little dare devil!

my child scares me in the fact that he is not scared of anything.. dan was replacing a fixture in the laundry room & before we knew it finn had ran in there & climbed practically to the top. you can not take your eyes off him for a minute!

here he was the other day at the house. i swear this child will be the death of me...

and i just had to throw this pic in b/c i LOVE it. :) i don't get many pics with my little man & this one turned out decent..

everything's been going pretty well here lately. dan & his mother went up north for 7 days this past week so finn & i were on our own a few of those days. my parents came down for 4 nights so that was nice. and of course it happened that i had to travel out of town with my job while dan was gone. i had to go to savannah for a night & do a case. finn slept at the babysitters overnight & did just fine. it's not the 1st time that he's slept there. we are SO fortunate to have a WONDERFUL babysitter 3 doors down from us. she loves him to pieces & her home is his 2nd home.

finn starts school on tuesday!!! ahhhhhh!!!!!!! i can't believe it. last week i did the oreintation stuff at the school. hes going to one of the church schools here in town. he's going to love it. :) its 2 half days a week & its going to be so good for him. i of course took tuesday off so i can take him & pick him up. this is a big deal! i officially feel like a grown up now. i'm wierd, i know.

well i'm gonna watch a movie i dvr'd last night. i love my dvr...

i'll update on tuesday about finns 1st day.

this is what we do...

this is what we do at least 2 days a week....

it passes time & helps to wear finn out

he's not an inside kindof guy

he prefer's the outdoors

as does his mommy

he sweats just like his mommy too

he usually gets a least 1 bump or scrape

last night he knocked his forehead on the step

he's a fearless dude

which frightens his mommy

who just woke up b/c kristy barked at something outside

nice kristy, thanks....

craigslist find!

don't you just love craigslist??? if you haven't gotten on there before you've got to check it out. i've bought all kinds of things on there for such good deals.

the other day i found these cute stools that are from ikea. i've eyed them before, but us not having an ikea makes it sort of a problem. well i found someone selling them both for $10. :)

i went & picked them up today, aren't they cute?!

of course finn loves to push them all around the house & climb on them instead of actually sitting, but what else would i expect?

now all i need is a table....

playground

This is what Finn & I did this afternoon.....

so nice to have nice park's & playgrounds close by!

I never knew...

I know I've always heard that you never know true love until you have a child. I never realized how true that was. I wasn't prepared for this fierce love I have for Finn. The kind of love you would do anything for...Having a child is a beautiful thing. That he's a part of Dan & I make's it even more special. But I have to remember that he is God's child first. I'm so grateful that God gave me this child to raise here on earth. I only hope & pray that I can be the best mother that I can be. We all know that it's not an easy job. :)

Here are 2 pic's of my little buddy this morning.

please explain to me...

how when i was working at mayo & had insurance, to get my bp prescription filled there it was $8 and some change....

and how last week i got the same prescription filled withOUT insurance at our target & it was $4???????

crazy!!!

4th of July weekend

we were in atlanta for the 4th visiting family. we had a great time. finn was still cranky from some virus he had, which his cousin now has, but over all did really well.

it was total craziness with 3 kids in the house under 2!! wow, i got a little taste of what having that many kids would be like & i'll be honest, i'm not sure i could do it!

i give my sister-in-law a HUGE amount of credit for staying at home with her children. it truly is the HARDEST job out there.

here is a few pics from the weekend.

we went to a neat game ranch where animals are free to wander as they please. that was really fun...

finn had to get in the stroller at the end b/c he ran so much in there he wore himself out..

finn's 1st lollipop while in the car traveling...

he loved it by the way!

Dan, David & I had a chance to go to a Braves game while we were there. what fun!! i forgot how much i enjoyed major league games. i've definately got to get out more. :)

back to reality.

the end.

my beach boy

we live less than an hour from the beach.

i'm not sure why i don't take advantage of it more. but we ventured out on saturday. one of my best friends rebecca was here so we went on saturday morning. my requirement was that we had to go early. we got there at 9 & stayed till 11. it was wonderful! where we went we got to drive right out on the beach & park & unload right there. very nice & easy.

finn loved it of course, he loves anything outside. i held him & went out in the water & everytime a wave came we would dunk down in it. he laughed and laughed and laughed, he just thought it was so funny..

the ocean water is SO much more refreshing than pool water right now. the pool where we go has a water temp right now of 87. not refreshing at all, its like getting a bath. so this was nice...

have i said that i love my little beach baby boy.

:)

this week....

this week has been totally insane! it started with having to work on sunday, an insane day at work on monday then driving to sc late monday night for work, driving all the way home on tue after only a few hours of sleep & doing 1 case, busy with work all day today...

getting 2 bad news tonight..

1) my dad is having surgery AGAIN tom morning on his eye. his retina detached so they are going in tom to repair it & do a scleral buckle on it. the dr did not guarantee dads vision would be restored. at this pt he has no vision in it at all...

2) one of best friends from home found out today she has stage 2 melanoma. she's 30 & pregnant & should not have to be dealing with this. totally shocking!

i'm beyond tired tonight & i'm upset by these 2 things & i need to be in bed right now b/c i have another full day tomorrow....

please pray. thank you.