Michael's Two

Our little boy turns 2 today.  He sure is growing up fast.

We love you baby boy- even though you're not a baby anymore.

What gets this boy up?

Usually when Michael wakes up he'll yell for me to come get him.  I go to lift him out of his crib and he'll lay back down.  He likes to tease you see.  So I tease him back and walk out, waiting for the yell of "Mama" again.  This morning though I had a secret weapon.  When he layed back down I told him we were having waffles for breakfast.  I've never seen him so excited to have breakfast.   Last night was his first time having waffles and he sure enjoyed them.

   Happy to be up and eating waffles for breakfast!

I guess whip cream is the latest hand cream.

This is our forecast for the day:

Any suggestions for fun things to do on a rainy day?

Hey do you see that up there?  If you're not on my blog you should check it out. I got a cute new header thanks to Karrie at Fistful of Coupons.  I won a custom blog header from one of her giveaways.  I love it don't you?  Thanks Karrie!

Our trip home

Michael and I were able to make it to the fair Friday evening with my mom and my sister.  We walked around and let Michael enjoy the animals. We of course couldn't leave without buying greasy fair food!  We chose a double corn dog and a strawberry funnel cake.  Mmm yum. 

Michael enjoyed watching this ride of course because it had flags on top.

Michael's allergies started to get the best of him.  He had red eyes and a runny/itchy nose.  I was having a hard time with my allergies as well. 

My Grandma McClellan's funeral went really well and it was nice to see lots of family we hadn't seen in a while.  It was fun to hear stories I'd never heard about my grandma even though some were repeated to grandchildren over and over again. I guess I always missed out on those stories.  One of them was about how my grandma was outside her home and had gotten bit by a dog on the rear.  She went to the Dr. and he said, "So you've been bitten by a dog?"  She said, "Yes".  He asked, "Can you tell me where?"  She said, "On 3rd and Jefferson."  Which of course was her address. 

Joe kept an eye on Michael at the funeral.  He seemed to keep busy.

While we were in WA McKenzie had his Eagle Court of Honor.  It was nice to be able to attend.

Congrats Kenzie!

Our trip home wouldn't be complete without some fresh picked raspberries!

My sweet & funny 95 year old grandma passed away over the weekend.  We'll miss her dearly.  She was the funniest old lady I ever knew.  She would tell the funniest stories and had an amazing memory.   I'm sad that Michael never got to meet her.  We'll be making a trip home to attend her funeral services in Union, OR. 

Best $5 spent today...

Surgery a no go

Joe came home today after his apt. The doc said no. He was so dissapointed, and so was I. We have been waiting for this hoping it would end the pain. We were both really surprised. We thought it was for sure but the doctor didn't seem to think it would help him. We are considering a second opinion.

Catching up on a few things here...

Our back yard landscaping finished with more grass, plants, flowers and two trees.

Joe planted the flowers infront of our cable boxes. Can you see them?

Michael has been wanting to help out with anything and everything lately by

unloading the dishwasher and helping carry in a grocery bag.

He's also been exploring the potty.

We've been pretty successful with just asking him to go and he will!

I've finally got my rear in gear and started using the two gallons of paint I purchased a few weeks ago. Tonight I hope to get farther!

Today Joe has an appointment with a surgeon for the herniated disc in his neck. He's been using pain killers to help with the pain lately and wants more relief. Hopefully he'll be able to have this surgery and it'll be a success. Joe researched that surgery for the neck is the most successful for all herniated discs. The out look sounds good, lets pray it will be for him.

And the Winnder is...

The bowl

The names

The lucky winner


Congrats Emily!!! I'll have it heading your way today!

Something new

The past few days I've felt the need to be a little crafty and try a few new things. I found these sweet cards and had to make them. So fun and so easy. There's nothing like a homemade card.

I've always wanted to make jewelry so I decided to make a couple earrings. I was supposed to make a different kind but wasn't able to get everything needed. So I just winged it and made some super simple cute pairs.

I love them so much I've decided to share them with you!

I'm giving away everything you see here. To enter leave a comment and I'll pick a winner from a random drawing. The winner will be announced Friday morning.

Hilarious

Georgia on my mind

Here are some of the pictures I took from our trip to GA. We had a lot of fun seeing everyone again.

All in all we:

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  Had an awesome BBQ
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  Played baseball
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  Water fight with squirt guns
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  Ate ice cream
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  Celebrated a birthday
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  Played the Wii
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  Hung out
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  Watched the kiddos play
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  Gave Michael 3 baths within a 24hr period. I'll spare you the details and just say he was sick!
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  Michael gave lots of hugs & kisses and lot of sad bye bye's

We had so much fun and can't wait to go back & visit again!

*I had to post the slide show separately since it was the only way it would work. So you get 2 posts today!

What's keeping this little boy happy today...

This is his second red balloon today. The first one got taken away by the wind as we were going into the house. I shouldn't have let him hold it by himself. He was so distraught over seeing it fly away I just had to go get him another.

He's so funny carrying so much in his hands.

I now have to update this post even before I post it...the balloon is no longer in existence. He seemed to do better with the popping of this one.

Happy 4th of July

I also want to wish my brother Trace a Happy Birthday!