…THAT IT’S THE WEEKEND! WOO-HOO!
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I was finally able to snap some pics of the front of the house!
I know…our yard looks fabulous right? 
Which isn’t that big of a deal UNLESS you have boys.
And then it is a big deal.
Because I can’t take P outside without him wanting to play in the mud! 
I had to convince him to leave CG on the sidewalk. It wasn’t easy. But he finally agreed.
Next up…landscaping and grass. Luckily, it will be my husbands job to figure that out.
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I was looking back through old pictures of the P Man today. You know. To see how big he has gotten and remind myself that time flys way too fast.
It was funny what I found.
It seems it was just last March…
…that he was still letting me spike his hair with gel. 
If you’ve noticed any recent pics…he hasn’t had his mohawk rocking.
I am sure you probably thought it was because I had a second baby and got too lazy/busy. Nope. You were wrong.
It’s because if I wanna spike his hair with gel…I have to chase him around the house and try and catch him (and he’s fast)…have his dad hold him down…and try and get it spiked before he throws a fit because he wants me to “wipe it out”.
What happened to the days when he was happy about his mohawk?
Or better yet, what happened to the days when I could get him to sit STILL for longer than 5 minutes to watch tv with me?
Oh how I miss the cuddle buddy stage.
And so long to the days when he would run off with an apple…hide behind the washer so he could eat it (without me stealing a bite).
That’s right. I can’t even get him to smell an apple these days let alone eat one.
Or any fruit for that matter. Do you know what I would give for him to want to hide and eat an apple? I’d almost think about giving my left arm. Because I’m pretty sure that he is going to turn in to a chicken nugget before long.
Or maybe a cupcake. Because he seems to really dig cupcakes too. And I love how as of late…he DEMANDS that I leave the bathroom when he’s going. Talk about all grown up. 
He makes me wait in the hallway now.
There happens to be a pretty common theme when I went back to the March 2009 picture folder…can you guess what it was?
You give up.
Well…come to find out…last year at this time…my little P Man LIKED to wear pants! I know. GASP! 
I rarely found a picture of him undressed from the waist down (besides potty pictures). Which is a far cry from the March 2010 picture folder…where I can’t find a single picture of him in pants. Oh how that habit will have to change before he starts liking girls.
However…there were TWO things that I noticed that have CLEARLY NOT CHANGED since last March.
ONE.
He STILL loves to feed the dog all of his food.
All.The.Time. Especially when I’m not looking. 
(Consider this the ONLY picture I found of him without pants on from 2009)
and TWO.
We do not do ANYTHING without CG in tow…STILL!
I love you P Man. Changes and all.
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Our friends Kerri and Graham came over for dinner this past weekend. They have a 2 year old lil man too…Braden…and it’s ALWAYS fun when we all get together! 
Kerri was my roommate in college and was a teammate of mine when I was a SHAKER! I am so thankful that they live so close and we both have BOYS that are the same age (and husbands who are great friends).
I can just see the trouble these two will be causing when they are in high school. Lord help us all!
They do have a sweet side. Not sure if the daddy’s were too excited about this behavior. But the mommy’s thought it was quite cute.
Even though Bents is too young just yet to get rough with the big boys…he will be right there with em next year. Just think of what those two will be teaching my lil one. Hmmm.
Thanks for a great evening!
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I couldn’t be MORE excited to have received this in the mail…
Yes, that is correct. My BF NINA is tying the knot and I AM GOING TO BE A BRIDESMAID!
Of course I said YES! It was more like AHHHHHHHH YYYYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSS!
- Nina and I
I can’t wait till the big day!
I’m even more excited that her future hubby to be (whom I have known for YEARS) is from this area…and the two of them will be residing HERE in SO IL!
I was so worried she was gonna up and leave me for Chi town. But now that JH (her fiance) has proposed…it looks like I won’t have to worry any longer!
Thanks for that JH! Or wait…maybe you should thank me since I did convince her to go on a date with you! haha!
You guys make a perfect match and I am so glad you decided to ask me “Who is your friend Nina, I want to meet her!”
Love you both!
CONGRATULATIONS!
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I am still searching for what exactly to call Bentley when I refer to him on my blog.
I call Parker “P” or “P Man” because it fits him.
But, with Bentley…I call him Bentley.
I really do NOT want people to shorten his name to Ben. No offense to people with the name Ben. I like it. It’s just I like Bentley because it’s different. Ben is common. Common is not me.
So what do you think I should call him? I sometimes shorten it to Bent or Bents when I am texting?? And I really can’t call him “B” because that’s what we call my grandma.
So do you all hate Bents?
Because I haven’t posted any new pics of the two lately…here they are…being brothers for sure. P is already trying to pester him by pulling his ears. Nice. 
And because this may be the ONLY picture I have captured of P Man wearing pants…I had to post it. I wanted to prove to you guys that he does, once in a blue moon, wear pants.
Someone may need to warn him that the belly hanging out of the shirt is not hot.
Hey, I wasn’t gonna tell him. I was too excited he let daddy put the pants on him.
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HUGE THANKS to my BF Nina and my mama for throwing a great party for Bentley!
I know a lot of you weren’t sure what a “sip & see” was.
Don’t worry. At first, I didn’t know either.
A Sip and See is basically a casual type of baby shower that’s held AFTER baby arrives instead of before. Friends and family are invited to drop by “open house style” within a certain time frame to meet the baby (see) and enjoy light food & drinks (sip) .
When Nina explained to me what it was…I loved the idea! I didn’t really need a second shower since I was having another boy…so the “sip & see” was a perfect way to celebrate the arrival of baby Bents!
We had lots of great snacks…
…and the cookies and cupcakes were to die for!
What’s a “sip & see” without champagne?? DUH! Even though…I didn’t indulge…because of course then I would have to do the whole “pump and dump” thing. And we all know that breast milk is just way to precious to dump! I am pretty sure everyone else enjoyed the champagne.
Here are my two party throwers. 
Wait. Is party throwers even a real phrase? O-well. It is now.
I think J even enjoyed himself at the party. Or maybe it was the champagne he was enjoying?
Probably.
But, nonetheless, I KNOW Gma Lilly enjoyed herself. 
Here’s the best part about the whole dang party….I didn’t get one picture of mr. bents.
True story.
What kind of mom am I? I have over 4 pictures with me in them…and none of lil man. How terrible!
Luckily, since B’s has been in town (LOVE MY B’S TO DEATH), I was snapping pics the day before. Here is B’s holding Bentley! 
He is getting to be soooo big. And by big I mean huge. But who doesn’t love a fat baby, right?
THANKS to everyone who stopped by today to see my chubby baby! And by chubby I mean healthy. ahem.
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My birthday gift from my parents
…EVERYONE should own one of these!
Who doesn’t LOVE to have someone else clean their floors?
Especially someone who can’t talk back to you and tell you that you have neglected to clean under the entertainment center in months. Or that you really should have picked up the dog hair before it collected in piles.
L.O.V.E. the ROOMBA!
Do they make robots that do laundry?
Or perhaps ones that can babysit your kids while you catch a quick shower?
Speaking of shower.
The MIL is still here for now so I have actually been showering like a normal person.
But, before she got her…I didn’t shower for 3 days in a row. And, as if that’s not bad enough, I wore the same shirt for those 3 days.
And it was white on day 1. More like grey on day 3. Not a lie.
It’s a good thing my husband loves me a lot because I am pretty confident that I didn’t smell like a princess during that time.
So I’m thinking when she leaves…a robot would be nice so I don’t repeat that nasty 3 day shower boycott.
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Don’t be confused.
If it looks like P is trying to choke the elf in this picture you are seriously mistaken.
I’m pretty sure he was only trying to give him a “sqweezzze”. A loving one.
This elf is Sofie. Sofie is our elf from “Elf on the Shelf”.
No I did not choose the name.
P did.
Where he came up with Sofie for an elf’s name is beyond me.
*Side note: Yes I do realize that this post is about a Christmas elf. And yes I do realize that it is nearly March. Forgive me.
But P STILL finds the need to talk about Sofie.
He says he ‘misses him’. And yes. Apparently Sofie is a boys name to him?
You can see the bond they had was very deep…
And even though I have told P OVER AND OVER that Sofie had to fly back to the North Pole to be with Santa…not a week goes by that he doesn’t question me about where Sofie is.
He misses his buddy. But, fortunately, all I have to do is mention that CG needs his attention and it seems to make him forget Sofie for a few days.
Until he remembers…and then again…I get 20 questions.
I love 2 year olds and their inability to really comprehend much.
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Except how do I choose a favorite?
Really.
It’s nearly impossible.
Jason did an amazing job!
I wanted to actually post some of the pics just in case you didn’t get a chance to watch the video.
Love love love that we got a family pic. Even the dog behaved for this pic.
And my ALL TIME FAVORITE….
…what a classic picture heh? Love it!
Thanks again Jason York Photography! You never disappoint!
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