Newshoeitis

Who knew that these

Could make you do this

And more of this

The cure for newshoeitis, you ask?

Stare at your ginormous belly

And strip down to a diaper.

Voila! Works every time.

"Mom, seriously, what were you thinking?"

As you can see I finally did bite the bullet and buy Isaac new shoes. I was so proud of my purchase. A shiny new pair of adorable red keds and a new pair of sandals ready for the warm summer months. However, I don't think Isaac was as happy as me. Of course I probably shouldn't have placed them on his fat little feet right before morning nap time. I mean during morning nap time... But, who could pass up the cuteness of seeing him in his new shoes!? Definitely not I.

As he watched me push his chubby little toes into the shoe and tie the laces, he probably wondered why momma looked so excited. This didn't look exciting at all. I then tried to stand him on the ground. He just stomped his feet and began making grunting noises. The kind of noise Steven makes when he is really hungry... or when I'm really hungry.

Anyway, long story short he sat on the ground and cried and cried for twenty minutes until I took them off. Don't worry folks, the story does end well. After his afternoon nap I reluctantly placed the red keds on his feet again and we ventured to his favorite place. The back yard. Eventually he came around and realized what a delight shoes are when you have to walk in dry sticky grass or stand on hard cement. And now, I'm happy to say, we can't get him to stop walking.

I'll get more of him walking in his new shoes this week. I know, I know, you all may lose sleep until that time. But it will be here before you know it.;)

And one more question. Why is my baby growing up so fast??

Dear winter,

Dear Winter, I am breaking up with you.

It's not me, it's you.

You make me miserable.

I think it's time I start seeing other seasons...

How do I put this.... I just like spring a little better.

Love, Isaac

P.S. I still want to be friends...

Traveling with the girls and life in March

It seems like a long time since my best friends from high school took a trip together. This year we had a perfect place to go...and not to mention very inexpensive lodging mixed with the best tour guide one could ask for. There's four of us. Three live in Birmingham and one in Charleston, NC so you can only guess where we opted to travel this year. That's right, one of the oldest cities in the south. Charleston. Its always a blast from the past with these girls, from talking about our late 90's glory days to laughing hysterically over something only we find funny....its always an adventure. Our ten year reunion is coming up this summer so the girls quizzed me on high school people on the 7 hour trip up...there was a lot of laughter involved. I can't remember anyone's name!

I had fun with my new camera. I have decided that I really do need lessons with this thing, that's the only way I'll understand it. I've also realized that the more you start enjoying photography the less likely you will be pictured in a picture.

As fun as our trip was, I did miss my little buddy tremendously!! He stayed four days with CC and Papa Spray down at the lake and had a wonderful time. It was harder leaving him this time because I had just left him for our beach trip. I wish I had the long awaited reunion of the two of us on tape. It made my day! He couldn't stop smiling and looking at me for five minutes. It feels great to be loved :) and be a mommy. I wouldn't trade it for the world right now.

Things are definitely picking up this month. Steven is on ER rotations for the next two months. We love ER rotations because this way I am able to see him everyday and of course, he loves it because its what he wants to do long term.

Isaac is doing great and it feels like a he is getting so much older. And I know that sounds like a obvious comment but there,s something about his personality that is changing. Older acting. Unfortunately, he is getting a lot more clingy these days. He even will shy away from Steven when I'm holding him. He only has eyes for momma right now. Which is great of course, but also can get a little tiring.

Even though he wants me a lot, he still loves to play on the bed with daddy! I love these pictures of the two of them.

There's nothing better than a nice pair of baby legs.

He continues to enjoy eating.

Although once you put anything green down on his tray (green beans, broccoli, peas, etc) you can forget about it.

I even tried dousing the greens with honey but he saw straight through my tactics. Any ideas from my mommy friends on how to get them to eat their greens??

And of course after a big helping of spaghetti he still LOVES his bath time.

Last night Steven made Isaac laugh in the tub and I had to capture his huge smile on camera. I could eat this boy up with a spoon...

Spring just continues to tease me. I see beautiful buds all over the trees but the cloudy skies and colder weather just confuse me. I know it's only a matter of days.....

Doughnuts are yummy

I'm afraid this mishap with our laptop has taken a toll on my blogging rhythm lately. That and Steven's week of vacation. And don't worry about my cold fingers and toes as I type in the guest room (i know you were), it has actually warmed up considerably due to warmer weather outside. Imagine what my blogging will be like this summer when it's actually pleasant to be in this little room! Oh dear, I hope it won't be too hot then! Steven says I can be high maintenance sometimes. I don't know what he is talking about...

Like I said before, Steven had a week of vacation time this past week. Two words--MUCH NEEDED. We went to the beach for 5 days while my parents so graciously kept little buddy for us! I missed him like crazy and even cried when giving him up, but the time together with the hubby was oh so relaxing and wonderfully perfect. Unfortunately the weather wasn't warm enough to lay out or swim but that didn't stop us from getting in the hot tub!

And the weather didn't stop us from reading a whole lot.

And it definitely didn't stop us from eating chocolate covered doughnuts

(I would have taken the picture myself but I couldn't put my donut down)

If you are looking for a great book to read I recommend "Same kind of different as me" by Ron Hall and Denver Moore. It definitely makes you take a look at your own life and ask yourself, how am I serving others today? At one time I was crying away in the hot tub while reading. Nothing has made me cry this hard since the last pages of "The Kite Runner." But, don't shy away from the book because it made me cry. Don't be fooled, it is wonderful and definitely a quick read for all you busy mothers out there.

One last thing. I thought you should know that I have improved immensely with my new camera. I'm not kidding. I have even impressed myself at times. The quality of my work is outstanding and hard to compare. Let me stop talking, I mean typing, and show you some examples. Here are few shots of Steven and I that I took on the trip.

This is us in the hot tub of course, right after I swam away from my camera real fast like to pose next to Steven. Steven made me nervous because he kept telling me not to splash the camera on my way into the arm holding, but I told him not to mess with a professional.

And onto my favorite of the week. A superb picture of us before going out to dinner. What? I don't see anything wrong with it.

Well, if you must know, I'm sure my pictures of the two of us would have eventually been superb if my hubby would let me take two. "You only have one chance" he tells me. Man, I need to practice more...

Here's to a relaxing vacation!