One Half of a Year

This baby is 6 months old!!! Mixed emotions come along with how big she is getting and all the new things she seems to learning overnight. Here are Mailey's stats: 16.6 lbs. 27 inches long, or should I say, looooooooong. no head, yay. The computers were down, but our dr believes she is off the chart in length and high ninetys in weight. She even hugged me at the end and told me that of all her moms, I deserved a big ol' healthy girl!

Some new things:
-Says "dada"
-Waves bye-bye by moving her whole arm
-Can sit unassisted
-Can go from lying down to sitting up
-Eats all veggies, cereal, and we've tried bananas
-Has been on her first antibiotic for an ear infection...the one that she has probably had for over a month...the one that her mommy knew nothing about...the one that was making her a crazy baby. Yeah, that one.
-Screams back at you when you scream at her. The kids test this one out A LOT.
-Loves to drop her sucker or toy over the edge of her carseat or high chair
-Still wants her mommy. Toooooo much. The nursery has called or almost called many times lately.
-Drinks my water out of my cup. Dive bombs it if I'm not watching her.
-Hates amoxicillan.
-Pukes when snotty. I have a Wesley. Oh my. :)
-Sits up at all times if possible, or tries like crazy to if not possible
-Gives open-mouthed kisses on your cheek. Once she gets going she really doesn't want to stop
-Scratches people's faces off
-Wears 6-12 or 12 month clothes. The same clothes Makenna wore her SECOND Christmas at the age of 15 months.
-Can be screaming her head off and if she sees me or someone talks to her she just smiles. Paige calls her bi-polar baby.
-Is a happy and loving baby girl!

Here are some videos for you to see her in action. Please ignore my silly voice, the red eyes, and my dirty bathroom. :)

Any resemblance is purely coincidental...

I'm a mean momma. But just look at those little ears! Oh, my sweet elfin child...or should I say children???

It's Beginning to Look a Little Like Christmas

We have finally made some strides in the Christmas decoration area. This year we got a real tree, used colored lights because I wanted everything to be classic and old-school, and just did minimal decorating. I'm actually loving it and not dreading taking it all down...besides the needles everywhere from the tree. If only I could remember to water that thing!

Full of Thanks

We are so thankful for...

A little girl on Champion's Club


Getting to see Ashley Megan Stevens Liddle after sooooo many years


Meeting her sweet son, Evan

Catching them in hilarious places


Dr. D turning the big 40


Lovin' from our college minister, Bruce


Brother Sister Sister love


Sitting up by herself...though I used the boppy in this pic bc we were in a hotel room and I wasn't going to let her sit on the floor!


Tyson only doing minimal damage by falling on the ice...yikes!



Seeing Christa, Tate, and Tony


Seeing Paige, Nelson, Peyton, and Stacie


Seeing Grandma's new house...and her and Grandad!


Losing yet another tooth


Seeing Granny and Grandaddy unexpectedly




Playing with friends

off the face of the...

You finish the phrase. I have definitely fallen of the face of many things lately:
the spending time with God world
the blog world
the sleep world
the cleaning world
the laundry world
the christmas decoration world
the christmas shopping world
the mom world
the wife world


So life has once again gotten the best of me, and I might believe it is at it's worst at the moment. We have been crazy before, rushing around, having too much to do, missing the little things...but only now has it really become unbearable. Travelling and sicknesses and sleeplessness had taken over, and I'm not so much bouncing back. Maybe I've been flattened, equalling no bounce left.

I've tried to find my bounce, and have almost taken a tiny hop every now and then, but the bounce won't bounce anymore. Each day for awhile has become overwhelming...as in I cannot think past my nose, much less actually DO the next thing on the list. I keep trying to think why it is like this:
the baby becoming very discontent and unable to be put down all of a sudden
the husband having to work very late over and over again
the boy pushing his limits and even lying lately
the girl yelling and arguing with a brick wall
the shopping to do
the parenting to attempt
the baths to give
the dinners to cook
the noses to wipe
the puke to clean up
the heart to stop beating crazily
the laundry to wash
the homework to help with
the business that is stressing
the fights to fight
the projects to complete
Things that all of us have to do, every single day. So why on earth does it all seem too much to me?

#1. My time with the Lord has been suffering, so when all of me is used up...quickly, I might add...there ain't nothing left after that. The tank hasn't been refilled to the top in awhile.

#2. Well, it all probably goes back to #1, so there is no need of any other whys in the list.

Sooooooo, I'm trying to fill up my tank, enjoy my family, stop my worries, and somehow find my way back to me again. The me God intends me to be. And hopefully you will not have to wonder what on earth this girl has fallen off the face of anymore.