when we drove to and from dc over thanksgiving we decided that everyone should take a turn driving hazel took her turn during breaks she would get out and wiggle and drive for a bit it was so cute i had to snap a pic
note: she is only wearing pants and a sweatshirt her other clean clothes were too buried and she made a huge mess of the other outfit she was wearing thank you dear we'll work on potty training again tomorrow
i'm loving the snow i grumbled and complained but i'm LOVING it! you can talk to me again in the spring when it is still snowing i have a feeling i won't like it nearly as much but for now i am embracing it when we get back from california i have plans to go sleding and snow shoeing i think we'll go snowboarding in tahoe while we're out that way too the mountains out here are...a bit different so here i am, i'm embracing optimism even if i almost ate it multiple times in heels on my way into church
my mom gave hazel this little bath and made her this towel she gets so excited and splashes all around it's super cute and it keeps her from smacking her head on the faucet now i just have to keep her from trying to stand up just thought i would share a few pics
it occurred to me today that Hazel will be turning 1 quite soon on December 20th I will have been a mom for a full year it seems like she's been in our life for forever and it is hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that she isn't a little baby anymore she will be walking soon and more like a toddler she amazes me daily and i love her so she makes it all worth it!
3 years ago we had just started dating he told me he loved me after 10 days and I was crazy about him, but it took me a bit longer to say it when christmas break came he said he couldn't wait another week to see me and flew me out to see him and his family for New Years The whole plane ride I couldn't stop thinking about how much I loved him that night, in DC, I told him I loved him that trip was amazing I think it was when I started to really understand that he is my soul mate
Last week for Thanksgiving we got to go back and relive one of the dates we had back then (thank you Keith and Jeanene for watching Hazel!!) all of the memories came back how full of life he is, and how alive he makes me feel I love him more today than yesterday and am Thankful everyday for being blessed with a better husband than I ever imagined
Back then I can remember seeing him with his nieces and nephews and thinking he would be a great dad someday now I get to see him with Hazel and I see more and more what a perfect match we are and how good he is to me I feel so lucky and so blessed!
We went to Maine for a weekend and played a bit on the beach. Too bad it was crazy cold. I hear the surf that weekend was fabulous though. I'm not sure there is a warm enough wet suit in the world to convince me to get in that water.
Hazel is getting so big! She thinks she can walk, but knows she can crawl with amazing amounts of speed.
Here are a few pictures of one of our weekend adventures.
