Blessing # 103

Yes I am cheating!  Although just in respects of posting my blessings. I have been able to find a blessing each day.  I am hoping i will remember to start writing them down each night once I can find an empty notebook. Or I guess I can just make a new file on my computer...Ahh technology! But there is just something about the hand written word. Hmmm, something to think about.

Anyway...

Well my 103 blessing would be my daughter Naomi.  Her Birthday was yesterday!  It was a great day!  Also I found a cute idea (on Pinterest) to ask a set of questions each year around their birthday starting around the age of 3.  Then keep a collection and then make a book to give to them when the are 18.  So here is Naomi's questions and answers...

1. What is your favorite color? Purple 

2. What is your favorite toy? Aurora doll
3. What is your favorite fruit? grapes
4. What is your favorite movie? Cinderella
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Chicken Nuggets
6. What is your favorite outfit? Blue jean princess dress that mama sewed a flower on
7. What is your favorite game?Trouble
8. What is your favorite snack? Crackers and peanut butter with chocolate chips
9. What is your favorite animal? Horsies
10. What is your favorite song? Stuck like glue and Nothing but the Blood of Jesus
11. What is your favorite book? There is a bird on your Head By Mo Willems
12. Who is your best friend? Keri Cristler, Scarlett Fatame
13. What is your favorite breakfast? Marshmallow cereal
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? swing
15. What is your favorite drink? koolaid
16. What is your favorite holiday? Chrtstmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Blankie and some of my snuggle bugs
18. What is your favorite bible story? Easter story
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Hamburgers, Corn on the cob, chips, andgrapes
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A mommy

  

Sisters turn

When I was taking Bethany's 6 month pictures Naomi was a big help!  She really wanted to have her picture taken too.  The nice thing about taking the girls pictures myself is that it was not a problem.  All we needed was time (the rough part is getting them printed out in a timely manner). Which we had that particular day.
 
So here are the results of Naomi's photo shoot.

 She was having some smiling problems.  Lately If I ask her to smile she makes a funny forced looking smile.  If you look at our Christmas picture you can kind of see it there. 

I love the last one because she is so ornery looking.

Blessing #17 Belly dancing class.  It is a lot of fun and last night there were only 2 of us in the class.  Boy, am I sore today!  It is good to know that I am working my muscles while having fun with friends and meeting new people.

Crafter in training

Naomi got a cute pink bead necklace for Christmas.  Naomi LOVES it.  A few weeks ago it broke.  I swept up all the beads I could find. We purchased some more elastic. I decided I would let her remake her necklace.  I found the largest needle I have and got every thing set up. I was a bit nervous how she would do with the real needle.

After a while I even let her go at it on her own.

She LOVED making her necklace.  Now she wares it even more.  Probably because she helped make it.

I usually let her help with some of my crafting.  I guess I will have to let her in on more.

Football

Both girls experienced a first a few weeks back.  They both went to their first football game.  It was chilly but not too cold. A perfect night for high school football. 

Bethany ended up being in the Moby.  She wanted to watch the people around us and the car seat just was not good for that.  I also thought that if she got warm and cozy enough she would fall asleep.  Well she did eventually, when there was about 2 minutes left in the game.  She was EXHAUSTED.  She slept through getting pulled out of the Moby, getting buckled in and almost getting but to bed.  It was amazing.  she is a pretty light sleeper when it comes to moving her around.

Naomi had a pretty good time even though she kept trying to beg popcorn off of people.  She also got to experience the "football minute."  She had been bugging some people near us so Adam made her sit by him for 2 football minutes.  This was not a time out or punishment but just trying to give the people a bit of a break from our "Chatty Cathy" daughter. He tried to play and talk with her but by the end of it she kept asking if the football minute was over.  It was rather funny.

And mommy got to have some practice taking non-flash pictures with my zoom lens.

 
We had a great time. sadly it looks like this may be the only game we get to go to this year.  Our high school team only had 3-4 home games this year. But next year we plan on making it to more. 

Baby waring baby

I am not huge on baby waring.  But I must say, it is convenient.  I got the Moby wrap a little late for it to be effective with Naomi.  Having all those layers as well  a little person who was 98.6 degrees in our barely air conditioned house in the middle of summer was not comfortable.  I did get it out for her once it cooled off but then I was a little intimadated by it. 

Well I knew with this baby that a wrap would be beneficial. Naomi is always on the go and so am I.  So while I am not always waring Bethany. It is not uncommon.  I also got a sling (for only the price of shipping!) because I thought that the heat might be an issue.

So, now, I must wearing Bethany enough that one day I found Naomi putting my sling on and putting her baby in it. So cute!   

 As a result I made Naomi her own sling for her baby.  It is not pictured here.  I need to get a picture of it.