close to the heart

"For now, please hug your babies a little tighter...
Give your children a little extra squeeze...

Be a little more patient and diligent
and a little less distracted by the things that will wait until later.
Embrace the things that matter most!

Life is so fragile..."

My friend Jaci posted this on her blog. I read what she posted. I cried.. and cried some more. It's a story about a Mom who had to deal with a tragedy with her young baby and the miracles that happened. It has made me incredibly grateful for being a mother and for the blessings that I have and the joy Dulany brings into my life.

here is the story in the news found here

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35820985/ns/today-today_people?GT1=43001.

Here is the blog in which she writes her story of the event
http://stakerzxposed.blogspot.com/2010/02/it-is-painfully-ironic-that-last-blog.html

I know a lot of the times I get frustrated with being home with Dulany all day and having to wake up early with her and be with her when she's fussy and a lot of the time she doesn't love to cuddle with her mamma and daddy.. but this story seriously made me go and pick her up and TRY to let be give her some loves with out her pushing away (which she does cause she's miss independent as long as mammas in the room).

This also taught me a valuable lesson. There has been 2 times i was somewhat tempted to leave her in the tub. She was laying down, couldnt roll yet... and a. someone either knocked on the door or b. the phone was ringing and i was expecting a call. Yet i didn't and I am SO glad. I can't imagine what this mother is going through, and i hope i will never have to. It's amazing to see the blessings that are being present in this story and it makes me so grateful for this gospel.

popsicles, headrubs and mirrors

Here are a few videos

here is one of Dulany sharing a Popsicle with her mamma (no worries, its sugar free and all fruit one... yeah im def. trying to be healthy!) it is too funny. she LOVED it and when i ate the last bite she actually got mad. This one is funny because its the first time she bit of a piece... hilarious.



here is one of dad trying to get her to rub his head. it kinda worked. She loves her dadda!





here is one of her today, talking in the mirror to herself. She is obsessed with the mirror. She gets up to it and starts talking to herself and tries to get her own nose. She LOVES other kids.. she gets so excited when she sees them. so im positive she thinks its another kid.. (i hear they dont recognize their reflection till 2 years old..) so yeah. It made me laugh.

piggy tails and overalls

yesterday i was determined to put pig tails in Dulany's hair, i did it, and she looks like a baby shrek haha. But today i did it and then i put on these pink baby gap overalls i got at a 2nd hand baby store a few months back. and believe it or not, they are a little short. haha But she looks so stinkin cute i can't get over it.

here are some pictures.

Museum of Idaho

On saturday, we went to the museum of idaho. Tom and his cousin (who we went with) know a family from oregon and one of them is from IF and works there got us free tickets to go to the "Wolf to Woof" exhibit. It was kinda small but hey ill do ANYTHING thats free and gets me out of the house with Dulany. I think she liked it... getting to ride in her stroller and see other kids (she FREAKS out - in a good way... when she sees a kid.. i mean, she gets soooo excited its outrageous) but anywho, here are some pictures















here is a cute pic before church. Aunt bonnie gave Dulany this dress, its just so cute. and the crocs dont fit yet, but hopeflly this summer!

"dada"

Dulany started to say "dada" this morning. the past few days we've been saying "say DADA" like nonstop. Tom really wanted her to say it. this morning i knew she was getting close so i started saying it over and over and right when i said "say dada" she said it clear as day "dada" just as if she were really responding to my request. It is so cute. Just when tom was leaving work i was holding her and she followed him to the door (looking wise) and so i called him back to look at her and when he did she just had the BIGGEST smile and squeeled. Too bad he was leaving... she sure does her daddy.. even though he wakes her up in the morning before he goes to class with all the kisses!

anywho, here is what we captured last night. (i know. we take tons of photos of her sleeping, but thats when she is just so stinkin cute.. considering she loves to cuddle with her blanket/toy and she loves sleeping on her side and belly now)

Spring/Easter wreath

here is my spring wreath i made earlier this week and decided since it was march, i could put it up, even though there is a ton of snow on the ground. But i got the idea from my friend Morgan who posted a ton of cute wreaths on her blog.






here are the pictures

This girl already knows how to use the remote!

not really, but she always wants the remote, so we give her the dvd one cause its harmless. But thats not good enough. she wants BOTH. ITs too funny. The other day we had it on and she likes to switch the channels (not on purpose but thinks its funny when she does)and she changed it from sportscenter to PBS where there were cartoons and she stopped and just looked at the tv and was so amused. i didnt realize they could tell already the difference between regular tv and cartoons. Yikes.. kinda scary to think about.

here is a video of her playing with both remotes and her doing her new babble with her tongue. cracks me up.



ok now this is scary. As i was waiting for this video to upload.. Dulany was playing with the remotes but the tv/dvdplayer was off. she managed to turn the tv on, then turn the dvd player on, somehow switch the channel on the tv to the "dvd channel" and bam, her baby eintsein video was playing. Lets just say she REALLY got excited.

About time it fits!

We got this little camo dress for Dulany when i was pregnant. I posted a picture of it way back when> I finally pulled it out to see if it would fit her and it did! The only problem is.. i lost one of her little camo booties that match the dress on a walk(which she probably wouldve pulled off all the time anyways) but i figured i would share pictures.


here is a video of her playing with a jelly belly bag. i have never seen her so excited about it. but whatever makes her happy and entertains her! also, you can see she's started doing this tongue/talk thingy its hilarious. love it!





here is anohter video of her playing with her doll and her just being happy!

all cooped up.

i seriously hate winters in rexburg. I mean, utah even has grass showing. Their snow melts, ours doesnt. It hasnt snowed bad in awhile, which is fine. but it is So cold and that means there will be 2 feet of snow till like april. There was a day last week wher it was sunny outside and probably 30 degrees so i dragged Tom out to take a walk with me and Dulany at the nature park (another reason i hate rexburg. No sidewalks. if there are sidewalks, they aren't shoveled and i dont like to walk in the streets with a baby). So we went and this was the first time Dulany sat in the actual stroller (considering we havent gotten the stroller out in months..) so it was quite exciting as you can see. Too bad the walk only lasted like 10 minutes.





while we're inside all day, she rolls all over the floor for her toys. She finally noticed that some of her toys are in the little basket i have. So she tries to get them, and then she whines cause she's frustrated. its kinda cute.



here is a few pics of her in her valentines outfit that we still like her to wear cause well its just so dang cute. I try to put little clips in her hair because its getting a lot thicker/longer but its still not quite long enough.. oh well! hopefully soon.




ps. another post below, and more videos to come. promise!

Sleepy Baby

Here are a few pics of my baby girl sleeping. the first two are how we found her one night before we went to bed. Lately she's been in some funny positions. Yesterday she ended up on the other side of the crib, opposite of how she was, head in the corner on TOP of her stuffed animal/blanket thing. Too bad she was upset and i didnt get a picture.



this morning, she woke up at 5 am.. (its been happening as of lately) so i made her bottle and stuck her inbetween us. She fell asleep and i quickly put her pacifier in so she would stay asleep. She usually gets her pacifier and starts babbling but this morning she stayed asleep till 8 am between us. i was pretty surprised. with all three of us in the bed facing the same way, it looked like 3 way spooning. I decided i needed to take a picture.

videos, again.

here is a video of how excited dulany got when the puppets came on tv when watching baby mcdonald the other day.



so im pretty sure i didnt post this, but i may have.. anywho, she LOVES standing on her own as i said before. After we took this video, my friend EMily came over and Dulany stood for over 30 seconds for her, iw as so amazed! sorry its sideways!



and here is a video fo her just being silly right after she got out of the bath with her crazy hair. Its getting a lot more thicker now (i LOVE it! ) and i can't wait to start putting it in little piggy tails!




ps. there are 2 more posts below, so make sure to check them out!

as of lately

dulany now has to hold her own bottle all the time, which is fine by me. its almost bad though bc when its 6 in the morning and she wants one i stick her in our bed where she usually falls asleep for a little bit so it almost makes me want to just give it to her in her crib but i def dont want to start that habit! i like having her snuggle withus in the mornings since she is very miss independent the rest of the day.




also, she rolls around all the time but usually is always on her back. therefor when dad is watching sports and she wants to watch, she looks like this. silly girl.


her poops are like big people poops now. very solid = lots of pushing. it cracks us up w. the faces she makes. i tried to get one while she was eatting.

wouldn't you..

want to climb into this crib and snuggle?

8 months old!

Dulany is 8 months old today!

some new things about her...

she is starting to like veggies now.. even though its cause i have to put some applesauce in about everything (peas, greenbeans, squash).

she's laughing more and more each day and babbles. She'll only say mamma now when shes upset. sad day! we're working on dada now.

she does amazing going to sleep. she gets a bath, eats, bedtime story and we can put her down awake and she puts herself to sleep. No more swaddling at all! we're finally back on a schedule with ehr for the daytime with naps which means she's sleeping in later (no more 5 am wakings like after christmas!)

she has started to fall asleep on her side/belly... note picture.



she rolls ALL over the place. she perfers to roll than to crawl. (i put her on her belly to crawl, bam right back to rolling over)

She LOVES to stand. sometimes we'll try to sit her on the floor and she just wants to stand. so we'll sit with her and let her stand.. she;'s been able to stand for a total of about 12 seconds at the longest. She's too funny. She loves to stand next to her exersaucer while playing too.

so who needs crawling right? i wish. We're working on crawling but she just doesnt seem to want to do it. we'll keep going at it though...(thats why i dont really like going to a married student ward.. which means tons of babies, which means tons of kids to compare your kid too. which isnt good)


anywho, here are a few pictures from today/yesterday and a few videos.

here is a video of her figuring our she can use her foot to spin the toy. i thought it was kinda funny.




here is a video of her trying to get my camera. and when tom tries to put her on the floor to try to crawl to it, nope, she just rolls. thats what she does all the time.





here is a video of her just talking and saying "im 8 months old!"





here is another video of her playing with her tights. i could do this all day long at church to keep her occupied and happy.. she just laughs and laughs.


ok one last video. her standing up on her exersaucer. I had another video where she stands for a little bit when she let go, but i accidently deleted it.. whoops!






here are som pictures! notice the stinkin cute green sweater that grandma roseanne got her while we were in oregon.

Happy Valentines Day

Love, Dulany