Eight and Nine Months!

I have no idea what happened to me during the month of August but I took no pictures. Keith's sister, Lauren, got married in August and I only have 1 picture from that and its of Keith...how crazy. I will have to steal some pictures from the family at some point. So I only have 2 good pictures of ML in August which happens to be her 8th month.





We went to Abilene, Texas to visit my Brother Jason, his wife Karla and their two precious girls Kaila (3) and Alexa (1) during the first week of September. Alexa had her first birthday party while we were there. We went to the Abilene Zoo, Storytime at the the Library, had alot of fun swinging and playing outside. I am so glad that we went there and spent some good quality time with my family!!






Just a Swingin'





Story-time at the Abilene Library















Getting a pedi from her Aunt Rebecca



Eating extremely messy



So we were at Keith's parents house and we had one diaper in the bag...when we were changing a poopy diaper the new diapers closer tag ripped off....thus painters tape to keep diaper on...haha It was so funny!!

Other 7 month pictures!

Loves her brush!!! and playing in a box



First Sippie Cup!!



Papa giving Maggie Lynn some water thru a straw



Where is Maggie Lynn??



There she is!!







Loves to play sooooo hard but is peaceful when sleeping!!

July Beach PICTURES!!!!

Still behind!

I am so glad that my friends that have recently had baby girls have not followed in my footsteps. I have been a horribe first time mother. You and I both thought that I would be so good at taking pictures of my precious little one. But for some reason I am horrible and I look back at the past months and am just so disappointed in myself! Every time I see something on a blog, Facebook, or even on Pinterest I start beating myself up about it and think...I am going to do soooo much better with our next baby! I had so many high expectations of myself about being a mom. I have been one those girls that really isn't "great" at anything...only "somewhat"good at alot of different piddly things. My whole life I have wanted to be a wife and a mother and I would say..."well, Courtney you will be Great at that." After getting married over 5 years ago I figured out that I was not a good wife at all...I am a horrible cleaner, I am messy, I don't like to cook, I am horrible at keeping up with laundry, and I don't iron. I have always looked at my self in the "June Cleaver" vacuuming with pearls on having dinner on the table when hubby got home kind of wife and I am in no way that lady! This is a sad realization for me. I had once again had high hopes of being a wonderful mother...and after 10 mos of being a mom...my hopes and dreams are starting to crash. Don't get me wrong...Maggie Lynn is well taken care of..she is always happy and healthy! I am just not the "Mom" I always thought I would be. The "great" mom would have the baby book completely filled out (I haven't written in it since ML was born),"she" would have pictures of her sweet angel every week/ month , "she" would have activities planned every week for baby, "she" would have a clean home where baby will flourish, "she" would teach baby all about Jesus and baby would know all the nursery songs (I don't even know any of the words to the nursery songs), "she" wouldn't have the TV on most of the day, "she" wouldn't get on facebook or pinterest- 'to get away', "she" would super be active and never lazy...and so on and so on! All these things would make a "Great" mom...The "Great" mom I always thought I would be. I absolutely love my baby girl. She is everything I have ever prayed for, dreamed of, and hoped for! Its just me...I am not great! Keith calls me Courtney downer (from SNL's Debbie Downer)sometimes and I agree. I am negative alot and I am coming to the realization that I am also a pessimist. I personally think that I always have extremely high hopes for things and most of the time they never measure up...is this a Pessimist?
Well on that note. I once again will promise to try harder about posting and taking pictures.

Model Photo Shoot

Maggie Lynn won a small contest to be a model for a photographer. Kara Jo is a photographer in Memphis that needed a baby girl between 6-8 months that could sit up by herself...and Maggie Lynn was perfect for the job!

karajophotography.com

Here are the five pictures that I got for free!