Taquito Munchkina

Bren, B, Nugget, Peanut, Honey....nicknames that Brenna has had over time. Some are obvious, but her most recent one is goofy.  And she loves it. 

Brenna likes to eat.  But only the foods she chooses (not marshmallows, fish or mustard).  And she LOVES taquitos...you know, the little rolled tacos.  One night she ate so many that she was nicknamed Taquito by our friend Tim.  It made everyone laugh and she has, on occasion, been referred to as Taquito again.  While tucking her in the other night, I referred to her as Munchkin.  I usually do a slew of goofy things while getting her ready for bed, or to get her excited for bed, or to motivate her to go through the routine.  This particular night, I called her a bunch of nicknames.  By the time the covers were coming up over her chest, I was calling her Taquito Munchkina.  It just came out.  Now she loves it and wants me to squeeze the covers around her tight (like a taquito) and call her Taquito Munchkina.  It makes her smile or laugh, which in turn makes me smile or laugh.  Not to mention how it makes my heart melt.  I sure do love that little rolled taco with the beautiful blue eyes :)

Christmas highlights

So here we are, the end of January, giving Christmas highlights.  But, I figured it's better to document than skip it.  That "skipping" is what got me so far behind in the first place!  So here are the highlights:

Travis got to have a chunk of time off to come up the mountain with us!!  It was WONDERFUL to have him join us.  It was our first Christmas "together" and was fabulous :)  Although we weren't supposed to exchange gifts (given all the moving and other stuff going on) he surprised me with a laptop! I love that man!  Can't wait to skype with my family when they catch up ;)

Brenna was at the PRIME age for enjoying Santa.  She was excited to leave out cookies, milk and a few m&ms for him and even spread some reindeer food (oats) out in the yard to make sure they knew how to find us.  She was SO excited when it was bedtime that she told me, "Mom, I'm just so excited, I can't go to sleep."  I explained that she'd have to be sleeping or Santa wouldn't stop.  She explained that she could pretend to be asleep...little stinker.  Of course it didn't take long for her to fall asleep, but I loved how excited she was.  It brought back so many memories of when Jamie and I would wake up so early in the morning eventually running by the living room (without sneaking a peek...well maybe a little peek) to wake up mom & dad. 

Brenna recieved many of the things she asked for - a Magic Snow Moxie Girl, a makeup studio (a post all about makeup will arrive on this blog soon), and a barbie vacation house. 

We had a wonderful, relaxing time in Show Low.  We rarely left the house (hence all the relaxing) with the exception of a drive up to Pinetop, a walk around the neighborhood, and an after-Christmas Kmart shopping trip.  We ate delicious stuff...and lots of it.  We are now closely watching what we eat :)

We missed Jamie, Josh & Rylan SORELY.  It was an odd feeling knowing that they weren't coming.  Not even the next day or the following weekend.  All we got was some phone conversing.  It just wasn't the same without them.  Not to mention all the planning ahead we had to get used to to make sure that packages were shipped in plenty of time.  Guess we'll be more prepared next year!

We are looking forward to all the exciting things that 2011 will bring for us!  And can't believe that one month is already gone...

Is anyone still out there?

When I started this blog (way before Facebook invaded my computer) I LOVED it and was committed to using it as a true history log of my life with a child - it helped me remember all the funny things she did or said without much effort.  Well, many things changed in my life over the last few years and some of it just didn't seem like the kind of stuff people wanted to know.  I could've stayed more current if I focused just on Brenna, but I now realize I just wasn't in a great place to wanna blog about life so I slacked.  I miss having the blog as a journal of sort - even if just to keep track of stuff my kiddo does :) 

I'm going to try to get back into this - and hopefully those of you who still check this once in awhile will keep coming back.  I have a lot more info on Facebook these days so some of you will already be able to fill in the many blanks on this blog.