Beautiful Colorado

So, today is another beautiful Colorado day. My friend came over to take pictures of us for our Christmas card. She is so talented; I can't wait to see how they turned out! Above is a picture of Maggie on her 1st Birthday! She's 'soooooo big'!



We have had zero snow so far this year and I'm just afraid of what that might mean for the rest of the winter. I did smell manure the other day and supposedly the old wives tale is that when you smell it, it's going to snow. We didn't have snow that day, but I heard possibly tonight. The high country has had snow, and that makes a beautiful backdrop for our view every morning coming out of our complex. Last year the snow was cool because we weren't used to it and Maggie could easily be taken from car to building in her car seat all bundled up. This year I anticipate being entirely different.





A couple weeks ago, my sister was here to help us clebrate Maggie's birthday. We went to a local butterfly pavilion and I got a few good pics. I just downloaded them, so I thought I'd share a few.

Intro of Sorts

So, I've been thinking of blogging for a while. Not because I am a good writer or have all this creative energy I need to get out, but I guess because I feel like I should. Everyone's doing it, right? Yes, I know I started one back when I was preggo, but now I feel like that one doesn't fit our family anymore (www.babypotts07.wordpress.com). It's still there for all to see, and actually just looking at it, it was exactly a year ago since my last post. A little ironic, but not surprising.

Anyone who is a mom would know that it's not surprising, or at least a mom like me. To be honest, I never really even thought about how much time it takes to care for a child. I guess it's good if you don't really know what you are getting yourself into before it happens. Not that it would have changed our decision to have children, but maybe would have prepared us a little more. Nah, I'm a procrastinator for the most part and my time management skills leave much to be desired, so even if I knew all I know now (which still isn't much), I would probably still be the scatter-brained, half-paying-attention, wanting-to-be-perfect mom that I am today. And I've decided I'm okay with that.

I'm not going to try and recap the last year; it's just too overwhelming to think about. I will tell you though that it has been an amazing one that has flown by like none other I've had. Our daughter, Maggie, is the most beautiful little creature that God has put on this earth. No offense to any of the other beautiful creatures out there, but she is! She has such a personality and is such a mama's girl, but showing signs every day of becoming a daddy's girl. She has started to take a few steps towards us, but no more than 4-5 in a row. She loves to point and does so at strangers. It's a little embarrassing. Lately she has been pointing at pictures a lot and wanting to touch Daddy in the pictures. If you ask her, "where's Daddy" and "where's Sport", she will point directly to them, but does not seem to know where Mama is located.

Okay, this is enough for today. I don't want to get carried away. It's not like I'm getting paid for this. I did want to say thought that I am so thankful the election is finally over. It didn't turn out the way I would have hoped, but to be honest, McCain was never 'my' guy anyway. It should be interesting to see how the next 4 years go and if this year was any indication, I will start looking for the ads for 2012 starting tonight. I'm just not sure I would be able to handle it.