six months

I havent written in a while. I've been pretty busy. Elsie is now a full blown crawler. Not to mention her love of climbing. She is keeping me on my toes. By the way, my little baby is SIX months old. half a year. What the heck!? Time is flying by faster than I thought possible. 

This little baby that grew inside me is now a little person. 

She has likes and dislikes and ohh does she have personality.

She loves her mama and thinks her daddy is hilarious.

Laying on the dogs and patting them until they get up and move is a fun game.

She is determined and strong, always wanting to stand up and explore every corner of the house.

She has recently taken up panting like a dog when she gets excited. 

If there was an olympics for baby bouncing, Miss Elsie would get the gold medal.

Basically she is the spazziest, funnest, most energetic little person I've ever known.

These past 6 months, I have gotten to re-experience everything through the eyes of my little girl. I have taken a shower thousands of times. But ohh the excitement of tons of tiny water drops hitting our faces. It makes us silly and giggly. Food is an adventure. The little pieces that are so tricky for little hands and fingers to grab. But when we get it into our mouths the only thing appropriate is a long, loud, "mmmmmmm". But the best thing is mirrors. When you see yourself smiling back, you just have to yell and dance. And every small spec on the ground sparks our curiosity and we must get it, and of course, taste it. Letting everyone know how it tastes with loud "ga ga ga ga's" and "ma ma ma's. We are working on "dada" and I swear she is this close!

With how much fun Elsie's first 6 months have been I can only imagine how fun the next 6 will be. It is so true what they say about every stage getting more and more fun. We are living in the moment, and are so excited for the future. I couldn't imagine a better way to spend it. 

I love my little family.

Easters

This being Elsie's first Easter, you'd think we would do something special... on the contrary! We figured this would be our last Easter we could get away with not doing anything before Elsie understood what was going on. So we didn't really do anything special. We did however take a 2 hour nap, which was a lovely and much needed Easter miracle.

Blogging Block

I havent been in much of a blogging mood... For the past 8 months my husband has been looking for work. He got an awesome job the month after he graduated and it all seemed too good to be true. Well turns out it was. The company that hired him had been hiring recent graduates when there was a lot of work, and then would let them go as soon as work slowed down again. 5 months after he began working there they started telling him that he wouldn't need to come in the next day, or that he could leave early. By June it was "we will call you when we need you" and on July first, they informed him he would no longer be needed.

When he got that job we thought it would be the start of our new life. We talked about buying a house and having babies. Little did we know a little girl was already on the way. We had big plans! I spent hours on pinterest looking for room and decor ideas and I began laying out each bedroom in my head. Lucky for us we didn't find a house we wanted or we would have a mortgage and no way to pay it.

Now, almost 9 months later, we still don't have work. Chase has applied at every company you can think of with no luck. We have had a few companies fly us out for interviews. One company was very interested and began talking about the projects they wanted Chase to work on. But like all the other jobs that looked even somewhat promising, it fell through.

These past months have been pretty trying, but the past two weeks have been the hardest. Its so frustrating that its been so long and we just cant seem to catch a break. If Chase wasn't such a saver, we would have nothing right now. But each month we get an email informing us that we spent more than we put into our checking account. I should probably deactivate that feature, its more depressing than anything else.

I cannot help but wonder what we are doing wrong. Why do we deserve this? What are we supposed to learn though all this? Being positive is usually something that comes fairly easy for me, but I find myself pouting about not having a home to decorate, or money to spend without having to hold my breath while I swipe my card. I often go to target, fill my cart with the things we need then stand there by the check out line for a couple minutes before hurrying out to my car {leaving the full cart just sitting there in the middle of the store} blinking as fast as I can to fight the tears.

But I guess on the bright side I get to hang out with my husband every single day. And we have the cutest little girl on the planet. That part rocks. Let's focus on that....

Blessing Day

Sunday we had the opportunity to bless Elsie in our home. Moments like these make me appreciate my family and friends on such a deeper level. So many of them came to show their love and support. I am so grateful for them all. And for Chase... ohh boy that husband of mine has a way with words. It was the sweetest blessing I've ever heard. I love this little family of mine.

Best Friends

She loves him and he loves her even more.

He is her dog already.

Melts my heart.

a little shower

So I've been incredible busy lately. My lovely sister in law is getting married and I have been named the wedding planner. Its been so much fun putting all our ideas together to create just what she wants. This last week was her Bridal Shower. Let me just say that everything turned out awesome! 

My mother in law made this cake. Is there anything she can't do!?

cream pie + cheesecake in mason jars.

Two weeks till they seal the deal!