crazy.

I love my crazy boy! He cracks me up. Last night we were discussing birthdays, and I told him it was almost my birthday. I asked him "do you know how old Mommy is going to be?" and he said "TOO MUCH OLD!" I'm already not thrilled about turning 25 (I know...) so that was not very nice. He makes me laugh about 100 times a day at least. I love the silly things kids say at this age.

33 months.

My baby will be three in just three months. Three months ago was when we started Buddy's training, time has certainly flown by since then! It's thoroughly depressing how fast time goes by. I need to start thinking about a birthday party soon. I know how bad I am, and I know next thing I know it will be the middle of July and I'll be scrambling to get things done. Happy 33 months to my sweet little guy!

funk.

I am officially in a funk. Notice all the empty spaces for April? Yeah, I've been taking pictures. But I am so freaking frustrated because I want to make them better. I can not figure out how to do things on Photoshop. There are lots of great tutorials out there. I just don't understand them. It will say, click on this, or do this...and I don't know what "this" is. Not a clue. I feel so totally stupid about this stuff and I hate it. I see lots of books on Amazon too, but I don't know which one, if any, will tell me things from the very beginning. I think I need to try and sneak into a high school class or something. Gaaahhh!

Mommy and Chris

A couple days ago, Tracey told us a very sad story about losing her mom when she was young. And she urged us all to take pictures of ourselves with our kids, because you never know what may happen. A kid is not going to see a picture and think "ugh, she was fat" or "her hair looks like crap"...all they will see is their Mommy. I know that is true- we don't have many pictures at all of my grandpa who died three years before I was born, but I love the ones we do have. This evening we went shopping with my mom, Jodie, and Jared. Since I was halfway presentable I decided to go ahead and have Jared take a picture of Chris and me together. Unfortunately Chris was not digging the idea, so he was whiny. I still like it though. I am going to make an effort to take more pictures of our family together. I managed to sneak a few snapshots of my mom too.

Happy Anniversary!

On this day three years ago, Buddy and I got married. We had such a wonderful wedding. You would never guess that we planned the whole thing as fast as we did. Of course, it helped that I was working at the studio at the time, so I had the hook-up on pictures, plus called in some favors for the location, dress, flowers, tux...okay pretty much everything. I really do wish I could relive that day because it went by in such a blur.
Today we didn't get to celebrate. That is the downside of starting a new position at work- Buddy wasn't able to request days off in time. So he is at work all evening. I know we already went out the other night but it's still kinda sad. Next year we will have to do something fun.

date night.

This Thursday will be our anniversary, but Buddy has to work so we had our date night tonight instead. We were hungry for Mexican food so we went and stuffed our faces. We were so full that we didn't even have much room for candy at the movies. We went to see 21, about the college students who count cards and win all the money at Blackjack. It was a cool movie. It made me want to go to Vegas one day! Anyway we had fun, but at the end of the night I still missed Chris so we went and picked him up from my mom.

crashed out.

Chris was so tired tonight, but kept insisting that he was NOT. I got him to read some books before bed, and he didn't even make it through The Very Hungry Caterpillar before he was crashed out.

awesome.

Jodie is awesome. Seriously if I had a little (or a lot...) more talent and creativity we could have a blast! She is really down for taking any silly picture, and can totally keep a straight face long enough for it. So we did some sarcastic glamour shots and laughed our asses off. It really was just for the hell of it but I thought she looked pretty awesome anyway. What can I say, she takes after me!

baptism.

My baby brother was baptized today! My parents were not the same religion (my mom was Catholic, my dad was not) so they only taught us basic Christian ideas and left the rest up to us. We went to church with our grandparents or friends fairly often growing up. I liked to (and still do) visit different churches and see what they are like. Buddy and I have talked about trying to find a church that feels "right" to us. Anyway, so Jared has decided on his own to be baptized and confirmed. I'm very proud of him! Plus I got to the church this morning and was utterly shocked by how old he looks! I mean, I see him all the time but today it hit me. He's a young man! Over the past year or so he has gone from my height or a tiny bit shorter, to at least 4 inches taller than me. And he's about to be in high school! I know I've mentioned before that he is about the same age difference from Chris as he is from me. So when I think about what I was doing at his age, I remember him at the age Chris is now, and it seems so unreal. That was just the other day wasn't it?

playing.

This afternoon when I got off work, we went to Mike's house and Chris played with Mary Katelyn and Abby. He hasn't seen them since before Christmas, but they were totally comfortable around each other still. Mary Katelyn and Abby were so willing to let me take pictures of them too, but mostly goofy ones. Chris is always up for some goofy time so he had fun! After that we went to the park, but it was so incredibly crowded that we didn't stay for very long.

riding along.

Sometimes my mom and Jodie come into town and pick us up. I get tired of being stuck in the house so it's great to leave even just to tag along on their errands. Jodie and I had fun goofing off. She took a ride on the bike-shaped bike rack. Dork!

be afraid.

There's a monster in my house!