Wordless Wednesday

Project 365

I have decided to link up with Jessica's blog The Mom Creative for my Project 365. I'll be posting every Tuesday for the previous week over on my 365 blog. Head over if you get a chance and check out my pictures from last week and even follow along if you'd like.

I HEART Faces-Hilarious Outtakes

I HEART Faces is a photography blog that holds weekly contests for amateur and professional photographers alike. This weeks category is Hilarious Outtakes and this picture immediately came to mind. It's not professional quality by any means and I didn't even take it-my mom did in the delivery room but it will always stick out in my mind!!!

Caleb had just been born and David was of course beaming. He was standing right at the warming table looking over him admiring his new pride and joy.

Until.........Yep that's right David had his face right down there glaring at his beautiful son as he began peeing right in his face!!!! I think he got the shock of a lifetime!

These are the kind of memories that I absolutely cherish! It's what family is all about!!! Head over to I HEART Faces and join in on the fun this week.

5 Question Friday

I missed out on 5 Question Friday last week but I'm excited to be back and into the groove again. Head over to Mama M's blog and join in over at My Little Life.

For this week here goes ~

1. Do you sing karaoke? If so, what is your go to song?

I have only done karaoke 1 time-that's right one single measly time. I'm a wimp I know!!!! To make it even lamer I was in the sixth grade when I did it. I was at a friend's birthday party and we sang to a Vince Gill song. I'm not stupid enough to try it again unless you sound playing with the kids on the Wii Disney Sing along.


2. What is your favorite coffee drink?

I LOVE vanilla lattes as big as they come however it is very very rare that I get one-I'm talking like 2 times a year. My everyday routine is several cups of black coffee. I used to load it with cream and sugar but I got tired of wasting money on creamer so I gave it up and started drinking it black.

3. If you could choose your own name, what would it be?

I actually like my name however I would drop my middle name if I could-which technically I can which is why I suppose I did when I got married. My middle name is Gail and I never liked it at all. The story is told that when I was born my dad liked Stephanie and my mom liked Gail so that was how they decided on my name. Then when they got divorced my dad didn't like Gail so he called me Stephanie and my mom continued to call me Gail. Basically I was called 2 different names my entire life until I was old enough to decide for myself. My mom still calls me Gail most of the time though it's weird hearing it.

4. Were you ever bullied?

I wouldn't call it bullied. I was picked on in middle school but I wouldn't say I was bullied. It sucked and I hated it but it was a fact of life at the time. I can't say I've actually ever seen someone get bullied like I hear about nowadays.

5. How often do you eat fast food?


Not often. We will go through stages where we'll want it. I'd say maybe once a week though there are many weeks we'll go without fast food at all. When I eat it I feel like crap afterwards though it sure tastes good going down.

I am SO not ready for this!

I was beginning to get frustrated. I have been trying for the last 30 minutes to get this attached and I was bound and determined to find a way to do it tonight!

I am now the proud owner of Lucas' very first love letter! Can you believe it? I can hardly believe my eyes-not only that he wrote it but that he actually gave it to me! I just knew he would tear it up and throw it away or refuse to let me see it let alone let me keep it. He'll kill me one day when he finds out I actually blogged about it but I can't resist. My heart is fluttering with happiness and a little bit of sadness that he's growing up so quickly.

Background: this little girl has been in our lives since Lucas was in 4K. She and Lucas bonded right away and Lucas automatically called her his girlfriend :) For about a year that was the case-just absolutely in love with each other. Lucas eventually became very close to her brother and hangs out her house often. They've all spent an enormous amount of time together. Something you would think would fade but still to this day Lucas blushes when he talks about her. David kept telling him he needed to write her a love letter and even though he said he had told her numerous times that he loved her he said he was going to do it today.

He comes home today and tells me that he wrote it-he said the first thing she wrote back to him was maybe(that's on the other side of the paper-I told ya it took me long enough to get this part loaded) and he wrote her back and told her that wasn't an answer :) Then she wrote back and said not right now. He was fine with it though and said there was another girl in his class he thought was pretty. She still has his heart though :)

I'll cherish this letter forever-it makes me tingle when I read it! The bottom part is her answer.

Wordless Wednesday

I HEART Faces-Hands On Fun

I haven't participated in an I HEART Faces challenge in quite a while now but I saw someone else's entry this morning and decided to jump back in. That's what this week is about after all-jumping back in with both feet forward so here I go.

This is Hands on Fun week at I HEART Faces and I thought of this picture I took of Allie recently. I had just laid Caleb down for a nap so I had a few minutes of one on one time with Allie before her naptime. I love that time of day when it's just she and I. I gave her a miniature sugar cookie and she just laid and looked at it in her hands for the longest time before she actually took a bite of it.