Another milestone

Today was Kiersten's 4th week at MDO. I have been praying that when I bring her she will surprise me and not cry. Well today was it. I dropped her off, we put her lunch up, I kissed her goodbye, and she did not cry. I knew she wanted to but she held it in. I was so proud of her, this makes it so much more easier for me. When I picked her up, she had a good day as always. Laughing, playing and being silly. Today was a good day and ended the night with a swim in our pool and hot tub.

Up to date

Ok so now I need to jot down some things that are memorable to me about Kiersten.  Let's see, she was baptized in April 2010, got her ears pierced at 4 months, loves to swim, cut her first tooth by 6 months, began crawling by 7 months, began gymnastics and swim class at 9 months, took our first family vacation when she was 10 months to San Antonio, TX., started walking by 11 months, experienced her first snow storm in February.  We started our pool construction in February and was finally done in April.  It took almost 9 very LONG weeks, but definitely worth every bit of it.  Kiersten loves to swim and is just a little fish in the water.  We took our second vacation to Branson,MO.  She got to meet Spongebob, she loved the rides.  The highlight of our trip had to be when I had a proud moment of Kiersten helping herself to syrup at breakfast for her French toast, mamma was so proud she was helping herself and being a "big girl", well not 2 seconds later, Kiersten dumped the syrup in her hair.  I just wanted to die, and I could have killed her.  So I had to change her in the backseat of our car, gave her a sponge bath with some water bottles we had on hand.  Anyway, that was the highlight of our trip!  
We mainly spent our summer in the pool, trying to keep cool with triple digit temps.  I started scrapbooking in July, and just really took off then with my crafting. My awesome aunt gave me her Cricut which I LOVE!  I've made some decorations for our house, some bows, and recently I have been into making appliques.  Tonight I made a pumpkin appliqué for Kiersten and few other children.  
As of right now, we are still pretty busy during the week.  Every other Monday we have playgroup, Kiersten goes to Mothers Day Out, Tuesday and Thursdays.  She still cries when I drop her off but she LOVES it there.  I had some reservations about sending her but I know I made the right decision.  I also love getting things done, like working out, shopping, scrapbooking, crafting and running errands.  Wednesday's we have swim in the mornings, and we have Friday to relax.
I think that is it we are all up to date.  Oh yea, we have a Disney trip planned next month.....I am so excited!!!
Until next time.  Have a good night!

I finally did it!

Well I finally did it. This has been a long time coming. Many of my friends have blogs, I keep up with many blogs, and it just seems like the "it" thing to do, so I finally decided to start one at least for Kiersten's sake, so she can have something to look back on and read.
I guess I should start from the beginning, I am originally from Queens NY lived there for 21 years. I met my hubby online. We have been married for 11 wonderful years! We both spent the first 8 years of our marriage just finishing up college, traveling and having fun. My husband has a degree in Petroleum Engineering, and I graduated with my Masters in Social Work from The University of Oklahoma. After working for a while we decided it was time for us to have a child. Well in Dec 2009, we were blessed with our first daughter Kiersten Breona. I worked for a while, and let me tell you it was the hardest thing to do....to leave our baby with someone else to take care of for 8 hours was just so hard. So I was excited to hear my husband tell me I would be able to quit. In August 2010 I quit my job. It was bittersweet! So here I am living this journey as a mom and wife trying to be the best person I can be.
My goal for this blog is to keep memories for Kiersten to read. As well as me trying to be creative in ways that I thought I could never be.
Don't want to overwhelm anyone, so I will bid adou for tonight and start out with the most memorables moments of Kiersten's life. Good Night!