Sunshine State

Daniel was called down south for another long business trip. By south I mean really south, as in South America. He was gone for 2 weeks so Norah and I took advantage and decided to abandon the Michigan winter for a bit and visit Aunt Stephanie in Orlando for a week. And it was more than worth the 2 1/2 hour flight alone with an 8 month old...each way.

For starters my bestie from college lives in the area so we caught up with Hannah and her darling baby Fiona. Norah and Fiona don't know it yet but they will be besties soon one day! 

We had a couple play dates and it still baffles me how much life changes you. Nearly 10 years ago Hannah and I were college freshmen getting in all sorts of trouble and now we're MOMMY'S!!! Love you Nanner's :)

The rest of the time Norah and I spent in my favorite state we just enjoyed the Florida sun. The weather could not have been more perfect. Cloudless, sunshine, 75-80 degrees every single day. I actually considered leaving Daniel until spring comes to Michigan. But Norah told me she would miss her daddy too much. The sacrifices we make sometimes...lol

I love visiting my sister for no reason other than just to hang out with my best friend! Norah and I might have to make this an annual thing. Until I have to pay for her plane ticket... So that means we can do this one more time lol. 

Thanks for a great week :)

New Years Eve...at last

I realize New Years was almost a month ago, but I thought if I got the post in before February hit I was good. I had a minor delay in pictures. You know who you are...(cough, Andrea lol).

After suggesting that my friend Andrea should have a New Years party (thanks again Andrea!!!) we had a great time ringing in the new year. We spent the evening playing pictionary. A very competitive game of pictionary! But oh so much fun! I forget how much I love game nights. I wish we had them more often! 

I think this was Dan trying to draw Hannah Montana lol

I got stuck with the show Terra Nova? What the crap?

I devoured an entire bowl of spinach artichoke dip and polished off a bottle of sparkling cider...by myself. It was fantastic. And we celebrated the new year with our Michigan possy all while Norah snoozed away up the stairs on the bed. Amazing. 

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

PS. I don't do New Years Resolutions...their dumb and they get broken anyway. 

8 Months

So our little babe is now 8 months old! And she is such a stinker! A cute stinker but still...

Let's see, she loves to sit and play with her toys. But only if someone is sitting right next her. She's doing this fun new thing when I get up and leave the room she screeeeeeeams and sobs. It's adorable. Not. I'm quickly adapting my mother's way of thinking when I was little, "if you're not bleeding from the head, you're fine." 

She loves, loves, loves FOOOOOOD! For a little while there she wasn't too interested in solids, but I knew she'd come around when she was ready and now she loves it. As soon as I put her in her high chair she knows she's gonna get something and she starts squealing and flopping her arms and legs around lol. 

Not crawling yet. Some moms look at me like, "what, she's not crawling yet?" And you know what I want to say to them? At least my kid doesn't look like Shrek. She is getting close though! She has started to go from a sitting position to her belly. But once she's on her belly she's like, "uhhh a little help here?"

Definitely, the newest thing are the noises she makes. She like to scream, squeal, screech, squawk...it's unreal. Sometimes I think it's adorable. Other times I'm like, "I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF THINK!" I even captured a little video during her 8 month photoshoot as proof...

And those squeals were NOTHIN!