No place I'd rather be

Tonight I realized something. I'm a mom and and there is nothing I would rather be. My favorite place to be at 7:45 pm is sitting in my rocking chair nursing Greta. Then rocking her as she sings herself to sleep. Sometimes I sing to her too. It is the moment that everything fades away and looking down at her I know that there is good in this world. 

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 

8 months

Crazy how time flies when you're having fun.

Greta's top 10 at 8 months

1) can crawl both forward and backwards 

2) celebrated her first thanksgiving with mashed potatoes, pumpkin and a taste if aunt Julie's banana cake

3) had her first trip to the ER and found out she had pneumonia (horrible experience, but we know that Greta weights 20 pounds)

4) played in the snow for the first time or more sat in it

5) tries to stand up on everything now

6) got to see her first deer (and will get to eat it soon thanks to daddy)

7) is a little shy at first and then warms up

8) makes funny faces especially when eating applesauce

9) can clap, wave and high five

10) is loved more than she will ever know by so many

Full freezer

So I haven't had a chance to take any coolers in the last couple weeks.. And the result? A completely full freezer. Need to take 2 today and even then it will still be maxed out.

Hard to see it all in the pictures. But literally it's all breast milk.

We have forward movement

Look out now! Greta crawled forward tonight. Not too far but forward, not reverse which she's really good at. It's not going to be long now and we will totally have a mobile baby.

Greta's boo boo

So I just wrote that title meaning to talk about the boo boo Greta got at daycare today. But after I typed it I realized I typed both of my grandma's name... Greta her real name and Boo Boo Ma, which is what we called her our entire life. And that made me smile and then sad since she won't have the opportunity to meet her sweet great granddaughter who has her name. But I know that Greta has a special guardian angel in heaven- my Boo Boo Ma.

Anyway back to the boo boo. Greta took a face drive while trying to pick up a toy and got a mark on her chin - nice war wound. And need to call the doctor tomorrow - her diaper rash isn't getting any better and day care think it probably needs medicated lotion, as do I. But other than that - she's all good!

Love her.

Greta is getting too big too fast. Last night at dinner she sat in a high chair and loved it. And she let everyone in the restaurant know how happy she was and that she can talk. But in a good way!

Also have to include these 2 pictures... 

Clean up. Clean up. Everybody clean up.

Well I did something I didn't think I'd ever do... Sent Greta to day care when I wasn't working. After day care reassured me that I need not feel guilty, Ryan and u got to work on fall clean up and made a huge dent in what we needed or wanted to do. Hedge got a big time hair cut. Leaves picked up. Burn pit burned and emptied. Plus a side squirrel hunt - they seem to have taken residence in the shop. Not good. After killing a 2, Ryan set the trap for the night. Hopefull that will get another one. And if course now that adds something to the list.