anniversary-moms day-ella

Yesterday, Michael and I celebrated our second anniversary. Well, as much as one can celebrate with a toddler and post-call husband.

The second anniversary gift is cotton... I'm hoping once we get our new couch we will get a Jonathan Adler monogram pillow. It's cotton, so it works... right :)

Happy anniversary to my sweet husband. He works so hard for us and I am so proud to be his wife! Love you tons!

such a perfect day!
On mother's day, Michael was on call so Kane and I went on a mommy-son date. There is a great pizza place down the street from us. I'm obsessed with their calzones and Kane loves watching them make the pizzas so it was a win,win.

My sweet angel... I love being his mommy!

The guys throw flour at the kids... such a fun place!

Last Thursday, our town kicked off their "fresh market on the town." Once a week local farmers bring their goods to main street and you can go and support them by purchasing their items.

Michael was working (once again) so Kane and I decided to go solo.

All the kids love to play in the fountain.

A few weeks ago, I made kane banana popsicles. He loves them!

I saw this book at Sur la Table... it made me smile because it would have made my dad's heart happy.

We also made my step-moms famous cake. I always begged her to make it for us in the summer. Kane loved "helping".

"mom, i'm trying to bake! stop taking my picture!"

they are amazing!

want the recipe??

here you go...

regular cake mix, just add pineapple/mandarin orange juice instead of water to the mix. (get canned crushed pineapple and mandarin oranges... i got two of each) then you mix in the fruit to the batter. Cook as usual. For the icing, use cool whip and leftover fruit.

such a refreshing cake!

I saw this sign as we were running errands the other day, pretty much sums it up! We had a record breaking April for the most rain EVER!!! I think the weatherman said it rained 24 out of 30 days. Makes me depressed just thinking about it.

I saved the best for last- meet Ella Sinclair! This little angel was born May 7 th to our dear friends and soon to be neighbors, Abby and Matt. I can not wait to get my hands on her! Such perfection! Can you believe she only weighed 6.10 at 41 weeks? Tiny little girl is as beautiful as her mommy. Happy mother's day Abby! I will babysit ALL the time!!

Kane's 1/2 Birthday and Our 1 Year!!!!

Happy 1 year anniversary! Words can not explain how much I love you. I wake up every morning trying to be a better woman because of you. You really are my soul-mate and my best friend. I will love you until I take my last breath here on Earth. I'll leave the rest for ears only but just like our song says..."I thought I loved you then..."

Our cake today... first bite just to make sure it still is cake and not mold

Right before you smashed a chunk of icing on my face-

I love you!!!

And for the second half of this post- Our sweet baby is 6 months old!!

You are in size 3 diapers

You are pretty much crawling- you go backwards, rock and as of today do face plants going forward. It kind of looks like your doing the "worm"

You can sit by yourself

You have eaten squash, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes and bananas

You LOVE bath time

You can only sleep on your tummy or your side now

You are the happiest baby ever

When we go out to eat you sit in a highchair

You want to eat drink ANYTHING you see us eating or drinking

Happy 6 months!!!

I got you a "small" birthday cake to celebrate your half birthday since we may not be here for your 1st. It is supposed to be a "1" cut in half.

I let you taste the blue sugar plaque- it was your first non-baby food thing to taste and man did you love it!

Hanging with Uncle Matt after your first taste of sugar

Since it took so long to get your chair it was part of your 6 month gift! You won't remember!

And your BIG- boy car seat came in! You look so little but yet so big in it!

And of course you have to try out how it tastes!

We went to lunch today and the waitress wanted to know if you wanted crayons!! LOL I guess she thought you looked older today too!

We love you baby! I am so proud to be your mommy!