my garden

yes, i am proud of this garden. i have 11 green beans to eat and 2 green peppers. with more on the way. I love my garden and I love growing things. I have 3 amazing rose bushes with 2 beautiful pots brimming with wonderful little flowers. I even have real flowers to put on our table at night or during the day...even a small rose bush. Oh the joys of gardening. more pics are in the picasa folder

Scooter turns 2

I know it's been almost a week, but the boy did, infact, turn 2.
He turned 2 on Easter. So he got a great birthday start. I started the tradition that my mom has with me, i woke him up at 6:45am because that's when he was born...not to mention he had to get up so that we could have breakfast with the Easter bunny at the Zoo. so it all worked out.

I still look at him and I can't imagine that he was ever 4lbs and 4oz. It's hard to imagine that he was small enough that even most premie clothes were too big on him. Did you know that he spent 4 weeks in NICU?
looking at him today you'd never know.

His vocabulary is through the roof. He has more words than beanie does...most days and he's smart. For me, scary smart. Yesterday in the car he said that he loved me, then he said something about an airplane...guess he got distracted.
He is still in the 25th percentile for height and weight, but he's growing at a steady rate. We even started him on big boy pants. How time seems to fly.
Scooters birthday came and went without a whole lot of fan fare. We sang happy birthday to him and gave hima blue cupcake, which he was covered in by the end of the night.

I can't beleive how lucky we are to have not one, but 2 great kids. He's helpful, polite, frienddly, cute as a button and very loveable, but watch out for the mean side of him. There's a reason we call him the destroyer.
He makes me proud to be his mom everyday and every day I love him more than the day before. I wonder what each day will bring and I look forward to the snuggles, love and books that we get to shre right before bed.

We love you little boy. We are glad you're here. you are loved and wanted everyday, don't ever forget that.

missing friends and family

So with Easter come and gone, I got a few cards in the mail from both friends and family.

One was touching (mitch), one was homemade(Anne) and a (more than a)few made me miss family and friends. Sometimes i forget how much I miss family and friends until I hear from them with a card in the mail or an e-mail just to say hello. I know that life gets in the way, it goes that way for all of us.

Anyway, I miss everyone. There are days when I wish that I could bundle all my friends and family and keep them around..instead of all of us spreading out. though it is amazing to see where each of us as gone. We have family in 8 states. WOW!
So i may not respond to you quickly, but please now that your e-mail or letter or text message has made my day...probably my whole week. So thank you for caring and taking the time to say hello or happy holidays and for all the wonderful things that each of you has done for both myself, mike and the kids. I hope someday they grow up and become just as thoughtful as all of you.

sad day

Thursday was Logan's last day with his teacher, Ms. Viki. Not because we are pulling himoput, but because he is turning 2 on Sunday.
That means that he moves from the 1 year olde to to the 2 year old room. I'd like to say that i look forward to him moving up, but i too, have become attached to Ms. Viki.
We said goodbye on thursday (they are closed today because of good friday) and exchanged e-mail addresses. I know that Logan has not figured out that he is moving teachers, but he will on Monday when he goes in and is brought into Ms.Kelly's class.
It's a whole new world for him.

I have been told that he is one smart little boy. i can have a conversation with him and understand what he tells me. Things like..I want to get out, i went poopy, i'm hungrey when's food? things like that. it's kind of scary and all at the same time awsome.

I look forward to all that he will learn, but at the same time I will miss seeing Ms. Viki every day. She has done an amazing job with not only scooter, but with all the kids in her class. If only she'd move up with him...then life would be better!