WeekEND Preview

i love weekends.

Here's why:

TONIGHT:
Midtown Market Days' Local Only Farmers Market - Join Me!
33rd Annual Glitzy Garage Sale (maybe)
Titanic: Treasures from the Deep mobile museum - Join Me!
Making fresh basil and mozzarella pizza for dinner - YUM!

TOMORROW:
Yoga in my living room- PUH-LEEEEASE do not join me for this!
(it's not pretty)
Touring lofts at the Great Downtown Open House - Join Me!
New Trolley #36 - A TROLLEY Good Time! - Join Me!
Date night with Destin? - you may NOT join us! ;-)

SUNDAY:
Southern Wisconsin AirFEST 2009 with The Other Bloomingdales

Who knew Rockford had so much great stuff to offer???
Pics and recap on Monday!

Have a great weekend, all!

As promised...

a year. a tease.

one year ago, two became one...

one year later....

i love this guy.


do not fret....more anniversary camping pics to come.
and

ZOO!


stay tuned.....

This is what happens...

when Momma has work to do.

i believe speciman #2 is a half-chewed marshmallow.
at 10:00am.

twenty.one

Milo, today you are twenty-one months.
I cannot believe it.
Cliche, but it seems like yesterday that I found out I was pregnant (in the bathroom of a gas station), and even more recently that you were born, all angry and red and cone-headed (probably the source of all that anger!).

I have loved every single second of being your mother, from the middle of the night nursing sessions to recently, as I watch you grow and learn more every second. I love that you are becoming such a sweet, caring, smart little boy. Gosh, you are smart! I love taking you out and showing you off. You make me so proud and I love you so much. :-)

Right now, you're really into buses. We sit in our front yard every day and watch for buses. You "count" them (two, three, two, three) as they drive by. Later, when I ask how many we saw, you emphatically shout "TWO" while holding up five fingers. Love it.

You're also a HUUUUUGE Curious George fan. You're my little curious monkey and you love to explore and discover. I try my best to let you, as long as you're safe. I want you to learn all about this big world around and not to be afraid of it.

Other favorites right now are bees, balls (always), especially baseball and playing catch, watching for planes, digging in the dirt, cuddling Jumpy, and your Nuk (only for naps and bed still....but you look so cute with it in...I can't help it)

You have entered into a bit of a....independent (shall we say??) phase. This includes spitting, hitting or shrieking when you don't get your way. This results in a time out. I hate when you cry, but I need you to know that these are not acceptable. I know you'll grow out of this phase soon, and into a new one :)

Milo, you are the best little boy and I'm one proud mommy! I can't wait to spend 21 (and more!!) YEARS as your mommy.

may 18, 2009

Love you, Bubby.

- momma

My first Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Try this. Seriously....it's therapeutic.

This morning, I did NOT let Milo lay in our bed for close to two hours watching TV while Destin and I continued to sleep. NOT ME!

Today...I did not eat brownies in small doses most of the morning while watching Giada at Home. Oh no, I didn't!

I most certainly did not lock Destin out of the house momentarily because he was aggravating me to no end. Absolutely not! That would be awful.

I also, [of course!] did NOT wake Milo up from his only nap of the day to take him to the park for a picnic. I did, however, feel bad because he was soooo, soooo cute. I mean, if I HAD done that...I would've felt bad. Terrible, even. Good thing I didn't.

And finally, I did NOT buy more scrapbook stickers at Micheal's today. I did not buy more because I already have a large chest of drawers full of scrapbook stuff that is rarely ever touched. So of course I wouldn't buy MORE. Of course.

Whew. Boy, do I feel better!! Good thing I absolutely, positively, did NOT do all of that today. :-)

The BLaHs

"I have a case of the Friday afternoon Blahs"

I announced to the world at large. Or Milo. Who was busily climbing over everything in sight, stationary or not.

It was 5 o'clock on a Friday evening.
We had no plans, and no real desire to DO anything. The sky was gray. Friends were busy, family was boring. We had watched every single Curious George episode on our blessed (oh lord almighty, I love that thing!) DVR.

What to do? What to do?
"I have the cure!"
I squealed, scooping up my delicious bundle who was teetering precariously on our Less-than-safe-even-when-your-SITTING-on-it Chair.

"We will" -pause for cheek, tummy and neck nibbles on said delectable bundle- "rent a movie, make pizza and watch our movie inahomemadeFORT!
My words jumbled together, I was that excited.

He stared at me, wide-eyed.
"Piiiiiitttta??"

"YES DARLING BOY! PIZZZZZA! AND MOVIES! AND FORTS!!! OH MY!!"
[oh my! i'm astounded by my brilliance! my ability to remedy even the worst case of the BLAHS!]

And so off we whisked, nearly leaving the house without milo's pants in our hasty excitement, to the video store and the grocery, returning home breathless and chanting...

"PIIIITTA, MOOOOBIE, TENT!"

[could any young boy be more excited? i think not]

and that is EXACTLY what we did.

The perfect cure for the Friday Night Blahs.

10 Things I Love Today

thanks to Kari for the idea :o)1. my ultra-awesome new blender that made my morning smoothie in record time.

2. freshly laundered and line-dried towels.
3. scrubbed and sanded cabinet, ready for project: Cabinet Makeover (finally)

4. Milo's (nearly) 3 hour nap, which lead to the creation of my new Twitter account (??). Tweet.

5. "early" morning trip to the park. at 10.

6. 1st baseball game of the season!


NIU vs. UWM
Riverhawks' stadium

7. pickles with lunch. they tasted gooooood.

8. Getting dirty :)

9. finding my wedding rings [in the bottom of the laundry basket??], that i didn't know i was missing. oops.

10. THIS FACE