New Year, New You, Not Happening

You know how everyone sets out to change themselves at the beginning of every year? Well, I've decided that is not what I will be doing this year. Why is it that we can't be satisfied with who we are? Why do we feel pressured to change things we were born with like our body, or personality type? I've decided to be happy with who I am this year. I don't need to try and be someone different. What I need to do is embrace who I am and enjoy being me. I will not be forced into a mold that our society has decided is the "ideal" person. Another thing I won't do is try to change others. I will enjoy individuals for who they really are and encourage them to expose their true selves and not be ashamed about it. This year I will be the real me and the world will just have to deal with it!

Master Holly

Since I'm dedicating blogs; today's goes to my great sister Holly. She received her MA today! This is an amazing accomplishment concidering all of the other things she did while completing it. I wish I could be there to give her a big hug when she walks off that stage. I can't wait to congratulate her in person! So here's to you Holly; I am so proud of you sister! Your amazing determination to go for your goal and work till you get it done is something I greatly admire about you. I can't wait to see what you do next!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad

December 14th my Mom & Dad got married. They have been together for 32 years. So to congratulate them on their commitment to each other I want to dedicate today's blog to them. I want to thank you both for being excellent examples of how to make a marriage work. Thank you for showing us how to work through difficult situations and how to enjoy the good times. Thank you for commiting to raising us kids together and giving us a stable home to grow up in. I know this took lots of sacrifices. Thank you for showing me how to be a good person and stand up for my faith. Thank you for supporting me and always encouraging me to be the best person I can be. You are an awesome couple and I love you both!

Well, people it's time for another entry. I always feel like I should only write when I have something extremely important to say. But if I only went by that rule I would never write. I guess I'll talk about this weekend. Mom & Dad came up and babysat while brad and I went to a Dave Mathews and Tim Reynolds concert. Very good! I always have a ton of fun when we go see Dave. Mom and Dad stayed for the weekend. We had fun hanging out, eating, and just enjoying each others company. All this fun has made me even more excited for our Christmas celebrations!

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.