a weekend away....

Smith is spending the weekend at CC and Pop's house and from the email I got last night....I think they are having a great time!!!

oh! and we FOUND the camera!!! woo-hoo!

one cooperative kid....

If you're anything like me, you don't like posts that have NO pictures....so I will try my best to keep you entertained long enough to read my story!

Here goes nothing....

When I was a little girl, I was maybe a little stubborn. I hear stories all of the time about the hard-headed, fit-throwing child that I was...don't get me wrong - I was cute... I was just cute with a serious attitude.

To paint you a picture, my mother says the one thing that I "threw-a-fit" about the most was my SOCKS. I hated wearing socks because, get this....the "line" (or seam) across the top of my toes was not straight...or it was too high...or too low...WHATEVER I could find wrong! We have joked about this for years and my mama always said, "Just wait until you have children and have to get them dressed for school....I can't wait until they start kicking their legs and ripping their socks off!"

Well guess what MY child's favorite thing to do is?

Getting dressed for school and putting on his socks and shoes! Yep, the 13 month old RUNS to me like charging bull with his head down, laughing, to put his head through the neck of his shirt, then jumps in my lap and holds his feet out for socks and shoes!

To make things even easier...he LOVES getting his fingernails clipped! Have you ever heard of such? He sits by me on the couch and holds his fingers out...he watches so intently and is so curious!

So mama....for NOW at least....I have one cooperative kid!

we have not disappeared...

but our CAMERA has!

I am SO lost. My husband, who loves successfully searching for and finding things that I have misplaced (which is quite often) has given up hope. We both remember the exact moment we had it last and it has truly vanished into thin air!

So, without any precious pictures, I will have to bore you with words for a few days...

Bare with me until we find our camera or buy a new one...

THE backpack

Smith LOVES leaving the house for school. Now, me leaving him AT school is a different story. His doing good and gets a happy face every day , but it is going to take a while for him to get used to the new schedule!

Now...the leaving for school he loves for two reasons...
#1. He LOVES putting on his shoes!
AND...
#2. He LOVES his backpack!
I mean he wants to wear the thing around the house!
When I say, " Are you ready to go to school?"
He smiles and goes to get his backpack!

is that cute or what?

"cheese" and a redhead?

I have finally gotten Smith to stand still for a few pictures. I think he is getting the hang of saying "cheese!"

now we just have to work on saying "cheese" AND keeping our eyes opened at the same time!

His hair is cotton top blonde in person with no hint of red....
but you can't deny the redhead in these photos!

make mine monogrammed!

My friend Keely has an awesome blog! She sells monogrammed and appliqued children's clothing, bibs, etc! (She makes most of the clothes you see Smith wearing!) So cute and so affordable! She's having a give-away right now so go to her website to win a cute backpack or a gift certificate!

Click here!

i love my blog.

i love my blog. but i love my child MUCH more.

i thought my sister and my friend Emily were a little "overprotective" when they went private and to be honest i thought it was silly to think something crazy would happen.

THEN...i saw this article!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,536294,00.html?test=latestnews

(i have noticed i am not the only one among my fellow bloggers who saw this article!)

if you would like to keep up with our family, please post a comment below with your email address. i would love for you to watch my little man grow, i just want to know who you are!!!