She Left Proof--February 2010

When I was pregnant with Finley, she moved around constantly.  She would kick and flip to her heart's content. I loved feeling her move and would usually become worried if I didn't feel her for even a short period of time.

My nurse would always laugh when trying to get Finley's heart rate because as soon as she would get it, Finley would flip and leave the nurse trying to hunt it down again.  We almost never had an accurate heart rate and I was alway sad that I didn't get to hear that "whoosh-whoosh" longer.

So when Finley was born, it wasn't a big shock to find that she was just as wiggly outside of the womb as she was inside of it.

We swaddled her until she was 10 months old despite the fact that by 4 months, most babies absolutely hate being swaddled.  It was the only way to get her still long enough for her to fall asleep.

And here she is at 15 months, still a blur of motion.  My little busy bee... and I love it.  Lately, though she has become a bit more of a "lovey."  Granted, she may only cuddle for 30 seconds at a time, but she is definitely becoming more of a snuggler.... and I love that too.

Whereas she once only played with blocks and non-toys such as drawers and dvd boxes, she now points to her baby dolls and isn't satisfied until she has her little arms full of at least 3 of them.

Of course, she still loves her blocks and cars and anything that fills her curious little mind, but oh, how she loves her babies these days...

Last week we were sitting in the playroom and she was rocking her three babies to sleep and before I could even realize what I was saying, I told her "You are such a good Mommy!"

And then tears just streamed down my face because those were the very words my own mom used to tell me over and over when I cradled my million plus Cabbage Patch Kids in my arms.  The very words I had long forgotten that she would say to me.

What a gift it was... to hear my mom's voice through mine.  To hear her say the very words that I so long to hear her say to me now...  "You are such a good Mommy."  Thank you, God, for always knowing when I am in need! 

So in honor of little mommies and their baby dolls, here are our February pictures:

My Mom and I with just one of my many CPK's

Finley and I with her first CPK given to her by my brother on her first Christmas

Our Wonderful Snowy Weekend

I absolutely love being snowed in!  Our little family has had the best weekend just enjoying time stuck inside.  Devin had to work on Thursday and Friday despite the storm, but fortunately, he was able to come home early both days.  Our downstairs heat hasn't been working quite right and despite our effort to get it fixed before the storm, it still isn't entirely fixed.  Fortunately, it does work off and on and Devin caved on the idea of making a fire so we've been plenty warm.  We've been wanting to have the chimney swept before having a fire in this house and I've been begging and begging for one so I've been quite content to just sit and enjoy it now that we've finally made one!

I also made Devin's favorite potato soup recipe and am making my favorite South of the Border soup tonight.  Obviously, I may be a bit stir-crazy since I took the time to take a picture of our soup ingredients!  I think I could live on soup in the winter and knowing how our weather is, it could be 80 degrees next week so I'm using every opportunity to make my favorite recipes before winter is over.

Finley doesn't know what to think of snow yet so we haven't let her play in it or anything.  I can't wait until she's old enough to build snowmen and make snow icecream! I did pose her in the front window so that I would have a picture of her with snow in the background!

I'm sure I'll be antsy to get out of the house for awhile tomorrow, but how fun it has been to just relax at home for the last four days!