.Air's a Father Day

Father’s Day weekend was… well… lacking? Unfortunately Air had to work all day Saturday and most of the day Sunday. As he will probably have to do most weekends from now on. Poor guy.

But you know what? That is just part of what makes Air such a great Father. He does whatever he has to do to provide for Ames and I. He takes care of us and we appreciate him every day for it.

A while back Air got this sweet tool set, and he said “this is my Fathers Day gift early”:

That was great, but Ames and I still surprised him with a few little goodies this weekend:

 

He deserves everything.

Oh, we also visited “Grandpa” for Fathers Day… Tessa gave him an ipad maxi! With wings!

He hated it.

I hope you had a great day too, Dad. Sorry we didnt get to visit you in Utah… we appreciate everything you have done for us. Love you so much!

.walkin' talkin' cowboy

Amesy boy’s a’growin! He took his first steps alone last Sunday at his Grandma’s house. We were all having so much fun making him walk and cheering him on, by the end of it he was up to taking about 6 steps! Here’s a little video:

And here’s another video of Ames saying “tah” (car). It’s his favorite word so he says it for everything now.

As for the picture at the top of this post, we think it’s hilarious when Ames grabs onto the handlebar in his car seat… and it’s especially cute when he falls asleep like that.

We've been having a crazy week over here and now we're just feeling extremely blessed to be coming out of it still employed (after company cutbacks) and alive (after major tornado warnings on Wed). This weekend couldn't have come soon enough!

Although this is what's out my window right now... I'm waiting for some sunshine!

Happy Father's Day weekend!

.tenth month

Ames looks like he’s counting the months in this picture… we are all just watching them fly by. It’s freaky and incredible and exciting and horrible. In just 2 more months I’ll have a one year old?? MEEP!

Ames can do so much now. He learned to crawl in a day (May 12th to be exact) and has just been crawling everywhere ever since. He’s this close to standing alone… in fact, he lets go all the time just to test it out, then he starts wobbling after a second when he gets scared. He says words! “mama”, “dada”, “tah”, (car), “da” (dog). He likes to copy lots of the sounds and actions we make too. His favorite toy is a stuffed owl from his Aunt Elisa. He gives it the HUGEST kisses all the time. He also loves our iphones… He’s allergic to eggs (for now) and had that crazy rash break out over his entire body. It was horrible, but luckily it only lasted about 5 days and didn’t seem to bother him.

This boy… he loves going to the park. Heck, he loves anything that we do together. He’s just a happy guy.

According to everyone, our next child is going to be a terror… we really lucked out with this one.

We love you baby.

.10 years ago today

I graduated from High School... my my my…

Funny thing, I have a terrible memory because I can’t seem to remember much about my high school years.

I remember being very self-conscious walking around in the halls thinking the popular kids were surely laughing at me. I worried about dumb things. Were my shoes out of style or my hips too wide? Was I tan enough? Was my hair the right color? Please don’t let anyone look at me today?

I don’t think about those things anymore… and I am so glad to be free of that mindset. Holy WOW am I glad to be free of that!

Why did I care so much? I had all the friends I ever needed and my family loved me no matter what. So what if someone laughs at me for wearing the wrong brand of jeans? Why should they care what I was wearing anyway?

Life goes on… and in my case it gets better and better.

Now I wear whatever I like and I don’t worry about anyone else. I make friends with anyone and don’t hold back my personality in case they don’t like me.

I really do wish that I could go back and have a conversation with 18 year old me. What was she like? Did she know who she was and what her potential was? What were her plans for the future? Did she have any idea how many incredible experiences lied ahead of her? Did she know that someone so amazing as Air could love her someday?

I don’t think she did… fortunately she knows now.

I mean, I know now.

.post 400

According to my calculations that last post was my 400th. Holy wow it's a milestone.

What keeps me going I wonder?

I guess it seems to be the best way to share our life with my family that’s all so very far away.

But it’s also been such a great way to keep some of our memories together.

We love going through our archives together… laughing at the dumb things I’ve written and the pictures I’ve posted. It’s unlike any other journal I’ve kept (I’ve kept many journals).

I love it a lot.

And I especially love reading your comments, guys.

Here’s a video of Ames getting around. He is such a mover these days… all over the place!