Photo a Day Challenge

Have you heard of Instagram? It is seriously my favorite photo sharing app. If you don't have it, you must get it immediately. Then, you can follow me and I'll follow you and we'll be friends for life. The app is seriously cool.

Well, for the month of January many Instagram users are taking part in a 31 day challenge. We have a topic each day that we must capture in a single photo. Isn't that a great way to get to know each other?? Well, I decided to post on here the pictures as well.

Topic: YOU

BREAKFAST: 

I had sausage balls that morning. Yum!!

I ADORE: I adore my family so much. 

LETTERBOX:

I think it is so cool that our mail comes in through our front door and our mailman walks the street.

SOMETHING I WORE:

Scarves and coats are a wintertime must in my wardrobe. 

MAKES ME SMILE:

Baby mess makes me smile. 

I love looking around my house and seeing remnants that Bradley has been there.

FARVOURITE:

Gilmore Girls is by far my favorite TV show of all time. I own the entire series and watch through it all at least once a year. They just don't make TV like that anymore. 

MY SKY:

I love me a winter sky with bare branches. Unfortunately, this year these days have been rare. Yesterday, it was in the mid-70s and muggy... I was so disappointed. It felt much like a summer day. Not a winter one.

DAILY ROUTINE:

Each morning I get to wake this little guy up and it is by far my favorite routine. He is usually all smiles and wants to tell me all about what happened while we all slept. We talk, play, look out the window, play some more, and then get dressed for the day. 

 

CHILDHOOD:

I received Ziggy as a birthday gift on my first birthday. He slept with me until I got married. 

And now, he sleeps with Bradley. I love that we can share something like that with each other.

So there you have the first 10 days of the challenge. It is so fun to look at other people's routines and favorite things. I've really enjoyed it. Look out for the next 10 in about 10 days. :-)

A Picture Window

Warning: This post contains a lot of pictures. Proceed knowing that you will be saying "aw" and "how cute is that" a lot. Enjoy!

Bradley loves the outdoors. For his birthday, we got him a Radio Flyer wagon complete with cup holders and seat belts. Yesterday alone he walked up to it and tried to get in it four separate times. He rings the bell like Parker when he wants to go out. And when he is outside, he smiles and smiles and smiles. It's so much fun.

Well, at our house all our windows are too high for him to see out. He tries to stand on his tip toes but that doesn't work yet. Over thanksgiving while we were at my parents house, B discovered their huge picture window in their living room. And this is what followed.

 Parker couldn't resist joining in on the fun! He likes the outdoors too. I also love how you can totally see what their relationship is like from this picture. B LOVES Parker. He'll walk up to him and start talking him and give him kisses. Parker LOVES us.... and the outdoors. He's still trying to figure B out.

 

Happy New Year!!

Welcome to 2012!!

This could possibly be the last year of our existence. Jeremy says the interpreters of the Mayan calendar were wrong and we are safe from the world ending in 2012. I do think it is going to be fun, though, to watch and see if another Y2K scare happens. Better be stocking up on canned goods and water! It could get cra cra.

I know that I should probably post on New Year resolutions and add a great quote, but I have one more Christmas post to do. You'll be okay with that, right?? Well, honestly, you have no real say so here we go.


Christmas 2007 was mine and Jeremy's first Christmas together. My mom sweetly wanted to commemorate the occasion by putting this in our stocking. I'm pretty sure I cried.

And so started a trend. Each year I get a new ornament that represents that year in our life. This year I documented all the ones received and my new ones. It is such a special treat to put these on our Christmas tree and sweet reminder that we are blessed.

2008

We adopted our precious Little P. He loves car rides and his hair blowing in the wind. And can we please talk about my picture taking skills for a second? I mean, you can't just pose a dog like this. It really was a struck of luck that Parker decided to stand there right as I was taking THIS photo. I think he's hoping one of you will see his talent and hire him as a model. He really wants to be famous.

2009

 I got a brand new car! I was completely taken aback when Jeremy bought it for me. It's a 2010 silver Malibu and I love it.

2010

 

 

This year TWO exciting things happened: we bought our first home AND we welcomed Bradley into the world. 

2011

 Let's face it. 2010 is a hard year to follow. But two exciting things did happen. We celebrated Bradley turning 1 with a firetruck party! And I got a KitchenAid. So this year I got two ornaments! I can't wait to hang them on my tree next year.

Thank you for letting me talk Christmas one more time! 

2011 really has been a great year. I don't think Jeremy and I have ever enjoyed ourselves more. We have so much fun watching B grow and figure new things out, learning to parent B, and just enjoying him. Our marriage has grown so much too. Jeremy and I have had a lot of fun this year. I don't think we have ever laughed more.

Man... 2012 has some big shoes to fill. I hope it's ready, because here we are!