My b-day!

I turned 25 years old on Tuesday and for some reason it is so weird to me! Not that 25 is old at all, but I feel like I'm still that 20 year old with no strings attached! I love my life, but it's still hard for me to believe that I'm married with a baby! I'm glad I am this person and not the 20 year old version though! I'm so glad I have Justin and Myah. 

So on my b-day we went out to linner (lunch/dinner) at Applebees which is one of my favorites. It was delicious!

This was the first time we had Myah sit in their high chair without the car seat. It was so cute and she looked so big! Later that night we celebrated with cake and J's presents.

 I made my cake (because I wanted to). I had fun with it.

 The confetti cake is my favorite and then I put a layer of frosting and my mom's strawberry jam in the middle. It was delicious!

Myah wouldn't stop reaching for Justin's cake and/or fork. She knows what she wants!

Teething & such

Teething is no fun! One of Myah's bottom teeth has now broken through, but all I can say is I'm glad I don't remember that part of life. She's been a little more fussy and the nights haven't been too great, but she's still a good, happy baby.

A few nights ago she threw up all over herself and her crib and threw up more times after I'd cleaned her up...I'm pretty sure that wasn't because of teething, but it was so sad to see her not know what was going on and that I wasn't able to make it stop. In between throwing up she still was smiling even though she was tired and weak. She was fine after that hour and slept well the rest of the night. She luckily hasn't had any trouble since.

Her newest thing is that she tries to clap her hands. Yesterday I would clap my hands and say, "Yaaaayyy" and she'd smile and try to clap too! I say "try" because she's just hitting her fists together and obviously can't understand opening up her hands while hitting them together...too many things to do at once!

Hill AFB Museum

We went to Justin's home away from home...Hill AFB Museum. He has taken Myah once before but this time I went with him and was able to get some pictures! 

 Our little pilot Myah. Justin says it's her destiny!

 Here we are in front of Myah's favorite plane...the A10! When Justin took her to the museum before, she reached out to touch this plane and apparently really liked it. This time she was fascinated by the machine gun on the front. She wouldn't let go! (Not a great place to be though...looking directly into it!)

Will you be my Valentine?

Happy Valentine's Day! I love Valentine's Day...I know a lot of people don't (including my husband) but I just think why not celebrate our love for each other? Even though Justin doesn't like it, he still is always thoughtful and gets me sweet gifts. He knows I love chocolate! Given the choice between jewelry and chocolate...I would definitely pick chocolate! So this year he got me a huge box of chocolates, chocolate roses, and a wonderful card!

 Here's our cute little Valentine!

Here we see Myah reaching for my chocolate. She's definitely my girl!

This may have been bad, but I was eating a chocolate and Myah was reaching for it and looking like she wanted it sooooo badly! I put it next to her lips expecting her to back away after licking it (because she only likes food that is pureed), but instead she starting sucking it and pushing it farther in her mouth! Apparently she loves chocolate!

My parents stopped by to deliver a Valentine to us! (Myah's sucking on one of their gifts!)

Fun day!

Little receptionist

Cake decorating

I love to bake and decorate cakes! I especially love to eat cakes...so it works out. I took a cake decorating class a few years ago-which I have always wanted to do. So now I love all the cake shows and I have watched all of "the Cake Boss" shows a few time each (thanks to Netflix). I've been doing cakes a lot lately and this was my latest one. I wanted to try out "drop lines" that I saw the Cake Boss doing (the hanging, curved lines on the side of the cake). It turns out that they are really fun to do...so I did a lot of them!

I know this cake is definitely over the top with icing, but I just wanted to try different things with the green icing!

Big girl!

We took Myah to the Dr. a few weeks ago for her 6 month checkup. Everything was great. She weighed about 17 lbs and was about 27 inches long (in the 90th percentile). The doctor told us to start introducing a cup. She explained that Myah probably won't know what to do with it yet but just keep trying to get her acquainted with it. I went home, washed a sippy-cup and gave it to her. Immediately she grabbed it and put it in her mouth like she should! I was so proud!

She's also sitting by herself now...most of the time. What a big girl!

These next two pics show Myah's favorite way to sleep. They were taken about a month ago and we don't swaddle her anymore, but she still puts a stuffed animal over her face to fall asleep. It's pretty hilarious to walk in and see her like this! (Don't worry, she's not suffocating!)