laugh....

i needed a good laugh today....

the last few days have been really hard for me...

i am missing my husband something fierce and well, to be honest, it's got me in a rut....which is a place that i do not often visit...

and then we went to soccer practice and of course i took pictures...

and i saw this...

and i laughed until i literally had tears streaming down my face...i am actually still laughing...

this child of mine can turn my darkest days around...

the things she says...like tonight for instance "why do i have to take the ball away from the other kids, that's not nice"

the things she does....

like the time she "forgot" to put her panties on while dressing herself one morning...off we went to drop avery off at school and then we were off to the gym...not until i was finished with my two hour work out and i she was laying on the floor for me to put her tennis shoes on did i actually SEE that she was showing her girly goodies to the entire gym day care....i still laugh (to myself of course when i think about that)

her facial expressions...revert back to picture one again...it says it all!!!!

i thank God for her everyday....that He would put someone so very special in my life...

she is so very special to me....

she is my heart, my love

and can turn my frown upside down any day!!!

happy hump day friends.................GO VIPERS!!!

x's & o's
~r~

she titillates me

she has since birth....i believe she always will....

with her big heart, few words, beautiful eyes, caring soul.

she tickles me with the things she says.

right now she calls licking "icking", vitamins "mightymens", coke "coke-coke", tea "tea-tea", avery "avwey", oh i could go on...i could listen to my sweet girl for hours. the way she says things just slays me.

she is adamant, stubborn, easily heart-broken, sensitive, a girl of few words, a tad bit bossy, painfully shy.

she wears her heart on her sleeve and is not afraid to show you her emotions.

it takes her time to warm up to you but when she does, her heart she gives you forever.

she gives the biggest and best hugs that have turned my mood around on more than one occasion.

she is a snuggler and a cuddler...her favorite spot right now is curled up in a ball on my lap...and to be honest....i do not mind one bit.

she is doing well in school. loves her teacher. could do without the "noisy kids" (her words, not mine). is recognizing the majority of the alphabet and her numbers. loves spending time at part day pre-school and learning lots. she is smart this one, maybe too smart for her own good.

she is starting to toy with the idea of challenging me, showing a bit of her sassy side...i got her number on speed dial though.

this one. she thinks she's tough, hard core and all that. but the moment that she gets scared, hurt or just feels bad she comes running to me, her safe place to fall.

she is so particular in everything that she does. everything!

she is my little mimic. she "sews" when i sew, "talks on the phone" when i'm on the phone, does her "business" on the computer when i am dealing with my business on the computer. everything i do she does, she flatters me, she really does.

she takes "big baby" with her everywhere we go. more times than not "big baby" has to stay in the car as i am a little embarrassed by how she looks. (the girls decided they needed to pull out her eyelashes over one eye and write all over her with pen and try as i might i can't get it off).

she loves pretending. dancing. singing. and dress-up. (as long as she can do it undetected....this one will never yearn to be in the spotlight, she's more of a behind the scenes type of girl!)

she is trying to be more independent everyday, i'm not sure how i fell about that or if i am ready for that.

she is a delight.

she is my heart.

this kid and i....we have a special bond.

and i really, honestly don't' understand how there was life...real heart-breaking, gut wrenching, scared out of your wits, the feeling of responsibility and being held accountable, laugh until you pee your pants, gut wrenching life....before my girls came along .

*i want to thank the amazing Audrey Coley...she is an amazing photographer (she did all of the pictures above as well as so many more of the girls i have and is collaborating on a new project with me)...an amazing friend....inspirational....feeds my creative side...you are wonderful dear friend. Thank you so much for being in my life*

have a wonderful thursday dear friends

x's & o's
~r~

soc-who?

a month ago avery asked if she could sign up to play soccer this year....adilyn's response...

"sock - who....who are you going to sock sissy?"

i hurriedly explained to her that it was a game and of course the next words out of her mouth were "i wanna sock her too mommy".....soooooo i signed both girls up for soccer....

avery has yet to start....her first practice is next week...adilyn started this week and OH MY GOODNESS....if you want/need a good laugh my suggestion to you is to watch a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds run around on the field for an hour.....it is roll on the ground funny...even avery didn't get bored watching!!

a little side note...i was very upset with myself for not checking the charge on my camera battery...i get to the field and after the first ten minutes the camera decided it needed a nap...boooooooooooooooo!!

so we start with some sit-ups....she wasn't too enthused about these...

can you see the enthusiasm in her face about the sit-ups...i don't blame her....that's how i look when my gym nazi christina told me to come up with a new ab routine....i think the face below is the exact face i gave her!!!

on to running in place....this seemed to be more her cup of tea...after all, she HAD to run up and down the isles of target with her cleats on to prove to me that they make her go "supa fast"

then we move onto every body's favorite....jumping jacks....or more like jump up and down...wave your hands in the air and then throw in a few claps for good measure....

warm-up is over...team stands in a circle and discuss what is next on the agenda........(please make a note that adilyn has the same problem her mamma does....poor girl is always having to hike up her pants....not sure why...we both have plenty of junk in our trunks but the pants just do not seem to stay where they are supposed to)

SNACK TIME....and they all come running....all 5 of them!!!! 4 little boys just as cute as can be and my baby girl....the boys on the team already love her...this one...i tell you she is going to have every male around her wrapped around her little finger....she is trouble i tell you!!

just look at those sweet sweet little shin guards...and the cleats...cutest things EVER....i mean come on....white and pink soccer socks....white and pink shin guards....black super little, super cute cleats with pink trim....the only thing that could possibly be better than this if they were trimmed in purple!!!!!!!!!!

boy was she ever ready for her break...and this was just after 15 minutes of warm-up..in her defense it was hot with no breeze...i am looking forward to the cooler days...oh how i am longing for those cooler days!!!

i tell you...that coach....a daddy of one of the little boys on the team and also a solider....he deserves some type of award for taking on coaching 3 and 4 year olds....i tell you...it's like herding a bunch of bouncing tiggers....they are all bouncing in different directions all at the same time...if it were me i would probably have a flask of something hidden in the cooler just to get through an hour practice....hysterical i tell you!!!

notice the pose....this was how she stood when she wasn't kicking the ball...when she wasn't kicking the ball...when she was running after the ball...when she was being the goalie....

i asked her after practice why she always had her hands on her head....her response...

"mommy...coach said i can't touch the ball...so i stuck my hands on my head to mind (remind) me not to touch it.....i don't want to get in trouble!" she is SO her mother's child!!!

and yes...those are matching pink bows she is wearing.....

everything is better when it's done with bows.....didn't you know that??!!?!?!

happy sunday friends

x's & o's
~r~