Here come the boo boo's

Okay so can I put a force field around LeAnne so when she falls she will just bounce and not get hurt? LOL! Where do I find the magic Band-aides then? The cute ones that take away the pain. I know we have lots of bumps and bruises in her future. :-( So yesterday she was being really crabby so I just put her in her crib with her music box. She got really quiet so I went to see if maybe she was asleep. Oh no I walk into find her standing up, holding onto the side of her crib. WHAT? Are you kidding me? So daddy lowered the crib to the last notch. She can still stand but can't fall out of her crib. The pictures are her standing after the crib was lowered. Not a minute after this pic was taken she fell HARD. OUCH! Then this morning I woke up to her screaming because she fell down. EEKS! Look out. She wants to pull up on everything. Oh boy

Daddy's are important!

One day earlier this week John called me into the living room, as I rounded a corner I saw LeAnne holding onto the window ledge with daddy sitting behind her -- arms reached out to, ready to catch her if she fell. She was so proud of herself. What happened next speaks volumes. LeAnne lost her balance and hit her lil bum on the floor. John says I've been letting her fall down on her butt because she will be doing that a lot. He did quickly add but I don't let her fall all the way down. I smiled and thought to myself "what an important physical and life lesson he's teaching her." As her mama I am don't want her to get hurt so I tend to be over protective (I am working on it). I really appreciate that her daddy is teaching her it's okay to fall down and how she needs to get back up and move on with whatever she is doing. I am very thankful for my husband! He's an awesome husband, and daddy!

Today my mom and I went to church in Walla Walla, took a quick trip to Walmart and then we took lunch to John at work. We sat outside under some big shade trees and had our first picnic. LeAnne was thrilled to play with the french fry box, and paper bags from McDonald's. LOL! She left her mark with daddy -- ha ha -- finger prints all over his sun glasses and badge.

Thank-you to my dad for listening to me babble tonight about parenthood! Thank-you for sharing what was said at your church today -- Children are the prefect gift -- in my frazzled state I LOVED what you said next...something to this effect --if you want to really learn about life, about patience, sacrifice, work, joy, love and so on then have a child. I was rambling on and on about my frustrations. Telling you how I love my daughter beyond measure, I love being a mom, I feel so blessed to have her, but WOW being a parent is a lot of work, the learning curve is STEEP and I am always questioning if I am doing it right. She is one busy, busy girl! Into everything and a bit on the impatient side! I wonder if I am letting her control my life too much, is it normal to get this frazzled, to I feel these ways because she's my first -- I told dad tonight that right now she might be our only child. Dad reminded me to stop and pray. So tonight as I attempted to get LeAnne to go to bed, (when she's exhausted she fights big time to go to bed) I PRAYED for God's guidance -- just then I looked back at LeAnne and she was rubbing her eye with her FOOT -- it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen. Thanks God -- this mama needed that precious moment! Just now I felt God nudging me to remember a verse that's been on my heart for a while now -- Isaiah 41:10 -- "Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand". Amen!! Well John's on his way home with KFC for dinner! Any and all parenting advice/encouragement is welcome! LOL!!

Our 8 month old beauty

Our 8 month old beauty is quite the cutie! As I am typing LeAnne is playing in her walker, babbling up a storm, squealing with delight and boy did she ever think it was cool to catch a glimpse of herself in the oven door. Oops mama spoke too soon -- she just screached with disapproval as she can't quite reach something she wants to play with. She's discovered the I am ticked off screach this month --that is not a fun noise. She's back to blowing raspberries and still chewing on anything she can get her mouth on. She still just has the 2 bottom teeth but more must be gonna pop through soon. Poor baby girl! OUCH! She is sitting by herself most of the time but still get a little wobbly. She is starting to pull herself up and loves playing on the bottom shelf of our book case. Mama just about has a heart attack everytime because I know she's gonna whack her head good one of these times. She definitely knows her name and is learning what no means. The picture here is of her sitting in her toy basket at Grandma Marcia's house. LeAnne & I spent a few days there while our water was shut off due to a broken pipe. Thankfully John and a co-worker fixed it today! Yahooooooo we have water. Little miss LeAnne has an independent streak a mile wide! Most of the time she will refuse the pacifier if we give it to her but will put it in her own mouth. She loves eating ice, watermelon and apple in her little net thing. She tried cantaloupe grandma's this week and isn't sure what to think of that. We've been trying some of the 2nd foods with her -- her new fave is Banana & berries. We got to see daddy at work this week and met the Chief. John said the chief thought she was pretty cute. LeAnne loved daddy's badge and mama thought daddy looked mighty handsome in his uniform. At the moment she is doing whatever she can to stay awake. I just put her in her swing because she was fighting me something terrible. The swing and car rides work like a charm to get her to sleep. I feel so very blessed. I am so thankful God gave us our little girl. We love her so very much!

Fun family day!

We've had some challenging days with lil missy teething and mama just plain missin her man so I wanted to share about a fun day we had. Today was the Waitsburg community yard sale and this mama was feeling the need to get OUT of the house. LeAnne & I woke up daddy and before we knew it we were picking up grandma Marcia and off to Waitsburg we went. (Waitsburg is 10 miles away) We spent a few hours driving around town stopping at different yard sales and admiring the neat old houses. LeAnne was such a good girl and of course we got lots of comments about all the hair she has. We didn't have any huge scores but we all found a few things that had to come home with us. :-) Then we grabbed lunch at DQS (Dayton Quick Stop) and headed to Grandmas for lunch. Have I told her how good LeAnne was today! She LOVES being outside. Then later this afternoon the whole family (fur-babies included) took a walk around our neighborhood. It was so much being OUT of the house, taking in the sites (nature & wild life), talking to my hubby, talking to a few people and listening to LeAnne babbling. It was a very nice day -- I LOVE my family so much! I am truly blessed! Here are a few pictures of our little climber. LeAnne has taken to pulling herself into the book case, has almost pulled herself upright and has pulled herself up one stair with. EEKS she's on the move. I helped her pull herself up so she could see out the window yesterday and she was loving that. She gets so proud of herself. She's defiantly an independent one! Love ya'll !!!

Some cute pix

Okay I had some insightful thoughts to share but that will have to wait because its really hard to put my thoughts together with a certain someone testing out her voice in the background. Really quick though I'll share some cute pix. John was home yesterday and we went to the park and LeAnne had her first swing ride. She LOVED it! She needs to get a little bigger to fit in the swing more securely so we can push more. Her newest things are pushing up with her back legs, but in the air, trying to crawl and shaking her head -- where not sure but think it must feel odd or she feels her hair moving. LOL! It's pretty funny! Well John is home today so we are off to Walla Walla to go grocery shopping and then plan to spend some family time together. Love ya'll !!

Quick update

Hellooooooooooo out there! I have been meaning to upload some pictures but we've been busy getting my mom moved into her new house. She's very HAPPY to be here and her place is shaping up nicely. My Aunt Katie and Grandma are coming to town today to help her with unpacking. It takes us approximately 2 minutes to get to my mom's house! Yahoooooooo!!!! I'll include a few pictures of LeAnne playing in the boxes and eating ice at Grandma's house.

It's great to have John home, even though he's on nights. He's having a rough time getting his body clock adjusted and I hate not seeing him as much. It's an adjustment. He can't believe how much LeAnne has changed and enjoys every spare second he can with his lil girl.

LeAnne has gone back to blowing raspberry's like crazy and she gets so proud of herself. She is a crawling machine I tell ya, she's trying really hard to get up on her hands and knees and when she does look out! She definitely loves her voice -- La La la, and of course ama ma ma ama when she needs something. :-)

I am doing well - continue to look for a job, may have some temporary work through Express Personal. I have good and bad days as far as going back to work. I know I have to go cause we need the $ but it breaks my heart to leave my little girl and I worry how I'll handle everything. John is very supportive and I have to let him be there to help me and not be super woman. I'd appreciate your prayers. I've been praying for peace, for strength, and for God to help me to let go of some of the control - to let him carry my burdens and help me to fully trust He has a plan for us and will protect and guide us. Oh I pray one day I can be at home with LeAnne and our future child -- yes I did say future child -- IF it's God's will we would like to have one more but I think we will wait until LeAnne is 15 months or so.

Okay lil one is up so much HURRY to upload pictures. Love ya'll TONS!!!

Welcome Home Daddy!

John is home!!!!!!!!!!!! We picked him up from the airport yesterday afternoon. LeAnne did very well - she gave him a few looks like who are you again, didn't want me to go very far away from her but a few hours after we were home she was giving daddy some serious smiles and very relaxed with him. I swear she was showing off for daddy last night -- doing all her new stuff, ate an amazing dinner with hardly any mess, and she showed daddy how she fights going to bed. He can't believe how much she's changed, swears she's a lot heavier and stronger. We kept looking at each other all night -- me saying "its so good to have you home" -- him saying -- "I am so happy to be home." It was great to be able to have him watch LeAnne while I cooked a real dinner (one of his faves - Sausage Manicotti) and we were able to eat dinner together before 7pm. I got the most amazing night of sleep -- I have not slept that good in 5 weeks. LeAnne is STILL sleeping -- she went down at 9:30pm and now it's almost 6am. Wahooooooooooooo!!!! Gotta love that!! I told John yesterday it's like the moment I saw him I was able to take a deep relaxing breath. It's so AWESOME to have my husband home!!

In other news Amanda called me yesterday on our way home from Pasco and she thinks she should be able to get a job working in June as a life guard at one of their local pools. She was VERY excited. Swimming is right up her alley, and she says I can get a tan. It was so COOL to get a phone call from her outa the blue.

My mama is here for good. She signs on her house deal on the 27th and her things will be delivered on the 28th. She is staying with my sister for a few days and then with us for a few days. Her cats are in my guest room chilling for a few days until she gets settled. They not so sure what's going on but really handling things well. Charlotte even came out to be loved on last night.

Okay well I am going to go enjoy a second cup of coffee, something I don't recall doing for a LONG time. I'll post some new pictures soon. Have a blessed day!