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In Brown with her Buddy Braxton, watching the Barn Baby Einstein!




how's that for alliteration?:)

Piggies

We love piggies in our hair

and in our house!

9 Months

Wow, this past 9 months has flown by in a flash! Ary has now been OUT as long as she was IN; it feels like just yesterday we were coming home from the hospital to start life with this new little person. (Geez, now I can't use the "I just had a baby" excuse anymore for anything:))
Highlights right now are: Waving to say hello and goodbye, feeding herself finger foods, crawling like a madwoman, pulling up and walking along the furniture (and toilets; they are sanitized daily now!), two almost three teeth, and a budding sense of humor:).
Some of my favorite times from month nine:

The "I'm gonna getcha face"

Enjoying lots of treats



Successfully navigating the entire house


Being able to tolerate her breathing treatments

And of course getting in the tub!

Spring fever is creeping in

and Mugsie and I are going to have to seriously start fighting the winter blah's. We want to hear your suggestions!

New tricks

Ary gets lots of exercise climbing the stairs and marching like Frankenstein:)

(Ignore the loud obnoxious mom voice!)

Kickin back

Oh to stay this carefree!

Freak out #2

This is another one of those posts I need just to vent just to myself. (Jed has heard it all too many times already; I would hate to live with me!) Don't feel the need to keep reading or comment.
I've got such mixed emotions right now. Ary's favorite and only sitter has been without work for much longer than we'd expected and is now returning. YAY for that part, even if it's not what and where he wants, at least it's something for now. BUT that means I would drop her off at daycare, which I get sick to think about, so my days at work are going to cut way back.
I am so excited to see more of the every day little things, but am almost upset to stop going to work every single day. (How dumb is that?!) I've committed Fridays to Dr. Graf forever, so at least I'll still keep my feet wet a little bit, but I'm honestly a little bit freaked out about not going to work all day every day. I've never NOT worked and don't want to let my brain turn to mush "just being a mom". Yes I hear how dumb this all sounds in my head, but I can't help but feel like I'm going to miss that part of my life! Plus I'm not even going to let myself think about insurance or being tight with money; I'm making more drama for myself about this than I should already...