Is That A Camera In Your Pants?

I have a real love/hate relationship with technology.  I love 98% of it, and just to fit in with everyone else, I hate 2%.  Yes, I got the math right thankyouverymuch.

Nate and I always have our cell phones with us.  And they have decent little cameras in them.  Therefore, you guessed it, we always have a camera on us!

I uploaded a ton of cell phone pictures and thought I'd share a few.  A few meaning a lot.  I'll have to have another cell phone blog to get the rest in.

March 2011:

Awww.  I love this dog!

Sweetly sleeping.

 April 2011:

Waiting, naked, at the docs office.

May 2011:

Do you like my toupee? 

Happy little girl!

Jaimo, Bri, Mommy and me!

June 2011:

After church one Sunday.  No, that's not our house.  Yes, we wish it was.

July 2011:

Tattered Cover

4th of July

4th of July

Strollin' with my doggie.

Checking email with daddy.

Wrist rolls.  Tummy rolls.  Thigh rolls.  Delish!

Kickin' it with Luke.

First of many tips to the land of Ikea.

Hanging with Suz!

August 2011:

Hanging with my besties from high school.

Traveling in the shopping cart.  Baby style.

Just arrived in Seattle.  Nate looks so nerdy, I love it!

Beautiful lake near our friends house in Issaquah, WA.

Hoodie love!

Supposed to be sleeping...

Sleeping on the plane.

Silly girl!

Nothing says Happy Birthday like a sticky note.

Woo woo!

Cheering on the Broncos with my buddy Luke.  Not having fun yet...

I don't know.

Hanging with Gma at Noodles!

Meeting daddy for lunch.

 Told you there would be a lot.  And just think, there's more to come.  Lucky you.

Do Do You Love Me, Do Do You Love Me?

I was a huge Paula Abdul fan growing up.  I made up a ton of dances to her songs.  I'm pretty sure I still know most of the lyrics.  Straight Up was one of my favs.  Still is apparently.  I've listened to it on repeat this morning.  I'm cool like that.

Where am I going with this?  I don't know.  I was thinking about love...

Yesterday was Valentine's Day.  A day we don't celebrate as a couple because it's unnecessary.  I'm not one of those girls who needs flowers or a teddy bear holding a heart.  I need those things on our anniversary, and every other Friday and Tuesday afternoons.  So adding V-day would be too much for the Mr.

But now I have a little girl, and I want to celebrate it with her.  I loved Love Day as a kid.  I loved it until I was a teenager and no boys liked me...then I didn't love Love Day anymore.

Last night Nate told me he wanted Valentine's Day to be a day for he and Andrey.  He wants to give her little notes, flowers and gifts.  He said he wants his little girl to know she is loved on Love Day.  So even if she doesn't have a boyfriend when she's older, she'll know she always has dad.  It was so sweet!  And then I asked him what he got her, and he felt like an idiot and said, "nothing".  I guess he'll start next year.

I love you Nate.  I love you Andrey.  I love you still Paula Abdul.

Powdery White Stuff

We've gotten a lot of snow here.  Not drugs.  They're both powdery and white.  But I prefer the snow to the blow!  Ha!  That's awesome.

You know it's a lot of snow when they close schools and businesses in Colorado.  We love it!  I can't wait until next season when I can take Andrey out in it to play.  But for now she settled for looking out the window, and a few handfuls of the cold stuff.  She she didn't know what to do with.  So she ate it.

The snow covered the deck and Mr. P. had to get out there to shovel a place for the wee little doggie to go potty.  That poor dog.

Andrey was a bit freaked out to see her dad decked in snow gear.  She didn't like his ski goggles.

She did like watching him shovel though.  She was banging and slapping the glass door.  Or maybe she was doing that to warn me.  "Mom, there's a scary man out there stealing our white stuff!"

One last shot of my spooky husband.  He even scared me.

Did you play in the blow snow?

Coming to a Theater Near You

Silly baby.  Crazy mom.

And Then Some...

I rocked my baby to sleep tonight.

It's been a while since I've done that.

She sucked her thumb and nestled in close, and I breathed in her sweet smell.

Her room was dark.  Her lullabies played softly in the background.

A few times I wondered if I should put her in her crib.

No, not yet.  I rocked her some more.

I reminded myself that this day will never come again.  It's almost over now.

There is no place I'd rather be.

I thanked God over and over for her while I rested my cheek on her head.

My eyes filled with tears over the immense amount of love I feel for this beautiful girl.

I told myself "remember this".

And I will.

And then some.

Premature Crayons

I've been struggling with what is commonly known as Imsickofallyourtoys syndrome. It can be a serious condition if it's not treated.  So I've been looking for other activities.  We've been working on skills and coordination a lot.  I thought it might be fun to try coloring.  And she was obviously excited too.

I went out and bought a cheap box of Crayola's.   I taped down some paper and got my camera out.

She didn't care.  She just ripped the paper off.

I showed her how to use the crayon.  And she tried it, sideways style.  Nate said she was working on shading.

Then she would tuck her crayon in next to her hip on her seat.  She does this with food too.  She will hide her food behind her buns in her high chair.  I think she is worried about a food shortage, so she's stocking up.

She liked to pull out more crayons, and then hide them.

It was so cute to watch her not know how to color... I guess she's not old enough for this activity.  Back to stacking blocks we go!