Just Another Week..

I didn't get a chance to come and blog this weekend as I have been having some issues with  the computer, go figure! For a  minute I thought I had lost all of Paige's pictures since she was born and that gave me the worst feeling ever until my brother Steven, the tech man, told me they are recoverable! Great news...

I can't seem to stop going to the Staats page to see how the family is coping with the loss of Maddie..It still makes me cry everytime I go on but it helps me to know they are trying to get through it day by day..

I had posted some new things about Paige and forgot to add that she now has 2 teeth since she was 3 1/2 months old and she is now wearing size 2 diapers!!! She is getting so big..We went out to eat the other night and we sat her on the highchair for the frst time..We used a few blankets for support as she still seems so small in the chair..She was able to sit with us at the dinner table and eat her sweet potatoes she loves sooo much.  Her hair is coming in now a bit darker but growing really quickly..Rich can't wait until we can clip some up for her debut!

Rich did a seminar at a day care for Financial Planning and I was able to go this time and bring Paige..Her eyes were wide open looking at all the little girls and boys playing. I can't wait until she can sit up on her own and play with them.  It was great to see her in that environment..I am going to start taking her to some mommy and me classes so she can play with babies her age..I think it would be a good change for her as she doesn't have kids her age around us and it would help her develop a sense of interaction with them..Let's hope they work out well.  I was told to take her once she is 6 months to our local YMCA for some swimming classes and I can't wait.  Considering I'm not the best swimmer, it will be good to start her young..I don't want her to be scared of the water.  Maybe I should take some with her..It's never too late to learn something new..

I am making all of her food at home and I think it works out better for her that way..I have been sneaking in some of the veggies she hates with the ones she loves, it seems the only way I can get her to eat them..What she doesn't know will not hurt her, lol!

I have been doing a little of my real estate on the weekends now and its great so that Rich can be home with Paige, quality daddy and her time. I know he loves it too since he doesn't get too much time with her during the week once he gets home from work.  She sure loves her daddy! 

Gwtting ready to go make some roasted sweet potatoes for Paige...Talk soon

5 Months Old

Paige was 5 months old this past Monday..Where has the time gone?  It feels like just yesterday she was coming home from the hospital and we just couldn't stop looking at what God had blessed us with.

This is what you have been up to lately:

*You now weigh 14 lbs
*You just got your ears pierced 2 weeks ago
*You now eat 5 oz every 3 hrs
*You eat cereal for breakfast  and veggies with dinner
*Your favorite are sweet potatoes so far and you HATE Peas!
*You just love your toy ball and your gym
*You are now rolling over
*You Hate Tummy Time
*You smile all the time now
*You aare teething and you get so cranky when they bother you
*You have had your bottome 2 teeth now for over a month and a half
*You are wearing 6 mth clothing and growing by the minute
*You put everything in your mouth
*You drool all the time-thank goodness for bibs
*You love your baths but hate when mommy cleans your boogies

I want to treasure all of these moments with you as you are growing up too quickly and mommy wants to take it all in..I thank my hubby for letting me be home with her as these are the moments I don't want to miss! Love you Rich..

Where do I begin...

Where do I begin?  I am a new mommy to a 5 month old little girl and I just have such an appreciation for life now..I decided to start a blog because of a story that touched me so much off of facebook..Maddie Staats...May she be at peace in heaven and may the Staats have healing in this time of need..

It left me wondering about why things like that would happen to such an innocent baby...Why??  I can't even imagine something like that happening and my daughter is just a month older then her..I can't even think about not seeing her face for a few hours, let alone a lifetime..It's so heart breaking.

It truly makes you appreciate your loved ones even more..At times we say things we shouldn't and don't mean and this story just puts things into perspective for me. We need to love like there is no tomorrow as we don't know when our day will come that God will want to take us back home with him to heaven..Love like you have never loved before, appreciate who you have around you and treasure every single moment there is in life as it seems to all happen in a blink of an eye.

I also started this blog as a way to note what my thoughts and memories are on a day to day basis and have it all down in writing..they say it heals the soul..I guess a little healing never hurt a soul! 

LIVE.LOVE.LAUGH as life is so precious