DAY 567... Better Out Than In

As of today, my precious little Aniston Kate has been outside the womb 2 whole days longer than she was in there!!! I cannot believe how fast time flies! It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant, puking my guts out, getting IV's and PIC lines, being on best rest for months and months. But here I sit today watching my almost 9 month old crawl like a crazy little crawling thing. It's AMAZING!

For those of you who don't know I suffered from hyperemesis during my pregnancy. It was the worst pregnancy ever, but I would do it all over again for this little bundle of awesomeness. Even though we got pregnant within our first month of marriage and it was completely unexpected, it's one of the biggest blessings of my life! I can't imagine life without Ani and her gorgeous smile and funny hair. She is perfect and such a blessing!

Thank you Aniston Kate for coming 12 days early and relieving me of my 38 weeks and 2 days of barfing and sleeplessness. You're kind of my hero!

Isn't she just precious?????

Dear Aniston... Part 2

Dear Aniston,

I cannot believe how fast you are starting to grow up! It really does seem like yesterday that you were too small to help yourself and you relied on me for everything! Now you are crawling to get where you want to go. You feed yourself when given your bottle. You play by yourself and almost always require some amount of quiet time by yourself. I just can't believe how independent and beautiful you are! But please remember baby, even though you are getting bigger and growing older and are capable of so many things now, please remember that I love you and am willing to do whatever you need me to do. Don't forget to ask for help even if you don't want to. When it comes to helping you, I will never say no.

I love you Aniston Kate!

Love, Mom

DAY 565... Apartment Problems

Sometimes a person just needs to vent... and that's what's about to happen here.... I'm giving you a fair warning in case you don't enjoy venting...

We LOVE our apartment! It's really perfect for our little family. We have high ceilings, a ton of storage, and 2 bedrooms which works perfectly for Ani. However, we have run into a problem...
People have decided to store all of their junk right outside our front door!!! GROSS! Since we are on the bottom floor we have this ledge right outside our door that is under the stairs. Apparently people think that this means that they can put their junk there. Apparently they don't know me.

It's my opinion that if you choose to live in community housing, it's only polite to keep things clean and tidy. I understand that not all people choose to live a clean and tidy lifestyle, but when you live in community housing, you have no choice. It actually even says it in the contract that people sign when they move in that you need to keep it clean and that you can't store things under the stinking stairs.

And yes... That is a young boys sock there... Really??? Trashy. I don't want to appear trashy or gross! This really really bothers me!

Despite our efforts to have the junk removed, it still remains. Believe me when I say that I am tired of contacting the management. It's a little annoying that they can't even uphold their own rules. After I contacted them, the safety office (some of the stuff stored under the stairs is labeled corrosive... I have a baby really?), and the upper management, I finally got a promise that they would be removed by tomorrow. Keep in mind that this is after I was promised they would be removed on Friday.

Oh yeah... and that BBQ grill has been there since we moved in... a year ago! Nothing really bothers me more than people in charge not being capable of doing their jobs... (cough Obama cough).

Being a boss myself I understand how difficult it is to discipline and uphold guidelines and rules, but I have learned, most recently, that it's worth it. I recently had to bring down the house on my employees... slackers (really I love them though)... and apparently I earned a lot of respect from some of my employees for doing it. I know it's hard, but it's necessary! You can't be worried about  what other people are going to think about you... BE A MAN!!!

Venting Completed...

DAY 564... Distractions

I find myself so much more often distracted in life now. I'm gonna blame it on Aniston Kate. She is just so darn cute! I am constantly taking pictures of her and wanting to spend time with her rather than doing the things that I probably should be doing.

Ani has been able to distract us pretty good this past week. She ate her first Oreo. This was not only hilarious but very very entertaining! She LOVED it! I think it makes her feel important when she gets to eat something that big people eat. Please ignore the wildness that is her hair. Spencer has decided this is his new favorite style... I'm not quite on board yet.

Ani Kate got her first toothbrush. Not sure whether or not she even really needs it since she only has 2 teeth, but since they make actual toothbrushes and toothpaste for babies her age, I figured it was worth a shot. I want this child to have beautiful teeth! She hasn't figured out how to do it on her own quite yet.... still adorable!

We bought Les Miserables. Of course on the day that it came out, bright and early. Is there any other time to buy it? I'm actually watching it as I type. Ani thoroughly enjoyed eating it before I took the plastic wrap off. Did I tell you that I discovered how they could have made this movie even better than it already is? Picture Gerard Butler as Javert.... PERFECTION! I really should be a Hollywood casting agent right?

A first for Mom this week... I actually worked out 5 days in a row! Miracle! Paid off though... 3 pounds down this week! Ani decided she was big enough to drink out of my water bottle... She is such a doll!

Even at church Ani distracts me! She has so many facial expressions. Let's be honest though, any picture that I post comes no where close to doing justice to how adorable she really is in person! So everyone should come visit us ASAP to meet her!

I love having her to distract me! We are really so blessed to have such a good baby! I just love her!