Can't Help It

I just can't help myself, I think this shirt is absolutely, roll-on-the-floor hilarious...

A sweet friend gave it to Benjamin for his six-month birthday. I've laughed every time I've looked at him today ... which is miraculous, since we've been up since 4:30 this morning. It also may have something to do with Monday night's poop-of-the-century that ended in all 3 of us yelling and a very long bath. Rice cereal evidently does wonders for the digestive system.

Also, I realized that I neglected to post a picture of my anniversary red roses...

Ok, so forgive the horrible picture ... I was trying to catch the afternoon rays streaming through the window but didn't think about all the clutter on the counter right behind the vase. But then, I guess that's an apt metaphor for six years of marriage ... beautiful blooms in the midst of the daily grind?

I suppose it's also an apt metaphor that I talked about anniversary flowers in the same post as the poop-of-the-century. Poetic, yes, very poetic. :)

Happy Anniversary!

Six years ago, I married my best friend.  And the crazy thing is, he is more my best friend every day!  I love you, Will!

We celebrated our 6th anniversary by spending the whole day together, just the three of us.  On our own schedule, no appointments to keep, no deadlines to meet.  It was wonderful.  It was tough letting Daddy go back to work today!

As we looked back over our years together, we were amazed over and over again at God's faithfulness to us.  If you had told us on our wedding day where we'd be six years later, we definitely would not have believed you.  But isn't that the amazing part of walking with God - its more perfect for you than you could know yourself.

Busy Busy Busy

My goodness, has this been a busy week!  We've gone to the park, the grocery store, the library.  We joined BJ's, our area buy-in-bulk-for-cheaper-per-pound-but-then-have-nowhere-to-store-it place.  We volunteered at our local crisis pregnancy center, where I volunteer to work on their Baby Bottle Boomerang project, and Benjamin volunteers to distract all the staff with his supreme cuteness. 

Another of our crazy jaunts this week?  We went to ... THE ZOO!

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh My!  (if you look carefully, there's a bear in the enclosure behind us)

Beautiful springtime!

Under the shade of that tree is a reindeer! I guess Syracuse is the off-season vacation spot for Santa's fliers!

So much fun, he just couldn't handle it.

After such a busy week, with more to come tomorrow, we are looking forward to a weekend just the three of us ... with its own momentous event ... oooh ... like that air of mystery?  :)

You wanna know just how tired Little Bit is?

Yup, that's him sleeping in his highchair.  Nuff said.

Superman!

Another Weekend of Firsts

We managed to eek out quite a fun weekend here in New York State, despite the damp, chilly weather.

On Saturday, Benjamin went to his very first birthday party!  Our friends' daughter was turning 1, so we got to share in the festivities!  It's hard to believe that our Little Bit is halfway to that milestone himself ... nope, I can't think about that right now.

Then on Sunday, Daddy and Benjamin grilled out together for the first time!  I had picked up the ingredients for chicken kabobs earlier in the week when it was warm and pretty - silly me, didn't see the 40-degree temperatures coming the forecast.  Thankfully, Sunday afternoon the sun came out for a little while, so Daddy drug out the grill!

Just for the record, Benjamin was wrapped up in a blanket immediately before and after this picture, but Daddy insisted that a man's first grilling picture should not have to be of him wrapped up in his blankie! :)  But Mommy insisted on keeping the bear-hat on, because after all, it was chilly!

Kitchen Therapy

After a delightful time at Bible Study this morning (delightful except for the two very loud dirty diapers that Little Bit produced - one during prayer, the other during a quite serious discussion of 1 Cor. 13), we came home only to find the construction at our apartment complex in full swing.

Now, I am a person who needs to be surrounded by order and beauty. (I mean this in a general sense ... i can ignore dirty dishes in the sink for far longer than is responsible).

Anyway, so for my little heart that longs for order and beauty, imagine my excitement to find this outside my kitchen window ...

Yes, that would be rain and construction. Then, to make matters worse, they rammed the outside of our wall with a forklift backhoe large construction vehicle which caused all my collectibles to fall out of the cabinet they were stored in.  TGIF.  So, desperate times call for desperate measures.

There are any number of needful chores I needed to do this afternoon - laundry, the aforementioned dishes, ironing ... but instead, I did this ...

Chocolate-dipped coconut shortbread.  Desperate measures, my friends, desperate measures.

A Day in the Life...

Look, Mom, no hands!

King of Drool

Very interesting toes, these are!

You're gonna catch me when I topple over, right?

Tasty book!

Tasty face, Mommy!