if it's green it's good

Michael, I know you will appreciate this...

So Caden was watching Dinosaur Train while I was working on the house this morning... and I heard the song "I'm a hungry, hungry herbivore" and then heard Caden's little voice "it's a bronchiosaurus". I wasn't sure I was hearing the right thing... so I ask him what he said to which he repeated himself "it's a bronchiosaurus"... well yes, in fact it was... a bronchiosaurus singing "i'm a hungry, hungry herbivore..." "if it's green it good!" "whaooo, we love to chew... " hahahaha

you would think I would have the whole song memorized by now... too funny.

hi daddy, love you

of course there is more!

Oh Michael... guy downstairs deployed! No worries anymore about him getting woken up at 3am when Caden's alarm goes off because he accidentally set it not knowing what he was doing... yes, that happened last night. and even after i turned if off... it went off again about 10 min later. ended up unplugging it. ha!

garden update

yes, the little one has a particular taste for LaraBars... he asks for them regularly... and it seems he decided he didn't want to ask this time... he was just going to go take them himself.







I thought you might like to see how our jungle, i mean garden, is growing on the deck... seems just putting ONE tomato in the pot was the key... somehow i didn't realize that last year when i put 4 in this same pot... just another reason i should start a gardening journal... to make sure i don't make the same mistakes over again! you might notice there are little white flowers on the pepper plant! The oregano is HAPPY this year... a bigger pot was the key! The eggplant is getting ready to put out some blooms as well... so we might actually get some vegetables off the deck... which i am really excited about. and the zucchini, cucumber, and yellow squash are growing nicely... we will see if all our little friends survive my few jaunts to southern TN, ATL, and NC this summer...

e-i-e-i-o

these speak for themselves... thank you brian and kim for the wonderful a-b-c thing that has this song on it... thanks to you... we sang old macdonald at least 25 times that day... probably more... i ran out of animals every time we got sucked into this loop... ha! not to mention all the times we sang the abc's and row row row your boat...

swimming

in the attempt to make these blogs not too terribly long... i am breaking these videos up into multiple posts...

here is our little man playing in the stream outside the aquarium... he had SO MUCH FUN!

and yet more water

just be warned... there was a fair number of photos and videos taken at the aquarium this last weekend... :)

more water

sand and water

So we had some good times at the aquarium... of course the rays were the big winners that day!


and the sandbox... i can't tell you how much he loves that sandbox!

more

I am sorry about the lighting... it wasn't as bad when i was taking the thing... but looking at it now, there is a nice line of light running right through it. oh well. we always love it when Aunt Beffany comes up to see us! Caden loves his Aunt Beffany and Uncle Ben! :)

mass posting...

Time to catch up on the posting... so sorry... have had a bit going on here. Will see if we can't get you a whole bunch of new pics and vids... Love you baby! Caden and I miss you terribly!

The strawberries were from a local Amish gentleman... they were the best strawberries I have had in years! Wish he was out again... I want more of those little red gems!

And of course, we have Caden munching down on some pizza... there has been entirely too much pizza served in our house in the last 2 months. Oh well. But when we get it now... it will last 2-3 days... as it's just the 2 of us munching down... :)

love you daddy

Daddy, this is for you... since it was your idea to get this video for Caden... just thought you might like to see what he's learned from it. (I am going to have to get a whole bunch of guide books and whatnot so I can learn all these things to teach him... I'm getting pretty good with the different types of trucks, but now it's time to learn all these fish, and plants, and rocks, etc)

We love you!

wonderful times in lexington

here are some shots from this past few days. caden and i went up to lexington to see my grandparents. he always enjoys getting up there and hanging out with grandaddy... getting pushed around in grandmommy's wheelchair... petting the puppy that comes by the nursing home... flipping over the couch at grandaddy's house... saying hi to all the sweet folks at the nursing home... eating pizza for breakfast... oh wait, did i just admit that i let him do that?! oye... :)

We got some pics and a few videos. Caden wouldn't behave for the group pic. oh well. we tried. and then my silly self forgot about not turning the camera sideways for shooting videos... opps.

A BIG HAPPY 91st BIRTHDAY to Grandmommy (it was Friday). It was great to see the folks around town come by and wish her a happy birthday... neighbors and folks from church.

yesterday morning

I will get some pics up later. But I wanted to tell you about the conversation that Caden and I had yesterday morning. He climbed into bed with me around 0655 and immediately said "hello mommy!" The cheerful way he said it let me know that he was well rested and it was going to be a good start to the day. I asked him how he had slept... and clear as day he replied "i slept very well". As I was regaining consciousness, he proceeded to point at a picture up on the wall and say... "there's cousin Daniel"... yes, there is cousin Daniel. He pointed back at the picture and said "there's aunt Katie"... yes, there is aunt Katie.

Really?!? Seriously?!? is my 2 yr old really forming sentences like that? Time is flying... I can't believe we are already at this stage. What's next?!

beautiful flowers

he got up this morning and immediately exclaimed... "those beautiful flowers!" Thank you for my beautiful flowers, My Champion! :) I will get some shots of them as soon as they are all in bloom. (guess maybe it's time to take down the birthday poster... huh?!?!)

13 inches and still going

It is still raining... we have over 13 inches of rain here in clarksville alone - all in the last 36 hours! and we haven't even gotten the brunt of the storm. nashville was hit much harder than we were. I-40 and I-24 have both been shut down in sections. Here in C'ville... the Red River, the Cumberland River, and that other river I can't ever remember the name of... have all overflowed their banks. ANd it's still raining! blah! Days like this are made for ice cream and movies! :) Here are some shots of the deck...

from the top: jet star tomato, kale, orange bell pepper, a bit of perspective, and thai basil.

Lady Gaga in Afghanistan?!?

Ok, this was hilarious! Michael, it's totally something I would expect from you! Seems the boys of the 82nd have a thing for Lady Gaga... This was the rough cut on YouTube...

crazy rain

I can't say I have ever seen a spring starting like this one... The picture of the water on the road is I-24 just south of Nashville. They have shut down the interstate, obviously. We just saw a big boat out on the interstate rescuing a guy out of his car. Talk about craziness! You can note that Montgomery Cnty is under flood warnings until 6am... that's us! And we've gotten over 4" of rain since about 4am today. My poor new tomato and pepper plants (along with my kale, oregano, and thai and sweet basils) are all drowning out there!

The pics of me and Caden are from right before bedtime... :) I love bedtime!

good little soldier

right after i took this video, he went back to doing pushups and counted up to 8! I swear, this little boy amazes me on a daily basis...

hard days

This is the day that the Lord has made... may HE give me the strength to be glad in it.

There are more pictures, but I'm not sure how much I can post. Will ask Michael when we have a chance to talk. Please don't be fooled... Caden doesn't have a gash on his forehead... it's just a marker that he got his hands on while we were hanging out at the Company. From a distance, it looked like he was bleeding... it was bad. Thankfully it came off with just a bit of water. :)

We love you, Michael. We miss you every moment! You are my Champion!