Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

What I love Wednesday:

 I love that Alanna is talking more and more everyday.

Seriously y'all (I can say this word because I live in Texas again) , she talks from the moment she wakes up until the moment she falls asleep again at night.

She's a jabber jaws!

I have NO IDEA where she could have gotten it from either.  Her dad's a man of few words and I'm just so quiet too.  Who knows...

Here is a list of her newest words:

 nack = snack

cak-uh = cracker 

bwew = blueberries

gock = sock

guck = duck

dipa = diaper

mow = more

 

 

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Cie-J and I have set our goals for 2011.  Instead of trying to set goals for the entire year, we decided to break it up a little and use Alanna's birthday as the midway point in 2011.  Ladies and gentlemen (actually, I don't think any guys read this blog...but anyway)

HERE THEY ARE!!!

1. Get a babysitter and go on a date once a month.

2. Give a complement to each other every day.

3. Successfully get rid of ALL binkies in our house!  

4. Be more intentional about keeping in touch with family and friends.  Calling or emailing with them at least once a week.

5. Give away more money in 2011 than we did in 2010.

I am really excited about all of these except #3.

I am so nervous about breaking Alanna from a binky.

Her "dee dee" is her best friend.

At least we have until August, right?!? 

 Smaller, personal goals to come later...

Monkey Monday...

The MANY faces of Alanna...

 

Friday Funnies...

Once upon a recent trip to the chiropractor...

Dr. Ben came in the room and was talking to Alanna to try to keep her from being afraid of him.

He asked her where her nose was, but she ended up pointing at mine instead.

Dr. Ben just decided to go with it.

Next he asked where mommy's mouth was.

She quickly pointed to it as well.
He then said, "do you know where your mouth is?"
Alanna pointed to her mouth and blew him a kiss.
Such a sweet girl.

Lastly, he says, "Alanna, where is your belly button?"

She proudly lifted her shirt and showed hers off.

She looked at me, but I was tightly holding my shirt down so Dr. Ben would not get a peek at my belly button.

Instead, little miss Alanna outsmarted me and went for the top of my shirt and proudly pulled it down 
and said "OOBIES!"

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did my chiropractor really just see my bra?!?

We no longer practice finding our "oobies" at home and you can me DARN SURE we won't discuss the name of the nether region any time soon either!!

Have a great day.

Monday, January 31th, 2011

Monkey Monday:

 Alanna was straightening her hair with my flat iron.
(it was off just in case you were wondering)

Thankful Thursday...

On our little excursion to Dallas, Alanna and I got to stop and see some college friends of mine.

First up were Jon, Amber, and Jovie Reeves.
Amber was my college roommate for all 4 years.
The school randomly put us together as freshman and we were perfect for each other from the start!


She had a little girl named Jovie about 10 weeks before Alanna was born.  This was their first time to meet each other.  SUPER special for us!

Jovie is such a cutie.  She and Alanna had a lot of fun mimicking each other and taking drinks at the same time.  So fun!  I will not wait as long next time to get together with them.  Love you Reeves family!!

Next we got to go and spend the whole day with Baileigh!  She was never a roommate in college but she was definitely one of my besties.  This is girl is so much fun to be around.

 Next time I will know how to get to her house and won't get lost. 

It was SO GREAT to get to see my besties again. 
I love these girls.
We can always pick up right where we left off.

I'm so glad we live in the same state again!!

What I love Wednesday...

Today the BEST thing happened!

GROUPON started carrying coupons for my city!!!!

What is groupon you ask?

Well, go to groupon.com and type in your city.  They have all kinds of coupons bought at a group discount for different places in your city.  Restaurants, stores, salons, etc.  

My sister in law got an amazing deal on lazer hair removal and teeth whitening on groupon.

I have been pouting since Christmas that the groupon website didn't service my city.  

BUT ALL THAT CHANGED TODAY! 

I got an email saying they were starting in San Angelo soon!  YAY!!!

Go sign up.  It's free.  You get a different coupon emailed to you each day.  You do not have to buy it if you don't want to.  But if you do, you better hurry because they go fast!

Ready, set.....GO!!!

P.S. You can thank me later.  I will leave you with a cute picture of my little red head.