it's been awhile

but here we are! things are going well. marley is sleeping right now. my mom picked her up from daycare today so i could work late. i got home about 6:30 and she was sound asleep in grandma's arms. my mom loves to rock her to sleep, and was tickled pink to do it again tonight. i'm still waiting for her to wake up from her "nap" and play with me. it's been 3 hours . . . . think she's down for the night?

i can pick up our holiday pictures from sears tomorrow. i'm excited to see how my $300 investment turned out. i'm really excited for the 20x20 framed collage i got. i think it's going to go over the fireplace. and then maybe i'll do the same thing for her 1st birthday and start a yearly tradition.

christmas decorations are slowly going up. i've got pretty much everything up inside except the trees. well, there's a tree with only lights on it in marley's room. i think i'm going to get her a new ornament or two every year for "her tree". i'm hoping this weekend i'll be able to go out and get our real tree, put up the one in the family room for my wendell august ornaments and get my outside stuff up. we'll see. who knows how the weather is going to be this time of the year around here.

marley is now eating cerel twice a day at daycare, and then stage 1 purees for me at home in the evenings. last night i gave her sweet potatos and applesause. it's the first time i really offered two different ones at the same time. she did fine, no confusion or problems with different tastes. and the veggies were warmed but the fruit was room temp. and she rolled back to front for the first time last night too! of course it was so she could see the tv better . . . that's my girl :) and she hasn't done it since that i know of.