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.