Spring has sprung!

The view outside my living room windows is gorgeous, seriously, it looks like art and I feel like I live in a tree house.(Living on the third floor has its advantages.) It's been so nice outside this whole week, all of the trees outside my windows have bloomed bright green leaves and colorful birds frequent my balcony.

On a seperate note, is it weird that I find that song Dancing Crazy from the iCarly girl catchy?

P.s. Check this girl's blog for where I got the cute pic from. The cuteness kills me and reminds me of high school all at once. :]

Name of the week!

Elias

Pronounced: ee-LYE-us

Variants include: Eli, Elijah, and Elliot

Elias is of Greek and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Elias is "the Lord is my God". Biblical name from the Greek form of Elijah. Common in the 17th century and now popular in Spain.

Famous people with the name Elias include:

Walt Elias Disney is the full name of the Disney creator.

Canadian actor Elias Koteas

A baby boy, Story Elias, was born to actors Bodhi and Jenna Elfman in 2007.

We are re-decorating

If you haven't noticed, we have re-decorated the site.
I, for one, love it!
A big ol' thanks to Katrina at Puglypixel.com for having all of these awesome templet's and clip art (along with TONS of other free stuff to download. Hers has to be the cutest little site I've seen.
It's been busy at my house these past few weeks which is why I haven't been posting much lately. I'm really going to try to put aside time for you guys this week to update you guys on what goes on in my life, give you my (late) Fit Friday advice, and catch up on my project 31 posts.

Name of the week: Vera

Vera

Pronounced: VEE-rah

Can be used as a nick name for Guinevere or Veronica

Vera is of Latin and Slavic origin and means "faith" or "truth".

Some famous figures with the name Vera include..

Famous designer Vera Wang.

Actress Vera Miles who played Lila Crane and appeared in the movie psycho.

Actress Vera-Ellen, best known for her role in the film "White Christmas"

Baby Fever

Since I've had Rowyn I've had this baby fever that just wont let up. I've made lists of baby names, pictured how I would set up Rowyn's room to share with the new baby if we're still in our apartment when it comes, made a precise schedule for when I would try according to what month I'd like to have the baby in and how old Rowyn would be when new baby comes. I've kept this overwhelming feeling at bay by 1. Having Mirena (which I have to get taken out by an OBGYN) waiting until I have my license and reminding myself every time Rowyn has a melt down and she has bad days that if I had another baby right now it would just be that much harder and to wait until Rowyn is a bit bigger and can understand more things to start trying. I've made a countdown for trying to conceive. 10 months and counting until I plan on going all sorts of baby crazy on Brennan. I just keep imagining our little family growing and Rowyn becoming a big sister, watching them play together and having a sisterly bond.
But I also know that I didn't want to have my babies back to back since I started so young, I want to savor their moments being tiny and make it so my baby's will have cousins around their age. I'd also like to have my last baby around the same time my friends (who are my age) are having kids so that we can have little play dates.
I adore my baby girl and for right now having more can wait a while so that I can fully enjoy her while she's still little...she's getting so big so fast. It seems like just yesterday that we brought her home and now she's going to be 14 months in just a few days. She's becoming a big girl right in front of my eyes and it makes me sad to think about how small she was just 6 months ago. It seems like all of the "big" growing up has happened so fast. Since the beginning of December she has just taken off. Her first steps quickly turned into walking across the room, her first pair of real hard bottom shoes so that she can walk outside, and learning to run like a little robot. Her first tooth is (finally) coming in and soon her little gummy smile will be gone. She's learning to communicate her wants and understanding her actions. She's learning to help clean up and how to be gentle (it just melts my heart when I tell her to "be soft" and "make nice hands" and she goes from slapping my face to patting me and then giving me the sweetest little hugs.).
I never imagined I would love being a mommy this much, especially since I never wanted kids before I got pregnant. Even while I was pregnant I said "okay, but ONLY this one." But after I had her. I saw her beautiful face and smelled her little baby scent (there should totally make an air freshener that's called "new baby smell" sort of like "new car smell") I kissed her tiny feet and hugged her tight and I knew that this was the best feeling in the world. I had never loved anything this much and I knew that I wanted this love to grow. A baby will change you and change everything you pictured for your life...but it changes for the good. It shows you what you REALLY want and what the important things are.
I love my job as a mommy, I've never wanted to do anything more.

Name of the week!!

Sawyer

Pronounced: SOY ur

Sawyer is of English origin and means "One who saws wood."

Famous people with this name...

Tom Sawyer

Sawyer from lost

And Sawyer Avery Spielberg, Steven Spielberg's son whom I can not find a decent photo of anywhere.

You gimme' fever

The lack of posting these past few days has been the result of this nasty sickness I have somehow contracted. It started as a sore throat, then came the aches, the headache and now the coughing.
My throat feels like it's been rubbed with sandpaper for days on end and my child is running around like a savage destroying the house because I simply do not have the energy to chase her around. My house is a wreck. I can't stand long enough to do the dishes (guess who's been using plastic forks and spoons all week?:D) I get all hot and dizzy while I vacuum and my couch has been turned into area sickly where I have been camping out for days. I really hope I get to feeling better because Sunday my mom and I went shopping and to goodwill and I got some cute stuff including this totally awesome vintage book of folk songs including the sheet music and details about their origin. As soon as I'm feeling better I'll be getting back on top of my project 31 and I'll be posting the name of the week tomorrow. In the mean time, if anyone would like to come over here and make me some chicken noodle soup...or better yet, chicken and dumplings, I would love you for ever and ever.