A few of my favorite things...

I thought it would be fun to share a few things with you (and the rest of the world)....here's a list of my current favorite things :)

1. Applebees (well, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays)
Applebees offers a $1.99 Kids Menu on Mon, Tues, and Wed. I love taking Cole because we can eat lunch for soooo cheap! Cole gets 4 chicken fingers, applesauce and milk for only $1.99. I usually eat two of his chicken fingers, order me some fries and a water and tada...we have a full lunch for less than $5.00!!

2. Etsy.com
Thanks to my friend Sara Katherine, I am HOOKED on Etsy.com It is a great site....I have ordered several things and have been very pleased with it all. It is a site for people to sell their homemade things...you should check it out!

3. Wald Park
I love taking Cole to Wald Park...hopefully the weather will stay nice for a bit longer (and maybe cool off a little too!) so we can keep going :)

4. My Photography Business
First of all, it allows me to stay at home with Cole, which is PRICELESS!! I can't tell you how much FUN I am having with my photography business. Yes, I'm still selling real estate but I absolutely LOVE doing photography and working with kids.

5. Teaching Dance
Speaking of working with kids, I LOVE teaching dance. Those girls say the funniest things and Lynn and I could have you laughing all day with the things we've heard. I'm so ready for classes to start back!!

6. Two Little Monkeys Blog (Missy Gurley's Blog)
I LOVE reading all of Missy's posts of her twin girls, Abby and Emma. Tuesdays are her "craft days" and I find myself extra excited to learn a new craft from Missy's blog. Also her "Say what Wednesdays" are hilarious too...her girls say the funniest things!

7. Football Season
I love this for two reasons. First reason is that Dal gets home everyday around the same time. I can actually cook dinner and we can eat as a family! This can't be done during baseball season because I never know when he will be home (sometimes 9:00 or later!), so I'm taking full advantage of him coaching 7th grade football. The second reason is because I'm a Bama fan....nuf siad :)

8. Kids Market
I'm in the process of getting everything ready to sell at Kids Market. Although it is VERY time consuming, I absolutely LOVE going to Kids Market!!! And I am so excited that it is close to my house this year too!

9. Facebook
If you have a FB account, you don't need an explanation for why it is on this list :)

10. This Blog!
I'm so happy that I can share our life with family and friends! I can't wait to turn our blog into a scrapbook one day :)

Growing up way too fast!

I have been so sentimental lately...not sure why. It may be because my little BABY is looking more and more like a little BOY! He walks (and runs), and talks alll the time...he waves bye bye to EVERYONE he sees and is just so much fun!!! He took his first plane ride to Tampa recently and did great. He waved to EVERYONE on the plane the entire trip home...people were cracking up at him. His sweet little laugh is so contagious. He LOVES for you to chase him and gets so excited when you do that he can't even stand up because he is laughing so hard!! He LOVES playing with Abee too....she, on the other hand, doesn't love it so much ;) I find myself wishing that I could freeze him at this age. I've been working a lot lately and have to make myself take the time to stop and play with him (which I do!). He is like a sponge and is just soaking in everything going on around him.

Cole will be starting Mother's Day Out one day a week in September. On one hand, I'm very excited about this, but on the other, I'm kinda sad too! I know he will love it :) My little boy is just growing up way too fast!!!

These pictures are from when I took Cole to a park last week to check out some photography spots...I THOUGHT I'd get some cute pictures of him while we were there...WRONG! Trying to get your own one year old to look at the camera by yourself = disaster :) We had fun though!!