Recap from the weekend

I promised to do better with my blogging so Im back to recap the weekend.  Why do weekends go by SO fast and a work week drags SO slow!?!?!?  Overall, this weekend has been good.  It was an "on the go" type of weekend that's for sure.  I decided to take off early Friday afternoon and we went out to eat at San Juan for supper.  It's a local mexican restaurant and it muy delicioso!  Haha, sorry had to use some of my spanish skills.  We have 3 mexican restaurants in town and it's by far that best in my opinion.  So, Brandon took his two girls out for the night....ran into a few people we knew including some of his coworkers and my ex coworker Tammy!  Sure do miss that gal!!  Brayleigh did very well and ate her whole plate of chicken tenders.  Big girl!   My dad came up Saturday to visit.  He lives in South Carolina so I do not see him much.  We had a good time together as usual and Brayleigh loved seeing her granddaddy.  My dad took us out to eat at Applebee's...once again, very tasty!  It was a short time seeing him but very glad he came up!   Brayleigh got a cat by the way.  I will post pictures later.  This guy is not your ordinary cat, it's like a mountain lion or something.  Im pretty sure he weighs close to 30lbs and he is very fluffy!  His previous owner called him Puff.  I can see why, haha.  Brayleigh loves to chase him around the house and says "kitty kitty".  I love it, they are so sweet!  My very good friend Kayla who is from Wilmington also came to town this weekend.  She is in nursing school at UNC-Wilmington and works as a nursing assistant at New Hanover Hospital.  Im so proud of her and love that girl some kinda good! 

Big Brother is on so I have to go!!!!  PS. it's my favorite tv show.  Will blog more later!

Pictures from L-R:  My dad and Miss Brayleigh Layne.  Kayla and Brayleigh.   New kitty kitty named Puff.   Brayleigh in her pink water! 

Brayleigh's first trip to the aquarium and beach!

Let's start with the pictures....



It looks like these girls were perfect and sweet, minded their moms, walked slowly, never screamed or threw tantrums huh?  Well, let's just say that these pictures portray something totally different.  The little girl in the pictures with Brayleigh is Paisley Howard.  My very good friend Brittany and I decided to take our daughters on their first beach and aquarium trip.  Paisley is 20 months old, so she is alot more calm than Brayleigh due to the 5 month difference between them.  I didnt see Brittany leaning over scooping up her child before everyone else in the aquarium trampled over her as much as I had too.  Brayleigh hates being confined in anything so the stroller was out of the picture for the most part.  She wanted to run through the whole place by herself.  I did more running, falling and laughing than anything else...and by the end of the trip, I was drenched with sweat!!  I always said that I would NEVER get one of those leashes that you see parents pulling their child with, but after that experience...I will not attempt anything like that again WITHOUT some kind of restraint for my wild and crazy child.  Now, onto the beach trip........

Bottom line, Brayleigh is not scared of water.  She loves any type of water whether it's the bathtub, river, pool, ocean, sink faucet...she absolutely loves water.  Maybe part fish, not sure???  As soon as she saw the ocean, she went nuts and started running to the water.  Not the body of water I wanted her to love the most considering it's the most dangerous of them all.  She kept trying to go in by herself and I would end up pulling her arms pure out of socket so needless to say, it was a DISASTER!  Oh, not to mention....she ate so much sand that it tore her belly up.  How do you keep a child from eating sand especially when your surrounded by it?  I'll answer that for you...YOU CANT!    So, by the end of the day...we had tired babies and we were tired mommies!   Will we do that again?  Nope, not until they are older and can help carry stuff.  My mom always said "you pack up your life to go to the beach only to stay for 1 hour"...................Let's just say, Mothers always know best!

I promise to do better......

Once again, time has gotten the best of me and I forgot ALL about this blog of mine. So very sorry blog world!


Everything is wonderful on the homefront.  Job is great, this semester is slowly coming to an end, and the family is doing excellent.  I should have about 3 more semesters to go and then I will have an Associate's Degree in Office Administration.  Hallelujah!  Yes, it has only taken me 5 years to get a measley ol' 2 year degree.  Ahhhh!

An update on the baby diva....Miss Brayleigh is 15 1/2 months old.  She is SO MUCH fun right now and has so much spunk in her.  We took her to her LAST well check appt until she goes to Kindegarden!  Yayy!  No more shots for the baby.  I'm sure she will be excited about that.  Brayleigh weighed 26.5lbs and was 32.5in long.  She is growing perfectly normal and way too fast for Mommy!

 

This child is part fish, as you can see.  She loves the water so much and would stay outside in it all day long if you let her.  Worst part about it though, she has no fear of it.  Yes, you probably think that is a good thing but right now, it is not!  She wants to swim and do everything on her own.  She doesn't get that she can easily drown by not being able to swim.  Most of our pool visits end with lots of tears because I wont let go of her and she hates when I hold on to her. 



Brayleigh's vocabulary has boomed tremendously!  I love it....just ready for her to have a conversation with me. 


Her words:  Baby, Bubbles, Bobby, Daddy, Mommy, Beans, Ball, Dog, Book, Nana (banana), Fish, Peas, and more.


Will blog about her aquarium and first beach trip next!!

Have I ever mentioned how exhausted I am and how I wish there was like 5-6 more hours in each day to get everything I need to get done??  Well if I havent, I DO!!!  I feel like I can't accomplish anything these days. 

My daily schedule consists of this:

Work 8-5
Lunch break 12-1 (which I try and run errands if at all possible)
Rush to get the baby before the day care closes
Come home to cook,clean,etc. (no, i dont do much cooking)
Play time, bath time, and bed time for Brayleigh all before 8:00
MOMMY TIME after 8 normally.

What does MOMMY TIME consists of?...School work majority of the time.  
I have such a tight schedule that if I slip up some where, I fail in something.  SO STRESSFUL right?
I try and live through a calendar along with thousands of sticky notes and yes, I plan to make plans.  I get picked on so bad for doing that...but it just comes natural.  My mom did it, her mom did it, her mom's mom did it.  Yeah you get it haha



Update on the homefront since I havent blogged in FOREVER.
Brayleigh is almost 13months old.  We had her birthday party last month and it was a huge blowout.  So many people came to celebrate her first birthday and it was so sweet!  WE MADE IT.  We made it one whole year.  I've always heard the first year was the hardest...so if that is true, whewww glad that's over.   I do not miss Brayleigh being a very small baby but I am sad that she is growing up so fast.  Here are some pictures of her party!

Paisley, Brayleigh, and Thomas

Brayleigh smashing her cake 

Our birthday princess! 

Bestfriends forever! Brayleigh and Paisley :) 

Bray opening up some presents!

Needless to say, she had a great time and got lots of presents!  She got dvd's, books, clothes, toys, and a few sentimental items.  Spoiled rotten little girl!



New blog!!

Hey everyone!

Im starting this blog over but keeping my old posts.  I finally found a cute template and Im learning how to make my blog unique and adorable!  Hope you all love the name :)  I found it pretty fitting.  My life revolves around my baby girl but every now and then, a woman needs time to herself and during that time...it's always good to have a drink to unwind and RELAX! 

Bray's first day at the pool!

We took Brayleigh to Tranter's Creek Campground where Brandon's parents camp at...and Brayleigh had such a good time in the pool.  Ofcourse, every "first" moment scares me but she did a great job and absolutely loved the water.  I think she looked at it like..ohhh big bathtub!!  She was wearing her cute 2 peice bikini her Aunt Rachel got her and I know Im biased but my goodness my baby was adorable.  We didnt stay too long though because she didn't enjoy the big wet diaper that she was sporting around. 

                         Her first time in the pool!

                         Princess in her cute bikini :)

My baby girl and I :)

I just realized I have not blogged in forever....I am so SORRY!

There is so much to update every one on.....I will start by saying Miss Brayleigh Layne is growing up SO fast and getting quite the personality.  She turned 3 months old on Saturday June 25th.  I cannot believe how fast time is flying!!  It's almost heartbreaking :(  Before I know it, she'll be talking back to me and running away from me. 

I've been absolutely crazy busy these past couple of months with finishing up school work, work, being a mommy and part time Daddy because of his crazy hours, and maintaining some what of a clean house.  I will tell anyone out there who reads this and is not a parent...being a mommy is the HARDEST but most rewarding job in the world.  I never wanted children but God blessed me with my princess and I dont even remember life before her.  She is my number one and everything revolves around her!

Brayleigh went to her 2 month appt on May 26th and she weighed 12 lbs and 3oz and was 23 inches long.  She is in the 90th percentile all the way around...yes, we got a BIG BABY GIRL! :)  She did excellent with her shots and didnt have any type of reaction or fever afterwards.  I was sooo proud of her.  My goal when I got back to work was to have her on a strict routine so Mommy and baby could both sleep through the night.  Every day, she gets her bath at 7:30, has her night time bottle, and I rock her to sleep afterwards.  I think my favorite part of the day is rocking her to sleep.  It's such a sweet bonding time between us :)  Brayleigh has been sleeping pretty good for the most part...I am thankful she only wakes up once a night and that is normally around 1 or 2.  I couldn't ask for anything better! 

This sweet girl LOVES to smile at anything and everything!!

Posing for the camera!                   

                                                                                                                       Holding that head up good!