1 month old!

look at me - two posts within a week! no worries, I'm sure this will all end when I start working again.

here's a shot of finley at 1 month. if you are on facebook, you've probably already seen it.

and here are my 3 favorite human beings ever. :)

and this shot I grabbed of jack - peeking at me through the back of the stroller. he's such a doll. :)

maybe one of these days I will learn how to make my blogs look cool, but for now, this is what you get. :)

if anyone is even reading this...

i'm back...again

i'm so bad at this - my pregnancy ticker says I'm 34 weeks & 3 days pregnant - ouch!

not much time now, but for those of you who actually check this, and haven't seen on facebook, we had finley on april 9. she was 8 lb 9 oz & 21 inches long. and I did it drug free - yay me!

here is a photo from her newborn shoot, at 5 days old, although she just turned 1 month yesterday. :)

I'm back!!

oh my! I'm such a bad blogger, I couldn't even get into my account because I didn't have the correct email address with the correct password! it took me 10 minutes at least!

anyway, guess I need to get a new lilypie ticker going. :)

no pics to post - we got a new camera that we haven't figured out how to upload our photos yet.

I can't wait for life to slow down... or at least for some days off!!

mac & cheese

jack likes macaroni & cheese!! who knew? I mean, he is, after all, my kid. :)

orlando visit

a few photos from our trip to orlando a week ago to see our new nephew donovan.

he's SUCH a cutie!! and a really good baby.

donovan & jack in their car seats. jack doesn't use an infant car seat anymore at home, we just took that one since it's easier to travel with.
donovan joseph howze :)
matching daddies. :)

blogging from seattle

woo hoo! go me! blogging from seattle. although, I have no photos to post, so that will have to wait.

but we are having a good time, jack is doing really well - except that he's on a pooping spree & we purchased a generic brand of diapers when we got here so we have had a few leaks. no worries - I got some huggies yesterday. phew!

heading to do a little shopping today - our last day here.

we did some sightseeing stuff monday, yesterday we took the ferry to bainbridge island, so today is shopping! and I'm not usually much of a shopper, but there are some nice stores around here (and they're all close) that I don't normally get to go to - i.e. lululemon!! wonder if I should mosey into gucci... ;)

I'm a little bummed - we were going to head to a town called woodinville to tour the red hook brewery & two wineries. we found out last night that the cab ride would be atrocious & if we rented a town car, it would cost $55-60 ONE WAY. so we decided to nix that trip. :( guess we'll save the brewery & winery tours for a different trip.

that's all for now - will post pics later!

morning poop

sooo, yeah. I finally have time to blog. and I get to report what I woke up to this morning. as most of my blogging friends are already moms, you've probably been through this before, but it was a first for ben & I.

poop! poop everywhere!

I thought I was being spoiled when it was 7:30 and jack still wasn't up yet. then we hear him so both ben & I go in - poop everywhere. poop coming out of his diapers & jammie pants. poop smushed into the sheets. poop wiped on the crib padding. poop wiped all over the rail. I picked him up and noticed it was all over his hands. for some stupid reason I kissed his cheek & realized I had just kissed poop. it was all over one cheek, one ear & in his hair.

so needless to say, we went straight to the bathtub this morning. and NOW I can say everyone & everything is cleaned up and poop free. but that sure was fun.

I'm just thankful ben didn't encounter that yesterday morning when I was already at work. I'm also thankful he can be a little late to work to stay and help me.

I'm really not that grossed out- I deal with poopy animals all the time. it's just that they're not pooping on pottery barn kids crib sheets/padding!!

I know, I know, welcome to parenthood. :)