happy birthday jane!!!

our sweet little girl is 1!

...and i can't believe it!!!

our little optimist...

poor christian fell and cut his head open just before jane's party. that's #2 for him so far.

...but a popsicle later, he was all smiles.

some funny things christian has said recently...


*after falling down the stairs and cutting his head open, he said, "mom, we should walk down the stairs, not fall. i'll do that next time."

*after watching jackson snap one of his toys in two, he got all excited and said, "oh good, now i have 2 toys."

*he came running out of his room at 2:00 in the morning and started yelling "i'm throw-uping, i'm throw-uping" (as he threw-up all down the hall). afterwards, he gave me the saddest look and just said, "mom, i'm so sorry i'm throw-uping".

*i made bread today and as i was pulling it out of the oven, he got really excited and started yelling "monkey bread! monkey bread! mom made monkey bread!" i had to tell him that it was just normal bread and not monkey bread. he stopped yelling for a minute, looked at the bread, then looked at me so sweetly and said, "mom, thank you for making norman bread."

call for boxes...!

hey if anyone has any or knows a good place to get some, will you let me know, please!?

i'm starting to pack this week - i know...i know... we still have 6 weeks, but i want to be able to go through EVERYTHING and hopefully get rid of a lot of junk before moving day. i'm starting in the "dining room" and if you've seen our dining room then you'll know it's more like a junk room and it could very easily take me a month to go through it all and pack it up.

update on the house: it's being framed this week...quite possibly at this very moment!!!