Welcome To Adulthood, Landon!

I can't believe we are here.  My first born child, the one who made me a mom, is now 18!  He is a legal adult now and I just can't wrap my head around that.  I mean, the fact that he could legally move out on his own is terrifying and heartbreaking.  Regardless, I am so incredibly proud of …

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Becoming a Man: The First Shave

I knew this day was coming.  For the last couple of weeks I kept saying, "Aaron it's time to teach Landon how to shave." Over and over and over.  When your 13-year-old is growing a mustache and it's getting longer and darker by the minute, it's definitely time.  We finally fou…

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ornaments

This is Liam's first Christmas up and about, getting into fun, Christmasy mischief. He loves our ornaments, as any toddler would. He has a favorite he ventures to, my snowman from 2004. We have a memory tree full of our ornaments from every year.  It's our tradition.  Liam really doesn…

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birthday and trick-or-treating

We had so much fun! Good friends, family, cornhole, cool gifts, yummy pizza, cake, and ice cream. Well, I'll assume the food was good since I didn't have anything that day except for coffee. Busy, busy. I decided to make Landon's cake this year. Oh boy, where do I begin? It wa…

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the stick man

Landon was outside the other day and found a stick in the grass.  Of course, we all know that sticks and little boys don't mix, so I told him to put it down for the fear of him hurting himself, or better yet, someone else.  Did he listen?  I'll let you see for yourself. Channeling the Sti…

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fake polaroid fun

I learned something new over the weekend and I absolutely love it. It really was fun to do. And, this may be something I use for engagements down the road. This wasn't done to perfection since I didn't have everything that I needed to pull this off the correct way, but man, I can't w…

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seven

First and foremost, it's still difficult for me to fathom that I am a Mom. I think back over seven years ago and try to visualize not being one. I can't. I am a Mom and there's nothing in this world to change it.  I don't want to.  Now that time has passed and I look at my baby, m…

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it's here, it's here

I went outside to get the mail yesterday and man was it cold! You know Fall is really here when you need jackets, hats, and actual shoes (I'm a flip-flop junkie). It's definitely chili-cooking, coffee-drinking, hot chocolate-making weather now. And, have I mentioned that Fall is my favor…

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a morning of buzz

Liam is really showing interest in his Buzz Lightyear ride-on toy this week.  He's figured out that he can get around faster by pushing this thing everywhere.  When he gets stuck, he looks back at me and waits patiently for me to move it and then he's off again.  And, at times if he sees so…

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shutter love tuesday - cakes

This week's Shutter Love Tuesday theme is "Cakes".  Two entries, two contests?  Man, I'm on a roll.  If you read my last post , you'll know what I'm talking about.  I took this photo at a wedding I did this past summer.  I also have birthday cakes digitally documented.  Bu…

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