Mommy Brain

Well I officially have lost it. I've noticed little things here and there that I do and when I realize it I think to myself "what are you doing?!!!". But today has proven it. Jared asked me earlier "what happened to this towel?". I say "what towel?". Him-"this kitchen towel in the trash can".... I threw a towel away!!!!!! Last Friday I used baby aquaphor on Ruby's face, that stuff is 5$ a tube. Well she HATES when I put that stuff on her. Cries every time. The next day we went to use it again and couldn't find it anywhere for days. I kept saying "Ruby I can't believe you hid your face medicine from us". Poor baby. Tuesday (4 days later) we were outside playing and I started talking about it again. I mean we had turned this house upside down. Jared just got a hunch, so he went to check this diaper box (that was now in the outside garbage can) that I had been using as a trash can in her room. Yep, I had thrown it away. What is up with me and throwing everything away?!?!!!

Things are going good. It finally feels like spring instead of summer. I mean could Arkansas weather get any weirder?!? I'm glad. We all know I can't handle the heat.

Ruby is awesome. I have been catching myself just staring at her constantly. Precious little thing.

She no longer lets me love on her at all. If I pick her up to hug and kiss on her she gets mad and squirms out of my arms. It's so sad.

I can't remember what I said in my last post. I don't think there's anything new other than her TOP LEFT TOOTH! It's here and it's so darn adorable. OH! And she claps now too! She's been trying to figure that out for months! Healthy baby and we are lucky! :)

Jared and I are still on our workout/diet craze. Together we've lost about 34 lbs! Yippee! He's lost about 20 and I've lost 14. We feel great and so do our clothes! I'm actually FINALLY able to wear my pre-pregnancy jeans!

Tonight we are going to my mom's. We didn't get to see them on Easter so we're doing game night/Easter dinner tonight.

Have a great weekend!

April Showers

Well the lightning, thunder and rain is here tonight. Yuck! I absolutely hate storms. I feel bad for the Texas people who were effected by the tornadoes today. I will definitely be praying for them.

Things are great here. Ruby is doing so good. She's so close to walking. She's talking up a storm. I feel like she is just so smart. She said "kitty" last week. I haven't heard it yet. But Kathy has two cats and they said one of them cruised through the room and she said it twice. Jared heard her say it once too. Every time I ask her to say it she just looks around for a cat.

Jared always gives her her bath. He has been working a lot lately. So last night I was giving her her bath and she kept saying "dad?". It was so cute. There's not a doubt in my mind that she knows what she's saying when she talks.

Tonight I swear she was saying "tickle tickle" and trying to tickle her bath time duckies. I don't know though.

She's dancing like crazy. It's hilarious. She absolutely loves music. She answers me when I ask her a question. It's either "yeah" or she shakes her head no. Sunday night I went in while Jared was giving her a bath. I asked if she was ready to get out and she shook her head up and down and smiled so big.

We have to spell out "puffs". She love them so much.

She still just has those two bottom teeth. It's so crazy those top two do not want to come through. Thank goodness we haven't had any problems with teething. She's such a happy baby.

And the most exciting news! She is sleeping through the night! I hate saying it out loud because I don't want to jinx it. But she's doing great! I never even did the sleep training. Woohoo! She is such a good girl!

This past weekend I went to Texas with 5 of my girlfriends from work. It was so fun. We ate a lot. Had drinks. Shopped a lot. And just laughed our heads off. Our friend Julia who married her high school sweetheart last summer and moved out there was kind enough to let us stay. Actually, she had no clue we were coming. We called her husband about two months ago and told him what we were planning. She was SHOCKED! Had nooooo idea! I missed Ruby and Jared so much it made me sick but the get away was really good. Jared stayed home with her friday night then she got to spend the day and night with her Grammy and Papa Wayne. I am pretty sure she had a blast. We were so happy to see each other again. But I have to say her and Jared were/are really attached to each other. It's pretty sweet.

I can't believe I will be planning her 1 year birthday party soon. When Race for the Cure is over that's what I'll be doing all of May. I won't be going overboard. It will probably just be family and close friends. I'm excited!

So this weekend is Easter. Jared and I are going on a date Friday night to eat and get Ruby's Easter basket stuff. I'm so excited to spend some time with him. I've been missing that guy! Saturday I'm hoping to clean out our closet for garage sale stuff. It is in desperate need! Then Sunday we're going to mansfield then back through to Mountainburg. Busy weekend!

I hope you all have a great rest of the week! Happy Easter!!!!

Love,
Sarah