olympic woes

Oh say can you see?

It is with a heavy heart that I extend a congratulations to the Canadians.

Georgia and I sit here in disbelief.

This was OUR time.

(Georgia solemnly agrees even though she is half Canadian)

plop plop fizz fizz

It's my birthday today.

I love my birthday.

We ate chocolate for breakfast to celebrate.

I can't believe I ate the whole thing!

"More?"

P.S. Georgia keeps saying "Happy Birthday Mommy" - "No Happy Birthday Mommy".

I think that is the way almost two year olds sing the birthday song.

I just keep telling her it IS a Happy Birthday.

Then she shakes her head.

Oh how I love Toddlers!

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Free day at the Zoo!

Pachyderm, Primates, and Peacocks.

We saw it all!

And yes, in true toddler form, the peacocks were the favorite.

A close second was the train ride with Dad.

"Yooking fo Peacocks"

Our wild one fit right in.

The best things in life really are free.

sweet dreams

When Georgia woke up this morning she called me to her room.

"Good Morning" I said.

"What you talkin' about?" said Georgia.

Then I noticed all of the dried mucus on her face,

her raspy almost gone voice, and

a beautiful set of droopy eyes.

What WAS I talkin' about Good Morning?

It was most certainly NOT going to be a good morning.

It was in fact a very sick, pitiful morning.

Oh well she's still the cutest thing ever crusty nose and all.

Tomorrow is a big day.

It will be January 26th and Georgia will turn 20 months old.

Tuesday is a "mommy work" day so today we went out to celebrate.

Our celebration included one free balloon from the nice lady at the party shop

and

a car wash.

We had a perfectly lovely time.

"Georgia wuv gween buhyoon"

My thought (not resolution) for the new year was/is to enjoy all of the moments in between.  You know what I mean, like in between loads of laundry, in between important phone calls, and in between refrigerator disasters.  

I believe that these are the moments that make up a life well lived.

I am so lucky that many of my moments are spent with Georgia, it has been such a joyful 20 months!

This one's for Mikey

It is cold here - again.

It is amazing how quickly you warm up when you're laughing.

Meet our (snow) angel.

ugghh!

I should be cleaning right now.

This is what our house should look like.

At the moment it looks like Christmas came and went

and threw up all over our house.

It also looks like a toddler (tornado) lives here.

I am paralyzed by the thought of digging in to this mess.

I might have to sit down and read a magazine instead.

Thirty minutes left of nap time isn't really enough time to get anything done anyway.

Right?