HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!

Guess what?




It's my birthday!



I'm one!

Sometimes, I make these really cute faces.

My mumma says I'm a doll baby.

Look at all my teeth! I have 7 of them. I usually don't show anyone but.....I really don't want my picture taken today. Think we can try again tomorrow? After all, it is my birthday. ;)



Happy Birthday Tiana! Thank you for coming into our lives! I can't believe it's already been a year. You truly are a blessing!

We love you!

Sorry....................

Ok, so it's not like I've been hanging out doing nothing. I wish though! This whole blog thing has been weighing on me heavily and I am really sad that I haven't been able to keep up with this the way I wanted to. So, I owe you all an apology for not updating this as often as I should or would like to, however, I am one busy lady! Here is my list of things that I have been busy doing:


1. Hugging, touching, kissing, smelling, enjoying, playing with, staring at, and loving my baby girl! Can you believe I had a girl? A girl!!!!!


2. Loving spending time with all of my Barton boys.


3. Being a Mom Taxi to Joshua and Jason.


4. Homework. Enough said.


5. Unpacking. Cleaning. Trying to organize my house.


6. Trying to organize my life. (Is that really possible?)


7. Working. My job - way better this year.


8. Sports - hockey and soccer.


9. Spending time with Grammy & Papa.


10. I'm sure there's more but I'm too tired to think of them.



11. Did I mention hockey?



12. OMG, I had a girl!!!


13. I just like the number 13.



Anyway, I got a new computer (more like different, not new as in brand new). And all of my pictures are on my other computer. Like from Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, etc. The problem is, I don't know how to get them from the other computer to this one. I will attempt to dedicate some time to figuring out the picture situation tomorrow. Once I do, I will slowly but surely put my pictures up and share my beautiful family with you. Thank you for your patience and understanding. But know that I really am busy.

Bounce, Bounce, Bounce......

Tiana was a bouncing little Baby Barton today. A co-worker gave me a jumper similar to this one for Tiana to use. We hooked it up and Tiana was having a blast. Her little feet looked like the little penguin on 'Happy Feet'. She is so cute! And so much fun!

Tiana's Tights

A couple of weeks ago, my mom, the baby and I were at Panera Bread and we ran into a lady who had a 10 month old wearing what we thought we adorable little shoes. We got to talking to her and found out that they were actually socks that look like shoes! They were so cute that my mom decided she was on the hunt for them. Well, lots of money and adorable socks later (I'll post some pix of the socks soon), my mom also found some Minnie Mouse tights for Tiana. Here are a couple of pictures of her wearing them. Aren't they adorable!?! So, not only do they have the 'shoes' built right in but there is a Minnie Mouse on the outside of each ankle. Needless to say, Grammy had a blast dressing her today and everyone loved her outfit! :)

Update

Ok, so I owe everyone an apology...I haven't been doing as good of a job as I had hoped in keeping up with this blog but, in my own defense, I am a little busy. Just a little. Since my last post, we've moved, started school & work, are quite involved in all of our sports, bowling club, running club, working at the school post office, and trying to unpack and organize AND keep up with daily life. I tried to get on here the other night to post some pix and my computer is acting up so I'm having a tough time. Once I figure it out (or throw the computer out the window), I will post some new pictures.

Tiana is amazing. I am so in love with her and the boys are so good with her, we are truly blessed to have her in our lives! She has changed so much over the last 7 months! She is so much fun and is really coming into her own. The boys have this ability to make her laugh and laugh. It is so great to listen to! Music to our ears. :)

She started eating solids a couple of months ago and it has been a lot of fun seeing her reaction to various foods. Her favorites so far are sweet potatoes and prunes. On September 21st, her two bottom teeth came in and we recently gave her Cheerios and Vanilla Teething Biscuits. She loves gumming them and making a HUGE mess with the teething biscuits. She has also decided that she's done with the rolling over deal, she's moved on to rocking up on her hands and knees. Tonight she got one of her knees to move but hasn't quite figured out how to get her arms to go yet. It's so incredible to watch her think and try to figure things out. She seems to be growing up so much faster than the boys, I want her to slow down a little.

OMG.....IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!

On February 27th, 2008, Tiana made her grand debut at 6:29 pm. She weighed in at 7 lbs, 10 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. (Not bad for being two days overdue.) She is a healthy baby and we have all been taking the last 5 months adjusting to our already chaotic lives. She is such a blessing, I can't believe I have a baby?! I can't believe she's a GIRL!!!!! I spent the first few weeks staring at her in amazement and I kept saying, "Oh my God, you're a girl! How did that happen? You're a girl! I can't believe you're a girl!" I would call my mom and say, "It's a girl, can you believe I have a girl?" Even now, 5 months later I am still awed by the fact that she is a girl and she is mine/ours! The boys have been absolutely wonderful with her and Daddy is tickled pink! :)

Speaking of pink, it has been so much fun shopping in the girl sections of all of the stores. My mom and I have been having a blast. (Josh has even gotten in on picking out a few outfits for his baby sister. Just don't tell anyone.) Scott tells everyone that my mom's credit card companies have been sending her thank you cards for spending so much money on the baby. :) For the first time in my life, I get to play dress up with a real baby girl and I am absolutely LOVING it! My mom keeps teasing me saying that for someone who didn't really enjoy playing with dolls, I am having way too much fun. I have to agree with that, I am having way too much fun. Thank God for this little miracle!

It's a balloon, it's the moon....

No, it's my belly! And I have toes below my belly! This is not me, but it's similar to what I see (or don't see) when I look down. I wonder if my toes are connected to my feet? Of course they aren't, I no longer have feet, they're connected to my cankles!