Gourmet One Year Old....

Apparently cheerios and chicken nuggets are not this toddler's meal of choice. HA!

Shrimp and grits with collard greens...

Not a baby anymore..... sigh!

Snowed In...

interviewer: Soooo, we hear you got an opportunity to play in the snow!! How was it?

Brody Joseph: stupid

interviewer: [gasp] stupid? how so?

Brody Joseph: well, it was very cold outside and I had on four layers of clothes and I was uncomfortable. I just don't get what's the big deal.

interviewer: well did you make a snowball?

Brody Joseph: what's that?

interviewer: a snowball is when you take a hand full of snow and roll it into a ball.

Brody Joseph: Oh, that must have been what my mimi was attempting to force me to do when she tried to place some snow in my hands. As a matter of fact she did mention something about snowball. I just stared at her.

interviewer: well did you see other kids out

Brody Joseph: yep, stared at them too.

Dear Brody Joseph, You are such a rockstar!

Tonight was such a pretty little night. BroJo and I enjoyed dinner and the theater! Soooooo, before the show started a woman spoke about how "wonderful" the concession stand is and how they make the BEST frapuccinos EVER (she said this while bracing a freshly made frap in hand). I was only half way listening, but I heard her mentioning giving away the frap. to some lucky audience member. Still half way listening, I heard her say Row G-something. She handed the frap off to another lady who headed up to "G". As I saw her come in our direction I whispered to my girlyfriend, "Are we in row G?" and she replied, "Yes." Turns out that "G-something was actually G8. And GUESS WHO was sitting in G8............ ME......... and guess who drinks frappuccinos now.... HA!

Brody Joseph insisted on meeting the characters and taking a pic...

Haiti Relief

So, I had to take moment and say how completely heart broken I am! As I view the images and read the stories about the natural disaster in Haiti, my heart goes out. BrodyJo and I added a special "Haiti" section to our nightly prayers. Please give! Wyclef Jean's Charity's accepting donations and making it E-A-S-Y to give. Text "YELE" to 501501 in order to donate $5 to the cause. Your next cellular bill will be charged. And for those of us who already have $200plus phone bills..... you won't even notice the charge.

p.s. I love you all sooooo much and I appreciate your role in my life!
p.s.s. baking cupcakes for our little super star.... his day care teacher reports: "He is soooo good!"

Just makes my little heart pitter patter!

Ran across this old memory and smiled...

Emotional Monday.....

So, Brody Joseph got a step closer to graduating college and beginning his career this week.... my baby/toddler began daycare. As I finalized the details last week and reviewed his daily schedule (Ha! He does have one of those), I became a little.... i don't know.... sad. It was just another reminder of how fast this all goes by! There is a bright light.... all of the 'he's growing up' emotion is all worth the daily heart flutters I get every evening when picking him up. As soon as he sees my face (and cute shoes) he gets soooo excited and runs (or wobbles) towards me as fast as he can! I.LOVE.IT! I mean, I've been around for twenty-faux years and I've NEVER had someone so excited to see little 'ol me! The funny part is he just saw me that morning.... I'm a super star to him!

Cutie Pies

little vintage kitchen.... I adore

One day I'll be bold enough to do this. Ha!

A Golden Holiday....

Hi loves of my life,

A NEW YEAR!!! WHEW!! I just love the beginning of new years... Brody Joseph and I hope you had a wonderful Holiday! Ours was just darling... Fell a little deeper in love...

Brody in his new Christmas pj's enjoying his new laptop..... hopefully he'll leave mine alone now!