The Chronicles of Bales and Tales

Sunday, January 3, 2010

10-Day Forecast

		High / Low (°F)	Precip. %
Tonight Jan 03	Clear	18°	0 %
Mon Jan 04	Sunny	39°/23°	0 %
Tue Jan 05	Sunny	40°/23°	0 %
Wed Jan 06	Sunny	41°/25°	0 %
Thu Jan 07	Partly Cloudy	45°/32°	20 %
Fri Jan 08	Rain / Snow Showers	36°/23°	40 %
Sat Jan 09	Mostly Sunny	38°/21°	0 %
Sun Jan 10	Mostly Sunny	36°/30°	0 %
Mon Jan 11	Partly Cloudy	49°/35°	10 %
Tue Jan 12	Partly Cloudy	51°/38°	10 %

Saturday, January 2, 2010

The Cellon Clan took a 10 day road trip and traveled to Florida over the Holidays. We had a blast, but are not ready to head back in the car for awhile :). Here is day 1 in Crestview:

Bailey playing with her "food" that she got from her cousins, the Odle family. Thank you guys!

Grandpa and Bailey

Bright-eyed and ready for Christmas to come!

Friday, January 1, 2010

2010 Goals

A few of my goals for 2010 for all to see and keep me accountable!

1. Wake up at 6 am everyday and have Quiet Time with my Lord first thing- I normally wake up at 6:30, and it is hard to wake up at 6am after being up with Taylor several times a night, but I have realized the need to get up before them now that there is 2! I have been having my QT during nap time, but need to start freeing up that time for chores.

2. Support my Husband- Be diligent in all I do. Have the home be a haven for him to rest and come home to. Live my life in such a way that he knows he is number 1 on my priority list (besides God). Make his lunches the night before. Get up with him and make his breakfast to take with him. Ask his opinion on meals, girls activities, my activities. Serve as a FRA with his unit. Thank him daily for all his hardwork and provision. Encourage him to go after his goals.
Date nights 2x/month until he deploys (make daycare reservations/ brainstorm ideas to do).

3. Eat healthier- I have lost all the baby weight due to nursing, and have cut dramatically down the "processed food and sugar substitutes", but have gotten in a habit of using more sugar. I am trying to cut the sugar out of my coffee and tea. I also need to decrease running through the drive thru to once a week (even for a diet coke). Continue with my meal planning (best help ever)

4. Exercise 4x/week- Currently I walk 45min-1 hour with some friends (with kiddos) 3x/week. I need to continue that and then add a day or two of more intense activity. Going to the gym is now feasible with Taylor being 8 months old. I will start running once it warms up a bit. If nothing else, I need to do a Shred/ Tae Bo video at home when the girls are occupied. Baby weight is gone, but sure needs some toning!

5. Keep up with the Blog at least 3x/week- I have a new camera and love taking pictures with it! I want to be more diligent about documenting my girl's lives. This blog is our family scrapbook and I need to do a better job at updating it. I also plan to include more of my personal ideas/ goals/ struggles and triumphs in the worlds of parenting, military life and homemaking.

6. Be a better homemaker- I am painfully aware of my shortcomings in the areas of cooking, cleaning and creativity. I am going to implement a cleaning plan (looking at the motivatedmomsplanner), continue to practice my cooking (which has improved a lot in 2 years, especially with all our dietary restrictions), and plan a monthly project (sewing, crafting, etc). I know with most of these things practice makes perfect, and I need a LOT of practice!

7. Be a better Mom- I need improvement in doing crafty things with Bailey. Once a week, I want to find simple craft ideas to help her have fun and learn about whatever she is passionate about. I want to start reading to Taylor at night before she goes to bed.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Once upon a Christmastime......

sweet baby girl

Christmas Dresses

My good friend Amber's Mom sent the girls these dresses when Taylor was born. They are just adorable and I have been waiting since them for them to be able to wear them! Thank you Mrs. Smith :).

Sista Love

Taylor is super happy

Cheese!

PS- I am SO glad I took these before church. While in the nursery at church, Taylor had a huge blowout and let us just say I have had to wash the dress several times for it to make it through. Why is it the kids get so, so, so dirty? Bailey had hers all sticky from some food?

Taylor 7 months ( a tad late)

On Taylor's 7 month birthday she got to celebrate it with most of the Cellon clan. We had a double celebration as it was cousin Alice's 10 month Birthday! How precious these baby girls are. We stayed in a cabin in Georgia for Thanksgiving and it was great to be able to read, relax, watch football, roast smores and hot dogs, color and overall just hang out with family. Thank you Papa and Grammie for inviting us!

Taylor: In one word, I would describe you as sweet. You are easy going and lovable. You smile at everyone!
At 7 months you:
-sleep from 7pm-6:30am. You still wake up 1-2x/night to eat. You are so busy and distracted during the day that you like to catch up on your nursing at night! Nurses 6-8x/day still.
- eat 1-2x/day baby food. You have eaten sweet potatoes, bananas, prunes, squash, pears, carrots and green beans. Your favorite is sweet potatoes!
- drink your water out of your sippy cup well, much better then your sister!
- can sit with a bunch of toys around you and play alone for a good 15 minutes.
-love it when you big sis pays attention to you.
-would watch Snickers (our cat) all day and talk to him if he would let you.
- wear 6-9 month clothes, but still fit in a handful of your 3-6 month ones
- your hair is starting to come in a little better, but it is so cold out we put a hat on you often!
-take 2 naps a day, a short morning and up to a 3 hour afternoon nap. PRAISE the LORD.
-roll, roll, roll No crawling yet though.
-jibber jabber all day. No intelligible words except maybe dada?
-still allergic to some things. We will visit with the Allergist after Christmas to see what exactly you are sensitive too.

Uncle Johnny with Holly, Aunt Linz with Cousin Alice, Mommy with Taylor (enamored with Alice), Daddy with Bales (who was d-o-n-e with the picture taking)

Papa and Grammie with their precious grandbabies

Living Nativity

On Friday night we met up with some good friends and went out to eat to Cracker Barrel and then went to our church to see the Living Nativity. It was literally freezing outside so we didn't linger long, but Bailey seemed to enjoy all the animals.

Bailey and Daddy checking out the camel.

Baby Jesus. Below Bailey and her friend Jonathan were dancing to music they had playing- it was so very cute, a celebration of Jesus's birth!

Blair and Bailey and Olivia and her Daddy, Tom (just got home from deployment)

The Shepards

Family of Four.

Sandy and I (Olivia's Mommy :))

Bailey LOVING Cracker Barrel. We shared some biscuits, ham, chicken and dumplins and carrots. Yummilicous!

Cute as a button.

My Mom gave these fleece's to the girls several months ago and I just love them together!

Taylor looking a little sly ;)

My cuties. Boy are they both getting bigger and bigger.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Go Gators- Beat Alabama.

We took these pics Saturday while the smiles were still on our faces......

Daddy love is the best!

Taylor joined us after her nap looking so precious!

Dress Up with Jace

We had the pleasure of having Jace over for a day, unfortunately because Sydney was in the hospital. Everyone is better now, but I am afraid I will be the one in the hospital after Jace's Daddy sees these pictures :). LOL.

Here is poor Taylor. Bailey kept putting the hat on her head.

Bailey with her Tutu, wings and hat. Jace with his kilt, lunchbox and writer's hat (isn't that a creative manly spin on his outfit!)

SO, so, so, so cute! No worries folks, Jace will surely be a linebacker. His voice already sounds like a 20 year old :)

Jace and Bailey Part 202?

Friends Forever

So, so cute.

No words.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Superwoman!

Children's Museum Fun

A couple weeks ago 3 of my girlfriend's and I all took our own 2 kids to the children's museum in Wilmington. That's right folks. 4 Moms and 8 Kids ranging from 7 weeks-5yr! Military women hear us conquer ;). Bailey had an absolute blast. The only downside was we went late morning, so by 1230 she was D-O-N-E. Nothing a little Sonic drive-thru and Nemo watching in the car home couldn't fix. We will go back I am sure (I think it would be fun to take Taylor to the mall with me and drop Daddy and Bailey off at the museum! Everyone is happy :)).

Jace and Bailey rolling down the road eating and giggling and watching some tunes.