Garynation

My heart melts everytime I see it!! LOVE HER!!! Entered in Wordless Wednesday  and Seven Clown Circus

I did the best I could while driving…I was holding my iPhone backwards to see her. Everybody's at work from Kasey Gary on Vimeo .

Or at least how Marielle strolls. I love to go strolling. The weather is getting to be so nice, and it is great to just get outside and stroll around. Well, it's nice some of the time. It seems that Aliza doesn't care for the stroller that much. What? How am I going to be home all summer with 2 kids and not be able to go strolling? Marielle has loved going outside and the stroller since day one of her life. If she cried, we could go outside and she would immediately stop. It was always like a drug to her, a miracle drug that made her happy. I guess I took that for granted and thought all kids were like that. I have learned that Aliza is A LOT different from Marielle. And this is just one of the differences. So lately, when we go outside, i have to wear Aliza in the Baby Bjorn and Marielle gets the stoller to herself. But that makes me walk around with about 14 extra pounds!! And push the stroller, unless Marielle decides she wants to push. Then the walk takes us 3 times as l...

I am getting excited to start my new life as a stay at home mom, but for some reason, I am very nervous about being home all day with 2 kids. I feel like I won’t know what to do with them. I don’t want to dread waking up, and I don’t want to dread the weekend being over, because Monday is just another day for me. I realize that happiness is all about your attitude, so I want to have a positive outlook and I want to make it fun for my girls and me.  I am going to work really hard at it. I want to make our days worth it and memorable. I heard this song the other day and realized that when I get a little nervous or overwhelmed, this is what I need to think about – and really be thankful that I have this opportunity…

We were playing outside and Marielle kept wanting to pull her skirt down. I don’t know why, it was really weird. I had to video it, of course… What is she doing? from Kasey Gary on Vimeo .

I honestly never ever thought I would do this, but I have made the heart wrenching and difficult decision to be a SAHM (stay at home mom). I’ll be honest, it’s not just that I never thought I WOULD do this. It’s that I never thought I COULD. When I had Marielle, maternity leave was the worst thing that I ever lived through. It wasn’t because Marielle was a difficult baby. It was because I was totally lost. Lost as to what I was supposed to be doing all day. I thought moms with new babies are always busy and running around crazy, but I didn’t find that at all. I thought that I should be entertaining her all day and I thought I would be needing to do stuff for her all day long. It really wasn’t like that. I was a little bored at times. I read to her and went on walk after walk after walk around the block, but it wasn’t the busy craziness that I thought it would be. I wondered endlessly and cried wondering “ what do i do with this thing that is my baby???” She doesn’t talk to me, she ...

We found out a few weeks ago that Marielle has some pretty…um…annoying allergies. She is allergic to tree nuts (mainly pecans and walnuts) and dogs. It was pretty hard to hear and I was really upset that we will have to worry about these allergies for at least several years. She may grow out of them, but that is not for sure and we don’t know how long that could take. For the nut allergy, we have to carry around Epi-pens and really watch what she eats. It is a scary allergy and I really hope we never have to use the Epi-pens. But for now, I’ve got one in my purse and will be watching her like a hawk! The dog allergy is not severe like the  nut one, but still, enough for my parents to re-think their dog. So, they decided they had to do it. They gave away their dog, Nate. I hated for them to do it, but Marielle breaks out when she is around him. Dogs aggravate her eczema and she gets a couple of rashes. that she scratches. and that hurts when we put lotion on them. So they did w...

Cereal…it’s a little messy… Marielle tickling Aliza… Her skirt was on backwards when I picked her up from daycare! But look how cute she looks in those boots – and her daddy dressed her that day! He did such a good job! She loves to pull her rocking chair up close to the coffee table and read books… Thank you Mardi Gras – these beads have kept her busy for hours! Sisterly Love - Just some pics to share!! Hope you enjoy! ~Kasey