Hobbies

One of my all time favorite things to do it think. I don't do it Pooh style and point at my head and say "think, think, think." However, I do at times zone out deep in thought about something, or someone. Thinking can be a scary thing because sometimes I think of unreal expectations, or really crazy ideas. Other times though it amounts to nothing. For example, last night after a fabulous R.S meeting, and one of friends telling me that I should do crafts with her. (Just in case you don't know, I am not a crafty person) I decided I could probably do crafts if I interchanged it with another hobby. So, Guapo and I pondered and talked about what I could do. We came up with NOTHING. Really, it is official I like sports, business, talking, bennie making, and cooking. Now you might say "There are good hobbies in that list", and in most cases that would be true except for they almost all involve other people or they have bad side effects. Like bennie making, you really can only use so many bennies and I only make one kind of bennie my family needs more variety than that. Plus, I do get bored of it after awhile. Cooking is a great hobby except for the fact that I rarely enjoy making healthy things. However, I do want to experiment  with cooking gluten free, egg free, and other different things just to see if you can actually eat good food without those ingredients and expensive ingredients. I am running into problems with this though because its hard to find recipes that I actually want to eat. Plus cooking is so much more fun with other people. I think that is why I wait for Gaupo to get home before I make dinner. Wow, I ramble a lot. So, after all that I still don't have a hobby but I working on finding one and maybe some day I will have one, but if not I guess having kids, writing blogs, and borrowing other peoples will have to do.

Showers and Brushing Teeth

Since I have become a mom, I have become very grateful for things I haven't always been. Two such examples are the title. I use to hate taking showers, don't get me wrong I did take showers but more out of a moral obligation for those I associated with than for actual enjoyment. I think I disliked showering so much because it felt like it took a long time and was pointless, and I missed stuff. Anyway, there are just things that I am now even more grateful for, and here are some of them.

1. Gaupo: I wasn't ever not grateful for him, but since we have had Little One he has become my Sanity Savor. He always helps with Little One especially when he can tell I am having a rough time of it. He helps cook dinner, almost always. We use to do that just for fun, but now it is a totally enjoyable moment because we are together and sometimes I just can't get dinner pulled together without him. Also, Gaupo is really good about waiting for me to calm down. I have a tenancy to over-react and blow things way out of proportion, and he just listens and waits. Then when I am all done he says 'hummm', and then listens while I talk myself back to the facts. If I can't get back to the facts he lovingly helps me see things as they really are. I sure married a great guy.
2. My time: I have never been one to do things on my own, and I am still not. One of my favorite things about being a mom is that I do very few things by myself. However, sometimes it is nice to take time for me. Things that I do 'by myself' include scouts, Relief Society meetings, and getting dressed up. I love when I get to go do things, and get a little bit fancied up for a reason. I get ready and look pretty good everyday, but I always enjoy looking really good and going somewhere, even if it is a church function.
3. Stuff Staying: Before I became a mom stuff pretty much stayed where I put it. If it was in my church bag, I knew it would be there when I needed it next. It was the same with my backpack, and my bookshelves, and my well everything. Little One does a pretty good job at leaving stuff alone, but she is a baby and has a tenancy to want everything that Mom has. So, I am grateful that when my stuff stays where I put it.
4. Family: I have always been grateful for my family, but they are complete life savors. All of them-- my family, Jason's family, adopted family, and way extended family. They are life savors because sometimes I need to look at successful examples of living through the day to day things like endless diaper changes, crying, energy zaps, and other stuff. Also, they are always there when I need them. For example, my mom made the last week of my Christmas vacation when Jason wasn't with me so much more enjoyable because she stepped in and helped (well more like complete did) take care of Little One. I was tired and wanted so bad to enjoy the moments that I couldn't have done it with out her. Another example is Jason's Mom. She loving held and cared for Little One and helped semi-rid her of her separation anxiety. Oh it was a miracle let me tell you. To hold, rehold, help bathe, and feed a baby who for some reason thinks you are really scary is love and I am so grateful. Each family member has taken part in small miracles. If you want to know how you have helped us just call me I have one for everyone.
5. Naps: I don't take them often but my child does. This allows me to have a hobby job, and accomplish things like sweeping the floor, reading and studying the scriptures, planning scouts and other things. Also, I love that I sometimes do take them and they are so AWESOME, because it gives me the needed energy for the rest of the day.

There are other things that Little One has made me more grateful and appreciative of but if I write them all now then what will I write. Just kidding. I actually should work on my hobby job, but I couldn't when I started, so now its time to get back to that. 

Worlds Worst Blogger and Her Baby

Okay, so I have 2 drafts of what happened at Thanksgiving but none of them are finished. I haven't even started typing up our Christmas vacation which was even longer, and my Little One is growing and changing faster than I document. AUGGHHHHH!!!

With that out of the way I want to blog about Little One. At Little One's 9 month check-up the doctor said that she needed to gain some weight, and if she did then she would probably move along with her developmental mile stones. Oh it was so crushing to hear that my lovable daughter wasn't completely perfect. However, it could have been much worse. Anyway, I follow doctors orders and we started a Holiday diet. Little One needed to eat solids twice a day, 1 tsp of olive oil twice a day, eat meat, nurse at least 5 times a day, cereal needed to be made with formula, and let her eat until she said she was full. Oh man, the first day we did this I about died. She ate a TON, or at least it seemed like it. The Holiday diet did have immediate benefits though. She was happier during the day, and didn't cry every time I left the room. I thought she was just a cranky baby and a bad napper, turns out she was probably hungry.

So, move forward one month. Yesterday, was her weight check with the doctor. She had gained 1 pound. That doesn't sound like too much, but it has made a huge difference, and the doctor was pleased. Little One is attempting crawl. She goes a couple of crawls and then her knees go out from underneath her, but she is trying and wants to. She also sat up on her own from crawler position today (1/10/2013). I was so excited I cheered and hugged her. It is so fun to watch her grow. Also she can say Mama and Dada. We are still working on saying at the right time but she can at least say them. She has actually been saying Dada for awhile by Mama is kind of new and I love it! She is also want to climb up on stuff, walk around while holding onto your fingers, and jabbering a ton. Little One has four teeth on top, three on bottom, and I think one more little tooth on the bottom, and all four molars looking to make an entrance within the next little while. Got to love teething, NOT!! Anyway, I love this little bundle of joy. She makes me so happy, and so grateful.

Hopefully I will be able to get a holiday post done, but if not at least I finished this one.

Me and Little One

Christmas Morning 2012

Climbing up on Mom, one of her favorite things.

Crawler stance, and she was kind of crawling in this pic

What a cutie right!