daddy's helmet

popper copper

When I say I'd like to sell Copper on eBay...I kid.
We all have low moments, right?
I like her.
She's a good dog.

flippin awesome

Tomorrow FedEx should show up at my door with one of these babies:
The video camera on my phone no longer works and my other video camera isn't handy enough to keep in my purse. I know it's been a long time since ya'll have gotten to see a video of my Coley...not much longer and I'll be giving my people what they want.

annipic

Andy and I started a new tradition this year. We're writing each other letters [although I'll always accept chocolate too] and taking a picture together then saving it in scrapbook for each Anniversary. I think the letters will grow in value as the years go by.

He wanted to take a full body picture in front of our fireplace but the only person home to take that picture was Copper and she's not that talented. PLUS, I choose to use my veto powers because until I birth my child and get my body under control there will be no full body pictures being taken if I have anything to do with it. Molly is currently the only cute part of my bod...and my head is kinda cute too [when I've done my hair].

Here is our annipic for 2010.
I love Andy's head.
It's bigger than mine, which we all know how hard it is to find a head bigger than mine. So we're pretty much a perfect match.

Do you have any traditions with your hubby?

this moment

I'm just sitting here...listening to worship music thinking about my little girl. I want to meet her, I want to kiss her and tell her how much I love her. I want to tell her how much Jesus loves her. I keep rubbing my belly just thinking that I need to remember this moment.

I am so blessed.
I've got my health.
I've got my husband.
I've got my little boy.

And more importantly I've got a God that promises me that the best thing on earth isn't on this earth.

I've got eternal life.

3 years of the good stuff.

Today I celebrate three years of marriage with my man.
I'm still really in love.

I would re-live my wedding day in a second.
Jan 27th 2007.
It was perfect.

The boys snuck up to the girls room on our wedding day while we were taking pictures and stole our bagels from Panera. We were left sharing a bag of Sun Chips and a bottle of water [all of which I took care of]. A few minutes later, someone bought them McDonald's while we withered away.
Of course a wedding day doesn't make a marriage. It takes thought and effort, from both people, every single day. It's not always easy but it's always worth it. We've been together for 5 years, married for 3 and I can't express how 'right' life feels. Marrying Andy is by far one of the best things I've ever done.

We're going to celebrate by spending the day with each other. My in laws have Colt for the day and night. We're gonna get lunch, go buy some clothes for Molly so she's not naked for the first 3 months of life, watch our wedding and honeymoon videos, make a fire and get Pizza Hut for dinner. So you can clearly see we're going all out here. But really all I want to do is just be with my man.

Last night Andy and I were talking about our wedding day. He told me he weighed the same he did as the day we got married...then I punched him in the face. He's the hottie tottie and I make the babies.

3 years
2 babies
1 love

That should be a Hallmark card.

bidwell

Mom and Dad have a little wooden butler at their house.
We so lovingly call him Bidwell.
He holds things on a tray.
Colt really likes Bidwell.
He gives him hugs and sometimes shares his sippie cup.

Bidwell is also apart of our circus.

the circus

Uncle Spencer first showed Colt that he could juggle with a few clementines from our fruit bowl. So of course, every time Spence comes over Colt runs to the fruit bowl and asks him to juggle whatever is in the bowl. This time it was apples...which blend in with walls that are painted apple green which is why it looks as if Spence is juggling air.
Andy knows how to juggle too. With all the jugglers in the family Colt will randomly grab three balls from his toy box, stick out his tongue [his try face], and start throwing balls in the air. How could you not want to kiss that cuteness all day long???

We've got jugglers and a midget [hi mom!]...we could start a circus.

3:30am

One annoying thing about being pregnant is the constant urge to have to urinate and sometimes in the middle of the night. At 3:30a last night I rolled to my side and gave myself a pep talk, I know you don't want to get up but you have to pee...just go now. Move your feet and start walking or you might wet the bed. So I did.

The bathroom light was so bright as soon as I had assumed position on the toilet [TMI? haha!!] I just decided that I didn't need to use my eyes at this point so I sat there with my eyes shut. I my head I was thinking of a friend who had seen a man standing at the foot of her bed and I thought to myself what if I opened my eyes and there was a dude standing there? That would be crazy right? Right!

A few seconds later I opened my eyes to grab some toilet paper and saw TWO FEET standing in the doorway of my bathroom!! I screamed at the top of my lungs, about flew off the toilet and did some karate chop hand movements in the air, as to defend myself . I hadn't heard Andy get out of bed and walk over to the waiting line for our bathroom so there he stood with his eyes closed waiting for me.

I jump all the time, I'm really jumpy, he scares me without even trying on a daily basis but he realllly got me this time. I walked back to bed and flung myself in the middle trying to calm down. I'm pretty sure that's the quickest my heart has ever gone from a resting heart rate to wanting to jump out of my body.

When Andy returned to bed I lay there all bug-eyed still trying to calm my nerves. He told me what I looked like from his view...sitting on the toilet with my eyes closed and a second later screaming and flailing my arms around. He said at one point he thought he was going to have to try to catch me cause he really thought I was going down. We both started to laugh uncontrollably. I was crying from laughing so hard. Ahh good times.

Then we went back to bed.

Moral of the story?
Don't pee with your eyes closed.

pop a squat

monkey see.
monkey do.

Although they're both up my butt 24/7...they're really cute together.