Annabelle 7 Months Old

• You love to sit in the office and play on the keyboard while Mommy is on the computer

• When you want something now you open and close your little hands really fast over and over again, it's like you are saying "more, more, MORE!" 

• You think it's funny when Mommy talks in a low voice

• You still love to sing with Daddy and Mommy and when we look at your face it seems like you are trying so hard to actually sing all the right words

• When you are sitting or laying down you always rub your feet together really fast

• You still haven't mastered crawling yet but you are rolling all over the place and I can't keep track of you

• You do very well at sitting up on your own now and hardly ever fall over anymore

• You love to splash in the water at bath time

• You think it's fun to play peek-a-boo with Mommy and Daddy

• You laugh so hard when Mom and Dad pop out of random places and make weird noises (anything to make our princess laugh!!)

• One of your most favorite things to suck on is your Vitamin D bottle, you love the top rubber part because it's so squishy and easy for you to drool all over 

• You are taking more of an interest in your toys

• We had to start giving you apply juice and prunes because with all the solids we were feeding you, you started to get a bit "backed up"

• Your favorite food to eat is pears

• You love to suck on my hair and will pull at it any chance that you get

• I love to go and get you in the mornings because you are always on your tummy and looking through the boards of your crib waiting for someone to pick you up

• You love anything that has strings

• You do very well at drinking from a sippie cup

• You love to stand up, you will pull on my shirt until I help you stand.  I think you will skip the crawling and surprise us all and just start walking!  You've always been a very solid/sturdy baby

•  You are such a happy baby and everyone always comments on how well behaved you are, you never are fussy unless you want Mama's milk

• You are always waiting for Mom to do something funny so that you can laugh

• Lately we have been putting things on top of your head and you have such a quick reaction to pull them off

• You are very entertained when I let you dig through my purse

• You think it's so funny to suck on your toes when Mommy is changing your diaper

• You are a very smart little girl, you will study and play with something until you can figure out how it opens and closes

• You still like to take your morning naps in our bed

• You still wake up at least once during the night for a feeding, but will randomly surprise us and sleep through the night 

• You like to sing the hymns at church with us

• You are starting to get some rosacea on your cheeks (that was bound to happen so both Dad and I have it)

• You love to eat paper

• You loved to be pushed outside in your pink jet 

More photos of our little bear:

Snow is falling all around...on the tree tops 

on the ground!  

It snows quite often here in Kingman, but this time it actually stuck for a couple of days!  We drove up to the Hualapai mountains and it was beautiful!! 

Things that make me smile, Part 1

In an effort to blog more and an attempt to remove my dark, denial, doomed Kingman sunglasses I figured why not think of the small things in my life that make me smile; which also equals me being able to make my blessings more visible. Hopefully this attempt can be made on a weekly basis.

Pause... Imagine your life without a Target or Costco...FEAR is my first thought! So, little K-town doesn't have either. Ummmmmm... I don't really prefer Kingman... I can't say hate because that's a strong word so ummmmmmm let's just say I'm not a fan of this odd town.  Simply put its kinda like someone splattered Walmart all over the place! No bueno.

Can I please maybe trade in the 3 Taco Bell's, 2 KFC's, 3 Mc Donald's, 2 Sonic's, 2 Carl's JR's, 1 Del Taco, 5 Subways and the 1 Wendy's for a Target?!?!  I often wonder why such a small town like Kingman must have so much of each fast food, it's annoying.  I guess that's a small town for ya though... I think it's also because Kingman is such a pit stop for everyone that the fast food places must make bank on all the travelers who come through.

Yet, I still have hope for this town because Sierra Vista is now such a nice little city with tons of great stores and restaurants. When we first moved there it only had a Walmart and Hastings back in 1992.  Then again I hope that we aren't here long enough to see it prosper.

First thing that I want to put on here that brings the corners of my mouth up is... Chocolate Milk!!  It can't just be a powdered or off brand chocolate milk, it has to be the Shamrock Farms chocolate milk!!! Yes, this makes me giddy.  Is there a drink out there that just brings warm fuzzy's to your heart?