She just screams, when she cries she swallows air which give her gas which in-turn makes her cry worse! So WHY make her cry? We have had to take her to the ER for screaming but it was just gas; so I pretty much know all of her gas triggers! I want my baby to love and need her Daddy but right now it seems as though she has an addiction! A serious Mommy addiction! I love being depended on for everything to do with her MOST of the time! But sometimes I wish Daddy could do it to!

Birthday/Christmas Gift

Hello my name is Blake and I am a plan a head aholic it has been 12 hours since my last plan was made!
I love to think ahead; which can be good or bad! I look at things and think oh that would be a good birthday gift for me or whoever or oh that would be good for Christmas! But; see I often forget and come up with like a hundred good ideas! But; this year I have pin pointed what I want! I want a shark steam mop with the vacuum on it! I am so excited; at first I wanted a dishwasher because what woman likes doing dishes? My other dish washer is broken or not home, Zach works a lot so ya know there isn't much time for him to do anything else ha ha ha ha. Anyways when I was younger I wanted computers, clothes, gift cards, hair stuff; but now that I am a Wife and Mommy, I want gifts I can use to help my day to day life easier!
When I live my day to day life it seems pretty good; but when I go back and read my posts I am like what? Really you wrote about your boring day? ha ha ha Nighty Night everyone!

A Piece Of My Mind!

The title of this post says it all! I have been holding my tongue for a while now but; I will hold it no more! Someone wrote a note on facebook about Zach and I. There were NO names said but; I'm not stupid I know it was towards us. I'm not exactly my in-laws favorite person; because I do things MY way! I don't take advice if I don't want to and I will tell you like it is! Anyways; this person thought she would be a smart alec and post about how we (meaning Zach and I ) should grow up and be mature that keeping our daughter from seeing someone was stupid and that we could get mad if we wanted but we were stupid! So in turn being mature about it sent her a private message telling her I was the parent it was my choice; well she didn't respond to the message she just commented on the post talking some more non-sense! So I politely deleted her as a friend. Everyone who knows me will tell you (I mean really knows me) that I do not take ANYTHING from ANYONE. I will tell you exactly how I see it regardless if I think it will hurt your feelings or not! This can be a bad thing or in this case a good thing....When we were little didn't we all say the little saying "LIAR LIAR pants on fire, hang yourself by a telephone wire; if you don't I don't care I'll hang you up by your underwear" or at least a version of it? Well evidently some people think that I am so wrapped up in their life that all of my facebook statuses must be about them. If I wanted to call you out and say you were a liar I would be like HEY____Your a big fat lying piece of SHIPOOP!!! Well NEWS fl-ash; I could give a flipity flop less about your insignificant little life! All I can say is that I pray for you; I pray that you are a better mother to your son; I pray that you are a better person to yourself; I pray that you gain some intelligence; I pray that one day you will be happy with yourself that you don't have to have a man around to be happy. I also want you to know that you ruined your chances with me. I don't want nor will I have my daughter around someone like you!

Sorry for the venting....that is just how I feel!

The end of my day

My day started out like any other day! I woke up to my sweet girl gumming a smile at me! We got up and got ready for the day!! While trying not to wake Daddy up! (He works from 5p-4a)! We trotted down stairs and started our morning routine, let the doggie out, then feed and water the doggie then it is time for Taylor's breakfast!  Big (actually rather small but big to her!) bowl of rice cereal followed by a nice warm ba ba! Then it time for our FAVORITE show! The backyardagins, while she watches her show I ate. After an hour or so I head upstairs to wake Daddy up; then I get in the shower. We live next to Cabin Creek Cabins (nice name right? lol)  our shower has a small window in it so I was shampooing my hair and looking out it then I saw a woman walking her dog with no leash. So I started whistling and calling here doggy doggy but; she couldn't see me! She got SO mad she kept yelling come here Trixy every time the dog went to her I would do it again! I was laughing so hard I almost wet myself LOL. Anyways so it was a pretty normal day here in the Russell household! But; new NEWS Taylor has her first tooth bump coming in! It is so cute! <3 Well enough about my boring day! Nighty Night!

Blake

Hello WORLD this is me!

Hello, this is my first post!!! I am so excited about blogging my day to day life! Life as a newlywed and new Mom can sometimes be over whelming! Add some house work and a dog to it and you have my life! Don't get me wrong I LOVE my life; but I just like everyone else likes to complain, even though I have it WAY better then most!Every morning I wake up and get to see my sweet girl smiling up for me! Every morning I wake up to my amazing hard working husband laying in bed next to me! These are things that I want to never take for granted.  I love my life! Please follow my blog and join me on my beautiful bumpy ride along life's twisting turning crazy road!