A Pretty Thought

I never thought about cutting flowers short and putting them in a small vase until I stayed with my sister-in-law. She always has beautiful flowers in her house and often times cuts the flowers that have a broken stem and puts them in small vases. I was so sad to see that some of my birthday flowers were dying and that I didn't have enough to fill a large vase. So, I took a page out of Melissa's book and put them is a small vase. For some silly reason it just makes me happy to look at them so I thought that I would share. Aren't they so pretty!!

Shorts Jammies

I was so excited to be able to break out the SHORT jammies tonight. I love his little legs and how his tiny rolls poke out of the short shorts. He was also so excited that he had a football on his jammies. He spent the whole night walking around the house looking and pointing at the ball on his shirt, needless to say he bumped into a few walls.

Rock and Roll Kids

I signed Cade up for a class at the Rec center called Rock and Roll Kids. It was SO much fun to take him and watch how much fun he had. At first he wasn't too sure what to do but it didn't take him too long to warm up. There were a bunch of toys to crawl and play on. He loved the little rocking boat and of course he couldn't get enough of the balls. I was also so surprised at how good he was at walking across the balance beam and then jumping off the end. However, his favorite were the bubbles!! He was so excited to see them float in the air but was even more thrilled that he got to pop them. He ran back and forth and around in circles just squealing with pure excitement. There is nothing better for a mom than to watch your child purely enjoy what they are doing.

Birthday Girl

How did I get to be such a lucky girl!? I had the best birthday ever!! It all started a few months ago when my nephew had a birthday and his friends decorated his locker. My sister-in-law was nervous about his friends having his combo until I told her that my friends and I did that all the time in high school. I then continued to tell her that I was always so sad because I always decorated thier lockers but never had mine decorated. Well, back to present day, I woke up on Saturday to find my door decorated in paper, ballons, flower petals and kisses on the ground and a note saying that since I never got my locker decorated she wanted to do something even better...decorate my door!! I was so excited and touched. I left the decorations up all day so everyone could see how thoughtful she was. That was however, close to tourcher for Cade because I wouldnt let him take a balloon off the door...mean I know!!

The day continued with fun time with Cade and then Jared later in the day, he had a convention most of the day. Later that night Jared suprised me with a dinner at a fun Indian resturaunt with family and friends. We had our own private room at the resturaunt with fun decor, music, and complete with sitting on the floor to eat. I was so excited to see some family from Utah that drove down for my birthday as well as family and friends from Vegas. I totally forgot my camera but others took pictures that will be posted later. The day was full of phone calls from loved ones, beautiful flowers (I love them!!) a bunch of gift certificates and a card to get a massage at an awesome spa in Vegas (thanks Melis!!)

I was also so lucky to get to have my mom come and spend a few days with me before my birthday. It was such a joy to have her here...we all love it when she comes to visit. I honestly feel like the luckiest girl in the world!! My sweet husband is so thoughtful, my little one is just a joy, and my family is so willing to come and let me know that they love me, even if it is a huge sacrifice. I love you guys and am so thankful for all of you and all you do!!

Where's Waldo?

It's like playing "where's Waldo" just with a toothbrush. Cades new favorite toys are our toothbrushes which I am sure that I should be thankful that my little one wants to have good hygiene however it gets a little old to open the drawer and only find his little toothbrush. He has for some reason decided that his little one is not nearly as cool as Jared's or mine. I even got him his own "big" toothbrush, two of them actually, however he always goes for ours and leaves his untouched. It is actually rather comical to see Jared brush his teeth with a child's electric soccer ball toothbrush and then look in the mirror and realize that I too have a child's toothbrush, just one of the really small starter brushes because by the time we realize ours are missing we have no energy to go searching. Mine had gone missing for a few days until I went to get Cade up from his nap and looked down while opening his drapes only to find a purple toothbrush staring back at me. I was so excited and thought it was so funny that I took a picture as Cade smiled and clapped his hands. He is a sweet baby and usually really good at putting them back in the drawer where they go however this day it just didn't quite make it back. Needless to say Jared and I now have multiple toothbrushes that are kept out of reach of curious hands.

The Way I Say "I Love You"

Gifts, gifts, gifts that seems to have been the theme for the past couple of days. I love to give gifts but I love when I can do something cute with them even more. I know that I am not nearly as talented as many many other ladies out there but I am thankful for what I can do and find pure joy in making something cute and personal...just so someone knows I care about them. I recently went to a baby shower for a friend who is having a little boy. I normally have my typical baby shower gift but I decided to break the mold and do something different so after walking around the store forever I took a hint from Cade. Every ball that he saw he would reach for and beg to hold it. I realized...what says "boy" better than balls. I got him every kind of ball you could think of, miniature size, and put them in a baseball bag. It was really fun but Cade had a hard time understanding why they weren't for him.

The other thing that I love is making the wrapping look cute. My sister and I got my grandpa a tie for his 70th birthday. We wrote...mostly she wrote...a note about how he "ties" the family together...it was a touching letter. I then got to make it look cute, it was very fun. Here are the finished products. Once again, not the most talented but I enjoy doing it.

Spring Has Sprung

Spring is on its way!!! I saw these flowers at the store the other day and they just made me happy. I decided that I could either hint to Jared that they were there and hope that he might get the idea or I could take matters into my own hands. I bought the tulips, brought them home, handed them to him and told him to give them to me. He got a huge smile on his face and held the flowers out to me and said, "Here babe, I got you flowers because I love you so much and want you to know how special you are," to which my response was, "thanks sweetie, I love you!! I cant believe how thoughtful you are." We both were happy. I figure that one day he might think of it himself however until then I am happy picking out the flowers I like and bringing them to him.

I have loved looking at them every day and have been amazed at how they change and just get more beautiful. I love flowers and am so excited for Spring!!