Like Father Like Son

Lover Boy just absolutely loves being a daddy. And I must admit he's a dang good one! When we found out that we were having a boy, we were both so excited. One of the first things he said was that he gets to dress the boy, since I have Little Princess to make a mini me out of. Lover Boy told me of his plans to tattoo up our little boy. I agreed that as long as it's only rub-on tattoos. So here are some of Little Man's first tattoos.

This one on the bum was so funny because I'd forgotten all about it when I was changing his diaper and I couldn't figure out for the life of me why there was just one spot of poop that I couldn't wipe off. LOL.

a BIG 4 year old is taking over our home!

Little Princess turned 4 today!! Can you believe that my baby girl is now 4? I can't hardly stand it. Last year my friends all took Little Princess to breakfast for her birthday. Little Princess remembered that this year and asked if we could do that again. My friends of course agreed that they would love to go. We had a delicous IHOP breakfast and then had to hurry home so she could open her presents.


This year we opted to not have a traditional birthday party with all her friends. After we'd spent the afternoon at the Gateway playing in the fountain a few weeks ago, Little Princess decided that's what she'd like to do again for her birthday. Sounded spectacular to me. I told her she could invite a friend, immediately she asked for Sotera, I had to remind her yet again that Sotera no longer lived nearby and that she wouldn't be able to. We decided on her little friend from church, Rock. However it was his brothers birthday that same day, so he was spending time with him and his dad. My mom and Kimi were away at girl's camp and so Jared was left home alone during the days. Little Princess was so excited when I told her that Jared should come with us. Because the weather did anything but cooperate with us on her special day, we weren't able to play outside. So, instead we went to the 3D movie "UP". It was so cute, Little Princess kept saying "I think this is maybe too scary for me mom". There are dogs in the show and she's a bit afraid of dogs, now I'm sure she'll be very afraid of dogs. LOL.

We had a nice day and despite a few (and they were very few) 3 year old fits she is going to be an awesome 4 year old.

Since my mom and Kimi were going to be gone to girl's camp over Little Princess's birthday we decided to celebrate the Sunday before with them. Little Princess was just so excited that she didn't even want to eat dinner, we told her that after she ate she could open her presents, I guess she thought if she didn't eat she could open them sooner...
She was so excited to get such fun and cute earrings from Uncle Justin, Aunt Natalie and Mya. She loves changing her earrings each day and now she has a bunch more to choose from. The present that topped all others was the bike from Grammy and Papa. She was so excited and couldn't wait to ride it. What a fun day, if only every day could be a birthday!

Little Man absolutely loved the cake. He ate all of Aunt Natalie's.

To my best friend,

When I met you 4 years ago, I instantly loved you. You were perfect and I immediately knew we'd be such good friends. Over the last 4 years you have taught me so many things: how to love, to put others before me, to be patient, to laugh at everything and nothing, that nothing is too insignificant, that I am loved, the amazing ability of each human being, and so much more. You are truly amazing dear friend. During the 4 years that we've known each other (in this life, because I know that I knew you before we met on this earth) you've seen my biggest struggles in life, yet you were always the one who wrapped your loving and nonjudgemental arms around me and would whisper that everything would be alright and that you were there to protect me. You have no idea the power of those hugs and sweet little words. I sat in amazement, the first time you told me that everything would be alright and you'd take care of me, you were only 17 months old. You knew your mommy's heart was hurting, and you soothed my pain right away! There were many times after that that I relied on your sweetness to get me through my day, week, month. You never failed me, you always rescued me. Thank you!!
As I watch you grow and develop your little personality, I'm amazed at what a special girl you are. You really are unlike so many children. You are far beyond your age in so many ways. You understand things that a 4 year old shouldn't have to. You have such a sweet compasionate spirit. You are my little social butterfly. I remember being a young girl and being so shy and timid, I delight in watching you interact with so many different people. You touch many peoples lives and bring such joy to all who meet you.

I love you, you are my best friend, my favorite little girl!! Happy birthday Little Princess!!

Getting out the wiggles...

My dear friend Dana owns a gym that teaches tumbling and cheer leading. I've wanted to sign Little Princess up for that or dance or anything to just let her get some energy out and have fun. Dana was visiting us one day and mentioned that she had just started a summer preschool age tumbling class. She told me to bring Little Princess, so I of course agreed. It's on a day that I work, but figured that either Lover Boy or my mom can take her.

I made the mistake of telling Little Princess about this exciting news of her starting tumbling. From that day on, which was 6 days, she'd ask every day about 10 times if it was Tuesday, when I'd tell her "no it's Thursday", she'd then go through the days and count how many more days til she got to go tumbling.

Lover Boy took her and said she did great and that she really had a blast. She told me all about it the next day when I saw her. She looks forward to it each week, I think Tuesday has become her favorite day of the week. THANKS SO MUCH DANA!!

Even Little Man had a good time!

Bon Fire

We were so excited when Lover Boy got his jeep. We talked about how much fun we will have taking little camping trips. We both enjoy camping so much, but haven't been for a few years. Little Princess has a Curious George book that she absolutely loves reading. One of the stories is about camping, so after reading that a few months ago all she can talk about is when we go camping. We'd planned a trip, but things fell through and we didn't end up making it out. Since then we still are anxious to go.
Friday night we were all a little bored with not much thought of to do. I was cleaning the house and Little Princess came in and asked if we could do something. Then a little light flickered in my otherwise dull brain and suggested that she go and ask Lover Boy if we could at least have a fire and roast hot dogs and marshmallows.
We had a nice fire right in our own backyard, which really was nice because then everything we needed for Little Man was just a doorway away. LOL. Little Princess had so much fun, hot dogs are one thing we can get her to eat quite a bit of, one of the very few things.
We had a lovely evening...and as you can see Little Man loved every minute of it too, except when we weren't getting his food shoveled in fast enough.