Six Years

Today is our 6th wedding anniversary. What a wonderful day shared with the most wonderful people. I think about most of you that I know now and can hardly believe that you weren't there and a part of our big day. Being married to J has not only been awesome for the obvious reasons, it has also been an amazing opportunity to make new friends. Thanks for sharing your lives with us, you've definately enriched them. (I need to scan a pic of our wedding day to post, and no, they weren't digital waaaaay back then :-)

Nana's visit

J's mom came to see us last week and M was very excited to have someone new to play with! While she was here we go to GO OUT!!! For those of you that have spent even an iota of time with Josh & I, you know that we are not one's to stay home on Friday and Saturday night. Of course, that has changed quite a bit in the last year. But, we had a wonderful time while MMG and Nana played together at home. I'm guessing M felt like she was getting a special treat also (because she wasn't just stuck with boring ole mom).

Before Cleopatra Ball
We also went to the zoo while she was here. The first thing we say when we walked in were the pink flamingos (a favorite of mine). It was a beautiful day and we all had a great time. So good, in fact, that Miss G fell asleep (we stayed another 45 minutes or so...I guess the trip wasn't just for her :-).

First trip to the zoo!

All tuckered out

New discovery...

It was so nice outside the other day that we decided to wait outside for J to get home from work. I was really surprised at how long it took her to venture off the blanket out into the grass. She's not quite sure how she feels about this green, crunchy stuff...

9 months!!!

As you can see, Miss M G was a little less cooperative this time while I was taking her "official" 9 month pic. She's harder to wrangle these days and it made be wonder about baby wranglers that work on movie sets, photo shoots, etc. How do those people get that job? All I know is that I'm glad its them and not me!!! She's into everything, crawling everywhere, pulling up on everything, eating tiny bits of fuzz and dirt off the floor, playing with anything she can find that is NOT a brightly colored toy that's meant for a baby...basically, she's your typical and wonderful 9 month old.
Since M's Nana was here (J's mom), we had a little celebration. Unfortunately, MMG fell asleep before we got to her cake. All in all, it was a good day...

Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur....

OK, so M loves to listen to T-pain. What can I say, she loves her Uggs and dreams that someday I'll go to Dillards and get her some Apple Bottom jeans. She really gets down when I sing that song.


Also, these are just a few of the faces of Miss MG. I love her smile and can't help but smile, too. Even if she's just dragged all my cookbooks down off the shelf and had a little snack from the corner of one of my recipe cards...is it a sign of some sort of vitamin deficiency when people eat paper???

My heart officially stopped...

So, last night we were at a friends house and M was eating a cracker. I was breaking off little pieces and giving them to her and it was going fine. But, I decided to see what she would do if she just knawed on the whole thing. Boy, was that a mistake. She started choking and it was literally stuck in her throat. I stuck my finger in there and scooped it out, she sputtered a little, cried for about 2 seconds, then was fine. Of course, I was NOT fine for about an hour. I know, I'm a horrible mommy. The worst part is, now I'm probably gonna continue to give her the tiniest little pieces of food until she's 18 years old!!!
Here's a little video of her "walking" with J. I think her little stubby legs are so cute and I love how much fun she thinks this is.

8 months!!!

Well, this post is VERY late. I'm going to blame it on living on the Gulf coast. Things aren't quite back to normal here yet. I only bought a few groceries in case Ike landed here (looks like we're OK though). Also, because of power outages, things aren't really open back up yet...drive-thrus only, no milk at the grocery store, etc. J is working 3-24 hour days in a row with 2 days off in between and we still have most of our windows boarded up (because J isn't home and I can't take them down by myself :-). Alright, back to MMG...

This pic was taken August 25th, the day she turned 8 months old. She has two little teeth and started crawling last week. She's also pulling up on stuff so we have gotten rid of our coffee table and picked EVERYTHING up off the floor. She gets really frustrated because she wants to walk but she's definately not ready yet (or maybe I'm not ready yet).

It's been pretty stressful for me because I've had to start telling her "no." Yesterday she kept messing with the VCR and stereo. After numerous no's I finally put her in her crib for a couple minutes. She was REALLY angry with me but I was also the only person to comfort her. Man, that was no fun at all. I know, its only the beginning...don't stress me out with all the stories and I definately don't want to hear about the fights we'll have when she's a teenager!

Darn Gustav

Well, I'm back in Missouri to wait out hurricane Gustav. My mom brought M & I (and a few of our things) here while J stays and works (sits at some command post doing something...exactly what I'm not sure). It was very hard to leave all of our stuff but especially difficult to leave Daddy there to fight the wind and rain (not to mention the looters and maniacs). Fortunately, the weather channel is reporting this morning that its not so bad right now. But the worst area in New Orleans is the Westbank where we live. Keep us and all our friends on the Gulf in your prayers.