inspiration

this is great.....

from here

I am inspired. I think i will make a version of this to hang in our living room. and change it up a bit.....adding a few things like READ YOUR BIBLE and

take cute photos cause guess who bought a fancy cannon rebel digital slr from craigslist this weekend?my hubby

I really dont want to live in a house where the TV is always on. I already know the lineup of shows on PBS. I dont really want Charlotte to. ( Plus Mr. Noodle freaks me out.... )

(and we need to hang out with Lydia and Ruby cause they do great activities all the time)

....a while back Charlotte broke my camera

......and I havent bought a new one yet :(
~hard decisions i tell you!
A fancy schmancy one that would TOTALLY be worth it
B cheap lil one I can stash in my purse/diaperbag

~after all CHA CHA managed to break the last one (which was our third nikon...yikes)
i obviously dont have the best track record....

~so no camera and a little chubby 9mo. old gooker that does things that deserve to be documented

~shame on ME!
i'll add buying a camera to the do list along with going to the dentist(its been at least a year and a half)
and the eye dr.(I have been wearing my last contact pair for i dont know how long)
TIME HAS FLOWN... i used to be so good about dr apts and stuff (I guess its called motherhood?)


we've been quite the traveling girls these days
to Dillon CO for a family trip (my mom and dad rented a house for july4 wkend)
and a whirlwind trip home for Lindsey's baby shower

(thanks Linds, for doing such a good job with your blog updates... I can just link mine to yours and "cheat"? hehe andthanks for emailing me some of the phone pics I have sent recently so I'd at least have SOMETHING to put up...you're just so much cooler and more tech savvy....)

and finally,
YES CHARLOTTE, you can get out of the suitcase honey, I think we're done traveling for a little while (untill baby Leif gets here at least)

ohhh the big kids.

these kids have to be some of the coolest around......Elena, Charlotte, Sam, Christian, and Shepard
where do I begin? We stopped in for a visit around noon, and ended being there for hours. the day flew by! SOOOOO much fun! I dont even think "lil"Charlotte cared if I was around or not.

You see Elena and "big"Charlotte (yay for another cutie named Charlotte)are so used to caring for their youngest brother Shepard, that their mom and I could pretty much hang out and chit chat the day away. I couldnt get over how much "lil"Charley LOVED these kids. shes my little social butterfly.

Elena and "big" Charlotte each had a baby ......and mommy had break.....

the girls took on a "movie date" (baby einstein)

and Shep shared his toys.

"BIG" and "lil" Charlotte. cute.

I wish I would've included their super cute mom in the picture. she makes this parenting gig seem like no big deal.......she ONLY has 5....Elena, Charlotte, Samuel, Christian, and Shepard.

shes like wonder woman. her kids are the cutest, most well behaved children, I hope to have it rub off on little lumpy lou. that would be nice.
~we hope to hang out again soon!~

happy fathers day!

to my husband and the father of my child......

~the way you look at our daughter with such adoration
~the way you talk to her with the highpitched voice i didnt even know existed
~the way you RUN to her when you get home from work 'cause you missed her so bad all day
~the cute little made up stories you tell her (who knew you had THAT talent?)

thanks for being such a great father. its so fun to watch!

pool party

tea party anyone?

Benjamin

This is Charlotte's friend Ben aka Bdub (he and his daddy have the same nickname.so cute.)

these two will be getting into shennanigans soon enough...dont they just look like little troublemakers?

His mom, Amanda.....well, we really like her too. She is not only a wealth of baby information, but a Rachel Ray in the kitchen, and has a great library (hello Francine Rivers' mark of the lion series. AWESOME).
yup. she's pretty much great to have around.

did I mention she makes a mean lemon drop?

...with fresh lemons off her tree....(they're my fave)

and here Charlotte and Benjamin hanging out......
notice Bdub with his fakester yawn/stretch combo. a classic.

c: he thinks I haven't seen this trick before. puhhhleeeese I know what your tryin to do

bw: alllllriiigghht I've got game, homies!

busted. look at that face! such a cutie he is. I'm glad they're friends.

wait.....do they even know they're friends? i dont think they have a choice in the matter. Mommas know best! we have it all planned out you see,

they're gonna think we get together for them to play

she was OBSESSED with his puppy slippers.....I think she was a little jealous.

and he looks all "stop playing with my puppies already, can't we go play something else?"

we could watch them all day. so fun.

a new "castle"....

so we got us a new castle to live in, and I will post some pics soon....
life without internet was yucky! im psyched about a new home that's "OURS"...


but.... it's super hard to unpack with a 6month lil babyboo(yes........SIX MONTHS! YIKEES)


...... and daddys been up in the desert ALOT....so the typical relief of daddy showing up in the evening was nonexistant


....and Charley went 5 days without pooping.(only a parent could truely understand this....and celebrate poopy like i did. she is typically a once-a-day at least kind of girl... I was praising the LORD when I saw she had pooped..i had tried EVERYTHING!!!!!
.....warm baths, the bicycle, tummy massage, warm applejuice and water, karo syrup, rectal thermometer with vaseline, more warm baths, and suppositories, and the bicycle....) and I kept singing "his eye is on the sparrow" to her when she would wake up ALL through the night screeeeeching in pain..... I just kept thinking to myself, heck, if he's taking care of the birds, I know that He is in control of my baby's poopies, right? Needless to say, it was a super rough week...and I dont even really know all the words to his eye is on the sparrow, so she got her own middle of the night versions.....


....and when Aaron did come home on Friday, I was mean to him...sure I was sleepless in San Diego.....but.....I hatehateHATE it when I am mean to him just because I'm exhausted, I am so glad he puts up with me! and I am gonna try ohsomuch harder not to take things out on him when he works so hard and does so much for us. (I'm not TRUELY sorry unless i try my hardest to change, right?....so I'm gonna get better. i really am. )



But I am thankful......

*my baby is back!!!!!! she's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy again and HERSELF!

*I got the cutest little retro cups and a serving tray and rocker i've been eyeing at
NestVintage which Charlotte and I checked out Friday morning. yay for cuteness!

*we browsed a swap meet this morning, Aaron, chacha and I..... fun times. next time i will wear a tank top....whoa farmers tan.

*did I mention that Charlotte is my happy chunky giggly silly rolly polly little lumpylou once again? (relief. sweet relief)