March

With a new month came a snowstorm!! It was the first one we've had since October (which A. I missed and B. only consisted of maybe 5" or so) and I couldn't be happier. I'm glad that we didn't have a super snowy winter this year, but I do like some snow here and there. This snow was fantastic! It had big, white flakes and just looked like it should on Christmas Day. It was so peaceful and quiet....I love that about snow. It just seems like a blanket on the Earth and everything is hushed and pure.

I took Eden outside for a couple of quick pictures. It would've been nice to take some more, and some family pictures, but when it's just her and I....well, you know how that goes!





I was pretty busy last month. Between John taking the week of our anniversary off and then just finding things to do, meeting up with friends for coffee or lunch...I can't believe how fast it went.

We are in the beginning phases of thinking of transitioning to civilian life and John has been looking for jobs on a daily basis. When we were out on our anniversary, we were talking about it and I told him that if it came down to it, I wouldn't be mad if we had to stay here. I know the goal was always to go back to Cincinnati, but if that couldn't or didn't happen...I'd be happy here. So, only time will tell what will happen and where we'll end up. Well, it'll either be here or there. I have NO desire to move to another city, despite how close it was to Cincinnati unless we had NO other choice. However, I don't think that will be the case. He knows he can get a job up here and is meeting with a guy he used to work with this weekend to talk about how it is, hours, perks, etc.

I have mixed feeling...or maybe I should say I don't know really HOW I feel. Part of me is afraid that if we went home that I wouldn't be happy there. Yes, I'd be happy to be around my family and friends...but we've just become so accustomed to life up here that I'm afraid that once we got back there, that I'd miss being up here. And if we stayed here, I'm afraid that forever up here would make me miss home more. I know I'll be happy both places to a certain extent, and miss things about where I don't end up. It's a messy situation in my brain right now, but I'm not all that worried about it, so that's that.

It's getting late and I should be heading to bed. Eden has yet, another cold that surfaced last night, so she didn't sleep well and I'm anticipating the same tonight. I elevated her mattress and am running the humidifier in the attempts to hopefully ease her congestion. Hopefully that will work and she'll get a descent's night sleep...I need one too.

Cheers to March and the nearing of Spring (for us up here at least)!

Smiles!

Eden was VERY smiley this morning. Yay!!

First Ponytail

Eden's hair is finally long enough for a Pebble's ponytail! It doesn't stay in long because her hair is so fine, but it's so cute for the ten minutes it does stay in.

7 Months Old

Not only is it Valentine's Day, but it's also Eden's 7 month birthday! She's sitting up good these days (still not crawling) and just wants to be a big girl. She is the happiest thing ever, although you'd never know by the look on her face in her pictures. It makes me sad that I can hardly ever get her smile on film, but I'm over it because I see it every day in person.

She had a fever yesterday and hasn't really been herself much today, so we hung out in our jammies all day.



This picture that I took yesterday cracks me up because she's got this, "WTF am I supposed to do with all these toys?" look on her face.


Oh...play with them I guess.


I made these hearts yesterday too. It's poundcake covered in marshmallow fondant. Yum!! They came out super cute...but giant pain in the ass!

Something New

This morning was busy for me. We were just about out of all of Eden's freezer food (peaches, pears, peas, carrots, and sweet potatoes) so I had to devote an hour or so to making as much food as possible. I wasn't about to spend all day doing it. I made peaches, pears, peas with fresh mint and something new...broccoli!

I know what you're all saying, "OH MY GOSH! She'll get such bad gas! Why would you give that to her! Babies aren't supposed to have broccoli!" Well, both baby food books that I have say that in the 6 month range you can give them pretty much anything after "first foods" have been introduced and tolerated, and yes, broccoli is on that list. I had some broccoli in the crisper that needed to be used within the next few days so I steamed it up and pureed it. I froze it all except enough for her to have a tablespoon or so to try for lunch. It smells so strong that I was SURE she was going to hate it. Ha! Nope...loved it! Now, assuming she doesn't have any problems being super gassy or pooping, we'll be good to go!

Salon

I took Eden with me to the salon today while I got my hair colored and cut. I was kinda nervous about it (not sure why), but of course, she was a perfect angel the entire time and seemed to love seeing other people get their hair done and look at herself in the mirror. She just sat in my lap and looked around, smiled, and just enjoyed being one of the girls. Mind you...I did take the exersaucer (yes, I'm that mom), but I only needed it the last 20 minutes or so while my hair girl cut and blew my hair dry. It worked out perfectly! All the girls there love her anyways, so it's not like I didn't have people who weren't willing to help hold her if I needed it.

She slept so well last night too, which I was very thankful for. I think we're finally getting out of the waking up pattern.....hopefully. She's still coughing during the day, but not so much at night anymore, and her nose isn't quite as runny as it was yesterday. I don't think this cold will go away quickly, but I'm hoping it's on the "going" path rather than the "stick around" path.

10:17pm

I am going to bed this early. Bad night sleep for Eden last night = worse for me. She has been passed out since 8:30, so pray she gets a good night tonight. Poor baby needs it, and so does Mama. Goodnight!