A striking resemblance!

I saw this cute Thumper outfit and had to get it for Taylor. Thumper's smile reminds me of my happy baby and look what I caught the first day she wore it....

Things I'm probably too old for, but still love anyway...

Not that 27 is old (28 in just a few weeks), but there are some things I watch or do that I think are maybe not meant for someone my age. So, all embarassment aside, here they are:

• The Hills- who doesn't love a little (possibly staged) drama? My addiction goes back to the original Laguna Beach...way before Speidi (yep, I said it!) came along (
• The new 90210- It is ridiculously...ridiculous. The acting is horrible. The girls would fall over in a small breeze they're so skinny. For some unknown reason I've continued to watch it every week. I got sucked in when it was a mystery if Kelly's son's father was Brendon or Dylan...and then didn't stop when they finally revealed it.
• Rihanna-I LOVE her music but for some reason I feel like I'm too old for it. That might be more of a mom thing than an age thing.

To be continued as I get older...

What's next??

I can't believe this!

This is an actual ad being shown on buses in Washington D.C. It is from the American Humanist Association, which claims it is not to question if God exists or to change someone's mind, but "to plant a seed of rational thought and critical thinking and questioning in people's minds." (By the way, how are they not questioning God's existence if they are saying they want to plant a seed of questioning...???)

My response to that...

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Thank goodness I don't live in D.C. and need to ride the bus.

Uncle Matt with the Headlights...

So, Carly has two Uncle Matts...the one with Aunt Jessica and Sasha and, until yesterday, just Uncle Matt. My brother works on intersections doing the traffic light timings (yes, he's the one to blame or love for your daily commute :) ). He's been working in our area for a few months and this week we saw him twice on our way home, so we stopped to talk to him. Carly was so excited, especially when Matt made it look like he was making the lights change by clapping. (reminds me of an embarassing Christmas light story from my childhood but we won't go there...)

So when Andrew took her to church last night, Carly went on and on about, yep, you guessed it! Uncle Matt with the HEADLIGHTS! I'm not going to let him live this one down anytime soon. Sorry, Matt! :)

Carly's words...

Kids always have their own way of saying words and it's always so funny to me. These are some words and the way Carly says them.

• "Glubs"- gloves

• "Park"- part (I don't like this "park". It scares me.) :)

• "Poptark"- Poptart

• "Shelf Hat"- chef hat

• "diamondsaur"- dinosaur

• "him's"- his

My personal favorite...she calls flies "shoo flies" because my mom would always say "Shoo, Fly!" when one was around Carly!

And don't you dare make the mistake of trying to correct her! I could hear Carly yelling at Andrew when I was getting ready the other morning because he tried to explain the park/part one. :)

Something every mom should read...

http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Health--Fitness/Kiss-Mommy-Guilt-Goodbye

It doesn't matter how great of a mom you try to be, no woman is perfect and guilt is sometimes unavoidable. I love this article. It really puts things in perspective.

Pancakes and Tears...

Andrew and Carly have a tradition...they love to make pancakes together for dinner. I need to get a picture of them next time b/c I love to watch them together. Last time we had them, Carly surprised us when we sat down. She has a prayer she says at lunch at school. Up until that night, she would say it with us....this time she wanted to say it by herself. It's not an easy one either...it took Andrew and I as long to learn it as it took Carly.

"For all thy foods and gifts of love, we give thee thanks and praise.

Look down, O Father, from above,

And bless us all our days.

Amen"

(Quite a prayer for a 2-year old class, huh?) So, when she said it in her cute little almost-three year old voice, I cried...and couldn't stop. And now it's my favorite time of day when she says the prayer for us at dinner. She's learned the Pledge of Allegiance too! (but we don't say that before we eat. :) )

A Must Listen...

I have to admit I'm disappointed this morning. I'm not always an optimist but last night I watched the election results hoping, as each state turned colors, that the results were not as obvious as they seemed.

So, I just want to share the message from last week's service at my church. It was really moving and has been on my mind ever since.

http://boxstr.com/files/4007806_vltwn/11-02-2008%20Surrendering%20to%20the%20King%20of%20Glory.mp3