Santa Temmy is Coming to Town

Santa Temmy

Temmy in her new walker

 


Temmy celebrated her first Christmas and it was truly a blessed one filled with lots of love, food, family, and of course gifts for Temmy :-)! I went crazy with my camera snapping pix of everyone. Thanks everyone for everything.

After Christmas, we went to the Museum of Science and Industry for the Christmas Around the World and Dr. Seuss exhibits. Temmy was fascinated by all the bright lights and colors. She took everything in and watched everybody. We definitely will have to take her back there. Learning is power.

??Future Fashionista?!?!

Styling and profiling for the camera before Nana's house

Temmy has been receiving so many clothes left and right from everyone that we're running outta space. When we get her dressed, we can never decide on an outfit. While I was gone, Todd decided he was gonna organize all of her clothes, but the task proved too daunting. *see picture below* If this is a sign of times to come, looks like she's gonna need at least 5 hours to get ready for school smh lol.

Thanks everyone for the adorably cute clothes. We love them all!!

Temmy's clothes that have nowhere to go

The "So Fresh and So Clean" robe courtesy of Uncle J

 *Good problems to have*

Merry Christmas!!!

Eat, swap gifts and be merry everybody! God bless :-)

5ive Ways Mommydom is Bad For You

Mommydom really does bring out the best and worst of you. Here are my personal top five Mommydom worsts.

1. Sucking pacifiers. I remember watching Boyz in the Hood thinking man that looks sooo silly what kinda grown person sucks a pacifier. Now I AM that person. I always put her pacifier in my mouth before I give it to her or if we're out and she no longer wants it, I hold it in my mouth. I'm pretty sure I suck it more than she does. Smh

2. My memory. Remember those "this is your brain on drugs" commercials?? Someone should make a "this is your brain on Mommydom" commercial. I swear I can't remember anything .....

3. I sing. This might not sound like a worst, but if you think that then you've never heard me sing. And now I do it all the time. EVERYTHING is a song. Temmy just spit up? There's a SONG for that.

4. I'm jealous. I'm not even gonna lie. I spend all day with Temmy, wake up with her in the middle of the night and yet, I still feel a little bruised ego when she smiles and makes googly faces at Todd. Those are supposed to be my kisses she's giving away.

5. I nap. Don't get me wrong naps are necessary every now and then. However, I usually fall asleep at least once a day trying to put Temmy to sleep. Then I wake up and realize that I have a few moments to actually take care of things around the house before she notices I put her down. I know "sleep when the baby sleeps" is the most given advice, but it feels so wrong. Even when my sleep-deprived body says otherwise, all I can think of are the things not getting done.

Ahhhh the adventures of Mommydom.....

Temmy Talks

For the past month or so, Temmy has been giving me and her Daddy a piece of her mind. She's full of words when she first wakes up, when we're laying on the couch watching TV, when we're playing with her. She talks and talks and talks. Of course, whenever she's on the phone or we try to record it, she's as quiet as a church mouse. Today, she finally decided to share her thoughts with the world. Enjoy the first edition of Temmy Talks.

P.S. Temmy laughs soooo hard when she watches this :-)

Just One of Those Days

Yesterday was an off day for me. Like Luther's curl, I just couldn't get right. I didn't accomplish nearly as much as I wanted to around the house. I almost put dirty dishes in the dishwasher with clean ones. Forgot to start the washer. I totally messed up dinner. The side dish was uneatable and I almost burned the meat. I splashed my entire stomach with boiling water. Luckily for me I didn't get burned. And somehow I managed to dump water on the floor using nothing but a strainer.

If I had hair, yesterday woulda been one of those days....

Temmy vs. The Pacifier, Round 1

Temmy holding her pacifier

Temmy has taught herself another trick - how to attack her pacifier.

She was laying in bed when her pacifier fell out her mouth. Rather than cry for us to put it back in, she did it herself...

Date Night

Saturday, December 3, 2011. That's the day Temmy spent her first night away from home.

Todd planned a date night for us. It was our first one since....actually neither one of us can remember the last date we had. I was pregnant and it was warm out. Baby's here and it's cold out. We both agree that we're long overdue for some Mommy/Daddy time so he got to planning a surprise night out for me.

I dropped Temmy off to her Nana's house late Saturday afternoon. Surprisingly, it only took 25 minutes for me to leave. Then I got teary-eyed walking out the door. I made my first turn, then I called to make sure she was ok. After that, I promised I wouldn't call anymore and proceeded home to get ready.

My mom called a few times while we were getting dressed. I missed all her calls (how could I forget to take my phone off silent? *SUPER Mommy fail*) and panicked when she didn't answer when I called back. She called back asking about the bottle and wanting to let me know Temmy gets angry when you don't move fast enough. *whew! Glad she wasn't calling to tell me to meet her in the ER* 

Todd and I finished getting dressed and headed out to dinner. We decided on this Italian restaurant called Topo Gigio on Wells. It was really nice. Nice atmosphere, excellent food. Kinda dressy. We will definitely be going back for a birthday or something.

After dinner we walked down the street to Second City for a comedy show. From the second it started till it ended, we were laughing. We ordered two Pirates of Navy Piers (adult apple ciders) and got two souvenir mugs to take home.

On the way home, we made a split decision to go to the new casino. We've been wanting to go since we heard about it, it's on the way home and we're baby-free for the night so why not? We decided on a set amount to play, sat down at a slot machine, played 3 times, won double what we started with, stared in disbelief, cashed out and left.

We came home and crashed. I woke up this morning and immediately texted my mom. 40 min later I called every number I had for her. Did Temmy sleep thru the night? Why hasn't she called me yet? Is everything ok? While I waited for my mom to call me back, we enjoyed our babyless morning by indulging in Hulu+ and leftovers. AAAAHHHH this is the life... When my mom finally called back, we got dressed and went to pick up Temmy.

It was nice playing Grown Up, but I'm glad to have my baby back. :-)

Thanks Todd for a LOVELY date night!!!!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

It's officially Christmas season at the Jenkins / Sparkman household. :-)

Thanksgiving night, Todd put up our Christmas tree and he bought some lights to put on our balcony. Even Temmy is getting in the spirit. I Christmas'd out my iPod and was listening to it as I worked out yesterday. She had the BIGGEST smile on her face the entire time.

Tis the Season....