Married with Child(ren)

Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage.....

What a horrible show.

Anyway, being married with a child has it's ups and downs, but the ups outweigh the downs a gazillion to one! Here are only a few...

I'll start with the downs:

• There are many days when I don't get dressed and Thomas comes home and I'm still in my PJ's-not so sexy.
• There are even some days that go by and already it's 2:00 and I haven't even put deodorant on yet- not so sexy.
• And even some days go by and I don't cook anything for dinner. (actually, this one probably happens the most often)

But the ups are:

• Thomas loves when I wear sweats- which are my PJ's.
• Thomas loves the smell of my deodorant- especially when I just put it on.
• Thomas loves cooking. "You feed baby, and I'll feed you" he says.

Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage...

I love my husband!

Katin's First Christmas

Katin's first Christmas is one her daddy and I will always remember, but certainly not her. So, maybe one day she can read this blog.

Christmas Eve was full of excitement at the Milburn's house. We exchanged gifts and ate dinner together. Heather and I dressed our daughters alike and took pictures :)

It was off to bed and before we knew it we were lugging suitcases to the airport for our trip to California! I couldn't go anywhere without Boppy, so it traveled with us too. It was like an over sized airline pillow that people order from SkyMall magazine. Katin was wonderful, she ate and slept for the flight! What an answered prayer!

We put Katin in her stocking...

We dipped our toes in the water...

We walked along the sand as a family of three :)...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Cutest Thing Ever!

It's hard to blog when you have a baby! But there are so many times that I want to show her off! I can't believe she is already 8 weeks old. I think she is the cutest thing ever. I know those of you with kids and really cute shoes will disagree, but that's OK. Your kid and your cute shoes can be the cutest thing ever according to you. But my sweet baby girl is MY cutest thing ever.

Katin Anne

Here she is looking a lot like her daddy:)

I caught her waving at me- and that's almost a smile...she's smiling all the time now!

I just want to hug her all day long!

10 things people never really tell you...

And maybe it's on purpose!

After 9 months of carrying a child:

1. The water breaking isn't just a one time thing... you could be sitting in the doctor's office after it broke once and all of a sudden have wet pants...again!

2. The labor and delivery floor has a pretty awesome stash of crackers, tea and ice chips!

3. Some nurses don't say goodbye to you when their shift ends.

4. Newborn babies look really gross when they first come out- you kinda look at your kid and go, hmmm...OK....looks good....she's gonna be a cutie?

5. The "bugger sucker" is the coolest thing you walk away from the hospital with- besides your new child.

6. You suddenly become really good friends with the "always" brand...

7. Maternity clothes fit better AFTER delivery.

8. Breastfeeding HURTS LIKE HELL at first. But then again, it's not foreplay....said one of the nurses...no joke.

9. Diapers really do go fast, and it's about 18 cents per diaper!

10. No matter how much you sleep when baby sleeps during the day, no one EVER wants to wake up in the middle of the night.

Despite the fact that either no one told me these things or someone did and I just didn't listen... it's the greatest thing in the world to look at my little baby Katin and just watch her live.

Katin Anne

Born October 24 at 11:30am

7 pounds 12 ounces

21 inches long

REALLY CUTE!

Seriously...

I think it's time...

My glow is gone (if I ever had one)

My cheeks are red...all the time

My maternity clothes don't even fit

Not joking- my belly shows in half my shirts

My blood pressure is higher

My fingers are more fat than that other blog I wrote (the one where my fingers were REALLY fat)

My bladder is full all the time- even if I don't drink anything

My waddle isn't exactly runway material

My belly button is missing

My appetite is quite impressive

My phone calls are answered like this: "are you having the baby?!"

My prenatal pills are running low

AND MY BABY is 81/2 pounds!!!

I think it's time. I FEEL fine- I feel great actually. Surprisingly, I have energy and I really enjoy feeling the baby kick and squirm. I enjoy being spoiled by my husband and I enjoy seeing my big belly in the mirror. But, really, I think it's time. (see list above) Maybe she'll come tonight! As cute as she looks in black and white, I just want to see her in color.

Mmmmmmm...Mac and Cheese

Nothin like homemade mac and cheese and a super sexy hubby in his cut off "Belichick" hoodie to eat it with.

After watching the food network I quickly logged in and found the recipe I was drooling over as I stared at the TV. The recipe is super easy and you don't really need a lot of ingredients. What mac and cheese recipe does??? The only random thing I had to buy was Nutmeg...guess it's the secret ingredient. Although the recipe called for gyeure (not sure if that's how you spell it) cheese, I substituted it for Monterey Jack...much much cheaper!

So, after I had all the ingredients out on the counter, I began to grate the 12 ounces of cheddar cheese. I just couldn't bring myself to get the already grated kind...it just looked so much better as a block. As I sat and grated, my aforementioned sexy hubby helped me with the other steps in his super awesome cut off sleeve Bronco hoodie. He wears is all the time now. I'm scared to wash it cuz he might get mad it's not available to wear.

Needless to say, our mac and cheese was delicious and we've had it for every meal for about three days now. It's a baking pan of never ending goodness! YUM!

If you want to make it too (Chelsea) here is the link: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/mac-and-cheese-recipe2/index.html