my first mother's day/perfection

All I can say is WOW! My first Mother's Day was absolute bliss. It was even better than I had imagined!
First of all, Cam gave me a Cricut! I can't believe it! I had given up hope of ever having one of these! But he remembered and actually went into the scrapbook store to buy me one! I wish I could have seen him wandering aimlessly around the scrapbook store! If you've never seen what a Cricut can do, check out www.cricut.com

Then he got us lunch from Bob's Burgers and Brew. Oh, deliciousness.

After lunch we went to Hanover Park in Ferndale for a walk with Clementine. Clem has been very into animals lately w/ her Farm Animal book and her See 'n Say. She had fun checking out all the animals and we had a lovely walk along the Nooksack River.


Cam set the bar super high! I don't know what to plan for Father's day! I'm such a lucky mama!

That man o' mine

He is incredible. He is the best, the sweetest, smartest, most hard working man I know.

But the best thing about him...
...is the snuggling.


Happy Birthday Big Daddy!
We love you!

BIG Weekend

Phew--what a big weekend we're having!

I know that everyone is way too busy to check the Blog today since it's National Scrapbooking Day. Cameron has been very busy celebrating that one. He's used up my adhesives, most of my ribbon and all of my ssssstickersssss. I don't mind though because in 24 hours I will be DONE with my Master's degree. *D*O*N*E*
I spit on you, online Master's degree. The next person who tells me "That sure was quick," or "That seemed really easy," is going to regret it. Remember, we had an entire pregnancy AND a baby in the time it took me to finish that thing. Ugh.

Enough about me, let's reflect on the beauty of this child:

Chewing on a frozen washcloth...The perfect oversized Kentucky Derby hat. She cracks me up. Look how serious she is!

Tootsies

Clementine has a ton of toys. And books. And chewies. These days, she doesn't care for books, toys or chewies. Her favorite thing to play with are her tootsies. They provide hours of entertainment and are there in a pinch if she gets hungry. Plus it cracks me up.

6 months already!!??

Taking a good picture of Clementine is getting a bit tricky these days. She's learned that the beep on the camera means there's a flash comin' so she blinks



or she would rather roll around on the floor than have her picture taken.


Sometimes she yells at me to hurry up.
Often, it's just more fun to make funny faces.



Then we get these gems. Her 6th month "portraits" :)

Yay Em#2!

Aunty Emma came for a visit and couldn't have ordered better Bellingham weather than we had today!
Emma had her first potato burrito at Casa Que Pasa and then was put to work feeding Clementine. Clementine adores all those who feed her.


Then we went for a walk in Fairhaven. The sun was shining, the boats were out...it was lovely! Emma took some beautiful pictures of Clementine and I! I don't really have a lot of good pictures of the two of us together because I'm usually the one behind the lens! It's great to add these lovelies to my collection!

My new 'do

Once upon a time I got regular haircuts, plucked my brows (then drew 'em back in) and wore shirts free of baby vomit or pureed carrots. Those days are no longer. But tonight I got a glimpse of the old me when I got my hair did complete with "toffee colored highlights" (you talked me into in Forina!)
I vowed to keep up the new 'do by straightening it and using actual hair products each day. But then I remembered--that mess on my shirt will end up in my hair if I'm not careful. So the mommy in me remembers to keep a rubber band on my wrist for the projectiles flying from my baby's mouth toward my hair, face and neck. I'll enjoy the hair style tonight knowing tomorrow brings hair clips, rubber bands and several changes of shirts.