SO WHAT!

2 posts in a row! Try not to get too excited. ;-)

I'm saying SO WHAT! this week with Shannon at Life After I "Dew".  It's been SO long since I've posted in one of these. I forgot how fun they can be!

So What if...

• I've eaten a pumpkin donut from Dunkin Donuts almost every single day since they came out.  GUYS, they only come out once a year...I have to get my fill in while I can! 

• I am going into serious credit card debt buying clothes for Isabella.  Everything is just too cute to pass up!  I have a problem.  (Ok, maybe it's not THAT bad, but, I'm getting there!  :::hangs head:::)

• Speaking of that...so what if I buy absolutely nothing for myself.  I have no problem spending over $100 on stuff for her, but, an $8 shirt for myself?...I feel guilty.  Hey, baby girl's gotta look cute!  Mama can wear the same clothes she's been wearing for the past 5 years.  ;-)

• I can't cook.  Like, totally suck at it.  (I know, I know...practice makes perfect, blah, blah, blah)  But, I do pretty much EVERYthing else...clean the entire house; vacuum, dust, straighten up, pick up after my husband Isabella, wash the dishes/bottles, put them away, wash/fold/put away the laundry.  The Hubs can at least do the cooking, right??  And, he's GOOD at it!  SO good. 

• I have absolutely NO motivation at work lately.  None.  I get into work at 6am, and the only thing I think about is my little peanut...from the moment I walk in the door, to the moment I run walk out to go pick her up!  Just don't tell my boss, mmkay?

• I post 390428 pictures of Bella on Facebook.  What?  She's so stinkin cute, I have to share it with the rest of the world!  I can't help it.  ;-)

What are you saying 'So What' to this week??  

In a funk...

Lately, I've been in such a funk.  A blogging funk (if you couldn't tell), a life funk...just a big, fat 'ol funk.  (Let's see how many times can I say the word 'funk' in two sentences.  ;) )

I've been thinking long and hard lately about closing the doors on LWTB (Ha, I've never used an acronym for my blog before.  It looks so weird.)  Anyways... 

I just don't know what to do.  I feel like I have nothing to write about anymore.  Other than posts about
Isabella, I don't have much else for some reason....hence, my funk. 

I read a lot of blogs out there in a blogland, and I love reading each and every one of them.  But lately, I find myself thinking that my writing sucks.  And, if I don't want to read/write my own blog, why would anyone else?  I wish I was the type of writer that really knew how to engage an audience.  From the very first sentence, to everything in between...some writers/bloggers just really suck you in.  And, I love that.  But, I'm not like that.  And, no matter how hard to try, I don't think I'll ever be a good writer like that. 

And, this brings me to my life funk. 

My entire life, I've never felt like I was really 'good' at anything.  I know so many people who have a passion for many things, or at least one thing...photography, writing, art, crafts, their job, something.  I don't have one thing that's just mine (Other than being a mom, of course, which is hands down the greatest thing I've ever done in my life.  Truly.)  I feel like I've tried to dabble in so many different things (photography, sewing, crocheting), but I just can't seem to get the hang of it and give up.  I know, my own fault, right?  But, sometimes it just really makes me feel down about myself.  Silly, I know. 

Another funk I've been in lately is the friend funk.  I don't have a best friend.  I never really have.  I have 2 really good friends that I've known for years, and I would call them MY best friend, but, they wouldn't call me THEIR best friend, because they already have someone else their closer to.  Am I making sense??  And, it doesn't help that one of them lives in San Diego.  And, my sister lives in San Francisco.  So, those friends that you call up and tell everything to, or drop everything for and run to their side when you just need someone to vent/cry/laugh/drink with?  Mine are 3,000 miles away.  I hate that.  (Side note:  I'm not saying any of this or putting this out there as a 'woe is me....pity me' type of thing.  It's just the honest truth and how I've been feeling a lot lately, and I needed to get it out.  That is all.)

So, I don't really know what I'm looking for here.  I just wanted to get it all out, and see if that would help in getting myself out of this funk.  Who knows.  We'll see, I guess.  I want to be able to blog every day.  Heck, I'd love to do it just once or twice a week even!  But, after working all day, playing with Isabella as much as possible, and then eating dinner, washing the dishes/bottles, laundry, I don't have much in me by the time I sit down at 9/10pm at night.  I'm pooped!  But, such is life, right?  (Honestly, I give all you mom bloggers out there SO much credit.  I don't know how you do it.)  I just really need to figure things out and get some more 'me' time in each day.  Hopefully that will help! 

Well, if you got this far without closing your browser...thank you.  Seriously.  If felt good to get that off my chest.  :-)

6 months!

Technically, she's now 6 1/2 months old...but, who's counting?  (PS - I started writing this post, like, a week ago.  How awful is that?!  I need to work on this, I know.)

I cannot believe my baby girl is already half a year old!!  Honestly, I can't take how quickly babies grow.  Time just needs to S-L-O-W down...please.  Mama's going to have a nervous breakdown just thinking about it. 

Seriously though, the difference between 5-6 months has been amazing!  Isabella is learning and changing SO quickly all of a sudden!  It was literally like, the day she hit 6 months - BAM, everything changed.  I've been told that the difference in changes from 0-6 months to 6-12 months in crazy.  She's just to be hitting milestones all over the place now!  Well, at least I hope she is.  ;-)  But, if not, I'm ok with that.  That means she'll stay my little baby just a little bit longer. 

Things going on with Bella this month:

~  Officially in size 3 dipes now

~  Wears mostly 6 month, or 3-6 month clothing now.  Some 3 month stuff still fits, but, it's on it's last wear.  

~  Weighs just 14lbs 2 oz, as of her 6 month appointment last week.  My little peanut.  But, she's growing...slowly, but surely, and that's all that matters to me (and her Dr.)

~  I *think* she's about 26 inches in length (I'm a horrible mom!  I can't remember.)

~  Finally started eating some solids!  Yay!  So far, she loves pears (I actually have the cutest video that I'll post of her all excited about her pears), and is mostly a fan of sweet potatoes...but, we'll see how long that one lasts.  She loved bananas for the first two days or so, and then she started gagging on them.  lol  And avocado?  She would barely even open her mouth for them!  And, she gagged on those, too.  So, we're 2/2 so far!

 ~  She also finally sitting up all by herself!  It's so cute!  She's still a little wobbly, and I definitely wouldn't leave her alone sitting up, but she's getting there.  

 ~  She has so many new babble words now, including DADA!  Well, it's more like 'dadadada', but it's still so adorable.  We're still working on Mama, but, it's not looking so good.  ;-)  Hey moms, what did you count your baby's first word as?  Does babbling 'dadadada' count?  Or is it when they actually say a word intentionally??

~  She's SO close to rolling over from her back to her belly.  She gets pretty much all the way over, but, her arms gets stuck under her belly and she can't seem to pull it out.  We're getting there, though!

~  She's STILL swaddled.  Yep.  Ridic, I know.  But hey, that's they only way she sleeps so well right now, so I don't mind.  Well-rested baby = well-rested Mama!  ;-)

(I added a few 5 month pics, as well, since I didn't post those yet.)

Silly girl

Somebody loves her bink!

Ahhh, sweet relief  :)

*Wordless Wednesday*

You know, because I'm usually out of exciting things to say lately, I'll just post pictures of my cute lil peanut.  ;-)

Seriously, who's cooler than her??

PS - Is it Friday yet???  I'm so over this week already!



Always remember - 9.11.01

I can remember exactly what I was doing and where I was on September 11, 2001.

10 years later and it still brings me to tears just thinking about it. 

Say a prayer for all those who lost their lives on that day...the day that changed the world. 

Always remembered, never forgotten.

Helloooo, long weekend! (random-ish)

SO, so glad it's the weekend and that we have Monday off!  I don't know why, but, I feel like this week has draaaaaaged on forever!

Unfortunately I'm pretty boring lately, so, here's some random crap...in bullet form, of course, because I'm type-A like that. 

• So, my baby girl is 6 months old.  6 months!!  Like I always say....where does the time go???  Before I know it I'll be planning her first birthday party!  :::deep breaths:::

•  I'm so happy to say that Isabella LOVES her new stroller!!  We go for a walk at least 3-4 times a week now, and she's so content and happy the whole time.  I'm so glad.  :-)

I swear she loves it, even though her face tells a different story.  lol

• We survived Hurricane Irene, thankfully!  We were so lucky and didn't lose power at all, and all of our trees stayed put!  I still can't believe how lucky we got, seeing how close we are to the water, and how bad the flooding/winds were.  

• My SIL is due with her 2nd baby boy next month!  I'm so excited to have another little tiny baby to snuggle/love on.

• I've been eyeing SO much cute fall stuff at Carter's for Bella!  I cannot wait to go online shopping this weekend.  Hello 50% off everything + 20% off coupon!

• My sister is coming to visit at the end of the month!  I'm so excited!  She lives out in San Francisco and hasn't been here or seen Isabella since she was just 2 weeks old!  I can't wait for her to see how much she's grown/changed since then.  It's going to be so much fun.  :-)

• I've been thinking about Disney World non-stop lately.  If you don't know yet, I'm a H-U-G-E Disney fan.  Like, I love it so much I've even worked there.   Yep, I'm a Disney Cast Member alum.  :-)  I am counting down the days until we can go on vacation there and bring Bella!  She's going to be the cutest/prettiest princess they're ever seen, of course!  Ahhh, I'm getting all giddy just thinking about it!

These guys are calling my name!  

•  Bella has decided to go through this weird phase where she wakes up screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night, and the only thing that will get her to go back to sleep is either eating or me rocking her for 20-30 minutes.  I don't know what's going on, but, now I know how lucky I've been to have such a great sleeper for so long.  Screaming babies at 2am are no fun.  Wait, are screaming babies ever fun?? 

• Hubs just surprised me with Chipotle for dinner tonight.  Yessss!

Ok, I think that's all the random I have for tonight.  Here's a little picture dump to make up for my rambling.  ;-)

I'm feeling lazy and don't want to tag all these.  Please don't steal them, thanks.

I love this one.  She's like 'What's goin on, Ma?'

She's so cool.

Pretty girl

Sitting up like a big girl!

 

I hope everyone's having a great weekend!  :-)