monkeys???

Yes, I told him there were monkeys in my lens so he'd look at the camera! :)

my little fireman...

me.....trying to be crafty

So I've seen these moss letters around the Internet and blogs....but didn't want to pay $79 for one!

(www.potterybarn.com)

So I attempted to make my own. For about $10, I think I succeeded.




Next project....redo a piece of furniture! Any advice???

spring break...

Spring Break has been pretty uneventful for us this year. Michael and I decided to stay home this week and try to catch up on some rest and relaxation. Lucky for us, it has been a beautiful week! We've played outside, planted flowers, and just had some fun....until Wednesday. That evening, about the time Daddy got home, he started screaming and messing with his ears. Great. So, I took him to the doctor on Thursday...double ear infection. And I don't know if it's his ears or medicine or what, but he's waking up the past three nights. When I say waking up, I mean for about 3 hours (or longer). And to top it all off, he has learned to climb out of his crib. Wednesday night, he woke up at 11:45 and was up about an hour. Then he woke up at 2:15 and didn't go back to sleep until 10:30!! Thank goodness for Grandma. She came to my rescue yesterday! She let him sleep at her house while I came home to rest. Poor daddy.....long hours at work plus no sleep at night is wearing him out.

Anyways, hopefully the boy is on the mend and we can enjoy our last few days of Spring Break. I got a new app on my phone...and I'm in love! It's called Instagram. It's a camera app that allows you to take a picture and then put some really cool effects to the picture.

This picture cracks me up.....peeing on the fence or watching the neighbor jump on the trampoline?? haha

It was so beautiful this week, that the boy got a golf lesson...free of charge from Daddy!

One afternoon, we took him to a really cool park in Lubbock. He had so much fun! We put on his sunglasses and he wore them the entire time!

Yesterday, after our long night and long morning and long nap, we decided we needed a St. Patrick's Day strawberry shake!

Then we decided to play with green play-doh in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

This picture wasn't taken with the cool app, but I love it! Yesterday was close to 90 degrees here. There was hardly any wind, so we thought the park would be fun. He had a blast.

The Indians had a baseball game last night and it was still so beautiful outside. We went early so watch them warm up so we could get back and maybe get him to bed. We stayed for warmup and the 1st inning. The Indians ended up winning and I wish that Michael was feeling better so we could have stayed.

2 years!!!

Say it ain't so! It's true....our Michael is 2 years old!


On March 5, this sweet boy turned two! After a long month in February, he is finally back to himself. He is playful, running around, a good eater and overall joyful little boy. He is putting more and more words together to make sentences, repeating everything and really learning fast. He can even count to ten. He still loves to read books and will tell you which book he wants to read. He is learning to pray, which is too stinkin' cute when he puts his hands together. He was shooting the basketball last night in his room and made it. He told me 'scored'! We don't know where he learned that or if it is just from hearing us say it. We were following a tractor down the road the other day and it turned off. Michael said 'it turned' before I could even say anything.

Last weekend was a big birthday weekend. It started on Friday, March 4. I took cookies up to his daycare class after their naptime so he could have birthday cookies with his friends. He got to wear his new "2" shirt from Aunt Amy, Uncle Jameson, Jett, Kai & Pax! He loved it!!

Check out that naptime hair do!!! Must have been a great nap!!

Then we went to Grandma's to share cookies with her and he had to have another one!

That evening, he got to go eat with Grandma, Granddaddy, Marcus & Marsha. And the boy went to town eating hot sauce and chips!!!!


Saturday, March 5 was the real birthday! He woke up to streamers hanging from his door (that he loved to run through) and this birthday banner.

Grandma called and said that she made a special birthday breakfast for the boy, so we went over there. Daddy and Granddaddy had to work, so Michael, Grandma, Uncle Marcus, Aunt Marsha and I all enjoyed the special birthday breakfast! He {LOVED} the candle!! Grandma kept lighting it for him to blow out and he even told her 'one more time!'

That afternoon (after naptime), we got ready for his birthday party with a few friends. If you can't tell, airplanes was the theme of the weekend! :)



We had his friend birthday party at the local ice cream shoppe--Scoops! Michael loves this place, so we thought it was perfect.

We even took airplanes to play with!


He loves the chalkboard wall at Scoops!!

He got to pick out his ice cream with Granddaddy...

He {loved} him some ice cream that day!!!





When we got home from the ice cream party, he got to open his gift from mommy & daddy. (p.s. Discovery Kids tent stinks! DO NOT buy this tent!!)

But, he loved it, despite the fact that we've already had to get the duct tape out!

Sunday was the family day. As you know, Uncle Curt's birthday is March 4 so we always celebrate with him. (yes, those are baseball candles from last year....I thought I had regular ones, but no.)




Yes, Uncle Curt asked me how many more years are they going to have matching shirts!! :)

Michael got a cool house from Grandma & Granddaddy!

And everyone had to take their turn getting in the house!!

Juice and Pa gave him a really cool turtle sandbox!



Already trying to sneak out the window!!

Before Pa left, he helped us fix the door bell! He had a little helper too!

I forgot to take the milestone bear picture on the actual day, but this was Monday morning...

Michael had his 2 year appointment on Monday morning and he was a goofball going up there!!! This picture makes my heart smile!

Michael had a wonderful birthday weekend thanks to friends and family! We missed Uncle Bruce, Uncle Ryan & Aunt Maggie, but maybe we can see them soon! Happy Birthday sweet boy! We love you to the moon and back!