…another one of those days where…

…between preparing lunch for my friends for a mommy lunch date at our house (heaven) and crying on the phone to my mom tonight ‘cuz she lives too far away to be part of all the wonderfulness of miss cubby…
(conversation went something like this:
Me: “sob, sob, sob…but she’s soooo cool, and you can’t even see it…sob, sob, sob..
Her: “What? Honey, I can’t understand you.”
Me: “sob…sob…sob…I just wish you could…sob, sob, sob….see how great she is…ya know what she did today? …sob, sob, sob…”
…acutally a bit embarrassed about how ridiculous I must have sounded)
….anyway…between it all and the mundane fillers in between…it’s just another one of those days where i’m really glad i got picked for my life and that my basket of memories is gunna still belong to me when this is all said and done…

Portraits:

…going through a kissing phase right now, and seriously, what’s better than a kissing phase? She kisses her dolls, her stuffed animals, her blankets, her books, and tonight, I drew a doggie on the driveway with sidewalk chalk and she bent down and immediately kissed it. Hello. She belongs to ME. …and she’s just…so cool.

Paint, Baby! Draw, Baby! Create, create, create! Gunna start her as early as I can. Can’t wait to bust out the easel that’s packed up in the garage. P.S. This outfit was SIX DOLLARS from a new second-hand shop I found that ROCKS. (okay…so the jean jacket we already had)


So, at her 12 month appt., they weighed her, measured her and circumfrenc’ed her head, but I can’t get over why they didn’t measure her eyelashes. That’s protocol, right? ‘cuz I’m sure we would have gotten some sort of gold star of pediatrician approval.


…after bath fun with daddy and his baseball cap tonight. Everyone should be so blessed to witness the Brett & Cubby show…it’s quite magical, really.

Once again, I get to experience the magic of sweet littles today. Sweet Alan James and Lily Grace blessed our home with their presence. House full ‘o littles…nothin’ I’d rather have. Yup, it was a good day.

It’s late. I’m ready to go to bed…and as if my just-looked-at-magical-pictures-of-my-day-and-sweet-littles high wasn’t good enough, B just walked in, smiled and said…”how ’bout she sleeps with us tonight?”
…to which I replied… “I’m so glad I married you.”

the sweet breath of heavenly little awaits me …and her little body will fit our “nook” just right.

…enjoying the too-good-to-be-true things… ~k

…because he deserves it…
blueberry pancake breakfast. lunch at la fogata, his favorite (with real old-fashioned coke bottles too…and menus in “secret code” a.k.a. Spanish but that’s what makes the food so authentic). impromptu decision to take family bowling followed by a quick run-in to walmart for socks. watching cubby try to lift a bowling ball to no avail. enjoying a perfect family day. coming home to quiet house to relax and cubby falling asleep early tonight…
…followed by daddy saying, “i’m sad. i wasn’t done with her yet.” so we slipped her out of her crib and let her snuggle with daddy on the couch where they both dozed.
happy father’s day.

…even cubby has her bowling shoes on. (note to self: start cute bowling shoe company in next life)

…”i think i’ll take this one…can i get some help here?”

i have practically this same photo…same couch, same pose, same two little hearts…from so many different months of lainey’s life, but this one in particular melts me. my i-love-my-baby-and-my-baby’s-daddy emotions just crumble like cookies. the yummy kind with chocolate chips.

…and some peek-a-boo from this morning…

as i write this, i am reminded why i do this…this photo/blogging thing. i was in a “funk” today…just one of those sads i can’t shake and for no particular reason. but now, as i look back at the portraits of our day and see the way it painted out, the funk is gone. smiling. blessed. this blog has allowed me to “paint” our lives at the end of the day and only choose the colors that are most beautiful. and, when i stand back and take a look at the finished canvas, i am reminded of our blessings and the beauty that is us…our family.
…enjoying the small things. ~k

Happy Father’s Day, Dad and F.I.L.! You both are loved so much by all of us!

Your role in our lives is JUST AS IMPORTANT today as it was when we were little…if not more! And thank you for being great grandpas to our littles. You are loved, you are loved, you are loved!

…and to our own daddy, you truly are the best daddy I’ve ever met, and watching you with the kids is like watching a love story. I could write a book on the million little things you do that make you a special dad. I can’t wait for the coming years and to watch you as a daddy of little grown-ups too because I know you will amaze me! Thank you for loving them first. Thank you for making memories for them. Thank you for spending time with them. Austyn and Brandyn will be WONDERFUL fathers someday because YOU are their role model. We love you!
(this is a posed and cheesy shot, but our daddy likes the posed and cheesy for some reason! )

…and check out what my sister says about my sweet dad here