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2/19/13

quick peek

AT THE 2 LITTLE TEETH !!! :D

Micah has finally started to enjoy eating solids. His favorite stuff includes banana bread and corn bread. he is enjoying applesauce, especially mixed with banana or blueberries. And he has actually learned how to suck the juice out of the bottle instead of just playing with it, holding it upside down and letting the juice drip all over his legs.

camouflage

I don't know what brought this phase on, but Grayson's decided to always be decked out in Camouflage.

He's a handsome little devil.

reality check

I will admit some of my problem is that I spent too much time on pinterest, looking at gardens, and searching for tips (because a gardener I am NOT - just wish I was)... but on facebook several friends have been mentioning spring time - especially seeing their tulips. I am also excited for spring, and especially to see the tulips come up. I finally got them planted this last fall - after 3 years of putting it off. I also put down creeping thyme seed. I am anxious to see if it will germinate after this winter, like it is supposed to.

Here are the pots I planted in fall --- Full of tulips of many colors and my crocus are also in a pot, because I couldn't decide where to put them in the ground (I think I have finally decided for this year. and will be buying MORE!!)

BUT ALAS --- reality check today --- this is what those pots look like right now. I do not think we will be seeing tulips anytime soon. especially if the forecast is correct, and more snow is on the way.

2/12/13

Micah_ 7 months old today

RAWR, I'm a Dinosaur!!!!!

This one looks like he is surfing.
I did a little photo shoot of him today - there is a long story about why he has no clothes on, but you don't want the messy diaper details LOL - I was trying to do some different settings on my point and shoot camera , but never did get the results I wanted... but he is cute even if the pics aren't as sharp as I had hoped...

And here is a little evidence of his scooting skills. He will be crawling soon, but for now, he just goes backwards. Yesterday he ended up under the chair, and couldn't figure out why he couldn't go any further, and he also couldn't figure out why mommy was laughing so hard. He is just too darn cute.

one little word

If you have never heard of "one little word" you can read more about it HERE . I don't take the real class, but I do love the idea of it, so I do it on my own.
The basic idea is that you choose one word that you want to focus on for the year
I have been doing it for 3 years now.

The word I picked this year is "GOALS", so you will probably be seeing lots about it on the blog this year.

My first goal of the year was to stop watching so much TV. I am doing well at that one.
My second goal was to not eat candy for a month.

I started Jan. 14 and will be done in 2 days, on Feb. 14th (Valentine's Day). I had a few rough days, but I am pretty pleased with my will power not disappearing after only a week or so, Like it usually does.

I am looking forward to THESE >>>^^^^

I haven't decided yet what my next goal needs to be - probably exercising - but I don't feel like I have the energy - I am still not sleeping at night - Micah will soon be going to his own room, and this may make things better, but I am worried that it is actually going to make things much worse for me... but that is another long story....

2/6/13

working hard to earn a livin

even after Grayson got a million birds for his birthday, he had some birthday money to spend, and he knew just what he wanted to get - more birds. we'd taken the boys to spend their christmas/birthday money in early Jan, but they did not have enough money for what they wanted, so we have been assigning them extra jobs to do to get enough. On this day they both just needed one more dollar, and then we promised to take them to the store.