Pictures that make me smile...

In going through my facebook albums, I have found a couple of gems that just make me smile.




Natalie, holding her dad's boxers, for instance. ;)


The awesome old man face. ;) 
I don't know what my hair was doing that day, but I love this pic more than words!


Hahaha! My little teether and drooler.



My mom made her this Dorothy costume for Halloween.




Thanks, Natalie, for doing drugs in this picture.



A better one of just us. Made the turkey onesie. ;)


She loves stuffed animals more than I can possibly describe.


Natalie and her twin, my sweet mom.


Maternity leave was the best. I miss it.



Bath time! (Calm down, cheeks! I am holding the camera that has survived being dropped in the ocean. Doesn't it look great for that kind of abuse?!) 

I remember being so freaked the freak out by this.






So teeny.



The night before I was induced. SWOLLEN.



AWW. <33333


What a fun trip with our inlaws pre-pregnancy.

I think he was a little overdone here.


Trina, you are sooo pretty! Even when you are making crazy faces!!


The great food tour of North Carolina... all we did was eat on that trip.





I forgot he looked like this that summer-- haha!





OMG, Dad and I LOVED MY OLD BATHROOM.



I'M EXPERIENCING MAD HAIR ENVY FROM YEARS PAST.



THAT TIME MY HUSBAND WAS A LUMBERJACK. HAHA.



We were just little babies when we got married.



And he could lift me! (WAH!)



Dating in college. BABIES!


That time I tried to show Brandon that I was proficient in Irish step dancing. HAH. I loved that dress... so very much and WOW, Brandon was a slob in college.


Once more-- babies. And what kind of shirt am I wearing?


SKELETOR.



I was obsessed with that dress. Seriously. 




The time I was the Twilight book for Halloween... hahaha.


All in all, some fun pics throughout the years...what a fun blast to the past. ;)

Random spurts of motherhood.

So. . . I've been attempting to get reorganized in every aspect of my life. LOL. I don't know why I have to laugh at that, but, if you know me, you know I'm one of those who often flies by the seat of my pants. I do just enough organization to get by. I don't look at calendars. I buy planners, and they sit around prettily until I'm doing a cleaning haul, the year's already half-way gone, and then they're disposed of until I see another cute planner on deep clearance at Target. That is me. I hate that about myself. I'm too relaxed. But... now I have a child whom I'm responsible for. I have to keep up with her doctor's visits, her iron supplement, her care schedule.

And oh my goodness-- can we just talk about how more than a year's flown by since I had Natalie? This time last year I was probably holed away in our master bedroom watching the Voice, eating lean cuisines, and crying while rocking Natalie. I don't feel like an old pro when it comes to motherhood by any means, but I sure have relaxed. I've hit another roadblock, though. Natalie's walking. My child... my teeny baby...is standing on her wobbly little legs and walking. Not just walking. Running. It's what nightmares are made of. I don't have baby gates assembled. I don't have latches on cabinet doors. I do well to keep my floor swept and mopped, and now she's WALKING ON IT and leaving piles of toys, utensils, whatever in her wake as she reaches for the dvd player so she can push buttons.

And she's TALKING. Like, full on sentences. Okay, so maybe "Hey baby." isn't what you would typically describe as a sentence, but I can understand her. She's a little mimic. I have to be careful around her when I stub my toe or drop something or bang my head on her highchair. She soaks it all in like a little sponge.

Anyhow, back to organizing my thoughts. Did you like that nice little Natalie tangent?I did!

So, these are the areas I need to get a hold of in the near future:
Cabinets ( I need to latch them and reorganize them-- the makeup cabinet in our master bathroom is a treasure trove of 'no-no's)
Shower ( I just need to legitimately clean our shower. It frightens me.)
Yard (I cannot bear it. We bought a house that requires major landscaping, and I'm bound and determined to rip out our backyard while Brandon's on his mission trip. Speaking of, I need to get quotes on yardwork from some local companies.)
Floors ( I need to mop... and I need to clean our carpet.)
Glasses ( I need to buy a new pair of glasses to replace the ones Natalie hurled across the hardwood)
Teeth cleaning ( I need to make an appointment desperately. Desperately.)

One of these days, I'm gonna get with it and do a before and after series of my house. I know a lot of you think I keep my house reasonably tidy, but y'all need to see the evil that lurks behind closed doors when you've got a toddler. :)