Cheyenne's chair

When I was pregnant, I got this little chair at a garage sale, then I painted it to match Cheyenne's nursery... I don't think Cheyenne likes it...

Thankful Thursday

I got this idea from Cadance Rowland's blog. I think it is always a good idea to count your blessings, so what a good habit to do it every week! Every week I am going to list 10 different things I am thankful for. And Brooke (Yates, my roommate my freshman year at Dixie), I'll bet you can guess what will be first on my list!

1. I am thankful for the sun. One of my favorite things has always been to wake up to the sun shining in your window on your face, seriously the best feeling in the world! Or so I thought... today it was topped. Cheyenne woke up hungry at 5:30 this morning (she went to bed early last night), so I fed her and of course put her in bed with me to snuggle. This morning I woke up with the sun shining on my face and I was sandwiched between my adorable husband and baby girl, I am thankful for this morning!
   
2. I am thankful for my family. My husband, daughter, mom, dad, in-laws, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. I love them all so much!
   
3. I am thankful for my friends new and old, sometimes the kindness of other people amazes me!
   
4. I am thankful for exercise, the best feeling in the world!
   
5. I am thankful for food, healthy and unhealthy, I love food! 
   
6. I am thankful for my husband's job. At a time like this where so many people are struggling with unemployment, I am so thankful my husband has a job that he loves and that can support our family. I am so thankful to him for working so hard everyday for our family:)
   
7. I am thankful for hot water, I love taking hot showers when our house is so freezing.
   
8. I am thankful for coupons and rebates!
   
9. I am thankful for tax rebates, and really hope we will get one, I think that is why I am putting off doing our taxes, I am worried this will be the first year we actually have to pay them:(
   
10. I am thankful for our awesome jogging stroller, my life would suck without it!

I am thankful for many more things, stay tuned for next week...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We had a great St. Patrick's Day. We celebrated by wearing green and making some cookies for the neighbors and the people we visit/home teach. It was a good day:)

Johnny Jumper

So you aren't supposed to use the Johnny Jumper until they are about 4 months old. Cheyenne is 3 months old, but I have been so excited about it I wanted to see if she could do it.  She liked it when we made it bounce for her but she didn't quite understand how to make it bounce herself. She just dangled there. Oh and I think they are supposed to be able to sit up in it, but she is like leaned forward against it. It was cute, but I don't think she is quite ready for it yet.  I am going to try it out every week until she gets it, I love these things! Whenever she does get it, I will post a video of her jumping:) Oh and as far as rolling over, she is supposed to be able to do that soon, but she isn't even close. I put her down for tummy time and she can lift her head from side to side for a while, but then she just starts to cry and cry until I pick her up. Should I just let her cry? I let her cry for about 5 minutes, but then I feel bad, and she starts getting really out of breath and puts her face on the blanket, I get scared she will suffocate or something. How old was your baby when it learned to roll over? How should I help her along? Anyway, other than that she is doing great and getting cuter everyday (to me anyway)!!! I just LOVE her!!

Basketball Season is over

Last weekend was the third round of state, and we pulled within 6 in the 4th quarter, but unfortunately ended up losing by 16 to a very huge Columbia team. They had won state in 4A 3 out of the past 4 years and just got moved down to 3A this year. They were a very good team, but since most of our players are returning next year, we hope to get them next year. We saw the other side of the bracket play and they were not very good, so I am going to say we took 5th place in state (there were only 8 teams left). The first picture is all the coaches, they looked so sharp in their matching jackets. The game was 3 1/2 hours away, and didn't start until like 9 pm so we got a hotel room. Cheyenne and I hung out in the room while we waited for game time. I set her on the edge of the bed on her boppy and she was just looking up watching tv, it was the cutest thing... about 5 minutes later, she was out! Unfortunately, Cheyenne had a hard time sleeping that night, which caused me to get very little sleep and I woke up sick the next day and now Cheyenne caught it from me and is sick as well:( Its no fun being sick! Anyway, it was a great basketball season, but I will be honest and say it is nice to have it be over. Jeff just gets to come home right after school and spend some time with us. He will have the rest of March and April off and then football starts in May and goes until November! 

Our little gymnast:)

 

Cheyenne learned her first trick. I don't know when she learned to be upside down, but now she can't get enough of it. I have to be careful when I am holding her because she will fling herself backward randomly so she can be upside down and she never gets tired of it. When I see her face start to turn colors I will bring her up to get the color back in her face and she just wants to be upside down again. It is so funny! It looks so uncomfortable but I swear she loves it! She is going to be our little gymnast I think!

Cheyenne's new outfit

Cheyenne is just starting to fit into her 3-6 month clothes which must mean she is pretty average size since she just turned 3 months old two days ago. Here is her first 3-6 month outfit she has worn. It is from my best friend Natalie, it looks so cute on her:) I think the shoes are from one of my other best friends, Christine. I love dressing her up, she is like my little dolly! Thanks everyone for all the cute clothes to choose from!!!

Elite Eight!!!!

Jeff's team won tonight 85-49, I think at half time it was 49 to 10 or something like that. It was a complete blowout, but so fun to watch. Now they are in the elite eight of the state tournament (which started with 32 teams). They play this Saturday in Dalton, GA which is right by Chatanooga, TN. The team they are going to play is really good and they won 3 of the 4 past state titles in 4A and are the defending 4A state champions, but just got dropped a classification to 3A. It is going to be a tough game, but we are so excited and I think it will be a good game! Here is a picture of Jeff before the game:

This was Cheyenne the whole game:

The Answer to America's Problems

The best way to get out of debt!!! I got this video in an email and thought it was so funny and so true! Click here to watch it. It is only a couple of minutes long. 

Snow Day!

It snowed for the first time this year and it was so pretty. Even though it snowed yesterday, Jeff got today off school which was great. We slept in, went running separately (which meant we didn't have to push the stroller and Cheyenne got to stay in the warm house), and relaxed around the house. It was wonderful. Cheyenne is getting very good at holding up her little head. It was a great day:)