Saturday, January 30, 2010

February is only a day away!






Can that really be true?? I can't believe Monday will mark the start of February! It doesn't even feel as though the holidays have come and gone! It is hard to grasp the fact that we are now in 2010 let alone that it is almost February. February is a month of "love" or so the hallmark holiday claims. To Zachary and I this particular month brings many memories of happiness and heart ache. It was in February of 2007 that we found out we were pregnant for the first time. I still remember getting that phone call and crying out of happiness. We excitedly drove to get flowers to deliver to the grandma's to be at work. We laughed the entire car ride and couldn't believe our dreams were really going to come true; that we could get it so easy. Feb 14th was such an amazing day full of happiness. It was a day that we will never forget. Sadly the following day was the total opposite as I started losing our pregnancy. It was a day of heartache and one of the hardest things I have ever been through. It was also a day of hope and things to come. We finally knew we could get pregnant. That one day we would hold our very own sweet little miracle, and last year I did. I held my precious almost 3 month old little girl in my arms.
This year I will have a running giggly almost 15 month old with bouncing pig tails and pink toenails. Tegan is growing up so fast! She has such a personality. I can see strong traits of both Zach and I shining through her. She has her daddy's patience and my need to make things perfect, daddy's humor and my grace(or lack of). Tegan loves to re arrange things and place them where she sees fit. It is a normal day when I find a picture frame missing from it's location and nicely placed somewhere else as if I moved it myself. She finds the smallest things funny and will continue to laugh about them forever(something her daddy is known for :) Tegan will be walking through the house and trip over her own feet and land on her face(poor girl is just like me!) It is so amazing seeing both Zachary and I blended together in the makes of such an adorable and perfect little girl!

She is SO sweet and lovable! There is nothing like hearing those little feet run through the house to find you and give you a big hug and kiss. She still cuddles up with us for her afternoon naps :) There is nothing like that sweet little girl sleeping soundly in your arms(if only you could feel your arms!)


We are all doing wonderful :) Tegan is a happy healthy toddler exploring and learning the world around her. She is cutting in two of her one year molars, and has been since the start of january. She is learning her body parts and animal sounds and she surprises us with a new words every now and then. Her vocab consists of mama, daddy, cat, yeah, no, bye, like, oh and wow. She will gladly show you where your nose and mouth are. She picked up what a monkey says in 10 mins but wont tell me what the easier animals say(cow, pig). It is adorable hearing her do the complete "oooh ooh eeh aah ahh".

Barney is out and the little Einsteins are in. She will pat her lap and raise her arms with them to help get rocket to blast off! haha

Zachary and I are great! Just as crazy madly in love as we were the day we got married, ok maybe more :) We have never been happier! He is my soul mate and the man of my dreams. I pray that one day Tegan finds someone as amazing as her daddy!

Monday, January 11, 2010

Love & Nature

For some reason I have a strong love for Owls. Maybe it is their soothing sound in the night or the amount of whimsy they add to the world. Zachary and I have been making lists on items to buy Tegan for her birthday and christmas this year. Yes I understand christmas just ended but please believe me when I tell you I am NOT crazy. Last year we began our holiday shopping with our income tax return rather than waiting until late october like we have in previous years. The huge head start gave us the ability to provide our family with a good christmas without the stress of money and holiday shopping. From here on out we will start our shopping early on in the year; it just makes sense. Thankfully we have an attic to hide gifts in for future years when Tegan turns into miss snoopy.(I can't even get into the attic).

We have decided to buy Tegan a new bedroom set as one of her gifts. I HATE princess, dora, elmo, movie/tv themed bedding. It seems so common, boring and they outgrow it fast. We wanted something original, adorable, girlie, and whimsical for tegan's room. When we came across circo's Love & Nature set we knew it was the one!!! It is perfect for Tegan's room! It fits perfect with her pink and green color scheme and her little white picket fence wall.


Friday, January 8, 2010

Freaky Friday

Because Even the cutest most sweetest little girl can look evil. :) haha

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

2010


The holiday season has come to an end and here we are at the start of 2010!! It's a new millennium :)I was a twelve year old in eighth grade at the start and here I am at the end a 22 year old married mother of a 1 year old. It is crazy thinking about all that this millennium has in store of us. When it comes to it's end I will have an eleven year old! It is crazy to think about such things!!!

We had a wonderful and oh so merry christmas!! Tegan makes the holiday season so much more fun. She brings out the child in Zach and I and adds a special joy to everything!

We started off the holiday by going to my grandma's for christmas with my dads side of the family. Zach and I giggled when thinking back on christmas last year. Tegan was a month old and dressed in her miss clause outfit that she wore for a whole hour before she peed all over her clothes and my grandma's bed during a diaper change.(all pics were taken in our spare outfit from the diaper bag) This year she was running all over and having a blast with the other kids. It is mind boggling to think that we have a running, giggly one year old!!!

After spending christmas eve at my grandmas we came home and settled in for the night. Zach's parents and my sister stayed the night so they could have christmas morning with us and see Tegan open her gifts. We were all awake at 6:30 anxiously awaiting Tegan's little eyes to open. The one day I want her to wake she decides she needs to sleep in.
Tegan finally awoke on christmas morning with a very smiley mommy looking down on her. I was so excited to bring her to the living room to see her kitchen and open gifts! She Loved everything and constantly giggled and said "oh wow" to everything!

After opening gifts and having some yummy stuffed baked apples for breakfast we got ready for christmas day at my moms house. After the hour drive we were finally there; where we opened gifts and ate a wonderful christmas dinner.






To finish off the holiday we went to Zach's parents house where we filled up on snacks, played games and laughed until our eye lids took over.


It was a very busy overly fun few days consisting of too much laughter and very little sleep. Days in which we are still trying to recover from. We spent the rest of the weekend putting away toys and trying to get our house and daily routine back into gear. Our christmas tree came down and tegan's toys moved in.


Happy New Year from our family to yours! May you have a wonderful year full of many blessings and much happiness!!!


the above picture is of Tegan on her first new years Jan 1st 2009 :)