nibbling on some crackers
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
hello. i love you.
nibbling on some crackers
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
gracie bell: 8 months
you are the sweetest bundle of joy and a total mama's girl!
you are all over the place now and so busy, so much busier than your brother ever was!
i love comparing/contrasting the two of yall because yall are so similar, yet so different.
you are looking more and more like him everyday. most people think you always have, but i don't see it that often.
you recently have turned into quite the screech owl. it is piercing and for some reason you love to "screech" mostly out in public! oh joy!
you refuse to eat any baby food, although i still try quite often. i couldn't pry your lips open to save my life, if i wanted to.
on the other hand, you LOVE any other food, other than baby food. you love yogurt melts and puffs. and i have let you eat a few things here and there that we eat, that is bland and i can turn into mush.... you have loved everything you've tried.
you still have just your 6 teeth but you are working on quite a few more. your first six all came in at 5 months and within 2 weeks of eachother, so you must be getting ready to have a new "batch!"
on the subject of teeth, you are still only breast fed, but that might be changing soon because you bite like a pirranha! i want to do everything the same as i did with your brother, so im trying my hardest to tough it out til you are the least 10 1/2 months old. you also refuse to take a bottle, so that will be another challenge in itself.
you are a typical girl with mood swings.... mostly when it comes to your brother. most of the time you are beyond tolerant of him and how rough he is with you, and you think he is THE funniest person on the planet, but some days, all he has to do is look at you and you start screaming. haha! yall both just idolize eachother and i could sit and watch yall forever!
your favorite time of day, hands down, is bath time. you could not be cuter if you tried when you take a bath. you can make an insanely huge mess for such a petite young lady! you splash just like shamu and think it's the funniest thing ever!
LOVE this precious baby girl!
could not love them more if i tried!
Monday, January 3, 2011
2011 resolutions
1. i want to read my Bible cover to cover this year. i have started a plan via an ipod app that maps out a reading schedule for me, daily. i don't have to follow the schedule exactly, but it keeps me somewhat on track. i need/like schedule in my life!
2. im not even going to say, lose weight, bc we all know, that goes out the window within a couple weeks or so... or in my case on thursday, when i go have sprinkles with some lovely mamas! so my goal is to be healthier this year!
3. with that said, i want to cook more this year. i dont cook that often, because for 6 months of the year my husband is gone and i hate cooking big meals for just me and gray, bc i dont really eat leftovers. i feel like so much is wasted.... not to mention cooking and cleaning dishes is a lot of work with two kids and no hubby around! but this year i am going to try harder bc soon gracie will be eating too! so im excited to try lots of new recipes.... any yummy ones yall have, please send my way!!!
4. work on my patience. until i had grayson, i had absolutely no patience, so i have come leaps and bounds since, but im still not all that wonderful, all the time. travis is currently working 3 weeks on, 3 weeks off and by about mid-week 2, my patience reallys starts wearing down, bc im ready for a break, need a break! so, to my precious babies, i will try my hardest everyday to be the most patient i can be!
5. pray more. i pray alot, but there are times when a few days and, even a couple times, a week or so slip by me, without praying. it is important to me to pray more, count my blessings, and thank God for everything he has done in my life!
6. i need to make more of an effort to dedicate more alone time/date nights with my sweet husband. for some reason i feel guilty wanting to steal him away for some alone time bc he is away from the kids so much already, but i also know it is important for our marriage and relationship to have that time. starting in february travis will be going to libya to work for the next 1-2 years, with a month on, a month off schedule, so i know it is more important than ever that i get good quality time with him when he's home.
7. potty train gray. prayers are appreciated... haha! not looking forward to tackling this obstacle!
8. be more punctual. since i have had grayson, i am consistantly a good 10 mins late for everything. even if i try leaving 10 mins early, i still manage to be 10 mins late. i dont like it about myself and it irritates the hubby. so i am going to focus on that!
11. soak up every single second of my little angels because they are growing up so riduculously fast, i can't stand it!
here's to hoping i can keep all my resolutions til 2012! what were some of yall's new year's resolutions?
Friday, December 31, 2010
2010: glover style
and gracie looking like this:
2010 was a wonderful year for our family, started off a little rough, but ended so great! God definitely reminded me many times this year that He is in control, not me. And what a good reminder that is!
JANUARY
i was put on strict bedrest at 26 weeks for the remainder of my pregnancy. travis was sent to korea for six weeks. my mom and mother-in-law helped take care of gray and i had to learn how to ask for help and be dependent on others (not a fan.) most of our days were spent like this:
FEBRUARY & MARCH
spent mostly in bed. grayson became the biggest daddy's boy imaginable and it's stayed the same ever since.
APRIL
celebrated Easter. started getting out of bed a little more, bc i was almost full-term.
my brother married his best friend.
God gave us, yet again, another perfect blessing!
our Grace Kampbell was born may 4th.
precious, perfect, and adored.
i wondered how on earth i would ever be able to love anything the way i love grayson, but when i looked at her for the first time it was like God opened my heart and just kept pouring more and more love in!
haley and her mom suprised me with this cake, even though we were supposed to be celebrating her! sweetest friend ever!!!! haley sturgeon, i am so blessed to have you in my life! i love you!
showering haley. celebrating owen.
cowboy grayson made a pit stop at mimi's while trick-or-treating, for a drink and some kisses!
2010 has been a truly incredible year. i can't even imagine what 2011 has in store, but im looking forward to all it has to bring!