Mom has time again!

Now on the mom side of things. I am finally getting this schedule thing down and am finally getting things done. Abby and Daddy spent last Saturday together and turned mom lose on the house! I was able to get all off Abby's nine month old clothes into a bin and all the 12 month stuff into the dresser. This girl has more clothes then she know what to do with! She could go a month without wearing the same thing, I love hand me downs!

Mom also managed to get a hair cut. Nothing fancy, just walked in and had them chop 6" off. I was starting to sit on it, and that is where I draw the line. Now it comes to just above the small of my back.... so basically no one can tell.

I am starting my weight loss plan this week. I want to lose 30-40 lbs by fall. That's only 5 lbs a month and should be fine as long as I stay on the ball. I will keep you up to date. Remind me if I don't. The whole reason I am doing it, is just so I can get back down before getting prego again, kinda funny if you think about it.

Oh! Had a huge wind storm come by last week and rip off some shingles. Hum I guess there was money blowing in the wind. $600+!!! GGRRR!!! But I will be grateful that I have the money for the repairs. There were many, many houses in the subdivision effected, so at least I am not alone.

Sping keeps visiting, and leaving, but in all of this I did also manage to get the backyard almost cleaned up. I have great plans for the yard .....

Which leads to my most current bothersome comtemplation .... the dogs. I have spent over $2,000.00 on them in last year and I just don't know if I have it in me to keep them any longer. I love them don't get me wrong... but I can't do another $1,500.00 vet bill! Fogo had to have surgey on a cist on his elbow twice! Hopefully it will not return. Plus, I feel bad that I don't spend the time I used to with them. Nor, do they get out for walks like they need anymore. Also, a neighbor complained about the howling (Fogo howls at the trains, and they are many) so we have to bring them into the garage at night. It solves the noise problem, but not the long term one. I have three dogs, the city allows two. One call into the city and I have 24 hours to get rid of one of them. Not to mention that I have no back yard to speak of. We can't cook out back, let Abby play out back, nor have a garden. All things I could do if they were not there. I know the best thing may be to let them go, but it just seems so mean. It may mean their death and I don't know if I could do that to them. I think I may call my vet tomorrow and talk with her. I know she knows some rescue people and may be able to help me get them placed. I just can't see the situation for them staying here getting any better any time soon. They were once my "children," but know I have a real family. Not that they are not part of it, just that they are not getting what they need and deserve and if I can help them get that I will. I know I have given Fogo many more years on his life then he would have had... I feel really good about that, and I have really enjoyed them.

What's going on today....

Okay, I'll get back to catching you up on pics soon. The uploads are slow and I just want to type. So here I go!

MY BABY IS GROWING UP WAY TOO FAST!!!

Let me tell you why.
1. I can't believe how little she looks in these pics and they are only 3 months ago!!! Well some of them anyway!

2. She now sleep in her own bed, and is even occasionally sleeping through the night (we are talking 12 hours!)

3. She is taking naps is her own bed! Granted a better schedule would be nice, we are still working on that.

4. She is wanting to feed herself! Mom still has to help with the mushy stuff. But she is all about finger foods!

5. In less then the last two weeks she has started to pull herself up to standing, then walking along things, and today she pushed her walker and walked with it!! So I went and picked her up a shopping cart pusher thingy and she can do it!! She is even starting to let go of things and try standing unassisted!! It is soooo scarry to watch and I can't believe she had progressed so quickly in this! I was excited a month ago when she started crawling! I'm going to get gray hairs worrying she is going to bonk her head!

It looks like there is no stopping the Abby!

Alaska 1 - Meet the players

Okay this is my wonderful aunt and cousin, and a bundled up baby Abby. My aunt was wonderful about letting Abby and I crash at her house, which was in the middle of a big remodel, and use her car to go and play around Juno. We were waiting for the whale watching boat to come pick us up in this photo.

This is Abby's mode of transpertation during the trip....the Moby! She loved getting to see everything and was plenty warm zipped up inside my jacket! We are infront of a glacier if you can't tell....but this post is not about that. Oh yeah, that's me too.

My 6 Month Pics

These were done in November, just in time for Abby's six month 1/2 b'day. I had to fight the Christmas rush to get them! They went out with the Christmas cards, so chances are most people have seen them. ENJOY, isn't she a cutie!

Okay I'm over being mad at the blog

Okay, I'll get back with it as far as posting goes. Sorry for the vacation from posting, but I was so frustrated with the blog system that I pretty much gave up. I have tons of pics and videos from Alaska and since, but alas, this blasted system will not upload them....so I will try again and see what happens. What else can you do at midnight, when your husband is in Vegas on a business trip and your baby is asleep and for some reason you can't be asleep too.

The Juno Glacier

These are some great shots!! I can not belive how much like a river glaciers look. It was just mind boggling to see something so vast and so still. You really except it to be a moving flow of water, and it is moving, but at a crawl.

ALASKA!! - This has the whales!!

Okay, above is my aunt and cousin, you can hear me talking if you have sound. The one below is the whales I believe. It has been months since I have been trying to get things to work, so I hope this is the right video. If it is, then you will see a pod of Orca aka "killer" whales.