Home Again...

We have officially been back in Houston for over a week and boy has it been nice. It's funny the huge amount of changes that have taken place with Taylor since we moved to Austin 3 months ago. I actually have to worry about a scooting baby now and before we left she just stayed where ever I set her! Whoa! All these changes had me pretty freaked out about our 3 story home, but we have decided to hang in there until at least the Spring and re-access our home situation after that. We still couldn't even figure out where we would have wanted to move in Houston and we have debated staying in the 610 loop, Memorial, and all the way to Fulshear. Nothing seemed right at this time, so wait it out we will. It's funny too that we still are one of the first of our friends to have a baby so I don't think we were ready to make the suburbia jump yet. If I had he choice, I would love to move to Austin (especially with my parents there) but I also love my home which is Houston and where a lot of our closest friends are. We will see!

Here is a little bit about what has been going on in our little world...
- Tays ulcerated hemangioma is finally starting to heal after getting to the size of a dime. My poor sweet girl.
-serious summer deep cleaning with coming back with two's of a lot of things and having a ton of baby clothes Miss T has already out grown
-getting back into the gym--- I LOVE my lifetime city centre. (7 lbs left to go!)
- Had some fun play dates with Alli & Elliotte and dinner with Sabina
-Kevin and I had one of our first dates Friday at UP. Babysitter situation didn't go so hot so we are still in search for another good one...
-Preseason football started this last week...so all TV's in our home are already stuck on 24/7 espn and football! Ugh.

That's all for now! Have I mentioned that I'm ready for the fall yet?

Taylor's 7 months!

(update: i never posted this so its 3 wks late!)

Our little girl is a month closer to ONE and I want the time to stop. I am loving this age. She doesn't seem as fragile, but is still a baby. She is expressive and loves to smile and laugh but cannot run away from me cuddling her :) . She is seriously the BEST and CUTEST baby ever...its not like I am partial or anything!
Today Taylor's first tooth finally broke through on the bottom! We knew it was coming as she has been chewing on everything and drooling a lot! Sure enough, there it was this morning! She was running a low grade fever and a little fussy but was still a champ. Taylor has also had a Hemangioma(sp?) since she was born on her bottom. It has grown since she was born but seems to have about evened out the last few months. For those of you who are not familiar with what that is...it is basically a cluster of blood vessels on the surface of the skin that can grow up until they are about 1 year old. After that point they slowly start to shrink and most will eventually disappear. Taylor's is on the best place visually...in the middle of her left butt cheek. We hadn't had any issues with it at all until about a week ago. It started with a small dot in the middle that looked like a hole. I called the doctor and they said all was fine if it didn't bother her, there was no fever of visual inflammation. Fast forward 5 days and it is now about the size of a pencil eraser and she fusses when you have to use a wipe on it. So, we have been on the phone with Blue Fish Pediatrics (again). Since we are in Austin we have been referred to a pediatrician here so that they can check it out. Hopefully they will take us tomorrow and all is well. There can be serious issues with bleeding when they become ulcerated, so prayers dr. Says its ok and heals quickly!

Stella & Dot

Although I love being a stay at home mom, I reached a point where it got fairly ridiculous that I barely ever blow dryed my hair or took off my workout clothes. I have always been a big fan of Stella & Dot jewelry but I never thought I would ever sign up to sell it. Sure enough I finally decided that it would be my little pet project for fun and so here we go. I am not going to lie, I have been somewhat paranoid about not wanting to become the friend that people are scared to answer their phones out of fear of being harassed to "host a show" or place an order! I am just going for the technique of wearing the jewelry I love and passing out catalogs. So, if anyone loves something that you see me wearing, it could be Stella and Dot (or Kendra Scott or David Yurman- ha) so ask me and I am happy to shoot you over a catalog, etc if you are interested! A great surprising side effect of S & D has been being able to meet some pretty amazing women though-- so that is really fun. And, I am proud to say that I have blow dried my hair and accessorized more in the last 3 weeks than in the last year! :)

My first real trunk show is tomorrow in Austin at my moms house, so wish me luck for a fun show! I just hope people show up- other than that its all good!

Have a great weekend!

Melissa