Let the Showers Begin!

Over the next month I will be hosting/help hosting 3 showers. 2 wedding and 1 baby.

I love showers. Let me rephrase that...I love showers when they aren't for me. I hate sitting up there in front of everyone trying to act super excited over tea spoons that someone has clearly used for the past 40 years with cloth napkins that still have lipstick stains. "Oh my! Just wanted I always wanted. Used tea spoons! How did you know?!"

Anyway, I love the planning, the excitement, and seeing what other people get.

This weekend I helped host a wedding shower for my friend Abby. She was one of my bridesmaids and a friend forever so I was more than happy to throw her a shower.

We had a lemon theme so everything was focused around lemons and the color yellow. Here are a few pictures from the shower.

Here is the sign in table. I made lemon shaped cookies as favors for people to take as they came in. This is a close up of the goodie bag. I love Abby's monogram and it even had a lemon at the top!

Of course the yummy cake. Cake is another reason why I love showers!

We served lemonade of course and one of the girls had the idea to put sugar around the rim and add a slice of lemon. I thought the glasses were so cute!

This was the centerpieces for all the tables. I loved the way they turned out and I'm thinking my new favorite flower are these football mums. So full and pretty.

A picture of the beautiful bride to be? Yeah as soon as the party got started the camera went into the diaper bag and didn't appear again until sometime later that night. I swear I am the world's worst at taking pictures! Oh well!

With this shower down, I am so looking forward to the other 2. They are all planned out but there is still lots to do. Busy as a bee!

Unexpected Days

We have many unexpected days/moments now that Cecilia is in our lives. Some are fun and some are just down right no fun at all. A simple trip to Target can turn into 'oh my gosh my child has just blessed me with a gift (running out her diaper none the less) and the nearest diaper/wipe is in the car.' This moment turns into having to change my child's diaper in the middle of Target parking lot in the back part of the car for God and all Target customers seeing her hindend.

An ordinary Wednesday turns into a trip to Auburn to see a family doctor (ped is out of town and the others I'm not fond of) about a possible case of pink eye. I use the word possible lightly because we ended up with pink eye. And when I "we" I mean Cecilia.

Another late morning call from the daycare saying I have to pick her up for possible pink eye. I assure them yet again that her tear ducts are stopped up and that she is fine. Uhh this is different; her eye is a little red and one of the other babies has it. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

This came a day after we got a note sent home saying a child within the daycare was diagnosed with hand-foot disease. To say this has been a stressful/upsetting day would be in EXTREME understatement. I'm not sure how many times I have burst into tears. Yes I realize it is just pink eye, but once you have had your child in the doctor's office every two weeks since she is born, it gets to ya. I'm sure the pharmacist thought I was a tad nuts when he looked at me as I was on the verge of tears after he told me he didn't have the drops I needed and that I would have to go somewhere else. He apologized several times and even called it into another pharmacy. I'm pretty sure I was the first to cry because they didn't have a certain medicine.

Its been a long day and there isn't enough chocolate in the house to cheer me up.

5 Months

Another month down! If I blink too many times you are going to be 16 and telling me I'm the worst mother ever.

You are weighing in around 18 lbs, wearing size 3-6 month clothes, and wearing size 3 diaper.

You are lovin' life and everyone around you! You greet everyone with a smile and have become an extremely happy baby. You only have your moments when you are really tired or tired of lookin' at one of us.

You started baby food this month and are really taking to it. Peas you love and we tried carrots this week. At first you weren't too crazy about them but by the 3rd bite you didn't mind it. Daddy says you are going to like everything since you are on the chubby side. Well shall see. You still have squash and green beans to try before we can move on to the fruits.

You still refuse to roll over for me and haven't for Daddy in awhile. You will, however, sit up for me. The other night you sat up for 6 Mississippi's! I think you will get it this next month.

You are grabbing for toys more and really trying to figure them out. You talk all the time and it is so fun listening to you. You will be in the middle of babbling, stop and I will ask you a question. You think for about a second then start up again. You are my entertainment in the car now!

We have had a bit of trouble lately with sleeping. For some reason you start crying in your sleep. I don't mean a little whimper but full fledged fit. I'll check up on you and your eyes aren't even open! I'm not sure if you are dreaming or hurting or what. Most of the time I can get you to calm down but last night you cried every hour! EVERY HOUR!!!!

So this is where we slept last night. I made a pallet for us so when you cried I could just reach over and put your pacifier back in and calm you. I'm not used to those night anymore! I had to peel my eyelids off my eyeballs when you decided to wake up for the day at 6am! It is moments like these that make me think you really hate me! :) Phew! You are wearing me out!

I only joke about the lack of sleep because I wouldn't trade any of this.

Its moments like this that I look at you and thank God that he allowed me to be your Mama. Soon enough I will be writing about your first day of school so I will take all of sleepless nights if it gives just a few more moments with you in a day.

Daddy and I love you, Cecilia Reid.

Yummmm...Peas

Saturday night we broke out the baby food. We started with a favorite of mine...peas! Brent hates peas so I was hoping to start early with Cecilia so I could fix peas for someone else besides me.

As you can tell she was super excited and even put on her sweet pea bib for the occasion! I had Brent grab the camera so we could get her reaction to her first bite...

Once again the child could careless what we are shoving in her face as long as she can still watch TV. That thing has GOT to be turned off more!

Take two...

She really enjoyed her peas and has scarfed them down! YEA!!!! Another pea lover! The only downside is now she won't eat her cereal. She spit it out this morning and started crying. Great! Like there is anything else you can give a baby in the morning! Oh well! She will just have to suffer through it.

I Guess I Have To...

I guess I need to share that Cecilia rolled over about 3 weeks ago. The only reason I haven't shared it yet is because she did it while I wasn't around and it isn't a first unless I see it.


She started one Friday night trying to roll over. I knew it would happen over the weekend and I would be able to see it. I was excited! I didn't lay the child down without watching her like a hawk. Unfortunately, she never rolled over.


The following Tuesday Brent was off work and I had forgotten all about her trying to roll over by then. That was until he called me about 9:30am and said "she did it." I was so excited and bummed at the same time. I was so happy we had our first roll over but sad I missed it. I'm so thankful Brent was there though. Could you have imagined if the daycare would have told me when I picked her up? I would have been a stay at home mom right then and there.


Of course when I got home I had all eyes on her the whole night waiting for her to show me her new trick. She didn't do it. Actually she hasn't done it for me at all! What the heck?! I was then convinced Brent was lying. IF she had rolled over she would do it again. The daycare hadn't seen her do it either. Yep he was lying! :)


I had given up on her rolling over again. That was until once again I get a phone call, "she did it." Are you kidding me?! Brent laughed and I told him if he didn't want to be called a liar then he needed to get me proof.


Ten minutes later, "I got it Ma." Fabulous!

Too bad I haven't seen this in person yet. Maybe one day she will finally stop being a punk and roll over for her mama!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

We are finding more and more similarities between Cecilia and I all the time. The way she acts at times, facial expressions, etc. And today was no exception when we found out she has a DOUBLE ear infection! I had a terrible time with my ears as a child and kept ear infections. I have some how managed to pass that on to Cecilia. My mom read where if one of a baby's parents had ear infections then more than likely the child will get them too. Fantastic!

Bless her heart! She has been a trooper and really showed no signs of an ear infection other than running a high fever. Normal signs are when I child pulls at their ears but she hasn't done that at all or I would have known what was wrong with her. Thank goodness it doesn't seem to bother her. She is a little slow to eat but still manages to get it down and she is being a little active and talking a lot. And of course it hasn't cut into her TV time!

Dude I'm starting to worry about this girl and her love of TV! That she got from her daddy! He of course is in the background watching as well.

We have a follow up appointment next week to double check her ears because the doctor found something she wants to watch in her right ear. We are hoping it is nothing and that by the end of the week she will be fine.

What a way to start off our week!

Its Falling Out

My hair is falling out.

I don't mean just a few strands here or there. I mean almost by the handfuls. We spend most of our time these days picking hairs off each other, Cecilia, Cecilia's quilt, and pretty much anywhere I have been. I spend 50% of my time in the shower trying to get the hair off me after I have washed my hair.

Now this would be alarming to most women. Hair is very important to a female. Have a bad hair day and you can guarantee that they will be in a bad mood all day.

Hair is not that important to me. Yes, I like it to look decent but it has been my dream to shave it off and wear a different wig every week. When my hairdresser asks me what I want to do, I always say "shave it off." She thinks I'm joking but if I knew I wouldn't be served divorce papers when I got home, I would do it. Although I'm certain my head would not be that attractive bald. I have bumps on my head. Cysts actually. Several of them. Its another reason I have not shaved. For fear that I would see how many were really on my head. I might look more like my brother though. He shaves his. Maybe I could convince him to do mine one day.

I know my hair is falling out due to post baby hormones (thanks Cecilia! Mama loves you!) and that it will stop one day. Or at least I hope. Or at least I think I hope. I already have a spot where you can tell I have lost some hair. It has caused me to style my hair different.

Maybe I will get one of those pantyhose looking things and give it an ole test run. Where does one get one of those pantyhose looking things?

4 yrs ago I said this to you...

I stand here in front of God, our family and friends to make these promises to you:

I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to respect you as your own person and to realize that your interests, desires and needs are no less important than my own.

I promise to share with you my time and my attention and to bring joy, strength and imagination to our relationship.

I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.


I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.

I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how...

Completely and forever.

Reality Check

I'm driving to work today when my car sends me a little message telling me to "stop engine." Hmm that's weird. I get a little further down the road and it again says "stop engine" followed by "oil pressure low." I quickly look at my oil gauge and notice its going crazy. Uh-oh that ain't good!

I call my dad and ask what this all means. He of course asks if I need an oil change. Nope just had one last week. He then begins to go through all these different scenarios which only make me think that there is something terribly wrong and that it's going to cost me BIG time. The messages pop up again and he tells me just to pull over. Luckily I was near a farm where I knew the people. Dad said he was going to get ready and come on. In the meantime I called Brent to come see what's up.

While I was waiting for Brent, my mind started turning out all these what ifs. What if it is my motor? What if my car has finally seen its last days? What if it is some big computer problem? I started to shed some tears because I was flustered and this was the last thing I needed right now. I got mad at myself for getting upset over something so minor. In the grand scheme of things, IF my car is screwed up, it wasn't that big of a deal. Yes I would lose MY first car I purchased on my own but it is just a car.

I had to give myself a reality check and think about all the things that do matter. I have food on my table, roof over my head, I for sure wasn't sitting out in the middle of a that cornfield naked, a healthy baby (even though the daycare called yet again to tell me my child was congested! DUH! I was with her this morning!), and I'm surrounded by people who love me. I collected myself and focused on those things. And actually after my little pity party, I had a nice time out there waiting for some one to rescue me. It was still early enough that it wasn't too hot and there was a nice breeze blowing. It was a great way to start the day! (of course I can say that now that it is over!)

To finish the story, Brent gets there to discover I have NO OIL!! I call the service center where I get my oil changed and told them what happened. They immediately sent someone to come get the car. At the end of the day, I found out that it was a bad filter, their fault and they would clearly cover all costs and be there if something happens.

Everything turned out fine and I hate that for those few moments I got flustered and upset. I always seem to get caught up on silly things instead of whats important.

Middle of the year resolution...don't sweat the small stuff!

Sweetpea Beauty

Mom and I took Cecilia to her first movie premier yesterday. It was to see VeggiesTales Sweetpea Beauty at the Family Christian Bookstore.

If you have no idea who or what VeggieTales are, you are missing out! I have been hooked since middle school and my youth group used to sing their silly songs more than the age group it was geared towards!

I was so excited to take Cecilia because she LOVES watching cartoons and I knew she would enjoy the outing. When we walked in the store 2 of the workers were dressed up and she couldn't take her eyes off them. They were so excited to see us there (mainly because they were showing the movie at 3 different times and we were the only ones they had all day!) and gave Cecilia a sticker for the event. We took our seats and they started the movie. She did sooo good. We didn't hear a peep out of her.

As you can see she REALLY enjoyed the movie. She stayed like this the whole time.

Along with the workers being dressed up, they had a table set up with coloring sheets,

and balloons everywhere for the kids. They had really gone all out and it was so neat. They even had paper crowns for the kids to color and wear. Here is Cecilia wearing hers while she is eating her snack.

She fell asleep about 5 minutes after this picture which was just 10 minutes before the movie was over.

Mom and I just loved taking her and it only makes me excited for the things we can do when she can actually interact and know what is going on.