An eventful morning

Sleeping soundly this morning, I was happy. When the alarm clock went off alerting me that it was time to start my morning routine, made me unhappy. I was tired! So I groggily got out of bed, walked to the alarm clock and hit "snooze, snooze". Two hits of the button gives me another 20 minutes to doze off. When the alarm sounds again, I get up and press snooze off!!!??? Well, back into bed I go for the next 10 minutes hour! I guess I got into a fight with the alarm clock this morning, but I'm still unsure of who won... I mean, I did get an extra hour of sleep, but I was also a half hour late for work. Oops.

So I got out of bed at the exact moment I should have been walking out the door. Hopped in the shower. Got ready to go to work. Left for work. Hmm... forgot a lunch... and breakfast? oh no. Today is going to be quite the day.

Oh well. The day is started and I'm sitting here at my desk with a nice cup of the most delicious coffee. Slowly waking up... yes... waking up. After I'm already at work. Nice.

Full Blown Walker!

We now have a full blown walker, and by that, I mean she will walk completely on her own now. We don't need to bribe her with food or toys, we don't have to sit on the other side of the room saying "Come here Samantha! Come get mommy!" She just lets go and GOES! She is so fast already too! I knew this was going to happen...

She took her time to walk, being cautious... She hasn't fallen except outside where the ground is not even and when she wants to sit down, although I don't really consider that falling... she is just plopping her butt wherever she wants to sit.

So now she goes, goes, goes. The gate needs to be up 100% of the time, much to the dismay of Uncle Matt. She is FAST! And the stairs are right there! So... gate up, child running on the loose! haha. She also loves the stairs, and she tries really hard to get climbing before anyone really notices. Next goal is to figure out how to block her from the stairs.

That should be really fun.

Playing with Daddy

Mommy's turn!

And just because this is the cutest picture!

Photography

So since I decided to do photography as a business, I haven't had much luck. I'm not entirely sure HOW to promote the business or advertise... I've tried Craigslist and I have had 3 paying jobs.

Two came from craigslist, and the other was a referral from one of the craigslist clients. But my last job was forever a long time ago. I don't WANT to give up, but as of right now, I am not seeing any options. Creating a business takes money. And I just don't have that money to spare, unfortunately. I try. But things come up, and then the money that I had saved for more equipment needs to be spent.

I do have one more job coming up in a little less than a month... Shooting a video for my co-workers sisters wedding. Fun stuff. But nothing I can use in my portfolio. I've tried offering special deals and in my opinion, the prices that I do have regularly are very fair and accommodating in this economy.

So where do I go from here? Any tips/suggestions? I will take them, gladly!

do we have a walker YET?

More so than last time I posted...
She now will walk back and forth between people and things, but only if you tell her to and stand her up yourself. She still isn't to the point where she will pull up on stuff and take off. And she definitely can't stand up from a sitting position without pulling on something or someone yet. But she is getting VERY good at walking short distances.
Here's a video of my little munchkin doing her thing. (Excuse our mess of a house please)!

Mothers Day

Mothers Day. Ahhh... What could be better? A day that is specifically meant to celebrate mommies. And a day to bask in the joys of what motherhood means. This day is not all about presents... It's not all about how much money you spent. It's all about being a mommy. Being one of the most important people in your childs life.

My day did start off perfectly. I was sound asleep... Samantha woke up around 9:15am (thanks Samantha! Mommy loved to be able to sleep in a bit!) Dustin got out of bed and grabbed our munchkin... and brought her along with the most beautiful card back to bed. We cuddled in bed while I read a card that just about brought me to tears. And then another card from Dustin. And then just one more card, that is more of a picture frame with a poem inside. Thats for my desk at work. I got some flowers too. Those were/are gorgeous. But mostly, I just enjoyed being with my baby girl.

After we got up and ready, we headed to my mommys house to celebrate her for a while. I made her breakfast, with the help of Dustin and my sister. Biscuits with sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, and hashbrowns. It was DELICIOUS! We hung around there for a while. My mommy and daddy got me a gorgeous picture frame. I can't wait to find the perfect picture to put into it. Probably a family picture. And then I will likely bring it to work to put on my desk. Like I don't have enough pictures on my desk already... See?

and here:


And this is that cool picture frame card I was telling you about:



After hanging out at my parents house, we went home and hung out there. Went shopping because I needed some new jeans. Went to Walmart and guess what? None of their dressing rooms had locks on the doors. Sooo... just bought some in different sizes and now I have 3 pairs to return and keeping 1. haha. Anyways, we had a good day and a good night. Bratwurst and homemade french fries, baked beans and broccoli. Yummm.... Ended the night with cleaning my room. But it totally needed it.

Anyways, I hope you all had a great Mothers Day! And I hope that you all enjoyed the day as much as me :-)

Samantha,
Thank you for being mommys precious baby girl. I love you more than you will ever know.
Love,
Mommy

Doesn't anyone know stealing is WRONG?

Stealing. Bad. Bad. Bad.

Someone is stealing stuff from work. I don't know who, I don't know when, I don't know WHY! But someone is doing it. This is what is missing (that I KNOW of)
something similar to this although I can't find the ACTUAL one we have. and a brand new 24 pack of AA batteries. I'm sure if I did a complete walk through of the office, I would find more stuff missing, but why, why WHY do people steal from their offices? I mean, really. It's stupid.

And an edit to this post:
It's sad. Really, really sad that all of our office supplies are now locked up. The only people with keys are me and the manager... but it's really sad. I mean, if someone needs even a rubber band, they have to come ask me to get one. It's really come to that... ugh. people.

accomplishments

I would like to happily state that I have scheduled my first post. It won't post for some time still... 2 months and 6 dayas to be exact, but it will be here eventually.

I am very excited with the stuff I have figured out for my blog. With the help of Danielle and this blog

I hope you all enjoy my posts, which will eventually become more scheduled, rather than 5 posts in a day! haha. I'm still getting used to it. So bare with me :-)