It's true.

Fellow bloggers..

you're boring me.

that is all.

Welcome to the Robert's.

That was all I needed for the evening to be happy, and keep busy.

Wreath- $3.99

Fabric- $6 with coupon..

Twine

Hot Glue

Letters

Paint

E C L I P S E... includes a hot warewolf and seductive vampire.

thank.

you.

very.

much.

Hey, that's US !

Fabric flowers.
Love em.
Can't get enough of em.

I love the little details in these wreaths. So neat.

Horrible final photo, because I took it with the flash...

but, you get the point!

LOVE IT !!

Tuesday.

This morning started with a 10:00 am playgroup date..
where Jordan got to socialize with his friends..
and ended with a trip to Hobby Lobby, and a much needed nap.

We got home to an open house, curtains pulled back, door wide open, and a breezy.. sunshine filled home.
And you know what?
This kid couldn't love it more.

There is no doubt in my mind, our spring/summer is going to be FULL of park days..
beach days..
pool days..
and evening walks.

But, we'll let him decide.
:)

Love it.

Today,

Jordan recognized, and smiled at Big Bird. For those of you doubting me, he recognized him. I know it.

He reached for the colorful parot's ... gleaming with red, yellow, and blue feathers.

He opened his arms to the elephants with a smile, as they stood in front of him gracefully, and peacefully.

He clapped his hands as the man dressed as a frog carefully juggled and performed his act...

He quietly napped as the sunshine warmed his cheeks...

He waved his hand back and forth, saying "ba ba" (his bye-bye)

After playing in his bathtub, he stood up, reached his arms up, to let me know he was finished with 'bath time.'

Our nick name, 'little man'... is becoming a reality.

He is turning into a little boy.. full of personality, with wants and needs... likes and dislikes.. and it's all happening so fast...

:)

New Year, New Haircut.

Today, we took Jordan for his first real haircut.
Sure, I've trimmed his little front wisp's... but today was the real deal.
And luckily, we have Gabby :)
Who he knows, and loves...
so he sat there, like a champ.

It's a New Year, which make people want to make resolutions..
make changes..
but for me, it just made me realize a few things.
I felt old the other day.
I realized, my Cosmo was expiring.
Stop laughing.
I had no desire to re-new it. Because honestly, the last thing I care about nowadays are 'what boots to wear... the quiz about how to tell if you're a good friend... or what new sex position Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie are exploring'....

Today, I bought a 4$ shirt. It was plain. It was gray. It's a little baggy. Because the shirt doesn't make you.

And while I will always love shopping, and looking as best as I can/feel like it...
the attitude completes the outfit.
Because the cutest shirt in the world can't make a miserable person beautiful.

I'm happy to be growing up.
:)
I'm happy where I am in my life. Even though things are an economical MESS.
I'm happy to be experiencing the hardest times with the best of friends...
family...
cat..

Me, and my 4$ shirt will be plain jane gray...
and
me and my free positive attitude will be neon yellow.
I will shine that shirt up with big smiles, and infinite gratefulness.

Screw that Cosmo moment, making me feel old.
I'm HAPPY to be moving on from that point in my life.
And where many of my friends are still there, and that is where they belong until they start a family and understand what I mean...
I will keep moving forward.
Because I've never understood what life was about until this little guy came into our lives.
And opened my eyes to a million things...
which I'm not quite ready to explain yet.

But mostly, it opened my eyes to my real friends.
To how awesome it is to be married to Jason, who couldn't possibly be a better father.
To how thankful I am for family.

12 hours seems like a long day.
But to me, it's 12 hours until I get to go home to my family.
And when you know you have that to go home to, you can get through it with a smile.

Oh yea, remember that tent I was talking about?!
Well.
We built it.
We built it with our cold sheets that smell like closet, stuffed it with stained pillows that should be in the garbage...
lined it with a blanket and books..

And pretended like we were far away in a cave...

(Jordan didn't like it when I wasn't IN the tent with him)...
he kept chasing me back in there...

But I built the tent near his favorite place in the house.
This window.
He loves this window.
As you've seen in previous photos.. he will stand here and look outside at the world...
and I love to watch him.

:)

And sometimes I chase him around the table..
and we play peek-a-boo...

But mostly...
I love staring at this little face...
peering outside.

Here's to a New Year...
A New Haircut...
And a new place in my life...
I think I'll stay a while.
:-)

:) Newness.

"Life's Littlest Moments"...

should really be Life's littlest BIG moments..

because every little move that this guys makes is a big deal.

That's what this year is going to be all about for me.

2010 was a giant mess of STRESS.

And while that stress still continues...

we have this little guy right here, and he relies on US to make it a good life.

So, if it takes scrounging up every last nickle from under our car seats... our couch pillows... and junk drawers, to get us into Sesame Street Safari for the day, I'll do it.

If life doesn't give us nickles, we'll make our own adventure with crayons, and paper.

We'll take out all of the spare sheets, and clothes pins... and build a castle.

"It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

-Abraham Lincoln.

As long as he keeps smiling at us like this, we know everything will be okay.
As long as this bubble butt keeps growing big and strong...

As long as the curiosity continues to flow...

As long as a simple game of peek-a-boo brings on the best giggles...

Life will go on...

&

you only get one shot at making it a good one.

Jordan,

Lets make it the best ever.