My Baby is "1"

I can't believe it, my baby girl is one! It certainly doesn't seem like a year has already gone by. I am starting to understand when parents say "before you know it she'll be 18 and off to college". When she was first born and I was getting zero sleep, I thought no, no it will definately not be "before I know it". But now that sleep has entered my life again I am starting to see what they are saying.
And with my baby turning one came a reflection on my life, I started looking up old friends, thinking about how different my life would be if I had just done one thing differently. I hope I am not the kind of mom who pushes her dreams onto her daughter....what I should say is if you notice that I am pushing my dreams onto my daughter please smack me and remind me that she gets to choose her life, just as I have choosen mine. And in all honesty I wouldn't choose another life, I married my best friend, have a job that I love, I have wonderful pets and the smartest, cutest baby girl ever. But I do kick myself a few times a year for not following my professional goals. Oh well I do believe that there is a master plan for everyone and if I was suppose to be some brillant news anchor taking over for Katie Couric when she leaves the Today Show then I would have applied for reporting jobs in Po'dunk, ID and would have been on my way to stardom. Instead, for some reason I have yet to figure, out I am a farmer's wife.

Cruising

Back in the day I was quite the cruiser, every friday and saturday night by best friend and I would cruise around the mall parking lot across the street to the burger king parking lot. It was our life, we met boys, hung out with friends and socialized....it was Heaven.

Well now that I am in my 30's I have taken to a new kind of cruising, the open water kind of cruising. My husband and I just got back from a 4 night cruise to the bahamas. It was amazing, the relaxation, the no planning, no driving, no fighting because we didn't know what to do or where to go. In a word it was Heaven. I truly believe everyone should experience a cruise, no they are not boring, yes there is tons to do even on a day at sea, but best of all they allow you your sanity.

Vegas Baby!!

In 5 days I will be throwing my money away in Vegas. My husband surprised me with trip to Vegas for Christmas and as a little bonus we are staying at the Wynn Hotel. However after reading the reviews on Tripadvisor.com I am not sure the Wynn is as great as we were hoping. Hopefully those who wrote reviews are hard to please people and the hotel will be as wonderful as the pictures.
Cross your fingers we win big!!

Pets are People With Fur

I just received an email from my former boss. It was the saddest email I have ever read, it really tugged at my heart. It was a letter from a dog, telling about his life and how he accepted all the changes in the family, ie wife and kids, but how he was left out of family life more and more. In the end they put him in a shelter and he was put to sleep because they were moving to an apartment.

I don't mean to harp, but please do not have a pet, just to have a pet. They do have feelings and dogs especially, live to please you and to be part of a "pack". Many people asked me if I was going to allow the dogs near Georgia when she was born. Of course was my answer, why wouldn't I? My dogs, Aggie and Gus, were my first babies, I was miserable on my honeymoon because they weren't with us. I still worry about them when I am work, more so than I worry about Georgia. I guess because I know she is in good hands, and my doggies are at home by themselves.

Just remember pets should be part of your family and you accommodate them as you would any member of your family.

All Grown Up

With in the last year I have realized that I am an adult, all grown up. I have come to this realization because I work with 22 year old...she will be 23 tomorrow and she makes sure to tell me each month how many months and days left until her next birthday, it is quite cute. Ah, I remember counting the days til my next birthday. I don't really do that anymore, in fact for this past year I completely forgot that I had turned 31. People would ask how old I was and I would say 30, oops.
So as I talk with my co-worker each and every day on her love life and the cute new clothes she wearing I have come to realize I am all grown up. I am an adult. I am a mom. She talks about this guy or what she did last weekend, and I think back to when I was 22/23 and remember the feeling of freedom and fun. No cares in the world, very little responsibility. I miss that. Don't get me wrong when I was 25 I created a list with my friend Kinan on where I wanted to be when I was 30 and I have hit every goal. But now that I am home and in bed by 9:30pm everynight...yes even weekends, I haven't bought new clothes in two years and I am actually wearing a maternity top today and no I am not pregnant again, I have realized I am not hip and cute anymore, I am all grown up. I am an adult. I am a mom.

Family Photo

So it is Christmas Card time again, and I must say I am a little disappointed in the number of cards I have received so far. Would you like to know the count...1, that's right 1 Christmas Card....Does that mean that we have no friends? I know when you have a baby you tend to lose touch with people, but I am pretty sure I didn't alienate myself from the WHOLE WORLD.

Anyway, the fact that I have no cards was not the point of this blog. For our Christmas card we do a photo card. This year we went over whether or not to have a family photo, like years in the past, or to have a picture of just Georgia. Andy said, let's do the whole family...."Ok great, can you be home before 7:00pm one night so we can get a picture before Georgia goes to bed?" I asked and his reply was "no problem". Needless to say he has not been home before 9:00pm any night since wreath season. Therefore, two nights ago Georgia and I took our own family photo. I am thinking we will just draw a stick figure in for Andy. He was a bit appalled that we took a family photo with out him, but hey Christmas is in a week and here I am whining that I haven't received any cards, yet I haven't even taken our picture for our cards that still need to be made and sent out. I know...hypocrite.

My Precious Peach

Here is my baby girl on Halloween. She was a Georgia Peach. (Her name is Georgia, so we thought it would be fitting if she was peach.

That's it for today..short and sweet.

Wreath Season

It is wreath season. For many of you it is the Christmas Season or the season sometimes referred to as Winter. But not for me, it is wreath season. My husband has a wreath business, he makes fresh noble fir Christmas Wreaths and ships them all over the country. With this being wreath season I see my husband about 5 minutes, 10 minutes tops, a day. It is a real struggle for me this year as it is the first year we have had a child during wreath season, I have become a single mom. I have always felt that single parents deserve more kudos than they are given and now I believe that more than ever. So my hats are off to those of you who do not have help at home, you deserve a medal, this is harder than I imagined.
Getting back to wreath season. With wreath season comes the Victorian Country Christmas, a gift show at the Puyallup Fair Grounds. We started going to this show about 3 years ago and I have always enjoyed my time there. All of the vendors dress up in victorian outfits and for us selling wreaths freeze their butts off outside in the cold winter rain. But hey it is only 5 days and I have roped Julie into working every waking hour at VCC again this year so life is good.

Happy Wreath Season. Oh, do you like how I said wreath season about 20 times in the blog?

The Cup Remains!!

That's right, the Cougs remain Apple Cup Champions. Sure we have only won one Pac-10 game, but we won the sweetest game imaginable....we came into Husky Stadium, beat the Dawgs and then danced our sweet dance on top of their 'W'. It was beautiful.

On the Coug/Husky note I found out just recently that my husband, a WSU Alumni, is a mudblood. That's right he has purple running through his blood. These are things a die hard coug girl such as myself should learn before taking the walk down the aisle. It was as if I had married a complete stranger. And the way I found out....this is wonderful....here we are at a wedding and one of my husband's highschool buddies comes up to us and starts talking about how he remembers that Andy used to wear UW sweatshirts and t-shirts all the time, and how all he ever talked about was going to UW. Talk about a punch to the stomach...I know it is SHOCKING. The best part of this whole thing is that UW denied him admissions.

Well that's it for now and remember GO COUGS!!!

The Power of the Force is To Strong

Alright, you guys finally broke me down and I have created a blog, I too must say "thanks, Lynnae". Anyway, life finds me in the glorious town of Shelton, WA. I never pictured myself living the "small town" life, but here I am. My husband sucked me in, with all his charm and now I am stuck and I say stuck because that is what I am. I love my family and with that comes Shelton. My husband grew up here and doesn't even see the point in playing the "I could live there" game with me, so I know I will be here for life as well. But I guess that is why they throw in the whole "for better or worse" in the 'ol marriage vows.

Well that is all I have for now, I don't want to share everything right away or I will never have another blog to write.