Has really been a year?

He's not so little anymore!

One month

 Two months

 Three months

 Four months

Five months

 Six months

 Seven months

 Eight months

 Nine months

Ten months

Eleven months

One YEAR! (are you kidding me!

 He talks to me, but the only words he really says are mamma and dada.

He whispers... I love it when he whispers.

He pulls up and climbs on everything... His favorite climb is the rocking chair and in and out of boxes/drawers

He has four teeth (two up, two down) with two cutting through any day

He smiles and laughs like his dad

He likes a good snuggle

He insists on feeding himself

and from all the bruises, scrapes and scratches, he is most asurredly a "boy"

I love him

but that's pretty obvious.

I'm a little late... April 2 was a little bit ago, but

Happy Birthday B

You made me a momma

and above all, even when you drive me crazy, you make me happy... oh, so happy!

It's late.. and I really wish I was asleep

Zac has to be to work early tomorrow.

We thought we were super cool getting in bed at 9:00, wind down until 9:30 and actually turning off the light at 9:45...

Zac went to sleep... and I'm still WIDE awake.

So here are some cute pics of my little B.

I'm a terrible photographer.... I hate flash... and all my pictures come out blurry... but yes, those are teeth and yes, he is quite wiggley.

In 15 days he will turn one...

I'm currently trying to come to grips with that reality

Thirty Minute fail/succeed

Let's be honest.. I knew I'd probably fail... but it was worth a try... and in Little League terms I'm still a winner. 5/7 aren't that bad of odds.

On the plus side. I got pretty close to caught up.. Just one more thing.

House Update: The Front Room.

I don't see design start to finish... I work slowly and piece by piece, and the Front Room is feeling more and more complete. Our latest progress included the wall right as you enter the front door

We gathered pictures and things we wanted displayed, and also fixed up a couple things to make them fit. Then we measured the area we wanted to fill and mapped in out on the floor with painters tape. After that, we just started throwing down things and moving them around until we ended up with this. Last we transferred the tape to the wall and moved each piece up one by one. The dresser thing is from Ikea and I've had my eye on it for quite some time. I think it really finishes off the wall .

Then we added a little sign to hopefully make it functional and we were done!

The Thirty Minute blog challenge: Day 5

I'm almost caught up.

Today we planted garden starts. Zac said I should take a picture so I can blog about it :) lol. I hope I can get back to my regular random posting instead of my hurried thirty minute posts. I think I'm funny sometimes, and it's killing me that I'm being lame. Oh, but don't worry... you don't have to think I'm funny... Only my sister and Zac really ever laugh at my jokes :) And that's a crowd big enough for me. ha ha

Catch up: Zac Turns 27

I got really really excited about Zac's birthday this year. I'm a bullseye/epic fail type of girl when it comes to presents... either I hit it out of the park (HOMERUN!!) or I whack the ump with the bat on my followthru and, to add insult to injury, miss the ball as well... This year, I knew I had a sure fire pleaser on my hand...

But I bought it Cyber Monday... as in the Monday after Black Friday... as in the Monday after Thanksgiving... So I got to about 4 days until Zac's bday and I couldn't hold it in any longer (have I mentioned I'm terrible at keeping secrets? or surprises?) So I asked Zac if he wanted his presents early... he said, "No" (who DOES THAT?!) I think he wanted to tortue me. So I came up with

THE FOUR DAYS OF BIRTHDAY!

That's right. I gave him a present (or two, or three) to absolve me of some excitement and got me to his big present.

Alas most, the pictures are on our phones... and I need to upload them to the computer... but here are a couple I caught.

This is day one:

If you don't know what this means... you are not nerdy enough

Day two:

More random stuff...

Day three was ... something random I'm sure

And the last day? I got him this...

You really need to see the one of his face... he FLIPPED! and I earned a Gold Star.

We celebrated with this cool group

and I bought this cake and spiced it up with some army men, Fliptz walls all protecting the gum...

Yes, I thought I was pretty clever... Yes, I patted myself on the back.

The Thirty Minute blog challenge: Day 5:4:1

Today is techinically day 5...

I blinked and yesterday was over. Sheesh.

So this post is really day four (thus - day 5, day 4, 1st post = 5:4:1)

Catch up: Christmas

I'm funny about the holidays. Thanksgiving comes first... it's in November. Then comes Christmas... It's in December. Two separates months: two separate holidays.

I don't put up my tree (or listen to Christmas music) until after Thanksgiving... I just can't do it...

BUT with that said, I'm always up for decking out our tree... and I decorate it the same every year, because I'm boring like that. But I like it.

The star is one of our favorites. It's wood and I got it from Gardner Village. It's supposed to be a hanging ornament, but we rigg it to the tree top every year, and pretend that it lights up

This is the Lady statue. This awesome staple celebrates every occasion... at least I try to decorate her for everything. She has some mistletoe if you look close.

Christmas Eve was with the Palmers this year and my aunt asked us to be Mary and Joseph in the nativity. She figured B would make a great Jesus, but he wasn't having it... so we got this almost real baby. I couldn't look at it too much with out laughing

B was an angel instead... and angel that blew out his diaper in the middle of the program

Christmas morning with presents... They were all mainly for B. Zac and I decided to take a backseat this year and just do simple home made presents for each other... I'll get back to that

Our stockings. We made ours when we fist got married (Zac picked his own fabrics) and I tried to make Bennett's this year, but I think I was distracted and it came out horrible disproportionate... I think I'll take two next year... He'll never know

We look horrifying, but.... what do you do.

Zac wasn't supposed to spend any money... but how do I argue with this? Tilt your head to the left. It is mounted on the wall in my craft room... I like random little knick knacks, and I like keeping them in jars, but if I put them out of site, I forget I have them... This (brilliantly designed by my love) solves all queries. I was so excited..

What did I get him? well... I made him a coupon book... of everything I WOULD have bought him, had we decided to spend a "million" dollars... :) lame, I know, but he smiled

The Thirty Minute blog challenge: Day 3:2

Catch up: December

I owe my good friend BIG PROPS for this photo. She took a ton. This was one of my favs.

She also took a few of our family.

I won't lie. I wanted a couple mushy ones. I still really really like this guy, and who says you can't show it.