Tamara Shannon

Poo Tales. It has finally happened.  I've heard countless stories from different moms and I've noticed Brynlynn's new awareness while having her diaper changed lately. While changing her diaper yesterday she reaches down, yanks it out aaaaannnnd throws it! ...after swinging it around a bit, of course.  What was I doing through all of this, you're probably thinking (keep in mind the entire process lasted about 3 seconds), I was mostly saying, "no! no! no! Brynlynn! Stop!" Fortunately, it landed "right side up" so it was an easy floor cleanup with minimal damage to her hands and the changing table. Ewww.  I realize this is only the tip of the iceberg, but it's happened.  Sigh.  I can only hope keeping her in pants will limit her ability/desire to rip her diaper off when she's alone in her crib.  I don't even want to think of the possibilities.  ...........................................................................................

Set your clocks back...rewind to a few weeks ago.  I'm behind, yes, I know.  Christmas in our house happens twice in a year.  Like most married couples know, you have to alternate the holidays (it's only fair).  This year Christmas #1 was in Floresville, and Christmas #2 was in Lubbock.  I think, however, we have stumbled on to something wonderful! We all loved having a second Christmas a little later and we got to bring in the new year together. A new tradition? Perhaps! Show us what you got! Sitting in the yard watching the guys on the roof.

Yes, the title is a bit misleading, but it does still look like Christmas around here...we haven't gotten around to taking the decorations down just yet.  In my defense, we did just get home Sunday night and it's ONLY Jan. 2 for heaven's sake!  I had a lot of ideas, plans, goals etc. for Christmas this year and most of which didn't happen.  Things were really busy and we were gone for most of December so I wasn't able to execute all of my plans.  It's ok, though, because we still had a great holiday with family...and there's always next year! Among the long list of Christmas crafts I had planned, here is the ONE that we did. Rather than buy a "Baby's 1st Christmas" I wanted to make one...easy enough, right?  Wrong. Baby fingers have an instinctive response to paint-they curl up and wiggle at a rapid pace. We got it though! (Mind you, this was the 6th or 7th try...) P.S. Could this picture get any cuter? I doubt it. Fast forward to t...