When I started this blog, I had very good intentions of keeping a journal of our lives and document details that we might forget someday. I was obsessed with everyone else's family blogs and how beautiful and funny their children were and how even everyday happenings seemed prettier in their pictures. I still LOVE reading blogs when I have a split second but keeping one, not so much. I don't know, just the thought of catching up with uploading pictures and keeping this thing up to date is exhausting! so this is my last post for a while (as if i even update this more than once every couple of months anyway).
I'm on a mission to cut unnecessarily time consuming things out of my life and this blog is one of those things. I work full time (10+ hours a day, most days) and spend as much time as I possibly can with Raiah, during which I make sure to not check my phone or do anything other than being mommy. I'm still nursing and it's so tempting to be reading blogs on my phone while she's nursing but I'd really rather watch her and cuddle with her and kiss her little feet while she tries to kick me in the throat :) from the time Raiah goes to sleep around 9:30 till I go to sleep (which ends up being around midnight) i have a couple of hours a day to clean the house, do dishes, prepare food, pay bills, eat dinner, do laundry, shower and get ready for the next day with maybe a few minutes to spend sitting in front of the tv with scott after he gets home from work. sometimes i even have a couple of minutes to check my facebook, hotmail, gmail, yahoo, and browse pinterest before i fall asleep. most days i feel like i'm swimming upstream against time but i like swimming and i'm not complaining. The point is that I'm really grateful for the things I have to do, but the things that i don't HAVE to do, I can do without, like this blog. I was just looking through my phone to pick pictures/videos to upload and there are over 600 of them between my last post and this one!
As of today, Raiah is 8.5 months and can crawl or more like scoot backwards. she's super animated and fun. she finally got her first tooth when she was 7 months and 7 days old. she LOVES food. i mean, we've never seen her turn away from food or act full. ever. even if she doesn't like something (pears or avocado for example) she'll still eat it and make a disgusted face but then opens wide for the next spoonful. i have to get a better video of her eating. she LOVES Baby Einstein videos. she's absolutely mesmerized by them. there are 3 things that really piss her off: no more food (she'll throw a fit when you finish feeding her cuz she ALWAYS wants more!), taking her out of the bath when she's not done playing and walking by her and not acknowledging her on the floor playing. otherwise, she's the happiest baby ever.
I've been meaning to add some photos to this post for over 2 months. when I started to write this, Raiah was 7 months. now she's almost 9 months and crawling. I'm gonna post with no photos cuz I know it'll take me another couple of months to upload them :(
