What would a Wednesday be without SWW!?

So what if I enjoy snow? We do live in Iowa! What I can't stand people who complain about it. It's Iowa for goodness sake!

So what if I laughed at someone who was complaining about driving to work tomorrow? They live in DES MOINES and work IN Des Moines! I told her that until she has taken an icy trip down I-80 past Mitchellville, she has nothing to complain about.

So what if I cracked open a can of Mt. Dew at 7:45 this morning? I stayed up until 10 to watch The Voice. Apparently I can't "hang" like I used to :)

So what if I let my child just eat cheese for dinner last night? She threw everything else on the floor.

So what if I will miss my dear friend Sabrina's SWW post today? Her poor babies had surgery this morning so that is MUCH more important than our Wednesday blog dates :)

So what if I did a happy dance this morning after I accidentally flew past a trooper @ 78 mph and didn't get pulled over? Whoopsie!

I'm ready for today to be over so I can enjoy a snow day tomorrow with little miss h <3

Weekend with The Carson Family

This weekend was extremely uneventful, and it was wonderful! The last few weekends Matt has been busy so it's mostly been just me and Halle hanging out at home. We liked having daddy home with us :)
Matt took the day off on Friday to get some errands done and then pick up Halle early from daycare.
This is what I found when I got home...

He said that she cried when he put her in her crib for a nap and as soon as they got back downstairs, this happened. Baby girl loves Daddy <3
Halle was scheduled to have her 12 month appointment that afternoon and get her 12 month shots. Womp Womp. Here is Halle waiting for Dr. J to come in :)

Seriously, too much cuteness!

After some consideration, we decided to get her the flu shot. Apparently I should have researched this earlier because for first time kids the flu shot is done in 2 parts. She got half of it now, and we go back in a month for the other half.....so she isn't fully protected until January. Mom fail. She ended up getting a total of 4 shots on Friday - 2 in each leg. Talk about miserable. I was so glad Matt was there with me. She was grumpy all weekend, can't blame her!
Saturday morning we got up early and went to the mall to finish our Christmas shopping. We got there at 9 and left at 11. It was AWESOME! No one was there yet! Clearly it was too much excitement for Halle...

Saturday night was r.o.u.g.h. Halle woke up at 1:30 AM and screamed everytime I tried to put her back in bed. So, mommy and halle went to the couch. She slept great, and I cleared out the DVR. She was up for the day at 5:30. I had major flashbacks to her first few days at home when she didn't sleep at all!!!
We stayed home from church on Sunday and napped.
Sunday night we had a bit of a run in with the cops. Our neighbors have weekly band practice....it's been going on for the last year. Generally it's just a waste of our time to call in a noise complaint because they aren't going to stop. Although there was that time that the woman of the house called me a bitch when I went to their door to ask them to quiet down, but that's a story for a different day.....
They started last night around 5 PM, ok no biggie. It's usually just more annoying than anything. By 630 they were still going strong. I went to Halle's room to put on her jammies and could hear the stupid lyrics, or lack thereof! (Anyone seen Ace Ventura Pet Detective? Imagine the scene where Ace goes to the concert at a club to meet some guy in the basement. All head banging and screaming into the mic....)ANYWAY, Matt was texting our neighbor across the street about it. Around the time I decided I had enough they said they had called the police to come make them stop. Thanks for saving me from being called names again :)
By the time they got there it had been going on for 2.5 hours and I wanted to bang my head against the wall. Matt went out to talk to the cop just to say thanks for coming out etc. Apparently the limit is like 60 decibles (or whatever) and they were at 59. Fan-freaking-tastic.

I hope that someday I can look back on this blog post when we are living in a mansion in the country and laugh about that one time we were all up in arms about disturbing neighbors :) Until that day comes I just wish for their basement to flood and their equipment to get ruined  i'll just grin and bear it!

So WHAT!

So what if all my blog posts are weekly "so what Wednesdays?"

So what if I'm wearing the same pants today that I wore yesterday. Black pants are versatile like that.

So what if I am an old woman and actually enjoy going to bed at 8:15 every night?

So what if I called STAR 102.5 10 times in a row on my way to work this morning because I wanted to play "lets make a deal". I wasn't caller 10, in case anyone was wondering.

S0 what if I come to work and successfully manage to waste the first hour of the morning everyday without even realizing it? Whoopsie.


That's all for my so what's today :) Halle shared her cold with Matt and I so I'm feeling pretty miserable...blah

Oh darling don't you ever grow up, just stay this little...

Happy FIRST birthday to our sweet baby girl! Miss Halle you were such an easy baby! You decided to arrive on your due date and were delivered in 30 minutes, flat. You stole our hearts the second you came out!

I was SO mad at your daddy for having that ugly beard on his face! You were scheduled to be born on Monday the 12th so your daddy promised me that he would shave his face first thing Saturday morning. And then my water broke just before midnight on Friday night. We had been out to dinner with friends and I was miiiiiiiiiiiserable. I thought because I had cleaned the house top to bottom! Little did I know that I was in labor! I woke up your daddy and said "I think my water broke, but I'm not sure!" You know what he said to me? "You woke me up like I'M supposed to know!?"

Everyone was so excited to meet you! Aunt Julie and Grandma Robin couldn't contain their excitement <3

Your daddy went home and couldn't sleep the first night after you were born. We were so nervous to take you home! How on earth are we going to do this, we thought?! Your first few nights were so rough and your daddy and I sat in your room at 2 AM and said to each other "what have we done!?!" You calmed down after those first few long nights and have been the easiest baby since.

I love you to the moon and back sweet girl!
You have grown into the sweetest little thing and are becoming quite the mommy's girl :) You love to have me sit on the floor and play with you. I love it when you crawl over to me and wrap your arms around my neck. Sweetest thing <3

SWW!!!!!

I am so thankful for my dear friend Sabrina for making this image for us to use!!!

So what if I just walked into work and instead of doing work I decide to blog? The fine people of Texas with their s*$& sandwiches they serve me day after day can wait :)

So what If I was BEYOND excited for Halle's toys to be delivered yesterday, and then almost cried when UPS failed me. "Not delivered due to external factors. New delivery date 12/5" UPS can just be glad that my daughter isn't old enough to know any better....
I know, I'm such a toughie :)


So what if I have until Friday to write a good year end review/make a 2013 development plan and haven't started yet? No biggie, if it isn't well thought out I won't get much of a raise. Who needs a raise anyway? Money grows on trees in my back yard.

Speaking of trees, the husband and I are currently in disagreement over our evergreen tree in the back yard. He wants to cut it down, I don't. Who will win? I'm guessing the person with the chainsaw.  which isn't me.

So what If I still laugh at this picture everytime I look at it? Baby girl was not in the mood for the 21 questions that Santa was asking her. "Have you been good this year? What do you want for Christmas? Are you leaving cookies for Santa? What about Rudolph?"