So Lily has been learning about the first Presidents of our country this past month. Today she was coloring the "inside of the white house" for school. As she was sitting at the table coloring she said..."Hey mom... Were you a baby when Abraham Lincoln was president?" I said no. Then I went and examined my wrinkles in the bathroom mirror.

Lily's Potty Mouth...

So, the other day Lily and I were watching "Ever After" (Which by the way... I love! I had never seen it before!). Anyway, it got to the part where she was sold to that creepy guy and he had her in chains being all gross to her... and Lily looked over at me and said, "Mom! Why isn't she just kickin' his A**!" I about died (from laughing)! I said, "First Lily, we do not say that word. And second, just watch the movie and find out!" Uhhh... I just still can't believe she said that! Dan and I don't say that! Well, uh, at least I don't!

For my favorite old man...

So I was talking to grandpa tonight.. (AKA... Dennis Paul Harvey)... he basically said my blog was boring and he never saw any pictures... so here's to you pops. Love you!

Bridger boy enjoying a bubble bath.


Bridger boy enjoying his favorite train from Grandma Charlene and Grandpa Dennis.


Bridger fast asleep in his excersaucer. Pooped himself right out!

Bridger hiding from his daddy.

Lily fast asleep at 6:30 pm on New Years Eve. I still can't believe she picked THIS night to go to bed early!

Lily asleep. Again. Asleep with her new "Snuggie" she got for Christmas. "It's the blanket that you wear....!"

Bridger in his new shirt and tie for church that he got from mommy for Christmas.

The day Daddy and Lily spent 2 hours building a snowman! Lily's very first snowman!

Bridger asleep after eating. We went to get a washcloth for his face and found him fast asleep when we returned!

As many of you know, we are in the process of having Dan adopt Lily so that we can have her sealed to us. I have explained this to her recently and told her how it will all work and why Daddy needs to adopt her. Although, she is five years old. She has the attention span of a fly and the shortest memory as well. So, I was on the phone with someone the other day and I said, "Yeah! We are very excited about Lily's adoption!" She ran from her bedroom into the kitchen completely overwhelmed and upset (because she's five years old and they also LOVE eavesdropping). I said, "Lily, WHAT in heavens sake is wrong?" She said..."ADOPTION!!! WHAT! YOU'RE GETTIN' RID OF ME!" Oh dear. She can be such a handful...

Being Poor...

So... the other day I was at the store with the kids buying medicine for Bridger. I had two coupons and ten dollars with 3 different medicines to buy. Needless to say... I was REALLY stretching it, hoping not to use my check card account (that had no money in it at all). So of course as we walk through the store Lily asks if she can everything on her eye level. I continually said, "No Lily. Mommy doesn't have much money. I only have enough money for medicine for Bridger." I must have said it like twenty times! So, we get to the register and I'm crossing my fingers I have enough pocket change to cover what I don't have in cash. To my surprise, after using my coupons and buying the "no name brand", I actually I had two dollars left over! I jokingly said, "Yay! I'm rich!" Lily quickly corrected me and told the cashier, "My mom is lying to you. We're not rich. We're actually really poor." I turned bright red and walked out of Smith's as fast as humanly possible.

Tears in heaven...

So one of my favorite songs in the whole wide world is "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton. When Dan and I were dating, he found this out and played it on his guitar a lot. I loved it! So, when we got married, naturally we had it as one of our wedding songs. Now I realize the song is about his son's death... but I have my own iterpritation of it. Anyways, the other day we were in the car and the song came on the radio. Lily said, "Mommy, this is one of your wedding songs!" I said, "Right! It is. Mommy loves this song." Then Lily said, "Mommy, this is kind of like yours and Daddy's song, huh? Because you know in those movies and something loving and romantic happens and then they play a song, but all the people's words are just like they're mouthing their words and things go really really slow? And so there is stuff happening to kinda like a lovey song?" I said, "Yeah..." Then she said, "Well, I think if you and Daddy were in a movie, this would be the song they would play."