Home-made Horror Movies....

My mom never allowed me to watch horror movies as a kid. To this day, I don't have any desire to watch them. It's the suspense, the gore, etc. I just don't have the stomach for things like that. Nor do I think it would ever be a good idea to make your own home-made horror movie. Just keep that in mind as you read this....
On Sunday, I dressed Myah up in a really cute white and pink spring dress for church. She had matching tights and adorable little white shoes. She looked, if I do say so myself, like a little princess. As I was on the way home from church (which is about a 15 minute drive) and I was thinking about the service. Myah was in the back seat sitting silently, so I assumed she had fallen asleep. When I opened the car door to bring her in the house, she looked up at me and smiled really big (like she knew she'd done something wrong). I gasped and screamed a little because as she smiled, she had blood on her face & arms. She looked like she had a starring role in a horror movie! There was blood all over her pretty white dress, tights, shoes, blankie, her toy, her body...everything!! WHY, you ask? Because she had scratched a sore on her arm until it bled but never made a peep, whimper, NOTHING during the 15 minute drive! YIKES!!
After seeing what Myah would look like IN a horror movie, I made up my mind that she isn't EVER allowed to watch one!

Little Old Man....

Myah often makes a funny face. (see picture on left). I think she does it because she's getting teeth so she sucks in her bottom lip and chews on it for awhile. The result is an expression that looks much like a "little old man". The irony of her being compared to a "little old man" is that she's really quite mobile...we have to work hard to keep up with her! So if she's a little old man, what are we?

Bandaids....

This happened awhile ago but it's worth sharing....
A few weeks ago I was clipping Myah's fingernails. She was so squirmy that I missed and clipped a chunk out of the tip of her finger (Anyone who has ever done this to your child can relate with me when I say that this makes you feel like the worst parent in the world!). So I got the bleeding stoppped and put a bandaid securely over the wound.
Later, Clay came home and picked up Myah. I told him about the finger incident and how horrible I felt. Then he proceded to tell me about his day. As he was talking to me, he put Myah on the floor. She was on "all fours" and hacked (much like a cat with a hairball). As I rushed to see what was the matter with her, she threw up a bloody bandaid along with some milk. (If you're totally grossed out at this point, you can only imagine how disgusting this whole thing was in person!). Of course, she was fine but when the day was done, we felt like the worst parents in the world!

Nowadays....

My husband & I rented a car for a trip we were taking recently. I pulled up at my brother's house where my two neices and nephew were playing on the trampoline. They saw me in a new car and came RUNNING and SCREAMING towards me. I knew what they were thinking..."MoMo" (as they call me) got a new car! Before I had a chance to tell my 11 year old neice Mikaela that it wasn't really "my" car, she said, "MoMo, you look so 'Now-a-days'!!"
I don't know who was more heartbroken to discover that I wasn't quite so 'now-a-days'...her or me!

How This All Got Started.....

So I'm in Portland visiting my friend Mary. She shared this funny blog spot where her friend posts funny and interresting stories about his kids. I thought I would become a blogger (yikes!) for the sake of keeping track of all those crazy little stories that I want to remember years from now.
Of course, the primary character in my blog will probably be my adorable daughter, Myah. She is eight months old and getting very mobile, which means lots of excitement at our house!
The other main character (literally) is my husband Clay. We laugh a lot...at ourselves, each other and at our daughter.
I hope you enjoy this blog and share your funny stories with me as well!