NINE

My sweetie is already NINE months?! I think I'm going to say that phrase with every single post about him getting older. "he's ____ months old ALREADY!!??!!". Right now he is flying across the house in his favorite toy- THE WALKER. He B-lines it for the Christmas Tree, book shelves, our fireplace, everything he Shouldn't. Its fun though. Deacon still hates rolling, and only will roll for you if you are tempting him with a straw full of soda. He has started "inch worm" crawling, it's really cute. He mainly startes scooching for the laptop. Daddy brought home from work an old broken one just for Deacon to mess with. The only problem is Deacon rips off all the keys, yikes. Deacon LOVES anything you give him to eat, especially breads. He gets his feelings hurt if you sternly tell him "no, no!" It makes me feel really MEAN, but i was just looking out for him while he yanked my laptop cord!! Deacon wears mostly 18 month clothing, with the exception of SHOES, because the kid has some TINY feet. He is about half an inch away from growing out of his carseat too. Deacon has now THREE teeth, with the 4th VERY close to poking through. Last night I went in for a big smooch, and Deacon opened his mouth and chomped down on my bottom lip. OUCH!!!! It drew blood, that little stinker! Deacon continues to be the best baby ever. He has shy tendency's just like his momma. He is cautious and takes his time with new things.I sure love him so so so much.

five

1. Today i came to the realization that my house looks BEST with Christmas decorations up. I am not looking forward to December 26th because then my decor won't be as cool and lovely and festive as it is today. :(. I sure love Christmas decor. HMPH!
2. Do you 'like' Earth Fare on facebook? They have this 12 days of Christmas thing where they gave away 12 coupons for free awesome stuff. My sister was telling me about this seriously negative scrooge lady who always commented mean on the coupons so I went on today and we both commented something mean BACK at her. I felt empowered and GOOD about it. pathetic? I don't care!
3. Today on facebook, I noticed that Stephanie Nielson (THE nie nie) was 'online'. So i messaged her "I love u, Nienie:)" and she replied, "I love you too". It made my whole week.
4. My baby has learned the art of strangely army crawling across the floor. Its the kind of crawl that makes you laugh. I love it.
5. Right now, my living room strangely smells like hard boiled eggs. I didn't make any hard boiled eggs. Thats the grossest thing in the world. ew.

Waking Up

Just call me Mrs. Duggar.

The other morning I was holding a sleepy Deacon, but he was having a hard time falling asleep. I went into my bathroom and stood in front of the mirror. he slowly laid his head down on my shoulder and just stared at me in the mirror, his blinks getting slower and heavier. It was at that moment that I decided, if all my babies could be as perfect as Deacon, I'd have a hundred babies!! I love that baby beyond any amount of love i've ever felt in my life. 100 more babies like Deacon? Yes, Please!! :)

My Hanny

it warms my heart how sweet you are to Deacy like he's your real nephew :)

hannah's wedding day


I've wanted to write a post about my best friend Hannah, but have been putting it off. I've been putting it off because it feels like if I write a sappy post about her, then it really is true that she is moving.. like for REAL. But since she is moving next week, I will dedicate a post to her :) Hannah has been my best friend for over 12 years now. And a constant friend at that, never an off and on type of friendship. Hannah is hilarious, quirky, outgoing, but also sweet, spiritual, and tender hearted and I love her. It's hard for me to believe that the person I grew up living less than 5 minutes away from (minus that short time she lived in Boaz) is going to be over 20 hours away in Texas. My brain literally will not let me think about it long enough for it to sink in still. I suppose it will when she is gone and I can't text her that "it feels like a good night for a Girls Night". I have so many great memories with Hannah, even the fights and bickering, they are still nice haha. Hannah is the person who brought me to church with her as little kids, and that has changed my life forever. How can I say thank you enough for that? I can't. I'm grateful for a friend like Hannah. I'll miss our Girls Night's. I'll miss her crazy personality. I'll miss sitting by her in Sacrament meetings. I'll just miss HER! Our girls nights will just have to turn into girls WEEKENDS spent in Texas with Hannah maybe? :) Farewell, Hanny! I know you will have a great time in Texas and I'm happy for you and Bryce. But i will SURE miss ya!! I love you!

we used to be smokin hot.

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Dreamy

Yay it's the month of CHRISTMAS! It's got me dreaming and drooling over items i'd slap on my DREAM wishlist...here are a few.

I mean, i sure wouldn't mind this Gorg swarovski ring on my right ring finger :).