blogs picture limit!

My blog told me that I have reached my maximum capacity for pictures for free! :( I don't know how to adjust/fix/ get around this..
I have to decide if its worth it to buy space so i can keep posting pictures..
Does anyone know how to make some adjustments so I can keep adding pictures and not have to pay??

Brushing the dog

It truly is amazing how much babies learn by just watching. I just got this dog brush and have only brushed Casey once or twice but the brush was just laying there and Samarah grabbed it and went over to Casey..

And tried to brush her! it was so cute! I didn't know she saw me even brush Casey but she knew right what to do!

Casey is such a good dog, i love her and how tolerant she is

Later we got a cute picture Casey chillin with he paws crossed like a little lady.. haha cute.

Where did my easy going baby go????

Samarah is such a happy baby! or WAS! I don't know where that went! She was so happy all the time, so easy going, content with whatever all the time. She was so good!
NOW she cries over EVERYTHING! I shut the fridge she cries and throws a fit. She tries to get a dirty diaper out of the garbage I tell her its yucky dont' touch and she throws herself on the ground and cries.

She is starting to flip her body and head back and throw herself on the ground. She hits her head, she bashes me in the face with her big head. All the time she does this! Over the silliest things!

She throws a fit when I try to change her diaper and put her clothes on (well, half the time at least) I don't know what to do! Is this the stage of the terrible two's that everyone talks about? she's 15 months!

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do???

I don't know if its an attention thing, if she's tired, or what! I have started putting her to bed earlier, I still pay tons of attention to her, if i'm doing the dishes I try to pull up a chair and have her stand beside me, she helps 'fold' the laundry, i read books to her whenever she brings me one. Is it not enough, is it a growth spurt, is it just a phase? its frustrating how nothing makes her happy anymore! I love her, but man!

Anyone???

Aw.. a few randoms

Just thought I'd post a few random pictures i've taken :)

 

Caught these two passed out together. so cute

 

 

Casey has given in she doesn't' try to get away from the baby anymore lol

Samarah loves the cat, she squeals when the cat comes near her!

BIG smile!

 

Look at her face in this she looks so happy!!!!! totally cheesin!

Samarah's first time in the snow!

So last year Samarah was so new but besides that it didnt snow like at all last year.. So this was really her first experience with it.. And I dressed her up and put her in the snow.. (I was in tennis shoes and a sweater and fine but she's a kid and she froze it was nowhere near enough clothing! i felt so bad. i'm still learning all the differences, how much more babies need to be dressed. I should have had her in freaking snow suit, double layered onesies underneath, boots. Sigh. Mommy in training.)

 

I set her down on the shovelered part and she just stepped right in the snow and loved it!

 

                                                       SHE LOVED IT!

 

The night it snowed we had her outside we went to the Gateway mall and she just kept throwing her head back and watching the snow fall and letting it hit her on the face. it was so cute! i love getting to see all the new things she experiences! She's at the age where she has fun now and is so fun to be around.

 

Look who got her wisdom teeth out :(

That would be me. And it hurt!! My dentist has been telling me to get them out for forever but I was like why spend the money if they aren't even through?

 

 

And then I felt one of them in the back.. coming through. Sigh. They are angled so if it continued to grow in it would jack up my regular teeth! So I made the appt..  thank goodness I only got ONE squirrel cheek!

 

I also dyed my hair the day after.. so here is an updated pic of my dark hair with my squirrel cheek! Haha. Its been a long time since i have had solid dark hair! i almost ALWAYS have highlights, whether only a little or a lot!

 

Hopefully I heal quickly, i have the weekend to recoop then got to go back to work!

Shovel your sidewalks please!

PLEASE PLEASE shovel your sidewalks!! Some people still like to take their kids/dogs on walks in the winter and it is so hard when people don't shovel their sidewalks!! Trying to push a stroller through it sucks and after it freezes and gets all lumpy its near impossible..

So then we people move out to the road but the snow is all packed on the side of the road so we have to walk WAY out where the cars are and its dangerous... whatever your reasoning is.. cold, lazy, don't feel like it.. remember someone you care about might still need to use the sidewalk and it'd be nice to not have to walk in the road..

I saw a lady in a wheelchair having to go almost into the lane of travel because for a stretch no sidewalks were shoveled and snow was piled all down the side. she almost got hit! sad. be considerate.. it doesn't take that much effort, really :)

First bow in her hair!

Samarah finally has enough hair to BARELY put a bow in, and i mean barely. its not really in the middle of her head its not quite long enough in the front so its more in the back but i had to get a picture!! It didn't stay up and she ripped it out anyway.. but we are getting there! Bald baby lol

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

So I would have actually had this up on Halloween, but I put Samarah in her crib and realized I left the camera in there with her.. and I didn't want to wake her up. So its only one day later but that is pretty good for me!

So remember awhile back I did a post about why we call Samarah 'HAM'?  When we saw this costume, I could not resist. So perfect.

She is so cute!

Struttin it in her pig (ham) costume! complete with hooves and a tail!

chillin with dad waitin for the trick or treaters

I was putting her costume on in the morning to make sure it fit and she took off with her hooves on!

So both me and Chris normally work evenings.. So I didn't think we'd do anything with Samarah. But chris work gave it to him off and I decided to take the afternoon off and be a mom. and i am so glad that I did.

Chris brought her down to Springville's main street trick or treat and she did so good just fascinated with all the costumes and people! we came home had dinner, passed out candy and enjoyed seein our lil ham!

Radio on.. Dance... radio off... stop dancing..

Title says it all! she dances anytime music comes on and its pretty much the cutest thing ever! she puts her hand up and jams out! I love this girl!

Penguin pajamas

So Chris dressed Samarah in pajamas the other night.. it was the first time he put her in them cuz they are more wintery pajamas.. and when i saw what she had on I ran to my room... came out and had chris take a picture!!

We were twinners! they both are footy pajamas, have penguins with scarves, and stars all over it!! haha! 

samarah getting even closer to walking! video!

This is the first time she ever stood up on her own without holding onto anything and then walked!! Look at the HUGE smile on her face at the end of the video, so cute!!

Norris Family Pics

My family hasn't had pictures taken in like 10 years!! Well professional ones where everyone actually dresses up and smiles and yeahh... So I planned it and made everyone come whether they liked it or not! And... here is the result! everyone did pretty good :)

                                                              Siblings spouses and parents

                                                                     Whole family!

                                            I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF MY PARENTS!!

This is my amazing sister and family that watches my baby everyday!

                                                      My brother max and his wife and kids

                                                        My brother Nate and his kids

                        My other amazing sister and kids that watch Samarah every other time I need a sitter!

My brother Kevin that is living in Alaska right now!

                                         I made my family let me get some with my puppy :)

                                                                my cute parents!

Grandkids!

 

They turned out really good thanks Brenda for taking them!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to decide when to have baby #2

Now that Samarah is 1 the question of..'when you gonna give her another brother or sister?' seems to be asked on a weekly basis.

I don't know when.

Honestly? I'm scared. I don't know if I want to go through that again. I didn't even have that bad of an experience but I am like a lil bit traumatized from it! Its not the weight, i'm ok with the weight i'm at. I had some issues after down in that area obviously.. i couldn't walk very well for weeks. i couldn't walk down to see my baby in the nursery.. I don't know if that contributed to the post partum I had. But I am scared I don't want to go through post partum again! Mine didn't get to severe thank goodness, i never had thoughts of harming her but i just was flat of emotion. I felt like I didn't want her, like having a baby sucked. I don't want to go through that again. now she is the most amazing incredible thing in my life, but it wasn't like that for months :(

I think that we are only going to have two kids.. So do I just go ahead and have them close together? Do I wait till my body is more healed and I feel more mentally ready? Will I ever feel mentally ready? Will 2 years or 5 years make a difference in how I feel? Will my body ever heal completely? How much time do I give myself to feel ready?

Too many questions that I don't know how to answer :( if anyone has comment feel free to write them. I'm in a little funk about it in case you can't tell.

Guess who is almost walking!!

Input on a name

For Chris family and friends you are not allowed to answer this beacause you are biased with the name!

For others...

Does the name Kendrick (for a boy) sound like a white name or another ethnicity's name? if you heard the name would you think white skin, brown skin, black skin...

Comment me your thoughts!!

No i'm not pregnant. i'm just always picking up names and debating them for when the next one does come around. don't get any ideas. i don't want to go through that again anytime soon!

Delayed birthday pic

I hardly ever have pictures of me and chris and the baby or chris and the baby to put on here because we are never home together to take pictures! i only see chris like one day a week and then like 20 min throughout the week i swear. But anyway on Samarah's birthday we only got one pic of all three of us to share.. so my family from far away... here you go :)

Tattoo!!!!

For those who haven't seen  it yet I thought i'd post a pic on here. I got a tattoo symobolizing Samarah. I was trying to think of what i wanted to do for a tattoo and took a lot of ideas and put them together..
Samarah was born August 4.. So I started by looking up things for August.. the flower for the month of August is the Gladiola or Gladiolus (not sure which one is proper spelling) which looks like this (courtesy of google)





Ok so thats a pretty flower! i'd be ok with something like that permanently on my body.  But i didn't want just that.. so i was looking at other ideas. Samarah's Zodiac sign is a Leo.. Which is associated with Lions and the Sun and I didn't want that but then i found the Leo sign itself.. which looks like this



and so I took my ideas in to a tattoo artist and had him draw up a sketch.. which I LOVED! So then i got it done :) and here is the result

This is like the only pic i have taken of it.. but I LOVE it! Can you spot the Leo sign incorporated in there? up near my armpit?
It took 3 hours and some spots hurt like a mother f*er and other spots didn't feel like anything! I am so glad i got it done its perfect for a way to symbolize her without getting her name :) love you baby!

Boobs post #2

By the way.. for those of you who were or weren't wondering.. I went from a nice full C to a freaking A cup!!!  I miss my boobs!! lol!!

Blogging

Its funny.. when i started a blog.. i was thinking to myself, this will be so easy and i can always keep my family and friends updated without having to get a facebook!
HA. It surprised me how time consuming it is to blog! it may take anywhere from 5 min to 45 min or more! depending on how many pics you have and how much you want to say.. whether you have a solid time frame to devote to it or you get a little done here and a little there over the course of a week and then finally are able to post it...

I think about posting things often! i just don't get around to doing it! And my life really isn't all that exciting. a lot of times i just want to post about whats on my mind, or funny things i thought or saw.. but then i wonder, do people really want to read about it or are they only interested in pictures?

Maybe i shouldn't care and i'll write what i want and if you don't want to read you don't have to and can just wait for posts with pictures...

Because i would blog more if i wasn't so concerened with having pictures to go along with it...

Hmmm. Maybe i will :)

Horse Ride!!

Ok So I have been on a horse only a handful of times in my life.. and the last time was so long ago I don't even remember...

but i LOVE horses and one day i want to own one. I've always loved them, but i don't know anything about them.

So my friend Brandi has some horses.. and it just so happens she lives down the street from me.. and I finally got up the courage to ask if we could go riding sometime! and she said YES!! woohoo! So, we planned a day, and went :) it ended up being labor day.. and here is all the pics..

This was near the beginning of the ride

I hardly ever go do anything with anyone i just work and go home and be a mom and a wife and this was the perfect thing to do to get out of the house

Stopped by a stream and ate yummy lunch that Brandi made!

It was so relaxing being up in the mountains on the horse, riding through nature. for anyone who has horses you know what i mean but its all new to me!

Ok, so like I said i've only ridden a handful of times..and have definitely never gone fast.. and Brandi told me i could run the horse if i wanted to.. i was so nervous, but i did it, and guess what..

IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING FEELINGS I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE, HANDS DOWN!!!

When Cadence started running, the senstaion was immediate. it was like nothing i have ever experienced, it was like all that mattered in that moment was the wind and the horse underneath me, i don't know how to put it into words.. it was like in that moment i was free of any burden on my mind any stress.. i dont' know. it was just amazing.

ooohh sexy brandi!!

The mountain was absolutely beautiful!

Awesome pics

Belle and Cadence

I went fast again one more time :)

Absolutely amazing. I am jealous people get to experience this all the time. Thank you Brandi for a great day!! Lets go again soon!! :) I'm already addicted!! lol