{Carving}

We carved pumpkins last night. I love pumpkin carving! Mine is the one that resembles Frankenstein, it turned out well. You'll notice there is no pictures of Hadley... it's because she thinks "punk'on's are yuck. Ew stinky. Gross".

Kids these days!

{Thankful on Thursday}

Heat - I hate winter

An amazing Husby - He's one of the good ones. I could write an entire post about how awesome he is (most of the time ;))... Hmm, maybe I will. 

Bribery - yup, you heard me right... we used bribes to convince H that using the potty is what "all the cool kids are doing" and it worked. One more day and we've been diaper free for 2 weeks! 

My job - I complain daily about it but as I've said before, I am lucky to be employed. 

This face -

{(not so)Wordless Wednesday}

This never happens. Ever. Ever. Ever. For reals, the last time this precious babygirl fell asleep in my arms was well over a year ago. I enjoyed every single hot-sweaty-arm-asleep moment... especially the 45 minutes I lay awake, afraid to move, while she lay perfect and sleeping. Listening to her sleep noises, sniffing her sweaty baby soap smell, and wondering how she got so big so quickly. 

I've been working extra hard lately at enjoying every moment with her - and she's been making it easy. She's a joy to be around these days and though there are times when I want to scream, I love who she's becoming. I even love her attitude... except for the times when I don't. Ha!

I fall more in love with her every day.

In her own little way she is constantly reminding me that she is not a baby anymore and somewhere, when I blinked or sneezed or something, she became a little person. A little person who can "do it meself" and who is "sooooo beeg!". 

Someone should tell her that she's never too big for sleepy snuggles with her momma.

{Numbers}

Tasha has done a few of these posts and I always enjoy reading them... Today seemed like a perfect day to do my first "numbers" post, so here it goes:

10.5 - Hours spent on the computer
12 - Discs that now have pictures and/or videos on them
3 - Discs that f'd up and made me mad
1 - Amazing nap from an amazing toddler
2587 - The number of pictures that needed backing up
89 - The number of videos that needed backing up
4002 - The number of crap pictures deleted
1.5 - years... since I last did this (gasp!)
1 - Macbook restored to factory settings
7 - Overdue software updates
12873028370483423 - Times I wanted to scream
4 - Times I actually DID scream
1 - Amazing BBQ'd steak dinner cooked by my Husby!
123987123 - Times I wanted to stop and give up
3 - The time I started this godawful escapade
130 - AM. The time I finished this godawful escape
8 - Hours until I have to be at work
1 - Very tired Wifey

and last but MOST importantly,

1 - Vow to NEVER LET GO THIS LONG AGAIN!!!

{Be Yourself}

"Your children will become who you are;

so be who you want them to become"

                                           - anonymous 

I've said a million times that if H turned out to be just like my sister I would be one happy momma. She is such a kind hearted, loving, thoughtful person. I think the world of her and even though she is 7 years younger than I am, she's one of my best friends. 

Lately I've had multiple people tell me how much she reminds them of me. There isn't many things you could say to compliment me more than that. 

So that brings me back to that quote... I suppose if I want H to be just like my sister and my sister is just like me, then I'm being who I want her (or, maybe them both) to become - and that makes me smile.