~~~The One Stop Mommy Spot~~~
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Truth Be Told...
I have really only put this site up for friends and family and I know I haven't been extremely diligent at keeping it up but things do get pretty busy and the readership here just hasn't been enough for me to get motivated.
Before I worked at creating posts over the past couple of months I thought I'd watch and track the traffic to the site first. The numbers really aren't there. No one's coming by and that's okay, please don't think I'm upset by it - nothing could be further from the truth. But truth be told, there's no point in me working harder on this blog when there isn't anyone reading.
So for now we'll be on hiatus. I may start working at it again at some point but in the meantime I have a lot of other writing to get done. If you pop by here and miss the posts...email me and let me know. As fun (or scary) as it would be, I can't read your mind.
Love and Hugs,
Me and Peanut ¶ 9:55 AM 1 comments
Before I worked at creating posts over the past couple of months I thought I'd watch and track the traffic to the site first. The numbers really aren't there. No one's coming by and that's okay, please don't think I'm upset by it - nothing could be further from the truth. But truth be told, there's no point in me working harder on this blog when there isn't anyone reading.
So for now we'll be on hiatus. I may start working at it again at some point but in the meantime I have a lot of other writing to get done. If you pop by here and miss the posts...email me and let me know. As fun (or scary) as it would be, I can't read your mind.
Love and Hugs,
Me and Peanut ¶ 9:55 AM 1 comments
Thursday, June 01, 2006
HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY, ANGEL BOY!
No, my friends, I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. May was so ridiculously busy. But, hopefully, things are a bit more back to normal.
WOW! Can you believe our little Peanut is a year old already.
He had a great time at his birthday party. And thank you to all who joined us in the festivities. Just as much as we were celebrating Ethan's 1st year, Mike and I were celebrating the fact that we'd made it out alive. :o)
So for everyone's enjoyment....Here's Ethan with his 1st birthday cake.
I think he liked his cake! ¶ 11:56 AM 0 comments
WOW! Can you believe our little Peanut is a year old already.
He had a great time at his birthday party. And thank you to all who joined us in the festivities. Just as much as we were celebrating Ethan's 1st year, Mike and I were celebrating the fact that we'd made it out alive. :o)
So for everyone's enjoyment....Here's Ethan with his 1st birthday cake.
I think he liked his cake! ¶ 11:56 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
I've Been Terribly Remiss...
In posting here that is, (as you can obviously tell). I'm going to work a whole lot harder at keeping up. The good side of it is that in the time that I'm not posting news about Peanut I'm spending time with him, with "Daddy", working on my writing and making business calls.
The stress I've been feeling as of late as far as not knowing if I have to go back to work, as opposed to working from home, in April has been overwhelming. I know it will all work out, as it always does but until then....I feel like I'm about to lose my mind.
Okay, enough of that jibber-jabber. This isn't about me, I have another blog for that, this is about the other love of my life...hubba-bub being the other of course!
Well first---a couple of pics from December of the family:
My 2 Sweetie-Pies
My Little Angel (Just before he got cranky with all this posing...lol)
And then the joys of standing up. These pictures were taken in February. He LOVED standing up, we could hardly get him to sit down. The unfortunate part was that he couldn't quite figure out how to get back down. He wasn't too impressed with this as you can see here:
But that sure didn't stop him.
This was just too cute. I took his shirt off to get him ready for jammies...apparently he thought being half naked was quite a hoot!
"Hi Mommy. Isn't my belly cute?"
Always (well almost always) ready to smile for the camera.
We snagged this one just after he got out of the bath. He has his robe on. Daddy calls it his Jedi pic. I think it just turned out adorable.
And his first cup of coffee:
Oh come on now...it was an empty cup. Honest!!!
Sitting pretty:
So there's a bit of a catch up. He's crawling all over the place, sitting up on his own - when he's not on the go. Standing up and just itching to start walking. He's got 8 teeth now, I'll post those toothy-grin pictures as soon as I can, and can fly up the stairs like he's got a fire under his butt,(Yeah...we REALLY need a gate) and making Mommy and Daddy very proud.
It's hard to keep up with journalling all of his adventures, but I'll try harder. But I know these are days I'll never forget.
But there are certainly moments that will break my heart when they're gone:
Thank God for memories.
XOXOXOXO ¶ 1:53 PM 1 comments
The stress I've been feeling as of late as far as not knowing if I have to go back to work, as opposed to working from home, in April has been overwhelming. I know it will all work out, as it always does but until then....I feel like I'm about to lose my mind.
Okay, enough of that jibber-jabber. This isn't about me, I have another blog for that, this is about the other love of my life...hubba-bub being the other of course!
Well first---a couple of pics from December of the family:
My 2 Sweetie-Pies
My Little Angel (Just before he got cranky with all this posing...lol)
And then the joys of standing up. These pictures were taken in February. He LOVED standing up, we could hardly get him to sit down. The unfortunate part was that he couldn't quite figure out how to get back down. He wasn't too impressed with this as you can see here:
But that sure didn't stop him.
This was just too cute. I took his shirt off to get him ready for jammies...apparently he thought being half naked was quite a hoot!
"Hi Mommy. Isn't my belly cute?"
Always (well almost always) ready to smile for the camera.
We snagged this one just after he got out of the bath. He has his robe on. Daddy calls it his Jedi pic. I think it just turned out adorable.
And his first cup of coffee:
Oh come on now...it was an empty cup. Honest!!!
Sitting pretty:
So there's a bit of a catch up. He's crawling all over the place, sitting up on his own - when he's not on the go. Standing up and just itching to start walking. He's got 8 teeth now, I'll post those toothy-grin pictures as soon as I can, and can fly up the stairs like he's got a fire under his butt,(Yeah...we REALLY need a gate) and making Mommy and Daddy very proud.
It's hard to keep up with journalling all of his adventures, but I'll try harder. But I know these are days I'll never forget.
But there are certainly moments that will break my heart when they're gone:
Thank God for memories.
XOXOXOXO ¶ 1:53 PM 1 comments
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Everyday Pics From December
Cutey pie...always ready for a picture:
And then he started anticipating the flash:
Me and Snugglebug:
Laughing his butt off:
Just waking up? Drunk? Nope...anticipating that camera flash again:
And here's what happens when Mommy gets bored and wonders what her fair-haired little boy would look like if you could see his eyebrows:
Nothing like a good ol' chew on ducky:
Peek-a-boo:
***The photo album that I still intend to use for loading full batches of pictures at the old Mommy Blog seems to be down. Once it's going again, I'll load them all up. ¶ 2:05 PM 0 comments
And then he started anticipating the flash:
Me and Snugglebug:
Laughing his butt off:
Just waking up? Drunk? Nope...anticipating that camera flash again:
And here's what happens when Mommy gets bored and wonders what her fair-haired little boy would look like if you could see his eyebrows:
Nothing like a good ol' chew on ducky:
Peek-a-boo:
***The photo album that I still intend to use for loading full batches of pictures at the old Mommy Blog seems to be down. Once it's going again, I'll load them all up. ¶ 2:05 PM 0 comments
Pictures From Christmas Morning
I know, I've been very re-miss in my blogging. Things have just seemed so busy lately, almost too much to bear somedays. Ah, such as life as a Mommy.
Well, they're a little overdue, but here are some pictures from Christmas Day. Unfortunately some of them didn't turn out that well, but we have a new camera now that takes wonderful pictures of our little angel.
"Whoo Hoo. Look at all those presents!"
"I can do it. I can do it."
"My first car. Who wants to go for a ride?"
"Hey, it's Eeyore!"
"Yahoo! Pooh and Tigger too!"
"What's over there? More presents?"
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"How'd Santa know I like duckies so much?"
"Ooh! This is from Nanna and Poppy. What is it? What is it?"
"Hurray! Books. I'm gonna start them right away."
***Mommy's personal favorite:
"So many toys, so little time."
Note from Ethan:
Thank you everyone. I had a wonderful first Christmas. I have the best family in the world.
Hugs, Kisses and Slobbers. ¶ 1:50 PM 0 comments
Well, they're a little overdue, but here are some pictures from Christmas Day. Unfortunately some of them didn't turn out that well, but we have a new camera now that takes wonderful pictures of our little angel.
"Whoo Hoo. Look at all those presents!"
"I can do it. I can do it."
"My first car. Who wants to go for a ride?"
"Hey, it's Eeyore!"
"Yahoo! Pooh and Tigger too!"
"What's over there? More presents?"
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"Ooh! This is from Nanna and Poppy. What is it? What is it?"
"Hurray! Books. I'm gonna start them right away."
***Mommy's personal favorite:
"So many toys, so little time."
Note from Ethan:
Thank you everyone. I had a wonderful first Christmas. I have the best family in the world.
Hugs, Kisses and Slobbers. ¶ 1:50 PM 0 comments
Thursday, February 02, 2006
So Many Changes...
In such a short amount of time. It will never fail to amaze me how fast Ethan's growing up.
We've hit so many milestones in the past month it's been crazy.
He now has FIVE teeth. And I'm sure number six will be any day now. He's eating pretty much everything. He loves his veggies, his fruits, his meat...All of it! This morning he had some diced up pear. That went over quite well. He seems to really enjoy the small amount of food he gets to pick up and chew for himself, ie: banana, carrot, pear.
Well the days of his little "bunny hop" way of crawling are well over and done with. He's crawling away at full speed now. But I can almost guarantee that by this time next month he'll be walking. This revelation came to me two days ago when I went into my sweet little boy's room to get him from his nap and I got there just in time to see him try and pull himself up from the top of his crib, lose his grip, smack his head and scream. No problem...Mommy kisses and fixes. It's all better.
Off we go downstairs, have a change, a bottle and some playtime. E's on the floor crawling around - playing with his toys, Mommy's toes, whatever he can get at. His exersaucer's in there - he grabs the top and just as nice as you please...PULLS HIMSELF UP and STANDS ALL ON HIS OWN. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. I'm so proud of him but...why do they have to grow up so fast?
Well it's just gone on from there. Last night he was in his playpen, I went in to see what he was up to and found him standing up, proud as you can be, looking over the side. Then this morning as I went in to get him from his crib, there he was standing straight up, playing with the blinds! Hands on the side of the crib just bouncing away. It's a good thing "Daddy" lowered the mattress the other night, but it sure won't be stopping Ethan from standing up.
Of course now that he knows he can do it, it's all he wants to do. Yup, all fun and games from here.
I'll post a pic soon for all to see. :o)
In the meantime, a certain little boy is up from his nap, standing up I'll bet. But...later today I'll have some pictures posted from Christmas and will be adding to the photo album on the original "Mommy Blog".
*hugs* ¶ 11:35 AM 1 comments
We've hit so many milestones in the past month it's been crazy.
He now has FIVE teeth. And I'm sure number six will be any day now. He's eating pretty much everything. He loves his veggies, his fruits, his meat...All of it! This morning he had some diced up pear. That went over quite well. He seems to really enjoy the small amount of food he gets to pick up and chew for himself, ie: banana, carrot, pear.
Well the days of his little "bunny hop" way of crawling are well over and done with. He's crawling away at full speed now. But I can almost guarantee that by this time next month he'll be walking. This revelation came to me two days ago when I went into my sweet little boy's room to get him from his nap and I got there just in time to see him try and pull himself up from the top of his crib, lose his grip, smack his head and scream. No problem...Mommy kisses and fixes. It's all better.
Off we go downstairs, have a change, a bottle and some playtime. E's on the floor crawling around - playing with his toys, Mommy's toes, whatever he can get at. His exersaucer's in there - he grabs the top and just as nice as you please...PULLS HIMSELF UP and STANDS ALL ON HIS OWN. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. I'm so proud of him but...why do they have to grow up so fast?
Well it's just gone on from there. Last night he was in his playpen, I went in to see what he was up to and found him standing up, proud as you can be, looking over the side. Then this morning as I went in to get him from his crib, there he was standing straight up, playing with the blinds! Hands on the side of the crib just bouncing away. It's a good thing "Daddy" lowered the mattress the other night, but it sure won't be stopping Ethan from standing up.
Of course now that he knows he can do it, it's all he wants to do. Yup, all fun and games from here.
I'll post a pic soon for all to see. :o)
In the meantime, a certain little boy is up from his nap, standing up I'll bet. But...later today I'll have some pictures posted from Christmas and will be adding to the photo album on the original "Mommy Blog".
*hugs* ¶ 11:35 AM 1 comments
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
I Know, I know....
It's been forever. And I will get back this soon I promise. I have a lot of catching up to do. Soon..........
In the meantime - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
(DECEMBER 25, 2005 - Opening presents)
Children hold such awe and fascination with the wonder of the world, open to discovering and experiencing new things. Anything is possible. Life is a great adventure.
If only we too could get that back - how wonderful life would be.
"What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult."
-- Sigmund Freud
¶ 11:35 AM 0 comments
In the meantime - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
(DECEMBER 25, 2005 - Opening presents)
Children hold such awe and fascination with the wonder of the world, open to discovering and experiencing new things. Anything is possible. Life is a great adventure.
If only we too could get that back - how wonderful life would be.
"What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult."
-- Sigmund Freud
¶ 11:35 AM 0 comments
Thursday, December 22, 2005
***WARNING: Sappy moment coming on.***
Christmas is just around the corner and I'm just about the luckiest lady in the world.
I have so much to be grateful for but there is this one void nagging at me as of late. It's been 6 years now that my Mom's been gone. I miss her each and every single day but this being our first Christmas with Ethan...well it just breaks my heart just a little bit more. Christmas was her most favorite day of the year and this one would have had her just bubbling over with pleasure.
It tortured me that she wasn't there to see her Grandson born (although I like to believe she was). And as truly grateful as I am for the people that were there, I would have given anything to have had her there holding my hand.
She won't see Ethan's eyes light up with all his presents, all the fun colors, sounds and excitement of Christmas. She won't see him as we carry on the family tradition of cute Christmas jammies on Christmas morning or see him eye-balling the turkey and other yummies that he just can't have yet. And she'll never get that sweet little smile when she picks him up for a hug or hear him laugh just because he's happy to see her.
I try to stay upbeat and keep telling myself that she'll always be with me, but I'd give anything in this world to have her here with me now. Some days you just have to take a moment to cry.
Merry Christmas, Mom. And thank you for all of the wonderful memories you blessed me with. ¶ 9:14 AM 1 comments
Christmas is just around the corner and I'm just about the luckiest lady in the world.
I have so much to be grateful for but there is this one void nagging at me as of late. It's been 6 years now that my Mom's been gone. I miss her each and every single day but this being our first Christmas with Ethan...well it just breaks my heart just a little bit more. Christmas was her most favorite day of the year and this one would have had her just bubbling over with pleasure.
It tortured me that she wasn't there to see her Grandson born (although I like to believe she was). And as truly grateful as I am for the people that were there, I would have given anything to have had her there holding my hand.
She won't see Ethan's eyes light up with all his presents, all the fun colors, sounds and excitement of Christmas. She won't see him as we carry on the family tradition of cute Christmas jammies on Christmas morning or see him eye-balling the turkey and other yummies that he just can't have yet. And she'll never get that sweet little smile when she picks him up for a hug or hear him laugh just because he's happy to see her.
I try to stay upbeat and keep telling myself that she'll always be with me, but I'd give anything in this world to have her here with me now. Some days you just have to take a moment to cry.
Merry Christmas, Mom. And thank you for all of the wonderful memories you blessed me with. ¶ 9:14 AM 1 comments
