Sweetest Little Girl

One of the best parts of our day is tucking Marley in bed before we go to bed ourselves. I have reluctantly relinquished this privilege to Chad. It truly is the best part of our day! Marley is so sweet when we go to tuck her in.

Sometimes, she wakes up just enough to hug your arm, or blow kisses, or pat your face. Tonight when I snuck in to check on her she woke up enough to squeeze her orangutan stuffed animal and give it a kiss. Melts my heart!

I just love being a mom, and that little girl makes it so much fun! I think that this stage is the most fun. I believe that I've said that during every stage so far, but I really really love the things that are happening right now!

Double Digits!!

I can't believe that I have less than 100 days left until I get to meet my baby girl! I am so thrilled. First I HATE being pregnant. I know that sounds ungrateful, but it is rough. I am not one of those people who feel great while they are pregnant and thus love being pregnant. I'm not that lucky!

Second, I can't wait to meet this sweet girl. My major hope is that she can wait to come until January. I would really be happy if I don't have to leave my baby in the hospital. It is a terrible thing to walk away without them!

I look forward to holding a baby that will just let me snuggle them. Marley isn't big on the snuggles!

I can't believe it's coming so fast! I can't wait!

Growing Way Too Fast!

My baby girl is growing up way too fast! It is so hard to remember when she was so tiny and struggling in the hospital. It seems like it has to have been so long ago. Time goes by too fast!

I took Marley to the Dr. for her 18 month checkup and she is getting bigger. She is still small, only in the 35% for her weight, but that's the highest that number has ever been!

And since she is now 18 months old, she got to go to nursery for the first time on sunday. She was so good. I was sure that they were going to have to come get me because she was freaking out, but I only had to change a diaper and then she went right back. I hope that she continues to like going. It will make my life that much easier!

I took her up the canyon this morning to take some pictures of her. She loved being outside and running around, but she had no interest in following instructions or even looking my direction. I still think we got some cute stuff, but it was a battle!

Love you Marley, but can you slow down the growing up? Just a little...?

Have You Heard?

There is this great website called goodreads.com. I signed up a long time ago but never did anything with it. Marley and I have started going to the library every two weeks or so. Whenever we go to the library, I can never seem to remember the names of any of the books that I have wanted to read. This website is my cure for that! I now have a saved list of over 60 books that I want to read. So next time we go to the library, I can look at my list and pick something off of it. I am so excited!

If you are like me and can never remember that book that someone suggested, then this website is for you. And if you do join, add me as a friend. I would love to see what you are reading!

Marley Snuggles

I think Marley knew I needed her tonight. That baby NEVER snuggles! Never. Not even when she's sick. Tonight I needed to hold her. I was sad and I needed her. She had been in bed for two hours, but I decided I was going to chance it anyway, and went into her room. I was just going to make sure she was covered by her blanket, but when I got in there, I had to pick her up. I got to hold my baby and she just slept in my arms. I got to hold her for as long as I wanted. It was just what I needed tonight. And I was able to put her back in her bed without incident! Thanks Marley bug! I love you!

Last night was my 10 year high school reunion. When it was announced I was really excited to go. I talked my friend's Rainee and Kenzie into going with me. As it got closer, I got less excited to go. I had a very specific list of people that I hoped would show up. As expected the people who I really wanted to see, didn't show. Except for one.

Brian was my very best guy friend in high school. I hadn't seen him since before I got married. He walked in right as we were getting ready to leave, and I'm so glad he did. I got to talk to him for a few minutes and meet his cute wife. So the reunion wasn't a waste of my time!

Sea World

Today was Sea World. I had high hopes for today. There are things to touch and I thought that Marley would love it. She was not as excited as she was at Disneyland. I guess she is really my daughter afterall!
The first thing we saw was the sea lions and Marley had a blast. She was so excited. I was sure that the day was going to be a huge success. The next thing we did was sit and watch the sea lion show. Marley is at an age where she doesn't sit very well. If there is nothing to keep her attention, we have problems. She hated sitting and waiting for the show to start, then she was entertained for the first half of the show, then she melted down!



The things that I was most excited for was for Marley to touch things in the tide pool and to pet a bat ray. She is little, and it is hard for her arms to reach long enough to touch stuff. Plus, she thought we were torturing her! It was a lot of fun, but she didn't last as long at Sea World as she did at Disneyland.

Tomorrow is the zoo, and possibly the beach. We have had such a great time here! I have mixed feelings about going home. I miss my house, but I'm not ready to be back to the real world!

Disneyland Day 2

Marley continues to live up to my expectations! She has been an absolute doll to be with this trip. Disneyland excited her so much. She was constantly smiling and pointing! So stinking cute!
Today Marley dressed up as Snow White. She was the cutest Snow White ever! I was worried about her not liking her dress, but it didn't seem to bother her.

We spent the morning riding some rides. She loved it! The carousel scared her a little, but we still had so much fun. We waited in line to see the princesses for a whole hour. Once we got to the front of the line, we found out that Snow White wasn't even there. We were bummed, but got some good pictures with some other princesses. The last ride we rode was It's a small world, but Marley fell asleep in my arms in line. So she missed it. I tried to wake her up for it, but she was sooo tired!
We headed for San Diego after all the fun, and spent some time in the pool at our hotel here. Marley loved every second! We have to keep a tight hold of her or she will jump out of our arms. The kid has no fear!

Tomorrow is Sea World, and I can't wait to introduce Marley to that place! I hope that she will get right in there and touch and feel all the things that she can. It is going to be so much fun!

Day 1: Success!

Marley is making me so happy! She is doing exactly what I want her to. She has been so happy and she gets so excited! Her pointer finger must be tired, she is constantly pointing at something new!

We went to Disneyland bright and early this morning. It was so much fun! We caught Pluto for a picture right after we bought Marley her Minnie ears! She isn't afraid of the characters which I was kind of worried about. She reaches for them as soon as she sees them. Yay Marley!!

It was supposed to rain today, but thankfully the worst of it happened durring the night. I was going to be so bummed to not be able to show off Marley's Minnie Mouse inspired outfit, but luckily it was good enough weather that she got to wear her outfit without a jacket for a short time. Dang she looked so cute. We got many comments, which made me very happy! Love the kudos!

You know how much I love this place, but oh man, is it soooo much fun with Marley! Different fun, but sooo much fun! Can't wait until tomorrow!

We Couldn't Wait!!!

We got to our hotel in Anaheim around 3:30PM and had no intentions of doing anything but decompressing from the car ride and maybe feeding Marley or putting her down for a nap. Well, we just couldn't wait!

We went strolling through Downtown Disney looking for awesome souveniers and just had to go into the park, afterall, we couldn't just use our 3-day parke. hopper passes for only 2 days.

As soon as we got into the park, we saw Mickey and Minnie greeting people and there were very few people waiting to see them. Marley was so excited to see them...probably because she recognized them from the 78 times that she watched the Disney Sing along Songs on the way here.

She just had to give Minnie kisses.

Welcome!

Welcome to our new blog! I will post soon...There's a birthday party in the works right now!