New Year....

Yes, I know it is already the end of January but I still do want to post my New Years Resolutions. Because I LOVE to make new resolutions. I love new years and fresh starts and all that good stuff.....

So these are my resolutions/wants/wishes/desires for 2010....

First of all, I want to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Because I still feel like a kid most days. (Especially when I argue with my 5 year old the finer points of how to properly brush her American Girl doll's hair. .....Maybe one of my resolutions should be to stop arguing with my 5 year old... :)

But I still love to sing. And I love teaching.....but most of all......

I LOVE being a mom. I love my girls. I want to be the best mom in the whole world. And when I think of jobs I would like to do or careers I would like to have, it all seems to revolve around how I can do something else and it still make me a better mom. So I am looking, and bound and determined to find that perfect balance between fulfilling my creative/singing/performing self and being that wonderful mom to these wonderful girls. And doing it all with grace.

I would also like to find the desire to become a better cook. For my poor husband. He says salads are his favorite meal but I believe it's because there is nothing better or more appealing for him to eat. I would like to think that I could be a better cook if I really desired to......( I HATE cooking) but I think that would be deluding myself. So here's to a new year of trying really hard to want to be a better cook and expanding my repetoire of meals beyond salad and pasta.

I want to be more mindful of each day and each moment. Enjoy every second and NEVER sweat the small stuff.

I want to be a better wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, teacher. I want to give more of myself and be a blessing to others.....

Those are my resolutions for 2010.

I am thankful for a truly amazing year behind me and so far I am loving the journey of the year to come.

Teresa's Design...........

Has launched it's website!!!
Check it out at:

http://www.teresasdesign.com/

My mother makes beautiful dresses, bags, shirts, skirts; does applique, embroidery and so much more.......check out her site!
Great gifts for any little girl (or her mom) that you are shopping for!!

Eliana's Christmas outfit!!!

Wood Christmas!!

The weekend before Christmas my parents and sister and nephew came to visit us and celebrate a Wood Family Christmas weekend together! We had such a wonderful time..........drinking hot chocolate, making gingerbread houses, going to see the lights at Life University (and freezing to death!!), watching Christmas movies, opening presents,ice skating and just hanging out together as a family. We did alot in 4 short days!! :)
Nana and Papa enjoyed their grandkids.....and Emmy had fun hangin with her nieces. Austin loooves his cousins. He is so sweet to these girls! He just hugs and kisses them (well, when Aubrey will let him) and he loves to hold and cuddle with Eliana.
It was a wonderful weekend! We love our family and so glad we got to spend time at Christmas together.........

Eliana.....9 months old!!

Still so much posting to catch up on including an amazing Christmas, visit with my family, New Years, etc. but for starters......

Miss Eliana (aka Ella, Ella Bella, Ella Grace) turned 9 months old!!!

Completely impossible to believe that my baby girl is that big. She is crawling, pulling up and standing holding on to things, and saying "da da da da da", some version of "all done", and "hi".........whenever I try to get her to say "ma ma" she looks at me and laughs. She loves to laugh, smiles all the time and loves to listen to music. She looooves music. To be expected since she spent her 9 months in the womb with me singing at least 4 hours everyday and listening to the sounds of "Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel" in surround sound..... :)

Her 9 month appt. is this week so I will be sure to update her stats but I am quite sure she is tall for her age......she wears 12-18 month clothes! (The update.....20 lbs. (75th percentile) and 30in. (95th percentile) and thankfully, perfectly healthy!!! She is super tall....definitely gets that from her daddy and not mommy!)

Things have definitely changed since she started crawling! No more putting her down somewhere and expecting her to stay still! She is all over the place. She is curious and excited and so so happy about everything. She is our little sunshine.....making all of us happy the minute she smiles at us. She loves her big sister. She crawls all over the house after her and wants to be big like her for sure. She tried to dive into the bath tub the other night to get in with her big sis.

So much fun to come and so thankful for the past 9 months with this sweet precious baby girl.