My early birthday present!

It came it came it came! I have been waiting for this for a long time! And thanks to my awesome husband and my survey taking, I earned all the money for it. I didn't pay a thing for it, it was all amazon gift cards and PayPal money. I'm so excited to use it!

Gabriella is 6 months!

I'm not a photographer by any means, but I wanted to get some sort of pictures to mark Gabby's six months! Here they are, I had fun playing with them, staying up WAY too late!

Snow cones!

You know you're jealous. We won this baby at Jacob's company picnic!

Christmas

This last year Christmas was a bit insane. We visited 6 houses in one day, with plans to go to another the next day (which didn't happen due to a snow storm). And that was only with one child. I can't imagine doing that with two! This year we decided we need to tone it down A LOT. This year we are going to try out something new. We won't go anywhere at all on Christmas day. We will just stay home and enjoy it with our own little family, and if people want to see us, they have to come to our house.
I also have thought I would like to try out less gifts. It just makes for a cluttered house anyway! It would be a lot better to do something for others instead. I thought we should try it while Spencer is still little and doesn't quite understand yet.
We'll see how it all goes- like I said this is a trial run year!

Facebook

Last month while all my cousins were here, we had a you tube video viewing night. We watched Studio C's Facebook friends song called "the 10 most annoying people on your news feed". At first I liked posting a lot of stuff, but then I realized I was probably like one of those people on the song! I also noticed I didn't like having  everyone know everything about my life 24 seconds after I posted something. So I've decided to cut back on my Facebook posts.

Gossip

I've come to realize lately how much gossip can affect others. I'd been thinking about it a lot and then there was an ensign article about wholesome language and there was also a link to a New Era article about gossiping.
http://www.lds.org/new-era/2013/08/choosing-not-to-gossip?lang=eng

I really enjoyed the articles and made me realize that I shouldn't participate in it. It can really have an impact on people, decisions, perceptions, etc. I've decided my new goal is to not gossip about others, situations, etc. I noticed how down I felt after a certain particular phone call that included me just listening to straight gossip about others. That whole day I just felt terrible, and wished I had never heard any of it, because it affected me so negatively.

So here's to my goal!

Dumb it down

Since becoming a mom, I feel as though I've gotten less smart. Not totally dumb, but like my smarts have been leaking out. I went to nursing school and I swear half that knowledge is gone! Does anyone else feel this way?

Insomnia...

The past month or so I've had TERRIBLE insomnia. Even when I wake up early so I'll be tired that night it still doesn't work! I can't take melatonin while I'm breastfeeding either. Aah!

Personality mirroring

Andy Bernard:
I'll be the number two guy here in Scranton in six weeks. How? Name repetition, personality mirroring and never breaking off a handshake. I'm always thinking one step ahead. Like a... carpenter... that makes stairs.

I think I do this personality mirroring too! It's never intentional, but I've caught myself doing it a lot lately. So if you see me acting just like you when we're chatting, that's probably why. I've never thought about it but it's actually pretty funny.