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Lately...

Lately...I've been having lots of fun chasing my little man around!



Lately...Phillie is walking up a storm and loving being outside in God's wonderful creation!!



Lately...I might have been too busy to post on my blog because...

Lately...I've just been having so much fun being a Mommy!

Happy Birthday Phillie!!!

We had a blast celebrating Phillie's birthday (Nov. 12th) this year! We celebrated multiple times, starting with our visit to Oklahoma, where we smashed a couple cakes and opened a few presents. Followed by a lifegroup party, complete with Mommy-made Superman cupcakes with P2's little-people friends. Finally, we had a serious, throw-down, mega party at Ma Maw and Pa Paw's house with the family and a few more friends and little ones. Here are some photos of the fun!

it's almost here...the 1st birthday!

Amazing, but true, Phillie's 1st birthday is just a few weeks away! I can't believe my baby boy is almost one year old! They say time flies, but MYLANTA!(my favorite exclamation as of late), where does the time go? We're going with a Superman theme. I guess I'll work out the details here in the next week or two. It's all just for the adults anyway! Phillie would much prefer playing with a box or the dog's toys. I wonder if he will even like Superman down the road. Probably, if his Daddy has anything to do with it. When Phil Sr. was a kid, you could see him on any given grocery trip wearing a costume of some sort. So, if you live in Central Ohio and you see a kid wearing a cape with a giant "P" on the back, it just might be me and my little man :)

Autumn

It's a quiet, rainy Sunday and everyone else in the house is napping except me. Although the calendar says it's still Summer for a bit longer, I can smell Autumn in the air. I was in the kitchen making apple sauce for Phillie and I looked out the window just in time to catch a leaf falling off our River Birch tree. It was as if Fall was happening right before my eyes. It's so amazing to watch the transition of God's creation from shades of green to a wide spectrum of vibrant color! I snapped this picture of the tree and the bright red burning bushes below it. The next few weeks will be like a beautiful painting, constantly evolving, of trees and bushes giving us one last burst of life before they slumber for Winter. I love this time of year in Ohio. It's something I never really got to experience in Oklahoma, where you go straight from Summer into Winter, all at a Friday night football game.

snaps

Here are some recent snapshots of Phillip Jr.

fond memories of my housekeeper

Ahh...I remember the blissful days of yore when we could afford to employ a housekeeper. It was simply divine...arriving home from work to a lemon-scented, dust-free paradise. Now that I'm a SAHM and operating a home on one income, we can no longer afford this luxury. I really don't mind cleaning my house, in fact, I rather enjoy it. However, there's just something so decadent about having someone else clean it and to be able to plop down on the sofa and relax, knowing your home is neat and tidy.

I think a bulk of the fondness for that time stems from the now-impossible task of KEEPING my house clean. Nearly impossible, I should say, with a crawling baby leaving a trail of toys wherever he goes. Now, I suppose, it's a different standard of "clean." My home can be technically clean, yet messy at the same time, you see. C'est la vie.