Video

Ok, so i don't know what I'm doing, so you'll just have to watch the video sideways. She's really sitting up. I wanted to get a video of her "talking". You get to hear me doing some baby talk too:)

Christmas

I just wanted to apologize to my mom about the last pictures I posted. I didn't realize the first picture was blurry and I'm sorry I didn't remove the red eye on the others. I'm sure I've shamed you ;)

I got this Christmas getting to know you in an e-mail, so i thought if I was going to take the time to fill it out, I would make all of you read it too:)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? It’s pretty much the only occasion that I use wrapping paper, the rest of the time it’s bags.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Since Sam and I have been married we’ve always had a real tree. Now that they’re $50 a pop (yikes!) , we decided to invest in a real one this year.
3. When do you put up the tree? The day after Thanksgiving (usually)
4. When do you take the tree down? Last year I threw the tree in the yard the day after Christmas. I was a bit of a Grinch, due to morning sickness. Normally within a couple of days after Christmas.
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes, but only homemade.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I can remember my grandparents getting all of us cousins a Stretch Armstrong one year. We had a lot of fun running around playing with them and seeing how far we could possibly stretch them.
7. Hardest person to buy for? Sam
8.. Easiest person to buy for? Delight
9. Do you have a nativity scene? No
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? mail11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? My Grandma Pat would often get me clothes. That wasn’t very exciting for a kid. Especially a tomboy.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? It’s a Wonderful Life
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Depends. This year I started in October.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Sadly yes
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Cinnamon rolls 16. Lights on the tree? Yes
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? No
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? How crowded the stores are
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I like country or rustic looking ones.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? We never have anything fancy, but I like it when we get a shrimp ring.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A 2 hour nap. No, just kidding. I really have no idea.
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? ?????

Mighty Hunter

Sam got a deer this weekend, yay!! It's a really nice 9 point buck. He has a big body, so we should get lots of meat. It'll be nice to stock up the freezer. Beef is so expensive, I love using the venison burger and roast. Sam and my dad are going to butcher him tonight. They went in on a meat saw (I don't know if that's what you call it), to cut a cow up this winter.
That's another story. My dad had two cows. We were going in on one of them, so we could have half a beef and Sam and my dad we going to butcher them both this winter. The cows got out during the night a couple weeks ago. My parents live on a highway. After a call to the state police the next day, they found out that one of them had been hit on the highway. These are big cows too. Later they found out it was a semi and he was able to drive off. Praise God! That probably would have killed someone in a car. The other cow wouldn't leave the dead cow's body (poor thing), so they put him in the neighbors barn. So we're not going to have as much meat, but praise God that no one was hurt.
Anyhoo...I tried and tried to put a picture of Sam's deer on here with no luck. I'll get one on soon at my mom's.
I did a cruel thing yesterday. I shaved my Lab Summer. She has been shedding worse than I can ever recall. As much as I love her, things have certainly changed since becoming a mom. Everything we own was covered in hair, despite my efforts to keep it clean. Sam didn't want me to shave her, being winter and all, so I told him it was either that, or she was becoming an outside dog. He opted for me to shave her. I did a quick job of it because I was cold and she looks awful! I should post a picture of the poor pup on here too.
Delight has gotten so vocal in the last several days. She's so loud! I wouldn't call it cooing anymore. It's more like yelling! I want to get a video of her on here. We'll see if I can pull it off.
I'll post pictures soon.

Check out my kicks

This taste pretty good!

Laughing

I posted the pictures below at my mom's, but didn't have time to write anything. The first picture was taken at her cousin Zoie's birthday party. It's hard to believe she's 1 already! The rest were some bath time pictures. She LOVES her bath. Drying off, putting on lotion, and getting dressed, not so much.
It's been a while since I've posted. Nothing too exciting has been going on. We went to the mall the other day to look at the Christmas trees, but she was sound asleep in her stroller the whole time. We went out to eat afterwards. This was the first time we had attempted this since she was 2 weeks old. She did great! The place was packed and she was busy looking at everything going on around us.
Yesterday Sam and I went to a marriage conference by Les and Leslie Parrott. Well, it was just Les because Leslie was home sick. Anyways, it was great! I was pretty nervous to leave Delight all day. I knew she would be fine at my mom's, but I had never been away from her for near that long (7am-4pm). It was so nice to be with Sam and feel like a wife again, instead of just a mommy all the time.
Last night I was changing Delight's diaper and I did something to make her smile. I looked at her again and said "mommy's funny!" (saying funny loud and fast). She gave the biggest laugh! I of course kept doing it and she kept laughing, probably a dozen times! It was the cutest thing I've ever seen. Sam wasn't there at the time and she certainly wasn't going to do it again when he got home. I can't wait for him to see her do it. It'll be neat when she's laughing all the time.
That's all I got for now.

Here's a picture from earlier today. We were enjoy the last bit of this wonderful warm front we've been enjoying for the past week. It's supposed to get cold tomorrow. Delight and I are getting over a cold we've had. I was starting to feel better before she got sick, so that made things a little better. It was so hard to see her feeling bad and not being able to do much about it. We've feeling better now though.




Enjoying some chewing time.

I love sleeping pictures :)

We went to the park with Mamaw, Hope and Sonel. My Mom can always find a photo opportunity.

I thought we got some nice fall pictures.