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.

Monday

Wow, today was Monday. All sorts of things can happen on Mondays and we just say "It's Monday." Like that is an excuse for the bad things we have going on or the tough time getting out of bed, or being forgetful or being cranky, you know. As a lady that LOVES games, I realize that as humans we play a dreadful game called "The Blame Game". We blame anything from hormones to people to days of the week. How interesting. How about lets start something called taking responsibility for our actions. This would mean setting pride aside, it may not allow us to "save face" or to be seen as "having it all together" but this would allow for real transformation to take place. It would keep us humble and it would allow room for joy to enter. We should not live in shame for mistakes. We can be guilty,yes but our God is a God of forgivness. He did not come to condemn the world but to save the world from sin.
Let's join together and be transparent. That means see through, real, honest, open, genuine. All of the things that allow people to know who we are, where our shortcomings lie and how to best bear eachothers burdens.
I do not have a full grasp on how this works and I apparently have issues with these things as well.
Today I had no "Case of the Mondays". I stayed up late, I slept in, I was slow moving and it caused me to run late to where I needed to be. I triped a few times in my rush and I hit my head getting into the car. This is noone's fault but my own. And I guess the Wii is right... I am unbalanced and trip often while walking. DANG IT!

This week my niece Kamara came to visit. She is staying with my mom but it's been really fun to hang out with her. She's a stinking cute toddler and watching her and Bailey together is a blast. She is very sweet towards Baiely(after she finally warmed up to her and didn't cry everytime Bailey would crawl around)

This is during the first hang out time, Bailey and Kamara hadn't seen eachother since Bailey was just 3 months old.

This is Kamara playing mommy.

This is bath time video.