Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Does anyone want to keep my kids for a few days?


OK so I am only half serious.
I have been at my parent's farm for a week now with the kids. We are in the transitional stage of moving to Florida. Josh is already there and working hard and playing hard and enjoying the life of a bachelor again for a little while. Not a bachelor like you see in movies, just a man not tied down by bed times and not awoken by kids eager for his attention.
I am in a struggle because my kids are out of their routine, we are in yet another new place, and dad/husband is away.
That's enough of that...
In church yesterday (My parent's church) we had a guest speaker who spoke mostly about missions but really challenged the grandparents in the congregation. I had never really heard a speaker have his biggest charge be to the "old folks". He challenged the grandparents to not only be willing to release their children and grandchildren into the work of the Lord but to bless them as they go. He comes from a background where his mother and father were missionaries, his father's parents blessed their ministry but his mother's father never did. He spoke of the burden his mom carried of her dad not blessing her ministry of 37 years. 37 YEARS of struggle knowing you are doing the work of your capital "F" Father and your earthly dad not being on board with it. As females (and probably males but since I am not one I don't know) we long for not only the approval but the blessing of our parents. We don't just want to hear "it's OK, go ahead." we want prayers, support, verbal and non verbal affirmation. As the speaker gave a charge to the grandparents in the room he closed with asking the grandparents willing to bless their grandchildren if and when doing the Lords work to stand up. My heart swelled with joy as my parents both stood to their feet. They will strive to be enablers instead of roadblocks for their grand kids (all 10 of them as of now) to further the kingdom of God. I'm not going to lie... at that moment I felt more affirmation than I probably ever have from my parents over the work we are doing as a family and even as a woman in choosing the man I am married to. One non-verbal stance (pun intended) encouraged my heart to keep doing what we are doing. My folks not understand some of the things we have chosen to do because it doesn't make a whole lot of logical sense, to us or them, but we are confident knowing that we have been walking by faith and taking steps of obedience toward an unknown goal. That's tough stuff. Just recently God has been allowing us to see more of the picture and where the little things really were part of the big picture process.
As a mom I pray regularly for the salvation of my children and I teach them obedience not only to me but to God and His word. Josh and I have named our kids after families that imitate Christ and have also followed in obedience when it wasn't the easy or the socially acceptable thing to do.
Our daughter, Bailey, was named after David and Kandi Bailey. We met them and their 5 kids while serving at Blanton Baptist Church in Dade City Florida. The Bailey's are a blessed family and even when life is tough, their hearts are pure and their attitudes exude joy. They are also a giving family. They give even when it hurts. Even when the world would say "Hang on to that! Cherish it and don't let it slip away!" They freely and gladly give. They are great stewards of what God has intrusted them with. This is what we want for our kids!
Frazier's name comes from Andy and Kim Frazier. When we met them, Andy was a youth pastor at Dade City Christian Church and it was awesome to find another young couple in the ministry, especially in a town with not many "young people". We were set up on a blind date type thing. Kim was pregnant with her first child Hannah. They were great mentors for us and a great example of a Godly marriage. They were just a step ahead of us being married 3 years prior to us and we got to walk along side of them as they birthed babies and grew in ministry and parenthood. We gleaned wisdom from thier successes and mistakes. Andy and Kim serve well in whatever capacity they are working. They are hard working and faithful, they also have generous hearts. Andy is tech saavy and Kim is frugal, both are fun! Our type of people. This is what we want for our kids.
We will encourage our children to listen to their Father and be obedient, even if it goes against what we have "planned" for them. We also know that their grandparents will encourage them the same way. Praise God.
Now let's see how this shows up not only when they are serving the Lord but in the preparing them to do so.
May we also encourage or spur one another on towards excellence, pointing all glory to Him.

B words

Brenda, Bailey, Balogh, baths, beautiful blue eyes, beans, and B*tch!?!?! Oh dear!

So my name is Brenda, that makes sense right.... great, glad we are on the same page.

I am watching sesame street with Bailey so I got the idea of a "letter themed blog". The letter of the day on the street is "M" not "B". I digress.

Just some interesting and honest stories from my life lately.

One of Bailey's new favorite things is to stand on the hearth of the fireplace (is it really called the hearth? now that I've written it it all seems wrong. So, the floor in front of the fireplace that is different from the wood floor in front of it) Ok so Bailey likes to stand there in the corner and she says "Mom, may you please say 'introducing'?" She asks this A LOT and not every time is it so polite. Some times it's "MOM SAY INTRODUCING!" What she means by this is really, "I WUNNA DANCE!" so I, in my very best announcer voice, say "Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, for your entertainment pleasure tonight we have the beautiful, blond hair, blue eyed, BAILEY BALOGH!!!!" and some times it's just "Introduuuuuucing Baileeeeeeeeeeey Baaaaaaaalogh!" Then she dances. Sometimes sings. Always bows. Then it begins again.

As her mother I am proud of her lack of stage fright, her persistence and her passion but on the other hand, I worry about things like "where did she learn THAT dance move?" and "will this ever end?" all the while savoring the sweet memories of my narcissistic daughter hogging all of the attention in the world. Can't I have some? Ha!

Beans, I really like them, black ones are my favorite right now. Or were, last week. That's until I did an unplanned and unwelcomed science experiment with them. You see, I was making a big ole pot o' beans the other day and I had to leave the house before they were all they way done but nonetheless I turned them off, and left the house. When I returned I completely forgot to turn them back on and then I went to bed. Upon entering the kitchen to prep breakfast I saw the cauldron on the stove and my heart sank. WASTED BEANS! But I debated whether or not they would still be OK, I mean, they had a lid on them. I hesitated and it got put off again so there the pot sat. Then the next day, yes DAY, I decided that I would dump the beans but didn't want to think about the best way to dispose of this massive weeks supply of beans, so I sat the pot in the unused side of the sink. Here is where it all goes bad, real bad... it started as a way to get the beans off the stove out of the way and then it became let's just say, gross, and foamy and bubbley and hairy and and STINKY! The end. Well last note, Josh cleaned it out with out me asking. He just knew I would be loudly dry heaving and crying as I dumped the disgust somewhere, he saved me from myself. Amen.

Ok so if that wasn't candid enough, letting you in on how filthy I can be at times, here's another story. Bailey cusses. You may have read about it on Twitter already and there I blammed Paige Langford. I mean it could be her fault but I doubt it. To be honest, I have no clue where Bailey learned the "B WORD" that she likes to frequently use. It's been a great learning experience for me as a mom. It all started in Kohls when she just yelled out "B*tch!" and then again and again! The first 3 times she said it I was still in toddler's mom trying to figure out what the kid is trying to say mode and then it clicked, she's just cussing! I didn't freak out and I didn't make a big deal out of it I just asked her to say something else or to describe what it was she was really trying to get across. Nothing. Just more "b words", less loudly. At this time I see teenagers ducking down behind a clothing rack, laughing their guts out. OK, she stopped, we moved on. Whew! Well, a few days pass and I hear her say it again, I tell her I know she isn't meaning to be rude or nasty but that word is inappropriate and it is usually used when talking about people and we use positive words regarding people not negative ones. Etc. etc. Here are the high lights. The funnier uses that are extremely uncalled for, some seeming to be in context the others just weird.

Bailey grabbed her finger and exclaimed "B___! My finger hurts"

While at Cabela's shooting the guns at the game range thing "B___, I'll shoot you tiger!"

is she a gangster?

After having a great long discussion about the word and her having consequences from using it, she remembers that Jesus is always a good topic and a great word to use! She is looking in the mirror at JC Penny, talking to herself and the word comes out, she looks at me, caught, and quickly tries to cover with "Jesus, Jesus, God and Jesus." This 2 year old is KILLING ME!

Then, daddy comes home from work and she tattles on herself for how that particular day went. Sadly, with remorse and embarrassment, she says "Yeah, I'm not going to say b____ anymore." I laughed in hands cupped over my face.

I died inside.

I'm being dramatic of course about the dying part, I know this is just the beginning of ajourney as the mom of an outgoing, strong willed child that speaks.

Today, One Day at a Time

I'm blogging today. Will I tomorrow? Heck, I don't know! Life is unpredictable. (That's the understatement of my year!)

This summer so far has been the most unique experience of my life. All areas have been interesting and new but the craziest has been our living situations... we moved out of our Apt. April 30th and house sat for a week then went of vacation for a week. When we returned "home" we were invited by the Kimmels to live with them. They waiting up for us as we drove from Florida to Texas, just to greet us and make us feel welcome. I was unsure which room we would stay in at their house, fully expecting to be cramming all 4 of us into one room, all sleeping on the floor for a while and Frazier in his pack'n'play. We were blessed and surprised by all of the things the Kimmels did to make us feel welcome. Hospitality at it's greatest. We were put up in 2 different rooms, and Andrew BUILT A BED for the guest room in 2 days so it would be ready when we arrived. It was awesome. To keep this short I'm going to skip a lot of details and share little. I enjoyed being in the Kimmels home, feeling like I lived in a neighborhood, cooking in Susan's great kitchen sharing meals and recipes, having a great back yard for Bailey to run around in and TV with a DVR was a cool plus as well.

We left the Kimmels after a month of being there and now we are at the Quiros' house. It's a large house with lots of rooms, a beautiful kitchen and a SWIMMING POOL! (with a baby safe screen around it) The Quiros' are in Costa Rica and have allowed us to be here and make ourselves at home. Ellen has a fabulous kitchen and an old school pro kitchenaid mixer I've been playing with. I have never before felt as accepted into someone else's life/home/family as well as I have here. Ellen loves our children and they love her. Ellen works very hard and long hours but has come home several times to a loud house with a non related family in it, sometimes not so picked up or clean and smiles and chats with me and holds the baby while I get something done. She's saved my sanity a few times over. I have grown to love her dearly.

What's next? Not so sure. We have been praying for months and living day by day in God's grace, praying for his direction and his provision. We have a lead on another place to stay temporarily but the details have not quite been nailed down yet.

Through the craziest times and the hardest parts, my husband is still great! Our marriage is strong and fun, and we are growing closer everyday. Our kids are healthy and strong and smart and bless us daily.

Bailey's quote of the day. Written exactly like she said it... "Mom bretend you are sweeping in a hotel. How are you?"

I say "I'm fine thank you ma'am"

"BOOM SERVICE!"

Right in my face. scared me! we didn't get much further than that. I was to frightened to order any of her room service.

Checking this out... Blogging by text. Kids napping, me chasing dreams. Or is this a wild goose?

Hijacked

Annnd I'm baaaaack! Just kidding, this is Josh hijacking Brenda's blog. I've been patiently awaiting a new blog from Bren cause I think she does a great job and always makes me laugh or giggle. So...if anyone else would like to hear from her again after a long break then pester her everyday like I have been. Together, Yes we Can! haha

And I'm baaack!

After a much need Hiatus from blogging I am back. (kidding) I just forget to show up here sometimes. I get so enthralled in reading others personal stories I forget to come share my own story. Another reason, I hate my computer so I rarely get on it at all, I stick to the ole iphone, and it's not super condusive to blogging for me.

Ok so the news, I am 20 weeks and 3 days pregnant with a little boy. His name is Frazier Lee Balogh. We are all very excited about this new member of our family and it's very fun to watch Bailey realizing that she is going to be a big sister. She however can't pronounce Frazier well so it comes out "shaver". Bailey loves to kiss my belly and say "mor-win shaver" translated, "morning Frazier"
Bailey is 20 months old and a total joy to be around. She is spunky and funny and full of energy. She has some Sass and is girly girl. Her very favorite things to do are talk on the "phone" I put phone is quotes b/c she will use anything from a marker to a cracker wrapper, to her hand as a communication device. She LOVES to read and will do so for over an hour a day. She also loves music and dancing. Her new love in the last 2 weeks is swimming and she will willingly put her own head underwater over and over and over.
Bailey is extremely good at recognizing people and remembering their names.
Ok that's the update for now, I am going to try to keep these shorter and and more frequent. Love yall!

Who knew Big Rats Were Fun?

Josh, Bailey and I went with some friends to Chuckie Cheese and I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a blast (I DID!) Bailey enjoyed the place but hated Chuckie, David enjoyed both, and us adults (if you can call us that) enjoyed it all, including the pizza!

Here are a few pics of the evening.

Week 2

So I am at home for my second week in my new "career". This last one was wonderful, lots of good times with Bailey, got some crafty stuff done and I cooked alot. I feel like I am becoming a pro at cooking and then cleaning the kitchen in just enough time to make another meal.

This week Bailey and I have had some visitors. Kaliyah and Kamara(my neices)are in town from Virginia so we've been having a blast. Here's a little recap of what we've been up to...

first was sliding in the living room.

next was pretending to be on a space ship (they thought it was first class with the drinks and all)

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We also watched the snow fall!

Aunt B-Jo attempted to do the girls hair. How'd I do mom? They pig tails were neat and the girls were clean, both good things.

DINNER TIME!!!

Bailey spreading the dough. She also liked to grab and EAT the dough. annoying

All of the girls did SOO well at helping spread the sauce-)

You may or may not be able to see the cheese they are "sprinkling".

Finished product: Italian Chicken Pizza! YUM!

Too bad when the kids get to eat it it looks a little more like this.

Oh well, they REALLY enjoyed it. Epecially since it was movie and pizza. We ate dinner and watched Hoodwinked, a great movie.

The only sad thing is, after dinner they didn't get to REALLY enjoy desert at all, this is what it looked like but the taste.... was not worth eating. We looked at these great looking cinnamon bite rolly things but didn't eat them.=(

Hope you enjoy plugging in with your imagination all of the funny things that happened in between all of these snapshots. Kelly, thanks for letting me borrow your ladies for a few days, it really has been a joy. I love yall!

Very New Chapter

So again it's been months since I have blogged, I'm back on the horse so to speak, so I think. We shall see.
I have begun a very new chapter in my life. I am officially a Home Maker by profession. AAAHHHH. what a very exciting time for me.
Today was my first day not being employed but at the same time, today is Saturday so I just took it as a real Saturday. I used to work every Saturday but today I made it a point to stay in my PJs almost all day, hang around the house and get done the things I "wanted" to get done. No pressure, just a Saturday.
I have been doing some research on ways to save money from the home and creative things to do with out spending money as well as getting some things organized around here so I am not spending my days working around the mess. I've got goals, I've got timelines, I've got menus, I've got books to read, I've got things to do by golly!!!
I am very excited about the changes taking place in the Texas Balogh's lives, hopefully I will remember to chronicle them regularly.
Here's to stay at home moms. I'm open to advise and helps and stories. I need that good ole supprt system.
Thanks!

Saturday Night

This weekend has been very funny, it's almost as if Bailey has taken a dive bomb right into her terrible twos and guess what, she won't be 1 for even 3 more days!!! Yikes. I only say this because yesterday was a day I will not soon forget. Unless there are more of them to come, lets hope not.
So Bailey started her day out about 9:00 am, not unusual but she was at the Ranch with Grandmwah and PawPaw. She did not take a nap at all, I'm talking like nothing, zilch, nada, zero, nine, NONE all day. We got in the car to go to dinner and she finally fell asleep right before we got there, this is already almost 6:00 PM. (I don't consider this a nap even though she woke up shortly after b/c this should have been her bed time that day) Anyway, she woke up, we ate dinner, we went to Walmart, we drove back (with Bailey crying and screaming the whole way) to the Ranch and it all went wacky from there.
Bailey was SO excited to be back. We put her on the floor with the new puppy Fiona and they rolled around licking eachother for a few minutes, both being a little weird. Then Bailey got up and was just running everywhere. She is still new to the WALKING thing so running was a site to see. She would throw her arms behind her making her look very arrow dynamic and just start going. This would cause her to fall several times and since at this points she is very tired and out of sorts, she would try to get up but it resultred in a lot of time with her head by the ground and her butt all up in the air. I was laughing so hard to see her spinning in all sorts of circles, almost break dancing and doing barrel rolls all at the same time.
This went on for a good 15 minutes or so, she was more hyper than I have ever seen her to this point. She was so excited about something though, calming down was not inher plans. Changing her diaper was like roping a calf, I was sweaty by the end of that adventure.
Anyway, all that to say, it was interesting. We are still experiencing new things all the time with that girl. I'm sure there will be many more stories to come.

Walk it out!

Bailey has decided that today is the day she wants to walk instead of crawl. She still has a ton of plops but she instead of crawling, she gets back up and takes more steps still it happens again. She is a goofy little tyke and we love her. Hope this is funny too you, sorry about the hysterical laugh in the background. I'm a mom and I think my kid is awesome.

snuggle time

Bailey wasn't feeling well this last week so as much as it was completely sad for me to see her not feel well and not being herself, it was a WONDERFUL time for me to get to snuggle with my baby. I have pictures of her sleeping on me when she was first here (in the world) but she has been a VERY active child and likes to look around and be nosey MUCH more than she likes to cuddle or chill out. This last weekend I got to love on my baby girl just holding her and singing to her, dad got some of this great time too. She seems to like it on him more but I don't let myself believe (even if it is true) that Bailey is a bone-a-fide Daddy's girl.
Bailey is turing one at the end of the month and with that time approaching so quickly, I'm having to pinch myself, I'm in denial that it really could have been a year ago since this all went down.
So Bailey is back to her normal self, feeling well and definitely NOT snuggling anymore. She is walking more and more everyday, exploring new things and making me laugh A LOT. Yes, I realize I have been using a lot of caps lock in this post but hey, I'm SO emphatic about these things.

50 years!

To think about 50 years makes my brain hurt. This is double how long I have been alive! I can not in my little brain really fathom what 50 years of life would be like, much less 50 years of MARRAIGE. My grandparents Jim and June Strickland just celebrated their 50 year anniversary this last weekend. What a cool cool thing to get to celebrate. Josh and I have been married 4 years and we have seen alot change in our country and have experienced a lot of change with in our household, so thinking about what my grandparents have gotten to see and experience is beyond where my thoughts can travel. I have truly enjoyed hearing their story and seeing pictures of their journey together as they have accomplished so much together.
Happy life of Marrige Grandma and Grandpa!! (it's been longer than 50 years now so I can say that to encompass the last few days as well)
I'm having a hard time imagining what I may be like in 25 years when I hit my 50th birthday or what Josh and I will be like in 46 years at our 50th anniversary but I pray that it is something great. I hope our story is one that not only looks good to our kids and grandkids but to those we see and interact with on a day to day basis. I pray that our marriage points people to Christ and that we model to those we meet what Holy Matrimony is. We fail, and horribly at times but by Gods grace we get back up and I hope our legacy shares that story as well.

Weekend Fun

Friday night....got off work, didn't go to rainy football game, instead played radicool games with some friends.

Saturday night..... I worked till 3:15, Josh worked till 10, I napped, we went to pick up Bailey from my parents real late.

Sunday.... invite a friend to church day, we brought Kassy and Corbit, they really seemed to enjoy themselves. Lunch was good, then we played ERS and the "word association game" ha ha. After that, we went to walmart, cooked dinner for my parents and hung out with them for a while.

Sucessfull weekend I would say.

Books Galore

So I've gotten back into the swing of reading some. I spent time at 3 different bookstores over the weekend. I bought some new books and I've been reading some older ones. I actually just finished a book yesterday called Babywise the second one. It's not really called "the second one" I just don't know what it's called. It is a good book, teaches some things on training children so you have to do less retraining as you go. Hopefully its stuff I can put to work in our lives, we'll see.
I am also reading 3 other books right now, you know, one for the bathroom, one before bed and the other whenever I feel like it.
I am reading Grace gone Wild which I am enjoying. It's so far about Grace and not using it as a go a head and sin ticket, and it's not something we earn either... hard to explain with out being very far into the book.
Another book I am reading is Crazy Love. I started it a while back but now that our youth group is doing some sermon series based on it I figured I should pick it back up.
The third book is called Sexy Girls: How Hot is Too Hot? A good book to read when dealing with teenage girls. Is it OK to dress sexy? What is the difference in Sexy and Stylish and Attractive? These are questions we will be answering. I'm wondering if this is a book written by a man under a girls name.

I'm still loving my church, meeting new people all the time, getting to know some better than others but loving it nonetheless. I am getting to know the youth girls I am working with a little better and it's making things so much more fun. They are great and I really enjoy meeting with them as well as teaching them. We are high schoolers now and it's a whole new world. I say we because I moved up with these girls who were in 8th grade last year so we together have made the transition to High School and oh what a different world it is. I'm totally excited about it though and can't wait to REALLY get in with the girls. God is going to do some stinking radical things in their lives and I'm looking forward to all that may entail.

For those of you "keeping up with us" through this blog from far away places, we love you and miss you and I'm sorry I don't do a very good job at keeping you up to date and more a part of our everyday lives.

Ummm other news.... we are watching the Cosby show season one, disk two right now for fun. Josh and I have gotten to go one a few dates lately that have kept our love fresh and kickin'.
I have still been enjoying cooking although I have not blogged about any of that lately, my creative juices have not been bursting out as of late.

OK, I'm out!
Bye

Baby Baby

Amy Grant anyone? Kidding, I have nothing to say about that. Here are some pictures of Bailey. Yes we accidently skipped the 8 month old photo shoot.

Busy week

It's been a busy week for me this week. It started out with Bailey and I going to my parents Ranch for the day. We had a good time, meet some of the new family members.

After that, I worked Tuesday and went to bed early which was super sweet.

Wednesday I played Guitar Hero World tour and you better believe me when I say " I rocked it HARD!" Did you believe me? Meh, ok.

Thursday was back to the grind at the ole job and then just some at home time with Josh and Baister. One of our dear friends had surgery that night so we spent some time praying for her and her husband. Friday I got to go spend some time with them at their home which was good times for me. Josh missed out and well you know he was jealous, AND we all know what I say about that.... "Jealousy is a stinky, stinky cologne." He got to join us saturday and sunday to hang with those folks though. Word.

Today is Dad's 52nd birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!! We got him a funny cow poop related card, a farm workers shirt and I took this picutre of Bailey for him. She is wearing his boots and my mom's hat. When I gave him the picture he just passed it around with a partial grin on his face thinking it was cute and all. It wasn't until about an hour or so later he found out it wasn't just a post card but it was actually Bailey. That made it more special. Here's that picture.

Thanks for stickin' it out with me not having blogged in a while.

I'm sure I will be having much more to blog about coming up, things are about to be changing and life is about to become more interesting for the Balogh Bunch so you will want to stay in the loop!

Love yall!

My stupid mouth....

Do you ever feel like you just talk to much? I don't think this is a problem that most people have but man, it's me all over the place. I don't even feel like I shuld post this blog because in essence, it's me "talking AGAIN".
I have great friends that are most patient for sure. Every time I hang up the phone or get done "chatting" with someone I feel it. I have once again dominated the conversation. I can't shut up. I want to be a good listener and to some degree I think I am but it must come across to other people as being a know it all and "she can't even wait till I'm done talking to say something else"
I am totally convicted by this.... Brenda, be quiet, let others speak, you will learn a lot. Brenda, be quiet, let God speak to you. Brenda, be quiet, listen and let others share their burdens. Brenda, shut your mouth and don't make this awkward, you don't know everything.
I've always been a talker. I can go on for days probably and I most likely sound stupid for the ways I can go around in circles, most likely contradicting myself at every bend.
This is not being mean to myself or feeling "condemned" but just a writen reminder to put others first, that even means in conversation. Be selfLESS, realize my stories aren't always the best ones. Let other's wisdom fall on me. Let me learn from lives of friends, parents, coworkers and the like.
The end.

Games

If anyone knows me, they know I am a gamer. I love games. The end.


Ok just kidding. This blog post is basically about games. As far as I can remember, I have always liked games, I used to play Mill Bornes at one grandparents house, yhatzee at another and Agrivation at my great grandparents house. Those are some very early childhood memories. Even now I like games, this week alone I got to play several. God has blessed Josh and I with friends that also enjoy games. Good clean fun. Today I played Hillarium, Things and Settlers of Catan. Josh played Snorta, Hit or Miss and Settlers of Catan. Earlier this week we played Taboo, monopoly, skip bo, Bust, and well does tickle fight count as a game? With an 8 month old I think so!!

So that was my blog, it's about games. I like games. So what if it sounds like a paragraph written by a 3rd grader on things she likes.
Good night.

Tuesday and it was a good day. Tomorrow I have a "date" with a girl from work to talk about Jesus. I'm pretty excited about it. Not sure how it will go, just excited. I don't think we will ONLY be talking about Jesus, I'm hoping to continue building a friendship. She's wanting to hang with Bailey and I on our day off and play the Wii or go swimming or something, not sure what we will do, maybe I'll write more about it later.

Played Settle-ers tonight. Totally won the first game got clobbered the second time. I just feel bad beating people at their own games you know....Kidding, beginners luck I guess is what they call it.

Bailey came to visit me at work today. Well, Josh brought her in when he graced me with a drink from Sonic. She is beautiful and her smile brightens my day. She does new funny things like sniffing like a dog or something. I keep thinking she is trying to snot all over my face but Josh says its just being cute. Who knows... She also SCREAMS really really loudly. That part is not so cute as it is painful to the ear drums but still she's my daughter and I love her. How do you teach an 8 month old? What disciplines are too much? She's screaming in excitment most of the time and she doesn't know what an "inside voice" is.... hmmm I guess we'll be working on that.
OK I am out.