Sharing shoes... already

Emily has been obsessed with my shoes these days. If there is a pair lying around the house, you can bet that she is in them walking around in a matter of seconds. Oh, and when she gets in my closet, I think she tries on every pair. I don't wear many heels, being so tall, and all, so she gets really frustrated when the heels don't sit down flat. I always have to take those away from her before she throws her "I am frustrated" temper tantrum.

I can always hear her clanking all around the house as she walks around in her latest find. She makes circles and circles around the living room. Somehow this is fun. Unfortunately, she will never stop long enough for me to take a picture.

And don't shoes always fit better with a pair of boots on first?

Wii Fit

We recently bought the Wii Fit and our whole family has been having fun with it. And when I say "whole family," I literally mean whole family...

One aspect of Wii fit is measuring your balance. It is so funny to see how off my balance is right now. I am generally perfect balanced between my left and right side, but it shows me shifted way to the back. It's the belly. Unfortunately, there is no pregnant-lady setting.

I have had the most fun hula-hooping. I can only do it once or twice a day before all my ab and lower back muscles are killing me. I feel like it is the light way to work out these muscles when there is something the size of a bowling ball residing inside my stomach. And for all those freaking out about me working my abs, it is perfectly fine to do certain ab exercises when you are pregnant.

Emily has been very intrigued, and although we have entered her stats, she is not old enough to really participate in any of the activities. We pull up the box it came in whenever we play with it, though, and she stands on it with a controller and thinks she is playing, as well.

Sorry, Daniel. The picture of me hula-hooping did not make the blog.

Good enough

Emily has been attempting to put on her own clothes for quite some time, and she gets really frustrated with herself when things don't work out. She has slowly gotten closer and closer to getting the right articles of clothing on the correct body parts. We made major progress this past weekend...

She was quite proud of herself.

Multitude Mondays - Week Seven

154. that Emily is still taking naps

155. surprise checks in the mail

156. hour long phone calls from old friends

157. babysitters

158. going on a trip with Daniel... alone

159. eating at good restaurants in Charleston

160. Emily getting to spend alone time with her Mimi

161. catching up on movies

162. how Daniel and I don't run out of things to talk about, unlike our college dates

163. alone time with the husband

164. how excited everyone in our house in when Daddy comes home

165. having a long weekend due to MLK day

166. my Bible study starting up again

167. finding a mentor here

168. good ideas coming from other people that you can't wait to implement

169. what reading the Old Testament has done for my faith

170. being surrounded by people who are going through tougher struggles -- it puts a lot into perspective

171. free medical care we receive from the military

Nothing is sweeter to me than seeing a father with his daughter. Don't you agree?

Some days, nothing else works except being in Daddy's arms.

Charleston

I know, I know. I missed my multitude Monday's post.

Once you hear why, you will understand, though.

Daniel and I took our first ever trip alone. Did you read that? FIRST EVER! We have vacationed with family, vacationed with friends, and made many trips back home to Texas, but we have never vacationed alone. Due to military scheduling, we never got a honeymoon, and then a baby came around shortly after that, followed by a deployment, followed by life. I figured we needed to squeeze in some kind of trip soon, or it would be another year before we had another chance, due to our next little one arriving shortly.

As short as it was, the MLK holiday provided the only time to get away, so my mom flew up this past weekend and spent some quality time alone with Emily, which she loved, and Daniel and I headed down to Charleston. Charleston is an amazing city, and two days is definitely too short of a trip, but we had a great time. I feel like our whole trip revolved around eating, but that is one of our favorite things to do. It was so wonderful to go to nice restaurants and not have to worry about all the food/crayons/napkins that would end up on the floor. Unfortunately, there is very little room in my belly these days, so I didn't get to eat everything I wanted to, which was beyond frustrating.

It was so nice to not have any responsibilities that I somehow lost all motivation to do anything. I am getting sick of the disaster of a house I live in. Actually, it is not a disaster, at all, but I sure feel like it is. I just want to know that every inch of my house has been deep cleaned and there are no dust bunnies anywhere. Maybe this is nesting? I thought nesting was actually getting up and doing it, though. If I don't fit in spring cleaning in the next couple of weeks, then it won't happen until the fall. Daniel is going out in the field February 1st, and I do my best cleaning when he is gone, so maybe I will save spring cleaning for then.

Right now I will start with baby steps... I guess it is time to take down the Christmas decorations. In my defense, though, they were only up this long because I really wanted my mom to see them.

Multitude Mondays - Week Six

135. teaching Emily to put her dirty plate in the dishwasher -- I'm amazed at how much she is capable of these days

136. having our friends back in town

137. getting back into our routine

138. crosswords

139. Daniel going in later on Friday because of expected snow that never came

140. a wonderful weekend with Daniel at home

141. my Bible study starting up again

142. certain influential ladies that I am getting closer to

143. the direction the Lord is leading my family

144. seeing what prayer is accomplishing

145. learning to step back and let God take over -- although I am sometimes horrible at this

146. building lasting friendships through the Marine Corps -- our Greek friend Nick

147. good conversations with friends that last late into the night

148. surviving the cold spell

149. enjoying being back in my own kitchen cooking

150. a friend getting pregnant after years of struggling

151. my own fertility

152. getting a slew of kitchen staples from a friend who is deploying

153. lunch with friends