Singing Happy Birthday from Jillian Shaw on Vimeo.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Singing Happy Birthday
One of Marley's favorite things to do is the Happy Birthday Game. All that means is that we pass the birthday hat around and sing to the person with it on! And she loves it! Here is a video of that and a few other things she has done recently!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Letters
Marley loves practicing her letters! She will bring me a notebook and a crayon and ask, "We practice letters now?" I am so happy my girl loves to learn! Once we got to the letter E while I was filming this, I realized that I was subconsciously holding my mouth like I was about to say the letter. But evidently Marley had already caught onto that, as you can tell in the video!
Practicing Letters from Jillian Shaw on Vimeo.
Maggie
For Christmas, Marley got a new baby doll. We discussed what to name her as soon as she was out of the box. Marley suggested Bebe, as she does anytime we ask her what her dolls and stuffed animals are named. I suggested Sally, which is what I used to name every single one of my dolls growing up. But Marley has trouble with the "s" sound, so it sounds more like Tally. Next, I mentioned the name Maggie, which I have always thought was a cute name. And that one stuck!
She loved Maggie from the moment she saw her, and has taken very good care of her since her unwrapping. She gives her the pacifier, feeds her milk (and occasionally pizza and ice cream), and snuggles with her at every nap time and bed time. Two days after Christmas, Marley and Maggie had their first separation period, though. We accidentally forgot to bring her in the car to San Antonio with us! They both survived without each other, but they have been inseparable ever since!
She loved Maggie from the moment she saw her, and has taken very good care of her since her unwrapping. She gives her the pacifier, feeds her milk (and occasionally pizza and ice cream), and snuggles with her at every nap time and bed time. Two days after Christmas, Marley and Maggie had their first separation period, though. We accidentally forgot to bring her in the car to San Antonio with us! They both survived without each other, but they have been inseparable ever since!
Winter Sucks
I think I'm a better blogger in the summer. I was looking back at all of our fantastic pictures from last summer and all the fun things we did together. We were always busy and doing things outside. I don't think I was meant to live in a place with winter. Marley and I literally spend 95% of our time at home, inside. And that makes me crazy! I have been trying to think of places we can go or things we can do, but there is just nothing to do around here when it's cold. There's isn't even a mall to wander around in for exercise or a place for kids to play indoors. It makes me wish for spring and summer to hurry up and arrive because we are so bored. Maybe, one day we can move our family to Florida and enjoy flip flop weather all year long! Winter is so depressing!
So, how do I fix this? Well, today I will work on finishing some blogs to keep myself busy! Hopefully it works!
So, how do I fix this? Well, today I will work on finishing some blogs to keep myself busy! Hopefully it works!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Christmas 2010
Christmas was a blast! Marley's first Christmas was okay, her second Christmas was fun, but this one was by far the best! She actually got it this year! She understood the cookies for Santa, him filling our stockings, giving gifts to other people, and the anticipation of Christmas morning. And all of that was so much fun to experience with her!
She was in charge of passing out the stockings, which she was so proud of. She and Mimi had been practicing for days so that Marley knew who each stocking belonged to. So, after she had examined all of the things around her stocking, she loved giving everyone else theirs.
She squealed about each thing she pulled out of her stocking. "Candy! Dora Panties! Candy! Fork! Straws! Candy! Bubbles!"
There were three gifts that we could wrap, so they were covered in a big red table cloth. I did the big reveal and showed her all three of them, which we actually should have done last. Since they were out of the box and ready to play with, we couldn't ger away from them to open her presents!
She really got into boiling us pizza and making coffee for everyone!
She also got a lot of Dora items! She got two cups, a plate, a bowl, and even six pairs of panties!
And she got a new baby doll, who we eventually named Maggie. And she was in love with her. Isn't her proud mommy face adorable?!
Unfortunately, I was pretty sick on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. My throat was killing me and I had a slight fever, but it was easy to forget about in all the fun we were having. However, I did not get as many pictures of things as I normally would have. I didn't even take a single picture at Asa's mom's or dad's houses, which now makes me so pissed at myself! Maybe I can find some people who did and post them later. Anyway, this is the only family picture we got at Christmas! (Maggie's paying more attention than Marley is!)
Mimi 2 and Pawpaw Gene were also there to spend Christmas with us, which was wonderful. Marley loved the special Mimi 2 attention!
Later that night, after we got back from Christmas and Asa's dad's house, we got to relax and play with all of our gifts. Emily got a hairbrush that doubles as a microphone from Chris and Caiti, so Emily and Marley sang Beyonce and Disney songs for what felt like hours. I have videos of it, but I don't think Emily would appreciate me posting them!
We had such a fantastic Christmas. I hate that Christmas goes by so quickly! I wish it could last all year long! Well, actually for us it might. We are still singing Jingle Bells and talking about Santa!
She was in charge of passing out the stockings, which she was so proud of. She and Mimi had been practicing for days so that Marley knew who each stocking belonged to. So, after she had examined all of the things around her stocking, she loved giving everyone else theirs.
She squealed about each thing she pulled out of her stocking. "Candy! Dora Panties! Candy! Fork! Straws! Candy! Bubbles!"
There were three gifts that we could wrap, so they were covered in a big red table cloth. I did the big reveal and showed her all three of them, which we actually should have done last. Since they were out of the box and ready to play with, we couldn't ger away from them to open her presents!
She really got into boiling us pizza and making coffee for everyone!
She also got a lot of Dora items! She got two cups, a plate, a bowl, and even six pairs of panties!
And she got a new baby doll, who we eventually named Maggie. And she was in love with her. Isn't her proud mommy face adorable?!
Unfortunately, I was pretty sick on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. My throat was killing me and I had a slight fever, but it was easy to forget about in all the fun we were having. However, I did not get as many pictures of things as I normally would have. I didn't even take a single picture at Asa's mom's or dad's houses, which now makes me so pissed at myself! Maybe I can find some people who did and post them later. Anyway, this is the only family picture we got at Christmas! (Maggie's paying more attention than Marley is!)
Mimi 2 and Pawpaw Gene were also there to spend Christmas with us, which was wonderful. Marley loved the special Mimi 2 attention!
Later that night, after we got back from Christmas and Asa's dad's house, we got to relax and play with all of our gifts. Emily got a hairbrush that doubles as a microphone from Chris and Caiti, so Emily and Marley sang Beyonce and Disney songs for what felt like hours. I have videos of it, but I don't think Emily would appreciate me posting them!
We had such a fantastic Christmas. I hate that Christmas goes by so quickly! I wish it could last all year long! Well, actually for us it might. We are still singing Jingle Bells and talking about Santa!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
2011
Every New Year's Eve, Asa and his friends have a party at his friend's lake property. They have a big bonfire with everyone's Christmas trees, they do fireworks, shoot guns, and whatever else they can come up with until 2 or 3 in the morning. He always goes and that always means that I'm home with Marley when it turns midnight. It's never really bothered me before, but this year was different. It was like all of the sudden I turned into the monster who didn't want her husband to see anybody or spend time with anyone other than her. I wondered why for days leading up to it. He had already made all the plans and it was his last night to see his friends. Why did I have to be so grumpy about something is usually fine?
He ended up going and I pouted at home alone for a few hours. At 11:30 pm, he came in the door. I was so happy to see him for the last 30 minutes of 2010, and he was so proud that he had surprised me. It suddenly hit me why I was so upset. We are going to spend 10 months of 2011 apart. Why would I want to start off the year that way? Alone, at home.
Midnight came, we did a "Welcome, 2011" kiss, and then I burst into tears. I wasn't ready for 2011 to be here.
I have so much to look forward to this year. I get to see Marley grow, welcome our new baby, watch Marley be an awesome big sister, spend time with my family, and adjust to life with two babies. Thinking about the Spring and Summer in Texas makes me excited about all of the things we will get to do.
But, then there is a huge dark cloud looming over my 2011 also. My husband will miss all of that. As happy as I will be to meet our new baby and watch Marley swim all summer, I will also be thinking about the fact that Asa is missing it. I will be a slave to my Nikon and Flip, trying to capture everything on film for him to see, but it just won't be the same as having him here.
My tears lasted for a while as I hated 2011 for coming so soon. When I could say that he deploys "next year" it wasn't so bad. But, 2011 had to come and change all of that.
I am feeling much better now, a few weeks later. Obviously, I don't want Asa to leave but I am determined to look on the bright side. And I am also determined to make 2011 a good year, even if I have to fake it until I believe it. I am not really the kind of person who make New Year's Resolutions. I made an unofficial one last year to get healthy, which I accomplished. But this year I am documenting them, and when I am down in the dumps in a few months I will have something to remind me about my goals for the year.
1. Have this baby. That seems pretty simple and obvious, but I have a lot of work to do before that happens, which will hopefully distract me a little bit. I have many books to read about VBACs, and I have to really work on keeping myself very healthy for the next 6 months. I have baby things to buy and rooms to get ready, and the best little two-year-old helper by my side eager to get involved.
2. Save Money. We have a credit card and truck to pay off, and various savings accounts to start. I already have a lot of excitement thinking about the financial aspect of this deployment.
3. Stay Busy. I have all the baby-related things I mentioned in resolution #1, but I also have a lot of other things I want to do this year. I want to enroll Marley in some gymnastics classes, sign myself up to be able to swim somewhere regularly, watch all seasons of Gilmore Girls, catch up on TONS of scrapbooks I want to make, and my mom and I have a few projects planned that she needs my help with. Not to mention, I will be updating my blog as much as possible for Asa to see what is going on with our babies.
4. Stay Positive. I'm not really sure how that will get accomplished yet. I don't think I'll really know what will help me stay positive until I get there. But recently, I have been oddly motivated about this year. I feel like I will have things to do and hopefully the days won't drag on like I originally thought they would. How ever it happens, I really think that staying positive will help even more than staying busy.
To the people reading this, if you see my depressed during the next year remind me to go back and read this. Hopefully then I will feel motivated all over again!
And to 2011, when you arrived I was dreading you more than anything. But I promise to try my hardest to make this a year full of good things. And hopefully one day I will be very glad you came!
He ended up going and I pouted at home alone for a few hours. At 11:30 pm, he came in the door. I was so happy to see him for the last 30 minutes of 2010, and he was so proud that he had surprised me. It suddenly hit me why I was so upset. We are going to spend 10 months of 2011 apart. Why would I want to start off the year that way? Alone, at home.
Midnight came, we did a "Welcome, 2011" kiss, and then I burst into tears. I wasn't ready for 2011 to be here.
I have so much to look forward to this year. I get to see Marley grow, welcome our new baby, watch Marley be an awesome big sister, spend time with my family, and adjust to life with two babies. Thinking about the Spring and Summer in Texas makes me excited about all of the things we will get to do.
But, then there is a huge dark cloud looming over my 2011 also. My husband will miss all of that. As happy as I will be to meet our new baby and watch Marley swim all summer, I will also be thinking about the fact that Asa is missing it. I will be a slave to my Nikon and Flip, trying to capture everything on film for him to see, but it just won't be the same as having him here.
My tears lasted for a while as I hated 2011 for coming so soon. When I could say that he deploys "next year" it wasn't so bad. But, 2011 had to come and change all of that.
I am feeling much better now, a few weeks later. Obviously, I don't want Asa to leave but I am determined to look on the bright side. And I am also determined to make 2011 a good year, even if I have to fake it until I believe it. I am not really the kind of person who make New Year's Resolutions. I made an unofficial one last year to get healthy, which I accomplished. But this year I am documenting them, and when I am down in the dumps in a few months I will have something to remind me about my goals for the year.
1. Have this baby. That seems pretty simple and obvious, but I have a lot of work to do before that happens, which will hopefully distract me a little bit. I have many books to read about VBACs, and I have to really work on keeping myself very healthy for the next 6 months. I have baby things to buy and rooms to get ready, and the best little two-year-old helper by my side eager to get involved.
2. Save Money. We have a credit card and truck to pay off, and various savings accounts to start. I already have a lot of excitement thinking about the financial aspect of this deployment.
3. Stay Busy. I have all the baby-related things I mentioned in resolution #1, but I also have a lot of other things I want to do this year. I want to enroll Marley in some gymnastics classes, sign myself up to be able to swim somewhere regularly, watch all seasons of Gilmore Girls, catch up on TONS of scrapbooks I want to make, and my mom and I have a few projects planned that she needs my help with. Not to mention, I will be updating my blog as much as possible for Asa to see what is going on with our babies.
4. Stay Positive. I'm not really sure how that will get accomplished yet. I don't think I'll really know what will help me stay positive until I get there. But recently, I have been oddly motivated about this year. I feel like I will have things to do and hopefully the days won't drag on like I originally thought they would. How ever it happens, I really think that staying positive will help even more than staying busy.
To the people reading this, if you see my depressed during the next year remind me to go back and read this. Hopefully then I will feel motivated all over again!
And to 2011, when you arrived I was dreading you more than anything. But I promise to try my hardest to make this a year full of good things. And hopefully one day I will be very glad you came!
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