who... what... huh? Is it Friday yet?

I have been so tired lately. Today has been kind of slow at work and with only 30 minutes to go before I leap from my chair and run for the elevators... I'm falling asleep at my desk. My sweet sunshine has been having a pretty hard time with her third tooth breaking through. It's one of her top ones and it's causing her nose to run like crazy. She even had her first official fever on Sunday which made her more clingy, which I like to just call "needing extra cuddles". Two nights in a row she woke up screaming... and refused to lay back down for about two hours. She just couldn't breath through her nose from all the yuckyness and I couldn't get it all out either. Fortunately for the both of us, she was able to sleep through the night last night after I put a humidifier in her room with some vapor liquid to help with her breathing.

I hate seeing her not feeling well. Even with the pain from teething, and a major runny nose, she still seemed to be in great spirits during the day, though I could see it in her face. She just looked "off" and her eyes weren't big and bright like they normally are, they were a little more puffy and pink. I will be so happy to see her healthy and back to her normal sunshiney self soon.

This Friday, two of my closest friends and I are planning to take Audrey to the Zoo for the very first time and we are all very excited, me most of all. She loves our cat and dog so much that she smiles more for them than she does for my husband and I combined! In fact, she loves our poor cat so much she runs from Audrey now when she sees her coming! haha! I hope that she will be all better and ready for fun when Friday finally comes!

FOTO FUN FRIDAY!

She wore the above outfit for her photo shoot at Walmart last weekend... so cute!

Looking like Pebbles, and then I took the pony tail holder out and couldn't tame her hair! I had to wet it down to make it normal again, but this was just too cute/funny!

My Sunshine is in a contest!

So once again my sweet Audrey is in a contest, this time only against a handful of other gorgeous kids, all showing off lovely hair pieces by Baby K Designs (found in my likes section to the right). She is tied in second place so far, and I'm a little bummed since I can only harass people so much, haha! Voting is going to be open until Wednesday the 8th, and then the winner gets a $50 shopping spree at Baby K's etsy page. SO EXCITING!!!!! I pretty much have what I want for my sunshine all picked out :p

For anyone that is on Facebok, please go to "Baby K Designs" and "Like" the page, at the top... and then check out my SUNSHINE'S PHOTO and "like" if you think her's is the best... although you can vote for others as well as for mine. The last contest she was in she was up against hundreds and ended up in 31st place, which is exciting, but I hate that it was such a popularity contest of who had the most computers and access and so on... "A specific computer/ip address could vote once everyday... and there was a photo on there that got second place that was taken with someone's phone, horrible lighting, and not that cute. Now, I have to admit, yes I'm biased, but I'm also telling the truth since I was hoping for three other photos to get 1st if Audrey didn't because the children were so stinkin adorable. Sometimes I kick myself for entering contests because all my friends get so excited and vote for her and ask me how she's doing in the ranking and are disapointed when she doesn't win... and then I get roped into all of that as well when I'm trying to keep my thoughts at "I know she's the cutest, she doesn't have to win, it's just fun to let her be noticed." Oh goodness, the things that parenting does to us!

I'm smiling because...

Those little things that make me smile today:
(sunshine overload of smile reasons...)

• sunshine sitting in her carseat, making herself laugh while playing with her paci clip, while I observe quietly through the lovely kid mirror...
• sunshine reacting to Mommy silliness (she was yanking my hair this morning and I made a growl/snarl noise and got her fingers with my lips, she quickly pulled her arm back and held it with her other arm while shrieking and giggling)
• Awesome photo book delivered on what was a "blah" morning up to that point...

• A three day weekend approaching quickly and knowing I get to leave work 2 1/2 hours early on Friday as well!
  
• Sunshine going back to her old home daycare next week to spend the day with her bff four days per week!!!
  

• Taking sunshine for a free photo sitting at Walmart the day after she becomes 10 months old!

(the above with jeans)

• Going over the many choices of outfits to put sunshine in for said photos. Must pick one.
  
• Going to the store to pick up something I need, and finding that it's on sale!
• Comments from new (or old) followers saying they love reading my blog... and to me I'm only gushing about my sunshine on a blog because I can tell my co-workers are "over it" :p
• Anxiously awaiting the purchase of a rug I've been eyeing for our "it's just missing something" living room to make it feel more homey.
  
• Blogging about everything that makes me smile, and my sunshine taking up almost all of them!

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