Flowers

Bobby bought me these beautiful flowers yesterday and I just had to share them with you too.  Plus I wanted to brag about my unbelievably sweet and thoughtful husband!

4.8.2010

...Look at your life then...
and look at it now...
1 handsome, super intelligent, sexy husband
1 home (that we've lived in together for 9 years)
2 jobs (currently)
2 very beautiful children
1 faithful dog
3 vehicles (1 that's been kidnapped by the garage, 1 that barely cranks, and 1 that
smells like Captain D's)
1 garden that is sprouting home grown vegetables
9 years of marriage (filled with our fair share of ups and downs but more ups than downs)
1 very happy, loved, blessed, devoted wife

(Sounds like a recipe for a happy marriage!!)

Bobby you are the best! I'm sorry this is belated but "Happy Birthday!!"

don't you agree?

...just click on the image to see a larger version...

Simply Sammy

Sammy loves when Bobby does "to the sky" when he puts Sam to bed. Mommy is too short to do this...

• I can't believe Samuel is two years old! Where has the time gone?! He's so little though ... he can still wear his 18 month shorts from last summer but wears 24 month shirts.
  
• We've been babysitting an 11 month old baby boy and Sammy is somewhat jealous. He says, "My Mommy!" But he secretly likes Paden if he can make him laugh.
• He'll eat just about anything but Pimento Cheese (yuck!) and vegetables. Although he did eat a piece of broccoli the other night. So unlike his big sister.
• I have discovered that he loves lemonade. I made some recently and Sammy & I were the only two who drank it.
  
• When we went out to eat with Bobby & his department last week, Sammy yelled at the waitress, "I want CHEESEBURGER!" For someone so quiet he can be rather loud & demanding when it comes to something he wants.
• I'm tired of hearing Sammy say, "MINE!" The training has already begun...
• Sammy is really affectionate though. He willingly gives me hugs & kisses. And when I was leaving the room after tucking them into bed he yelled, "Lub you!" And he certainly loves Hannah. If she's not around he constantly asks, "Where Hannah go?"
• He's also become a little parrot. He'll repeat just about anything you say. Like last night when Bobby muttered, "Unbelievable!" and a little voice next to him said, "Unbelebable!"
  
• He can count to 10 with no help.
• He finally knows his colors and his favorite is orange.
• He is potty trained :-)
• He loves watching sports with Bobby & will yell "Go Tigers!" no matter who's playing.
• He also loves the toy guns Papa/Bobby bought for him. Not to mention the bow & arrow from Bobby. Our new favorite game consists of me sitting on the couch and shooting the arrows at the front door (trying to make them stick). Sammy retrieves them for me and we do it over again. I used his new interest in the b&a to introduce him to Disney's 'Robin Hood' (my all time favorite Disney movie!)
  
• And last of all, some favorites: food-mashes 'tatoes, ice cream-chocolate, book-'Moo, Baa, La La La', movie-'Night at the Museum'
  

Interview with a 4 Year Old...

hard questions. honest answers.

What is your favorite....

color? Pink
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Ice cream? Vanilla & Chocolate
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Movie? Pistachio (the newest Veggie Tales)
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Animal? Lamby (her "snuggle buddy")
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Book? Rainbow Who.
Me: What do you mean Hannah? Winnie-the-Pooh?
Hannah: Oh yeah. Winnie-the-Pooh! I can't talk right today.
I disagree with this answer though. She actually loves all the Berenstein books.
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Food? Rice & vegetables. Make sure you mention corn.
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Person? Jude, Isaiah, Ira
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Thing to do? Play

There you have it folks.... a few of Hannah's favorite things.

Project 365

This is something I've been contemplating for a while.
Project 365 is a challenge to take at least one photo a day for a year.
I had thought about starting at the beginning of 2010 but for some reason decided not to.
So here I am ... it's April and I'm just starting Project 365.
Better late than never right?
I actually started on Bobby's birthday so I have 4 photos in my collection so far.

I think this is going to be fun and challenging. My goal is to capture photos of our every day life - the kids, our pets, our garden, etc. So on April 8 of 2011, we'll see how it turns out. I'll be uploading my Project pictures to Flickr and I'll post the link on my sidebar as well (in case you might be interested in keeping up with my work ;-)

a sign that spring is here...

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I couldn't resist adding a picture of these two handsome fellows...