motherhood right now.

(idea taken from natalie jean)
motherhood right now means...

.gracie getting up earlier on the days i don't need to be up early than the days i do need to be up early. go figure.

.LOTS of mom carrying gracie around because heaven forbid she sits down by herself for 30 seconds while mom puts some clothes on or brushes her teeth.

.the beginning of baby pulling her cute headbands off. they're way more interesting to play with and eat then wear on our heads.

.lots of tears when it's either bath time or changing diaper time. both are pretty frightening things, turns out.

.seeing more & more the pain joy of letting your baby experiment with new foods and then having getting to clean up the aftermath. it's just beginning.

.tons of snuggles and open-mouthed kisses and bear hugs with little tiny baby arms reaching as far as they can around your neck. the BEST.

.the sippy cup with water to save the day! seriously, it entertains her for multiple minutes at a time, if necessary. lifesaver.

.many walks around the neighborhood to pass time and give momma's arms a rest from holding the baby.

.zo pup kisses, even after baby has pulled that poor dogs tail and ears a million times.

.waiting somewhat anxiously for baby to start crawling. she's moving around more when sitting or laying (she'll kind of scoot on her bum or spin herself around in circles on her belly) but no obvious signs of crawling yet. i have mixed emotions about it.

.eating lots of fruits (i think they're her fav), but still pureed. solid foods kind of gross her out still.

.feeding the dog puffs and yogurt melts and other various food particles because it's way more fun to throw them off the side of her high chair tray then actually eat them.

motherhood right now is: super sweet, tiring, exciting, rewarding, challenging.

out on leave.

it appears i haven't only been on maternity leave from work, but from my blog too. 

i would say i'm sorry and be hard on myself for not keeping up on it and letting myself get behind on life, but....i'm not. 

 not sorry at all. holding this sweet thing all day, every day for the last 7 weeks (SEVEN WEEKS!) has been the best 7 weeks of my life. i don't believe the people that claim you can hold a baby too much. i just don't believe it's true. and i wouldn't change any of it.

i promise, i'm really going to try to do some posts that aren't just Gracie. but when this is what your life revolves around...well it's my blog, so i do what i want :)

pioneer day project.

this is how we spent our pioneer day afternoon:
{on the off-chance that someone actually reads this outside of utah.....it's a utah holiday. and you're missin out.}

refinishing a dresser/changing table for the nursery! (thanks, Sus! and alright - jae did most the work.)
it'll be white with (hopefully...) a little yellow stripe action on the drawers. we'll see if it works out or if we screw it up and just paint over it. more pictures when it's done!

moo cows.

have i mentioned how much i love living in west bountiful and visiting our cow friends down the street when we go on walks?

because i really do love it.

and there are so many baby calves right now too!

{although yesterday, the big male cows kept trying to mount the lady cows....little risque for puppy eyes to see, ok cows? can we keep it clean?}