Christmas tree

I wish I could post a picture of our Christmas tree this year because it is very pretty. Decorating the tree has always been fun for me. I always love to get out the ornaments and remember past Christmases. Brad got a new ornament every year from his Maw Maw so every time we put them on the tree I feel like I get to know brad a little better. His Maw Maw tried to buy ornaments that showed what he liked at the time. I think that is a great tradition. Bethany's MiMi gave her an ornament this year. I hope this tradition continues so that when she is all grown up she will have many memories of all her Christmases.

It's Thanksgiving!

It has been a while since I posted. I always like to put pictures in but don't have any this time. This week had been full of anticipation and planning. We are going to Texas to celebrate with the Hall family. We are very excited to see everyone and introduce Bethany to her aunt, uncles, & cousin. Which makes me think about how thankful I am to have such a wonderful family. I am extremely blessed to have a strong, supportive husband, a precious daughter, a stupid but lovable dog, & a very cuddly cat. Brad and I often talk about how thankful we are that we have such great families on both sides. Not many people can enjoy their inlaws or immediate families like we do. The holidays are so fun because of this. So bring on the turkey and mistletoe! The holidays are here and I am loving it!

Pictures!!!

It has been a while since I put pictures on my blog due to the fact that I cannot figure out how to upload them on my phone. If anyone reading this knows how to upload images to a blog from an iphone please let me know!
So here are a few pics; all of Bethany haha! I guess you can tell what my life revolves around now that I have a kid!
This one is Bethany doing tummy time. She actually likes it for a few minutes. Then she gets bored.
Here is her and Brad hanging out. You can tell they love spending time with each other!

I didn't post anything about Holly and Maddy coming up for a visit but they did and we had a great time! It was so fun to see Maddy and Bethany together! This is a picture of Maddy with a dollar and Butterfinger that Brad gave her. She loved both of them. I think Brad has turned into the Uncle who passes out dollars!

This picture was taken several weeks ago but I thought it was funny how Bethany and the cat where almost the same size. Noodles doesn't usually get to lay so close but I made an exception this time.

These are the most recent pictures. Mimi and Pappy gave Bethany a cute Halloween costume so she wore it on Sunday. I think she was a very cute witch for her first Halloween! this is her kitty cat pants. I think this picture is so funny cause it makes her butt look huge! Or maybe it's the cloth diapers.

I love this picture! You can all melt over her smile. I did.

Freezing Herbs

My most recent undertaking has been freezing herbs. Brad read somewhere that you can freeze fresh herbs in water or butter and use them later so i picked what herbs we had left from our garden before we had a freeze and diced them all up, put them in an ice cube tray, and froze them in water. It's nice to have fresh herbs for soup and stuff when it gets colder!

Waffles at The Dog Park

I took our 75lb. Weimaraner to a fenced in dog park. He hasn't had tons of exposure to other dogs so I thought it was about time we found him some buddies to play with. Well, I found out that our dog is a big baby. I realize that it was a new environment so he was not sure of himself but he was scared to death of all the other dogs. Imagine my huge dog tucking tail and running from teacup sized rat dogs. Poor thing. We ended up in the small dog part where there were only a couple of other nice dogs. By the end he was starting to be interested in the big dogs on the other side. Maybe next time we go he will do better.

Laundry Problems

Our washer is leaking. :( this has been a pain in the neck because brad has a limited amount of work clothes and Bethany's cloth diapers only last about 3 days. When the repair guy came last Wednesday he said he had to order the part so the washer wouldn't be fixed till the next Wednesday. Bummer. So I have been stretching clothes & towels. Regaurdless. We have had to use our leaky washer. Today was the day I was supposed to get my washer back but the part never came. I made a call that lasted half an hour just to find out that the part was never shipped & they had rescheduled my fix to Saturday! When was I going to be informed? The question now is do we have enough underwear to last that long?

Wearing Baby

It's been 3 weeks now since Bethany was born and things are different but I feel like we are getting used to the new schedule. The hardest thing that I've had to figure out is how to get things done around the house. It seems like by the time I get Bethany fed, changed, and content to sleep or lay in her bed; I don't have much time to do anything before the whole process starts all over again. We were given a neat gift called the Moby Wrap. It is a huge piece of material that you wrap around yourself and the baby and just walk around with them. They are close to you and you have both hands free to do things(like make myself dinner!). I tried it when she was first born but was so nervous about suffocating her that I didn't do it very long. I guess the new has worn off a bit so I am making another attempt today. It has worked out well so far. I am wearing her as I type this. she seems to like being all bundled up and is sleeping soundly. I think this is something that I can get used to and maybe I can also get a few more things done(like send out all your thank you notes!) Here's a pic of how it looks.