After becoming a parent, things come out of my mouth that I never thought I would say. For instance, last night I actually had to say the following to Harper: Stop putting my sweatshirt draw string in your mouth to use as a paintbrush to put your spit on my face. Yep. That happened.

Feel Good Friday

I saw this story on CNN and I thought it would be perfect for Feel Good Friday.

Then I watched it a second time and it reminded me of something else I've seen recently.

Hearing things like this make me feel a little yucky inside because I realize that I put way too much emphasis on fairness and I allow my world to be small. I am going to be more conscious of leaving corners and expanding my world. More on that later.... In what ways can you leave a corner?

New Addition

There was a new addition to Harper's baby school class this morning...a mini hamster! I had never heard of a mini hamster, but apparently, they exist. I can't say that it's any smaller than a regular hamster, but it is definitely fuzzier. The kids were totally mesmerized by Despereaux (that's his name - the teacher's daughter named him). Harper already loves baby school. But now, I'm afraid she'll never want to leave...

Worst Christmas Songs Ever

What's your least favorite Christmas song? This is an easy question for me to answer. It's a tie between Mary Did You Know and Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg. The cheese factor is exceptionally high for both. I know a lot of people love these songs but, I can't stand them. So... What's your least favorite Christmas song?

Cold Morning

Two things for today...

First of all, it was freezing this morning. I didn't think Nashville was supposed to get this cold. I think my blood has thinned since I moved South.

Secondly, can someone please tell me what happened to this baby? This time last year, she was small, chubby, toothless, and immobile. Seriously. Where did my baby go?

Great Christmas CD

Quick post for today because remember, I'm getting down to business...

Christmas is in full swing at our house. The tree is up. The stockings are hung. The Christmas cards are in progress. And the Christmas music is playing pretty much non-stop (at least on the car radio because for the life of me I can't find my Charlie Brown Christmas cd that I usually play non-stop in the house). Several times in the past week I have been driving and listening to a Christmas song on the radio and thought to myself, wow, that's a great version of that song. And lo and behold, each time it was by the same group, Selah. They're awesome. Their Christmas album is great and they have some other cool worship cd's too. Below are their versions of O Holy Night and O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. These are the songs that caught my attention in the car. The videos are lame, but the music is great.

Emily The Unicorn

Harper made a new friend last night, Emily the Unicorn! She's named after one of Harper's best friends, her Aunt Emily. Believe it or not, Aunt Emily isn't very fond of unicorns. Or Renaissance festivals for that matter. Maybe being the namesake of Harper's new friend will change her mind about the whole unicorn thing.