8 Things Tag

8 T.V. shows that I like to watch......
1. One Tree Hill
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Friends
4. Seinfeld
5. Prison Break
6. A Baby Story
7. CSI
8. Anything on HGTV or the devil channel as Joe calls it!!

8 things that happened yesterday.......
1. Took Brynlee To the Doctor to get shots
2. Went to the dollar store
3. Went to the bank
4. Went to KidtoKid
5. Went to Target
6. Cooked Dinner
7. Did some laundry
8.Watched some of my shows

8 favorite places to eat...
1. Chili's
2. Applebee's
3. Olive Garden
4. Cafe Rio
5. Mi Ranchito
6. Barbacoa
7. PF Changs
8. Rumbi

8 things I am looking forward to......
1. Thanksgiving
2. Christmas
3. Sleeping through the night
4. Church being at a later time haha
5. Losing more weight
6. Brynlee's hair growing
7. Joe being done with school
8. Laying by the pool next year not being pregnant! :)

8 things on my wish list......
1. A house
2. New Clothes
3. New cars
4. Eventually, another kid :)
5. A bedroom set
6. New Carpet
7. A Backyard

8 people that I tag.......
1. Nemiha
2. Amy H.
3. Veena
4. Tiffany
5. Cheri
6. Belky
7. Megan
8. Whoever else wants to! :)

Happy Even After Shots....

Shots actually went really well and so far so good! I have just been informed that I have a small baby with a very large head!! haha She only weighs 13 lb. 2oz. (40th %) and is 23 inches long (25%). Her head however is in the 75th percentile!! haha Makes me laugh! But the doctor isn't worried nor am I! I'm a pretty small person and my dads side of the family are all small so she is probably just going to be small! I love having a little baby still! I am going to try to start feeding her rice cereal at night so maybe she'll sleep longer...we'll see how that goes! I'm sure she'll just spit it out for awhile, she's really good at doing that! But she is super happy so far and I even caught her laughing! So here is the video of her laughing. I think it's hilarious!

4 Months & First Ear Infection!

Well on Thursday of this past week Brynlee officially turned 4 months old!! I really can't believe how fast she is growing!! This past week at the Murphy home has not been one I want to remember! Brynlee has been SUPER fussy, to the point of I can't put her down, I can't get ANYTHING done, and we are NOT sleeping through the night! In fact, we are up ever hour and a half to every two hours!! I'm telling ya, I don't know how I did it when she was first born!! I've been trying to get over a sinus infection/strep and not sleeping at night means I am STILL sick and have to call the doctor tomorrow to get more antibiotics! Finally by Thursday after 2 sleepless nights I decided to take her in. I should have got the worst mom of the year award becuase I had to work and couldn't call in, so my mom had to take her in for me. She has her fist ear infection!! Hopefully she won't get more, but I'm afraid it might be the first of many! She isn't as fussy anymore, but we are still not sleeping!!! I curse Joe under my breath at night when I'm the one getting up!! haha She doesn't take a bottle all that well, so for him to try I wouldn't be able to sleep anyways becuase I'm sure I would get annoyed and just have him give her back to me! :) I don't think things are going to get much better around here becuase she has her 4 month shots tomorrow!! Someone just shoot me now!! I cannot wait until I can sleep longer than 2 hours at a time!! One a more positive note, I'm SO excited this Thursday is Thanksgiving!! It is one of my favorite holidays, I can eat all that I want and not feel guilty!! haha This week I want to go see Twilight!!! I'm so jealous of all those who have gone!!! I'll have to find some time because I am DIEING to see it!!! Well, wish me luck tomorrow with shots, hopefully it won't be as bad as last time! Even though it probably will be.... :)

Brynlee 4 Months

I can ALMOST roll over
I like to stand up
I found my feet and lay on my back and grab them
I like to sit up like a big girl
I have learned how to scream really LOUDLY! :)
EVERYTHING goes in the mouth!
I like to watch myself in the mirror, I get really excited
I laugh, and smile all the time
I have learned if I do a pouty face and put my arms out to my mom she always picks me up.
I love to watch the dog
I love the water, love baths, and showers with my mom, I try to grab the water and put it in my mouth! lol
I don't want to miss anything, I am SO nosy!!

Picture Tag

Thanks for the tag Cheri!! :)

I'm suppose to post the 4th picture in my 4th album, so here it goes...

So this is a picture from when Me, Joe, Andy, and Shawn (Joe's Dad) all went to Disney World in Feb. of 2004. We were in the Animal Kingdom Park on the safari ride...We had so much fun!! Now I want to go back!!

I tag both Amy Murphy, and Amy H., Megan, Veena, Alyssa, and Katie!!

Sooo Sick!! :(

Okay, so I seriously never really get sick! At least I really haven't for about the past year since I had my tonsils taken out! I thought I was cured for life!! Apparentlly that was just wishful thinking...it hit me like a ton of bricks last night!! Man oh man I am sick! :( I hate being sick...is is honestly the worst thing!! Mom's don't have time to get sick. Luckily I did go to the doctor yesterday and got antiboitics becuase he said it would turn into strep throat in a matter of days!! I just wish they worked faster!! I never miss work either...and I had to today! I have never felt so crummy! Anyways, just thought I would get off the couch and check on everyone's blog, and write a little something. Hope everyone is doing well!! Now I'm even more glad I didn't go to Bunko last night, I would have got everyone sick!! I missed ya all though, hope you had a good time!!

Permanent Makeup

Well I finally did it! I got my permanent done!! I wanted to get it done last year but then I found out I was pregnant, which you can't do it when your pregnant. My best friend does it, and does an awesome job which is always important! :) She came over to my house Monday and did it for me. I wanted my eye liner and eye brows done. I decided to only do my top liner, becuase I don't wear eye liner very much so I didn't want it to be too much. Now that I have it done, I love it and will definitely be doing the bottom liner soon! But I can't wait for it to heal and be able to wear make-up again! haha That is the only bad thing about getting it done! That and keeping it moist with ointment so it won't crack...I feel sticky and goopy all the time! The price we pay for beauty... haha I was actually really nervous becuase everyone has told me how bad it hurts to have done...It didn't hurt AT ALL!! I was plesantly surprised....that or my pain tolerance has increased after having a baby who knows?? :) Anyways...I'm loving it and can't wait to see what it looks like once it heals!

Bad picture I know...but you can kinda see the difference! The eye brows are pretty dark right now, they will lighten 40-50% once they fade a little...But I'm loving actually having eye brows!!

Goodbye Baby Fat!!!

Did you know the average American puts on at least 5 pounds between now and the New Year? Well knowing this could be very well true, and knowing how I LOVE to eat, and knowing how easy it would be to put on another 5 pounds through the holidays, I decided it's time to get serious about getting this baby weight OFF!!! I don't think I've ever been so dedicated! I'm sick of looking in the mirror at my flabby stomach! I've actually lost all but about 10 pounds just from nursing, but those 10 pounds are keeping me from buttoning some of my pre pregnancy favorite jeans! I can fit into some, but I want to be able to wear them all again. So I've been doing something active everyday Mon.-Fri. and it is awesome. I've never felt better, and never been so sore in my life! lol On days that I can't go "work out" I take Brynlee in her stroller to walk/jog the track. She loves it! My best friend is also trying to lose weight so it really helps when you have someone to do this with. Plus, she has a personal trainer, so I've gone with her and been doing the workouts the trainer has written up, man does it kick my butt! My Christmas present to myself is to be more toned and hopefully have this weight off by Christmas!! I've already lost 3 pounds!! Woo Hoo!! Anyways, didn't want to toot my own horn, but when I get on my blog I want this to be a reminder to me to keep going!!

9 Months Pregnant, I was HUGE!!

Seriously, no wonder my stomach looks the way it does now! lol

All the things that make it worth it....

Well today while I was cleaning off my child from a diaper blow out up to her armpit in the Wal Mart bathroom I was thinking that there are definitely things that make being a mom worth it! When I first got pregnant, I had NO clue of what life would be like with a baby. I was just excited to dress them up, hold them, and love them. Little did I know, being a mom is seriously a FULL TIME JOB!! Everyone tries to tell you, but you don't listen. I don't think we would do any of this if it weren't for all the things that make it totally worth being a mom!! I had to list them today becuase I sure wasn't feeling being a mom in the nasty bathroom, with poop everywhere, my baby screaming, and people looking at me like I was out of my mind!! :)
1. I love when she laughs and even though I am not funny, she thinks I am!
2. I love to start my day out with a big gummy smile when she sees me for the first time in the morning.
3. I love to snuggle at night and have her fall asleep beside me.
4. I love how expressive she is, and how exicting the world is to her, makes me appreciate my life and all the small things that are SO big to her.
5. I love nursing, I get to cuddle, and stop and smell the roses many times a day!
6. I love even though I might not look very cute or feel very skinny that she doesn't care!
7. I love when she jabbers to herself, it makes me laugh!
8. I love that she is so uncoordinated, it makes me feel alot better when I trip up the stairs or do something clumbsy!
9. I love when she smiles, and her eyes light up!
10. I love when she poops and pees on her dad, it is seriously the funniest thing ever!
11. I love to take baths toegther, she is so cute in the water and loves every minute she screams when it's time to get out!
12. I love that she tries to be so independant, it reminds me too much of me!
13. I love the cute milky tongue, I miss it!
14. I love that everywhere I go, she wants to be.
15. I LOVE that no one can calm her down or make her as happy as I can, because I'm the mom! :)

My life will never be the same and even though I may not have time to myself, or time to clean, or time to cook, I wouldn't want it any other way!! There is absolutley nothing like being a mom!!

This is seriously how I get anything done!!

Our Halloween!

I rarely have any time now a days to sit at the computer...especially never have time to blog! :( So here is our Halloween events in a very condensed version! We always carve pumpkins with my family....they are so funny becuase every gets really into it and my dad even buys a "membership" on a pumpkin carving website so we can get cool stencils...things get pretty detailed, first you poke out your stencil into the pumpkin, then after you have you guide with all these tiny holes you use about 3 different size little pumpkin saws to carve out your design. When Joe and I first met he had NEVER carved a pumpkin, or better yet, carved a pumpkin the "Packer Way!" lol So now going on his third year he is no longer a pumpkin carving virgin! haha We also took Brynlee to Cornbelly's corn maze. Joe keeps telling me, she doesn't care where she is at, she's never going to remeber. Which I know and agree with, but it's more for me, it's fun to get out and do something as a family! We had a fun time! On Halloween night we had a fun little stop to Home Depot to buy a "peep" hole for our front door. Apparently we live in a pretty rough neighborhood becuase for the 3rd time, someone rang by doorbell and when I didn't answer (I don't answer when I am home alone becuase it scares me) they TRY MY HANDLE to see if my door is unlocked!!!! It scares me SO bad! Anyways...we DEFINITELY needed a peep hole so I can see who's at my door. Afterwards we stopped at both Grandparents houses so they could see Brynlee in her costume. Joe and I were never really very exciting before we had a baby, now it's even worse!! lol Oh well, we had a fun Halloween anyway!

We each had out own pumpkin, I didn't want to carve a huge one this year, so mine isn't much bigger than Brynlee's!

Brynlee and her pumpkin, I'm not sure if she loved pumpkin carving! lol

Joe SO thrilled to find out pumpkins in the field! & Brynlee as a little piggy!

Me & Bryn in the Princess Pumpkin Carriage & all of us on the HUGE rocking chair! Maybe that baby would rock Brynlee to sleep at night! :)