I should so not be doing this right now. I want to though, so I am.

There are a million things that need to get done before heading out of town. Laundry, pack, pay bills, pack everything I forgot the first time, vaccum, pick up clutter, run to Wal-mart, pray for no sleet or freezing rain that they are predicting, pack everything I forgot the second time, clean up the car: all things on the to do list along with the rest that I'm forgetting.

My mom always had this thing about cleaning the house right before going out of town. That way, you came home to a clean house. Sounds wonderful, but how'd she ever get it done along with everything else that happens before leaving? She must have some super powers or something. That's the only way to explain it.

Speaking of super powers. Dad is running 26.2 miles this Sunday in the Little Rock Marathon!!!! I love that man! Along with him, B is running the half marathon (13.1 miles) and Mom and Ginny (my big sis) are walking the half marathon. Notice who's name isn't there! Tori (little sis), of course! Okay, my name isn't there either. I get excited when the treadmill at the gym says I went over 2 miles at the end of a workout. I'm almost at the point of needed to make the transition from running to walking though and that should help my distance.

Alright, before I ramble on for to much longer I'm going to quit. Have a great afternoon!

Play Ball!

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Where did the week go? I realized this morning that I hadn't blogged since Monday! Sorry! I took a couple of video clips this week. One is of N playing ball with his Grandma Kn. They were having a great time. Go figure that he lost interest as soon as I started to film it. (They'd been playing for 10 minutes or so before I pulled out the camera.) The other one is of N figuring out his Christmas present from Uncle Matt and Aunt Lindsay. He has loved playing with the hoop and balls independently of each other, but now he knows how to use them together. Enjoy your weekend!

opinionated little stinker!

Okay, I have to share these four pictures. I still laugh as I think back to this happening. They were taken on Valentine's Day as I was trying to get the perfect shot of N to post that day. These 4 were taken within seconds of each other, in this order. We often wonder what is going on a baby's mind. Here's what I think:



What in the world is Mom thinking putting a teddy bear in the picture with me?












I'm no softy. What is she thinking? Get this dumb bear outta here!










Bye bye Mr. Bear! This is my photo shoot! (He actually pushed the teddy bear off the chair!)

Alright Mom, back to picture taking. Cheese!

B, N, and I seemed to have a really good weekend. Here are a few of the highlights:

• B ran 10 miles Friday in preparation for running the half marathon (13ish miles) in LR in a few weeks! Run! Forest! Run!
• N is starting to pull himself up on anything he finds somewhat stationary. (He's learning that the dog isn't so stationary the hard way.) He gets up on his knees, but he still has to figure out how to get all the way to his feet. This started Friday night, but is a continual thing now. While talking to my mom this evening, she says she'll teach him how to get up to his feet in a couple weeks. (She was the one to teach him how to get out of a sitting position.)
• Saturday B and I spent the entire day in pj's and reading! (We did throw on some normal clothes for a few minutes so we wouldn't have to shovel snow in pj's at 2pm.) What a needed day of relaxing!
• The snow has started to melt! I've been looking out the window every 10 minutes or so, to see how much more of it is gone! We actually hit above freezing temps! Today it was in the mid to upper 40s! We even got to go on a walk outside as a fam! Awww, how cute!
• N also decided to reveal his is able to crawl on all 4. He just happens to prefer the army crawling. I've only seem him expose his new talent once before church this morning. Hopefully, I can get some video of all his new moves.

Happy day off to all you who get to enjoy tomorrow at home! Thank the presidents! Sorry to those of you who don't! Blame the presidents!

hugs

kisses

and

valentine wishes

love,

n

Happy Val's Day!

Enjoy watching Superman deal with endless love struggles. (We saw this at the National Youth Workers Conference when Jars of Clay came to perform. We thought it was amusing.)

Our baby is 10 months old today! It's impossible to think we are 2 months away from celebrating his first birthday. It makes me sad to think how fast time has gone by with him. I should be excited to plan his first birthday party, but I find myself dreading it. (I know it'll be fun though, just a bit bittersweet.) Both of these pictures capture exactly who our N-N is. Hopefully you've enjoyed spending the past ten months watching him grow and change!

N just discovered the trash can and the dog's water bowl as I tried to eat lunch.
Help!
Someone come baby proof my house!
Please!

my sunshine on a cloudy day

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I took this video of N this morning. The tie-dye shirt was made for him by my small group girls. They each had one on last night at the super bowl party. (They also made one for me.) N has been so talkative lately. His most common sounds/words are: mamamamama, dadadadada, guh (usually directly at Maggie but not always), nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh (a bit too close to no for my liking but seems to be his favorite the past few days), dat, dit, and buh-buh-buh (sometimes paired with waving bye-bye). He also has figured out how to go from being on his belly to sitting up. He's trying big-people food all the time now. In fact, I had to put him in his crib a lunch because he assumed he was getting some of my lunch. He starts to click his tongue every time he sees me eating to let me know he wants some. Cute, until he doesn't get anything and the screaming starts. He's learning things so fast! I'm constantly amazed. And his other front tooth is coming in! My baby's growing up! (too fast)

Sunny with a high of 75

It seems as if the topic weather is coming up quite frequently in conversations I've had with several people lately. What's the weather like there? Have you gotten any snow? Is it cold? Are you enjoying the weather? Let's just sum up winter in Nebraska in two words: this sucks! (sorry Mom, there was no other word that worked) The snow from a couple off weeks ago still has not melted! I find myself getting excited if the temperature is a two-digit number. I don't think the wind chill has been a two-digit number in weeks. Seriously, weeks! I had to laugh when looking at the forcast for LR today. KARK said it was going to be a very cold day today. A high of only 38. How tragically cold! I feel so bad for them. Wait! This is miserable! I hate it. Not Nebraska as a whole, but definitely hate the winter weather. I'm trying think positive with the passing of January. I try to tell myself that I am one month closer to spring. Can you picture it? Green grass, fresh green leaving coming out on the trees, gardens filling with flowers. Then someone has to remind me that winter here lasts much longer than what I like to think of winter as lasting (gotta love that AR winter). I have no choice but to put up with it, but I'm allowed to complain a little. Right???