One Favorite Thing About Motherhood

There's a million things I love about being a mom...

I love that Dannika will finally sit still through an entire story book while I read it to her. 

We read 3 whole books today cuddled on the couch.

It was pure bliss...

Christmas Time Is Here...

First off...

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE ROMER FAMILY!

We've been extremely blessed this year as a family, and we are looking forward to 2012!

Because of Nick's deployment coming up next month, and with the dates being so shaky, we decided not to go to Alabama or Texas like we had originally planned.

I kind of enjoyed the small family Christmas though even though we really miss our families back home.

Unfortunately, Dannika and I have been sick with colds, and mine has just gotten progressively worse so I think it was best to stay home either way.

As always, Miss Dannika Jane was spoiled beyond belief.

Nick and I have officially decided we need to have more kids or our only child is going to be a spoiled rotten brat! lol.

Every year, Nick and I always say we're not gonna get anything for each other, or that we set a spending limit.

Nick never pays attention to this agreement, and I was way too spoiled beyond belief as well.

I guess I'm just a lucky girl to have such an awesome husband.

Christmas was way more fun this year than last year.

Dannika actually "got it" and it was exciting to watch her rip open all her gifts. 

I think I got more joy out of that than anything else.

She's been going insane with all her new gadgets and toys. 

With that said, our Christmas was great (minus the colds).

We are so blessed to have such amazing friends and family.

I'm so thankful that Nick is deploying with a group of Marines he has deployed with before and so thankful that he's had every opportunity to train the new guys.

I'm extremely thankful for the wonderful Tango Battery wives (and former Tango Battery wives) that have become my sisters that I can count on for anything.

I'm excited to get this deployment underway because I know that I have the amazing support of awesome friends and family.

I'm thankful for our deployed troops who are spending their holidays unselfishly and willingly over seas so that I could be here with my family. 

Happy Birthday, Jesus! 

Thank you for sacrificing your life to free me from my sins. 

Kate Spade wallet, Ipad cover, and blackberry case :-)

Her third pair of Toms.

What man doesn't like power tools?!

Seaworld Adventure & Piggy Tails

The last time Nick and I went to Sea World, I was 7 months pregnant with Dannika.

As a momento, we bought a stuffed Shamu and Baby Shamu.

We decided to go back today for the first time with our 2 1/2 year old!

Here she is with the original Shamu we bought her when she was still in my tummy!

The Dolphin Tales show was AMAZING! Dannika was mesmerized by all the cool tricks the dolphins did and to cool acrobats by the actors!

I can finally get Dannika's hair into two little pig tails. She begs me to put them in her hair all the time now!

It was 70 degrees in San Diego, but we managed to find some snow at "Snow World" at Seaworld! 

It's tradition to always get a caricature done when we go to Seaworld. This is our first as a family of 3!!!

Catch Up Time

Sorry I've been MIA for a while!

I know I'm pretty good about keeping up with my blog, but lately with the holidays and Nick's deployment coming up, things in our lives have been crazy hectic!

So to start, here's an update on our family...

On December 7, one of my bestest friends, Kim went into LABOR!

I was soooo honored to have been asked to be in the delivery room with her mom and her older sister.

Kim's husband, Sunny is currently deployed to Afghanistan with 2/4 and unfortunately couldn't be home for the birth of their 3rd son!

She was scheduled to be induced on December 12, but babies are so unpredictable!

She found out on Wednesday that they were going to induce her THAT DAY!

I was so excited, I drove like a maniac to make it to the hospital on time!

I can't even imagine what a fathers go through when they get the unexpected news....

My heart was racing and my mind was all over the place....

"We're going to have a baby!"

The coolest thing was Sunny's timing in calling Kim on her cell phone RIGHT as she was about to start pushing.

It's like the stars lined up and God was really looking out for Kim

Sunny got to hear the ENTIRE birth (complete with play by play) on the phone all the way from Afghanistan!

Let me tell you, experiencing a birth from the other end was the most amazing thing I have ever been a part of!

It was absolutely beautiful, and it made me appreciate being a woman even more than I already do!

I just couldn't believe what our bodies were capable of, and I couldn't imagine that I had just done that 2 1/2 short years ago!

So in the early evening of December 7, 2011, Logan Joseph was born weighing in at an astonishing 9lbs and 9 ozs and measured 20 1/2 inches long!

He is absolutely the most beautiful baby!

 Thank you, Kim for letting me be a part of Logan's entrance to the world! It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life!

So in the recent months, I've been in total denial about needing glasses.

I kept giving myself excuses like "Oh, I'm just really tired so my vision is blurry."

Recently, I started experiencing serious eye strain when trying to see things far away and mild headaches from straining to see so hard. 

I finally got a wake up call at work when I realized everyone that I worked with could read this sign on the wall at the other end of the room and I couldn't even make out a single letter. 

So I caved in and made an appointment at Lenscrafters and found out I am nearsighted and have slight astigmatism.

So here I am with my new Tiffany & Co. spectacles :-)

I was certain that Dannika would cry this year when we went to go get pictures with Santa.

We all remember her Easter Bunny pics...

So the past few weeks, I've been "preparing" her for Santa.

I showed her lots of pictures of him, and everytime we went to the mall, I'd tell her to wave to Santa.

I was certain that all this "preparing" wouldn't work, but it was worth a shot!

Well....

Here

Are

The

Results...

She was a little shy, but warmed up to him quickly. 

SUCCESS!!!!

Hope everyone is doing swell!

Until next time!!!