Thankful

Since I found out that I was pregnant with Presley I started to follow a board for women due in June 2010, I have continued to follow it so when I have questions about Presley I can see what other mommas think or what their little ones are doing. Recently there is a family that is going through some mega stuff and I cant help but think how lucky we are to have a perfectly healthy child. Baby Kinley had to have brain surgery yesturday because she was suffering from severe seizures, they had to go in and disconnect the whole right side of her brain. Words cannot express how horrible this has to be for this family. My heart breaks for them. If you are as amazed with this familys strength and story as I am you can read her journal about it all here. But she did amazing through the hours long surgery yesturday and hopefully this will make her life so much better. Life is so precious! God has trusted us with his most amazing creation and I will make sure that Presley knows each and every day just how much she is loved by us and that she is perfect to us in every way. I just had to share this amazing story! So I leave you with a recent pic of our familys current fav.

Weekend News

Well this weekend was a great weekend to say it simply. I was fortunate enough to have 2 days off in a row and took full advantage of my time with Presley, I didnt leave the house for 2 days. Friday was a very exciting/sad day. Presley is now on the move!!! I was so happy that I didnt miss the first time that she actually crawled. I had told my mom that if she crawled while she was tending her and I hadn't said anything to her about crawling to not a say a word for fear that I would burst into tears as I had when I missed the first time she rolled over. (silly, I know) Jeremy got home about 10 minutes after her first time and was able to see her as well. She never did the whole army grunt crawl as most babies do she went from rolling all over the palce to crawling, although there was a lot of strength training to get to crawling [picture below]

 It was great to have all day Saturday with Presley as well. Jeremy had hunters safety all day, when he got home I was so stir crazy I wanted to go to dinner, we had a gift certificate to Outback, but he was too tired so I had to make dinner. :(

In other weekend news there is a lot of happiness in this house right now! Anyone who knows Jeremy knows he is a big Greenbay fan and they totally won the Super Bowl! We were invited over to Josh's house for a small get together and of course watch the game. Presley and daddy were so cute in their Greenbay gear (guess mom is the odd one out with no gear to sport) After the big win I just had to snap a few pictures of the 2 of them in their gear to share with everyone.

So there is our weekend in a nutshell.

Call me Mrs. bargain shopper!

If you know anything about me you know I have a really hard time passing up a good bargain, in fact when shopping I will gladly go look at the clearance first to see if there is anything real good for a way better price!
 Case in point...

            Presley has such a hard time keeping socks on her feet, the second that she notices them on her feet it is her ultimate goal to get them off as quickly as possible. So I thought that she needed some shoes, I went looking at Target and found some way cute ones but for 15.00 I thought they werent that cute [they grow out of them too fast for me to justify this price, some may say silly... I say whatever!] So off I went to payless and they were having the BOGO sale going on, right up my alley for sure! I found 2 really cute pair and thought to get one in her size now and one a size up for later. They were both on sale for 9.99 each and the second pair was 50% off, awesome right? well they didnt have one pair in her size so I had them call another location and they had them, they put them on hold for me and I went and exchanged the bigger pair for the correct size and since I had to go to another store for the right size they gave me 3 dollars back for the hassle. So I was able to get 2 pair of shoes for 11.00! I was a very happy girl last night! I sure do love a bargain.



baby girl shoes are too cute!!!



New Years Eve

Usually New years eve at our house we have friends and family over to play games, chat, eat food, and enjoy one anothers company. This year was no different. The only difference this year was the fact that it was very quiet. Usually there is alcohol involved. But this year we made punch [not spiked either] I guess this means that we are growing up, which is not a bad thing whatsoever. We had our good friends Derek and Randi and their little boy over. Jeremy's brother and his girlfriend and their 4 kids and Jeremy's parents. We played wii and enjoyed the company.
 

     I have never been one to make a new years resolution so I think that I will stick with tradition and make no such thing this year. I  believe in living life day to day and taking nothing or no one for granted. I will do my best to remain a good wife, mother, friend and boss. So here is to a wonderful and happy New Year to 2011. May it bring everything that you are looking for!

Christmas Day

So obviously I have gotten alittle behind with the holidays and all so I will try and blog a few things. Christmas Day in our house was a great one this year! We were able to sleep in, came downstairs and had a great breakfast [cooked by Jeremy I must say] And we actually had to wake Presley up, this is something I know wont last forever but it sure was great! I had to get a picture of her in her stocking cap that Grandma bought her, she looks like a doll to me

Presley had a great time opening her presents. It was of course all about tearing the bows or paper off just so she could see what it tasted like. Babies are so fun at this age.

Presley with all her goodies from santa and mom and dad

We didnt have to leave the house until 1 o'clock, thats when the traveling began. We had to go to jeremy's Uncle's house to see his grandparents and the like, then it was off to his parents house for a bit, then to my moms house for awhile and last but not least my grandparents house. It sure is hard being the young ones as you feel like you have to try and see everyone but there is just not enough time in the day to see all of our family. We are able to see a good amount and those we dont see on Christmas day we make sure we spend time with them on Christmas Eve. Presley got spoiled which was not a suprise. I really enjoyed the day. And look forward to many more memorable Christmas's with my wonderful family. I hope that everyone enjoyed their Christmas and took a moment to reflect and feel the spirit of the holiday season. I know that I did!

Christmas Night

Oh and on a wonderful side note i have to say that awhile back I was not sure that there was ever going to be a night that we actually got Presley to sleep in her crib or that we would ever get a full night rest. The best present given to me this christmas was actually from Presley! she slept all night long in her crib. It was a Christmas miracle!

Presley's Blessing Day

Sunday was sure a busy day in our household! We decided to have Presley blessed at home instead of at church. We invited only close family (ie: parents, siblings, and grandparents) it turned out to be alot of people jammed into our house, but the company was great! Presley looked gorgeous if I may say so! My mom made her blessing dress and it was perfect in every way. I was so glad that she was willing to make it. Presley was so good too, about halfway through taking pictures (which of course my mom was in charge of, she has developed quite the talent in the photography department) after having her blessed she decided that she had had enough and fell asleep in my arms. I was alittle bummed because we werent able to get pictures of her with everyone, but what do you do right??? My grandpa did a great job blessing her. It was sure nice to have family share in this special moment in Presley's life. And nice to feel the spirit in our home.

Below is a beautiful picture that my mom took of Presley in her blessing gown.

Now we move on to the next few days, finishing up last minute things for Christmas! I made  A TON of banana bread for family, friends, and neighbors so I guess I better get those taken to their homes. Hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas to remember!

Tis the season

Well it's that time of year again, and this year is going to be a completely different experience. we are looking forward to Christmas with Presley this year and lets face it, it's totally self indulgent for us this year since she is so little and Christmas to her is just going to be a busy day seeing lots of faces she rarely if ever sees. But none the less we are excited for it. We have done some shopping for her and while in the toy store over the weekend Jeremy says to me "lets get out of this *@#% hole." I laughed and said that this was just the beginning! Year after year for the next while we will be making the dreaded journey into Toys R Us, Tis the season! :)

    Over the weekend we had my dads annual Christmas party, which is always fun and intimate. This year Colleen decided that the couples were going to decorate Gingerbread houses, what a riot this was! My Grandpa was the star entertainer of the evening, he could not for the life of him get his gingerbread christmas tree to stay up , and he broke it a few times! I have included a few pictures for your enjoyment!

 

Everyone had a great time making thses and here are the final pictures...


Jeremy & Cassie's house




Grandpa Burke & Grandma Kathy's house



Amanda's House

After building our houses we headed downstairs to open gifts. Presley of course got spoiled! We really enjoyed getting together with my dad and Colleen, my grandparents and my sister and her girlies.

Presley opening one of her gifts