Look! It’s those Posell’s

I’m burried and I can’t seem to get out.  I am overwhelmed with everything.  I guess not overwhelmed, I’m just letting things slide and spending time with Marley.  I am enjoying her so much, but it feels like my house is falling in around me.  I need some time to get things in order.  What is the biggest bummer, is that I want to work on fun things and not because I need to unburry.

I have pictures of Marley that I want to post and I have all kinds of craft projects that I want to work on.  She has started to take better naps, so hopefully I can get on top of things as long as the good naps continue!

I have always thought it was weird when people cry and carry on when a celebrity dies.  I watched coverage of Princess Dianna’s death and thought how odd that people were sobbing.  Strange.  I never understood why people cried when Elvis and Lennon died.  I still don’t.  But I do feel sad that Michael Jackson died yesterday.  I would never be one of those people sobbing that they always seem to catch in the news coverage, but I feel a loss.

Michael Jackson was the first artist I truly apreciated.  I think his music is amazing.  I used to listen to it all the time, and I still do.  In my mind it is such a tragedy that he took such a turn for weird.  He had potential to be a giant star for many more years for his music and not for his quirks.

So farewell Michael.

According to Kelly just announced the favorite things swap!  If you haven’t heard of this, go check it out.  It is a fun swap where you trade at least three of your favorite things with another woman from blog world.  It is so much fun.  The deadline to sign up is July third, so get a move on if you are interested.  I can’t wait to start getting my things together and see what I receive!

Babies need to sleep.  For some reason, the last couple weeks, Marley has decided that she doesn’t need a nap.  She is wrong.  She needs multiple naps!  She will fall asleep for ten minutes and then be awake for hours before falling asleep for ten minutes again.  This makes for a very unhappy baby.

The only way I have been able to get her to take a nap lately is to lay down in my bed with her.  The bad thing about that is that I end up falling asleep also.  That is the only bad thing though.  Snuggling with my little girl is a highlight!  She is so little and cuddly.  I love it.

So I’m blaming my lack of posting on a baby that needs to be held constantly.  It’s a good excuse right?

Last week, I wanted to take pictures of Marley and I together.  I take lots of pictures of Chad with her, but there are very few pictures of me with her.  I asked Janel to come over and help me.  I feared it would be interesting.  I had a vision of what they were to be.  I told Janel where to stand with the camera and had her just shoot away.  We got some pretty decent stuff.  These two are my favorites.  Not bad for a semi-self portrait.

I don’t know why, but we decided to go out looking for Maggy one last time at 10:30.  We had both kind of resolved that we weren’t going to find her.  We were distraught.  Both crying and feeling terrible.  I took Marley in my car, and Chad took Tilly in the truck.  He went one way, I went another.  No sign of Maggy.  I was just hoping that she would be prancing down the road and I would be able to scoop her up.  No luck.  Then I got a call from Chad that he had found her in a spot we had each been to at least 10 different times.  More crying and speeding home.  My super puppy is home and she is safe!

Heavenly Father loves us and directs us in EVERYTHING!

Maggie got out of the backyard on Saturday and she hasn’t come home.  If anyone nearby sees her please call or post here.

This is what she looks like…

I’m now a stay at home mom. The best gig ever. I love every minute of it and am so grateful to Chad that I can stay home with our little one.
To most people, it is no secret that we like gadgets in our house. We are notorious for getting new phones every few months, until we stumbled across a little thing we like to call the iPhone.
This thing is amazing. I can blog, check facebook read the newspaper, read scriptures. It is great. In fact, it gets used for those things more than the iPod or the phone. It’s really a hand held computer.
Well we have been paring down our expenses and the iPhone just happens to be one of those expenses that is unjustifyable. Especially when we can save $50+ a month by going to a regular phone. CRAZY!
Now that we are without the iPhone, we kind of feel free. We were kind of slaves to those little devices.
It was hard to give it up, hard for both of us and Chad is the major device lover.
Anything for my little bean, and Chad agrees too.

We have been trading off going to church the last couple of weeks.  You know, one stays with the babe, while the other goes.  It was my turn to go last week and this week was Chad’s turn.  I had been commenting that I couldn’t wait until we all got to go together.  As Chad was getting ready this morning he suggested we all go. 

Now that is a big deal.  He hasn’t wanted me to leave the house with her, let alone go to church.  I don’t blame him.  He is doing what the Dr. said, but I’ve been going mad!

So I rushed to get me and Marley ready and we all went to church together.  It was the best day at church ever.  It was so fun to sit together as a family.  I can’t wait for more.

We stayed for all three meetings which ended up being a bit of a challenge, because Marley was hungry by the middle of Relief Society and mama forgot a bottle.  Live and learn.  It was still great.

My little bean all tuckered out after a long morning at church.  Venturing out into the world is exhausting!

Oh Mother’s Day, how I have despised you!  For the past few years you have been a day, not dreaded, but an intolerable one none the less.  I remember Mother’s Day two years ago.  Sitting in Sacrament Meeting by myself listening to a young sister about my age gush about how much she loved being a mom and how blessed she was to be expecting again.  I tried to hold it in, but couldn’t.  Get up and leave you say?  Couldn’t.  I had to play the piano for the primary to sing, so play through my tears I did.  As soon as I was finished I escaped.

Fast forward two years and I actually enjoyed it!  It’s amazing how the hurt of that day can be completely erased by the presence of a baby.  I enjoyed being at church today even if it was by myself.  (Got to do the switch off for now).  I loved hearing the talks and singing the songs.  I even got to stand and get my flower.

Thanks Miss Marley for making me a mom.  There is no greater feeling in the world.  I do have the very best job in the whole world and wouldn’t trade it for anything.  I love you bug!