My First Blog Award!

Wow, my first ever Blog Award!  Thank you so much to Gina, from Handprints on the Wall, for giving me this award!

Be sure to check out this sweet mama's blog! 

The rules after accepting this award are:

**Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post

**Share 7 things about yourself

**Pass this award on to 15 recently discovered blogs

Although I have recently discovered a few blogs, I cannot say there are 15 new blogs that I have just stumbled upon, so I will just name 15 blogs (both old & new) that I LOVE!

A Blue-Eyed Boy Met A Brown-Eyed Girl

Babbling Abby

Knee-Deep in Munchkin Land

Kelly's Korner

It All Began With A Man In A Black Jeep

Bralys In The Burgh

From Mrs. To Mama
Our Tiny Heaven
All About Ella
Ten Little Fingers, Ten Perfect Toes
Glamorous Newlywed
Fly Through Our Window
Enjoying The Small Things
The Seattle Smith's
With Gratitude

7 Things About Me:

1. I cannot stand the winters in Washington.  I've lived here for 4 years now & each winter seems to just get harder, not easier.  Day after day (after day, after day) of dark skies & dreary rain gets really old!  From October until June (and July this year!) the weather is nasty & gross.  Ugh.  Now, don't get me wrong, I'm LOVING the summer right now, but I could really do without the long winters.

2. I am completely tone deaf & do not have rhythm.  The girls have actually told me to stop singing before because 'daddy sings much better.'  Ha!  And I always hated going to school dances growing up for fear that I would have to get on the dance floor.  And it continues to this day.  Dance clubs are not my thing because I just can't dance!  Maybe that is why I love the show So You Think You Can Dance.  I can live vicariously through all of those awesome dancers & pretend that I can move like them!

3. Sometimes I wish that I had gone to college & earned a different degree.  While I loved learning about nutrition & practicing at the VA in Las Vegas, I cannot stand what it has done to me in terms of germs, food safety, etc.  I know way to much about food now & I feel like it has hampered my ability to enjoy food & the joy that comes with eating it.  Ugh.

4. Along those same lines, I feel like the pregnancies with my two girls weren't enjoyed to the fullest because of my past history.  I lost a baby boy at 27 weeks & feel like a lot of the joy & happiness was lost in my subsequent pregnancies because of this 3rd trimester loss.  It is totally true when they say ignorance is bliss.

5. I met my hubby online through match.com.  I moved to Las Vegas right after college to work for a year at a hospital to gain more experience as a dietitian, and then planned to move back closer to my family in the PNW.  9 months later we met, and the rest is history!  I love that man more than anything in the world & thank God every day that he came into my life!  And without him, I never would have had my 2 amazing little girls!

6. I became a stay-at-home mom after I had Kennedy back in 2007.  I love staying at home with my two girls, but I will say that it is the hardest thing that I have ever done!  In my opinion, staying home is much more stressful than when I was working full-time as a dietitian.  All that said, I wouldn't trade it for the world!

7. I am not a huge fan of the baby stage.  I really didn't like birth-3 months with either of my girls.  I found that from 6 months--2 years old were by far my most favorite ages!  They are/were so much fun during this time & I wish I could keep them this age forever!  And I have to say ages 3-4 are not my favorite either.  Ugh.  The sassiness, talking back, & not listening thing that Kennedy is doing now is about to drive me bonkers!  Anybody want to trade me for their 6 month old??!! :)

And there you have it, 7 things about me!  Thanks again, Gina, for this award!