gardener

we've hired a new gardener, he's excellent at plant watering. also negotiated a fine deal - free room & board for the next 17 years in return for his yard maintenance skills.

hi

here's our guy. perfect as ever.

our weekend consisted of a visit from the PA crew. ma, pa, auntie j, ug, haydn & emry braved the rain to spend some time with us. nice to have all here :)

new seat!

bubbas got a new car seat for the jeep (yey for no more twisted straps), so he thought he'd try it out in the living room. looks like he likes it, right? CRACKED. ME. UP.

just us, being us

family walk down the street tonight ... simple, sweet, nice, and relaxing all rolled into one.

bus stop bound!

it would be an understatement to say that we had a 'rough night' in ktown on thursday. wow, maybe 5 hours total sleep for von and much much less than that for everyone else. this momma's gonna chalk it up to the bowl of DQ ice cream that von ate right before bed. oh my, seriously .... it wasn't fun. anyways, fast-forwarding to the morning hours ... my mom & sister graciously offered to help while i caught some shut-eye. i awoke just in time to catch these photos from the front porch as they walked haydn to his bus. so freaking cute.

saturday morning

what toddler doesnt love running around in his boots while he plays on a saturday morning?? von will dig out his boots, bring them to us to put on, and then play like there's no tomorrow.
totally normal, right? :)

thank you, neighbors!

our neighbors are pouring a new cement driveway, which means von hasnt left the windows/doors since monday. the digger & cement truck offer pure fascination (as well as some pretty neat beeping and vroooming noises) for our little guy. today we decided to scoot the loveseat in our bedroom over to the window for a new view of things. von got the attention of the 'crew' with his window-pounding and digger noises ... they waived, which MADE HIS DAY. we probably sat there an hour this morning - just me & my lil guy, wrapped up in the moment :)