Month: August 2010

dinner with friends

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On Sunday Jamie, Jay and I had the pleasure of visiting Lauren, John and Betsy (their Toy Yorkie- I think that’s the correct term, sorry Lauren if it’s not).  They had us over to their place, nice new digs by the way, where we had a wonderful dinner and were able to enjoy some time catching up.  A great time was had by all, even Jay and Betsy had a great time “playing” with each other.  Betsy is so tiny and much smaller and more energetic than any animal Jay has ever met; she was bounding around playing with toys and us the whole time we were there and Jay couldn’t keep his eyes off of her!  Those two were seriously too funny to watch…

our gracious hostess, Lauren, hanging out with Jay
Jay and Betsy getting acquainted...
sharing toys...
fast friends :-)

sink baby

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Ok, things around here can get a little routine.  So being the creative Mom that I am (ha!) I try to change it up as much as I can. Jay currently loves the water- bath, pool and sink… the other day after washing my hands I plopped him in the sink and just let him play. He had a blast letting the water run on his feet and giggling at himself in the mirror and all we were down at the end of the experience was one used to be dry diaper- not too shabby if you ask me…

By the way, for those of you concerned for his safety I was always within reach and wasn’t going to let him “eat” the faucet.  You can even see one of my hands in the picture above.

28 years old isn’t so bad

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This year for my birthday I asked Jamie to take the day off.  All I wanted this year was to spend the day with my guys and not have to plan a thing.  Jamie surprised me by taking both Thursday and Friday off  which allowed us to have a long weekend and it was wonderful!!  I enjoyed some great time with extended family, we enjoyed some time together just the three of us and Jamie and I were even able to spend time together just the two of us!  It was a wonderful birthday weekend and a wonderful start to what I can only imagine will be a great year!

having a lazy morning in bed

excited to have breakfast/lunch
an attempted family picture- Jay wouldn't stop looking at Piper
an attempted picture with two of my kids- both Jay and I are cracking up after being "loved" by Piper
a sweet smile from my sweet boy

Thanks to everyone who celebrated with me, I love you all!

a boy and his dog

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I couldn’t wait to post these pictures- aren’t they too sweet?  I was cleaning up after Dolce this morning (yuck) and left Jay on the carpet about a foot away from Piper and two feet away from me so I could use both hands and when I turned around he had scooted his way over to play with her.  Jay loves all of the animals in our house and looks for them frequently; especially in the places where he knows that they should be- Piper on her mats or in front of a sliding glass window or the kitties in their basket.  We have been really blessed that all of the animals are really good with him; they stop long enough for a sniff or a lick and then go about their way.  This morning Piper was especially sweet with Jay, letting him play with her nose and not budging so he could scoot close enough to touch her.

Piper kisses
I promise the smile on his face was huge two seconds after this grimace
I know Piper isn't in focus but I love this picture anyway

sweet boy and his sweet daddy

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Daily, I am reminded of how lucky I am to have Jamie in my life and how wonderful a father he is to Jay.  Here are a few sweet moments that I haven’t been able to post yet- I love my boys so much!!

crashed on Dad- 2 months old to the day
playing with Dad- two and a half months old
a cuddle bunny- 3 and a half months old
on mother's day- almost 3 and a half months old
playing outside before bed- almost 4 months old
helping Daddy on the computer- 4 and a half months old
first father's day- almost 5 months old

crashed again- almost 5 months old
a little dark but it's right before bed- almost 5 and a half months old
last but not least, a duplicate but a favorite of mine- almost 6 months old

people we miss…

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Jamie, Jay and I are blessed to have so many family members living close by.  We are frequently able to celebrate occasions, show off Jay’s new tricks and just spend good quality time with the people that we love.  However, for as many people that live close by there are that many and more that don’t live near us.  We are so grateful for all of the time that we do get to spend with them but hope they know that it’s not as much as we would like to.

Here are just a few pictures from some of our recent (this is a relative term) visitors.  We miss you all, those pictured and those not, terribly and wish we could see you more often!!  Love you all…

Jamie’s Cousins Mary Beth and Sean

Uncle Scott and Auntie Frannie- Sorry Scott, I don’t have a recent picture of you and Jay :-( We will have to rectify that when we see you all later this month!

Aunt Nicole

the ants go marching two by two

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or twelve by twelve in this case!  Yesterday, Jamie sent me a message from work asking if I could whip up some cupcakes to help celebrate his boss’s birthday today and this is what he took in with him…

I made these Vanilla Bean Cupcakes which by the way were really yummy, we had to taste test them of course :-) and topped them with homemade butter-cream icing and candy to look like ants!  Best part of the project, I got to use my new kitchen-aid mixer, a birthday present from my family, which I LOVE!!  I have used it pretty much every day since getting it… I am a dork, I know.  Thanks Jamie for the fun project, hope everyone enjoyed!

hanging out with Pepere

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I have a ton of pictures to post (I have taken so many lately and am trying to play catch up after battling off my cold) but Jamie and I need to head to bed early tonight. We have stayed up way too late the past few nights and it is catching up with us, so I am going to make this short and sweet…  this is a picture of Jay’s first shoulder ride.  He loved being up on Pepere’s shoulders and I don’t think that Pepere is missing too many hairs from the experience- Jay has really got a grip on him now!

Enjoy, there will be more to come!