flash gordon

Routines are little pieces of steadiness that make me sane in a life a craziness. Giving Eli his daily bath is a routine that normally takes both Chad and myself to perform, though we have both done it independently. As we trek upstairs, Chad disrobes Eli to his diaper and then they scurry to our bed to play and wrestle on it. I get Eli's PJ's ready, vitamins out, toothbrush in the ready position, towel and washcloth in hand, and then I make my way to the bathroom. Once I turn the handle on the faucet and the water pours out sounding like a gutter in a heavy rainstorm, Eli knows to make his way to his room so Chad can take his diaper off. This one act of ripping off the two tabs of his diaper and removing this cotton barrier seems to give Eli a sort of freedom that he relishes. A freedom to feel the wind in his sails, if you will. Once he is put down to make his way to the bathroom, the following video is my view from the bathroom every night.......lets just say he runs like lightning during a full 'moon'. :) Can I just say that I love my kid with a passion?

happy birthday hubby

On this day, 31 years ago, I was 3 months old. Who knew that on that day, all of my dreams would be fulfilled years later by the most brilliant, funniest man on earth, with a knowledge of God that teaches me every day. This man is my husband and I wish him a happy birthday today. In honor of his talented humor, I chose some pics that accentuate that quality.

I love you hubby.
Love, Wifey.

homegrown?

Alas, no, not homegrown. A beautiful friend gave these to me. Little did she know that sunflowers reside in the top 3 flowers I adore, next to calla lilies and roses. I am a lucky friend. :)

raisins

A sneaky way for me to get Eli to eat healthy things, such as raisins, is that I have to mask them as being something else. To get him to eat raisins, I get yogurt covered (aka sugar coated) raisins. He likes those a lot, actually, which is fine by me. Anyhoo, I gave Eli some yogurt covered raisins to eat while he was watching his favorite show Yo Gabba Gabba. I did some correspondence, put some pictures in frames and then came over to watch the rest of the show with him. As I am walking over, I see a little brown thing on the carpet. I bend over to pick it up and when I do, I see the carpet littered with these little brown, gooey, wet globs. Lo and behold, I pick one up and see that they are ABCSSOSO raisins (already-been-chewed-sugar-sucked-off-spit-out). So much for the sneakiness of me trying to get him to eat healthy....off to the drawing board. :(

farmer eli

growth

Growth is so amazing! Remember this picture I took just a short time ago?

Well, our little Robin is a proud mama bird of 4!

I could not get a good shot of the new babies, so these two pics were the best I could do. In this one above, you can see the shells of the hatched eggs. And it looks like the babies are sleeping.

Here you can see the outline of the hanging basket they are in. They look like they are all nestled up to one another. SO cute!



Proud Mama bird! She is about to wake up the babies for lunch!

Growth sneaks up on you when you least expect it. In our garden, which is basically the dressing up of our central air unit, we planted sunflower seeds between the unit and the house.

Here is the first day of planting. No growth yet, of course. But........

Look at them now! This picture depicts less than 2 months of growth! These sunflowers are growing faster than me in my pubescent years! The flower part of the sunflowers have yet to bloom, but I am so excited that I will soon look out my kitchen window and bask in the yellow petals of my sunflowers!

Soon this little guy will be all grown up......NOOOOOO!!!! I won't let it happen! :)