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SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• Chloe is on a breathing treatment for her lingering cough...my poor girl. But she actually loves it! She has an elephant mask and a fishy mask! 
• I said that I was going to wake up early and work out now that my schedule has changed....BUT.....I haven't. So, Kill me.
• I still have my fall bucket list in a frame on my mantle.....fail!
• I really don't have anything to say SO WHAT! to this week....
• When I write my SWW posts, I always try to make the list of SW's go past the SWW button......once I reach that point, I don't feel like I haven't done enough. Weird, I know.
• I really am trying to wish time by....just to March. It will be my 27th birthday, and also, Andy is graduating from school! Ugh, Thank Goodness!
• We're going on our first date since October this weekend. I can't wait!
• I have an addiction to Kiki La Rue....in a bad bad way. I have gotten 3 tops in a matter of about a month.

Head on over to Life After I "Dew" and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Best things about being a Mommy

It was December 4th 2009 when our world turned upside down. In a good way. That was the day we found out that we were pregnant. We had been trying for 3 months, and at that point I thought it would never happen for us. I know that 3 months isn't a long time AT ALL, and I know that a lot of people never get that and sometimes it could take year. But, 3 months seemed like an eternity for us. So, on that faithful day, when I finally got those 2 pink lines, I was sooooooo happy! It was the best day of my life. And then August 20th 2009 we welcomed our little bundle of joy into this world. It was seriously the best, most memorable day of our life. She immediately became the love of our life and we couldn't imagine life without her.
Being a Mom is the most rewarding jobs anybody could ever have. It's not a job that you have to interview for, it isn't a job that you can prepare yourself for. It just happens, and you just do it. You learn as you go, you learn from your mistakes and you grow from them. When we got pregnant, we had no idea what to expect. And then the Dr's told us that we could take this little human home with us?! What were they thinking?! Did they know what they were doing? Did WE know what we were doing?! Well...I guess we did something right, because now, almost 2.5 years later, here we are! We have the best girl anybody could ask for! She's so smart and so sassy and she is a girl who knows JUST what she wants. She's independent, but at the same time, she is such a Daddy's girl.
Some of the things that I love best about being a mom:

• When I wake her up in the morning and pick her up out of bed, she wraps her arms around my neck and just holds me and snuggles her head right under my chin....just precious!
• When she wants you to pick her up she stands right under my feet, puts her hands up and said "I hold you!"
• When you ask her what she wants to eat, no matter what meal it is, she wants pancakes.....
• For breakfast during the week, she always wants "cereal, WITH milk!"
• Every night, we do bath and jammies, and go downstairs for some milk and 1 episode of "bickey" (MMCH) and when they start the hot dog dance, she turns to me and said "utstairs, Mama" she knows it's time for bed, and she's ready!
• She is so independent, and she has to pick her shoes every morning! And she puts them on by herself, most of the time! She loves it!
• She loves our cat. Her and Shadow have becomes pretty good buddies. She likes her to sit on her lap and pet her.
• She's so stinkin smart, I just can't take it. She can count to 20, she knows her ABC's pretty well and she just blows my mind every single day.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to add another baby to our life, some day. But, not right now. We are so content with Chloe. We love watching her grow and learn and become a little lady! She's just amazing in every single way, and we couldn't be more in love with her.

Chloe and her Big Girl Bed

We got the mattress delivered on Thursday and we weren't sure as to when we wanted to get the whole thing set up. We weren't sure if we were just going to put the mattress on the ground so that she could get up and down on her own, because we knew that it would be way too high for her. So, yesterday, we just went with it and set it up. Bed frame and all!

She was so excited to get her new bed. She kept running and jumping around saying "So Excited!" "Big Bed!" She loved helping Daddy take her old bed down. 

Once we had it all set up with the sheets on it, she didn't waste any time jumping in and laying down telling us to leave and close the door. She wanted to go nuh nite!

So, here is the view looking in from the hallway.

View from the corner with all the stuffed animals.

I'm absolutely in love with her new room set up, and I know she is too! Looking forward to getting it painted so everything matches.

Fab Friday

Linking up with Laura over at The Everyday Joys for Fab Friday! 

• First Fab thing on my list is that Chloe is back to falling asleep in her bed!! It's been about 2 weeks now! I love it! One night when her nightly MMCH was over, she looked at me and said "uptairs, Mama". So I took her upstairs and she laid down on her pillow, cuddled her lovey and went to sleep. And now that happens every night!
• Second thing is that Chloe's Full Size, big girl bed arrived yesterday. So now we just need to figure out how we're going to set up her room and get it put together. Might not be this weekend, but in the VERY near future!
• New clothes....I love them. And since Andy bought me a couple new things for Christmas....I've kind of gone a little crazy. I've gotten quite a few new things including a Maddie Top and a Piko Top from KiKi La Rue! I love them sooooo much!
• And, the best, most fabulous thing about this week, is today! Today is Friday! And this week has been one hellofa week.....so I want to Thank the Lord for today!

Now, go link up with Laura and tell us what is Fab in your life this week!