revisiting christmas

Mia and her friends Bre and Lexi! Mia loves having her friends come over!

jumping bean

amelia the jumping bean strikes again! She loves to jump off of everything. Here she is, testing out the arms of the couch!!

i have been tagged....

I think Cassie tagged me?? her link is to the left - i have no idea how to link people! check out her blog - she has 2 super cute girls!!

1. Darrin and i met in 1988, but didn't date till 1995.

2. i love photography. My dream job would be photographing babies all day long. That's on location photography, not hospital newborn photography.

3. my wedding present from darrin was a tattoo.

4. i often posed as my sister to get in to bars when i was 18 till i was 21. she was 3 years older than me - good planning mom and dad!

5. i hate socks and shoes. i prefer to be barefoot!

6. i talk to my BFF from second grade every day. every day. she had to help me with this. she knows me better than i know myself!

7. i am very sentimental and love making traditions for my family.

i think i will skip tagging people on this one - i have a bigger one i still need to do!

the antique purple paci

In the beginning, luke was not a paci boy. we tried - a lot. We bought one of every paci available and tried them. he refused them all. I was ready to give up when i found these paci's that were mia's when she was a babe. We tried them and success!! he loved them. But once I tried to get more, in say - boy colors, i discovered that playtex changed the shape and size of the nipple. Luke hated the new ones. he refused to take them. I then started searching for a replacement in the event that we needed them. I found one comparable paci - it was from a speciality store and it was $8! $8!!! seriously?? We have 2 of those replacement paci's and two of the antique ones. Let's hope that we can make it to the one year mark without too many paci losses!

Sibling love..

love this!

44 is our new favorite number

We are Obama supporters here in my home! We are hoping he does a fabulous job as our 44th president, that he leads our country to great things, that he finds a way to balance the budget and stimulate the economy. We have great faith that he will. He has already inspired many and brought back such a feeling of unity and hope. We warmly welcome our new Commander in Chief, President Barack Obama!

"It is possible that we will have a President who not only will speak in full, complete sentences, but who will do so in a manner that is eloquent, and who will also be articulate and eloquent in delivering words he is intelligent enough to know, understand, and use in a speech he is capable of writing himself."

5 months

Luke at 5 months!!

beautiful

even with a dirty face.

do you see what i see?

we have a tooth!! i don't have a picture, but we currently have 2 teeth!!

it's hard being two...

one serious boy

Mia land

Mia loves to play with her poppa. Her new favorite thing is to boss him around. Today she decided to make him lay down and go to sleep! that was after he had to help the pony's stand up and go over their names for the hundreth time!

this is what happens

when you let the 2 year old dress herself!!

Just a reminder.....

as i update the blog with LOTS of new entry's, i do put them in order, so make sure to scroll back and look for all the new entries!!

** i will list out the new entries so you don't miss them! there are a lot this time with more coming!!

• three months
• 3 months in photos
• a flash from the past
• thanksgiving turkies
• 7 bags
• hangin out wiht my pop
• sock thief
• dear santa
• from germany with love
• we tried
• christmas cookie maker
• my blankie boy
• drawing in the dancin dress
• a comparison
• merry chrismtas

love it!!

Luke loves to stick his tongue out at me when he laughs! I has taken me awhile, but i have finally captured a picture of it!

Here is luke's other face -i call this one kissy face! how cute is he?? i could kiss those cheeks off him - he is too sweet!

the year in review

I saw this somewhere and decided to duplicate it - and of course they tagged people to do it so i will too! I tag Lori, Jenn T, Cassie and Leanne! Happy new year everyone!!

2008 Year in review