Happy Friday!!!!

Good Evening Everyone!!

FIRST: I want to saying that 3 out of the 5 days this I have walked for an hour and half or more!! This is big for me, since I had Autumn it has been tough for me to get in the routine of walking but thanks to my friend upstairs, I have manged to do very well with walking this week! Hoping it will continue next week and maybe even this weekend!! 

SECOND: I want to say that I can now fit into pants I wore last spring(size 12), which I was not able to fit into just 2 months ago!! Woo Hoo!! Makes this Momma feel very good about herself!! I may not be where I want to be at weight wise YET.. however, I am on the right track!!! GO ME!!! 

THIRD: I tried to vacuum our bedroom floor today while Autumn was playing in her room.. it was a failure she crawled to my door to cry to me so I would shut it off... she has to get over this fast! I have to vacuum our house!!! 

FOURTH: AM I CRAZY?! Tomorrow night Tyrunne and I are keeping our youngest nephew, Noah, who is almost two years old! This is the first time he has ever stayed with us over night.. hoping and praying it goes smoothly!! 

That's all I have to share for the night!! Hope you all have a great memorial day weekend! I will be making a trip to Clay County to see my parents grave and put flowers out for them with my brother and his wife! 

<3 Vanessa

The bowl game?!?!?

This is a video of Autumn playing with bowls at our picnic! This is the first time she has ever figured out how to stack things together and now she is obsessed with it! I literally sat there and watched her figure it out all on her own.. one of the sweetest things I have ever witnessed! I love watching her grow and learn daily!!

Picnic Time :)

All I have to say about this post is that on this weekend while enjoying this gorgeous weather with my family, we went on our first family picnic! We had tons of fun!

Here are photos to show our fun:

Autumn was sooo tired whenever we left the park that she fell asleep before we even got home and we only live 5 min away!

5.21.2011

Wow as Monday morning got here, I was awake to my baby girl calling Ma-Ma. As I got out of bed and walked into her room she was standing in her crib facing the door, smiling, saying "Ma-Ma" with her arms high in the air!! This melted my heart like it does every morning however on Monday morning I was reminded that my baby girl is now eight months old!!! Can anyone say WOW?? I sure can.. WOW I can not believe she is already eight months old.. where has the time gone.

Eight months ago my baby girl was only a few days old and sleeping all the time, now she is crawling all over house , pulling herself up on everything she can get her hands on, she is getting a little more daring and standing on her own without touching anything for a few seconds. Tyrunne and I are soo proud of her! Over the last eight months she has formed her own personality and I love it, she is so happy( minus teething) all the time! I love to her babble on and on all day long and it not meaning a thing!

At times I can't believe I am a mother and then at times I cry thinking about the blessing God gave me  in my gorgeous daughter! Every time she accomplishes a new milestone my heart skips a beat, I just want to send those doctors a note and tell them that there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with my precious baby girl, she is perfect in every way shape and form! My prayers for her to a healthy happy baby have been answered beyond any measure I could have ever imagined. Autumn has only ever had just a cold and it only lasted a few days! Pardon me while I brag on myself for keeping my daughter out of the way of germs so well, I am so pleased that keeping her home during the winter months was worth it because she has hardly ever been sick!

Autumn Lynn,

Mommy and Daddy love you more than anything in the whole world! You are eight months old now and I can't believe how fast the time has gone! Everyday you are growing and developing more, we are soo proud of all the accomplishes you had so far! At this point my favorite time is when you grab a book off the floor and crawl over to me and life the book up to me! I love that you love to be read to.. I believe you are going to be a very intelligent person and accomplish great things in your lifetime!

Love you forever and always ,

Mommy and Daddy

Proud Mommy Moments...

Last night it was about 10 pm and I was laying in bed and heard my  baby girl cry over the monitor.. it was not just a cry.. she was crying MaMa. Sweetest sound ever to my ears! I started to cry and immediately ran to her rescue! I love knowing that my daughter loves me and that she knows that I will always be there for her!! <3

This morning I was sitting on the couch and she was playing on the floor.. she crawled over to the couch, pulled herself up on the couch, and started to pull on my shirt and tried so hard to climb up on the couch with me. I picked her up and she fell asleep in my arms like an angel! I sure do love her more than anything I could have ever imagined! 

I turned on her bible songs off my Itunes and she was standing next to the couch beating on it like a drum.. she was bouncing up and down and laughing! Her and I had sooo much fun dancing to the music! That girl truly is my best friend.. we are so much alike already its crazy!! 

Mommy Loves you Autumn Lynn!!! <3

Top 3 hardest things to do when you have a baby...

1. Vacuum... I have found that Autumn has a new hate for the vacuum. She never had a problem with it before but ever since we moved to Effingham she has this absolute fear of it, and screams her head off like she thinks I am going to vacuum her up. And to top it off.. she is crawling everywhere so if I don't vacuum regularly  she will be picking up all the little pieces of dirt off my carpet! 

2. Laundry... it takes so long do laundry that Autumn gets impatient with me. The worse about laundry for me is that we don't have a washer and dryer in our apartment, we have a laundry room but the machine are very small and it is expensive so I could go to the laundry mat.. which I have tried before but do to the length of time it takes and the lack of space for Autumn to play it is very inconvenient for me. So today we went to my mom's house to wash laundry and.. Autumn screamed every time I walked out of the room.. I was just sure I could get a lot of laundry done but nope.. not without her by my side! 

3. Shower... Yes I said shower.. now don't get wrong, I do take showers, however Autumn does everything she can for not to be able to enjoy my showers. Showering used to be my favorite time of the day... but now I dread it cause I hurry in and hurry out cause I know Autumn will scream... she has done this since the day we brought her home.. even if I put down for a nap and then go get in the shower, she will always wake up and scream her head off right in the middle of me washing my hair. I can't couldn't count the number of times that I have  had to get out with shampoo in my hair... very frustrating! 

Anyway I am done venting now.. just had to share the 3 most frustrating things that I face daily! 

Happy Thursday Everyone! 

From 8 months pregnant ... to 8 month old Autumn...

I looked at my blog and realized the last time I posted I was 8 months pregnant with Autumn.. and now one week from today Autumn will be 8 months old! WOW.. where did the time go?? My baby girl is growing sooo fast.. she is crawling all over the floor and already wanting to take off walking... Needing to invest in baby gates ASAP!

Just the other day I said... 8 months ago this baby was in my belly kicking my rib cage and now she is out and crawling all over our house! Seeing her smiling face on my 1st mothers day morning was all I needed to make my day perfect!!!! I did not however get my rocky road ice cream cake that I ask for... but spending the day with my family made everything perfect! So happy mothers to all you mothers reading this!!!

Last week we put my husband's grandmother to rest, it was a rough time for the family. During the week we were gone and my house got very very neglected and so this week I get to play catch up and get laundry done!!!

Please Autumn, be nice to Mommy this week.. I have a lot to do and could really use your patience and cooperation.. I promise once the house is clean and laundry you and I will have a girls day!!!

-Mommy