First Teeth!

Hello all my followers!

I know I have not blogged for a while. Right now, I am taking advantage of the fact that Hope is down for a nap. Have I ever mentioned that she does not nap often? She sleeps 11 - 12 hours at night, but almost none during the day. So, that doesn't leave me a lot of alone time to do things like this. Especially lately, because she has been very grumpy. I don't blame her though. Her two bottom front teeth are coming in. The poor thing has no idea why she is in pain all the time. Today I was able to feel them! So they have actually pushed all the way through the gums! I'm so proud of her. She could have been a lot worse than she was. She just wanted to be held a lot.

Life has been fun lately. We have been living the crazy holiday life of endless mashed potatoes and family gatherings. We spent about a week car shopping and finally purchased a decent car that doesn't sound like a semi truck! Hope is starting to eat solid foods. So far we have tried Applesauce, peaches, and bananas. She isn't very fond of the peaches. Her face is priceless! I was laughing so much I wasn't able to take a picture, so sorry Grandma Jeske. I'll try again. We also put her in her first pair of shoes this week. They went straight into her mouth. I'm convinced she likes them more than her teething ring! She looks so grown up in them. I have a video I will try to upload onto the blog. You are supposed to be able to, but it always takes too long for me and I lose patience.

This week I am spending cleaning my house from top to bottom! Reason number one: We had rats in our house...yes RATS!! for about a month. The stupid poison I bought took weeks to kill them! Finally we found them and got rid of them! I am so glad to not wake up to fresh rat poop in my bathroom every morning. So, now I get the hebbie jebbies thinking about how much gross stuff they left al over my floors. Reason number two: Jason's boss is coming into town next week to check out his home office and spend some time working with him (His boss works 7 hours away in tampa). We are having her over for dinner on Monday and she will be in and out for three days. Definitely a good reason to get your house in order!

So I have to mention how totally awesome my husband is! He is only 2 months into his new job and he won us a free TV in some territory competition! GO JASON! He is so dedicated to his work :) He also won the championship with his Best Buy football team! Way to go team!

Hope just woke up and is staring at me with a wide-eyed blank stare..HAHA she is so funny

And now for some pictures and hopefully some video.