daddy.daughter.time

After a LONG day.... Ted and Teagan needed some time to unwind.

Nothing like a little x-box follwed up with a bath!






She LOVES to smile at her daddy!

This is the only way Ted can fit in her bathroom to give her a bath... it's almost like he is taking on with her! :)

"I'VE HAD IT!" ~ 5 minutes later she was sound asleep in her bed.

Reality Check.

I cannot believe that the first snow is falling and that this year is almost over! I had a nice "reality check" tonight. Despite the cold and snow, I needed a few things from the grocery store for dinner. So I bundled up Teagan and headed out. As I was going through the isles there was this little old lady who struck me odd. She was bending over and picking things up off of the floor, moving displays in the isle to look behind them, and at one point looked under my cart! We made eye contact, and I smiled and asked how she was doing. Her reply... "I've lost my food stamp card and I have been looking all over for it." I told her I was very sorry and that I would look for it as I finished my shopping. I finished up and never saw it. I re-walked every isle hoping to see it. When I was checking out I saw her putting her groceries back on the shelf and my heart just broke. So in that instant, with out really thinking about it, I asked that cashier for "cash back" and I went and handed it to her. She was SO overwhelmed and all I could say was "Happy Thanksgiving"... I did manage a quiet laugh as I walked away because she had about 10 boxes of toaster strudel's in her cart! In that quick trip to the grocery store it made me remember how much my family has to be thankful for this holiday season. How often I take it for granted and choose to focus on my petty "trials". A few days ago I received an email from a childhood friend. We had been talking about some of these different "trials" and discussing how amazing it is to see how God teaches us things through it all... if we let him. She gave me a few songs that she had been listening to that she felt had really been ministering to her heart. On that same album I found a song called "Be thou near to me" (it is the first song on my play list on this blog). The entire song is amazing, but there are two phrases that have stuck in my head.

Seeking the joy of love unspoken... So often I seek to find joy in things that really cant give it. Jesus' love is just there - without conditions. And it is the only TRUE joy we can find.

As I wander through this life, Be thou near to me... I know there are times where I will feel like I am wandering aimlessly but as a child of God I get to take comfort and know that he is always with me.

So my goal this holiday season, and every season for that matter, is to seek the unspoken love of Jesus and to start every day by asking him to be near to me. By doing that, I think it will keep in perspective ALL the blessing I have been given.

Here are a few of my greatest blessings....

A warm and comforable homeMy 2 boys... Even though I want to kill them sometimes :)

A daddy that adores his daughter.


And of course... Teagan Janae

First weekend without Daddy....

This past weekend was Ted's first tournament. We will be going with to most of them, but this one was in KY and we were not feeling a 7hr car ride yet.... esp when he isnt there to help us! Teagan and I stayed home and got alot accomplished. I re-organized our closet and got rid of THREE bags of clothes!! It was an awesome feeling. We stayed inside most of the weekend because it is so cold here... I have only been taking pictures on my phone because I am so frustrated with my camera... so I only have a few to share today.

I tried giving Teagen the play by play of dad's game... but she conked out.

Happy after a long nap -my phone has a 3 second delay so I missed the good smile.

You can see in this picture how LONG she is getting!

I think we will have a tall one!

I think we have a thinker on our hands....

Long week...

Poor Teagan is so exhausted from her long week. We had to go in on Tuesday to have her bili levels drawn and we discovered that her level had only gone down one point since we left the hospital 7 weeks ago. My doctor made me stop nursing for 48 hours to determine if this was just breast milk jaundice. I was really bummed, but new it was best to figure out if it was indeed from the breast milk. Teagan's tummy did not handle the formula well at all and was so constipated. It broke my heart watching her strain to pass a bm - you could tell she was very uncomfortable. Today we did the test again and her levels were down so we were given the ok to get back to nursing! The only good thing to come from this draining situation is that I have OODLES of milk in my freezer! Since we got the news this afternoon Teagan has pooped several times and is back to her happy self!

I promised "eye" pictures.... here you go.

The weather has been so nice the past few days! We have loved getting out in the sunshine. This wsa the first time I put her in the stroller with the seat propped up a little. She looked like such a big girl... melt my heart!

Wide awake watching the mobile!

This is horrible picture, but the room was dark and she was on my lap. I have been trying to get a photo of how she sleeps now. She is ALWAYS tucking her arm up under her chin like in this photo. It's so funny.

Teagan's First Halloween!

Last night we had fun passing out candy to our neighborhood kids and then we headed down the street to a block party. There were bonfires, hayrides, TONS of kids and great food. We had alot of fun and our little monkey was the hit of the night!

Photo update!

Ted was playing with her the other night, and she CONKED out on his stomach like this. It was so precious .

Obviously I like to take pictures when she is sleeping! I guess I need to work on taking awake ones this week! For all of you "pro back sleepers" - don't send me hate mail. I am pro-back too... the stomach sleeping ONLY occurs when I am in the room she is taking her nap in. She is just so darn comfortable sleeping that way... I cant resist.

Ok.... this is a random picture, and please excuse the spit up dripping out of her mouth. But every once in a while we get random days like you see here where I SWEAR she is a different nationality than Ted and I!!!

The next pictures are of Teagan sleeping in her swing... you can see that she is gaining good weight! There is also a good picture of her smiling. This past week she has had her first "social smiles"! It is so amazing to see her smile in response to your voice! Obviously in this picture, since she is sleeping, it was probably just a gas induced smile!