Flashback: One Year Ago Today

I think this is one of my favorite games!

This is the result of a super long shopping spree Spencer and I went on last year today as a result of a gift card we received from the people at the court.
P.S. I think that baby on the changing pad is super creepy. I thought so then, too.

Here's what the belly looked like. I was dilated to a 2 and 90% effaced for 3 weeks. The following week, which I don't have a picture of, I was dilated to a 3 and still 90% effaced until my water broke. That story is forthcoming, if anyone is interested.

I thought about putting a picture up of my bare belly from this day, but then I remembered that I'm not brainless and you don't want to see that.

These pictures are the last of the belly before the babe is born.

Quite Right

Keena brought to my attention that my family picture that I posted isn't my only family. I've known these kids a lot longer than I've known Spencer and Abby. I think of them first whenever someone asks me about or refers to my family.

My siblings! You can, unfortunately, see that we are at a funeral service in this picture. We were all able to be together in California this past summer, attending my grandmother's funeral. I liked this picture because Robbie is crazy tall and I love how Keena is standing. I can't pose like that. I just wish I had gotten her red shoes in the picture. You can also see very well that I'm the shortest.



The Hamill family. I love you.

30 Day Challenge- Day 14 and 15

Skipping #13 momentarily...

Day 14

A picture of you and your family

Day 15

Put your ipod or shuffle on-first 10 songs that play

Goodnight LA- Counting Crows
Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn’t Get Sued- Fall Out Boy
Even Now- Dashboard Confessional
This Is Such A Pity- Weezer
Esperando Na Janela- Cogumelo Plutao (Spencer served his mission in Brazil)
Panic- Name Taken
Lying In Your Letters- Dashboard Confessional
Speed of Sound- Coldplay
Mrs. Robinson- Simon and Garfunkel
What Goes Around Comes Around- Justin Timberlake

30 Day Challenge- Day 9, 10, 11, and 12

Day 9
Something you're proud of in the past few days

I'm proud of my beautiful daughter and how wonderful she is at everything. She is so easy going and she makes me proud to be her mama.
I have made several felt and cloth hair bows and flowers! I am proud because I always look at things like that and think, “oh, that’s cute, I could make that”… but I never do. I did! I like them.

I am proud of myself for using my sewing machine more. It was a surprise wedding gift from my dear mother and I have been so grateful over the years that I have it.

I made this for Abs for her 1st birthday. It's supposed to be a little distressed and frayed... does it look okay? Well, I'm keeping it no matter what you people say.

Quite honestly, I can’t think of much that I’ve done over the last few days that I am proud of, but those are a few.
Day 10


Songs you listen to when you're bored, happy, sad, mad, hyped

This is a loaded question, because it brings to light the fact that I used to listen to music all the time- and I don’t really anymore. I loved finding new music and especially loved introducing someone to the music that I liked. This was also in the days of Napster and Limewire, where I could download whatever I wanted for free. I think there was always music coming out of my room all throughout college.

So that being said, right now I like to listen to the stuff I used to listen to back in the day. I love Dashboard Confessional, Counting Crows, I like The All-American Rejects, Radiohead, The Ataris, Muse and Yellowcard and Live, and a few others that if I said, I’m sure it would date me as an old almost 30 year old who is not even a little bit cool, so I’ll just stop there. You’ll catch me listening to any of those for any of the moods listed above. Abby and I sing in the car to the radio too. I am only a little ashamed to admit that I totally sing and dance to Justin Bieber and Katy Perry when they come on.

Day 11

Another picture of you and your friends

I should have included this picture the first time around, but I forgot I had it! This is my fabulous friend Amy, whom I’ve known since freshman year of college. She was dating my good friend Don, and while they didn’t end up together, Amy and I sure did. Thanks, Don, for insisting that the two of us should meet!

Day 12

How you found out about blogger and why you have one

I can’t remember how I found out about Blogger. I must have found out about it when a few friends or family members got a blog. I have one because I wanted to let our family members know what’s going on with us and the babe. Spencer and I were thinking of starting one for a long time, but we never got around to it. Part of the reason we never started it: Spencer wanted a sweet name. (Like our friends over at Ice Crizzle. Sweet name.) We couldn’t ever agree on one, so it never happened. When Abby came, I just went for it and named it the completely obvious “Bonnie and Spencer and Abby.” I am not going to pretend that I have interesting things to say, but whatev.

Right Now

 We are playing with cups

We are reading books

In our hot cocoa PJs

Laughing

Spencer and Abby were laughing a lot the other day, so I thought I'd post it. It is fun when she laughs, and the other day she was laughing at Spencer's laughs. Some of his were fake, but they did the trick. (It's almost 2 minutes long, so you don't have to watch the whole thing...)

I may have already posted something similar to this... if so, here it is again. For some reason, Abby thinks it is funny when I pretend to sneeze. I don't remember how I discovered this, but when I do it she laughs a ton. It's not the best video of me, so you'll have to excuse the gross faces.

I love it when this little girl laughs!

30 Day Challenge- Day 7 and 8

Day 7
A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

 photo by my sister-in-law Andrea who would love to take your baby's picture, too! Check her out here.

I don’t think that this should come as a surprise to any of you, but I think I’m going to have to go with my daughter. She is almost 1, and I still catch myself being surprised at the fact that I have a daughter. We were at the store the other day, and the woman who checked us out said, “You girls have a nice day.” I have a little girl. Sometimes it catches me off guard. A few weeks ago, Spencer and I were both getting dinner ready in the kitchen. Abby never used to go into the kitchen because she was content to play with her toys in the next room, but of course she has been moving for a while now. She crawled in and started slapping the floor and babbling. We looked down at her, and Spencer said, “There’s a baby in the kitchen. That’s our baby.” I wonder how crazy I sound right now- has anyone else thought this, or am I a weirdo?

I could write so much more about my feelings for her. She is my little baby girl.

Day 8

Short term goals for this month and when you'll accomplish them

I have a lot to do this month- we need to have some work done on our car (which is why there has been such a delay in my posting), and I hope to do that this week. I am planning on it taking several days, unfortunately.

I have to plan for Abby’s small birthday party, too! So small in fact, that it will be just the three of us on her actual birthday (unless anyone wants to come and celebrate with us?) but we will be getting together with Spencer’s family on Easter, just 4 days after her birthday (my family that lives in UT will be out of town). On her actual birthday I want to do something fun with her during the day- if it’s nice we’ll go to the park or something and that night we want to let her open presents and have cake and ice cream.

Along the same lines as Ab’s birthday, I am making her a birthday onesie that may possibly turn into an entire outfit, depending on if I have enough time. I am excited about it, and I love using my sewing machine so much.

I need to put away all of Abby’s baby clothes- that has been a goal of mine for a while as her growing pile of too-small clothes is taking up space on my bedroom floor. I decided to give myself until her birthday to get it all boxed up.

Another baby thing- we need to get Ab a new car seat soon. She's only a few pounds away from outgrowing her infant car seat. Any suggestions?

On top of all the little things that we need to do this month, I am working quite a lot this month. Both a blessing and a curse...